01x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

[funeral music playing]

JE GEUN-U
HAN YEONG-HUI

[choir singing]

[man 1] It happened
when I was in high school.

My mom drove her car into the ocean,
with her and my dad inside.

They got her body out of the water,
but my poor father

is probably still wandering somewhere
down there in the ocean, all alone.

My mother was insane.

She left fingernails behind for me.

That's when I knew
their deaths hadn't been an accident.

[man 2] You think it was insurance fraud?

[man 3] Looks like it.

[man 1] She had committed m*rder
and suicide all at once.

But I never told anyone that.

I was still too young then
to handle everything.

After all that,
how could I have lived a normal life?

[tense music playing]

I developed a severe panic disorder.

From then on, I couldn't leave the house
without my medication.

But even with it, I chose not to.

A happy and peaceful confinement.

Maybe that was when people outside

first started to see me

as a rat hiding in a hole.

[upbeat disco music playing]

[man 1 panting]

[reporter] It's in this area
along the Han River

that a woman thought to be
in her early thirties was found dead.

Authorities are working to identify her,

yet they haven't found any direct leads,

including any means
of contacting the woman's family.

The area was closed off temporarily,
but even after the search…

[man 1] Even now,

I can't bring myself to leave the house.

-♪ Hold up your hand ♪
-[reporter] …her personal belongings…

[man 1] But the world carries on
just fine without me.

The past three years,
while I've been locked up in here,

it seems like every day
on the outside is just

as lively as it ever was.

[funeral music resumes]

[man 1 sighs] g*dd*mn it.

Nothing out there ever falls apart.

But I'm stuck in here, popping pills
to try and control my panic disorder.

["Spinning Chorus" from
The Flying Dutchman by Wagner playing]

YOUR ORDER IS PLACED!
ARRIVING TOMORROW MORNING [SAT]

[record scratches]

[music fades]

[funeral music resumes]

[beeps]

[sighs]

[bell pings]

[sighs]

[music fades]

[sighs]

[clippers clicking]

[man 1] People say that
I'm some kind of genius writer.

Reclusive, mysterious,

shrouded in secrecy,

known only by a pseudonym.

No face, no real name.

An enigmatic writer who burst
onto the scene, blazing like a comet,

and releasing back-to-back hit novels.

A comet?

At least comets can drift through space
as much as they want.

[suspenseful music playing]

f*ck them.

They don't know anything.

[chiming]

[unsettling music playing]

Aah.

[whooshing]

[man] Moon-jae!

[high-pitched ringing]

[man] Moon-jae!

[wind gusting]

[man] Moon-jae!

[hissing]

-[snarling]
-[man] Moon-jae!

[urgent music playing]

[hissing and snarling continue]

-[panting]
-[man] Moon-jae!

Moon-jae!

[alarm bleeping]

[music playing through earbuds]

[Moon-jae] The same nightmare every night.

[high-pitched buzzing]

[Moon-jae] And the same
panic attack every day.

[winces]

[muffled breathing]

[Moon-jae] Nothing ever changes here.

-[upbeat music playing through earbuds]
-[sighs]

[sighs]

[bleep]

-[music stops]
-[breathing heavily]

Aah. [inhales]

[Moon-jae] Let's take a look, then.

See how similar the world is to yesterday.

[funeral music resumes]

[Moon-jae] The yogurt guy.

Postman. Saying hi.

WOMAN IN THIRTIES FOUND DEAD

[Moon-jae] The news is always the same.

Maybe the world outside really is
just some sort of simulation.

[reporter] The body
of a woman in her thirties

was reportedly found yesterday morning

in a neighborhood that many regard
as a very quiet…

[Moon-jae sighs] I'm so sick of it all.

[reporter] …deployment of investigators
to the scene,

has left local residents with
a palpable tension hanging in the air.

The victim was found
with severe injuries and external trauma.

Police have secured CCTV footage

showing a suspect
leaving the scene of the crime,

and are currently working
to identify the individual

and trace their movements.

-[horns blaring]
-[bleep]

[quiet, ominous music playing]

BARO BANK

BARO BANK CERTIFICATE

Hmm.

