01x06 - Episode 6

[bunniefuu]

[motor whirring]

[indistinct chattering]

Ah sh*t!

- Oh, Deacon Kang!
- [laughs]

That was actually a nice sh*t!

[chuckles]

[Won-seok] Jeez, I wanted to play
a round of golf with you,

but my goodness,
I don't ever seem to get any better.

- [both laugh]
- Hey, just come along anyway!

Ah, you must plan on sending Ju-eun
to study abroad, don't you?

I don't know.

Our daughter's still so young.

Oh! What are you saying?

Young children
can learn languages better, you know.

You're right.

Actually, I'm quite worried.

If they're behind already,
how can they succeed?

I just worry that our kids
will end up just like us.

Hey, stop it.
You're gonna embarrass me. Come on.

[Won-seok's wife] But it's the truth.

Your career has no future.
Not with a cop's salary.

And there's no promotion for you in sight.

I know that if we all pray hard together,

then you're bound to receive a miracle
to set everything right.

[chuckles] Amen, miss.

[woman 1] Mm-hmm. Yes.

Well, speaking of prayers,
it's about our pastor.

Just last week,
he didn't come to the service.

- [Won-seok] Hmm.
- Did you hear anything?

No, nothing.

And I heard at the hair salon earlier

that there might be trouble
with the pastor's wife.

Like, she was anxious.

I'm worried about her.
I haven't been able to reach her at all.

Say, how about I check in on them later
on my patrol? I'm happy to.

- So nobody worries? Yeah.
- Oh! Thanks!

Where are people sending their kids
to study these days?

[woman 1] Well, I've heard Canada is...

[man 1 on TV] The story today is about
Korean tidal flats.

It was discovered
that tidal flats can absorb carbon,

which has sparked a lot of interest.

The academic world calls tidal flats
a blue carbon ecosystem

since they help reduce greenhouse gases.

Pastor Kwon?

...who will fill us in on the ways Korea...

- Huh? Oh, uh, you're in here, Pastor.
- [mumbles]

{an8}Please welcome Professor Yoon Ji-hun
from Hankuk University.

{an8}- Yes, hello. I'm Yoon Ji-hun.
- [man 1] Professor Yoon...

Professor Yoon. Professor Yoon.
Professor Yoon. Professor Yoon.

Professor Yoon.

T... tidal flats. Tidal flats. Tidal flats.

- Pastor Kwon?
- Flats.

[Ji-hun] There are a number of factors
that impact tidal flat formation.

It is often said that there are at least
three oceanographic conditions...

[Pastor Kwon] Oceanographic conditions.

Uh, can you excuse me a minute?

Oc... Oc... Oc... ocean, ocean.

[unsettling music playing]

[g*n cocks]

- Pastor Kwon.
- [grunts]

[parasite snarls]

[Won-seok grunts, groans]

- [hissing]
- [whimpers] Oh my God! Wh... what the...

What is...

You... are an agent of law?

[whimpers] Wha...

Our kind was created
with one single mandate to obey.

One true cause.

"To eat... humankind."

[hissing]

So I carried out
thorough research on humans

and the vast domain that they have built.

Compared to Earth's numerous creatures,
you are unique.

Humans have built a very

interesting system.

[whimpers]

You do not need to fear me.

I intend for you and I to join as allies.

And I believe,

as partners, you will also gain.

[hissing]

If you do not find my offer to be

suitable,

then this is where you will die.

[Won-seok breathing nervously]

Just wait. I...

[whimpers]

[Pastor Kwon] You see,

controlling a single host is inadequate.

I want to govern
a human organization myself.

Attach myself as a parasite
to the institution,

and then I can head humanity.

- [hissing, snarling]
- [whimpering]

[music fades]

[breathes deeply]

[sighs]

[Chul-min parasite]
What is that awkward smile?

It is better to appear serious, correct?

Ah, you really are adapting quickly now.

So you know,

this plan of yours, if it does happen,

I just think I could do a lot for you
if I was on the National Assembly.

How does that sound?

Then take whatever position you desire.

This organization is nearly ours.

