01x01 - Han Ji Hyuk Returns

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[Episode 1]

Hey!

Go get a young girl.

- Okay.
- Go!

What are you doing?
Come with me now.

Where are you?

Did the person that just left
really leave on a boat?

What the heck are you doing?

Do you think I'm a joke?

Found you.

No, please don't.

You idiot.

- Please let her live.
- What's with you?

Please help my daughter.

Please help her.

Dad...

[Sea Special Attack Team]

Watch out for dead bodies ahead.

[Sea Special Attack Team]

A person ahead. Get ready.

Come out!

Enter.

Enter.

Hands up!

Put your hands up!

Please help...

Put your hands up!

Drop your weapon! Put your hands up!

Standby. Do not sh**t.

Disclose your identity!

If you don't, we'll sh**t!

Four.

Seven.

Four. Nine.

This was the g*nsh*t.

Chief Ha,
I'm sorry to interrupt you.

- What is it?
- The Coast Guard just tried...

to identify one of our staff,
so I looked into it,

but the file is locked.

It's locked?

I can't access it
with my clearance level.

[National Intelligence Service]

- Put it up.
- Yes, sir.

- Can you put it up on the screen?
- Yes, I will.

[Han Ji Hyuk]

[Han Ji Hyuk, NIS Black Agent,
Foreign Intelligence, Class 5]

The paperwork states
he's already dead.

- Who did it?
- Sorry?

Who tried to identify him?

Western Regional Coast Guard.

Contact the director. Now.

What is it? It's my day off.

What is it?

What?

Yes, I already checked.

I compared the fingerprint
the Coast Guard ran, and it's him.

It's Agent Han Jin Hyuk.

Okay. How is he?

I don't have information on that.
I'll have to check myself.

You know that this information
cannot be leaked out, right?

Do whatever it takes
to bring him here.

Don't worry, sir.

[Repatriation of Agent Han Ji Hyuk]

As you're aware,

when our agency or civilians are
damaged by our enemies,

we track down the cause
and carry out...

retaliation operations.

We kept Heukyang in operation,

a team of elite agents
under the Foreign Intelligence Bureau.

It's a secret task force.

And Han Ji Hyuk
belonged to Heukyang.

He was the best field agent we had
who successfully ex*cuted...

our projects abroad.

And this is his best work.

[Name: Han Ji Hyuk]

Three years, in Libya,

two of our agents were publicly
ex*cuted by an armed organization.

And Heukyang was able to eliminate
the leader of the organization,

Abu-nidal,
after pursuing him for months.

He even impressed
international media outlets.

Detective Kim.

[Korea Coast Guard]

What's going on?
[Korea Coast Guard]

What's going on?

A year ago,

three of our agents
who were dispatched...

to China and North Korea
were m*rder*d.

Han Ji Hyuk along with other agents
from Heukyang...

were assigned to the case.

And they acquired intel...

that there was a drug cartel
that dealt drugs from North Korea.

They were able to destroy
the network...

and on the verge
of completing their mission.

And during the operation,

two of the agents from Heukyang
and Han Ji Hyuk...

vanished without any trace.

Back then, we utilized
all of our resources to find them.

But we weren't able to find
Han's body in the end.

[Incident Summary]

Please take a look at this.

This footage was filmed
around 5 a.m. today...

from a ship that was drifting
on the West Coast.

Who's that?

I know it may be hard to believe,
but that's Han Ji Hyuk.

Is he Jesus or something?

Pardon?

I mean, think about it.

He's risen from the dead.

Doesn't that ring a bell?

How could you handle
this matter so poorly?

You made a perfectly healthy man
into a corpse.

Well, you know that we always
have a good reason for it.

After that agent went missing
a year ago,

the list of our international agents
in China got leaked.

[Jung Yong Tae: Director
of Security Investigations Division]

And then we lost all of our agents
for North Korea.

It's known
as the Bloody Friday Incident.

Hey, Director Jung.

That's enough.

Right. That's true.

We did rush to close the case...

due to the diplomatic conflict
between us and China.

Thanks to that, weren't you
able to cover up your scandal...

regarding surveilling
innocent civilians?

I remember that caused
quite a headache for you.

And we are bringing him in
as we speak.

If you give us a bit more time,
we'll get to the bottom of this.

Sure. I don't think
we need to make a big fuss about it.

But as you are the experts
in this field,

please take care of this
however you see fit.

Sir.

