01x07 - Episode 7

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

Light Shop

I need to know if I'm weird or if

[breath shudders]

this place is weird.

Where is this place?

[sighs]

[gasps]

[gasps]

[ominous music playing]

[inhales] I used to ask the same question.

[rumbling, crashing sound]

[somber music playing]

[grunting]

Come on, Daddy's almost here.

It's okay. It's

[groaning]

Everything is okay.

Papa.

[panting] Let's get out of here.

All right? I'll get you.

[straining]

Papa wait

I don't think I can go with you.

No, I've got you. It's okay.

[grunting]

[grunting]

-[panting]

-Papa I feel so scared.

[Wonyoung groaning] It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

[breathing heavily]

[groaning]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[straining]

[groans, breathing heavily]

[faintly] Papa

It'll be all right. [breathing heavily]

Just give me a minute. [breathing heavily]

We're gonna be leaving soon. I'm sorry.

[breathing heavily]

[groaning, panting]

-[groaning]

-[debris rattling]

[straining]

[grunts]

[breathing heavily]

[wrappers crackling]

[Wonyoung] Good girl.

There you go.

Have some candy.

That's for you.

[girl] Papa

Have that.

You should wake up.

[weakly] Look at that.

Good job.

I always needed to open those, right?

[breathing heavily]

Yuhui.

[breathing heavily]

By the time you're done with your candy

I'll be

right back.

I promise I'll be here

[breathing heavily]

before you're done.

[chuckles softly]

Are you okay on your own?

[breath shudders]

[breathing heavily]

[weakly] Wait right here.

[breathing heavily]

I'll come to get you.

[panting]

[rubble crunching]

[faintly] Papa

I'm tired

[grunting]

[weakly] Yuhui.

Stay awake.

All right?

I'll come back and get you soon.

Don't fall asleep.

[panting]

Just wait. I'll be back.

[grunting]

[groans]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[electrical buzzing]

[music fades]

[Wonyoung] Hello?

[panting]

I need help!

[hopeful music playing]

Anyone?

[panting]

Hello?

Anyone there?

Hello?

Please, somebody help!

Can anybody hear me?

Please. [panting]

Somebody, somebody help.

Help.

[panting]

Okay.

Have to find someone.

[panting]

LIGHT SHOP

-[door opens]

-[bell dinging]

Hello?

[shuddering] Can you help me out?

What brings you here?

[weakly] She's still

She's still out there.

Please help me, I need your help.

Unfortunately, it's already too late.

Wait, wait, what? I don't

Is anyone else here?

There is no one else.

[Wonyoung] No, please, listen to me.

It's my daughter.

[stuttering] She's only this big.

She's so little she please,

she's trapped.

You have to help her.

It's not your concern. You should go.

[Wonyoung panting]

[stammering] What do you mean

it's not my concern?

She's she's my daughter

[whimpering] This this was

the only place with the lights on.

I I'm begging you, help me.

[sobbing] You

you have to help my daughter

I'm afraid I can't.

[Wonyoung's breath shuddering]

[sobbing] Help me,

she's lying there in the dark,

and she's alone.

Oh, please, I need your help.

If she's going to come here,

she has to on her own.

[Wonyoung sobbing] No.

I already said she can't move.

[sobbing]

[whimpers] So for f*ck's sake!

What's wrong with you?

Why won't you do anything?

[sobbing, sniffles]

[panting] sh*t!

And what if I broke all of this? Huh?

[breathing heavily]

This?

-[Wonyoung sobbing]

-Don't.

-[screams]

-[glass breaking]

-[swishes]

-[warbling sound]

[ominous music playing]

[grunting]

[warbling sound]

[grunting]

[grunting continues]

-[electrical buzzing]

-[Wonyoung grunting]

[panting]

[panting]

Your daughter's light is also here.

[Wonyoung] What?

[panting]

[rumbling sound]

[crashing sound]

[electrical buzzing]

[stammering] So you're saying

these lights

[breath shudders]

Does that mean

[panting]

So is this what I think it is?

Just a light shop, that's all.

[exhales] No.

There's more to this

this place. [panting]

[Wonyoung panting continues]

How do you know that?

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct chatter]

[sirens wailing continues]

Papa, you should eat this.

Are you awake?

[chewing]

Papa.

