01x06 - Recommendation

[bunniefuu]

- [female student] Good morning.
- [male student] Morning.

[indistinct chatter]

- [upbeat music playing]
- [car horn honking]

[in Korean] ♪ The game is rigged
And the world is dirty ♪

♪ Think that I might play chess
'Cause this piece I carry ♪

♪ Calculate the k*ll
And call it fatality ♪

♪ Act like real emergency
But I know the reality ♪

♪ I see through you
Fake from head to toe ♪

♪ Mess with the best
And, bro, you got to go ♪

- [in English] Sir, what do you think?
- Yeah, this kid's not half bad.

He might be the best one
we've seen so far. Mm.

NAME: JIN HO-BIN CV

[employee chuckles] Yeah,
he's got a nice style too.

- He's the last one, right?
- No, there's one more out there. Yeah.

[grunts] So, what's left? What the...

♪ Your smiles are all a pack of lies
I hate your... ♪

- [knock on door]
- Huh?

Hey there. Uh, we picked our guy already,
so you can just go.

Oh, uh, I don't even get to perform?
Please... please, sir.

Please just give me one chance!

[owner] I'm sorry, kid,
but that's the business.

- Maybe next time.
- [chuckles]

- Ooh.
- Oh, uh, okay.

[owner] Why did you take an application
from someone like him?

[employee] Yeah, right. Sorry, sir.

["Like That" playing]

["Like That" concludes]

- [coos]
- [meows]

[Pyeon Deok-hwa] No one is interested
in hearing my voice.

I have always dreamed big,
but my reality is in the gutter.

[groans] I gotta write lyrics
with what I'm feeling right now.

♪ No one ever take the time
To listen to my story ♪

♪ I spill my guts
And you tell me that's too gory ♪

♪ They call me gross
And they treat me just like another ♪

On the bus
and this gross geek's singing to himself.

♪ They miss my good parts
And just judge the cover ♪

- [horn honking]
- [cat shrieks]

- [grunts]
- [tires screeches]

[passengers scream, groan]

- [yowls]
- [female passenger] What happened?

- [groans]
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] Oh, uh...

[groans]

Would you like to sit down?
[chuckles]

Huh? Uh. No. I... I mean, um, no,
thank you very much.

- Oh, okay.
- God, he shocked me.

- Oh, my... [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

- What was that?
- She was so obvious about it.

Wouldn't you be?
He gave me a shock too. [chuckles]

[sighs]

♪ I don't give up, don't bow down ♪

[sighs] Maybe this isn't it.

[sighs]

[melancholic music playing]

[Pyeon Deok-hwa]
♪ No one listens to my story ♪

♪ No matter how hard I shout ♪

♪ Judged for my existence
Filling my head with doubt ♪

♪ Call me gross for my appearance
And the frustrations mount ♪

[sighs]

- [Pyeon Deok-hwa's grandmother snoring]
- Hmm.

[Pyeon Deok-hwa's grandmother snoring]

[sighs]

[Pyeon Deok-hwa]
Just wait a little longer, Grandma.

[snores]

[upbeat music playing]

[female student 1]
Hey, wanna have curry for lunch?

- [female student 2] Let's go.
- [female student 3] I had curry already.

- [male student 1] Yo, man.
- [male student 2] What's up!

10TH JAEWON FESTIVAL
APPLICATION OPEN

- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] Hmm.
- [indistinct chatter]

- [sighs]
- [both laugh]

[students exclaiming]

[chuckles]

[female student]
It's Hyeong-seok! [giggling]

- I heard his family owns a big company.
- Oh, marrying rich is a lot of pressure.

- [squeals]
- Yeah, sure.

Oh, hey, Deok-hwa.

Oh, hi.

- What's the poster for?
- Hmm?

- He actually talks to geeks like Deok-hwa.
- Uh...

Are you serious?

Having a minion or two makes life
a lot more convenient at school.

