01x16 - The Man Between

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THIS DRAMA SERIES IS FICTIONAL,
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TO ACTUAL PLACES, PERSONS,
ORGANIZATIONS, SETTINGS AND EVENTS

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END OF SERVICE

[grunting]

[electricity crackling]

[overlapping chatter]

[Huisoo gasps]

[ominous music]

[car horn honking]

BONGSEOK: Sir!

POLICE STATION

[car horns honking]

[crashing]

BONGSEOK: Huisoo!

[ominous music]

[tires screeching]

[steam hisses]

[panting]

[passengers clamoring]

-Open the door.
-Open up!

-Get off.
-Come this way.

-OFFICER 1: Are you okay?
-[passengers muttering]

[passengers clamoring]

[suspenseful music]

GYEDO: What?

MIHYUN: Mr. Choi.

Sorry.

What were you saying?

I asked you when you started teaching.

Oh, right.

Well, it's been about ten years.

How was it...

being a teacher?

YEAR 2004, NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: CHOI ILHWAN

SPECIAL FORCES: 1996-1999
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE: 2001-

So you joined here with your experience
as a national kendo athlete and a soldier?

Yes, sir.

-And you want to be a black agent?
-Yes, sir.

We're a classified group within the NIS,
so how did you find out about us?

I met Mr. Jo Raehyuk for the first time

during the armed spies mop-up
eight years ago.

So why do you want to be a black agent?

To exterminate North Korea's
dark ambition that threatens our peace

and repay the country

with all my body and soul!

Not that.

Be honest with me.

In Gangneung eight years ago,

I couldn't do anything
while my comrades were dying.

I felt helpless.

That was when a black agent saved us.

I heard there was a group
consisting of elite black agents.

I'd like to be a helping hand to them.

A helping hand?

Come here.

Do you know what a black agent is?

A black agent works for the country
with their identity hidden.

Hiding one's identity

means they have a secret to keep
from their family as well as friends.

Can you handle it?

Yes, sir.

And you don't care
whatever task you're given?

No, sir.

Your mission

is to find potential talents
and develop them to work for the country.

It's an essential project
for national security.

You must be thoroughly objective
when looking for potential talents.

Yes, sir.

Judge the students
in a strictly objective manner.

Subjective and personal feelings

will only hinder your judgment.

So keep your head cool at all times
and put useless emotions aside.

Yes, sir.

No matter how much time passes,

you must keep this principle.

Yes, sir.

Choi Ilhwan.

Yes, sir!

You are a black agent.

Thank you, sir.

EPISODE 16: THE MAN BETWEEN

WELCOME TO JEONGWON HIGH SCHOOL

From now on,
you'll be a high school teacher.

[uplifting music]

JEONGWON HIGH SCHOOL
NTDP

[sniffs]

You'll be able to observe
the students up close.

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: JEON YOUNGSEOK

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: JEON GYEDO

CHOI ILHWAN

My name is Choi Ilhwan.

ILHWAN: I'm in charge of PE,
and I'll be your homeroom teacher.

That's all.

STUDENT 1: Attention.

Bow to the teacher.

-STUDENTS: Hello.
-Sal...

-STUDENT 2: What was that?
-STUDENT 3: This isn't the military, sir!

[blows air]

GYM

STUDENTS: One, two, three, four...

-[electricity crackles]
-STUDENT 4: What the...

Sir, I want a different partner.
I can't do this with him.

Hey, swap partners with me.

-Go do it with him.
-STUDENT 5: No.

-STUDENT 4: Sir, let me change partners.
-STUDENT 5: I don't want to.

-ILHWAN: Okay, sit quietly.
-STUDENT 4: Jeez.

It stings. Darn it.

[grunting]

-ILHWAN: That's enough.
-[groans]

-[panting]
-[exhales sharply]

-Go sit down.
-Okay.

Back off.

Hmm...

[comical music]

[groans]

[panting]

[grunts, sniffs]

STUDENT 6: The principal is freaking nuts.

-What's the deal with the battery?
-STUDENT 7: Who cares?

He's letting us slide for smoking.

[students laugh]

[knocks on door]

RAEHYUK: Let's try taking
the simple route.

It'll be the easiest and most precise.

Is it really necessary?

If he gets beaten up to a pulp,

he'll use whatever he can to survive.

But he's still young.

