Original subtitles

[opening theme music playing]

[music fades]

[Yun-su] How would you know that he's dead?

[mysterious music playing]

I received a photo.

Not some phony mock-up like this one.

A photo of Ko Se-hun, dead.

And do you have the photo?

I don't.

I tore it up and ate it.

Mo Eun.

Do you think this is funny?

What if there might've been

someone else who wanted Ko Se-hun dead?

And maybe they

did what you couldn't to mess with you?

Who else would do something like that besides you?

What the hell have you done?

[tense music playing]

[tense music continues]

[music subsides]

[indistinct chattering]

[anxious music playing]

[Ji-su] Over here.

[music swells]

[tense string music playing]

[tires squeal]

[music fades]

[Jeong-gu] Ms. An.

[tense string music resumes]

[music swells]

[music fades]

-Ah, you're here. -Hello.

He was found in this freezer, right here.

[camera shutter clicking]

Interestingly enough, Ko Se-hun was on trial two years ago.

The victim was?

Yes.

The court kept it sealed since it was a juvenile case,

and it never made the news because of COVID.

And this crime's victim?

Both the victim and her father committed suicide.

I'll see if I can pull anything up on the rest of the family.

[loud clattering]

[mysterious music playing]

[camera shutter clicking]

[Ji-su] He hasn't said a word.

[cats meowing]

[Ji-su] I mean, he lost his son and his daughter-in-law.

And now his grandson too? I'm not surprised.

[stirring music playing]

Sir, I… I, uh…

[Mr. Ko] If you don't mind,

I'd like to leave now.

I'm sure there's something you can tell us.

Can we please do this later?

[Mr. Ko groans softly]

[cat meows]

[Dong-hun] By the way,

we've scheduled an autopsy for this afternoon.

I'll be in touch, sir.

As for the case of the missing boy,

we have tragic news, as Ko Se-hun, last seen Friday,

was found dead by the authorities just this afternoon.

This house is the home of the victim and his two parents,

supposedly vacant since the couple's murder.

Ko's body was found frozen solid in a freezer unit in the home's basement.

Police suspect that Ko was confined and subsequently killed

at this location on Friday evening, the same day as his disappearance.

Forensic teams are currently sweeping the crime scene…

Why are you staring at me like that?

[reporter on TV] …also stated that in addition to the freezer…

This wasn't

you, right?

…suffered excruciating pain before his death. While no suspect has…

My doing?

…continue their investigation, keeping open the possibility…

Never mind.

…to the murder of Ko's parents. Could Ko's murder be a coincidence,

considering it happened a mere four months after his parents' death?

This is a truly harrowing tragedy that has left the public in shock,

but also raises the concerning question…

[door locks click]

[reporter on TV] According to the investigators,

both the brutality in the killing and how the body was disposed of

would indicate the murder was premeditated rather than spontaneous.

Further investigation will be required to determine the exact cause of death.

Police have begun reviewing CCTV footage

and entry logs from the areas around the crime scene

in an effort to track down a potential suspect's movements.

Additionally, an autopsy has been requested

through the National Forensic Service to try and determine

the exact time of death and method of murder.

Authorities are conducting a forensic analysis

of physical evidence recovered…

Mun-jun.

Could you pick up Sop for me from kindergarten?

And could you please take her home with you?

Just a couple of days.

I'll explain later.

Meanwhile, a resurfaced interview with Ko's parents' accused killer, Mo,

is drawing renewed public attention.

Let's revisit that interview.

[Eun] As I'm sure you know, little boy, your mom and dad weren't such good people.

Your crime is being their child,

and now you're paying for it too.

[reporter] Mo's remarks stirred controversy at the time…

[Eun] There might have been

someone else who wanted Ko Se-hun dead.

And maybe they

did what you couldn't to mess with you?

[reporter] Police are focusing their investigation

on uncovering a possible motive

and determining whether or not the two cases are connected.

The investigative team are also currently conducting a thorough background inquiry,

including Ko Se-hun's relationship with his parents.

They are relying on Ko's friends' and neighbors' testimonies

to help gain insight into his character, and in doing so,

hopefully understanding the circumstances that led to his untimely death.

Police continue to review CCTV and surveillance footage

and communication records to try and trace his movements

before and after the incident.

[tense dramatic music playing]

Who the hell is it?

[music subsides]

[unsettling music playing]

[camera shutter clicking]

[music fades]

[pathologist] Scale.

[mysterious music playing]

[pathologist] 3.0.

[camera shutter clicking]

2.5.

3.5.

3.5

[pathologist] This will likely be very distressing, sir.

Sure you wanna watch?