-[sighs]
-[phone buzzes]

FINGERPRINT NOT MATCHED

Ugh, are you serious? What the hell?

[buzzes]

FINGERPRINT NOT MATCHED

TOO MANY FAILED ATTEMPTS
ENTER YOUR PIN

[sighs]

-[gasps]
-[glass cracking]

[gasps]

[under breath] What?

[sighs]

[gasps softly]

Bug in the code?

[bell pings]

DONGBU POLICE STATION

-There he is!
-Hey, where were you? Courthouse?

Is all that still going on?

Hey. Go to hell.

I'm actually working. On your sh*t, too.

f*ck, we're already shorthanded here.

-[tuts]
-[sighs heavily]

[door opens]

-Oh, good morning, sir.
-Hey.

-[officer 1] Hello.
-[officer 2] Hello, sir.

-[boss] Wake up, as*h*le.
-[officer 3] Ah, sh*t!

[boss] Where were you, anyway?
The courthouse?

You couldn't just say
where you were goin' before you left?

You're a f*cking cop. Why are you getting
hauled into domestic violence court?

But I wasn't violent, I told you.

'Kay, so I punched my g*dd*mn wall.
That doesn't count, though.

But that's violence, isn't it?
You beat up a wall.

Great job, yeah, real smart.

-[crunches bottle]
-Hey.

Everyone get to work. Got it?

-You get to work, all right?
-I should just sh**t you jackasses.

[sighs]

[boss sighs]

Hey.

Someone left you a lead.

[officer 3] A lead?

[boss] I think it's about
the remains found in the Han River.

Why'd it come to you?
Is it someone you know?

-From who, does it say?
-Anonymous sender.

-Then I can't tell you about 'em, can I?
-Not the sender. Take a look at the photo.

All right, just give me a f*ck' second.

Great. Ah, Jesus…

THE BODY FOUND
IN THE HAN RIVER WAS NOT A SUICIDE

KIM YEONG-GEUN
APT 704, BLDG 104, CENTUM HEIGHTS FORE

[unsettling music playing]

[boss] Know that guy?

Nah, I've never seen him before.

[boss] There must be a reason
this was sent to you.

Hey, who would send this in the mail?

Why not just post the tip
on some bulletin board online, right?

And who was the suicide in the Han River?

Why are you asking me that?

I'd say it's your job now.
It was sent to you.

-[officer 4] Bye, sir.
-I've gotta talk to you.

[officer 3] Just hang on. Who is this guy?

Where do I even start on this?

Damn it, seriously? Newbie, hey.

-[door closes]
-Yeah?

Run a quick check on this guy.

Name's Kim Yeong-geun.

ID number is…

[quiet, suspenseful music playing]

Track it down.

Okay…

[sighs]

[typing]

[bell pings]

SON SOO-HYUN
APT 704, 104 CENTUM HEIGHTS FORE

BILL: 558,660 WON

[sighs]

[ringing]

[Soo-hyun] Hey, you call me way too often,
just 'cause I'm nearby.

Jesus, you sure crank up the heat in here.
What, you got a cold?

How could I possibly be sick,

when I never even so much as step outside?

Unless you brought it in with you.

Hey.

What happened?

Bug got into the code. Caused a glitch.

[groans]

[Soo-hyun] I saved my number in there.

I mean, who else
are you gonna call, anyway?

It's weird. Your phone was working
just fine before this, wasn't it?

Clicked on porn, huh?

Seriously?

[Soo-hyun laughs]

If not, why is it acting up
all of a sudden, then, huh?

I don't know.
The fingerprint thing is sh*t

and I can't even
send payments or anything.

You just got it for me a few months ago.
Why does it keep breaking?

Hey, it's your fingerprints.

Guess you wrote so much
that now your fingerprints wore off.

Is this amusing? Huh?

[laughs]

Hey. Just let me buy it.

Can I assume it's urgent? You want me
to get everything from the cart?

Uh-huh.

[Soo-hyun] Oh, the one-time password
is in there still,

so register your fingerprint
on the bank app and use it.

You really are a handful, man, seriously.

Then you got a better idea?

The accounts are in your name,
you're the only one who can get the funds.

I know, and you can trust
that I'll always keep your money secure.

