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(theme music)

(elevator dings)

(both panting)

Please.

(exhales sharply)

Please.

-(exhales sharply) -(slams wall)

(Saebyeok exhales sharply)

Damn it.

(both panting)

(exhales)

(tense music)

(panting)

DIRECTOR

(line ringing)

Sir, this is Kim Saeha.

There's something I must tell you in person right now.

-No, not later. -(elevator dings)

(door opens)

It's about the woman.

No, I must tell you now...

This is Jung Saebyeok from Songje Station.

There's important information that I only gave to Ms. Choi.

And I think I should tell you too,

now that Ms. Choi can no longer report it to you.

Yes, it's about the woman.

Okay.

(tense music intensifies)

EPISODE 7

RESEARCHER 1: How is this possible?

RESEARCHER 2: What's wrong?

-RESEARCHER 1: Director. -(door closes)

RESEARCHER 2: How did this end up here?

(keyboard clicking)

All right. What is it?

Come on in.

Now,

what is it about?

(gun clanks)

Hey, Kim Saeha.

(tense music)

-Hey, Kim Saeha! -SAEBYEOK: Down on the floor.

Saebyeok. Don't!

-You can't. -Don't move.

-(gunfire) -(electricity crackles)

(tense music continues)

(beeping)

(guns clacking)

Major, there's a problem in the lab.

DIRECTOR JO HEUNGSIK

(line ringing)

(phone ringing)

(phone ringing continues)

EOJIN: Saebyeok,

you shouldn't get involved in this.

Shut it.

Not one more step.

Shut up. Don't come closer.

Saeha.

Let Saebyeok go.

Do you think I was dragged in here?

Don't say anything.

MR. JO: Don't say anything.

Not another word.

(breathes heavily)

(breathes shakily)

(gun clicks)

What did you do to my mom?

Your mom…

(breathes shakily)

Your mom…

is already dead.

(foreboding music)

AGENT: It seems they destroyed the access device.

Even the security office can't open the door.

All right.

(door beeps)

What's the matter? What happened on the 13th floor?

Who said you could touch that?

What the hell?

What did you put in there?

(alarm blaring)

(gasps)

(tense music)

She's dead.

There's only one way to bring her back to life.

(alarm blaring)

(tense music continues)

MR. JO: No. Don't be fooled. She won't save your mom.

Why kill her in the first place then?

Don't you think?

Believe me.

I'll overlook what you've done to me. What do you say?

Are you crazy?

This is an opportunity we mustn't lose!

The future of humanity depends on it!

Wait. Hey!

You will not get away with this. Both of you!

I'm going to make you rot in prison for the rest of your lives! I will...

(groans)

(metal clanks)

I already injected a lot.

This will be lethal.

Don't do it, Eojin.

If she gets it back, it's over.

Don't you know what we've sacrificed for this?

(ominous music)

(grunts)

(blood trickling)

(suspenseful music)

What are they…

(beeps)

-(breathes heavily) -(knife clanks)

Get up.

Implant it.

(tense music)

(breathes heavily)

No. You're going too far.

Implant it in me!

(sobs)

SAEHA: With it, I can do anything.

I can bring everyone back to life.

Ms. Choi, my father,

and even my mom.

(thrilling music)

(breathes heavily)

(whimsical music)

(horn honking in distance)

INSTITUTE OF RADIO RESEARCH

YEAR 1997

INSTITUTE OF RADIO RESEARCH

(exhales sharply)

(clicks)

Who's there?

Mr. Kwon?

Are you going home now?

Oh!

You're hurt.

My. How did this happen?

It was Sunday.

Thank you.

Let's hurry inside and...

RADIO WAVE ANALYSIS ROOM 2

LABORATORY 1

SAEHA: It's 8:41 p.m.

It was 9:05 p.m.

(clanks in distance)

CUSTODIAL ROOM

JANITOR: I'll go look around quickly, so don't come out until I get back.

