Original subtitles

THIS DRAMA SERIES IS FICTIONAL, AND IS NOT RELATED IN ANY WAY

TO ACTUAL PLACES, PERSONS, ORGANIZATIONS, SETTINGS AND EVENTS

(somber music)

MOVING

-(Juwon sniffles) -(shoe strap rustles)

(shoe strap rustles)

(Juwon breathes deeply)

(shoe thuds)

Dad.

Are you crying?

No, I'm not crying anymore.

You hungry?

Let's eat.

(soft chuckle)

INFORMATION IS OUR POWER

YONGJUN: Why do you want a desk position again?

JUWON: I'm afraid I can't go on business trips.

(chuckles)

So you need to look after your kid now?

I can't leave her alone at night.

And I have to drop her off at kindergarten.

She's already going to kindergarten?

Is she better already?

Yes.

(phone beeps)

Put Jang Juwon off the waiting list and assign him to a desk job.

SECRETARY (over phone): Yes, sir.

YONGJUN: It's only for the time being.

I'll call you in if needed.

Answer the call if you want to keep your job.

Do you understand?

Yes.

You may leave.

(light music)

SUMMER OF 2003 CHEONGGYECHEON

(background chatter)

NOODLE SOUP 2,000 WON DUMPLING SOUP 2,500 WON

ACCESSORIES 3,000 WON TOP CLASS WATCHES

SNEAKERS AVAILABLE SHOES

EPISODE 14: THE IDIOT

VENDOR: Hey, Jaeman!

Jaeman, you're with us, right?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I forgot. (chuckles)

MR. CHOI: Did you hear about the construction

to restore Cheonggyecheon? They're kicking us all out.

They're going to tear down the overpass, make a water path,

and remove all the street stalls.

If we don't stay focused, we'll get kicked out without getting paid.

MR. CHOI: We settled down here a long time ago.

So we need you, our strong man, to take the lead and--

What are you talking about?

(soft chuckle)

Don't try to lure my husband, and just do your work.

We didn't lure him.

It's just that he should join the co-op by now.

-He's one of us. -As if.

It's been over two months since he arrived here.

But now you want him involved because you're in trouble.

Don't you dare bring it up to him again.

Or I will make you all pay!

For a young woman, you're too...

All right.

This isn't about someone else's...

Why you...

All right, Ms. Shin.

Honey, don't listen to them. Just deliver the goods.

Okay.

MR. PARK: Let's go back to eating.

MS. SHIN: Come.

Hold on.

Do you have a lot left to do?

JAEMAN: Yes.

Hurry back when you're done.

We should eat too.

Okay.

Go on.

KID: Why wouldn't it move?

VENDOR 1: Go, Korea, go!

(scoffs)

KID: Mom! I think it wants to go out.

VENDOR 2: Four T-shirts for 10,000 won!

World Cup T-shirts on sale!

MS. SHIN: Don't listen to whatever they say.

I don't want you to get involved in such a thing.

Do you understand?

You could get in serious trouble, okay?

I wonder if he ate.

I mean Ganghoon.

(chuckles)

You barely talk. But when you do, it's always about our son.

I'm sure he must have eaten at the nursery.

What? Are you worried?

JAEMAN: I'm just wondering...

if he's well.

Don't worry.

Our son talks very well,

and he's really smart.

The nursery teacher says

that our Ganghoon is good friends with the other kids too.

She says he'll be a model student when he grows up.

I'm glad...

he takes after you.

He takes after you too.

(Ms. Shin mutters)

What is this for?

It's for Ganghoon. (soft chuckle)

(chuckles)

Aww.

Eat slowly.

(watch beeping)

You should finish this, then-- Finish eating before...

There he goes again.

(beeping continues)

(people gasp)

(action music)

BUNGAEMAN

AQUARIUM SHOP

Thank you.

This is really not necessary. (chuckles)

-Did you have your meal? -Thanks to you.

By the way, where's your husband?

He went to pick up Ganghoon.

(awkward chuckle)

I need to send Sungwoo to the nursery too.

He just wouldn't stay away from the fish.

I guess your husband picks up your son every day.

One of us has to keep the store,

so he drops off and picks up the kid.

Then he's basically raising the kid by himself.

Yes, that's what he wanted.

Then again, he can't even do a simple math...

That's not what I meant.