-Need any more help?
-Uh-huh. Look.

[Soo-hyun] I'll call someone
to take care of it.

[Moon-jae sighs]

My day-to-day routine
hardly changes in the slightest,

and this happens all at once,
just like that.

[groans]

Hey, who knows? I guess it could be that
the window and phone were intentional.

[unsettling music playing]

[inhales]

The simulation theory, right?
That short story you wrote?

[laughs]

Hang on, the character was just gaslighted
until he thought all of it was true.

-Did you actually read my story?
-Seriously, man?

I went and got a copy and you got paid.

Does it really matter
if I read every single word?

-[sighs] Ugh.
-You good?

-On your meds?
-I've still got some left.

Okay, then. [sighs]

I guess, thanks to you, I get to act
like I've actually got the panic disorder.

I'm getting better and better at it.
[sighs]

Is that it, then?

Mm-hm. You heading out?

Us accountants are busy guys, you know?

Today is our high school reunion, too.
Been buried doing all that.

Really? You guys still all meet?

Everybody else attends, yeah.

All the boys who've had
any success financially.

Jesus. I hated that place.

Reunions are bullshit,
so why do you even bother going?

Aren't you getting sick
of just being stuck in here?

It's been almost three years now.

And anyway… [sighs]

Who else sees you besides me?

I am sick of this. [sighs]

You were supposed to help me.
Will you get me out of here soon?

You can't stay here.

Being out somewhere
near the ocean, the beach…

everything would get better.

[unsettling music playing]

A little longer. We'll get you there.

Gotta go.

When are you coming back?

[Soo-hyun] Call me if anything happens.
But I'm sure you'll be fine.

Hey, I… [sighs]

[lock bleeps]

[door closes]

[bell pings]

[sighs]

[music fades]

[sighs]

[sighs]

BARO BANK CERTIFICATE
FINGERPRINT NOT MATCHED

[ominous music playing]

FINGERPRINT NOT MATCHED

-Already? What the f*ck?
-[phone buzzing]

[sighs]

[phone buzzing]

[music intensifying]

[doorbell ringing]

[music fades]

-[ringing continues]
-[sighs]

[ringing]

[Moon-jae] Who is it?

Oh, yeah, hey, police. Open up.

[lock bleeps]

-[door closes]
-So, uh, what do you need?

Just following a lead. You Kim Yeong-geun?

-Uh, no.
-You're not?

No, I'm not.

Does Kim Yeong-geun live here?

No. It's just me here, sir.

Ah, sh*t.

A report came into the station and, uh…

Do you mind if I poke around a little?

-Sure, go ahead.
-Okay.

I'll be quick, shouldn't take long.

[suspenseful music playing]

[officer] Wow.
Ooh, nice place you got here.

[Moon-jae] A bird hit the window earlier.

Oh, yeah?

I didn't think birds
still flew into windows like that.

Weird, huh? Must've been painful.

-It's just you here?
-[Moon-jae] Yeah.

[officer] Wow. You've got a lot of space.

[Moon-jae] If you've confirmed
the person you want isn't here,

then, would you leave, please?

Yeah, be outta your hair
in just a minute, okay?

Kim Yeong-geun lives here
according to our records.

So who is this man? What did he do?

I'm not sure, really. Who knows?
He could be hiding in there.

[sighs]

After you.

Thank you for your cooperation.

[Moon-jae] If you're done,
then please leave.

[sighs]

Hmm.

Sure thing. Sorry to be
such a pain in the a*s.

By the way,

what do you do for work?

[officer] The anonymous tip
was just a prank.

Yeah, that Kim Yeong-geun
apparently never lived here,

but there was a guy there
who let me come inside.

[boss] Did you learn
the identity of the deceased?

How can I identify
some unidentified person?

Then who's the thug in the tip?

How the f*ck am I supposed
to find out who he is from a single photo?

Am I a f*cking FBI agent now?

You f*cking wish.

Push till you get the answers.

Hang up, I'm seeing the chief.

-[bleep]
-But… Are you serious?

Ugh, what a bunch of bullshit.

DONGBU POLICE
PARK SUN-YONG

Why do I get the lead?

Who sent me this g*dd*mn thing?