I have arranged what we talked about
for the appointment...

of the Minister of Justice
last week.

I'll brief you in the afternoon.

Don't let me keep you here.
You can get back to work now.

Go ahead.

Please.

Okay. Thank you for your time.

It seems that they were
smuggling these people...

into the country...

and harvesting their organs
against their will on the ship.

- Mr. Kim.
- Yes.

Why do you think Han Ji Hyuk was...

on that ship?

Wasn't he trying
to come back to Korea?

No, listen.

Why did he try to come back
as a stowaway?

Thats...

By the way, the Korea Coast Guard
was able to find the ship.

- They said they got a tip.
- What?

A tip?

I looked into it just in case.

The person who gave them the tip...

used an untraceable line
just like we do.

Are you sure?

Yes, sir.

The professional go player,
Lee Se Dol, didn't give up...

and managed to win a match
that's worth his every effort.

Let's hear more
from Reporter Lee Jun Beom.

The AI machine, AlphaGo,
waves the white flag in the end.

The first victory of Lee Se Dol
has been confirmed...

The scars on his body tell us...

he was tortured and locked up
for a very long time.

Other than he's dehydrated,
his numbers look good.

But...

we found dozens of neurochemical
substances in his blood.

Neurochemical substances?

And among them, there's a substance
called Zet-IP, also known as ZIP.

So what that drug does is that...

it affects our brain
and wipes out our memory.

Well, we are developing it
on our end to treat...

post traumatic stress disorders.

I don't follow you.

In other words, someone had injected
him with small doses of ZIP...

and erased Han Ji Hyuk's memory.

Of course, it was done on purpose.

Are you telling me
he lost his memory?

Yes.

To be precise,

he doesn't have any memory
since his disappearance until now.

It's like someone had carved out
his brain.

He doesn't remember a thing
for the past year.

This isn't your first time, right?

I read in your record that...

you underwent
the captivity avoidance training.

Let me clarify it just in case.

This is
a completely different device.

It can record your heart rate,
blood pressure, brainwaves,

and even minor vibrations
in your eyes and ears.

What I want to do right now
is very simple.

I just need to evaluate...

if you're telling me
the truth or not.

And I will be reporting the result
to your superior.

If...

you are hiding something right now,

you are making a big mistake.

All right.

Let us begin.

It says...

your name is Han Ji Hyuk.
Is that correct?

Let me ask you again.
Is your name Han Ji Hyuk?

Yes.

Did you work for
the National Intelligence Service?

Yes.

Do you live
in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province?

Yes.

You said that the last memory
you have is having dinner...

with your colleagues,

Kim Dong Wook and Oh Kyung Seok,
at a safe house on the outskirts...

of Andong on February 29 last year.

Is that correct?

Yes.

And is it also true that
you don't remember what happened...

over the last year since that night?

Yes.

And you heard that your colleagues,

Oh Kyung Seok
and Kim Dong Wook died. Correct?

Were you involved in their deaths?

Or is there anything you remember
about their deaths?

Let me ask you again.

Were you involved in...

Oh Kyung Seok
and Kim Dong Wook's deaths?

No.

Have you contacted or been
in contact with other individuals...

from other groups or organizations
during your operations?

Is this it?

Is this...

how you show respect to a man
who escaped the jaws of death?

Mr. Han. Just answer my questions.

It's me who should be asking
questions, not you.

So don't hide
behind that glass window...

and come face me.

So listen.

Mr. Han, please don't move.

- Stay seated.
- Stop hiding there.

Come out this instant!

Tell me. What's the result?

My analysis tells me...

he's telling us the truth.

Nothing in my analysis told me
that he was lying.

Good job. You may go.

Director Kang.

Yes, ma'am.

What's our next step?

[Dandong, China, one year ago]

You should buy drinks.

Seriously? You're so cheap.

What do you want to eat?

Let me think.

They're on the move.
They're going down.

Got it.

- There you go again.
- I'm serious.

- Really?
- Of course.

Her butt was this big!

Want to make a bet?

Go and see for yourself tonight.

- Okay.
- Fine.

- Hwang Young?
- What?

Who are you?

- Where is it?
- Over there.

I'm sure they've lost it by now.

Without a doubt.

The amount of ice they lost
because of us...

has got to be couple hundred kilos.

- How much do you think it costs?
- Why? Do you regret it?

I'm just asking.

Why are you...

Why are you putting it like that?

It'll be ten months next month.