I meant that you're meticulous at doing business.

It's what my husband wanted.

Gosh. I'm just jealous of you for having a husband.

SUNGWOO'S MOM: Sungwoo. Let's go inside.

SUNGWOO: I want to stay here with the fish.

(gunshot)

3 YEARS AGO

Don't move. Or I'll shoot you.

(gasps) Don't shoot.

He was the one who picked a fight.

My husband isn't a bad person.

OFFICER: I get it, so put your hands up.

Honey. It's okay.

If you go to the police station,

it will be revealed that you're innocent.

It's okay.

Honey.

I'm all right.

Don't.

(pensive music)

(people murmuring)

(electricity crackles)

Make sure Ganghoon isn't sick.

That he isn't hungry.

Don't worry. I'll be there soon with him.

(sniffling)

-BYSTANDER 1: What's that? -BYSTANDER 2: A fire!

BYSTANDER 3: Fire! It's a fire!

-BYSTANDER 4: A fire! -BYSTANDER 5: Oh, no.

Ganghoon.

(baby Ganghoon crying)

GANGHOON'S GENERAL STORE

Ganghoon.

-(crying continues) -Ganghoon.

Emergency!

MS. SHIN: Ganghoon!

DONGHYUNG APARTMENTS

Ganghoon.

It's your dad.

Say hello to him.

Dad.

-PARENT 1: Long time no see. -PARENT 2: How have you been?

PARENT 3: You look so well.

-I know. -Your voice is so nice.

KIDS: Mom!

-KID 1: Mom! -PARENT 4: Hello.

-PARENT 5: You're here. -PARENT 6: How was your day?

-PARENT 7: I'm here. -PARENT 8: Did you have fun?

TEACHER: Let's go to your dad.

(soft music)

Your dad got you a pretty T-shirt. Lucky you, Ganghoon.

Let's go home, Ganghoon.

-Dad, my dress. -Oh, okay.

There you go.

Put it all in your mouth.

There you go.

We have to go.

All right. Let's go.

(playful suspenseful music)

(watch beeping)

(door opens)

(soft music)

(soft chuckle)

(both panting)

-TEACHER: Thank you. -KID: Hello.

CHANGSIN NURSERY

TEACHER: Hello.

JAEMAN (splutters): Have a nice day, Ganghoon.

ABSOLUTE NO TO CHEONGGYECHEON RESTORATION

(background chatter)

Clap three times.

Clap three times. Clap, clap, clap!

Be there on time later.

-I'll go after my customers leave. -Okay.

WE FIGHT TOGETHER

MR. PARK: We have onion mincers and garlic mincers.

Let's go in, Sungwoo.

Come.

EXTENSION OF RENTAL HOUSING FOR CIVIL SERVANTS

YOUNG HUISOO: What are you doing, Dad?

You're giving me the bigger one? (soft chuckle)

(soft music)

Come here.

REPORTER (on TV): Regarding the recent accidents

at the construction site of the Cheonggyecheon Restoration,

the city of Seoul has revealed that they would take measures

to prevent recurrences.

By inspecting the sites on whether it has proper fall prevention systems

for laborers and objects...

(light music)

(watch beeping)

-Let's go, Dad! -(soft chuckle)

(bright music)

-Please take good care of her. -HELPER: Sure.

I'll be home by seven.

So please stay until then.

I'm supposed to leave work at six.

HELPER: I can't stay until too late.

Then I'll drop her off at kindergarten from tomorrow.

So you can come to work an hour late.

I'll try not to be late.

All right.

Huisoo, be a good girl.

-Okay. Have a good day, Dad. -JUWON: All right?

MR. CHOI: Call off the forceful demolition that threatens people's right to live!

PROTESTERS: Call it off!

Guarantee the street vendors' right to live!

PROTESTERS: Guarantee it!

Guarantee the street vendors' right to live!

-PROTESTERS: Guarantee it! -Guarantee--

MR. CHOI: Call off the forceful demolition

-that threatens people's right to live! -Jaeman!

-Come on. What are you doing? -PROTESTERS: Call it off!

Young people like us should take the lead. Come to the front.

-PROTESTERS: Guarantee it! -MR. PARK: Come on!

Honey.

MR. CHOI: Call off the forceful demolition that threatens people's right to live!

PROTESTERS: Call it off!

