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EPISODE 8

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LABORATORY 1

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Doctor!

(panting)

(grunts)

(gasps)

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(gasps)

(whimpers)

(both grunt)

Why? Why does this always happen if you live?

No! Don't come out!

(grunts)

Siwon.

(groans)

-Siwon! -(cries)

Siwon!

No! Siwon!

You! Why...

Siwon. It's okay. It's all right.

(Siwon crying)

(sobs)

(device whirs)

(pants)

"D-Panthenol."

A vitamin?

What must I do?

What must I do to change the outcome? You know the answer.

If I save someone's life, the Grid disappears. And if I try to change that...

-You must know another way. -WOMAN: I don't.

No, you must know.

-Hey! Careful! -Come down!

I did it because it's the only way I know.

So this is it?

WOMAN: Don't try to change anything.

SAEHA: I teleported many times, but I'm fine.

I'm talking about your damaged DNA.

You're not sick.

You're perishing.

WOMAN: Thanks to you, I got much better.

Does the janitor have to die for you to live?

Then what about my father?

No, right?

You just needed an ID for the lab, didn't you?

(sighs)

That's what I thought.

RESTROOM UNDER THE TRUCK

You even burned a man to death before his child's eyes.

Do people in the future have no conscience?

Don't you feel sorry for the victims?

(scoffs)

WOMAN: A lot of people died during the Joseon Dynasty.

Is that heartbreaking too?

What are you waiting for? Go save those people.

Only then can you call yourself conscientious.

You wouldn't have gone this far if it were for the Grid.

This must be to save your own skin.

You're going around ruining everything just to save yourself.

You're the one ruining everything.

Stay out of this.

(tense music)

WOMAN: Move forward slowly.

You're the one ruining everything.

Stay out of this.

(panting)

MAY 18, 1997

LABORATORY 1

CUSTODIAL ROOM

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Why is it different?

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(breathing heavily)

(groans)

(device whirs)

(gasp)

(janitor breathing heavily)

(gasping)

Siwon. Go over there. Hurry.

Go now!

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Dad!

(screams)

(panting)

(grunts)

Get up.

Let's go.

(gasps)

(breathes heavily)

(gasping)

(grunts)

(gasps)

(body thuds)

(tense music)

(cries)

(sobs)

(sniffs)

(device clanks)

(sobs)

(gasps)

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Mr. Kwon!

SAEHA: That's enough.

(grunts)

He won't tell anyone.

Don't hurt him.

I won't tell anyone. I swear... I won't.

I wouldn't be here if it weren't for his help.

It doesn't matter. I can always turn back time.

Then no one will know.

Until someone comes, he'll be lying here all night long.

-Please contact his family. -I will.

(breathing nervously)

It's not your fault.

What happened to that child too.

(thrilling music)

YEAR 2000

(children chattering)

SAEHA: You won't make it home before sunset at that rate.

Who, me?

Yes, you.

Kwon Saeha.

Do you know me?

SAEHA: Do you not want to go home quickly?

Because your mom drinks all the time?

Who are you, mister?

I'm a friend of your dad's.

My dad passed away

a long time ago.

SAEHA: Is that so?

9-YEAR-OLD SAEHA: He passed away mysteriously.

SAEHA: Mysteriously? How?

I don't know.

I heard it was like he got electrocuted.

Who told you that?

9-YEAR-OLD SAEHA: I don't know.

My uncle.

I heard him say that to my mom.

Saeha.

Hurry up and go home. I know you want to go to the bathroom.

How did you know?

Go to the bathroom first when you get home. Okay?

You'll be fine.

You'll become a grown-up soon.

Let's do...

everything we want to do then.

Your mom loves you.

She's just...

having a hard time now.

So don't hate her so much.

It's a blue light. Go on now.

It's a green light.

(tranquil music)

(phone alarm rings)

Saeha. You aren't home yet, are you?

(Saeha's mom exhales deeply)

(retreating footsteps)

(door opens)

(water patters)

(metal clanking)

Are you home, Saeha?

GREEN SOUL PSYCHIATRY

DEPRESSION IS A COLD OF THE MIND

IF YOU DON'T TREAT DEPRESSION, IT COULD CAUSE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS...

(alarm blaring)

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...

(suspenseful music)

(line ringing)

(sighs)

(line ringing)

What a great persuader.

(Saeha exhales deeply)

Why is that...

Put that down.

(exhales deeply)

SAEBYEOK: You went there, didn't you?

Was this the only way?

I saw a world without the Grid.

What was it that I saw then?

(thrilling music)

You know what I'm talking about.

EOJIN: Saebyeok.

When did this happen?

Did I see it on my own, or did you show it to me?

Answer me.

(phone buzzing)

CHAE JONGYI

Damn it. What is it?

Eojin, get out of there now.

Do you think I want to be in here?

JONGYI (over phone): You must get out now. On the door, they set...

-Jongyi. -Give it back. Who are you to...