What are you talking about?
I saw Hyeong-seok rescue him

- from Jin Ho-bin last time.
- [grunts]

- Why do you keep acting...
- Hmm?

...like we're friends?
Everyone is looking at us weird.

Huh?

Uh...

- [indistinct chatter]
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] Hmm...

What comes after?

Huh. It's not working. Doesn't even rhyme.

- [groans]
- [Jin Ho-bin scoffs]

- You're writing more lyrics again?
- [laughs]

- [Jin Ho-bin laughing]
- [pants]

[Jin Ho-bin clearing throat]
What's the point?

- [Go Jeong-gi laughing]
- [grunts]

You really failed the audition,
you fat ass.

What? Deok-hwa went to the audition too?
I'm shook!

- [Pyeon Deok-hwa grunts]
- [laughs]

It was so embarrassing.

- I was afraid he'd come over and say hi.
- Why'd you audition?

Wow, that's freaking brave of you.

Jeez, you know,
you make me wanna... [grunts]

[groans]

- [groans]
- Just leave him, the big tub of lard.

- [groans]
- [Na Yu-eop] He needs to learn his place,

f*cking dweeb. [laughing]

- [Pyeon Deok-hwa sighs]
- [paper ripping]

THE 10TH JAEWON FESTIVAL
APPLICATION FORM

- [traffic rumbling]
- [melancholic music playing]

[Pyeon Deok-hwa sighs]

Sweetheart! [chuckles]

There's my grandson.
How was school, little man?

[chuckles] Hey, Grandma,
sell a lot of snacks?

[chuckles] You must be hungry.
Have some before you go.

[chuckles] Oh, no. I can't eat it.
You have to sell it. [chuckles]

- [Jin Ho-bin] Hey, Deok-hwa!
- Oh. [groans]

- [Jin Ho-bin laughs]
- [Go Jeong-gi laughs]

FISH CAKE

Huh? Jin Ho-bin?

- You live in this neighborhood?
- Yeah.

Uh. Well, I... I...

- Mm?
- Aw, are you Deok-hwa's little friends?

[Go Jeong-gi chuckles]

- Yeah. We're classmates.
- Uh...

Ah! I see. You must be hungry.
Would you like some snacks before you go?

- For serious?
- Whoa! Bonus.

- [groans]
- [chuckles]

- [chuckles] Don't mind if I do.
- [groans]

- [munches]
- [slurps]

Do we really not have to pay for all this?

- You kidding? It's Deok-hwa's grandma.
- Hey, eat up!

Can we get some more soup over here?

[Deok-hwa's grandmother]
Of course. Just a minute.

[overlapping chatter]

[grunts]

- Aw, you guys must have been hungry.
- [bullies munching]

[grunts]

- Oh, I'm so full.
- [chuckles]

Yeah, me too. [grunts]

Uh...

[Pyeon Deok-hwa's grandmother]
Kids, uh, take some gimbap too.

I know how teenagers eat.

Growing boys need good food. [chuckles]

[Na Yu-eop chuckles] Okay. Thank you.

- [Go Jeong-gi] Thank you, ma'am.
- Oh, Grandma, please.

It's okay. It just means
I can go home a bit early.

Yeah, but, Grandma, you...

Your tteokbokki is so great.
You'll do amazing business here.

- Ma'am, please.
- [groans]

[Go Jeong-gi]
Stay healthy for many years to come.

[groans]

Come back, eat here whenever you want.
I hope you all get along with Deok-hwa.

[Jin Ho-bin] Sure, sure.

Deok-hwa...

see you later. [scoffs]

[Go Jeong-gi laughing] Wow!

That was great.
Hey, should I eat this?

- [Jin Ho-bin] Just toss it.
- [Go Jeong-gi laughs]

[tense music playing]

- [bullies laughing]
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa breathes heavily]

[grunting] Damn it!