Look, Mr. Choi. He will graduate soon.

We have no time.

We at least need to report
a definite yes or no.

-Still--
-Hey, Choi Ilhwan.

This is an assignment.

-[young Gyedo grunts]
-[ball thuds]

[yells]

[panting]

[grumbles]

[door opens]

Let's just get it done quickly.

-Yeah, let's get it done.
-What?

-Here.
-What?

Get it done quick.

[groans]

Hey, what...

That's not going to get you home.

You f*ck.

-You b*stard.
-f*cking b*stard.

-f*cking prick.
-You f*ck.

You b*stard.

INHERITED: YES

-[students grunting]
-[sighs]

STUDENT 6: Guys, move.

Aah!

-STUDENT 7: Hey, let's go.
-[coughs]

STUDENT 8: That was annoying.

STUDENT 6: How did I look?

STUDENT 8: Like a f*cking idiot.

[young Gyedo whimpers, coughs]

RATING: B
RESULT: UNQUALIFIED

A Broadcasting and Entertainment major?
That's so out of the blue.

[exhales deeply]

Your practical exam scores
aren't quite good enough…

for a PE major.

You told me to prepare for a PE major

so that's all I've been doing.

The school thought
you were talented in sports,

but it wasn't the case.

The principal told my mother
that I had potential.

That's why I even transferred here.

Sorry about that.

STUDENTS: Hello.



STUDENTS: Hello.

Hello.

[background chatter]

[blows whistle]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

-STUDENT 9: What the...
-STUDENT 10: That's awesome.

[students clamoring]

[blows whistle]

Quiet down. Sit back down.

Okay.

Next.

-You're amazing.
-You're so good.

-How did you do it?
-I don't know.

-You surprised me.
-Unbelievable.

I just jumped.

Guys.

What are you doing? What's wrong?

SEEUN: Mr. Choi!

Happy Teachers' Day!

STUDENTS: ♪ The grace we received
From our teacher ♪

♪ Is so much ♪

♪ The more we look up to him ♪

♪ His grace increases all the more ♪

♪ He teaches us ♪

♪ To be decent and righteous ♪

♪ The grace we received from our teacher ♪

♪ Is like that of our parents' ♪

MR. CHOI, YOU'RE THE BEST!
THANK YOU

[students cheering, applauding]

[chuckles]

CAREER GUIDANCE ROOM

There's something I know about you.

[chuckles]

You can see through objects.

Sorry?

It's okay. You can tell me.

How many fingers am I holding out?

None.

[chuckles]

Thanks for trusting me.

[chuckles]

SEEUN: I said no.

NAJU: I've arranged everything.

Just say that you're sick.
I'll take care of it.

SEEUN: How would you know?

NAJU: I know all about it.

[both sigh]

-Seeun--
-Mom, please.

Please listen to me.

I don't want you to get hurt. Okay?

I'm sorry.

You shouldn't live like me.

SEEUN: Mom.

LIST OF PE MAJOR PRACTICAL TESTS
GRADE: FIVE

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: YANG SEEUN

ABILITY: HEIGHTENED PHYSICAL ABILITIES,
X-RAY VISION

[chuckles]

GYM

-ILHWAN: All right, you can do it.
-SEEUN: Okay.

ILHWAN: Get ready.

[blows whistle]

[Seeun grunts]

Are you feeling unwell today?

-No.
-Tell me.

What's wrong?

Again.

Jump with both feet.

ILHWAN: Get ready.

[blows whistle]

[blows whistle]

-[grunts]
-ILHWAN: There you go.

[thuds]

Hey, Seeun.

-Hey.
-STUDENT 11: Seeun!

-STUDENT 12: What?
-STUDENT 13: Is she okay?

-Hey, Seeun!
-STUDENT 14: Is she all right?

STUDENT 11: She passed out?

[siren blaring]

-Is she all right?
-What happened?

-Seeun!
-Seeun!

-STUDENT 15: Yang Seeun!
-STUDENT 16: What's wrong? You all right?

-STUDENT 17: Seeun.
-STUDENT 18: What do we do?

[students crying]

THE LATE YANG SEEUN

CONDOLENCES FROM JEONGWON HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL JO RAEHYUK

I'm sorry, ma'am.

As a teacher, I didn't know...

that my own student had cancer.

So you're her teacher.

