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[opening theme music playing]

[music fades]

-[ominous music playing] -[camera shutter clicks]

[camera shutter clicking]

-[camera shutter clicking] -[ominous music continues]

[ominous music swells]

[car horns honking]

Dang it.

Already? I can't believe it.

[sighs]

[stirring music playing]

[panting]

[phone line ringing]

[automated voice] The person you're trying to reach is currently not…

AN YUN-SU (HOME)

-[busy signal] -[groans]

Really?

[car horn honking]

Relax, I'm going.

[stirring music continues]

[breathing heavily]

[truck horn honking]

[Yun-su groans]

[man] Who runs a red light on their bike like that?

Are you crazy?

-And you're wearing all black. -[Yun-su groans]

The hell?

Are you okay? Yeah?

[Yun-su grunts]

[man] Oh, dear.

Ma'am. Huh?

Hang on. You can't just leave! Hey!

You sure you're okay?

Jesus.

[doorbell rings]

[phone line ringing]

[phone line ringing]

-[doorbell rings] -What is she doing?

Ms. An, are you there?

[stirring music continues]

[Sun-deok] An Yun-su!

[breathing heavily]

[Sun-deok] Ms. An!

Are you in there?

Huh?

[phone line continues ringing]

[phone line continues ringing]

Hi, Bae Sun-deok speaking.

Uh, I've arrived at Ms. An's home.

I can hear her phone ringing inside,

but I don't see her.

Yes.

Let the police know immediately,

and I'll have them pick the lock when they get here.

I don't know.

I hope that

she didn't walk out or something.

[music subsides]

[sighs] You're here.

[stirring music resumes]

Uh, An Yun-su is here, actually.

She's home. Yeah, I'm with her right now.

I guess you don't need to call the police.

[music fades]

[Yun-su] I dozed off.

I hadn't been able to take a proper bath because of the ankle monitor, you know.

Since it's broken, I figured I could take a dip--

An Yun-su, hey.

-I didn't realize I passed out. -Ms. An?

You're bleeding all over.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I feel great. [chuckles]

You need to put a bandage on that wound right away.

I'm fine, really.

Come on. It looks painful. Go.

I'll just be a minute.

[door opens]

-[door closes] -You need some help?

[sighs]

I don't!

Just need a minute!

[tense music playing]

[Yun-su whimpers]

[music subsides]

[busy signal]

[stirring music playing]

-[tense music playing] -[panting]

[stirring music resumes]

[music fades]

[Sun-deok sighs]

Oh, Sop put that sticker on.

She didn't like the way it looked, I guess. [chuckles]

You'd think

that grown-up stuff goes right over their head,

but they get it, don't they?

Yeah, you're right.

[Sun-deok] It's very dark out there by the back door,

and it's not even locked.

You're not scared?

The outdoor light doesn't even have a bulb on.

Oh, you noticed that? [chuckles]

It's actually why I went out.

But on the way back from the store, I crashed my bike because it was so rainy.

Can you imagine?

[mysterious music playing]

It's raining like crazy, and you didn't take your car?

Yeah. It's so hard to park there.

[sighs]

[Sun-deok] Ms. An!

[mysterious music continues]

[door closes]

[bulb shatters]

[Sun-deok] An Yun-su!

Ms. An!

Ms. An, are you there?

[music swells]

[music subsides]

[Yun-su] I'm so sorry for the trouble, especially in this weather.

If there's an emergency, make sure you contact us immediately.

-Okay? -Yes. Yes, I will. [chuckles]

Take care of that injury and get some rest.

-I'll see you. -Thank you. I will.

-Just let me-- -You don't have to.

-[Yun-su] Oh, okay, then. -Good.

Oh.

-[Sun-deok] You should go back inside. -It's okay.

[Sun-deok] No. Please go back inside. It's slippery.

I'm serious. Go back inside, okay?

-I'll see you off, and I'll go. -Really, just go back inside.

Good night.

God, that rain. [groans]

[mysterious music playing]

[mysterious music continues]

[music fades]

PROFESSOR'S OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF LAW

TO LAWYER JIN YOUNG-IN PLEASE GIVE THIS TO MO EUN

[phone ringing]

[phone continues ringing]

KIM MUN-JUN

Something came for you in the mail.

It was postmarked yesterday.

I got it this morning and brought it right over.

[unsettling music playing]

[eerie music sting]

[eerie pulsing music sting]

Would you mind showing me the picture?

Mo Eun.

Would you allow me to take a peek?

Mo Eun!

[tense music playing]

407. What are you doing?

Spit it out.

-[Eun grunting] -What did you give her?

