01x02 - Episode 2

[bunniefuu]

[mysterious, tense music playing]

Who are you? Tell me who you are.

-You don't know?
-[breathing shakily]

I'm Moon-jae. Je Moon-jae.

Your head's in a noose, so be careful.

'Cause it's getting tighter.

If you survive,
all your questions will be answered.

[theme music playing]

MOUSETRAP

[folk music playing on car stereo]

[Jae-cheol breathing shakily]

[gasps and grunts]

[whimpers]

[Noja sighs]

f*ck this! [panting]

Oh, come on!

[Noja] Would you prefer the trunk?

Uh… no.

Then settle down.

[breathing shakily] Okay.

[phone ringing]

Yeah?

[Min-gi] Noja, remember that guy
we were looking for three years ago?

When we paid off
those credit card companies?

What was his name? Uh, Je Moon-jae.

Well, they called me.
He used a card under his name.

-Yeah? When?
-Just now.

-[phone buzzes]
-Oh, wait, hold on a second.

Looks like he used it again.

He went quiet for three years,
but now he's swiping everywhere.

-Send me the location.
-You got it.

[quiet, suspenseful music playing]

Get out.

W… what?

Go back home. We're not done yet.

[gasps]

If you're not there when I get back…

Uh…

[purposeful electronic music playing]

GS25 CENTUM HEIGHTS FORE

You little sh*t.

[music fades]

[man] Oh, he moved out.

-When?
-[man] Today.

He gave me this water
and he told me thanks for everything.

Then he came back.
It was like he'd forgotten he'd moved out.

He was standing out here,
just kinda staring,

then he walked
toward the market over there.

[suspenseful music playing]

Ah.

You as*h*le.

-[groaning]
-[onlookers exclaiming]

[glass smashes]

[urgent electronic music playing]

[tires screech]

[yells and groans]

[onlookers murmuring]

[sirens blaring]

sh*t.

[music fades]

[sighs]

[suspenseful music playing]

sh*t.

You mess with me, you're f*cking dead.

[sighs]

[music fades]

[breathing heavily]

Where is it?

Damn it…

Ah!

[pills rattling]

[gasps]

[eerie music playing]

[The Rat] Your head's in a noose.

If you survive,
all your questions will be answered.

Oh! Jesus Christ!

Wait. Aren't you the guy
who was in the apartment I…

I think we'd better talk.

[realtor] There was nothing wrong
with the contract.

You should report this to the police.

-[sighs]
-[realtor] It's not my problem.

You're saying he stole your apartment?

REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACT

[quiet, suspenseful music playing]

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

[sirens blaring]

[officer 1] Do not cross the police line!

Hey, no photos!
Please step back.

-[man 1] There's so many cops.
-[onlookers talking]

[officer 1] The entire area
is closed off tonight.

[officer 2] Stay behind the line.

-Mr. Min.
-Yeah.

[officer 2] This is the area.
Do not cross the line.

[Dong-cheol sighs] Time of death?

-[man 1] Good thing someone called 911.
-[officer 3] Back up.

-[woman 1] Yeah, right there.
-[man 2] Did you see?

[woman 1] Can you see him?

Hmm. You got his prints?

-Yeah.
-[man 2] Are you sure?

Hey, what's up?

-What the hell are you doing here?
-Hey. Do you know him?

-What's this?
-[man 2] See, they're…

-[woman 1] What's happening?
-Who said I'd know this guy?

Violent Crimes did. They said that you
and Team 1 were looking into him.

Really? They said that?
I wasn't even on Team 1.

Now they're telling everyone else?

-[officer 3] Stay back.
-[woman 2] Can you see anything?

-Oh, this is Sang-cheol.
-[officer 1] I can't share any details.

-He was into ill*gal gambling. Loan shark.
-[woman 1] What's going on?

[inhales] Well, he k*lled someone
over a gambling site,

then he ran off to the Philippines.

-Probably still there.
-What about him?

-This other guy… I have no idea.
-They're working together.

That g*ng fell apart a few years ago.
It was a shitshow. Who is this guy?

