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[This drama is a work of fiction.]

[Any resemblance to real persons, places, or events is coincidental.]

[Scenes with child actors and animals were filmed safely]

[under professional supervision.]

[Nine years prior]

Yes, Director Jo.

Hello, Chief Prosecutor.

How far out are you?

Roughly ten minutes to go.

We're looking at ten minutes or so.

Yes.

It's a fine occasion, so no need to rush.

Yes.

[Episode 4]

I think we've arrived.

I appreciate you making the long trip.

The chairman got here early and is expecting you.

Right this way.

Hey.

There's no crew in sight.

Is this actually where we're filming today?

Yeah.

If today's filming goes smoothly,

CEO Oh agreed to forget what you pulled on set.

- Over here. - Yes.

Get over here.

Hey, you head in first.

Oh, you're here?

- Sir. - Long trip, huh?

Come in.

We're filming today, right?

I didn't see any of the crew.

Sir.

This isn't a shoot, is it?

Something more important.

Chairman, and Chief Prosecutor.

Thank you for your patience.

This is Han Ji Soo, a new actress I just brought on.

Great voice, and she really knows how to use her body.

What's the holdup?

Introduce yourself, yeah?

Yes, Chief Prosecutor.

Oh, yes.

Oh, I'll have it there shortly.

Yes.

Somebody help.

Please, somebody help!

What the hell do you think you're doing?

Hey.

Easy there.

You almost hurt her.

Ji Soo,

are you okay?

What is this...

Just stay still. Don't make a scene.

My apologies, Chairman.

It's alright.

Anything else I can get you?

That'll do. Head out.

Okay, all non-essentials can step out now, please.

Let's go.

I believe

everything fell apart from that night on.

So that's the moment all these lives got tangled.

But

following that night's events,

Han Ji Soo passed away.

[Actress Han Ji Soo Found Dead at Home]

What are we going to do with Sang Ah?

She hasn't been herself since the Ji Soo story hit.

Filming's been called off too,

and the reporters out there have us boxed in.

Sang Ah!

Let me call you back.

Where are you going?

Sang Ah!

Sang Ah, wake up!

No more photos! I told you to stop!

[I've made dinner] [I'll be there soon]

[Why aren't you picking up? Nothing's wrong, right?]

[I'll take only the good memories with me. Thank you for everything. Goodbye]

[I'll take only the good memories with me. Thank you for everything. Goodbye]

Hello.

My name's Park Jae Sang, and I'll be at your service from today.

Oh Kwang Jae

had been managing Chu Sang Ah's affairs since she was without an agency,

and following that incident,

he put me on as her personal security.

Security in name only, though,

because with Chu Sang Ah spiraling,

the real job was surveillance.

But I didn't mind.

Once I got out of juvenile hall as a kid, I had nothing to look forward to.

But Chu Sang Ah was my first love,

and being near her was the one thing I ever wished for.

And who approved that?

CEO Oh told me to...

I believe she caught on

that I was there to monitor her.

Go away.

Look,

we have to leave immediately...

CEO Oh told me to come get you.

What?

He sent me to take you to Han Ji Soo's funeral...

[May she find eternal peace]

I'm sorry.

I can't even face you. I should've taken care of it properly.

Forward the reshoot invoice

and equity agreement to Ji Soo's agency,

and let the director know Seon Young's replacing Ji Soo.

Understood.

What are you doing?

Murderer.

Ji Soo's dead because of you.

Yeah.

I couldn't keep Ji Soo safe.

You're the reason Ji Soo's gone.

You murdered her!

Are you drunk?

I'm done seeing you fall apart over Ji Soo.

That's it.

What did you do to Ji Soo?

Say it! Answer me! Spit it out!

What did you do to her? Tell me!

- Fuck! - Let's go.

Let go! You bastard.

- Let go! - Let's go.

Let go!

Let go!

That's enough.

Wait a second.

You...

Mark my words.

I'll drag you straight to hell.

