01x02 - Episode 2

[bunniefuu]

[elevator dings]

[gentle music plays]

-[electronic voice] Doors closing.
-[man chuckles]

YOO SE-AH

[girl 1] How do you know
she got transferred for bullying?

[boy] 'Cause she looks mean.

[girl 2] I think she's sad.

My mom told me her parents committed
suicide, so her aunt had to adopt her.

-[girl 1] Really?
-[boy] Both of them? That's crazy.

[girl 1] I heard it runs in families
Maybe she's nuts too.

[girl 2] I heard a rumor
that she's the one who m*rder*d them.

You're a junior track and field legend.

Yoo Se-ah, future long champ of Korea!

-Be quiet.
-I do long jump too!

-We can train together.
-[Se-ah] Can you shush?

-Shut up, Geon-woo.
-[Geon-woo] That hurts!

Don't do that, Na-ri.
You could ruin my career.

They're idiots.

Still stuck in the third grade.
So immature.

If anyone bothers you, tell me right away.

And when you need to copy homework,

you come to Ha-joon.

You know that's called plagiarism.

[magical tinkling]

But, uh, s… since you're new here,

I… I could tutor you after school
if you wanted?

And I'll help you with the training.
I'll be your partner.

[Geon-woo growls]

I present the most legendary
and loyal skeleton. A real-life hero.

[sighs]

He is my trusted lieutenant.

We will protect you from evil,
and this we pledge through thick or thin.

[laughs]

[chuckles]

[laughs]

[chuckles]

[Se-ah laughs]

[chuckles]

[all laugh]

[ominous music plays]

[knife clicks]

Listen! Put it away. You have to fight it.

[dramatic music plays]

[gasps]

[gurgles]

[knife slices]

[Se-ah] No! No. [screams]

No! No. No. No!

[sobs]

No! You're okay! You're okay! [screams]

[teacher] Everyone, get inside!
Close the door! No! Don't come out here!

Get inside. Get inside now!

Close the door!

{\an8}IF WISHES COULD k*ll

[music stops]

[man] It's a suicide.

No doubt about it.

You've been very helpful.

You're free to go.

Right.

Can you… try to handle this
as quickly as possible for the other kids?

[uneasy music plays]

I'd like to go get some clothes
out of my locker if that's okay?

HARD WORK ALWAYS PAYS OFF

[stone bangs on window]

[music fades]

Friggin' faker.

I know you're not sleeping in there!

It's a beautiful night.

I can just keep yelling
till you're done acting stubborn!

[intriguing music plays]

Hyeong-wook!

I swear, if I have to,
I'll climb the wall.

[music stops]

[chuckles]

Do you really
have to try to punish me like this?

You know
I have to take this training seriously.

You think I'm mad at you
'cause you can't make it?

[grunts]

It's your present.

You don't have to open it now,
but you have to take it.

I already feel bad enough
that I can't come. Everyone else can.

Not true.

Geon-woo isn't even coming either.

Bull. Who told you that?

He and Ha-joon are going.

And where Geon-woo goes,
Na-ri will follow.

Take my gift!

And stop sulking. Hm?

[Se-ah grunts]

Here. We'll do something, the two of us.

When you're done being mad about whatever.

Happy birthday.

Se-ah.

I had…

a really weird phone call earlier.

[unsettling music plays]

It was your number on the screen,

and it sounded just like you.

A voice like yours
was making fun of me with the others.

Only it wasn't you.

I believed it, and now I feel dumb.

[music fades]

[cries]

[somber music plays]

[Geon-woo sniffles]

[Coach] Se-ah!

Se-ah!

The nurse told me you were here.

It's awful!

[Se-ah sobs]

[Coach] It's all right.

It's all right. Thank God you're okay.

I heard you tried to stop it.

I'm sorry I couldn't save him.

[Coach] There's nothing more
you could have done.

Now, promise me
you'll go straight home and rest. Okay?

I'll go and talk to your teacher.

You poor thing. Goodness.

I've canceled today's training.
Why don't you go home and rest?

Take a few days off.

All right.

Are you okay on your own?
Or should I take you home?

I can…

I can make it.

You sure?

[Coach sighs]

Remember, no practice this weekend.

[unsettling music plays]

[Geon-woo] Please let Se-ah's training
be canceled this weekend.