[grunting]

Street cart Pyeon Deok-hwa's family's
Tteokbokki is totally gross.

[indistinct chatter]

Ugh, I went to the bathroom so many times
after eating that food.

- It k*lled my appetite.
- [Go Jeong-gi laughs]

[Na Yu-eop]
Hey, don't go there, seriously.

- [students laughing]
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] Damn it.

[breathes heavily]

- [groans]
- You stupid fat ass.

Why are you blocking the door?

Are you crazy?

[Pyeon Deok-hwa groans]

[breathes shakily]

Aw, there's Hyeong-seok.

[female student 1] Oh, gosh,
he's so handsome. I can't stand it!

- [female student 2] He is so good-looking.
- [groans]

- Huh?
- Uh. [exhales]

[Pyeon Deok-hwa panting]

- [female student 3] What's going on?
- [Park Hyeong-seok] Uh...

[Na Yu-eop laughs] I knew it.

What big dreams you have.

You want to sing at the festival?

- [scoffs]
- [gasps]

- [grunts]
- [groans]

Stop clowning around
and stay out of my sight.

Don't even think about it.

You'll embarrass our class
and ruin the festival.

I got pushed around like that
all the time before I hung out with you.

Ugh, they're horrible.

[sighs]

[Park Hyeong-seok] I transferred
to this school to escape the hell

I was going through.

- Slash kick!
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa groans]

- [Jin Ho-bin] Now, go get my lunch.
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa groans]

[Park Hyeong-seok] What I realized
when I got here was that

wherever you go, there will always
be someone like me.

- [Go Jeong-gi laughs]
- Hey, why are you hating

- on Deok-hwa so much, huh?
- Yeah, that's true.

You're picking on him
a lot more than you used to.

Isn't it obvious?

- It's all because...
- [groans]

...he's an ugly freaking pig.

[laughs] Hey, let's put that
in our next song.

- What?
- [chuckles]

But then Deok-hwa will need
to pay us for the honor.

[Jin Ho-bin]
What do you think you're doing?

- [groans]
- [Jin Ho-bin] Go, get more water!

[Park Hyeong-seok]
The moment that we're born,

someone must have decided that we belong
at the bottom of the food chain.

Things are only easier for me now
because of this new body.

- [groans]
- [cutlery clattering]

[all laugh]

[Jin Ho-bin] I told you to get water,
not spill it. Go get it again.

[Park Hyeong-seok]
Could you hold this for me?

Huh? Oh, w... wait!

Hmm?

- [pants]
- [groans]

- [grunts]
- [Go Jeong-gi chuckling]

- [Jin Ho-bin] Hey.
- [Go Jeong-gi] Huh?

- [Jin Ho-bin] What do you two want?
- Uh...

- [Park Hyeong-seok] Huh? Jae-yeol.
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] Huh?

I told you to stay out
of other people's business.

Hey, Hyeong-seok. You following us?

- [footsteps approaching]
- [Lee Jin-seong] Uh. There you are.

[rock music playing]

I just can't seem
to leave you alone, can I?

Lee Jin-seong.

What? Why are you involved, Jin-seong?

What? You wanna fight? Is that it?

[Kim Mi-jin] Jin-seong...

- Don't worry about me, I'm not fighting.
- I was hoping to eat with Deok-hwa.

Could you let him go,
so we can have our lunch?

Uh...

[exhales]

- You lookin' for a fight, my man?
- You don't know who you're messing with.

- [Basco] You're the one who doesn't know.
- Huh?

[rock music playing]

Huh? Basco?

I thought you were home resting.
What I heard was you fought

- like a dozen guys on your own.
- "A dozen"? [scoffs]

Not true, not a dozen.

[Park Hyeong-seok]
Oh, he was staying home because of me?

- What if he tries to get revenge?
- Here.

- Hold on to this, please, Beom-jae.
- Huh?

The screen, I can't break it again.
It's super expensive to get it repaired.