IS THIS THE RIGHT OTP?

SON SOO-HYUN

[light version of funeral music playing]

[sighs]

RISING STAR, FACELESS GENIUS WRITER
KNOWN ONLY BY HIS PEN NAME

"INTERVIEW" AUTHOR SUSPENDS SERIALIZATION
DUE TO PANIC DISORDER


WITHOUT EXPLANATION

AN IRRESPONSIBLE ESCAPE?

NEW NOVEL EVIL ALWAYS PREVAILS
SET FOR HOLLYWOOD ADAPTATION

[sighs]

[faint, low rumbling]

[sighs]

I…

-[bleeping]
-[music stops]

-[lock chimes]
-[door opens]

[man 1] Oh, yes.

-[chuckles] Just look at the view.
-[thump]

[man 1] You got yourself
a great deal on this place.

[woman] The kitchen's so big!
It's so pretty.

-[man 1] The kitchen needs to be nice.
-[man 2] This is nice.

-[woman] It's so…
-[man 2] It's been fixed up?

-[woman] Wow, this is so nice!
-[man 2] Mmm.

-[woman] Wow.
-[man 2] Wow.

[man 1] You were going to renovate?

-[woman] Yes.
-Who are you?

-What the hell are you doing here?
-[man 1] Why…

-Are you still here?
-What?

-Why are you here? You should be out.
-I'm… What are you saying?

You can't just barge into someone's house!

-How did you get in here?
-I was given the code for the door.

-[Moon-jae] From who?
-The owner.

Just hang on. I'm the owner.
Please explain what's going on here.

[laughs]

Look, I'm the agent handling the sale.

I met the owner when I sold the place.

I arranged it myself three years ago.
What are you talking about?

The owner's an accountant. Nice young man.

[sighs]

He wanted to sell fast,

and this couple's
already bought the place.

The tenant didn't want any visitors.

I had a similar home
I had to show them instead.

[groans]

[agent] So just who are you, anyway?

Just wait a second.
He's a friend. Hold on.

-Are you the tenant?
-No. I said I'm the owner.

Hang on. I'm not too sure about this.

So his name's on all the contracts
and whatnot, but I actually own it.

Look, these people are the new owners.
They signed a contract.

Regardless, you need to move out today,
all right? They're going to remodel.

-Give me a minute.
-[man 2] Sir, what is all this?

-[agent] Well…
-Ah, sh*t…

-[woman] What is going on?
-[agent] I'll take care of it.

[automated voice] The number is
no longer in service,

or cannot accept incoming calls.

[agent] I'll take care of it.

-[woman] I told you to look into it.
-What?

[agent] This is ill*gal occupancy.

SON SOO-HYUN2

[automated voice] The number
is no longer in service.

Just give me some time.
I'm about to call my friend.

-[agent] I'm really so sorry about this.
-[Moon-jae] b*stard!

-Did he…
-[woman] You said there was no problem.

WRONG PATTERN

-Huh?
-[agent] This has never happened before.

-[laughs] Really sorry.
-[phone buzzing]

[Moon-jae] g*dd*mn it.

RESET YOUR PATTERN

What the hell?

CAN'T REGISTER MY PRINT

[Soo-hyun] A little longer.

We'll get you there.

-[Moon-jae gasps]
-[agent] Hey, you!

[urgent, tense music playing]

[automated voice] The number you dialed
is either no longer in service,

or cannot accept
incoming calls at this time.

The number you have dialed
is not in service.

Please check the number and dial again.

[sighs]

[hangs up]

Who knows? I guess it could be that the
window and your phone were intentional.

[shudders]

Son Soo-hyun, you b*stard!

-[agent] Hang on! Where are you going?
-[Moon-jae] Just wait!

[panting]

[music intensifying]

[faint, low rumbling]

[Moon-jae breathing heavily]

[music fades]

[distorted, echoing sounds]

[melancholy music playing]

[urgent music resumes]

[music fades]

[soft, suspenseful music playing]

-[man] Hey, just tell me why you're here!
-I'm his friend, I know he works here.

Where is he right now? Where is he?

-Soo-hyun's gone. He just quit.
-[gasps]

Wait, he quit?