We got a tip that…

-[officer 1] I can't tell you anything.
-[sighs] Forget about it.

Wait, what were you gonna say?

-So what's all this?
-[Min-h*] Homeless, found dead.

He'd been living here for two days.

[Chang-u] No signs of foul play.
But we can't ID him.

-His prints aren't registered.
-[man 4] What's goin' on?

You can't ID him?

Hey, take it easy. There are lots
of unclaimed bodies these days.

And stop answering him. [tuts]

Oh. Take him. Go ahead.

[mysterious music playing]

[Dong-cheol] After we wrap up, I know
a good place for hangover soup near here.

-Huh? Come on, it's on me.
-[chuckles] Well, that sounds good.

[Dong-cheol] Ahem.

-Hey.
-[woman 3] Did you hear anything?

Hey, how's your wife?

Huh? It's a lonely world
when you've got no family.

You don't want to end up like that guy.

[man 5] I think that's the body.

What are you staring at? You gonna hit me?

What? I'm giving you advice!

We're all done here. Why don't we go now?

-f*ck you looking at?
-Yeah, come on!

[Dong-cheol] f*cking clown.

Your problem is you're always
running your mouth. as*h*le!

-Whoa! Whoa! Hey, hey!
-[Min-h*] Mr. Park!

-[Dong-cheol] Let me go! Come here!
-f*cking as*h*le. Get over here.

-Let's do this!
-[Min-h*] What are you doing?

-[Sun-yong] You wanna go? as*h*le.
-[Dong-cheol] Let's do this!

-[Sun-yong] Let go!
-[Dong-cheol] Come on, you b*tch.

[Han-su] You idiot!

You got into a fistfight with
a colleague at the f*cking crime scene!

Are you trying to ruin your life?

Just keep investigating that tip.
I'm hanging up, as*h*le!

I hate this f*cking job.

[quiet, melancholy music playing]

[sighs]

[sighs]

SEOUL DONGBU POLICE STATION
PARK SUN-YONG

-[woman 1] Settle down.
-[woman 2] Okay, let's get started.

-[man 1] Here comes the river.
-[man 2] You're making me go all-in?

-Can I get another drink?
-[man 3] Straight. This hand wins.

[man 1] Raise.

[woman 1] Place your bets.

[man 4] I'm all in.

-[woman 1] All right. Betting is closed.
-[man 3] Think you got… Call. Show 'em.

Oh, wow!

-[man 3] There you go. Yes!
-[laughing]

-[man 3] Nice!
-[woman 1] Let me sort the chips out.

[man 4] See, that's luck!

-[man 2] Yeah, it is.
-[man 3] You're paying.

-[man 5] Aah!
-[woman 1] Winner to my right.

[man 3] Aw, come on!

[woman 1] Don't think I won't hurt you.

[Myeong-su] What?

You still upset with me?

[tuts]

You see the news?

What news?

The woman in the Han River.
The unidentified body.

[Myeong-su] No.

Is that even newsworthy these days?

You know that's ours, right?

-Is it?
-The f*ck do you mean, "Is it?"

Every single body
in that morgue belongs to us.

Oh, so that was us, huh?

However…

it seems someone tipped off the police.

And so this whole thing could
turn into a giant f*cking headache.

[tense music playing]

Did you hear anything?

Course not. Nothing.

Well, sh*t.

You look relaxed.

Maybe you didn't know.

[chuckles] Maybe, but…

Listen.

That look on your face
better not change later.

Or it's your a*s. Got it?

[scoffs]

[Seung-gyu sighs]

[door closes]

[sighs]

[tense music continues]

[Seung-gyu sighs]

f*cking hell. If the pigs
get their hands on Noja,

they're gonna learn about everything, man.

Every job we've ever done, Seung-gyu.

We need to get the f*ck' as*h*le
who tipped them off.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't Myeong-su.

It's gotta be someone
who really understands our operation.

[tuts] Hey.

Keep an eye on Noja.

'Cause if he gets busted,
we're gonna have to run.