Oh! [chuckles] Okay.

[sighs]

- Take off your sunglasses.
- What?

I don't hit guys with glasses.
You don't know anything, do you?

[grunts]

[pants] Uh...

Why the hell are you getting in the way,
this has nothing to do with you!

- [grunts]
- [students scream]

- Interfering bastards! [grunts]
- [groans] This is so damn annoying.

[male student]
What the hell did he kick the trays for?

- [female student] Jeez...
- So that means Park Hyeong-seok,

Jin-seong, and Basco are like,
allies now?

There's no way Ho-bin's guys
could take them.

- They're outnumbered.
- Basco, about last time...

- Why did you try to save this boy?
- Oh, I couldn't just leave him like that.

What? You can't have your servant
keep getting beaten up by the others?

- Is that what you're doing?
- No way!

New student. Time for a beatdown.

Okay, hold on, you're really
not listening again.

Hey, come on, dude.

[grunts]

- [indistinct chatter]
- [grunts]

He's right. Now's not the time to fight.

Let's leave this to them and go.
What do you say, Basco?

Yeah, huh?
I think we'd better call it a day, Basco.

[scoffs]

I will tear you limb from limb next time.

- What is the deal with them?
- A love triangle maybe?

[imitates Basco] Shut up, boy.

- Put up your dukes.
- [sighs]

Hmm? Ugh! So silly!
Wanting to fight each other like that.

- Hmm.
- [indistinct chatter]

- [sighs]
- Hyeong-seok!

- [crowd] Aw!
- I can't believe how nice you are!

You saved a guy that was getting bullied.

That's so cool.

- Oh, sorry, I just need to...
- [crowd exclaims]

[groans]

[Park Hyeong-seok]
Are you okay, Deok-hwa?

[grunts]

- [groaning]
- Hmm?

[sighs]

Huh?

- [Pyeon Deok-hwa groaning]
- [paper rustling]

Uh.

[melancholic music playing]

[Park Hyeong-seok]
I'm not getting bullied anymore...

but there are always those
getting bullied like I was.

[sighs]

Mm.

[groans, sighs]

[Park Hyeong-seok] Because of you,

it may seem like I'm now free
from the bullies.

But the truth is,
nothing's really changed at all. Nothing.

I'm still hopeless.

I may have two bodies,

but there's only one me.

[birds chirping]

Did you see the look
in Hyeong-seok's eyes yesterday?

So charismatic.
Jin Ho-bin was totally scared.

[Park Hyeong-seok]
No matter how handsome this body is,

- I'm...
- Huh? [chuckles]

- Deok-hwa...
- Huh?

Hi there.

- Here you go.
- [sighs]

Just stop this, okay?

- Stop acting like you're this nice person!
- Uh...

[Pyeon Deok-hwa] You're doing this
to get popular. Aren't you?

Or are you still going
to spew some nonsense

about how I'm like you?
Just tell me what makes you think

that I'm anything like you at all?

- Well, I, uh...
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] Go ahead,

use me if you want to.
Treat me like an idiot,

treat me like a dog, go on!
It will only spur me on.

The more that I suffer,

the more I will keep on
writing rap lyrics.

[exhales] Like Eminem. Marshall Mathers.

Eminem?

- [Pyeon Deok-hwa] The legendary rapper.
- Oh...

[Pyeon Deok-hwa] He was bullied
because he was poor,

but he gained international acclaim
for his amazing rap skills.

His clever and soulful rap lyrics,

they resonate with everyone in pain.

Oh...

Hmm.

VOCAL DANCE CLASS

[male student] I know. Duh!

[female student 1]
So, Ho-bin and Jeong-gi are doing

a duet in this year's festival.

[female student 2] Really?
Are you serious?

Well, with the two of us,
the prize will be a piece of cake.

[laughs]

The owner of the record label
is coming to watch.

So we're going to give them a fire show.