You shouldn't be a part of this.

(breathes anxiously) They only need one of us to do it.

We don't know how things will turn out.

You already have a criminal record,

so you must not get arrested.

Get arrested?

You won't.

Honey, think of Ganghoon.

If you get arrested, you won't be able to see him again for a while.

(watch beeping)

It's time to pick him up. Go on.

Hurry.

-Go. -Ganghoon.

MR. CHOI: Call off the forceful demolition!

PROTESTERS: Call it off!

MR. CHOI: Let's show them our united power!

Let's chant as we take one step at a time!

Guarantee the street vendors' right to live!

PROTESTERS: Guarantee it!

Call off the forceful demolition that threatens people's right to live!

-PROTESTERS: Call it off! -(alarm blares)

Dear civilians...

This is an illegal protest.

MR. CHOI: Call off the forceful demolition...

Please dismiss yourselves.

...that threatens people's right to live!

CHIEF OFFICER: We will soon dissolve the protest.

-Guarantee... -Please dismiss yourselves.

-...the street vendors' right to live! -PROTESTERS: Guarantee it!

Let's show them our united power!

Let's chant as we take one step at a time!

Guarantee the street vendors' right to live!

PROTESTERS: Guarantee it!

Call off the forceful demolition that neglects people's right to live!

PROTESTERS: Call it off!

MR. CHOI: Guarantee the street vendors' right to live!

OFFICER: Platoon One, get ready.

-PROTESTERS: Guarantee it! -(all shout)

Do you want to get out?

SUNGWOO'S MOM: Stop it and go inside.

Mom, I think it wants to get out.

SUNGWOO'S MOM: Just come here.

(kids shouting)

YOUNG GANGHOON: Let's go home, Dad.

-(thunder rumbling) -(soft chuckle)

(inhales sharply)

YOUNG GANGHOON: Dad, let's go.

JAEMAN: Okay.

(thunder rumbling)

-(panting) -(siren wailing in distance)

I COULDN'T REACH YOU SO I'M LEAVING FIRST AGAIN

HUISOO ATE ALREADY

-(sighs) -(keys jangling)

-(door lock clicks) -JUWON: Huisoo.

(Juwon sighs)

(sighs)

-(objects thumping) -(protesters clamoring)

(glasses shattering)

-Guarantee our rights! -Guarantee it!

(shouts) Get lost, you damn cops!

The service laborers are here!

-SERVICE LABORER: Get them! -(all scream)

(Mr. Park groans)

(protesters clamoring)

(tense music)

Hurry and go!

You damn scumbags!

(protesters clamoring, screaming)

GIMPO PET FISH MARKET

(tense breathing)

SUNGWOO'S MOM: Sungwoo, hurry and go in.

SERVICE LABORER: Fucking break them all!

(indistinct shouting, screaming outside)

Mom, the fish--

Stop talking nonsense and just sleep.

VENDOR 1: You bastards!

VENDOR 2: You fucking...

SERVICE LABORER 1: Get rid of them!

(tense music continues)

(whimpers)

SERVICE LABORER 2: What are you doing? Hurry and load them up!

MS. SHIN: No!

No!

-SERVICE LABORER 3: Move! -No!

No!

SERVICE LABORER 4: Hurry and break them all!

Load them up!

I said, load them up!

No.

(shouts) No!

(uneasy music)

(splutters) I'll go get your mom.

It won't take long.

I'll come back before you go to bed.

I go to bed at ten.

I always keep my promises.

Really?

(watch beeping)

Really.

Okay.

I promise I'll come back before you go to bed.

Okay.

(splutters) I'll keep my promise, okay?

Okay.

(soft chuckle)

(rain pattering)

(lightning crackles)

(tense music)

ABSOLUTE NO TO CHEONGGYECHEON RESTORATION

CHEONGGYECHEON MARKET AREA PROTECTION COMMITTEE

OFFICER 1: Go get them!

Hurry and catch them!

(vendor yelps, sobbing)

MR. PARK: Guarantee the street vendors' right to live!

Let go of me!

-Guarantee... -OFFICER 2: Hey, you can't!

...the street vendors' right!

MR. PARK: Let go of me!

Let go! Guarantee...

(Jaeman breathing heavily)

(shouts) Honey, don't come!