I'm so scared.

I want a hug.

[silence]

[weakly] Papa,

I don't think I can go with you.

Papa, you gotta wake up

[Wonyoung] It was me.

I was the one who died.

[mournful piano music playing]

She's all alone.

She must've been scared.

[crying]

She must've been so scared.

[sobbing]

[crying hysterically]

Oh, my poor little Yuhui

[crying hysterically]

[crying continues]

[mournful piano music continues]

[crying continues]

LIGHT SHOP

[silence]

[breath shudders]

What am I doing here?

[Seoryeong] Because you can't accept

that you're in this place.

[exhales] What the hell does that mean?

Just accept it.

It will make it a lot easier

for you to move on.

[breathing softly]

I need you to give me her light.

She has to find it herself,

of her own free will.

[Wonyoung] She's pinned,

she can't get here.

There's no way she can make it.

She has to find it of her own will.

I would do anything for her.

Tell me what I need to do to help her.

Are you really willing to do anything

to help her, then?

Yes.

No matter how long it would take to do so?

Yes.

Yes.

[exhales]

[exhales]

Why don't we trade, then?

[man] So?

What's the deal with this place?

[Wonyoung] "It's a world

where everybody can eventually move on."

I'm confused.

I got here after an accident.

Are you saying I'm dead?

Technically, you're still alive.

Alive?

I really thought that I was a ghost.

-[electrical buzzing]

-[breath shudders]

[buzzing continues]

[groans]

[inhales, groans]

[panting]

I think I've seen a ghost.

She died from smoke inhalation.

But

if I'm still alive,

then why do I look like this?

I look different.

The dead tend to look strange

when they walk around the other world.

That's why they're referred to as ghosts.

But when living people

try to walk around here,

they're the ones that appear strange.

So still alive.

Tell me what exactly am I doing here then?

It's difficult to comprehend.

[inhales] Those who've had

their lives cut short

due to unfortunate incidents

can continue them in this place.

There are those

who can't accept their deaths as well.

They wander here.

-And are known as--

-[sighs] Come on man, stop.

[sighs]

Where is this?

I want a straight answer.

Tell me where we are.

My head is full of sh*t

and it's annoying as hell.

Why are you making this hard?

I keep asking.

Where am I? What is this place?

[Wonyoung sighs]

You're pretty rude.

[breath shudders]

I'm sorry.

I prefer transparency.

And I know

I know it won't make sense.

But if you keep going on and on,

that's just totally useless.

It makes it more confusing.

Just be straight with me

and keep it simple.

So just say it.

This place

What is this place?

[silence]

[suspenseful music playing]

You're in the afterlife.

Light Shop

Episode 7: Afterlife

-[dog barking distantly]

-[breath trembling]

[screams] Ugh, you son of a b*tch!

What the hell is wrong with that thing?

[dog continues barking]

[door opens]

If I ever see you, you're gonna be dead!

[dog continues barking]

Shut the hell up!

Man, you wait till I get my hands on you!

[panting]

[barking gets louder]

[panting]

[dog continues barking]

[panting]

There you are, you mutt!

Someone get that dog!

[monitors beeping]

[Jeongwon] Starting today,

she'll be working with us.

Say hi.

Hello, everyone, I'm Song Buyeong.

Uh [chuckles]

This is actually my very first job.

But I'll do the best I can.

[Jeongwon] She still needs to learn

how it works in the ward,

so she'll be relying on you

to train her in the meantime.

Nurse Kwon,

preceptor duties will fall on you.

Oh great.

Let's get to work.

-Mmm.

-[Youngji] Mmm.

Sure. This way.

[Youngji] So every day,

when you come to work,

we need you to get the supplies ready

before you take over

-from the on-duty nurse you're relieving.

-Okay.

[chuckles]

The most important things to remember,

identify patient, presentation,

history as well as current status,

and why they're at the ICU.

You need to be aware of all that.

Mmm. Okay.

[sighs] We had

a really big accident recently.

They told us it was urgent,

that our hospital was the closest to it.

There were so many critical patients

that we couldn't even separate them

by care.

Hmm, right. It was on the news.

The city bus that went down.

All right then.

Follow me out to the patients.

Take that with you.

[panting]

Damn it. [panting] Crap.

[breathing heavily]

You really wanna do this?