- Ooh!
- Whoa, gonna be a star. All right.

So freaking jealous. [laughs]

He should just give the hell up.

- [Jin Ho-bin throwing punches]
- [Pyeon Deok-hwa groaning]

- [groans]
- [chuckles]

[groans] Please give that back to me.

- [groans]
- [dramatic music playing]

[Go Jeong-gi laughing]

When will that idiot
become a proper human?

How can a pig become human?
Is there some magical food he can eat

- to make him human? [laughs]
- [Go Jeong-gi laughs]

[groans]

[gasps]

- Hey!
- Hyeong-seok, what are you doing tonight?

Oh, I have to clean the classroom

because I almost fought
the Vocal Class kids.

- So, the teacher wanted me to do it.
- Aw, he's such a meanie head though.

Everyone knows you were just trying
to help out a friend.

- What's that?
- Huh?

Oh, kids can apply to perform
at this festival.

- Perform at a festival?
- Mm.

Uh. Would you be interested in this?

You should try it,
you would totally win first prize.

[chuckles] I should probably
get back to cleaning.

- [gasps] Hyeong-seok, do you want my help?
- [chuckles] That's okay, but thank you.

Hmm.

[sighs]

My open heart belongs to you.
Oh! [squeals]

[Park Ha-neul] Would you be interested
in this? You should try it,

you would totally win first prize.

[Park Hyeong-seok] I never thought
I'd hear somebody tell me that.

[sighing] There's no way.

- Me, on a stage?
- [gentle music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[groans] My heart pounds
just thinking about it.

Ugh, I could never do it.

I was always on my own,
so I sang a lot, but only ever to myself.

I never imagined singing
in front of anyone else.

You feel so lonely sometimes
when you're by yourself so much.

[humming melody]

[Hyeong-seok's mother]
Hyeong-seok, your voice is amazing.

[Park Hyeong-seok pants]

I've been such a mean idiot.

I'm sorry, Mom.

[breathes shakily]

[groans]

[sighs]

[groans]

[Pyeon Deok-hwa] I'm not Eminem.

Go ahead.

Use me if you want to.
Treat me like an idiot,

Treat me like a dog. Go on.
It will only spur me on.

[Park Hyeong-seok] This must have been
very important to Deok-hwa.

The more that I suffer,

the more
I will keep on writing rap lyrics.

[Park Hyeong-seok]
I too sing when I'm unhappy,

and when I'm in pain.

It's a great comfort to me.

That song.

[in Korean] ♪ There's no way ♪

♪ I can appreciate this moment ♪

♪ Anymore than I do right now
Here and now ♪

♪ I forgot how much my family
Always finds me ♪

♪ And loves me for who I am ♪

♪ I can see it like
It's been in front of me... ♪

[groans]

♪ All along
Oh, yeah, I can see it now ♪

♪ It's all right, yeah ♪

♪ It's okay to cry now
Let it all out if you want ♪

♪ The deep sorrow you feel down inside
Let it all out and fill it all up again ♪

♪ I'll protect you, by your side ♪

♪ Stay right by my side, oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Take my hand ♪

[pants, gasps]

[Park Hyeong-seok] ♪ I'll protect ♪

♪ You my friend ♪

♪ Mm ♪

- [song concludes]
- [sighs]

- [in English] Hey, uh...
- Huh?

- Um...
- Um...

- Oh, Deok-hwa.
- Hey, you were...

Wh... when... when did you...

This is embarrassing. I... [chuckles]

Huh? Oh, hey...

[breathes shakily]

Uh...

- Here ya go.
- Mm...

Oh, mm...

[sighs]

Uh. Would you... [inhales]

- Would you like to...
- Huh?

- ...to do this with me?
- Do what?

Uh...

[sighs]

I hoped you might... [inhales]
...sing with me at the festival.

Huh?

[upbeat music playing]

What?

[music concludes]