Yeah, it just came out of nowhere,

but he said he was going abroad
for a few years.

He seemed to be in a hurry.

Now I'm stuck
handling all his work. [sighs]

[urgent music resumes]

[Soo-hyun] Us accountants are
busy guys, you know?

Today is our high school reunion, too.
Been buried doing all that.

They all get together every quarter.

But they're just meeting up now
to get an inside track.

Seriously, man,
you were such a loser back in the day.

Never popular, and it's not like
you had good grades.

Ugh, God. Nowadays, it's like…

[overlapping]
…I always gotta clean up for you.

Nobody remembers you there now,
man, not at all.

Well, I guess they remember your name,

but just your name,
only 'cause it's so unique.

[overlapping] Je Moon-jae.

Do you remember that place?

[quiet, tense music playing]

Hey, you know the one, right?

The place we always said
we'd go for drinks after we graduated.

Exactly, that's the place.

We always meet up over there.

SOONGAM HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

And the Han River was the entire point,

'cause we all bet
that the view there was great.

We talked about the amazing view
of the Han River there.

[echoing gasp]

THE HANGANG RIVER VIEW

Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?

-Where the hell is it?
-[woman whispers] What?

[giggling]

Q2 SOONGNAM HIGH REUNION

[gasps]

[urgent, tense music playing]

SON SOO-HYUN

The number you have dialed
is not in service.

Please check the number and di--

DRUNK ON THE HANGANG RIVER VIEW

-[music fades]
-[device bleeps]

[card reader bleeps]

[driver sighs]

Uh, you got some cash, then?
Or else a credit card?

I'm sorry, wait a minute.

[driver] Oh, come on.
I don't have all day. Let's go.

[urgent music resumes]

[driver] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Stop that guy!

Hey, you! Hey!

[music fades]


SOONGAM HIGH SCHOOL

-[gentle chamber music playing]
-[man 1] …championship last year!

Yeah, it was fantastic!

-[man 2] Oh, hey!
-[man 3] Hey, how are you?

[man 4] How you been? Good! All right.

-[man 5] Here, have a seat.
-[man 4] Sure.




-[man 5] Oh…
-[man 6] You gotta stick with it.

-[man 5] You're working hard.
-[man 6] Yeah.

At our age,
we've gotta take care of ourselves.

[man 5] Huh? Moon-jae?

[man 7] Huh?

[man 5] Hey, who are you? Sir?

Where's Soo-hyun? Son Soo-hyun.

[man 6] Son Soo-hyun?

He's not here today.
Said he was traveling overseas.

Hey, just cut the bullshit. I know
he was coming to the reunion. [scoffs]

[man 6] Well, anyway, who are you?

Who am I?

I'm Moon-jae, guys.
Je Moon-jae. Remember me?

You.

You too, class president. Min-seok, right?

Lee Min-seok? It's you, isn't it?

You prayed before every test.

So where's Soo-hyun?

Yeah, he's Min-seok, I mean, yeah.

[inhales]

Still, Moon-jae? No way.

Because I just grabbed drinks
with Moon-jae last week.

-[Min-seok] He came to the last reunion.
-[man 8] I saw him there.

-Moon-jae did.
-What the hell are you trying to say?

I've been holed up three years
alone in my house, guys.

What are you doing? Who are you?

-[man 7] How does he know?
-I'm Moon-jae, I told you.

-Stop saying that. Clearly, you're not.
-I'm Moon-jae, dude! Je Moon-jae!

Things only a classmate would know about.

He's Kyeong-tae.

He was the best student in our school.
I forget his last name.

And that's Kwon Yong-hyeon,
we played basketball together.

And there is our math teacher, Gestapo!

Okay, okay, okay, just calm down, sir.

This man's not Mr. Je Moon-jae?

He's not. I just had drinks with Moon-jae.

This isn't Moon-jae.

I was his homeroom teacher back then,
when he was a sophomore in school.

He and I met up again at the last reunion.

[Min-seok] Hey, what's going on?

We know Moon-jae, so who're you?

Let's just calm down. Uh…
You must have ID of some kind, right?

I just had to run out of my house.
I'm sorry, I haven't got any ID.

[officer] You've got your cellphone.