[panting] f*ck.

[groans]

You son of a b*tch.

[panting]

[monitors beeping]

He was the one

who arrived at the hospital first

on the day of the accident.

Oh, so he was

he was on the city bus, or

He wasn't in the traffic accident.

Different accident

that happened on the same day.

KANG BYEONGJIN

[man] Kang Byeongjin!

We just wanna know where you are!

[man] If you can hear me, say something!

[Youngji] He got lost

out in the mountains,

-and then tripped.

-[Buyeong] Was his injury from the fall?

It was actually hypothermia.

Hypothermia - Dangerously low

body temperature

He was knocked out and then got sick

since it was raining so much.

-Hey.

-I see a shoe.

Max! Max! Kang Byeongjin!

Over there! Over there!

[Youngji] The rescue dog kept him warm,

so his vitals didn't get too low.

-He was lucky.

-Hmm.

Rescue dogs are trained to bark

so when it finds someone who needs help,

it can let others know where they are.

The dog was right there.

He stayed. Even in that rain.

[panting]

[dog panting]

[man] Mr. Kang!

-Mr. Kang, do you hear me? Mr. Kang!

-Are you okay? Sir!

[shuddering]

[dog whimpering]

[panting]

I'm sorry.

[sobbing]

[crying hysterically]

[Youngji] By the time he came in,

he was already unconscious.

What about the dog?

[sighs wearily]

Unfortunately, he didn't survive.

[Buyeong] Do you think

the patient knows that?

What I know is

it's trained to stick with rescues

until they're saved.

[crying]

[sniffles, groans]

[dog panting]

[dog barks distantly]

[dog barking]

-[dog barking]

-[Byeongjin panting]

[dog barking]

[dog barks distantly]

[sniffles, exhales]

ICU

-[Jeongwon] Let's just check that again.

-[telephone ringing]

Yes, hello?

-[Hyunju's dad] This is Hyunju's dad.

-Hi.

[Hyunju's dad] How's she doing today?

[Jeongwon sighs] Not awake yet.

[Hyunju's dad sighs] Okay.

[Jeongwon] I'm so sorry.

[Hyunju's dad] Please, don't be. [sighs]

I'll still give you a call

to let you know if she gets better.

[Hyunju's dad]

Thanks, I'd appreciate that.

Sure.

She's not showing

any signs of serious injury.

So, what is she doing in here?

She was also a passenger

on that city bus this week.

The head trauma's

why she lost consciousness.

So it was like a concussion?

Subdural hemorrhage.

The impact to her inner dura mater

caused a blood vessel to burst.

Though it's not externally visible.

JOO HYUNJU

We get a patient like her

every now and again.

From the outside, it doesn't look

like anything's wrong with her.

However,

a traumatic subdural hemorrhage

[inhales deeply]

has a very low survival rate.

How come there isn't a single wound?

The accident looked devastating.

That's because she was with her mother

when it went down.

I think her mom

did her best to protect her.

She was able to avoid the worst.

But the impact of the fall

was just too great.

What happened to her?

[sighs]

[Buyeong] She looks like she's asleep.

And it'll be a nightmare when she's awake.

So I hope

she's having a nice dream right now.

[Hyunju crying]

[sniffles, sobbing]

[sniffles]

NAME: JUNG YUHUI

Jung Yuhui.

Your funeral will be held tomorrow.

JOO HYUNJU

-[digital beeping]

-[door opens]

[door closes]

[Youngji] When she was transferred here,

another woman was holding onto her

so tightly,

it was like they were one.

[Buyeong] Did the accident cause that?

It was intentional.

She was clinging pretty tightly to her.

We could barely separate them

before the surgery.

YOON SUNHAE

She still hasn't woken up yet.

And the other woman?

[sighs wearily]

Her family came

all the way here from overseas.

How nice of them.

Yes, it is.

Park Hyewon,

we will prepare you for your funeral.

NAME: PARK HYEWON

NOTE: FUNERAL SCHEDULED

[pleasant music playing]

[Hyewon whispers] Sunhae?

[Sunhae] Hmm?

You should get out of bed.

Did you wanna get up?

Sunhae Baby

This house is too dark.

[Sunhae] You're right.

You should go and get us a new light.

[inhales sharply]

I can't get out.