We'll go home afterward, so wait just a little longer.

SUKEUN: Yes, I had dinner a while ago.

Just something simple.

(tense music)

(breathing heavily)

SAEHA: I'm sorry.

It'll just be a minute.

SUKEUN: Yes.

I can sleep in the night-duty room.

Okay. Bye.

(suspenseful music)

Oh, no.

Doctor!

What happened? Doctor!

Help! Someone's hurt!

Dad.

Is anybody there? Please help!

An ambulance…

-(panting) -(line ringing)

There's someone unconscious here.

This is…

I'm calling from Laboratory 1. Call 911 right now…

(keyboard clacking)

Who are you?

KWON SUKEUN

(exhales deeply)

(keyboard clacking)

RESEARCHER ID CARD

Hey!

(panting)

(computer beeping)

(grunts)

(groaning)

(computer beeps)

(janitor groaning)

(exhales deeply)

Mr. Kwon.

Call 911 now. He's still alive.

I already did.

But what happened to…

(suspenseful music)

(groans)

(grunting)

(clattering in distance)

(suspenseful music continues)

(both grunting)

(screams)

(gasps)

(janitor groans)

(foreboding music)

-(approaching footsteps) -(boy cries)

(crying continues)

(computer beeping)

(siren blaring in distance)

KWON SUKEUN

(phone ringing)

Hey, son.

(chuckles)

I know. When you got up from your nap, I was already gone, wasn't I?

I'm sorry.

I'm on night duty.

Night duty?

That means I have to spend the night at work.

Yes, I can't go home until tomorrow morning.

(crackling)

LABORATORY 1

(door opens)

(suspenseful music)

RESEARCHER ID CARD KWON SUKEUN

I won't be long, so don't come out, all right?

(beeps)

Who are you?

So this is what the initial program looks like.

We don't use it.

Who are you? How do you know that?

Interesting.

That's what I've always wanted to ask you.

You know me?

Of course I do…

murderer.

(computer beeping)

You think you're the savior of mankind, don't you?

SAEHA: Killing the janitor.

I know it was a mistake at first.

Why did you come back and kill him?

Why do you keep saying I killed someone?

(keyboard clacking)

When you could tell me why, I wasn't able to ask.

Now that I can, you have no idea.

How crappy.

(sighs)

Who you are, really?

You don't recognize me

when everyone mistakes me for him.

That means you weren't specifically after my father.

You just needed that ID card.

(scoffs) Nothing has changed.

SAEHA: You and everyone at this institute

treated people like expendable parts.

But he was a living person.

He studied all his life

and just began to live a decent life.

(sobs)

I heard he was so happy to have gotten a job at this institute.

Then your father is…

That's right.

(sniffs)

My father, whose face has faded from my memory.

He had a child and a wife.

He wasn't someone who could be sacrificed for the mighty Grid.

(grunts)

(exhales sharply)

(thudding)

-(grunting continues) -(computer beeping)

(breathing heavily)

Zero point eight.

(breathing heavily)

Zero point eight, dot Y.

SAEHA: Zero point eight.

-(gasps) -And the theta value?

Minus…

-Minus five. -Minus five.

GHOST: Densi…

(mumbles)

Densi…

Densi…

Density?

What's the density?

(suspenseful music)

(computer beeping)

(beeps)

No.

(thrilling music)

(trilling)

(computer beeps)

(exhales sharply)

(trilling)

(computer beeps)

(keyboard clacking)

(computer beeps)

(tense music)

(sighs)

(exhales deeply)

(tense music rising)

(computer beeping)

MAN (over TV): We appreciate all your participation

in the 2021 Charity Campaign.

The executives and staff members of Seoul E&C

have donated one hundred million won through The Lee Unnam Foundation.

Mr. Kim Manseok, the chairman of Guryu Corporation. 70 million won.

Mr. Hwang Taekyung, the CEO of Hanseong Engineering. 50 million won.