[cameras clicking]

[indistinct chattering]

[Chul-min parasite clears throat]

SPECIAL PRESS CONFERENCE
ON THE PARASITES IN NAMIL-g*n

Good morning.

I am the leader of Violent Crimes Team,
Kim Chul-min. Thank you for being here.

Today, I will give you a status update
regarding our parasite investigation.

Recently, the Namil Police,
together with the parasite task force,

ex*cuted a very thorough
purge operation in the area.

Now, Namil-g*n stands as an area
that is almost entirely rid of parasites.

However, some survived,

and we know they are hiding somewhere
in this region.

Even so, the Korean music festival

and the memorial
in honor of Choi Yeong-jae

will go ahead as planned.

We continue to urge the public
to remain vigilant

until we've eradicated all parasites

and they can thr*aten our freedom no more.

It has been decided

to make this information
on these two individuals known

so we can locate them with your help.

First, Jeong Su-in. Twenty-nine years old.

Second, Seol Kyung-hee.
Forty-five years old.

Both women are current residents
of Namil-g*n.

Their height is about 160 centimeters.

The two women pictured here...

Here's your bag, sir. Thanks.

Cash?

...witness anyone else
exhibiting strange behavior,

please send in a tip

or call in to report it right away
to the police

or the parasite task force
here at the National Police Agency.

All the information collected about them

is on the National Police Agency's website
so everyone can see it.

Once again,

we urge you to provide any information
you may have to the authorities

and to continue to offer us
your cooperation in these times.

That's you for everybody to see.

Let's be on guard.

Why would they do this?
Why take it this far?

The mayor is going to come
to the festival here.

If Heidi and that other monster show up,
things will get crazy.

He'll jump bodies
to be mayor right then and there.

[phone buzzing]

KYUNG-HEE

It's me. What?

It is your sister.

Bitch, I suggest
that you skip the "family ties" bullshit.

Let us meet.

Is this a joke, bitch? Don't mess around.

Tell the woman who is of our kind.

She will be a better adjudicator.

f*ck that sh*t.

Go ahead.

If you saw the news, you know
that you and I are in similar straits.

Now, we must cooperate.

You will come to Cheongil Garden.

[disconnect tone]

Wait, don't tell me you're going?

The thing that k*lled my friend Chul-min

is totally focused on being made
into the leader of a whole city.

So what? Us two won't stand a chance.

So let's expand our team a bit, then.

[Kang-woo sighs]

[seat belt clicks]

[opening theme music playing]

PARASYTE: THE GREY

[woman] Thank you.

[Chul-min parasite] Good work.

Thanks.

That briefing of yours was remarkable.

[Chul-min parasite] Ah, thanks.

As we planned, right?
Or is there some problem with it now?

I wouldn't say mistakes were made.

Although, you really looked out
for Jeong Su-in

so much throughout this whole process.

Except it seems
your perspective has shifted.

It seems so?

Taking care of people
takes priority over my own beliefs.

Is that so?

You remember a little while ago
at Saejin Church

when we broke up that group of parasites?

You found something of hers
and put it in your pocket,

then met her later on
to return it at the park that day.

So what was it that you found there?

Does that really matter that much now?

[unsettling music playing]

You must remember what it was. Seriously?

Or are you trying to deny
that you found something of hers?

Would you care to elucidate?

[laughing]

You see, he's a big teddy bear, you know?

All right, then,
we'd better be going, yeah?

Let's go.

She is suspicious, I think.

Let's eliminate her.

- It needs to be a mishap, then.
- Like what?

Do as humans do.

Use the organization.

[indistinct chattering]

[Kang-woo] Hey, this is it?
This the place she picked out?

I can sense her.

I know she's nearby.

She picked a garden? Really?

[Kang-woo breathes deeply]

If Heidi and that monster
start a brawl here, we're caught.

[Heidi] She will know that as well.

You scared me. sh*t.

You are going to remain here.

Why?

You will be an encumbrance at this moment
because a part of you wants her dead.

[unsettling music playing]

Why did you ask to meet?