-[Byeong-jun] Yes, sir.
-[Seung-gyu sniffs]

Man, what the f*ck smells in here?

-Oh. I put a guy in the trunk.
-Seriously?

Son of a…

Is he dead?

[Byeong-jun] Last I checked.

Well, now the car's gonna smell.

Are you kidding me?

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

[Moon-jae] Please, I just need
to talk to him for a moment.

Can you open the door?

Hey, Son Soo-hyun!
Can we talk for a second?

[woman] I told you, wrong building.

-There's no Soo-hyun here.
-I already checked.

I know there's a Son Soo-hyun
that lives here!

I don't know who that is,
but he doesn't live here!

We've been living here for six years now!

Hey, where's the security guard?
Did you call him?

What's he doing?
He needs to get over here.

[fast, tense music playing]

PROFESSOR PARK GEUN-YEONG

[keypad bleeps]

You!

This guy was here earlier!

Spent 4,500 won. Remember? Americano?

Uh… Yeah, uh… To go.

He… he ordered an Americano.

-Was it this guy?
-Mmm.

[phone buzzes]

[Noja] sh*t.

What the hell is he doing?

[urgent, tense music playing]

[tires squeal]

[phone buzzing]

-Hey, Moon-jae.
-Where are you?

I'm right near the café.

Already? Noja's faster than I thought,
even with that piece of sh*t car.

Where is he?

He's at the Han River.

Maybe he's going to k*ll himself.

[scoffs] No f*cking way.

He's afraid of the water.

Hey, Moon-jae.
How long do I have to follow this guy?

Um…

Until I say it's enough.

I told you.
We're gonna let Noja chase him,

but we won't let him get caught.

It wouldn't be much fun if he died,
now, would it?

-Call me when you're at the river.
-[disconnect tone]

[music fades]

[Soo-hyun breathing shakily]

Who are you?

Sorry?

Do I know you?

Don't think so.

-Then what are you doing?
-I don't know what you're talking about.

I don't like being followed.

[chuckles nervously]

I wasn't following you.

This street is a dead end.

You're right. It is.

I'm not familiar with this area,

and I thought this would eventually
connect me to a highway.

I figured that's why you came this way.

I apologize. Okay? Are we done?

-Yeah, we are.
-I'm sorry.

[wistful music playing]

[music fades]

Look, his money is all dirty anyway.

I can launder it.
I'll take care of everything.

You just need to take care
of a few things for me.

That punk wants a fresh start? [scoffs]

I mean, it's basically free money.

[mournful music playing]

He can't report it to the cops.

It's too risky.

[laughs]

How would he catch you?

He'll have nothing to go on.
You'll disappear without a trace.

So stop worrying. I'll take care of you.

Don't forget,
I'm the only family you've got.

Aren't I?

But you gotta help me too.

Let's say

ten percent?

Okay.

[high-pitched, distorted ringing]

[gasping]

[disturbing music playing]

[pills rattling]

[mourners] ♪ Have mercy ♪

♪ On Andrew… ♪

-[man 1] You already knew.
-[man 2] There were no skid marks.

-[man 1] This was planned.
-[man 2] You knew, didn't you?

[mourners] ♪ On Andrew ♪

[disturbing music playing]

[man 3] You've gone through
so much at your age.

Do you have any other relatives?

It's like I've always said.

You have to be a better
Je Moon-Jae than the old Moon-Jae.

Always remember that, all right?

You hated your father as much as I did.

Don't matter. Your father is gone.
You're safe from him now.

[chuckles]

Aah.

You listen to me.
I hated you even more than Dad.

Your depression, it was unbearable.
It drove me insane.

[Soo-hyun] He thinks he's hiding in there.
He doesn't realize he's trapped.

What the f*ck are you two doing to me?

Aah! Hey! Hey!

[yelling]

[yells]

-[creaking]
-[gasps]

[menacing music playing]

[mourners singing]

It's all your fault.

You created this mess.

-It's all because of you.
-What…

[squelching]

What did I do wrong, Father?