The executives and staff…

-By any chance, is Ms. Kim Minseon... -WOMAN: Who are you?

MAN (over TV): Ms. Han Eunmin, the CEO of Yeui Insurance Co. Ltd.

-Twenty-million won. -(device whirring)

It's not the Administration Bureau,

but the Woonhaeng Federation?

(foreboding music)

2005 GOALS, YOU CAN DO IT, YOU MUST DO IT, YOU WILL DO IT

SAEHA: Excuse me.

Is Ms. Kim Minseon here?

Who's Kim Minseon?

She's my mother.

Is she not here?

There's no one by that name here.

Are you saying she's never worked here?

Yes.

Right? She doesn't work here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

(sighs)

(exhales sharply)

(exhales deeply)

(alarm blaring)

(electricity crackling)

(electricity explosion)

(explosion continues)

No.

(alarm blaring)

(electricity hums)

Get out! Hurry!

Get out of here now!

(clamoring)

There's a fire. Hurry out. Hurry!

It's a fire!

(fire alarm ringing)

-(yelps) -(clamoring)

Here.

(tense music)

(screaming and clamoring)

(ominous music)

(fire alarm ringing continues)

-What's that? -Don't go out!

(people clamoring)

-You mustn't go outside. -What's happening outside?

What? Why not?

Is there a basement here? A basement with running water?

Yes, there is. The cafeteria.

Cafeteria?

(clamoring continues)

It's here!

-Get under the tables! -Okay.

Under the tables!

Get under the tables!

Wait! Bring the flashlights!

Sir, the flashlights!

Here. Quickly.

(tense music)

Hand these out.

(clamoring continues)

Here.

ANNOUNCER: As the sun reached the climax of the cycle,

all the communication facilities, networks,

and orbiting satellites have stopped working.

In Gangwon, an area that is

about five times the size of Yeouido is on fire.

Damage from radiation will be as big as the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

But since it's very hard to predict

when and which area will be exposed to the solar wind,

please be prepared.

YEAR 2021

RESIDENT REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

NAME: KWON SAEHA

ADDRESS

11-10, YEONJI-RO 27NA-GIL, SEOMUN-GU, SEOUL

YEONJI-RO 27NA-GIL, SEOMUN-GU

(paper rustles)

11-10, YEONJI-RO 27NA-GIL, SEOMUN-GU

27NA-GIL, 11-10

(suspenseful music)

SAEHA'S MOM: What are you doing?

My.

Why are you soaking wet?

And why are you wearing shoes inside the house?

Saeha.

Kwon Saeha. Are you okay?

Mom.

(scoffs) Yes?

Your body is burning hot.

(gasps) You must be running a fever.

Go upstairs and get changed. And soak in a hot bath.

You'll catch a cold like a kid.

Now.

Okay.

(light music)

(light music continues)

KWON SAEHA

(light music continues)

(sighs)

(thuds)

(exhales sharply)

(plastic rustles)

SAEHA'S MOM: Your dad is home!

You're home early. You must've parted early.

We only had dinner.

What's that?

Oh, Saeha seems to have a slight cold.

Are you not feeling well?

-You're home. -SUKEUN: Yes.

(Sukeun mumbles)

He doesn't have a fever though.

When I tell you my whole body aches, you just ignore it.

Look how devoted you are to your son.

Of course. You're over 60. It's normal for your body to ache.

That's just natural.

-Drink up. -Okay.

(slurps)

Okay.

Just leave it. Your clothes will get dirty.

(bowls clink)

(chuckles)

So this is how short you were.

You see me every day, but you realize that now?

Be grateful that you didn't inherit your height from me.

(bowls clink)

(tranquil music)

(sighs)

(tranquil music continues)

(exhales deeply)

Are you coming with us?

Yes.

Okay. Then get in.

(car engine rumbles)

You'll be alone when the Korean Food and Drug Administration come.