You and I must destroy
the traitor to our kind.

The one who merged with Kim Chul-min
and was once the pastor.

I must k*ll him.

His appearance on the news today
was surely meant to provoke us.

It is an obvious trap.

He wants to draw us to him,
then he'll strike.

And how is that relevant?

I will destroy him, as I said.

But he is parasitizing
a human organization.

Organizations are amazing things.

A creature on its own can prove feeble,

but an organization formed by individuals
is highly resilient and powerful.

He understood this and made use of it.

So you want our assistance?

The human I am now integrated with
may comply, though I cannot.

Well, you must want him punished too.

It is an unreasonable request
that unnecessarily risks our existence.

Existence?

[tense music playing]

And is that what matters the most to you?

[gasping]

[Kn*fe clatters]

[gasps]

[Kyung-hee parasite] Look at this man.

He tried to strike at me,
knowing I'm stronger.

It was not a rational choice he made,

but I can understand now
what made him still try foolishly.

I came to understand it
when our kind were k*lled by the pastor.

sh*t! Just stop acting
like you understand!

We cannot reproduce to survive.

But we cannot live independent of humans.

All we can do is live as parasites
on the human body.

Whose fault is all that? Huh?

[Kang-woo grunts, coughs]

[Kang-woo gasping]

[Kyung-hee parasite] No one's fault.

We were never given a choice,

so we examined this proposition.

We asked, "Why do we exist at all?"

Then one of our kind explained it.

We exist so we can protect each other.

We exist in order
to take care of each other.

And so an organization
will help us hold on together.

And it is the one who helped us believe
in this meaning...

that I want to destroy completely.

[Kang-woo] Hey, don't be an idiot.

Anytime the guy in charge says that,

he's just gonna s*ab you
right in the back to get ahead.

What do you know of his intent?

[Kang-woo] You wanna know?

It's the folk music festival
'cause the mayor's gonna be there.

And he wants to grab the mayor's head.

Assuming he grabs hold of the mayor,

it will soon be difficult for you two
to live with human beings.

In the end, the humans will k*ll you.

So what will you do?

[Kang-woo] Hey,
we're gonna k*ll that bastard

so the mayor won't get hurt.

And then, guess what.

You're next.

Yeah, that's my sister's body,

and I'm gonna pluck that
dirty head of yours right outta there.

Your plan will not go as you wish, human.

Until then, however,
it seems we all share a goal.

[music intensifies]

{an8}OPENING CEREMONY OF CHOI YONG-JAE
MEMORIAL HALL, A CIVILIAN ARMY LEADER

[indistinct chattering]

[unsettling music playing]

[music fades]

Are the test results
I asked for ready yet?

Okay, on my way.

[man 1] This is an image from the autopsy
of Hunting Dog Number One.

And this is an image of a w*apon
that parasites can form from their bodies.

It's something we've seen
in various cases.

A mark like that...
Is there any way it can be reproduced?

We created a similar kind of wound pattern
by just making a cut...

[clears throat]...with a kitchen Kn*fe,
and as you can see,

the resulting wounds are similar.

So the Hunting Dog
could have been k*lled with a Kn*fe

that made it look like a parasite did it

when, in reality,
it was just a clever trick?

Yeah, that's not something we considered.

But it's definitely possible
that this was staged.

Do you want me to... review this case again?

[unsettling music playing]

That's all right.

Well, since nothing is certain,
let's just keep this private, okay?

- Of course.
- [phone buzzing]

Yeah? At HQ.

What?

[man 1 on monitor] Ah, Miss Choi.

We've received your report.

There's a church in Gangwon-do marked
with the same symbol

that was found at Saejin Church.

A report?

When and where did you get it?

Detective Kim received an anonymous report
about the symbol a few hours back.

[Jun-kyung] Detective Kim?

[man 1 on monitor] Namil-g*n is
almost entirely free of parasites now.

Let's deploy Team Grey
to Gangwon-do to b*at the parasites.

What do you think, Miss Choi?

We should be absolutely sure
that the information is solid first.

That's why we wanna send Team Grey
to assess things.