[Oh Kwang Jae, Kwon Se Myeong]

[Oh Kwang Jae and Kwon Se Myeong, from partners to sworn brothers]

[Oh Kwang Jae and Kwon Se Myeong first met]

[at the 2016 Hallyu Cultural Business Agreement Ceremony]

[The two have since become sworn brothers]

Sworn brothers...

Anything else I can get you?

That'll do. Head out.

Okay, all non-essentials can step out now, please.

[The two have since become sworn brothers]

[Chu Sang Ah, Emotional Spiral and Series of No-Shows After Han Ji Soo's Death]

[Chu Sang Ah is reportedly in deep shock following Han Ji Soo's death.]

Once Han Ji Soo passed away,

she began behaving erratically on set,

and on top of that she got an eating disorder and her health declined,

so Oh Kwang Jae

all but imprisoned her

and began holding her captive.

Hello?

Is this the police?

Word is you visited Lawyer Choi to ask about the penalty fees.

Oh Kwang Jae,

what the hell have you done to me?

Sang Ah, don't go down this road.

You already know.

There's no getting away from me.

[Oh Kwang Jae]

You're aware there aren't just one

or two files like this on my hard drive, right?

Oh Kwang Jae!

I don't want to push it this far either,

so for now, stay put.

Just remain at home and lie low.

Oh, peek out your window.

Notice who's out there?

If you have to leave, speak to him.

Cut! Okay!

Are you alright?

Prepping for the next scene!

You alright?

What made her into a monster,

at the end of the day,

was Oh Kwang Jae. That's what I figured out.

Let's pause here for a second.

Park Jae Sang,

doesn't something feel wrong to you here?

What do you...

Have you still not sorted out your feelings for Chu Sang Ah?

This keeps sliding into Chu Sang Ah coming off as a victim.

If that's how it goes, it won't fit our thumbnail for today,

and if this goes on air and viewers start feeling sorry for Chu Sang Ah,

you're the only one who looks like a psycho stalker.

Anyway,

what's the next issue?

The Oh Kwang Jae files.

The ones I received before?

Yes.

[Oh Kwang Jae's Entertainment List, Chu Sang Ah]

[Investor, Kwon Se Myeong]

When and where did you say you captured this?

Oh Kwang Jae told me

to pick something up from his office,

and I noticed her name by chance, so I snapped a picture.

Let's pass on this one.

What else did we have?

Sang Ah almost died,

and you're just going to gloss over that?

This is what made her say she wanted to die,

that the only escape from Oh Kwang Jae

was for one of them to end up dead,

and that's why

she told me to kill him.

Let go!

Let go.

Park Jae Sang.

[Case Summary Report]

You're the suspect arrested at the crime scene.

Then why deny the allegations at this point?

Yes, I went with the intent to kill him.

But I didn't actually do it.

If you insist on denying the charges,

let's change our angle of approach.

So your position is...

Chu Sang Ah, suffering under the Oh Kwang Jae files,

gave the order to kill him

but you didn't carry it out yourself.

Is that correct?

Yes.

Well, in that case...

Chu Sang Ah.

How did you get dragged

into those files?

I needed to keep the other actresses safe.

And that led you

to commission a killing.

What do you mean by that?

Park Jae Sang insists

that you ordered Oh Kwang Jae's murder.

Is there any truth to that?

I'll admit

I wished Oh Kwang Jae would simply cease to exist.

So I'm not able to completely deny it.

But let me ask you, Prosecutor.

Has there never been a person you wanted

to just vanish from your life?

With all your heart.

But I didn't ask

for him to be killed.

She told me

she hoped Oh Kwang Jae would die.

I asked whether she commissioned his killing.

Commissioned...

Darn it.

Did Chu Sang Ah

offer money or anything

to officially contract you

to take his life?

That's the question here.

Sang Ah.

Sang Ah.

Sang Ah!

Sang Ah.

Please wake up.

Please.

Sang Ah. Open your eyes. Please?