Honey! No! (grunts)

(tense music)

(all grunting)

Honey, don't do it.

(effort grunt)

-(grunts) -(officers groan)

No, please.

OFFICER: Catch him!

-(grunting) -(people exclaiming)

-MS. SHIN: Honey, don't do it! -(grunting)

Get the water cannon ready.

(Jaeman grunting)

MS. SHIN: Ganghoon. (sobs)

Think of Ganghoon.

(whirring)

Honey!

Honey!

MS. SHIN: Honey!

Run!

Run!

(people exclaiming)

(phone vibrating)

UNKNOWN CALLER

JUWON: Hello?

YONGJUN (over phone): We have a situation here.

A monster showed up.

He smashed one whole combat police company alone.

The police are severely injured.

You're going to have to deal with him.

I cannot go on a business trip.

Have you forgotten our deal?

Do you want to resign for good?

You have a child. Think wisely.

We're at Cheonggyecheon 9-ga.

(pensive music)

SUNGWOO: I'll take you home, Fishy.

(panting)

CHIEF OFFICER: Platoon One, block the alleys on the left.

Platoon Two, block them on the right.

OFFICERS: Yes, sir!

OFFICER 1 (over radio): Someone saw the culprit go into the sewers.

CHIEF OFFICER: Keep the people under control.

OFFICER 2: The culprit is found in the sewers! Cordon off the area!

(rattling)

FIELD COMMAND POST

OFFICER: Get off the bus!

Sir, please take me to my husband.

(sobs) He won't listen to the others.

My husband is an idiot.

He's a moron.

-He's retarded and stupid. -OFFICER: Move.

Please. He's an idiot. (sobbing)

AGENT: Sir.

-What? -About the monster...

Which one?

The one in the sewers.

What about him?

He's mentally handicapped.

He can't speak properly, and he is intellectually disabled.

(annoyed groan)

I'll have to see him for myself.

You're up.

Can you have dinner alone?

YOUNG HUISOO: Yes.

I'll come back soon.

-See you later. -Okay.

(exhales deeply)

(door lock clicks)

We don't have much time. What's taking him so long?

YONGJUN: You're here.

-Where is he? -Inside down there.

This is the only exit. Explain it to him.

About 50 combat police companies have been mobilized.

We're blocking every manhole and escape route

in the Cheonggyecheon region.

It's assumed that the culprit is hiding between 9-ga and 5-ga.

CHIEF OFFICER: His name is Lee Jaeman. He has a history of violent crime.

All right. Go get him.

CHIEF OFFICER: His wife has been arrested.

He also has a four-year-old son named Lee Ganghoon.

Be careful, sir. He's a monster.

(foreboding music)

(suspenseful music)

(yelps, grunts)

SNEAKERS AVAILABLE SHOES

(lightning crackles)

(distant banging)

(banging continues)

(Jaeman grunting)

-JUWON: Hey. -(Jaeman panting)

It's blocked there.

Come down.

There's only one way out.

Just come with me.

(Jaeman grunts)

Who are you?

I'm the man who came to get you.

No.

Don't you want to get out?

You can go out with me.

I can't be caught.

Ganghoon.

-(breathes shakily) -What are you saying?

-(Jaeman grunts) -(Juwon groans)

(tense music)

JUWON: You little...

Come here.

You...

(both grunting)

No.

(tense music continues)

(both grunting)

(groans)

-(Juwon grunts) -(Jaeman groans)

(effort grunt)

(panting)

Nice to meet you, monster.

I'm a monster too.

Let's go home.

Your son's waiting.

Ganghoon, right?

(pants)

(splutters) Ganghoon.

(exclaims)

Your eyes changed.

(shouts)

(both grunting)

(suspenseful music)

(grunting)

Sungwoo.

Sungwoo?

(rain pattering)

SUNGWOO'S MOM (shouts desperately): Sungwoo!

Sungwoo!

(gasps)

Sungwoo.

(screams)

(wailing)

(panting)

(suspenseful music)

(both yelling)

Got you.

SUNGWOO'S MOM: Sungwoo!

-You can't come here. -Just a minute.

-It's dangerous. -Just a moment!

Please help.

I think my son fell in a manhole.

Calm down, ma'am.

We'll look for him.

It's dangerous here. Take her somewhere safe.

-We'll look for him. -OFFICER: This way, ma'am.