What is it?

[grunting]

[Eun swallowing]

[Eun breathing heavily]

The meeting's over.

[Mun-jun] Why aren't you answering your phone?

Sop says that she wants to eat with her mommy.

I'm making jjajangbap, so you'd better hurry up.

[reporter on radio] While COVID-19 has somewhat stabilized,

hospitals remain crowded with patients.

With dropping temperatures,

there has been a sharp increase in respiratory illnesses

like the flu and common colds,

forcing medical facilities to tighten infection control measures.

The indoor mask mandates remain…

[screams, grunts]

[unsettling music playing]

-[electrical crackling] -[screaming]

[both grunt]

[unsettling music continues]

[gasping]

You have to…

[Yun-su] For us to live, you have to die.

[high-pitched tone]

[music fades]

[laughter]

[Mun-jun] Oh! That's hot!

[man] Okay, let's eat. All right. All right.

[laughter]

[Mun-jun] Pass it along like this. Come on!

[man] Wow, it looks so good.

[tense music playing]

[automated voice] Doors closing. Going down.

[guard] Arms out.

Arms down.

[music subsides]

[inmates singing in Korean] ♪ Too bad it's already twelve o'clock ♪

♪ What to do? It's already twelve o'clock ♪

[in English] It's ritual time in there.

[in Korean] ♪ I don't want to let you go ♪

♪ I want to whisper my love to you In tune with the music ♪

[singing stops abruptly]

[in English] It's the new girl who's gonna take Pudgy's spot.

Make sure you say hi. She's the real alpha around here.

Mm.

Hello.

My name is Hui-yeong.

[laughs] She says juvie was full, so they sent her here.

-For what? A gambling website online. -[inmate 2 gasps]

[inmate 1] I know!

She's just a kid, but she's already got genius skills like that.

-[laughs] I'm so jealous. -It's not true. I just…

Why? Why'd you stop? Keep going.

[inmate 1] All right.

Come on. You don't mind the singing, do you?

It's not bothering you or anything, right?

-It's okay. She's cool. Here we go. -One, two, three, go!

[in Korean] ♪ Too bad it's already twelve o'clock ♪

♪ What to do? It's already twelve o'clock ♪

♪ I don't want to let you go ♪

♪ I know, how you feel it ♪

[high-pitched tone]

♪ I want to whisper my love to you In tune with the music ♪

♪ I know we're both feeling the same… ♪

-[eerie music sting] -[inmate 2 in English] She's good.

[inmates exclaiming] Whoo!

Okay.

You're really dead.

I know! That girl is such a killer.

[groans]

For fuck's sake. New girl busted her ass out there.

Wouldn't hurt to give her a little applause.

She's getting embarrassed.

Uh…

I don't really like

kids that age.

Oh, you don't? Fair enough. Come here.

Yes?

[Yeong-sun] Sit your ass down.

Now fucking listen. You did your best, so I'll give you some advice. All right?

So from now on,

you stick right next to that girl.

Do that, and no one will dare lay a hand on you.

-Got it. -Now get up.

Do it, dummy.

Now go! [laughs]

[breathing nervously]

I'M LEAVING I WON'T RETURN IF YOU LOOK FOR ME

What makes you think he didn't just run away?

My grandson didn't send that text.

Nothing about it matches the person I know.

It doesn't sound like him.

Did you reach out to their friends from his old school?

Maybe they got together and went on a trip.

They could have gone somewhere to escape--

He's no longer in touch with these people.

[mysterious music playing]

One more thing.

Have you checked the old house where he used to live?

The one where they found his dead parents?

He couldn't come anywhere near it.

There's no way he'd be there.

[student 1] I don't think Se-hun had any close friends.

He used to eat lunch by himself and would mostly sleep through class

until you'd come pick him up at the end of the day.

-Hmm. Got it. Thank you. -Sure.

[student 2] He hardly ever showed up to class.

He came a few times at first,

but lately, he'd just check in and walk right out.

After they found out his parents were killed by that witch,

the other kids stopped talking to him.

His last text was sent near a large supermarket

in the Deogi-dong neighborhood of Goyang.

His phone was then turned off in the Mapo-gu district of Seoul.

So he's definitely out of Ilsan.

Also, it seems like his grandfather's been keeping a close eye on him.

Judging by the circumstances,

I'd say it's a pretty straightforward runaway case.

Collect information on Ko Se-hun.

Does he have any friends? How does he spend his time?

And figure out if he talks to anybody online.

What games he plays, everything.

So you agree on the missing person theory.

I'll look into it and get back to you.

[Dong-hun] Okay.