Scalpel.

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

The cause of death was stab wounds to the right side of the neck,

piercing the carotid artery four times in total.

And there are marks that indicate he was strangled with both hands,

and signs of urinary incontinence.

[uneasy music playing]

So he pissed himself?

Then the strangulation was with intent to kill?

Well, it took him right to the verge.

But it was the stabbing that killed him, right?

How about the time of death?

The fact that the body was frozen complicates things,

but he still had hamburger in his stomach,

so I'd say death occurred within two hours of ingestion.

Okay, thank you.

[Ji-su] Mm. Thank you so much.

Sir.

I think it's time I hear from you now.

When you first called it in, you said something

about him not being able to return to his old neighborhood.

I don't recall anything like that.

Could it have anything to do with perhaps when Se-hun was tried in juvenile court?

I don't recall.

[Dong-hun] That incident drove the victim and her father to take their own lives.

Were you aware of that?

I don't recall.

Sir.

We really need you to tell us everything you know about the incident.

That way we can make some--

At that time, my late son and his wife,

we weren't getting along, so I don't know the details.

[music swells]

[music fades]

I HOPE HE DESERVES TO DIE

I'LL ALWAYS WATCH YOU AND ROOT FOR YOU WHATEVER YOU DO

[mysterious music playing]

[Eun] There's not much time left.

Don't try and get smart now.

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

And if that person should fail, then I'll just send another.

No matter what…

[unsettling music playing]

…that boy

is going to die.

[tense music playing]

[phone ringing]

LAWYER JANG JEONG-GU

POOJIM BAKERY & CAFÉ

[tense music continues]

[music fades]

Mr. Jin did me a favor and set up the meeting.

I wanted to speak with Mo Eun…

to find out why she tried to kill herself right before taking the stand.

And then

I saw you there in a doctor's coat, running off in a panic.

[Jeong-gu] I thought to myself, "What's she doing here?"

And what's with the doctor's coat?

And where is she rushing off to?

The missing ki… I mean…

The dead kid. You went to his place.

Why? How did you even know?

Is it because you had something to do with it, Ms. An?

Don't tell me you made some kind of arrangement with Mo Eun?

I'm expected to be your lawyer, aren't I?

I'm doing the most that I can here.

Just say something so that I can trust you!

There's something I've always wanted to ask you, but never have.

Why'd you choose to hire me

to be your lawyer?

It's time for you to go.

Really?

[door opens]

[door closes]

[tense music playing]

[customer] Oh? Oh, yes. That's ours, yeah.

-[employee] Thank you. -[customer] What about this?

[register beeps]

[employee] Your coffee will be out in a moment.

[yawning]

[tense music continues]

[sighs]

[door opens]

-[music fades] -[door closes]

Just a couple hours, okay?

Huh? It's you, Yun-su.

You're even thinner than the last time I saw you.

-Did you bring Sop with you? -Did you do it?

Ko Se-hun, the kid?

Were you the one who did it?

I'm not sure what you--

You killed him 'cause Mo Eun asked you to.

I didn't kill anyone.

[stirring music playing]

-[Pudgy] Huh? -Give it!

[both grunting]

-[Pudgy] What are you doing? -[grunts]

[electrical crackling]

Keep still.

The passcode?

I can tell you're not really close with her.

[door opens]

-[whispers] Don't move a muscle. -[door closes]

I'm not scared of you.

My parents own this place. If I scream,

everyone will come running and find you.

But that's not what I was told to do.

Mo Eun told me just to watch you.

I assume she has something on you too.

Assume?

Yeah, you assume, don't you?

Mo Eun, she's…

she's a good person.

How can you believe her?

Because she saved my life, and because she was…

and because she was the only one who ever gave me anything,

and I wasn't just some fat girl to her.

[Yun-su grunts]

[music fades]

[Ji-su] The victim had an older sister.

Her name was Kang So-hae.

But she died a year ago, somewhere near the Chiang Rai border

in an apparent car fire.

Um, only records we have

show that she moved to Germany at 17 to study abroad,

where she then graduated from medical school

and worked for an international relief org.

She spent her last two years at a refugee camp in Chiang Rai,

but there is little to no record of her here in Korea.

Can you reach out to someone in Chiang Rai directly?

Yeah, I'm on it.

Okay.

[disconnect tone]

PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE

I can say that, at first, the whole case seemed clear-cut.

The male student in question

got the female student, the victim, drunk

and then proceeded to sexually assault her,

but also he secretly filmed it.

That was that.

The evidence was solid.

The accused even admitted it.

But then things began to change during the trial?

Well, the family of the perpetrator…

[tuts] Let's just say they had influence.

