01x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS
DEPICTIONS OF SELF-HARM,

WHICH MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME VIEWERS.

[wind rushes]

[scraping]

[unsettling music plays]

MARCH 12, 2005
DO HYE-RYUNG

[girl exhales]

[phone beeps]

You're wondering what the b*tch is up to?

The rules are simple.

You write down your saju and make a wish,

and it comes true.

[chuckles]

You have no idea.

I'll make the wish
just the way you wanted.

My wish is…

for all of you to die.

I truly want every single one of you dead.

[rattling]

That's my true wish.

[flesh squelches]

[whimpers]

[groans]

[groans]

MARCH 12, 2005
DO HYE-RYUNG

IF WISHES COULD k*ll

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

[gasps]

[jaunty alarm plays]

[alarm stops]

[serene music plays]

AUNT JI-SUN

EMERGENCY AT THE HOSPITAL
LEAVING MY CARD FOR YOU

[sighs]

[music fades]

YOU SLEEPING?

[gentle music plays]

READ JUST NOW

-[thudding]
-[boy yelps]

[footsteps overhead]

[cell phone beeps]

I'M UPPP

I GUESS YOU'RE STILL SLEEPING…

I'LL HEAD OUT WITHOUT YOU TODAY…

NO! I'M HEADING OUT NOW!

[footsteps thudding]

[lively music plays]

[boy panting]

[stifles chuckle]

-[boy pants]
-Hey.

You're not supposed to run in the halls.
You'll wake the neighbors.

I'm sorry. I should really
get up earlier one of these days.

[girl] Hm.

[girl clears throat]

[music fades]

Did you

just… hm?

What? I'm sorry.

I won't do it again.

No! I liked it very much.

I liked it so much
I'd love it if you did it again. One more?

One more time.

-[bell dings, doors open]
-One more time. One more…

[boy chuckles awkwardly]

[lively music plays]

Good morning, Mr. Kim.

[music fades]

TODAY'S FORTUNE

And love?

"Speak your true feelings."

[sighs]

[gentle music plays]

Oh!

[chuckles softly]

You can drop me off here.

[driver] What? No. No, wait.
It's too dangerous!

[lively music plays]

[sighs]

Oh.

[exhales]

[boy] Na-ri?

-[breathes deeply]
-[girl] Na-ri.

[boy] You ready?

[chuckles softly]

Geon-woo, what are you doing after school?

-Yo, secret attack!
-[Geon-woo] Jesus, you scared me!

-You sh*t.
-My bad. Sorry.

Ugh. Idiot.

What's wrong?

I'm only saying this because I've known
both of you since middle school.

Why are you always together now?

You dating?

Yeah, sure. You're being crazy.

-[Geon-woo] Yeah.
-[clears throat]

We both live
in the same apartment building, loser.

Why would we get to school separately?

No, no, no.
Se-ah usually gets to class early.

You always slide in at the last minute.

But these days,

you guys are both on time together.

I smell a rat. It's fishy.

Right, Na-ri?

[sighs] Yeah.

I say this because I've known you
since elementary school.

What did you eat
to make your breath so gross?

Checkmate.

Why this extreme reaction?

So, yeah, my guess is

you also have a crush
on Geon-woo, don't ya?

-[chuckles] Yeah.
-[Na-ri] No.

Oh!

I'm in love with Geon-woo.

Why don't we just put it out in the open?

Oh! Now I turn the game on you.

Wanna play?

Let's go.

I love you, too, Na-ri.

Say that again
and I'll make sure you f*cking die.

f*ck. What a shitty
start to the day. Seriously.

-[groans]
-Poor baby.

[Geon-woo] Stop talking. Stop making
things awkward all the time, you otaku.

-You're a menace. I'll take care of him.
-[groans]

[sighs]

-[boy] Honestly, not so rough!
-[Geon-woo grunts]

[boy] My neck is my best attribute.

-[sighs]
-[boys grunt]

SEORIN MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL

[man] If you end up using the A ones,
just make sure they're labeled correctly.

[door slams]

[suspenseful music plays]

[Na-ri sighs]

[boy] Yo, Ha-joon.

I almost got k*lled by Geon-woo today.