[mysterious music continues]

Can I

sit with you?

[music fades]

[Skewers] I heard we had a little brat in here.

-There you are. -Hello, ma'am.

-I'm Gu Hui-yeong. -Cut the pleasantries. [scoffs]

Keep hanging out with that girl,

and you'll end up pushing daisies.

What?

[groans] She'll eat you alive.

Might fall asleep one night

and never wake up again.

Get it?

Yeah.

Let's go.

Ah, you cute little shit.

Does sound pretty good.

[clears throat]

[clears throat]

Excuse me. I'd like to see Bae Sun-deok.

[woman] One moment. Oh, ma'am.

He's…

-Hello. -[Sun-deok] Hi.

How's An Yun-su doing?

Huh?

It's okay. I'm not fishing for privileged information.

How are the sessions going?

Uh,

she went through the entire session without speaking.

Not sure how that attitude would do her any favors, really.

That's what I told her.

I asked if she'd be willing to let me relay it to the court,

and she agreed to it.

[Dong-hun] Hmm.

Although

I couldn't help but notice

that she seems a little anxious,

whether it's here or at her home, every time we meet.

Could you tell me what An Yun-su was up to the last three days?

[laughs]

[both chuckle]

Uh,

I guess I could give you my opinion,

but I can't show you her records without following procedure, I'm afraid.

But you know that, don't you?

Yes, I do.

I also hate to waste time, and procedure is very slow.

Is there any sort of problem with An Yun-su? Is that why?

Her being granted parole in the first place was the problem.

I see.

[chuckles]

GYEONGGI BUKBU PROBATION OFFICE

Oh my God! Wow!

It's a girl though.

Thanks for trying.

[sighs]

Ten?

ANKLE MONITOR MALFUNCTION REPORT RECEIVED

Nothing wrong at all.

No problem.

None whatsoever.

[uneasy music playing]

[uneasy music continues]

[uneasy music continues]

[groans]

GRANDPA, I'M GOING AWAY FOR A WHILE

[groans]

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE ME TO HAGWON ANYMORE

I WON'T COME HOME IF YOU LOOK FOR ME

[uneasy music continues]

[grunts]

[uneasy music continues]

[music subsides]

-[cat meows] -[gasps]

-[footsteps pattering] -[cat meows]

[exhales sharply]

[cat meows]

[unsettling music playing]

[music fades]

LOOKING FOR A MISSING TEENAGER!

[unsettling music playing]

[Yun-su] You have to…

[gasps]

I'm sorry.

[tense music playing]

[reporter on TV] Today, a teenager was reported missing

to the Gyeonggi Bukbu Police Department.

Concluding that the case was too serious

to be treated as a simple runaway scenario,

the authorities have required the media's help to make it public.

The missing teenager has been identified as Ko Se-hun,

son of the dentist couple who was brutally murdered four months ago.

Insisting they're well aware of the gravity of the case,

the police have promised that they won't spare any resources

and are reviewing CCTV footage from the area where Ko was last seen.

This footage of Ko Se-hun was recorded

near a tutoring center around 5:00 p.m. last Friday.

He reportedly left in the middle of the class

and hasn't been seen anywhere since then.

Ko's grandfather, who filed the report,

mentioned that he received a text from him that seemed out of character.

Far from Ko's usual calm and concise tone,

the message felt rushed and uncertain.

Believing that this might be more complex than a simple runaway case,

he contacted the police right away.

[Hui-yeong] Fucking asshole.

I hope you drop dead somewhere.

[eerie ethereal music playing]

One, two…

[inmate 2] Is it three?

[inmate 1] No.

[music fades]

[mysterious music playing]

TEENAGER MISSING CASE

MURDERED PARENTS, NOW MISSING SON? HEATED DEBATE OVER KO'S DISAPPEARANCE

[Ms. Eom] 407, come take your meds.

Okay.

You saw the news?

[mysterious music playing]

Their boy went missing.

Do you seriously not feel anything?

What am I supposed to feel?

I had a thought though.

Maybe that kid

gets reunited with his parents now.

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

If you cook ramyeon now,

it's gonna smell all the way to the warden's office.

[crunching]

[swallows]

[Hui-yeong echoes] You know,

I actually knew the people you killed.

[unsettling music playing]

[Hui-yeong] Honestly?

I think what they got was divine punishment.

[Eun groans]

[Eun] Who… who are you? [groans]

[sighs]

[alarm blaring]

KANG SO-MANG

[alarm continues]

[dramatic music playing]

[door closes]

[woman] So, hey.

Will you

do what I asked now?

[Eun] How do you want to die?