If it granted a perfect score in math,
why wouldn't it cancel training?

Would it be all right

if I came to training,

instead of taking rest days, Coach?

I think it'd be better if I was around--

[both scream]

[gasps]

That was close. Are you all right, Se-ah?

[music fades]

[cell phone buzzes]

[sniffles]

GIRIGO

[Geon-woo] "Your wish has been granted."

[uneasy music plays]

[music fades]

Did a timer come on?

[unsettling music plays]

Is it on yet?

Did your sessions get canceled already?

So the wishes

start the countdown.

[music fades]

[Geon-woo] Training is canceled!

Training is canceled!

Training is canceled! Training
is canceled! Training is canceled!

Training is canceled!

[Ha-joon] I'll disconnect it from the web
and reset it.

[unsettling music plays]

DELETE ALL

POWERING OFF…

When did your coach cancel?



[Na-ri scoffs]

How do you know exactly?

I took my phone out to check the time

when the panel nearly hit us.

The message showed up
at that time, too, right?

-Mm.
-You sure it's not a hacker?

I'm not sure, actually.

It's not! This isn't
some stupid hacking thing.

I saw what it did to Hyeong-wook in class.

Are you saying this app is a m*rder*r?

That you put this thing on your phone
to grant wishes,

and when your wish comes true
a timer appears,

and it forces you to k*ll yourself
when it runs out?

Hyeong-wook's countdown started when
he got his wish, and now this one's on.

You know what happened at zero.

When it counts down, your life's over.

Uh-huh.

So just because you think
that's what happened, it's true?

You're the only one who was there.
How do we know you're not lying?

Everybody else was there.

Why would I be lying, Na-ri?

-I'm not sure.
-I'm covered in his blood!

-How the f*ck can you say that?!
-Why didn't you stop it then?!

[Geon-woo] She didn't mean that.

-She's upset.
-[Na-ri] Why was she the last with him?

We were the ones who knew him
way before she came along!

Maybe it's your fault he's dead!

What if you're possessed,
like they thought when you first got here?

Enough. That's not true!

[music fades]

Why don't you ever choose me
instead of her?

You could defend me instead of buying into
her suicidal app bullshit!

Na-ri, it's not like that. It's just…

[sighs]

[Se-ah] It's because I see them.

They're so badly hurt
I can hardly recognize my own parents.

Nightmares that haunt me since they died.

[somber music plays]

-Se-ah.
-[Se-ah] I miss them.

I know what it's like to lose someone…

who you really loved.

And I don't want
to have to go through it ever again.

Not with you.

Or you.

Or Ha-joon.

Why would you?
We're not gonna off ourselves.

[music fades]

[cell phone chimes]

GIRIGO

[ominous music plays]

[sighs]

We're right back to square one.
This isn't some normal app.

And the timer's still going.

[sighs]

What if we break the phone?
Will it stop it?

No. The app won't stop working
just 'cause your phone does.

I need to go home and get my laptop.

We need to take a closer look.

See how this app is designed.

How about we all get together at my house
and try to figure this thing out?

Na-ri,

you're with us, right?

Yeah.

[poignant music plays]

I wish you'd told us sooner.

About the nightmares you've been having.

I could have tried
to help you do something about it.

I'm sorry.

When I first moved here,

I swore my jumping days were over.

But you know why I didn't quit then?

Ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk.

I was miserable when I first got here.

I was spending all my time alone.

But I knew I wasn't alone.
I could hear you thunking on the ceiling.

And since that very first day at school,

you… have been talking my ear off

about how I could win the gold.

Since day one,

you've been there for me.

Your footsteps kept me from feeling alone.
So did your words.

You did everything, Geon-woo.

[chuckles softly]

Hold on.

I can hang out with you if you want.

Mm-mm. I'll see you tonight.

It's been a big day for all of us.
You should try to get a little rest.

Mm-hmm.

[music fades]

[sighs]

[cell phone buzzes]

SE-AH

Hey, Se-ah.

You okay?

[laughter on phone]

[Se-ah] I don't know
if it's pathetic or hilarious.

-"Guys, stop it. You'll end my career."
-[laughter]

-[Na-ri] As if!
-[Se-ah] I know.

[Ha-joon] f*cking sad
he takes it so seriously.