They called in some friends.

Testimonies began to shift.

Blame was being placed on the girl again, practically nullifying the case.

Things like, "it wasn't rape,"

or she drank with him willingly, or she was all over him.

There were some that alleged that she had worked as an escort.

[dark uneasy music playing]

Is that rumor why Kang So-mang resorted to suicide?

Well, the rumors were one thing.

While the case was on trial, the perpetrator, he…

he sent the video to all the people that she knew.

What he did was basically send it to every person in her phone contacts.

[unsettling pulsing music playing]

[music swells]

[melancholy music playing]

[So-mang] Please.

Come on, please pick up.

[phone buzzes]

MY SIS♥

[Se-hun] I told you I'd make you pay for this, didn't I?

Did you think I wouldn't go through with it?

KO SE-HUN TO: ME, 146 MORE

ONE VIDEO ATTACHMENT

[phone chimes]

[So-mang] Stop it.

[Se-hun] Just stay still. Understand?

[crying]

[sobbing]

[crying]

[somber string music playing]

[papers rustling]

[music fades]

And his punishment was just a probation order?

As a minor, yes, it was.

[mysterious music playing]

THE LATE KANG SO-MANG

[music swells]

[music fades]

She's being discharged from the hospital. You know there's a proper procedure.

Should we take this to the prosecutor's office, then?

Or just handle it here?

[Eun] I'm fine with here.

[Dong-hun sighs]

Now… that Ko Se-hun's dead…

how does that make you feel?

I don't know.

"2020 Pu 14, Defendant Ko Se-hun."

"Violation of the Act of Protection of Children and Youth."

"The Production and Distribution of Obscene Materials."

"The defendant, Ko Se-hun,

is charged with recording a video of the victim engaging in sexual activity

and subsequently sharing and distributing the material

with all individuals in the victim's phone contact list."

You show no emotion at that,

like you don't know what I'm saying.

So if he sent it to every person on that contact list, well, then,

I suppose her father must've seen it

and her older sister too.

She must've been devastated.

That's a reason to commit suicide.

And because he wasn't able to protect his daughter,

the father made the same decision.

Her sister died around then as well.

Apparently, a car accident in Thailand.

Damn.

What a tragic story.

Yeah.

[paper rustling]

Here's a detail you haven't heard before.

This is a statement from "P," a colleague of the victim.

"The victim had shown interest in the defendant."

"I personally witnessed excessive physical contact

between them at a drinking party."

"Additionally, the victim, Kang So-mang,

shared her own experience working as an escort

and encouraged it."

"The court recognizes the statements of 'P' and others

around the two at the time."

"Because of these statements, we cannot conclude the assault occurred

as a result of coercion."

"Rather, it is considered reasonable to find credibility

in the defendant's claim that the intercourse

took place with the understanding of mutual consent."

[mysterious music playing]

Kang So-Mang's sister, Kang So-hae.

Can you imagine how much rage she would be feeling?

Thoughts of revenge would consume her completely,

and people must've thought she was a psychopath.

That's why no one could find any indication

of a grudge between her and her victims.

You beat the polygraph

because the answers you provided to the baseline questions were made up,

skewing the reports.

[examiner] Is your name Mo Eun?

Yes.

[stirring music playing]

Kang So-hae is alive and well.

That woman who died in Thailand, that was someone else.

I wonder how that sad woman ended up dead in a car.

[breathes deeply]

What are you…

What are you trying to imply?

You couldn't stand it, could you?

That the boy was still alive.

That's why you put An Yun-su up to it. That's why you made the deal.

Again,

you returned to An Yun-su, didn't you?

You didn't kill him.

Lee Ki-dae was not you.

You spent years doing medical volunteer work in a refugee camp.

You were working to preserve lives, not to end them.

That's Kang So-hae's pure nature.

She'd never be able to kill someone for whom she didn't bear a grudge.

[phone buzzes]

DETECTIVE RYU JI-SU

Yeah. I'm listening.

[Ji-su] Sir, we got the results on the hair collected at the scene.

It's a match for An Yun-su.

Okay. Thank you.

Was the revenge worth it?

An Yun-su is now a killer again.

Only this time, you did it to her.

Can I go now?

Oh.

An Yun-su.

She didn't kill Ko Se-hun.

That's her pure nature.

[handcuffs rattling]

GANGAN DAILY

-[music fades] -[phone buzzes]

Yeah, Hong Se-young speaking.

[man] I'm calling because I have some information about Ko Se-hun.

You know, the murder victim.

Oh, okay. Can you please hold?

Okay. Tell me what's the nature of the info you have?