-[Ha-joon] In a headlock?
-Whoa!

You are the smartest kid
in the class. Hold on.

[music fades]

This won't turn on. Keeps crashing.

[sighs] I'm really busy right now.

How about you fix it
as a present for my birthday?

I told you. I can't.

My old PIN is the new one. Thank you.

[sighs]

-You wanna hear something cray-cray?
-No.

Se-ah and…

What about Se-ah?

Se-ah and Geon-woo are--

[teacher] Hello, all. Good morning!

-[all] Good morning, Teacher.
-We'll talk later.

My beloved students,
Class 2-4 are ready for the future.

[chuckles]

In your last mock exam, our class took
first place in math in the whole city.

[students] Oh!

There were only four students
who got perfect scores,

and two of them are here.

[girl 1] What?

[teacher] I'm sure
you all know one of them.

[students mutter]

Ha-joon. Way to go!

[cheering]

And the other perfect scorer is…

Hm.

-Hyeong-wook.
-[girl 2] What?

[mysterious music pays]

[teacher] Give him a hand.

[quiet laughter]

Hyeong-wook?

[teacher] I know. I was surprised too.

It's hard to believe,
but he also needs your applause.

[teacher applauds]

-Amazing job, you two!
-[students whisper]

-[girl 2] He cheated.
-[girl 3] This is a joke.

-[girl 3] Should be an investigation.
-Investigation?

-[students] Yes!
-[laughter]

Do that on your own time. [chuckles]

[cell phone buzzes]

[teacher] Oh, yes, I almost forgot.

Any of you applying
for the youth club activity?

The forms are here.

No? Anyone going to university?

[music fades]

GIRIGO:
YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED.

Hyeong-wook, just tell us
if you cheated on the test.

We'll forgive you. Okay?

Tell us, Ha-joon.
Did you feed him the answers?

There's no way. We even switched seats.

What are you gonna do
when the police show up to school?

The police will never know the truth.

[groans] All this is so boring.
What are we doing here?

-Just tell us.
-[Hyeong-wook sighs]

You guys want to know the real truth?

I know something you all don't.

[electronic music plays]

It's Girigo.

What? Girigo?

That's right. It's an app
that grants you wishes.

I'm already tired of listening to this.

Let's stay in the real world, okay? I've
tried to understand you, like a friend.

And I'm totally on board with that.
But this is a little too much.

This is going way too far.

No. This isn't fake. It's real.

There really is an app, uh,
that can grant you wishes.

-I can't find it.
-I mean, why would you even look it up?

Wow. You just made a whole situation
all about you. Again.

You can't search it.
You'll never find it with your phone.

Okay, watch this.
I'll send you the link. One time only.

There you go.

[cell phones chime]

[mysterious music plays]

GIRIGO:
DO YOU WANT TO INSTALL THIS APP?

[Se-ah] Geon-woo?

You're totally gonna get hacked.

You're the only one who cares. Aren't you
all curious how he got a perfect score?

Personally, I think this app
should be tested thoroughly.

Don't you?

GIRIGO

[electronic music plays]

Hello?

Why does it turn on the camera?
That's weird.

Let me see that.

This is the record button.

So, what is it recording?

All your wishes.

Oh, wait. You have to write
your name and your saju on paper first.

Saju?

You mean like the Four Pillars of Destiny?

Sort of. You write your birth date
and your name on a piece of paper,

hold it up to the screen.

hit the button to record,
and you say your wish.

But you have to really mean it.
Like, for real.

[scoffs]

{\an8}When you're done recording your wish,
make sure to hit the send button here.

-That's it.
-Really? That's it?

[sighs]

I can't believe you even managed
to find something like that.

Let's just say I have my ways.

This app made your wish come true?

[sighs] Compassion begins
where judgment ends.

[mysterious music plays]

-I guess you want proof?
-Yeah, show us the proof, man.

Exhibit A.

This is my wish video. Watch.

My wish is…

JUNE 14, 2008
CHOI HYEONG-WOOK

…to get a perfect score in math.

Please let me ace the test for a change.

-Perfect score.
-[Geon-woo laughs]

What is that? [laughs]

-[Hyeong-wook] Perfect score.
-[Geon-woo] That's so stupid!