I ended up breaking the lock

'cause I couldn't get the passcode

right when I tried to get out.

That's impossible.

That door lock panel is on the outside.

So you can go anytime.

The door's wide open for you to go.

[breath shudders]

[Hyewon] Sunhae.

When you walk out the door,

there's a light shop

at the very end of the alley.

[breath shudders]

Go there and find a light.

[crying]

Okay.

[sobs quietly]

MORGUE ENTRANCE

OUTSIDERS NOT ALLOWED

[Youngji] This patient

has been in the ward the longest.

-Maybe you could help me lift him?

-Okay.

To prevent bedsores,

we have to change his positioning

quite a lot.

Uh one second.

If you could just reach over

and grab his shoulder?

-[Buyeong] Yes.

-[Youngji] Lift him at the count of three.

Good, one, two, three [grunts]

and let him down.

[song playing on headphones]

Oh, I pulled out his headphone I think.

[Youngji] Oh.

Why's he wearing that, anyway?

[inhales]

To encourage him.

-Encourage?

-Mmm.

To help him out.

And so he doesn't get lost.

He's gotta find the light.

[inhales sharply]

You think he hears the music?

It's the sky and people ♪

We have to feel and see ♪

We will have tough days ♪

But they are all for our new dreams ♪

Heading to ♪

Where the wind blows ♪

Heading to ♪

Where the sun shines bright ♪

Heading to ♪

Where the wind takes me ♪

[monitor beeping]

Even if the waves come ♪

I'll focus on the horizon ♪

Why is a basketball there?

Oh

I think that it was his favorite sport.

But who put it there?

I did.

I assisted him.

We should go.

The patient in the other ward

is going to get taken downstairs soon.

[Eunjeong] Mmm.

Uh, Nurse Kim.

-Keep an eye on the monitors, okay?

-Okay.

[Eunjeong] See you later.

This was a patient who came in

with the others from the TA yesterday.

He's no longer in a coma.

-So does that--

-Let's bow.

[rattling]

What? We can't stick around too long.

There are still lots of others

we can do something for.

Okay.

You just gotta get used to it.

It's the hardest part

of working in the ICU.

[somber music playing]

Ms. Kwon

is it common for every patient

to be in a coma?

[exhales]

[inhales sharply]

Days like this are rare.

This was a serious accident.

There's a line that exists where we are.

Many patients don't get this far.

You and I are guardians of that border.

And these patients

are gathered at the border now.

[electrical buzzing]

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

[shuddering]

[sobbing]

[suitcase rattles]

So if they don't come out,

what happens then?

-Do they live or do they--

-[Youngji] Stop.

You shouldn't mention that, hear me?

[sighs softly]

They either return,

or they remain there.

[suitcase rattles]

Is he

the driver from the bus accident?

[Seokhui] Mmm-hmm.

Ahh It was this guy.

Enough.

The bus might have needed repairs,

but the road conditions were a factor too.

Oh. [exhales]

Oh Seungwon.

We'll prepare for your funeral now.

NAME: OH SEUNGWON

NOTE: FUNERAL SCHEDULED

[panting]

[panting]

[shuddering]

-[footsteps approaching]

-[Seungwon panting]

I've been looking for you everywhere.

And then I followed the ball here.

I found you. [breathing heavily]

Huh?

Do I know who you are?

It must've been hard.

Let's go. I'll explain on the way.

Where to?

We have to get out of here.

And you wanna go where, exactly?

[breath shudders]

I was trying this whole time

to find a way out.

There's no end to this alley.

[panting]

I can get you out of here.

Please hurry, we don't have time.

I'll try carrying you, okay?

You're in the afterlife.

[gasps]

[exhales]

This is the afterlife,

where everyone can eventually move on.

So if a person's life is cut short

due to an accident,

they get to continue on here.

And since I'm not entirely dead,

I look like this.

I appear different.

Pretty hard to swallow.

Well, you just talked yourself through it.

Is believing so hard?

[Sungsik] Yeah, 'cause I'm a cop.

I'm always gonna doubt, you know.

Maybe I don't wanna believe it yet.

It could be you don't wish to,

because you don't have a reason yet.

Did you say you had a child?

Yes.

And the name of that child?

[scoffs]

We had a miscarriage.

[Wonyoung] Bom.

Yeoreum.