It's our best option.

Who will protect this area?

The local authorities should have
no issues handling any threats

that could arise here.

So it's decided.

You will go to Gangwon-do
to deal with the parasites.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[unsettling music playing]

[distant whistle blaring]

[Won-seok] The advance party
should get ready!

- Go to that side. Go over there.
- Yes, sir.

So what are they doing now?

Providing security at the event tonight
for the mayor of Namcheon.

[sirens wailing]

[music intensifies]

[sirens wailing]

[phone buzzing]

- [phone buzzing]
- [chuckles]

Yeah? Jeong Su-in's not available now.

[Heidi] It is I.

[Jun-kyung] Jeong Su-in?
Or are you the monster?

Correct, this is the monster
you want m*rder*d.

[chuckles]

Careful, I'll fall in love with you.

What's going on?

We have made a mistake.

As you said earlier,

Kang is human, or so we believe now.

He is not a parasite.

But he now serves the pastor,
who is their leader.

He is the one that k*lled
your dearly cherished Hunting Dog.

Plus, he helped the pastor
take over the body of his colleague.

[laughing]

Hang on.
You said he was a parasite earlier.

Now he's a human traitor?

So says a parasite
on the pastor's side before defecting.

But there is an even bigger problem.

They want control of the mayor.

The music festival is when
the intended swap-over will likely occur.

- What?
- Believe what I say.

We are going to the festival now

to k*ll him first.

Yet, there must be a contingency
should we not succeed.

So you should also come
and help us ensure that he dies.

[unsettling music playing]

So what'd she say about it all?

[Heidi] Not that much.

I will save my energy
for the music festival now.

It begins shortly.

Yeah, sure, go ahead. Night night.

[siren wailing]

[Su-in] Won-seok and the pastor k*lled him
because he figured out the truth.

Please believe me!

It's pretended to be the detective
since it took over his body.

I saw it all!

Turn around.

What? But what about Gangwon-do?

It's on me, all right? Just turn around.

Yes, ma'am.

- [siren wailing]
- [tires squealing]

- [fireworks exploding]
- [children laughing]

- [hip-hop music playing]
- [crowd cheering]

- [indistinct chattering]
- [cameras clicking]

Not much so far, for now.

He might just be
waiting for us to show up.

How's your end?

Yeah, it's like that here.

- Should we move in yet?
- [Kang-woo] No.

Let's try and stick to Heidi's plan.

He'll sense it
if unexpected parasites show up.

Stay out there for now.

I'll try to monitor things
and update you, okay?

- [governor] You should try some hotteok.
- [mayor] Ah, sure.

This is the most renowned shop
in all of Namil-g*n.

- Is that so?
- Yes, yes, yes.

- Hello.
- Hello.

- It looks delicious, doesn't it?
- All right. Just for the mayor.

Here's a fresh and hot one, sir.
Oh! Take care, sir. It's hot, like I said.

[all chuckling]

- [gasps]
- Oh no!

[woman] Oh! Oops!

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- [mayor chuckles] Oh my goodness.

It's so chewy. This is really good, wow!

Is it made with some of
our local flour as well?

- No, imported.
- Huh?

Ah... [laughs]

See, Namil-g*n is best known
for cooking up tasty foods of all types!

[all laughing]

Your specialty is your cooking skills,
is that right?

Yes, our cooking skills are the best.

Hey, you guys.

Check the mayor's next tour area
and make sure it's clear. Head out.

- [man 1] Yes, sir.
- Yes, boss.

[fireworks exploding in distance]

Do we need others?

Human authorities are not expedient.

Heidi and I can work as partners,
disposing of the target without aid.

Heidi's not scared.
It's about me, in the end.

It's all because

of how I'm breakable.

Her luck was just so bad.

Happening to crawl
into a dying girl like me, I mean.

That's why we didn't swap entirely.

Because in order to live,
she had to save me first.

Now she's stuck, incomplete, in my body,

barely able to make her power last
a quarter of an hour.

I became her trap.

She's been made into a prisoner.

It is clear now

why she is that strong.

What?