[door slams]

[somber music]

[thumps]

[sighs]

Who are you again?

Choi Ilhwan, sir.

Choi Ilhwan... What brings you here?

I'm here about the NTDP file
from Jeongwon High...

Oh, the school. Hold on a second.

It's tough, isn't it?

Let's cheer up.

STUDENT 19: No, over here.

STUDENT 20: Nice.

STUDENT 21: Get him.

Hey, wait.

STUDENT 22: Let's go.

-Sir, let's play dodgeball together.
-Let's play together.

-Come.
-To make the number even.

I'm too good for you.

-Come on.
-Let's play together.

-STUDENT 23: We can win if you join us.
-Let's go.

STUDENT 24: Let's go.

ILHWAN: Throw it!

[students clamoring]

[lively music]

Let's go!

[blows whistle]

You're about to be late!

Ten, nine,

eight, seven,

six, five...

ILHWAN: Hurry up.

Four... Hurry.

Three, two, one. Time's up.

-No, please.
-Let us in just once.

Okay, I'll let it slide.

-Thank you!
-You'll clean the bathrooms.

-What?
-The bathrooms?

That's me letting it slide.

That's not right.

Yes, it's right. Hurry inside.

You shouldn't be walking!


GRADES COMPARISON CHART

KIM HYUNJI

KOREAN LANGUAGE, MATH, FOREIGN LANGUAGE...

[muttering]

These brats got a lot better.

[scoffs]



Hi there.





Hurry up, guys.



I'm closing the gate.

CAREER GUIDANCE ROOM

[student trilling]

COUNSELING IN SESSION

[quirky music]

[trilling continues]

[gasping]

That's enough.
I think you did make a hole.

You should be doing this
without all the shouting.

I'll practice.


PERSON IN CHARGE: CHOI ILHWAN

[muscles crunching]


PERSON IN CHARGE: CHOI ILHWAN

STUDENT 25: Stare at the watch.

You are slowly getting drowsy.

-Relax your body.
-Hey.

Slowly when?

Just after a bit...

Put that thing down.


PERSON IN CHARGE: CHOI ILHWAN

RESULT: UNQUALIFIED

JEONGWON HIGH SCHOOL

Youngtak, you're transferring out?

YOUNGTAK: Yes.

[sighs]

Hey, you're a senior.
It's a time for you to focus on studying.

ILHWAN: You shouldn't be...

transferring.

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: KIM YOUNGTAK

TRANSFERRED

[groans]

YONGJUN: It's going to take a long time.

You must continue
even if you can't make immediate results.


PERSON IN CHARGE: CHOI ILHWAN

-[knocks on door]
-[Raehyuk sniffles]

[Raehyuk clears throat]

[tense music]

Greet each other.

[clears throat]

SUNGWOOK: I'm Yoon Sungwook,
the temporary teacher.

I'll be your assistant homeroom teacher.

My assistant?

We have a lot
of potential talents this year.

[Raehyuk sniffles]

RAEHYUK: This is the time for us
to make some results.

Agent Yoon, you are to report
everything to me in detail from now on.

Yes, sir.

[Raehyuk sniffles]

I can take care of my own students.

Your students?

Goodness.

RAEHYUK: We told you to act
like a teacher.

Do you think you're actually a teacher?

I said greet each other.

Salute.

[sighs]

RAEHYUK: Make sure to pay extra attention
to Kim Doosik's son.

Remember that you're not
actually a teacher.

-STUDENT 26: Hello.
-ILHWAN: Yes, hello.



-STUDENT 27: Hello.
-Hi.

-Hey.
-STUDENT 28: Hello.

ILHWAN: Hey.

STUDENT 29: Hello.

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: LEE MIHYUN

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: KIM BONGSEOK

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: KIM DOOSIK

BONGSEOK: Hello.

-STUDENT 30: Hello.
-STUDENT 31: Hello.

Hello.

Hi.

-STUDENT 32: Hello.
-STUDENT 33: Hello.

Hi, I'm Jang Huisoo.

Nice to meet you.

That's it?

-Yes.
-Introduce yourself.

PERSONAL DETAILS
NAME: JANG HUISOO

[slams open]

JEONGWON HIGH SCHOOL MAIN BUILDING MAP

CAREER GUIDANCE ROOM

[tense music]

[Sungwook breathing shakily]

Whoa!