[Geon-woo laughs]

[Na-ri] Wow.

It makes me question why the hell
I've stayed your friend for so long.

[Geon-woo laughs]

Hey. Where are you guys going? I have more
proof. You haven't seen all of it yet.

[inhales]

Listen to me.

I understand that you're under
a lot of stress because of your grades.

I get that.

But just cut it out.
Stop being weird all the time. Hm?

[music stops]

Exhibit A, point two.

The message I got
when my wish was granted…

Whoa.

What's this?

[sighs]

[app clock ticks]

[ominous music plays]

Oh!

It's a countdown.

[jaunty music plays over PA]

-[girl 1] Hey, move!
-[girl 2] Slow down!

[music stops]

[toilet flushes]

Just a little more.

Oh, starving yourself again?

I've gained back everything I've lost.

Sounds extreme
just for Hyeong-wook's birthday party.

Are you dumb? He's not a baby. Why would
he even have a stupid party anyway?

Come on. He's kindhearted.

[Na-ri] Ugh. Kindhearted.

You know, calling him kindhearted
only worked back in middle school.

He's embarrassing, smelly, and boring.

Okay. What did he do to deserve that?

Were you not there when we watched
his stupid video earlier? We all saw.

It was ridiculous already
to make a wish on some weird app.

A perfect score in math?

[scoffs] Jesus.

What a pathetic wish for a pathetic nerd.

He even picked a wish
that suits him perfectly.

His family's been really sensitive
about his grades.

Maybe he was trying
to make them proud of him.

Boo-hoo! You think that loser
ever thinks about anyone but himself?

[Na-ri sighs]

By the way, I wonder
what Geon-woo will wear this weekend.

Can you ask him for me?

Why should I?

Oh, that's right. You shouldn't.

Did you get Hyeong-wook
a birthday present?

Ugh, no. [groans] I don't know.
It stresses me out.

I really don't get why Geon-woo

puts up with Hyeong-wook's otaku geek crap
all the time.

He pulls that sh*t on me now
because Geon-woo is there.

If I were you, I'd stop putting up
with Hyeong-wook's silly behavior too.

-He'll only bring you down.
-That's harsh, Na-ri.

[sighs] Just his face
makes me so pissed off.

When is enough, enough?

We've all grown up,
but he stays dull and immature.

-Wouldn't be shocked if he wore diapers--
-Enough!

[tense music plays]

Why'd you guys stop all of a sudden?

Are you talking about girl stuff?

Uh, it's, uh…

Were you spying on my conversation?

Actually, we're…

talking about your present, you big goof.

-[Na-ri chuckles]
-[laughs]

[Na-ri] It's supposed to be a surprise.
It'd be ruined if you found out now.

I knew my ears were burning.
When you arrived, you got really quiet.

[chuckles]

[Hyeong-wook] No presents necessary.
Just yourselves.

Asking for a gift is so out of fashion.

Nuh-uh, a little present with a big bow,
all wrapped up in your favorite colors.

Yes, my lady.

As you wish.

You're gonna be late
for training. Let's go.

Oh, you mustn't be late. Without delay.

Make haste.

Honestly, don't worry about the gifts.
Having you there is present enough.

[tense music crescendos]

[teacher] Now, for any two real numbers,

x1 and x2 in some interval
of the function f[x],

if x1 is less than x2

and f[x1] is greater than
or equal to f[x2],

then f is a decreasing function.

So, what would the opposite be
in an increasing function?

Come on, guys, this one's easy. We just…

[unsettling music plays]

[music fades]

[snake hisses]

[tense percussive music plays]

[snake hisses, rattles]

[music stops]

We're going to have a guest.

Huh? We're having a guest?

A good one?

Or a bad one?

Haetsal?

What's wrong?

[tense music plays]

You're scaring me now.

-Should I get my knife?
-[Haetsal] I don't know.

I can't see
what kind of guest we're dealing with.

-[whistle blows]
-[woman] Keep your head up!

[upbeat music plays]

[man] Keep it up! Keep it up!

[breathes shakily]

[woman] Up and out!

Geon-woo. Get ready.

[woman] Come on!

[indistinct shouting]

[breathes deeply]

[woman] Hit the board.