There's a connection.

A connection between Mo Eun, the Witch, and Ko Se-hun's past crime.

Oh, I'm sorry, uh, but may I be so forward as to ask who is calling?

Just list me as an anonymous tipster, please.

Ah.

Okay, please continue.

[mysterious music playing]

[Dong-hun] This is a statement from "P," a colleague of the victim.

"The victim had shown interest in the defendant."

"Additionally, the victim, Kang So-mang,

shared her own experience working as an escort and encouraged it."

KO SE-HUN'S JUVENILE COURT RECORD REVEALED

INVESTIGATION PROBING POTENTIAL REVENGE MOTIVE

[mysterious music continues]

[Ms. Eom] Wait here.

Inmate 407.

Wait here for a bit, then head back with the others after visitation.

[gate clatters]

Shit. See ya.

[eerie ethereal music playing]

[reporter on TV] Thankfully, the authorities were able to…

Hey! How'd the meeting with your boyfriend go, you little slut?

[inmate 2 laughs]

He's my friend. That's it.

The only guys who show up at a women's prison

are boyfriends or people looking for money.

[door clatters]

[reporter on TV] The injuries have been confirmed as non-life-threatening.

However, prospective residents…

Hospital food that bad? Look at you. You're back already.

Ooh.

…and are planning collective action.

The Ministry of Land has stated that…

[Yeong-sun] How come you two bitches didn't pitch in again?

Nobody out there cares enough about you to throw some money your way?

God.

All right. Snacks on me today. Eat up, ladies!

[inmates laughing]

Hey! You two fighting or something? What's going on?

Ah, settle it after you eat.

[reporter on TV] The juvenile court records of the late Ko Se-hun

have been made public.

The details of the records have triggered a new round of intense investigation

into the cause and circumstances of his death.

Police are closely analyzing…

What you said to me before.

Can you say it again?

…some connection to his prior offenses and his death.

Namely, the possibility that there may have been…

You said something about divine punishment.

They may have connections to Ko's past…

[Eun] I'm pretty sure that's what you said.

[ominous music playing]

[Hui-yeong] You know,

I actually knew the people you killed.

Honestly…

I think what they got was divine punishment.

[breathing shakily]

[breathing shakily]

You're "P," aren't you?

[reporter on TV] It has been confirmed that Mo,

the suspect in the Ilsan dentist couple murder case,

assumed a false identity.

According to investigators, the suspect's real surname is Kang.

Records show that Kang was selected as a government-sponsored overseas student

at 17 and graduated from medical school in Germany…

[whimpering]

-Let's go. -Stop it! What are you doing? Stop it!

[inmate 1] Hey, hey, hey! Hey, take it easy!

[clamoring]

[Eun] That's why I told you I don't like kids her age.

[dramatic music playing]

[Hui-yeong gasping]

[gasping]

[gasping continues]

[inmates clamoring]

[reporter on TV] Police are focusing their investigation

on her motive and related connections

in an effort to uncover the full truth behind this case,

including the forgery of her identity and her complex family background.

[melancholy music playing]

[music fades]

An Yun-su is making her way back home from the bakery now.

She doesn't seem aware that we have evidence against her yet.

-We'll conduct the arrest at her place. -Sir, afternoon.

And her probation officer? Where is she?

[man] She's on her way here right now.

As requested, here is her movement log for the day Ko Se-hun was killed.

[stirring music playing]

I don't see any record of her going anywhere near the crime scene.

These lines just show a path between her home and the kindergarten.

-Sorry, I'm late. Hello. -[Ji-su] There you are.

Show me all the records. I want a complete history.

Go ahead and pull up her full movement log since the time of her release.

[man 2] Got it.

[stirring music continues]

-Over there. Zoom in on that. -[man 2] Okay.

It looks like she followed this path on the 1st and the 3rd,

and also on the 4th and 6th.

That would follow Ko Se-hun's movements.

She must've been following him because she needed to plot the kill.

An Yun-su's log

on that day.

Can you confirm it?

Uh, ah…

Well, she called me at, uh, 7:00 p.m. with a complaint

that her ankle monitor had broken in a fall,

so I went to her place about an hour later to replace it.

Wait. So,

you didn't think to tell us?

Well, I thought it's not possible.

I mean, it was raining heavily, and considering the travel time.

-I assumed she couldn't do it in an hour. -Why would you assume something like that?

[music swells]

[dark ethereal music playing]

[groans]

[music fades]

[Mun-jun] Sop keeps saying she misses you, so we're on our way there now.

[sighs]

-[siren blares] -[Ji-su] Yun-su just got home.

Keep things calm.