[gasps]

-Got you, as*h*le!
-[yelps]

[gasps]

[breathing shakily]

[The Rat] You shouldn't leave
your glasses lying around.

[blows]

How many pills did you take, man?

Who are you?

[somber music playing]

If you don't get some help soon,
you'll die.

Who are you?

Hey. Start running.

Noja's coming.

[gasps]

[music becomes tense]

Ah, sh*t.

f*ck!

[music fades]

[woman] Welcome.

f*ck.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[quiet, suspenseful music playing]

Hello, sir.

[Noja sighs]

sh*t.

[sighs]

[exhales slowly]

[music intensifies]

[discordant, high-pitched ringing]

[low rumbling]

Long time no see.

[yells]

-[Moon-jae yelps]
-[shrieks]

[grunts]

[fast, urgent music playing]

[Noja] Aren't you happy to see me?

Yaah!

[Moon-jae wails]

[Noja grunting]

[Moon-jae groans]

[Noja yelps]

sh*t. sh*t.

[Moon-jae gasps]

[groans]

[wails]

Where is my money?

Where is it, m*therf*cker?

[music quietens]

Answer me, you son of a b*tch!

[struggling]

[high-pitched ringing]

-[Moon-jae grunts]
-[Noja yells]

[groaning]

[gasping]

[fast, urgent music playing]

[Noja] Get back here!

It took you three years
to come crawling out of your hole.

Like a little rat.

[calm music playing]

[Soo-hyun] I'll send you here
when you're done.

What do you think?

[Moon-jae sighs]

I'm no good with water.

That's how my father passed.

That does look pretty nice, though.

[breathing unsteadily]

[sighs]

[horn blaring]

[siren whoops]

Hey! sh*t.

No!

[siren blaring]

God damn it!

[Moon-jae] Help! Hey!
Over here! Help! Please!

Hey, over here!

Over here! Please, help me!

[wistful music playing]

[man] Here, grab onto it.

Ah, sh*t.

[man grunts]

Are… are you okay? What happened?

I slipped. I slipped and fell in.

[gasping]

[sighs]

[winces]

sh*t.

[sighs]

[Dong-seok] Yeong-geun.

[melancholy music playing]

[Dong-seok] Yeong-geun!

[breathing heavily]

[groaning]

[gasps]

[groans]

[grunting]

[Noja sighs]

[sighs]

[gasping] Yeong-geun,
please don't do this!

[straining]

[whimpering]

[sobbing]

Wait, Noja! Please! Please!
I'm sorry!

-I won't do it again! Don't leave me!
-Son of a b*tch. I'm sick of this sh*t.

[Dong-seok wailing]

[horn blaring]

[sighs]

[sighs]

[snoring]

[man 1] You're sitting in Kim's spot.

[man 2] I told you, he's gone.

[glass clinks]

[sighs]

[stomach gurgles]

[shuffling]

-[glass clinks]
-[slow footsteps]

[unsettling music playing]

[breathing shakily]

-[high-pitched rattling]
-[low rumbling]

[wind gusting]

[intense, ominous music playing]

Who are you?

I said, who are you?

Tell me who you are, m*therf*cker!

[yells]

[gasps]

Who are you?

[music fades]

[quiet birdsong]

[sighs]

THE BODY FOUND IN THE HANGANG RIVER
WAS NOT A SUICIDE

KIM YEONG-GEUN

[lock bleeps]

[door closes]

[quiet, mysterious music playing]

[Sun-yong] What the hell?

Like I said, he was in a hurry.
Someone was looking for him.

So, why are the police
looking for this guy?

I don't know.

Tell you what, though.

How about I let you know
just as soon as I figure it out?

Okay, chief?

[Min-h*, muffled ] Looks like
you've made some progress.

Quite a case you're building.

Kim's breathing down our necks.
This case has to be airtight.

[brushing teeth]

Hey, rookie. Take a look at this.

What does this look like to you?

Does it remind you of anything?

-Forget it, man.
-Hmm…

The composition's all lopsided.
It's just a mess.

The whole thing's a f*cking mess.

Check this out.

I stopped by this jerk's apartment,
but some writer was living there instead.