They only need to test three samples this time, so I can handle it.

SUKEUN: Okay.

You've been in charge of quality control anyway.

(Saeha's mom sighs)

SAEHA'S MOM: I hope they send a quick-witted one this time.

SUGUEN: Would a quick-witted one work as a civil servant?

DYSTOPIA NOW WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO THE APOCALYPSE

(approaching footsteps)

(foreboding music)

(foreboding music continues)

RADIOIODINE TREATMENT DEVELOPMENT DOCTOR WHO SAVED THE WORLD, KWON SUKEUN

31ST WORLD HEALTH DAY NATIONAL MEDAL JEONGONG CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, KWON SUKEUN

JEONGONG CHEMICAL ENGINEERING INC. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KWON SAEHA

JEONGONG CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

BRIEF INTRODUCTION ORGANIZATION CHART, AWARDS

JEONGONG CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY

SAEHA: "Developed a technology that removes

radioactive contamination using radioiodine."

So, radiation damage…

became a business opportunity.

GRID

GRID'S PROTECTIVE SHIELD NO RESULTS FOUND

YEAR 2005

YEAR 2005 SOLAR WIND DAMAGE

(sighs)

(pensive music)

(rain pattering softly)

(Sukeun groans)

(approaching footsteps)

(spraying)

What are you doing? Dry your hair, or you'll catch a cold.

(chuckles)

Come on. I'm not a kid.

You think only kids catch colds?

-Do you want me to dry it for you? -Forget it.

You can't even swim because of your frozen shoulders.

Hey, don't tell your mom about it.

Actually, make sure to tell her. She thinks I'm always faking it.

(Saeha chuckles)

(tense music)

Do you need anything?

No.

Okay, then.

Hello, sir. Long time no see.

-Oh, hi. Thank you for your work. -SUKEUN: Sure.

(foreboding music)

What do you want?

What do you mean?

Get out of my way.

LIST OF MEDICATIONS

(suspenseful music)

(exhales deeply)

INVESTIGATOR JUNG SAEBYEOK

"INVESTIGATOR JUNG SAEBYEOK" NO RESULTS FOUND

JUNG SAEBYEOK

(keyboard clicks)

CHECK-OUT DATE: DEC 23 RETURN DATE: JAN 6

(suspenseful music continues)

Excuse me.

PLEASE COMMUNICATE IN SIGN LANGUAGE

How may I help you?

(pensive music)

2005 SOLAR WIND

REPORTER (over TV): In the old days, people called this "piercing stream"

since the river water flows through the mountain…

(indistinct chatter on TV)

…the white stream looks just like the back of a white dragon.

It was created about 150 million years ago.

(yawns)

The only river in Korea that crosses a mountain…

Are you going out at this hour?

Why are you wearing shoes?

Is something wrong?

Mom.

Yes?

Dad.

Go on.

(suspenseful music)

Did something happen?

I'm sorry.

What? For what?

(device whirs)

KWON SUKEUN

(foreboding music)

Mr. Kwon. I've finished, so I'll be heading home…

(foreboding music)

What?

How did you come out of there?

What do you mean?

Where did it go?

Have you seen my gown here?

You were wearing… No, you were carrying it earlier.

I was? When?

Just now. On your way to the laboratory.

I've been here all along.

Wasn't that you?

-What? -Did you see someone?

I thought it was you.

It's the weekend, so there's no one else.

Call the security office and ask who was here.

Yes, sir.

(keypad clicking)

(thrilling music)

(keyboard clicking)

What the hell?

No, Dad!

It's me, Saeha.

Who are you?

How do you know my son?

(grunts)

(clattering in distance)

LABORATORY 1

(grunting)

(breathes heavily)

(computer beeping)

-(grunts) -(groans)

Doctor!

(thrilling music)

(panting)

(gasps)

(breathing heavily)

(tense music)

(closing theme music)