These days, everybody likes to keep
their ID saved on their phones, right?

[breathing shakily] But, it's just that…

It's mine, but I'm not the one
who registered it… [sighs]

See, I'm not… I guess my…

It's just that my name isn't on any
accounts or lease right now, you know? So…

Tell me who you are, then.

[sighs]

Seriously? sh*t.

I just wanted to meet a friend.

-Why are you hassling me?
-We'll talk at the station.

-[Moon-jae] Jesus.
-Watch your foot.

[woman] I guess he's a criminal.

-[sighs]
-[car door slams]

[sighs]

[heartbeat echoing]

[steps echoing]

[Moon-jae] Huh?

That's…

[slowed, echoing sounds]

[gasps]

Uh…

Just hold on a second.

You gotta face forward. Just relax, sir.

[tense, nervy music playing]

[sighs]

[reporter 1] Police have
launched an investigation

after a man believed to be homeless
was found dead in an empty lot…

[officer] Once we confirm
your identity, we'll let you go.

The man's exact identity
has not yet been determined.

-He was found with no belongings.
-Lotta folks losing their minds out there.

Think we should drug test him?

…and worsening living conditions,

concerns for the safety
of vulnerable individuals

living on the streets are growing.

Hey, there's nothing.
Even his ID number is bogus, too.

What?

[reporter 2] …reported
to law enforcement. A man…

[officer 2] There's no match
for his fingerprints.

Either he's an ill*gal immigrant
or a ghost.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN FOUND DEAD
IN SEOUL

[officer 1] That's not possible.
His fingerprints aren't on file here?

…investigate the circumstances
of his death…

-Nothing's there.
-[officer 1] Hm?

The deceased was in
his late forties to early fifties.

At the time he was found, he had
no personal belongings or ID on him.

-Police…
-[officer 1] What the hell?

[officer 2] Where'd he go?
sh*t. Ah, g*dd*mn it!

[solemn music playing]

[panting heavily]

[sighing]

[dramatic music swells]

[woman 1] I mean,
why are you asking me that?

-How am I supposed to know?
-I didn't authorize you to do that.

Just tell me what's going on.

[woman 1] All it shows is that it was
re-registered two months ago, like I said.

The ID number and the fingerprints, too.

Then who could've made the changes?

Nobody asked my permission
to re-register anything!

-Je Moon-jae authorized the changes!
-I just said that I'm Moon-jae!

[shocked gasps]

-[woman 2] What?
-[man 1] What's he doing?

[man 2] We've got a customer
causing problems.

[woman 1] How can I take your word for it

when you've got nothing
to prove who you really are?

Sir, only the person
that's named in the file

can re-register any of the information.

I said I'm Moon-jae, though.

And I… I didn't okay
any changes to my own info!

I'm not seeing that, sir.

The computer shows it here.

All the changes were authorized
two months ago.

Looks like there was
concern over a data breach.

And Je Moon-jae
is the person who changed it.

[sinister music playing]

[gasps] Okay.

How about, if it's actually
my friend that did all this?

Please, I already explained this.

There's no way
that another person did that.

[sighs] I didn't do any of that.

-[siren whoops]
-[gasps]

Isn't there, like, a photo? Or something?

Why not just let me see the screen?

What are you doing? Don't!

-[man 2] Sir, please don't!
-Let me look!

-Please, sir, just stay calm!
-Hey, let go! Listen, I'm Je Moon-jae!

-[man 2] We can talk inside--
-[shocked gasps]

I said I'm Moon-jae, I told you!

[man 3] He must be nuts.

[muffled sounds]

[sighs and winces]

-[groans softly]
-[rustling]

Huh?

[gasps]

[urgent music playing]

-[tires squealing]
-[horns blaring]

[woman 1] What is wrong with him?

[man 1] Hey! What's going on?

[woman 2] What the… What's wrong with him?

[man 2] Watch it!

[woman 3 yelps]

[music fades]

[breathing shakily]

I'm… I'm sorry.

[ominous music playing]

[Moon-jae] I… left my meds at home.

[man] What are you doing here?

Huh?

Why are you over here again?
Did you leave something behind or…

"Over here again"?