MAJOR: Back off.

(scoffs)

What did she say?

(alarm blaring)

I'm not sure. She said "on the door" and...

Wait.

You stay here.

No, don't do that!

Hold on!

JUNG SAEBYEOK NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY

You're Jung Saebyeok, right? According to the DNA analysis results...

(cracking in distance)

(bomb ticking)

(explosion)

(no audio)

(tense music)

(device whirs)

(gasping)

(clanking)

-Be careful. -Oh, I'm sorry.

-Are you okay? -Yes, I'm fine.

Gosh.

(panting)

(exhales deeply)

What happened to you?

(phone beeping)

WARNING: POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED EXPLOSIVES, STAND BY AT CURRENT LOCATION

YOU CANNOT TURN OFF YOUR PHONE

(beeping continues)

JONGYI: Saeha. Are you okay?

(phone beeping)

(sighs)

Saeha!

For God's sake.

MS. CHOI (over phone): What's going on?

I don't know. Saeha suddenly...

What about him?

It seemed he got into a fight during lunchtime.

Send him to me once he comes back.

-(sucks teeth) -(phone buzzing)

JUNG SAEBYEOK

(phone beeping)

JONGYI: Saeha!

What's going on?

Hey.

(sighs)

Hello?

Are you okay?

You're okay, right?

You're safe, right?

Why wouldn't I be okay?

You sound fine.

It's fine then.

(sighs) Good.

WELL DONE! YOUR SAFETY IS YOUR FAMILY'S HAPPINESS!

(phone beeping)

(elevator dings)

Hand it over.

(phone beeping)

(beeping stops)

He won't tell anyone.

(tense music)

(gasps)

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(sighs)

VEHICLE REGISTRATION

"Seoul, Dongseong-gu..."

NAME: KWON SAEHA

"Kwon Saeha."

(siren whirring)

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By the way...

Thank you.

Go bring a station worker.

Oh, okay.

(sobs)

Damn it.

Why does someone else die every time I save someone?

AUTOMATED VOICE: You have arrived at your destination. Navigation will end.

(birds chirping)

(doorbell dings)

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Mother.

Yes?

(gasps)

What is this? What happened to you?

Did you have an accident?

Are you okay, Mom?

I should be asking you. You're bleeding.

Who did this to you?

Oh, it got on me during an evacuation drill. It's not mine.

(exhales deeply)

What kind of drill makes a person look like that? For goodness' sake.

And why can't I find the ointment?

Did you really not have an accident?

My car is parked outside. It's fine.

How did you get that scratch on your face?

What's the point of giving you a handsome face?

(chuckles)

2005 THE HERO OF THE WORLD THE LATE DOCTOR KWON SUKEUN

10TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR THE DEATH OF DOCTOR KWON SUKEUN

Did someone at your company do this? Is that why you're home early?

Who at my company would do this?

That viper.

Who knows what she has done to my precious son?

Who's the viper?

You know this person, don't you?

No, I've never seen him before.

What's your husband's relationship with him?

Any grudge against him?

Sorry?

SAEHA'S MOM: "What's your husband's relationship with him?

Any grudge against him?"

They kept asking me those questions.

I've really never seen him before.

SAEHA'S MOM: Even though I clearly told them

that I had never seen that father of a child in the picture before.

I later heard that the janitor had died, and I went to his funeral.

Because the lab people assumed that my husband had a grudge against him.

And it was on the same day.

I was afraid

that my husband might have killed him.

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT KWON SUKEUN

I was afraid your dad might have killed a person

and killed himself as well.

But I got kicked out as soon as I got there.

How did the janitor's family recognize you?

The lab people did.

She was there too.

The lab people and the deputy director

kicked you out of there?

And watched you too?

At first, I thought they were really treating my husband like a hero.

And I thought they frequented our house to check in on you and me.

Regardless of that,

your dad was the one who built the Grid.

Then why did you worry he might have killed himself?

I thought it was strange even before your uncle said it was strange.

He was totally healthy, but dying from overwork?

How could I not know

whether he was in condition to collapse from overwork or not?

Anyway, they're all liars, those snakes.

Don't trust her blindly just because she's your boss.

Okay.

AUTOMATED VOICE: The person you have called is unavailable. You'll be...

KWON SAEHA

-Should I keep calling? -No.

What's with him going AWOL?

Maybe he fears nothing because he's got connections.

He's never flaunted his connections though.

He looks that way to you because you love people

who get jobs through their connections.

But he's like a pillar of the organization.

You two must not fear anything too.

(clears throat)

It's this way. Please follow me.

My goodness. She did say she heard something from here.

Why did she come down here alone?

I feel so bad for her. Poor lady.

-It's this way. -How could this have happened?

(sobbing)

(exhales deeply)

Let's hear it.

JONGYI: Ms. Choi!

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(clears throat)

Investigator Jung Saebyeok?

This is where Kim Manok was until this morning.