Sang Ah, please.

Just hold on a second.

If they take me to the ER now,

it hits the press instantly. You get that?

Are you really that clueless?

I'm sorry.

You should've just

let me die like this.

Why did you...

The truth is, I wanted to live.

All I wanted was a normal life.

There's no end to this

unless one of us dies.

Sang Ah.

I'll keep you safe.

Tell me what I should do.

You know my mother died when I was little.

I've lived on my own all this time.

If that man were simply gone,

we could have a life together.

I...

I want to be your woman.

My entire future

is yours.

So, Jae Sang...

Will you kill Oh Kwang Jae for me?

A few days after, tidying her apartment,

I came across a bug Oh Kwang Jae had hidden.

So I took it out.

This particular recording will be revealed

in Part Two.

Oh Kwang Jae was brutal, no doubt.

But Chu Sang Ah weaponized her pain

and played Mr. Park while putting on an act.

She really is an actress through and through.

Anyway,

Park Jae Sang.

Why not make that recording public back then?

I trusted the word she gave me.

Which one?

That she'd stay with me after my release.

But the moment I learned she betrayed that vow

[Choi Ji Ho's Fact Check]

and wed Bang Tae Seop,

that's when I decided.

I'd put this recording out there

[Choi Ji Ho's Fact Check] and reveal who they truly are.

I listened to that recording.

You should've warned me that thing was out there.

I had no idea it existed either.

I took care of the USB, but a duplicate exists.

If that surfaces, it's over for us.

Your return to acting, my party nomination, everything falls apart.

Do you know what I sacrificed to reach this point?

What made you do it?

There was no need to take it that far.

When Ji Soo ended up like that,

I lost my mind completely.

Oh Kwang Jae turned my life into a nightmare.

You know it!

If he didn't die, I was the one who would!

Even without what you did,

Oh Kwang Jae still would've ended up dead.

What is that supposed to mean?

Whenever Oh Kwang Jae

hosted big names,

[Kwon Se Myeong, Oh Kwang Jae, Chu Sang Ah] he'd have actresses accompany them.

Testimonies from those actresses

along with a document listing their names,

he held onto it all as proof.

To use as blackmail material.

Exactly.

That's why Oh Kwang Jae was out there

boasting that cash would roll in soon enough.

And one more thing.

Here are the bloodstain test findings

from the Seogwang Hotel murder scene.

[The unidentified individual is presumed to be Lim Kwang Sung]

A hired assassination...

Kwon Se Myeong, under pressure from Oh Kwang Jae,

commissioned the killing.

[To Lim Kwang Sung, Motor Vehicle Tax Bill]

[K Pictures CEO Oh Kwang Jae, entered Room 408, 3 AM, the 13th]

[Print 1, Print 2, Print 3, Print 4]

[Fingerprint Subject, Jo Chang Min, Matches Latent Print 1]

Bang Tae Seop.

You recognize these faces, don't you?

No, sir.

You were present. You saw them that evening.

I'm not sure what you mean.

I'm sorry.

Good.

All that you witnessed and heard that night?

Nothing.

I didn't see a thing. I didn't hear a thing.

Exactly. You stayed home that evening.

You first heard of him from news reports.

This hits the papers tomorrow morning.

["Film mogul Oh Kwang Jae killed by Chu Sang Ah's bodyguard."]

The suspect was apprehended on the spot.

Why keep digging any further?

Push this any harder

and we only drag out connections no one needs revealed.

Sir.

You should be heading to Special Division now.

Isn't that so?

[Based on all evidence, Chairman Kwon]

[Se Myeong, via his director of staff...]

Park Jae Sang got there before anyone

yet only succeeded in attempted murder.

Based on all gathered evidence,

Chairman Kwon Se Myeong, through his director,

directed Mr. Lim to murder Oh Kwang Jae.

Mr. Lim showed up moments later

and drove a blade into Oh Kwang Jae twice.

Forensic evidence supports this conclusion.