Try and handle the arrest quietly.

Affirmative.

[doorbell ringing]

Oh.

[Yun-su] Hi.

-[gasps] -[tense music playing]

[straining]

[Yun-su grunts]

You know who I am, don't you?

Someone sent this to me.

But don't be scared.

I just want to hear you tell me the truth.

[mysterious tense music playing]

Come in.

Can I offer you tea?

No, thank you.

I think I'm gonna have some.

[Mr. Ko] One day,

I was told my son and his wife had been murdered.

I spent every waking day as a soldier,

and I never spoke kindly of my son his whole life.

Even when he died, I couldn't shed a single tear.

Yesterday, however,

I saw my grandson dead with my own eyes.

Inside a cold freezer.

I knew that I simply couldn't die without knowing…

I couldn't die without knowing why!

And I intend to find out!

[Yun-su yells]

[Mr. Ko moaning]

-[groaning] -[Yun-su yelps]

[both grunting]

[Yun-su screaming]

[both grunting]

[both grunting, screaming]

[Yun-su panting]

[Mr. Ko groaning]

[Yun-su breathing heavily]

Get back here! Stop!

[dramatic music playing]

[door lock clicks]

[door handle rattling]

[Yun-su gasps]

[tires squeal]

[music swells]

[music fades]

[detective] Whoa, who drives like…

Uh, wasn't that An Yun-su's car?

[stirring music playing]

-Well, go on. Follow it. -Sir.

[seat belt clicking]

[exhales]

[siren wailing]

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's gonna be okay.

-I'm okay. I'm okay. -[engine roars]

-[stirring music continues] -[alarm blaring]

NIGHT CURFEW VIOLATION

Notify all police of An Yun-su's location now.

[anklet beeping rapidly]

[phone chiming]

RETURN TO YOUR DESIGNATED AREA IMMEDIATELY

CONTACT YOUR SUPERVISOR TO CONFIRM THE VIOLATION

[phone ringing]

PROBATION OFFICER BAE SUN-DEOK

[automated voice] …you are trying to reach is unavailable.

You'll be directed to voicemail.

Come on. Come on.

The phone you are trying to reach has been powered off.

You'll be directed to voicemail.

[stirring music continues]

HAIR FOUND AT KO'S MURDER SCENE

IDENTIFIED AS TEACHER A'S

[siren wailing]

-[dramatic music playing] -[tires squeal]

[car horns honking]

-[siren wailing] -[car horns honking]

[music fades]

[intriguing music playing]

[Ji-su] An Yun-su is at Haneul Mart in Jungang-dong.

-Try to intercept her there. -Copy.

[siren wailing]

[intriguing music continues]

[alarm blaring]

Come on. Hurry. Come on. Come on.

[grunts]

[whimpers]

[grunts]

[alarm continues]

[music intensifies]

ELECTRONIC MONITORING SIGNAL LOST

[music fades]

A spike in stress was just doing a number on her circulation.

I appreciate it.

[slurps]

[sighs]

You won't have a run-in with her as long as I'm here.

I promise you that much at least.

We've moved her to a solitary cell on the first floor,

so you'll be fine.

[humming]

[humming continues]

[Ms. Eom] There's no need to be scared.

In fact, I think there's no safer place.

[uneasy music playing]

NEW REVELATIONS IN KO'S MURDER CASE

DEAL BETWEEN THE WITCH AND AN DISCOVERED

[breathing nervously]

Doctor, do you mind turning off the TV?

[doctor] Oh, sure.

TAILED KO SE-HUN REMOVED ANKLE TAG BEFORE MURDER

[doctor] I'll follow you guys, okay? Back to the cell block?

-I have to administer some insulin. -Okay.

[breathing shakily]

[Eun humming]

[doctor] And remember, if you're anxious or have any trouble breathing,

just ask to come back to the infirmary.

Here's my stop. Good night.

[humming continues]

[humming continues]

[unsettling music playing]

[inmates laughing]

[inmate 1 whispers] Put it away. Put it away. Quiet!

[Ms. Eom] What's going on?

[inmate 2] Shit, busted.

7137, get out here.

You wanna explain?

So sorry, ma'am.

How many times do I have to warn you?

All right.

Eating is prohibited after dark.

[sighs]

[tense music playing]

[inmate 3] Ms. Eom, uh, what's she doing?

[gasps]

[thrumming tense music playing]

Stop!

[dramatic music playing]

Oh God!

Oh no!

No!

No!

[Ms. Eom exclaims]

[gasping]

[somber music playing]

[gasping]

[gasps]

[somber music continues]

[music fades]

[melancholy music playing]

[music fades]