Are you the homeroom teacher
of 12th-grade class 3?

Yes, I'm Choi Ilhwan.

I'm the homeroom teacher.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Jang Huisoo's dad.

ILHWAN: So...

what brings you here, sir?

JUWON: Are you having a meeting?

Thank you for your time.

-I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
-No problem.

Have a seat.

ILHWAN: Let me get you some tea.

[whispers]
CCTV.

[tense music]

ILHWAN: I don't have
anything else to offer.

We only have green tea here.

Would that be all right?

JUWON: It's fine.

-[knocks on door]
-Whoa!

CLEANER: Open the door.

I need to clean.

Why aren't you opening the door?

I saw you go in here.

That damn Korean-Chinese lady...

SUNGWOOK: What is it?

[knocks on door]

SUNGWOOK: What do you want?

CLEANER: I need to clean.

SUNGWOOK: Do it tomorrow.

CLEANER: I need to do it now.

SUNGWOOK [groans]: Are you kidding me?

-Jeez.
-Thank you.

[grunts]

[ominous music]

[groaning]

[blood squirting]

[groans]

[mutters in disgust]

f*ck...

I didn't even get to do...

GYEDO: I think the battery malfunctioned
all of a sudden.

OFFICER 2: Goodness, there was a problem
with the battery?

All right.

-Let me get your personal info.
-HUISOO: Let's go.

Hm?

-OFFICER 2: Your name?
-I lied to my dad.

And you lied to your mom.

Mm.

-Right.
-So let's go.

Okay.

-HUISOO: Let's hurry.
-It's 4028...

OFFICER 2: So you're currently working
for Donga Traffic Service,

-on bus number 304?
-GYEDO: Yes.

[Huisoo gasps]

Your charger.

I think I dropped it.

It's okay. I'm close to Bungaeman.
I can look for it later.

-Are you sure?
-Yes, it's all right.

-Then let's go.
-Okay.

[tense music]

JUWON: There's a trace of someone

unscrewing the rusty nut.

The parent who just left

is someone I used to know.

Her child and my child,

I assume they're in the same class.

And the boy who saved my daughter,

I assume he's in their class, too.

Yes.

I remember seeing someone
with similar moves

as that boy who saved my daughter.

I think I know...

who his parent is.

And...

after my daughter got expelled
from her previous school,

no other school took her in
except for this school.

[watch beeping]

JUWON: She joined your class.

Three children of those
who used to know each other

are in the same class at the same school.

Could this be a coincidence?

ILHWAN: That's...

JUWON: One more thing.

The CCTV cameras
that monitor the children.

[Juwon sighs]

I wondered what it was about.

CHOI ILHWAN

JUWON: At first,

I suspected you,
because you were their homeroom teacher.

However...

right here...

there's another surveillance camera
in the ceiling.

You need to come in.

One on the first-floor hallway
of the main building.

Two in the Career Guidance Room
on the fourth floor.

[trilling noise]

One in the Teachers' Office 1
on the second floor.

One on the third-floor study hall
of the annex building.

You wouldn't be monitoring yourself.

Did you not know...

that someone was watching you?

No.

[sighs]

Who are you?

YEAR 1996, INJE, GANGWON-DO

COMMANDER: 12 o'clock!

SOLDIER 1: At 12 o'clock!

[g*nshots]

COMMANDER: Get down! Get down!

SOLDIER 1: Seokchan!

Aah!

COMMANDER: Get down! Get down!

Seokchan!

[g*nshots]

Darn. What's with this?

ILHWAN: Ah!

[Juwon pants]

[soldiers clamoring]

[soldiers gasp]

-Grenade!
-Grenade!

[Juwon grunts]

[blasts]

-What? No way.
-[soldiers gasp]

[breathes heavily]

PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Who are you?

I'm a parent.

-Is the principal in?
-Oh.

He has left for the day.

You're working late.

I need to clean every single thing.

Gosh...

JISUNG: Hey, you!

-What are you doing?
-Uh...

Well, I left something behind at school.

The school's already locked.
Come tomorrow.

But I really need it.

Read this.

DO NOT ENTER AFTER SUNSET
DUE TO SAFETY INSPECTION

GUARD: Go home.

Sir, please.

No, leave.

Go now.

Oh.

[ominous music]

Tell him to come when we call.

JEONGWON

[closing theme music]