[tense music playing]

[woman exclaims]

[laughter]

-[monitor beeping] -[tense music continues]

[screams]

[Eun] No, no. I have to go!

-I have to go! -[woman] Oh, unni!

[Eun screams] I have to go!

[tense music continues]

26 KM TO MYANMAR-THAILAND BORDER

[Eun] I'm sorry, So-mang.

I'm sorry, So-mang.

[music subsides]

[reporter on TV] Due to the building's deterioration

and the presence of numerous flammable materials,

the fire ended up spreading rapidly.

The fire department is currently conducting safety inspections

to check for any further damage.

We now move on to our next story.

At around 6:00 p.m. yesterday,

police were dispatched to an apartment complex in Incheon

after a dispute broke out between neighbors over inter-floor noise.

A had complained that persistent noise from the upstairs unit

had simply become unbearable.

This led to a battle with the upstairs neighbor B and escalated…

BREAKING NEWS: ILSAN DENTIST COUPLE MURDER SUSPECT

HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPT

…but the situation caused significant inconvenience

to the other residents.

[Eun] Once you kill that kid, come find me.

[unsettling music playing]

I need to know how he died

and what he looked like

in his final breath.

Don't leave out a single detail.

That will be

the final clause in our deal.

[unsettling music continues]

[monitor beeping]

[music subsides]

You must have been really stressed. You look drawn.

I didn't think you'd show up here yourself.

We had a deal.

Walk me through it.

I need to know how he died

and what expression he had.

Describe everything in detail.

[eerie music playing]

He was on the couch playing a video game.

He was so taken by it

that he didn't notice me coming up behind him.

Then I used the taser on him, and he just dropped to the floor.

-[electrical crackling] -[screaming]

[tense music playing]

[both grunt]

I wrapped my hands around his neck and choked him as hard as I could,

squeezing the life out of him.

[Se-hun] Don't do it.

He cried out,

begging for his life, saying he was sorry.

I could feel the life seeping away from his body.

His arms and legs went limp,

and his eyes rolled back.

That's when I stabbed him in the neck.

Think of it as a punishment.

[Yun-su screams]

[blade slices]

[monitor beeping rapidly]

And did you look him in the eyes during it?

Mm-hmm.

[eerie tense music playing]

[beeping slows]

You didn't do it.

[music subsides]

[Eun] Ms. An.

You didn't

kill Ko Se-hun.

What are you saying?

[eerie pulsing music playing]

I definitely killed him.

[music intensifies]

[music subsides]

[unsettling music playing]

I strangled him with my own hands. How dare you insinuate otherwise!

[music swells]

[dark pulsing music playing]

[exhales]

[Yun-su screams]

[Yun-su gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[music swells]

[music subsides]

[thunder rumbling]

[unsettling music playing]

[gasping]

[music fades]

[unsettling music playing]

[Yun-su] There's someone who wants you dead.

As for what you did to that person,

I'm sure you know.

They'll never stop coming after you.

If I don't kill you, they'll send someone else.

And if that one fails, they'll send another.

Eventually, you'll end up dead.

Do you understand?

If you want to live, do as I say.

Please.

[tense piano music playing]

[Yun-su] No one can know you're alive.

Not your grandfather, not your friends.

You cannot be seen alive by anyone.

[Se-hun] My grandpa doesn't know I come here.

He thinks I'm scared of this place.

I'll stay in the basement.

You can lock the door from outside.

[Yun-su] Give me one week.

Seven days.

Keep your head down until I come back.

[dramatic string music playing]

[Yun-su] I'll put everything back the way it was.

[music swells, subsides]

Don't bother, Ms. An.

[music fades]

I think our deal is void now.

[Yun-su breathing anxiously]

[uneasy music playing]

New deal. I think I should kill you instead.

I wonder how you would do that

after you failed to kill the boy.

Do you know how to kill someone with that thing?

You need to fill the syringe with air before you stick it into my heart.

Then you push it in.

That will create an embolism,

and that'll kill me.

Go ahead.

I couldn't do it.

No matter how much he deserves to die,

I could never do it.

How can you kill someone?

If they deserve to die, then it must happen.

He does.

I do too.

I'll tell everyone about his crimes.

He'll pay for everything.

I'll make him suffer for the rest of his life. I swear.

So, please.

Plea…

[Yun-su sobs]

Give me another chance.

-Just one more. -[music fades]

That kid…

[whispers] …is dead.

[stirring music playing]

[stirring music continues]

[cats meow]

[music intensifies]

[dramatic chilling music playing]

[music fades]

[somber string music playing]

[stirring string music playing]

[music fades]