What are you going to do
when this is over?

When I get back this time,
I'm going to ask for a desk job.

I'm serious.

I'm never coming
near the field again.

Dong Wook,
your face is meant for the field.

Want to die?

What about you?

You still haven't figured it out,
have you?

Ji Hyuk prefers the field to home.

I bet he's going to ask...

to be sent to the field
as soon as we get back to HQ.

Right?

See? What about you?

I want to go somewhere for a couple
of weeks and get some rest.

Have you heard of Palawan?

Why do you belittle me so much?
Of course, I do.

- No, you don't.
- I do.

There's this resort
right by the beach there,

and the view of the sunset
from the terrace is amazing.

Imagine watching that view...

and ordering crab ba*ls
from room service...

You went there with a woman,
didn't you?

No wonder you were always
so busy texting in the corner.

- No.
- What?

I must be right!

- He must've gone with a woman.
- I didn't!

- Isn't this neglect of duty?
- I didn't!

What do you mean you didn't?
Who is it?

You should...

Calm down.

You're in a state of hypnosis.

Exhale slowly.

Slowly.

From now on,

we're going back to the period of time
that you can't remember.

We're going to break through
the barriers and go inside.

When I start counting,

you will go into the gap
of your memories.

Five, four,

three, two, one.

Okay. What do you see?

Darkness.

Calm down. You're okay.

Take a deep breath. Slowly.

You're going to wake up on my count.

Three, two, one!

I think we overdid it when
you're weak in both mind and spirit.

Get some rest.

Put that down.

Put that down!

Even if he was in
a state of hypnosis,

I can't believe he did
something so radical.

What on earth did he see?

While he was in that state,
he said he saw darkness.

There's a saying.

The reason why you enter darkness...

is because your memories
are reacting.

Then does that mean...

those memories
will eventually return?

So you're saying that hypnosis
didn't work either?

Yes, ma'am.

Is there anything else we can try?

To be honest, there's nothing
more we can try at this point.

I think it's best to let him
get some rest...

as we continue to watch him.

Did you hear the rumors
floating around these days?

What? What kind of rumors?

I heard that everyone's talking
about how Han Ji Hyuk...

was the one who released
the list of agents a year ago.

That the person who was once
deemed the best agent...

is the main culprit that dragged
down an entire division.

But do you know what's
really interesting?

Our last hope to save us
from this mire...

is also him.

Everything is settled
at the bottom of his mind.

We can't just sit back
and wait for it to float.

Han Ji Hyuk.

Reinstate him right away.

Ma'am, I think it's too soon to...

You decide which department
he'll be assigned to.

Let him catch his breath for now.

What do you think?

Tell me what you really think
not your professional opinion.

You're the one who recruited him.

Do you really think Han Ji Hyuk...

lost his memory?

[Silent Devotion to Protect
and Bring Glory to Korea]

To be honest,

I always wondered...

what has he got in his head.

Even a higher being
will never know...

what he's thinking.

He's accepting his
colleague's death as his failure.

In other words,
his colleague's death...

became a symbol that
reminded him of his failure.

So I want to ask a favor.

Discharge him for now.

No, that can never happen.

He may look calm on the outside.

But he's like a time b*mb.

People from higher up
have already decided.

There's nothing I can do about it.
Now if you'll excuse me.

By the way, did you read the report?

His blood test result says...

there's amphetamine
and opioid in his blood.

Did you put that in the report?

No, I wanted to tell you first.

Here's what I want you to do.

Let's keep this between us.

I'll find the right moment
to report it to my superior.

[Discharge Order, Han Ji Hyuk]

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What happened to me?

Answer me.

What happened to you?

[Seo Su Yeon]

[Seo Su Yeon]

How do you feel to fall
into the bottomless pit?

I heard what kind of conditions you got.

I didn't know.

That's why I thought of
a million questions to ask you.

But I guess it's all for nothing.

You...

never accepted us
as your colleagues.

Not even once.

You didn't care about the others.

You only focused on your missions.

To you,

we didn't mean a thing.

Once...

I asked you a favor.

Do you remember?

Don't tell me you forgot that too.

Let me make the drink for you.

- Pour just a little.
- Just a little for me too.

- That's enough.
- I'll just go with beer.

This is considered a superfood.
It's good for your skin.

- Goodness.
- Lots of them suffer.

They have to put
their lives out in danger.

Thanks.

Please let me have one too.

What is it?