Without question,

this is a hit commissioned by Chairman Kwon.

[Print]

[Criminal Case Records]

We don't really have reason to meet, do we?

This is evidence from the Oh Kwang Jae scene.

His phone led us to two additional hard drives.

Years' worth of footage, images, and audio.

We pulled hundreds of files from them.

What I brought here

are strictly the files connected to you.

So what did you think?

Was it entertaining for you?

Typically, evidence in a case is restricted

to law enforcement and investigators.

It's stored within the prosecution's office.

However, this particular material,

I'm prepared to put it all on the line

to make it disappear on my own.

Why would you do that?

Because I understand what all of it represents.

I know what it cost you to reach this point.

All of it.

Even now that Oh Kwang Jae is dead,

others like Han Ji Soo will keep appearing.

I'd like to prevent that from happening.

That's a bold thing to say to a woman.

Is that the card you're playing?

It's an offer that serves you well.

We see

ourselves in those like us.

Yeah, you're right.

Most people wouldn't understand,

but you do.

You've seen everything

I had to do to survive.

I built my life

over Han Ji Soo's grave

and all the actresses who disappeared quietly.

Because of them,

I refuse to give up where I stand.

I'll be right there next to you.

Let's take this road side by side.

After that,

nobody will

lay a finger on you.

What makes you think you can keep me safe?

At this moment,

I'm just a hungry hound

roaming free with no owner.

I don't have a single thing to offer.

I need a master who'll provide for me.

And the one I want for that

is you.

You just need to remain beside me.

Hold my hand, and down the line,

once we hold genuine power,

that becomes what you've earned.

We can't do this without each other.

Let's form a pact.

Every secret of yours I've seen,

I'll carry to my grave.

Are you threatening me?

It's a marriage proposal.

I will

be your accomplice.

[Prosecutor Bang Tae Seop]

[Criminal Case Records]

[Arrest Warrant]

In the end,

Bang Tae Seop buried the truth

[Case No. 2018-No-1087, Murder] to keep Chu Sang Ah under his control.

Jae Sang!

Wait! Please, wait!

Mom!

- Jae Sang! - Wait!

- Mom! - You didn't do this!

- Mom! - It wasn't you!

Mom!

No.

There was

no other way for me

except to become a killer.

So what you're saying is

you knew Kwon Se Myeong was the true culprit

and you covered it up?

Yeah. Kwon Se Myeong did it.

He pressured it from the top. What could I have done?

You think making a scene then would've made

- any difference? - Bang Tae Seop!

I've kept the proof from that time.

I've been saving it to bring down WR at the right moment.

You're just the same.

Why did you keep this from me all these years?

If you had revealed it at the time,

I never would've married you. Am I wrong?

Watch what you say.

We're not at that point yet.

Son of a bitch.

Even if I'm the sort of garbage

who pulled an innocent person into this

and wrecked his life to keep myself alive,

I've carried a heavy burden of guilt.

Do you understand?

Not one day!

There wasn't a moment I didn't remember that night.

Damn it.

Okay. Just settle down first.

You

only looked at me as a celebrity

to exploit for your big plans.

Yeah.

I know.

It's my fault for marrying a killer.

Damn it...

Son of a bitch.

I know.

It's my fault for marrying a killer.

Hey! You okay?

Are you hurt?

Hey!

What?

She's the one who messed up.

Are you okay?

Are you hurt anywhere?

[Chu Sang Ah, accused of killing Oh Kwang Jae]

Isn't she Chu Sang Ah?

[Chu Sang Ah's two faces... what is the truth?]

[Chu Sang Ah, accused of killing Oh Kwang Jae]

You think a woman with blood on her hands

could actually amount to anything?

I'm sorry.

Please forgive me.

You went through hell this whole time too?

I won't go down alone.

One wrong move on the Oh Kwang Jae case

and our entire family is finished.

What?

Might this birthday be your final one?

What I've kept hidden for all these years

without ever using it

is my trump card.