Gaeul.

Gyeowool.

Eutteum.

-Huimang.

-[breath shudders]

[Wonyoung] Suksuk.

Teunteun.

Haengbok.

Somang.

Sarang.

Haetsal.

[crying]

[Wonyoung]

Those are popular nicknames for a baby.

[crying]

The children here

-often have those names, you see.

-[Sungsik crying]

[breathing heavily, sighs]

Whether you believe or not is up to you.

-People do live in this world.

-[breath shuddering]

And they're doing as best as they can.

[breath shudders]

I wanna

I wanna believe.

[panting]

[Seungwon] I know I've gone

through this alley before.

[panting]

Why didn't I see you then?

I kept getting lost in the alley,

so I guess I must have missed you.

No matter how long I walked,

I would always end up here.

It was like this alley had no end.

Sounds scary.

Left alone in the dark.

[panting]

I wasn't the only one

stuck in this alley, you know.

Where we were before,

I saw a lady by the window.

She kept screaming

that she couldn't get out of the house.

[panting]

Why didn't you tell me?

[Wonyoung] Because you could go back.

Knowing the truth of this place

means you get to remember it.

Those who want to go back

will have to leave here

without any of their memories.

Should you try to return

to things the way they were,

you'd confuse the worlds,

unable to distinguish

between time and space.

Delirum. I see.

That's why those who want to return

shouldn't forge any relationships

in this place.

So

I am a guardian of the border.

Wait, I don't even hear

the scooter anymore.

[Wonyoung] Why were you chasing him?

I thought he was a m*rder*r.

The two of you have

the same eyes, you know.

And you said

you lost track of him around here?

[Sungsik] Yes.

I was following the sound of the scooter.

It led me here, so I looked all around.

And then when I turned to leave,

I heard it again.

I tried chasing it one more time,

but ended up back at the light shop.

LIGHT SHOP

[Wonyoung] I believe it's possible

he might've led you to the shop.

[Sungsik panting]

[Wonyoung]

Are you going to keep chasing him?

Need to check something face to face.

Then you should go do that.

Go where?

And how do I get there?

You're a customer.

Haven't you found a light yet?

[hopeful music playing]

[Wonyoung] You'll see him again.

[monitor beeping]

[gasps, grunts]

[exhales]

[panting]

-[Youngji] Get the doctor in here.

-[Buyeong] Okay.

[Youngji panting]

Mr. Yang? Can you hear my voice? Mr. Yang?

-[tapping]

-[monitor beeping]

[Youngji gasps]

[inaudible]

[hopeful music crescendos]

[music fades]

[dog panting]

-[Byeongjin panting]

-[dog whining]

[dog barking]

[panting]

-[door opens]

-[bell dinging]

[breathing heavily]

-What brings you--

-[dog barking]

[panting]

Did your w--

[electrical buzzing]

Huh?

[electrical buzzing]

[grunts, pants]

[grunts, pants]

[breathing heavily]

[grunting]

[gasps, breathing heavily]

-[Jiung] Sir, are you okay?

-[grunts]

Yeah, I'm okay. [panting]

-You see that light shop?

-Yes.

Go in there

[panting]

and find your light.

My light?

[panting]

It's about you.

Your will to go on.

I don't

You have to do it yourself.

I guess I never considered going in there.

Eh? You But you have to

[panting]

You gotta go.

Go and find your light.

That's the only way for you

to get out of this alley.

Go on.

Okay.

[breathing heavily]

[Seungwon] Hey, wait.

Yeah?

[grunting, breath shudders]

I apologize.

[panting]

I'm sorry.

That's what

I've been wanting to say to you.

I'm so sorry for everything.

[sad guitar music playing]

[Seungwon crying]

[sniffles]

[crying]

-[door opens]

-[bell dinging]

[sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

[footsteps approaching]

[breath trembling]

[breath trembling] Hello.

Hello again.

What?

[Wonyoung] I've been watching you a while.

You've passed by here,

more than once or twice.

Oh.

[breath shuddering]

So, what are you doing here?

[breath trembling] I Uh

Something you need?

[breath shudders]

My light.

[pleasant piano music playing]

[pleasant piano music continues]

[breath shuddering]

[electrical buzzing]

I hope

we don't meet again.

[scoffs]

[theme music playing]