Are they down there?

[Ha-joon] Does he think
he's got that potential?

[Na-ri] What do you see
in that loser, anyway?

[Se-ah] You want him?

[Na-ri] You take that back.
No f*cking way. I'm not that desperate.

Anyway, how long
do you think that idiot will hold out?

[Se-ah] Hm. I think
it'll be game over before dark.

[laughter]

[keypad beeps]

[unsettling music plays]

-[Se-ah] What are you doing here?
-Don't say anything.

Listen.

[music fades]

Oh sh*t. It stopped.

[unsettling music resumes]

I think my phone got hacked.
Some kind of deepfake thing.

-[Se-ah] Deepfake?
-Yeah.

The voices, they sounded
exactly like you and the others.

Only you were talking behind my back
in a way that you never would.

Is there something wrong?

Hyeong-wook heard those voices too.

Except he believed what they were saying.

[keyboard clacks]

I'll transfer all the system apps
and the Girigo into here,

so I can analyze it.

I'll do a factory reset
to get it off your phone.

-[Ha-joon sighs]
-What?

Didn't it work?

It's working fine, but it's very unusual.

Nothing in this code indicates
it could act the way that it does.

Anything about the timer?

Can you try to turn it off or delete it
when you do the reset?

[Ha-joon] Mm.

[cell phone chimes]

[Ha-joon] It'll take a few minutes.

-[Se-ah] Then it'll be over?
-Mm.

[music stops]

[eerie music sting]

[Geon-woo breathes deeply]

Geon-woo, are you crying?

[Geon-woo] No!

[Geon-woo breathes shakily]

I've got something in my eye.

[Geon-woo moans]

-Go run it under cold water or--
-[Geon-woo] No!

[Geon-woo whimpers]

[tense music plays]

Geon-woo,

what's going on?

[breathes shakily]

-Hey…
-[Se-ah gasps]

[Geon-woo] You.

-Stay away.
-[gasps]

[Geon-woo breathes shakily]

Geon-woo!

[strained breathing]

[panicked breathing]

I don't want to!

[eerie cracking]

No. Stay away.

[gasps]

[gasps] Stop it.

[panicked breathing]

No, please!

[gasps]

-Geon-woo!
-[screams]

Please leave, guys.

Get out of here, before… Agh!

-[Geon-woo chokes]
-Hold him! I'll get the first-aid kit.

Geon-woo, I got you!

[Geon-woo wheezes]

[Ha-joon] Hold still!

-Call 119! Call 119! We need an ambulance!
-[Geon-woo wheezes]

[Ha-joon] Call them! Se-ah!

[Ha-joon grunts]

-[panicked breathing]
-[Ha-joon] Tell them to hurry!

I need an ambulance at Gwandong Village,
block 323, door number 608.

It's an emergency! Please hurry! Geon-woo!

-[sobs]
-[Ha-joon] Stop jumping!

-[Se-ah] We need help now!
-[Ha-joon] I got you!

-[Se-ah] Hurry!
-[Ha-joon] Hang on! Help is on the way!

-They're coming.
-[Se-ah] No!

[Ha-joon] Hang on!

[music fades]

[dispatcher] Stay on the line
and keep talking.

[Geon-woo giggles]

-[dispatcher] Are you still there?
-[laughs maniacally]

[sinister music plays]

I think you should call the police.

[Geon-woo growls]

[Se-ah groans]

[Ha-joon] You as*h*le!

-[Ha-joon grunts]
-[Geon-woo snarls]

[Ha-joon groans]

[Ha-joon groans]

[gasps]

[Ha-joon gasps]

[Ha-joon strains]

[Ha-joon wheezes]

[music fades]

[dramatic music plays]

Everyone dies because of you,
you filthy b*stard.

You f*cking nobody.
Think you can stop this?

You and your loser friends
are all gonna die.

[laughs]

"It hurts!" [Geon-woo laughs]

[Ha-joon chokes]

[Geon-woo] "I can't breathe."

[Geon-woo laughs wheezily]

[exhales]

[Se-ah] No!

[yells]

[breathes shakily]

[music stops]

SEORIN HOSPITAL

{\an8}PHYSICIAN:
YOO JI-SUN

Se-ah, if you really want me to help,

you're gonna have to tell me
what the hell's going on.