Focus up.

[whistle blows]

Whoa! Oh!

-[Geon-woo grunts]
-[music stops]

[sighs]

He practically flies off the mat,
but always bails at the sandpit.

[woman] Three.

Hey, Geon-woo. Come here.

Wasn't it the same foul
that got you disqualified last year?

-I think so, yeah.
-You know exactly.

You haven't even made one single proper
jump in competition this year either.

You have to get out of your head
and control your nerves.

Focus, and get in the game, okay?

Try it again.
Get back on the starting line.

[sighs]

Just do it like you're practicing.

[sighs] Yeah, that's easy for you to say.

-[woman] One.
-[man] Okay.

Before you run, say this little mantra,
and empty your mind completely.

"The entire world is this moment."

"Only this remains."

Say it, and believe it.

As soon as you're ready,
release like an arrow, and you jump.

Is that what you do every time you jump?

Not exactly.

I just go for it. [chuckles]

[indistinct shouting]

[jaunty music plays]

ASBESTOS REMOVAL IN PROGRESS
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

[tense music plays]

[sighs]

[Hyeong-wook sighs]

Are you on any medication?
Like painkillers or cold pills?

Absolutely not!
What are you accusing me of?

Hormone shots? Birth control?

-Coach, I swear, I would never--
-The national reserve team called.

What?

[gentle music plays]

Why the whole interrogation
before letting me know?!

Here on in, you're on special training.
After school and also weekends.

We need to sharpen your skills
as much as possible.

And please don't embarrass me.

I'll do my very best!

Oh, Coach, thank you!

No. No, don't do that!
Keep your hands to yourself!

I don't like being hugged!

What are you gonna do when your weekends
are full and can't date anymore?

[sighs] You can bring Geon-woo
to train with you if you want.

Before he loses his mind.

I'm sorry, Coach.

Uh, we thought no one knew.

[scoffs]

[Coach] How could I not know?

It's so obvious.

[music fades]

[cell phone buzzes]

SE-AH

Hey, Se-ah.

You there?

Are you there?

SE-AH

What's going on?

-[thud]
-[yelps]

[gasps]

[tense music plays]

[cat meows]

[breathes deeply]

[sighs]

[laughter on phone]

[Se-ah] Oh my God.

[Na-ri] Hey, are you guys really going
to that pathetic loser's birthday party?

[Geon-woo] I don't know. f*ck.
I'm sick of taking care of him at school.

Now I have to take care of him
on the weekend too?

That dumbass is so annoying.

[Se-ah] "Your presence is my present"?
What the f*ck is that?

I totally freaked out when he saw us.
It was embarrassing.

[all laugh]

[Se-ah] Like, read the room, dude.

I just wish he would stop
following us around all the time.

-[Na-ri] I know, right? I hate him.
-Hey!

-[Se-ah] Shh!
-Shut up!

[breathes shakily]

[Se-ah] Does he know?

SE-AH

[breathes shakily]

[breathes shakily]

CALLING
SE-AH

[cell phone dials]

HYEONG-WOOK

[cell phone dials]

HYEONG-WOOK

[breathes shakily]

[cell phone buzzes]

-[voicemail] The person you are trying--
-Oh sh*t.

[breathes shakily]

[music stops]

Geon-woo, I have some great news.

Uh…

Hey, my good friend.

Guess who made the nationals?

Uh… [chuckles]

[jaunty music plays over PA]

[music stops]

Yo, Hyeong-wook!

Did he get in trouble again?

[Geon-woo chuckles]

[gentle music plays]

[girl 1] Did you see him
during evening study? It was weird.

[girl 2] Hey, why did you finish so late?
We've been waiting for you.

-[girl 1] I had to go to my locker.
-[boy] Chill out. I'm coming!

[Geon-woo laughs]

[both laugh]

[Geon-woo sighs] Everyone's gone now.

That took a while.

I made the national team!

What? The national team?

-Oh! You made it! Yes!
-Shh, shh, shh.

-Oh!
-[Se-ah] Quiet.

[Geon-woo gasps] Mm.

-[Geon-woo exhales]
-[chuckles softly]

Don't be scared.

No way!

It's the exact opposite.

I'm with you. And I'm so proud
you made the national team.