Generally, when our kind claims a human
and takes control of the brain,

the host's body
is not really part of us in any way.

Much as the car you drive
is not really part of you.

It can be replaced as may be necessary.

Because Heidi cannot replace her host,

she has to protect it as a part of her.

That is why Heidi has to be strong.

She always fights so desperately

in order to protect you.

[high-pitched ringing]

He's moving now.

To where?

[tense music playing]

[people screaming]

[governor] Mayor! This way!

[screaming, clamoring]

- [car horn honks]
- [siren wailing]

[agent 1 on radio]
Enter the festival grounds.

[agent 2] Move, move, move!

[tense music continues]

Go find the mayor. Now.

- Right away, ma'am.
- Yes, ma'am.

[people screaming]

[breathing nervously]

[screaming]

- [g*nshots]
- [people screaming]

- Outta their f*cking minds?
- [g*nshots continue]

[grunting]

Hurry, get up! Let's go! Quick! Let's go!

Hey, they're taking the mayor away.

Hey! Come on, hurry! sh*t!

[breathing nervously]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [Su-in gasps]

Jeong Su-in, it's time to surrender!

Come out!

[Heidi] I can handle that woman,
so you go ahead.

[Jun-kyung] Good.
Just follow my instructions.

Ah sh*t.

[tense music continues]

[g*n cocks]

[Jun-kyung panting]

[Jun-kyung gasping]

[grunts, groans]

[Heidi] Do you really need to k*ll me?

I simply want to exist like you.

I truly do not want to hurt you
or anybody else.

The choice is yours.

[sighs]

Hey, over here.

[tense music continues]

What the...

His head's gone.

[panting]

Where are you?

The back lot? Roger that.

The back lot.
The car is still parked there.

[mayor] The back lot, right? The back lot.

[grunting, groaning]

[whimpering]

[blade rasps]

[whimpers]

[gasping]

Seriously? Christ.

Hey!

[grunts]

[Kang-woo] We're on your side, okay?

[air hissing]

[unsettling music playing]

[metal clattering]

[breathing nervously]

He must poach a body soon or die.
So take that one and...

[gasps]

[groaning]

[Kang-woo] Hey, a... are you all right?

[Kang-woo groans]

[Kang-woo grunts]

[unsettling music playing]

To you, I ask

for forgiveness.

[sighs]

[grunts]

[gasping]

[gasps]

[sobs]

[panting]

How much longer you got?

Ah sh*t. Ah, there's nobody here

to swap your body. There's no one.

So how...

[squelching, crackling]

[Kang-woo panting] Where do we have to go?

- Huh?
- The back! The back lot!

- We have to hurry!
- The back?

[door hinge squeaks]

[door rattles]

[tense music playing]

[screaming]

[Kang-woo] What are you doing? Run!

To the right, the right!

[mayor whimpering] Help! Help!

[whimpering]

[Heidi] Hurry and escape this place now.

Heidi, Su-in, hang on.
I'll come back for you!

[tense music playing]

[panting]

[Kang-woo] Hey, get him out of here!

- [man 1] This way.
- Just get him outta here now!

Right inside.

[groans, pants]

[unsettling music playing]

[Won-seok parasite] Mutant.

The first time you came to the church,

why did you decide
to side with humans instead of us?

I did not think a mutant like me
could actually gain your trust.

[Won-seok parasite]
Why did you think that way?

I saw the similarities to humans you had.

[Won-seok parasite]
Similarities to humans. I see.

[laughs]

Yes, you are correct.

It is true that neither I nor the humans
would accept a mutant like you.

That is exactly what keeps
the human organization strong.

They label the majority normal,

while the minority of mutants
are called abnormal.

They obtain the support of the majority
and strengthen the organization.

That is how the great life-form

that we know as
the human organization is born.

And the power it wields is incomparable
to a life-form as fragile as our own.

Human organizations sacrifice countless
of their own kind for a single purpose.

And then, once they have achieved
what they aimed for,

they build a shrine to the memory
of the one who served as their head.

[music intensifies]

Memorial halls much the same as this.

Jeong Su-in!