So, I went back the next day
to see if the writer knew the victim.

The security told me
he had just moved out.

I started researching. Turns out,
the writer doesn't own that apartment.

The owner is someone else.
It's this slimy-looking sh*t.

And you know what's even more f*cked?

This. Yeah?

How the f*ck did
I get tangled up in this sh*t? Huh?

Tell me. How did… how does this happen?

I don't know.

Thanks a lot. Keep brushing.

[groans]

[man] I'd like to begin
by hearing who you think

should have custody of the child.

[woman] Your Honor,
I should get full custody.

Sun-Yong has never cared about his family.

[judge] Is that because of his job?
I understand he's a police detective.

[wife] No, it's not his job.
It's just how he's wired.

He grew up in an orphanage, Your Honor,
so he has no concept of family.

[judge] That's quite harsh,

claiming that he doesn't value family
because he grew up in an orphanage.

Uh… I apologize, Your Honor.
I didn't mean it like that.

-It's just a fact.
-[phone buzzes]

[judge] Have you reached an agreement
on the terms of child support?

A STORE MADE A REPORT
ABOUT THE GUY FROM THE TIP

[wife] I reached out to him,
but I haven't heard back.

He never responds,
even when it's something important.

-I don't know what he's thinking.
-[judge] Mr. Park!

[wife sighs]

[sighs]

Let's go.

Uh… I… I'm making noodles.

Then turn the stove off!

[sighs]

Oh, this is f*cking bullshit! [sobs]

I waited for you just like you said.

You treat me worse than the police.

[clattering]

[Jae-cheol gasps]

Oh!

Why are those guys
trying so hard to find you?

Money, what else? Gambling debt.

How much you owe them?

A building's worth.

The f*ck?

I owned a building.

But then I f*cked around
and lost everything I had!

Oh, God damn it! [sobbing]

Those b*stards run
an ill*gal gambling site.

They're all f*cking evil.

They've got middle schoolers addicted
to gambling on their phones and sh*t

But the worst part is… [sniffles]

…they even swap people.

-They what?
-Hmm. Uh…

They prey on the vulnerable.

Like the homeless or
people without a family, know what I mean?

They strip them of their identity
and they throw out the rest.

-What are you talkin' about?
-Oh, come on.

They k*ll them, obviously!

They take advantage of unclaimed remains,

missing persons,
and people who have no family.

'Cause nothing ever comes up
when you run their prints.

They're basically ghosts.

And there are plenty of assholes
who could use a new identity.

Or how about foreigners
who want a Korean identity?

That's what they're selling.

The real person just disappears

and the fake one is just
roaming around out there.

They make a lot of money off of it, too.
Those m*therf*ckers. [sobs]

They ruin people's lives through gambling.

Then they steal their identities
and throw them away! [gasps]

Uh… [scoffs]

So, please I'm begging you!

Just tell them you couldn't find me,
and you'll never see me again.

[sobbing] Please, spare me, sir!

I promise I'll go back to my house
and I'll stay inside!

[low rumbling]

[tense music playing]

[gasping]

It took you three years
to come crawling out of your hole.

Like a little rat.

[Jae-cheol whimpering]

Please. [whimpers]

He came at the guy with a hatchet.
I thought he would k*ll him in the store.

Then they ended up running off
towards the construction site.

-[suspenseful music playing]
-Hmm.

[chuckles]

This kid said he didn't know
who Kim Yeong-geun was,

and yet here he is.

That son of a b*tch
made a real fool out of me.

Where can I smoke?

Uh, outside?

[sighs] Okay.

Well, thanks for all your cooperation.

Man, this place is a real mess!

All right, well, you guys better get busy.

DONGBU POLICE STATION

[Moon-jae] You know this is a crime.

[Soo-hyun] Only if the police find out.

But who's gonna report this to the police?

That piece of sh*t? No way. We're safe.

[sniffs]

-[mysterious music playing]
-[owl hoots]

[woman] There was a young nobleman
who was deeply absorbed in his studies.

As he sat at his desk,
writing things down,

he began to feel uncomfortable.