- What's wrong?
- Nothing.

What brings you here?

May I...

ask you for a favor?

You don't have to worry.
I didn't see anything.

No.

Not that.

I have a bad feeling...

about this project.

And?

Please promise me something.

That you won't do anything rash
just as you did before.

That no matter what happens,

you'll consider the safety
of your colleagues as your priority.

Are you asking me
as your colleague, or...

I know what you mean.

And it's both.

So promise me...

that you won't forget
what I just asked you.

After that incident,

I had to go check
Kyung Seok's body...

when it came through the consulate.

His face was crushed so badly...

that I couldn't recognize him...

no matter how hard I tried.

You should've seen it yourself.

If you did,

then even someone like you...

couldn't have
forgotten that for life.

Make sure you remember.

Do whatever it takes to remember...

who did that to him,

what the situation was like,

and how he looked as he passed.

You need to tell me everything...

without leaving out any details.

You're the most amazing guy
in this world.

So this time,

try to save yourself.

Climb up from that pit...

with your own power.

Are you sure these feelings are
solely caused by Kyung Seok?

Because I don't really get it.

There were three people
on the field that day, including me.

You and Chief Ha were
waiting in the headquarters.

In that situation,
we were cut off from contact,

then found on a ship


I really don't understand.

Did you really fail to receive
any contact from us?

That's it?

The only thing you can say to me...

in this situation...

is that?

You still have no idea...

what the problem is.

There's no sign of resistance.

He was caught off guard,

without getting a chance
to fight back.

Three shots
in the chest and abdomen.

Two shots in the left head.

And...

I must find out...

who it was.

- Incheon Airport, please.
- Yes, sir.

Plates 95S 9548.

Yes, it looks like
he's headed for the airport.

He's on the phone.

Yes, sir. I'll tail him.

[Han Ji Hyuk, Online]

I don't have to tell you
who he is, do I?

Do not let your guard down.

Where's the man
that got in your taxi?

He got off in the middle.

He told me to keep driving this way,

then gave me this much money.

[Incheon Port Authority]

Officer Kim.

Excuse me.

Can you show me your ID?

[Coast Guard]

Gosh. No way.

That was so cool. Nice.

Han Ji Hyuk?

Thank you.

You have the highest grades here.

But you bombed the evaluations
from your drill sergeants...

and peers.

"He doesn't care about anyone else.
He's very stubborn."

"He's extreme and reckless."

Forget about them.

This place is full of stupid fools
who care about their reputations...

and are good at making connections.

And they have forgotten
the essence of this place.

What this place is all about.

In our line of work,

there's a place
ordinary people can never reach.

Good and evil. Ethics and morals.

Knowledge and ideology.

You can go beyond these limitations.

So...

don't let these fools
have any sway over you.

You are good enough as you are now.

Oh, my. You haven't changed...

seeing how you ditched the guys
and got this far.

You know, it's been a while.

Shouldn't you at least pretend
that you're happy to see me?

Why did you come
all the way here yourself?

Come on. You're so stiff.

Well, we discussed internally
what to do with you.

Your doctors said
that you needed to rest a bit more.

So you'll be helping out the team
in the outskirts for now.

Open it.

We retrieved it
at the scene where you went missing.

I had been keeping it personally.

Want to die?

What about you?

I understand
what you must be going through.

But you must know
that we did what we could.

It's been a year.

What do you think
you could do there all by yourself?

Don't fixate
on finding your answer outside.

Perhaps,

you might be able to find it,
somewhere close and unexpected.

Ji Hyuk, don't rush this.

Let nature take its course.

Please make me one promise.

Once I do everything
you tell me to do, please let me...

investigate the incident myself.

Sure.

I'll talk to the deputy commissioner
about that.

Oh, this?

It's nothing.

An occupational hazard.

Okay. Good job.

Bye.

[Employee Personal Information]

[Employee Personal Information]

[Name: Yoo Je Yi]

[Silent Devotion to Protect
and Bring Glory to Korea]

As you know,

our organization is
putting fewer people...

on anti-communist projects.

This is how things are changing.
Who can we blame?

But we still have to show results.

So we established another team
to deal with these changes.

It's called
the Crime Information Center.

Well, it's a fancy name.

We just combined our
narcotics, counterterrorism,

and cybercrimes teams...

and gave it a new name.

And you'll be joining
the support team for the center.

Whenever they need help,

you can just join them
and help them out.