-How's Geon-woo?
-[sighs] Still unconscious.

But the reason he's not awake

isn't due to what you did to him.

If it's not because I knocked him out,
why is he still unconscious?

We're really not sure yet,

but we're doing everything we can
to make sure he's all right.

-[Se-ah] Can I see him, Auntie?
-You need to rest.

Worry about yourself.
We'll worry about him.

[sighs]

[somber music plays]

[tense music plays]

[somber music plays]

[Na-ri] You kept Geon-woo
from becoming a m*rder*r.

All his parents know
is that we called the ambulance.

Do you need stuff?

Some clothes,
or your toothbrush, or whatever?

No, thanks.

I got everything I need.
My aunt brought it for me.

What about you?

Isn't all your stuff at my house?

Nothing that can't wait till later.

Stop by whenever you want then.
The code is my birthday.

You wanna know what my biggest concern was
when I woke up today?

"Oh crap. I'm gonna be late."

[Na-ri exhales]

I was freaking out
'cause I didn't want another detention.

I hear you.

I keep hoping we'll wake up.

[music fades]

[cell phone buzzes]

KANG HA-YOUNG

KANG HA-YOUNG

-[Ha-joon] Hello?
-[Haetsal] Don't touch it.

-And don't try to deprogram it again.
-[Ha-joon] What?

[Haetsal] Don't play innocent
with me, Ha-joon.

The curse turned your friend
into a bloody maniac.

You nearly died earlier.

If that girl hadn't taken him out,
I'd be planning your funeral.

How do you know all this stuff?

You don't challenge the powers like that.

-Powers?
-The Jugu.

A conduit for demonic curses.

[scoffs]

A smartphone is a conduit for demons?

Jugu is like a shape-shifter.

It uses anything that's capable
of capturing someone's thoughts.

Letters, pictures, social media.

And then weaponizes it to unleash a curse.

[sighs]

This is serious.

You need to come over here so we can talk.

You never wanted me there before.
What's changed?

[snake rattles and hisses]

[uneasy music plays]

[snake screeches]

Our visit'll have to wait, Ha-joon.
Where's the girl who saved you?

Se-ah?

[machine beeps steadily]

[beeping intensifies]

[cell phone dials]

HA-JOON

-[suspenseful music playing]
-[cell phone buzzing]

[machine beeps rapidly]

[doctor] Heart rhythm?

[nurse 1] Asystole!

[nurse 2] Administering epinephrine!

[Ji-sun, crying] Come on!

No! Don't do this!

You can't leave Se-ah like this. Please!

[Ji-sun cries]

Come on!

GIRIGO
DO YOU WANT TO INSTALL THIS APP?

INSTALLING…

Bangwool, get your dagger.

[Se-ah] One,

write down your name and birth date
on a piece of paper.

Two,

hold up the paper facing the camera
and turn on the Girigo app.

Three,

press the record button,

and make your wish.

Four,

press the send button to launch your wish.

SENDING WISH…

[Ha-joon] Se-ah!

[Se-ah] Did I do it right, Hyeong-wook?

[Ha-joon panting]

[music fades]

You just made a wish. Do you want to die?

I can't watch anyone else I love die.

I wouldn't survive.

You'd rather die with this curse?

[gentle piano music plays]

So you do believe in curses?

Not just a geek after all.

[sighs] Please, Se-ah.

When Hyeong-wook went crazy at school,

he was yelling at someone.

Or you'll be f*cking sorry!

[breathes shakily]

[Geon-woo] Hey.

[Se-ah] And the same thing
happened with Geon-woo.

There's something only the person
on the timer can see.

I'm going to figure out what it is.

If I can manage to confront it,

then I'll be able to save us all.

[cell phone chimes]

WISH GRANTED

[Se-ah] Five,

the timer

cannot be stopped.

[nurse] Doctor! He's breathing on his own.

[Se-ah] Hyeong-wook didn't know
about that last one.

He didn't know
that when the timer hits zero, you die.

I want for Geon-woo to be fully recovered.

That is my wish.

[Se-ah] But I know.

[keypad beeps]

[door opens]

[tense music plays]

[timer ticks]

[Na-ri] They started eight hours apart.

Did the timer

just stop?

[music fades]

[ominous eerie music plays]

[music fades]