You see, his fingertips
had grown rough and scratchy,

so he took a small blade and began
trimming his fingernails and toenails.

[gruffly] "Young man!"

The door swung open as a monk entered.

He said, "Your nails come from your body!"

"You must not
throw them away so carelessly."

"They're only nails,"
the young nobleman said.

"And people aren't animals.
Who would crave such a thing?"

And so, without even
wrapping the nails in paper,

he carried them outside

and he tossed them
into the woods behind the pavilion.

A few days later, the young nobleman
headed back to his hometown.

He crossed mountains and rivers,
and at last arrived at his family home.

But there was something uneasy in the air.

He turned and saw someone
with a face exactly like his own.

His eyes, his jawline,
even the way he spoke was identical.

"How dare you impersonate me!" he said.

But the fake nobleman was unfazed.

He simply replied…

[The Rat] Get inside.

Go report it.

What are you doing? Get inside.

But how are you going to prove it?

DONGBU POLICE STATION

That you're Je Moon-jae?

Can I stop watching TV now?

I've watched enough.

No. Keep watching.

But I don't like the bad rat story.

[quiet, tense music playing]

You think the rat is bad?

It ate the nobleman's fingernails.

Where's my mom?

Where is she?

[The Rat] Think about how badly
that rat wanted to be human. Okay?

You can understand
how he must feel, can't you?

That rat.

-[Jae-cheol] Please don't k*ll me.
-[Byeong-jun] Ah, sh*t.

Finish it.

[Byeong-jun] Hey, get up.

[Jae-cheol] Huh?

Get on your feet! Let's go, as*h*le!

I can pay. If you give me three days,
I'll pay you back.

-I'll get the money. I swear!
-[Byeong-h*] Three days, my a*s.

-You're gonna run again.
-[Jae-cheol] I won't run!

-Just give me three days!
-[Byeong-h*] Stop bullshitting. Get up.

-[Jae-cheol sobs]
-[Byeong-h*] Get up.

-[Jae-cheol] Three days!
-[Byeong-h*] Get up.

-I'll get the money!
-[Byeong-h*] Get your hands off!

We're just getting started with you!

-Got that? I said you got that?
-[Byeong-jun] m*therf*cker!

-You're f*cking dead!
-[Jae-cheol whimpering]

-[Byeong-jun] Get up. You piece of sh*t!
-[Byeong-h*] That's right, you're dead.

-f*cking die, as*h*le!
-[yelps]

Oh, f*ck. Look what this as*h*le
made me do.

[whimpering]

-[Byeong-h*] You b*stard.
-[Noja] Hey.

There's something
I've been wondering about.

What happened to those guys I brought you?

[chuckles]

Are they alive?

[sighs]

Hey, Noja.

You already got paid.

-No need to dig deeper.
-[scoffs]

All right, look. We all have
our own sh*t we need to take care of.

-Yeah? Well, listen up, m*therf*ckers.
-[Jae-cheol whimpers]

Something I've learned is that
no one is truly worthless.

Everyone comes into this world
with some kind of value.

And I'm not talking
about civil rights or whatever.

Know what I mean?
I'm not talking about human rights.

It's called dignity.

[chuckles] You understand, right?

[Byeong-h*] The f*ck is he talking about?

This guy is from my hometown.

All right? So let him go.

No man has the right to take a life.

You can't wash that sin away.
It will haunt you forever.

Why are you giving us a f*cking lecture
all of a sudden?

You can take his kidney,
a piece of his liver, an eyeball.

That's all fine. Just let him live.

'Cause if you k*ll him,
then you'll always have to live with it.

[Jae-cheol sobbing] Sir, please!
Please, sir. Please, save me.

You should've stayed hidden, as*h*le.

I know a guy who made it three years
without leaving a trace.

[knock at door]

[Noja] Ugh.

-I told you to keep the noise down, guys.
-[knock at door]

Noise always carries
in this f*cking building.

[knocking]

Ugh.

[ominous music playing]

It's you!

[music intensifying]

[theme music playing]