I presume that he killed her during his escape.

Escape? Was he locked up?

It seems so.

It's been pulled up and down recently.

What about these food packages?

He couldn't have ordered them in then.

I suppose the woman bought them herself.

Gloves are over there.

Thank you.

Then I guess these were left by the Ghost.

Since the murderer must've been locked up inside the shutters.

Then we'll pick them up.

No, don't touch them.

It's under their jurisdiction. Let them.

I don't see any of your colleagues.

Manok was caught on camera getting out of the station, so they're out asking around.

-On the CCTV cameras here? -SAEBYEOK: Yes.

But the woman...

I have no expectations now.

Hold on. What time was he caught on camera?

-At 10:00 a.m. -That was only a few hours ago.

(line ringing)

Kim Manok was caught on camera getting out of Gudong Station at ten this morning.

Okay. You can do that.

The police are already searching for him though.

What were you doing when the detectives found traces of him?

AGENT: You may move the body now.

PARAMEDIC: Okay, but...

(sobbing)

(sobbing continues)

Honey...

My dear wife.

(old man crying)

(crying continues)

(old man sniffles)

Honey...

(sniffles)

(whimpers)

How did you know Kim Manok was here?

-SAEBYEOK: I didn't. -MS. CHOI: Then?

I had no clue, but I had to catch him.

So I thought I should start from where he was last seen.

How did you know he was last seen here?

When the restaurant owner got hurt,

I asked people in the area then as well.

Bye, then.

Have you been transferred yet?

Mido.

It's today.

That's right. It's today.

And it also happens to be today that you informed us of what happened here.

But that doesn't mean your relocation will be canceled.

I informed you hoping you would catch the woman soon.

Because if she's not caught, it's pointless to catch Kim Manok.

I think you would suit us better than the police.

The Secretariat.

I hope you'll find out for yourself...

what she is capable of doing

and what technology she uses.

And where it takes human civilization.

I truly hope that you'll see for yourself.

(car engine rumbles)

-Wait. -Sorry?

Please go first. I'll catch up with you.

(siren blaring)

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DO NOT CROSS UNDER INVESTIGATION

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(device whirs)

(keyboard clicking)

DR. KWON SUKEUN TO BE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE POSTHUMOUSLY FOR THE FIRST TIME?

...HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN NOMINATED...

...CANNOT BE AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY...

...DONE A GREAT SERVICE TO MANKIND...

HOW HIS COLLEAGUES REMEMBER THE LATE DR. KWON SUKEUN

HE DIDN'T STAND OUT, BUT HE DEDICATED HIMSELF TO RESEARCHING THE GRID

When that woman came to take you,

I should've thrown salt at her and kicked her out.

Where did she take me?

Where else? The Administration Bureau.

Talking about special employment...

If Doctor Kwon's son didn't work at the Administration Bureau, then who...

Goodness.

Special employment?

(sighs)

The founder of the Grid has changed.

Does that mean...

(switch clicks)

SONGJE POLICE STATION, JUNG SAEBYEOK

Feel free to contact me if you need anything.

(door creaks)

(old man crying)

(crying continues)

(somber music)

(sniffles)

I should've killed that jerk.

It's this house.

EOJIN: Earlier, for a moment,

I remembered what we used to be like.

Getting calls from you while at work.

During lunch breaks.

Or before getting off work.

We talked about whether we'd be home late.

Or where we should meet up for dinner. Things like that.

We used to talk about such trivial things.

(fire crackling)

Don't be so offended by it.

It was just for a brief moment.

That's not it.

Why did you wonder if I was okay?

I just had a bad dream.

It's not that I dream about you every day though.

We'll be late.

For what?

Why do you think the Ghost locked him up? She's the one who helped him flee.

What I really don't understand is

why she let him go now.

She opened the shutters. That means she intended to let him go.

Maybe she knew we'd come to get him.

How?

I'm sure it's easy for the Ghost to stop him from running away.

Can I take this off?

You've changed a lot.

Before, you would have taken it off without even asking.

That's not what I meant.

Is something wrong with Mr. Kwon Saeha?

EOJIN: How do you know him?

SAEBYEOK: Is he really sick?

Is that why he didn't come?

How do you know Kwon Saeha?

Of course I do...

We met the other day.

He suddenly left this afternoon and didn't come back.

(sighs)

-Where are you going now? -What?

-Why? -What do you mean?

I mean, why do you ask where I'm going?

Can't I ask?

Yes, you can.

I should get back to the station.

Songje Station.

Okay, then.

Thanks for the ride.

That's not the way to the station.

CALLING KWON SAEHA

SAEHA (over phone): Hello?

(clanking)

(janitress screaming)

(breathes heavily)

(thrilling music)

(breathes heavily)

(screams)

(gasps)

(panting)

What's going on?

-Who are you people? -Hey, don't do that.

Damn it.

Gosh, what's their problem?

-Not here? -MAN: No, sir.

(breathes heavily)

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