Don't look down on it
because it sounds unimportant.

Get in shape there.

I'll bring you back once
you're ready. I give you my word.

You know, a cup of coffee...

I bought it...

Come on.
He's so much younger than me.

Look at that rude jerk.

Saying hello is a polite thing
to do when you meet new people.

He's handsome, though.

What? You think so?

Come on.

She graduated from KAIST
with a degree in chemistry.

She joined our organization
at 21 with early graduation.

For the past seven years,

she has mainly worked in
data processing teams.

She not only received high evaluations
regarding her work,

but her peer evaluations
were also top-notch.

- Who is it?
- Sorry?

As you're aware,
she's the only one who applied.

No, I mean...

Why did she apply with
that kind of background?

It's an insignificant
field support team.

It's not common for someone at
the desk to apply for a field job.

Considering how the higher-ups
signed off on it right away,

there must be a reason.

Plus, she'll be working with
Han Ji Hyuk as his partner.

Did Ji Hyuk come in yet?

Yes, sir.
I saw him coming in this morning.

- Tell him to come to my office.
- Yes, sir.

What was her name again?

Yoo Je Yi.

- Tell her to come in too.
- Yes, sir.

[Employee Personal Information,
Name: Yoo Je Yi]

She's an interesting character.

Focus. I can do it.

I can do it!

Focus.

[National Intelligence Service Korea]

Oh, right.

The team leader for Team One
at that center...

is someone you know very well.

I'm just saying this
out of concern for you.

All things considered,
just keep your head down.

No matter what.

Have some of the coffee.

How are you? Are you feeling okay?

Yes.

Relationships between people
are quite interesting.

It's incredible how you came back
from the dead,

but who knew we'd end up like this?

After what happened a year ago,

the entire division
got turned upside down,

and when I watched
our team fall apart,

I thought that everything was over.

But there's always a light
at the end of the tunnel.

After I came here,

my performance records
have been pretty good too.

I think I'm finally settled in.

I heard the basic gist
of everything.

That you've lost your memory.

I had a feeling that
something was off...

when I saw you there.

Right. I'm sure you're sick
and tired of talking about this,

so we can always talk about it
later on.

What do you want to know?

It's okay. You can ask me anything.

Did you really...

lose all of your memories
from the past year?

You don't remember a single thing?
Not even one bit?

Yes, sir. I don't remember
a single thing...

from the moment we lost contact
in Dandong until now.

Then what about everything
before then.

Why do you want to know about that?

Luckily, everything before then
is clear in my mind.

Especially everything that
happened with you, sir.

If you don't believe me, would you
like me to recite every I remember?

I see your personality
is still the same.

[Situation Room,
Please give me a call.]

Have you seen Su Yeon?

You'll be surprised when
you see her. She's changed a lot.

Do you know where she went
after our team broke up?

She went to the domestic part.

She's the team leader of
Team Four, here in this center.

Isn't that hilarious?

She acted like she cared so much
about her colleagues,

but after the incident happened,
she changed face...

and went there.

So about that...

Su Yeon...

Come in.

Hello.

I'm Yoo Je Yi, the newly assigned
member of the field support team.

I called for you ages ago.
What took you so long?

I'm sorry, sir.

I wasn't able to check my phone
as I was at lunch.

Say hello. This is your partner.

Hello, sir. My name is Yoo Je Yi.

Okay, everyone. Pay attention!

I'm sure you guys are all aware,

but your colleague
has returned home safely.

Let's give your colleague, who has
miraculously returned from the dead,

a warm round of applause
to welcome him back.

The end.

Sir. It's an honor to work with you.

To be honest, I applied to come here
because of you.

Sir?

It's our first day as partners,

so if you have time,
would you like to eat...

No, I mean...
Would you like to get some coffee?

- Didn't you hear?
- Pardon?

- I asked if you didn't hear.
- Hear about what?

My partners died.

A year ago. Both of them.

No, I didn't... Sir...

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Listen up to what I'm about to say.
You'll only get one chance.

There's a rat in our agency.

And I deleted...

my own memories...

to find the traitor.

[The Veil]

You must be suspicious
of every move, word,

and breath from
everyone who approaches you.

These are the people
Ji Won was after a year ago.

I'd like to question him myself.
Please let me see him.

I looked everywhere for you,
Han Ji Hyuk.

Ji Hyuk, are you insane?

What are you doing?

You're dead now.

You must find that traitor.

Yes.

It was him.