Heidi?

Su-in? Su-in!

Ah sh*t!

[Won-seok parasite] Do you remember
the command given to us

at the moment of our birth?

"Take over a human brain."

I believe that command

did not simply mean to take over
the physical brain of a human.

I believe it meant to take over the brain
of the great, living human organization.

Su-in, join with me now.

If we cooperate,

we can rule it all.

Be the head of their organization.

The both of you freeze!

[tense music playing]

[Won-seok parasite] sh**t her.

sh**t her, Miss Choi!
Please hurry! sh**t her, now!

Or else she'll take your head
right where you stand!

Miss Choi, sh**t now!

- [inaudible scream]
- [tense music builds]

[music fades]

[sighs]

[squelching]

[sighs]

You knew he'd be the one
I sh*t at, I guess?

[Heidi] I did not.

I do not have any skills in telepathy.

So then, why wouldn't you rush me?
I had a g*n.

[Heidi] It is because I trusted you.

Jeong Su-in is a strange creature.

She has been badly hurt
by those close to her.

And yet, it does not stop her
from trusting others.

She chooses to be a vulnerable entity.

That is the way she is.

I wanted to let her trust.

Act as my example.

Jeong Su-in mourns being kept distant
by the community of her own kin.

She wants to live among her people.

[Kang-woo] Su-in! Su-in!

Jeong Su-in! Su-in! Are you okay?

Su-in will be in your hands.

Hey, hey, hey! No!

Su-in! What do I do?

Hey, hey! Jeong Su-in!

Hey! What happened?
What the f*ck happened?

Su-in! Su-in!

- [somber music playing]
- [Kang-woo sobs]

Miss Choi!

Get these two to the hospital.

Isn't Su-in a parasite, ma'am?

She's a normal young woman.

[crying] Su-in.

[crying continues]

[music fades]

[scanner beeps]

[scanner beeps]

[meowing]

- [Kang-woo] So what "meow"?
- Huh?

Work.

When are you done?

In two hours.

[Kang-woo] Hey, you're working too hard.
Isn't it tough on you?

[Su-in] I'll be fine. How have you been?

Me? [chuckles]

I recently joined a new organization.

You joined a g*ng
after all you went through?

Hey, I mean, I can't start one myself.

And I can't stay a lone wolf forever.

The world's a tough place, as you know.

[Kang-woo] Mmm.

Impressive, right?

Seol Kang-woo of Team Grey?

That Miss Choi lady
even gave me these new threads.

I even got insurance.

You jealous?

I thought about it a lot.

The only real choice is
to give it another sh*t.

- [sighs]
- [pensive music playing]

That's great.

That's really great.

What?

- Uh...
- Is something going on?

[sniffles]

It's kinda weird,
but I got some mail, right?

And it's...

it's actually from Heidi.

She sent it to me and not you
'cause she wants me to read it out loud

in a human voice.

[clears throat] So here goes.

[imitating Heidi]
"Hello, Jeong Su-in." [chuckles]

Sorry, I'll cut it out.

"This is my first time writing a letter,
so please excuse any missteps."

"I have been thinking a great deal about
the meaning of our existence,

what others have said."

"While I have yet to come
to a final conclusion,

I consider it a great stroke of luck
that you are the human I parasitized

and that I was unable
to fully take over your brain."

Ooh. Okay, so this part here?

You read this sentence.
Uh, I just can't manage it.

Hmm.

[wistful music playing]

Su-in!

So you know, Miss Choi said
she has a spot for you on the team.

So don't be a loner, okay?
Call me if you wanna talk about it.

See ya.

[sighs]

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
YOU ARE NOT ALONE

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[elevator bell dings]

Refresh me. Who is this guy?

Some kind of journalist, he says.

He says he's an expert in the field
when it comes to parasites.

He told us he has
very important intelligence

he wants to share.

Oh yeah? You sure he's not just crazy?

I'm sorry we kept you waiting.

Let me introduce Miss Choi Jun-kyung,
the leader of Team Grey.

And you are?

Good afternoon.

My name is Shinichi.

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