[chuckles]

[gentle music plays]

[Geon-woo chuckles]

Wow! Crazy.

National team.

[Se-ah] Oh, by the way,
Coach knows we're dating.

I don't know how.

What?

-Well, did you tell her?
-[Se-ah] No.

I didn't even tell Hyeong-wook,

Na-ri, or Ha-joon.

[intriguing music plays]

She just kinda knew it.

[muffled scream]

[sighs]

[Geon-woo] What do I do now?

I'm already on her sh*t list.

Oh, I'm too young to die.

[music stops]

[tapping on phone]

AUNT JI-SUN,
I MADE THE NATIONAL RESERVE TEAM!

[chuckles]

Oh?

MISSED CALLS
HYEONG-WOOK [39]

Is there something wrong?

[cell phone chimes]

CONGRATULATIONS. ON DUTY, SO I WON'T
BE HOME. ORDER SOMETHING WITH MY CARD.

Alone again.

[sighs]

[thudding]

[upbeat music plays]

UP FOR CHICKEN?

-Mmm.
-Mmm.

This is so good.
I'm gonna eat the whole thing.

[laughs]

Thanks to you, I eat well.

Thanks to my aunt.

I'll definitely thank her in person
when I see her. Seriously.

Hm. Great.

-Mind if I brag about it to the others?
-[Geon-woo] Go ahead.

Oh my God.

I didn't tell you. I missed
a bunch of calls from Hyeong-wook today.

From Hyeong-wook? Why?

I don't know.

-I'll call him back.
-[Geon-woo] Okay.

[cell phone dials]

[camera shutter rapidly clicking]

[music stops]

[dance music plays on video]

STOP SULKING AND COME DRINK!

HEY, I'M UNDERAGE. I CAN'T EVEN GET IN

SEND ME YOUR ID PHOTO ON TELEGRAM

[dance music plays]

♪ Yeah, don't test me ♪

♪ Can't bust me ♪

♪ Queen of the scene ♪

♪ Yo, come watch me ♪

♪ Don't test me ♪

♪ Can't bust me ♪

I made it!

-[chuckles]
-Hey, what took you so long?

This wizardry is next level.

I'm shocked it fooled the QR scanner.
You should sell these and make money.

Nah. Unfortunately, that's not my work,
just so you know.

If it's not yours, who then?

No f*cking way!

Hee-jin!

[music stops]

THE REPAIR IS DONE

I'LL SEND YOU THE TRACKING NUMBER
ONCE IT SHIPS TOMORROW

[sighs]

[gentle music plays]

[music fades]

HYEONG-WOOK

It's Girigo.

[teacher] And the other perfect score
is… Hyeong-wook.

There's no way.

[cell phone buzzes]

KANG HA-YOUNG

[tense music plays]

[sighs] Why is she calling
all of a sudden?

[cell phone continues buzzing]

Hey, Hyeong-wook. I saw
you called me a bunch. What's going on?

You're the one who called me first.

I did?

Wha… Can you speak up?
I can't hear a word you're saying.

You

said you weren't coming to my birthday.

Oh, I'm so sorry. I can't come.

I found out
I have to train on the weekends now.

[hanging-up beeps]

[music stops]

What the… He hung up.

[voicemail] The person
you are trying to reach is unavailable.

[sighs]

He sounds upset.

Weird.

How did he even know that?

Yeah, right. I only just found out myself.

[sighs]

I'm just, I don't know,
maybe a little self-absorbed lately.

[chuckles softly]

I forgive you
since you just received bad news.

Wasting weekends on training. [chuckles]

And so, are you going to the party?

Of course I'm going to the party.
He's my best friend.

[music fades]

That's nice. You're very kind.

Are you worried about Na-ri being there?

[gasps] How dare you?

Absolutely not!

[laughs] It's cute. You're mad. [chuckles]

[jaunty music plays]

Should I ask the coach
to push the training to next week?

[Geon-woo] Hm.

What are you doing?

Geon-woo?

[Geon-woo] October 24, 2008.

Name.

There we go.

[uneasy music plays]

{\an8}OCTOBER 24, 2008
KIM GEON-WOO

Okay. Please let Se-ah's training
be canceled this weekend.