You moved out before,
we talked, then you took off.

And you sure replaced
the window real quick.

Gosh, this is a floor-to-ceiling window.

It usually takes people days
to get one replaced.

-[bangs window]
-Hah.

Hold on.

Did I do this?

Yeah.

Did you see a dead bird or something?

Down on the ground below here?

Could've run into the glass up here maybe?

Well… your window?

Don't think so. [inhales]

The security office is right below here.

I'd have seen a bird
if it fell on the ground.

[quiet, suspenseful music playing]

[man 1] Other unclaimed remains

don't get this much attention
from the police and the media.

She's famous. She was on the news, right?

They found her in the Han River.

Did an autopsy,
and there were no signs of foul play.

-Why are you so interested?
-I got a tip, and it mentioned her.

[man] I don't think you wanna see her.
She drowned.

[suspenseful music continues]

So how can someone
who was alive and well

just show up one day in the morgue
with nothing to ID her?

That's not how things go.

I got three more like her in this morgue
alone now. Unclaimed, or unidentified.

There are lots across the country.

No fingerprint match.
She might be a foreigner.

[phone ringing]

Yeah, hello?

Where at?

Violent Crimes?

Han-su over in Violent Crimes
says you're looking into Kim Yeong-geun.

I've been busting my a*s
looking for that guy.

I'm not coming up with sh*t.
There's not even a sheet on him.

Hmm. Hasn't got a criminal record.
The b*stard's never been caught.

-Yeah?
-But he's a real cutthroat guy.

Runs ill*gal gambling rings,
loan-sharking, things like that.

He made good money
hosting an ill*gal gambling site, too.

-Hmm.
-Man, th*gs can always smell money.

I heard that, most of the time,
he's known just as Noja.

Another name for Laozi, the philosopher.

-Noja?
-He hasn't been around lately.

We're looking for him, too.

-Hmm.
-So what's the tip you got?

Ah, it said that he had a hand

in whatever happened
to the woman found in the Han River.

I need something solid,
a lead that can get me started.

Oh, that lady?

As far as I know,
he just keeps strictly to g*ng stuff.

[groaning]

[officer] From what I hear, he basically
functions as the g*ng's version of,

I guess… Internal Affairs.

[groaning]

Yeong-geun! Stop!
How could you do this to me?

[dramatic music playing]

[wailing]

[officer] He throws money into
the graves of guys he buries alive

for causing the g*ng trouble.

Guess that's why they call him Noja.

You know, the funeral cash
we tuck in a casket?

But now the g*ng's in free fall
and all the members are disappearing.

He's still pretty scary, though.

So be careful takin' him down.

He sure is an ugly son of a b*tch.

ORGANIZED CRIME OFFENDER
KIM YEONG-GEUN

[tense music playing]

[sighs]

ACCOUNTANT SON SOO-HYUN

[man 1] Hey, sir
You can't just park here!

-You need to move.
-[bat dragging]

-[man 2] Whoa!
-[woman] Oh, God, what's wrong with him?

[Noja breathing heavily]

[hisses] Hah!

[thinks] Noja?

You as*h*le!

-[onlookers gasping]
-[Moon-jae] f*ck!

[dramatic music playing]

[glass smashes]

-[horn beeping]
-[driver] Whoa!

[Moon-jae groaning]

[onlookers gasping]

[Noja mutters] as*h*le.

[Moon-jae gasping for breath]

[horn blares]

[Moon-jae yelps]

[groans]

[siren approaching]

sh*t.

[groaning]

[dramatic music continues]

[horn blares]

[unsettling music playing]

[panting]

[groaning softly]

[music fades]

[sighs]

[Soo-hyun] It's 'cause
you're not used to the place yet.

The doctor said take one
if you feel anxious or suffocated.

ALPRAZOLAM

But what can you do, weak as you are now?

I suppose you'll have
to hide out here for a while.

Will we…

be okay, though?

We'll be all right. Just trust me.

[gasping]

[disturbing music playing]

[muffled footsteps]

[Moon-jae gasps]

Aren't you curious…

who I am?

[dramatic music playing]

[theme music playing]

♪ Mouse ♪

♪ Mouse ♪

♪ Mouse ♪