Stop. I don't want…

If it granted a perfect score in math,
why shouldn't it cancel training? Huh.

-[laughs] What are you doing?
-[Geon-woo] Training is canceled!

Training is canceled.
Training is canceled!

-Training is canceled!
-[Se-ah laughing]

-Training is canceled!
-Please grant my Geon-woo's wish.

-Training canceled. Canceled.
-It's not real, dummy.

-Training canceled.
-Just sit down and finish your chicken.

-[Geon-woo] We should send this.
-You're such a goof!

{\an8}SENDING WISH…

-[sighs]
-[Se-ah] Here. Take this one.

-[Geon-woo] You full?
-Mm-hmm.

One more.

[electronic music plays]

[ominous music plays]

[music stops]

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

[jaunty music plays]

[sighs]

SLEEPING IN AGAIN?

JUST 5 MINUTES!

[chuckles]

[Geon-woo chuckles] Whoo!

-[chuckles]
-[sighs]

[Geon-woo exhales]

[music fades]

[gentle music plays]

[electronic voice] Doors closing.

One more time?

-Not today!
-Agh! [laughs]

[indistinct chatter]

-[Se-ah] Did the others already go in?
-I don't know.

[boy] Yeah. Over here.

[music fades]

[indistinct chatter]

[boy] Come on. You don't have any proof.

[teacher] All right, rise and shine.
Let's get started.

[students] Good morning, teacher.

Let's see who's absent. Uh…

Where's Na-ri? Not here yet?

[girl 1] I don't know, sir.
I haven't seen her.

[teacher] Well, she probably
slept in again. Okay.

Uh, did anyone
see or talk to Na-ri last night?

-[girl 2] No, not me.
-[girl 3] Uh, no.

-[girl 1] She's not my friend.
-[teacher] No one?

Tell her to visit the principal's office
when she gets here.

[cell phone chimes]

[tense music plays]

[teacher] I heard a phone. Who was that?

Hyeong-wook?

Are you sleeping?

Yo. Hey!

Buddy, he's getting mad. Get up now. Hey.

-Hyeong-wook?
-[shudders]

[Geon-woo] Stop fooling around. Get up.

[ominous music plays]

Buddy. Hey. Get up already.

Hyeong-wook!

[wheezes]

Hey, calm down!

-What's wrong with you?
-Give him space! Talk to me!

He's in shock! Please, sir!

You! Go get the school nurse.

Hey, wake up. Wake up.
Wake up now! Hyeong-wook! Wake up!

[music fades]

[Geon-woo breathes shakily]

[students mutter]

-[Geon-woo] Are you okay?
-[Se-ah] Stay still.

Take it easy.

-What happened?
-Are you okay?

-Take it slow.
-You should sit down.

[ominous music plays]

[students murmur]

-[students gasp]
-Hey.

Hey, hey! Hyeong-wook! Put that down. Now.

What are you doing?

-Come on, man.
-[teacher] You'll hurt yourself.

Give it! [grunts]

[students scream]

-Oh, watch out!
-[students scream]

[Ha-joon] Geon-woo! You okay?

[groans]

Careful, everyone! Stop this right now!

-Hyeong-wook?
-[gasps]

[screaming]

Just put it down. Drop it!
What are you doing to yourself?

We should talk about this.

[students scream]

Get away! Get out of here!

Or you'll be f*cking sorry!

[yells]

Hyeong-wook… we're friends.

Die!

-[students scream]
-[gasps]

[Se-ah groans]

[Hyeong-wook whimpers]

[breathes shakily]

I'm a loser.

No, you're not.

[shudders]

Listen. Put it away.

[knife clicks]

You have to fight it. Just let it go.

-No!
-[Hyeong-wook] Stop it.

[both breathe heavily]

What are you doing? Stop! Stop! Please!

-[groans]
-[Se-ah] Stop!

[groans]

No!

[screams]

[whimpers]

No! No!

[sobs]

[students screaming]

[Se-ah sobs]

-[teacher] Get inside! Get inside now!
-[Se-ah] Oh, Hyeong-wook.

[music fades]

[electronic music plays]

[sinister music plays]

[music fades]

[ominous eerie music plays]

[music fades]