SUNGWOO'S MOM: Please help.

(shouting)

(Juwon panting)

Let's go home.

(panting continues)

(sighs, groans)

CHIEF OFFICER: His name is Choi Sungwoo.

He went missing at Cheonggyecheon 7-ga 20 minutes ago.

We don't know where he would be or how far he got swept away.

We must find him before it floods.

The police will search upward from here. Do you understand?

OFFICERS: Yes, sir!

The squad will search the underground water path with me.

OFFICERS: Yes, sir!

-(Juwon panting) -(distant crying)

SUNGWOO: Help!

(Sungwoo crying)

Mom! Help me!

Mom! Save me!

Help!

Hey, kid.

-JUWON: Kid! -SUNGWOO: Help!

JUWON: Kid.

-Please help. -It's okay.

I'll get you.

Just stay there.

(grunting)

(grunts)

(Sungwoo crying)

JUWON: Hey, kid!

-Stay back! -Help!

JUWON: Stay back!

(hopeful music)

(both grunt)

(both grunt)

What are you doing in the midst of the operation?

A boy went missing.

Are you sure he's down there?

We aren't sure.

You aren't sure,

but the police dare go against the NIS's order?

We need to do our job.

This country has become a fucking mess.

-OFFICER 1: Sungwoo! -OFFICER 2: Sungwoo!

-OFFICER 3: Sungwoo! -OFFICER 4: Sungwoo!

-OFFICER 5: Sungwoo! -OFFICER 6: Sungwoo!

-OFFICER 7: Sungwoo! -OFFICER 8: Sungwoo!

OFFICER 9: We found him!

(panting)

Sungwoo, it's okay.

It's okay.

-Thank you, sir. -No problem, ma'am.

Okay.

I told you to get a monster, and you rescued a kid instead.

Where is he?

He's probably on his way home.

What?

He said...

he promised his son that he'd come back.

So you let him go?

Yes.

You believed him?

I heard he was a retard. And you're just the same.

(panting)

(soft music)

(sobbing)

YOUNG GANGHOON: What happened, Dad? Where's Mom?

(young Ganghoon sobbing, sniffling)

I'm sorry...

that I'm late.

I was scared by myself.

I'm sorry I left you by yourself.

I am...

(sobs)

...so sorry.

I'm sorry.

(Jaeman sniffles)

I'm sorry.

I am...

I'm sorry.

(both sobbing)

-(lock clicks) -(door opens)

I'm sorry. (sobbing)

JAEMAN: I'm sorry.

-Is he the guy? -Yes.

JAEMAN: I'm sorry. (sobbing)

He did come home. Unbelievable. (soft chuckle)

-JAEMAN: I'm sorry. -He sure is retarded.

What should we do, sir?

-YONGJUN: About what? -Should we take him over?

Hand him over to the police. He's useless.

He can't speak properly.

And he's way too retarded. What can he possibly do for us?

I wasted my time for nothing.

(officers grunt)

Lee Jaeman!

-It's not him. It's the kid. -JAEMAN: Don't do it, Ganghoon.

(young Ganghoon crying)

(officers grunting in pain)

JAEMAN: Don't do it, Ganghoon.

Dad, I hate these people!

That boy did this?

-Yes. -JAEMAN: Don't do it.

-Ganghoon. -(crying)

Don't. Ganghoon, it's all right.

So abilities could be passed on?

-JAEMAN: Ganghoon... -(crying continues)

JAEMAN: It's okay, Ganghoon.

-It's okay. -Take care of the situation.

(Yongjun scoffs)

-JAEMAN: Ganghoon, it's okay. -YOUNG GANGHOON: Don't take Dad!

JAEMAN: Stop it, Ganghoon.

-YOUNG GANGHOON: Stay away from Dad! -JAEMAN: It's okay. Don't.

It's okay, Ganghoon.

(young Ganghoon crying)

JAEMAN: It's okay.

Don't do it.

(tense music)

(shaky breathing)

DAD'S MEAL

JUWON: That night,

I got rid of every trace that could lead to me

and everything I ever had

and left with my daughter.

No.

I left with my everything.

HUISOO: You know what?

JUWON: Hmm?

HUISOO: I got a friend.

He's really inflexible and boring,

-but he's kind. -(Juwon chuckles softly)

His words make me think again.

He's a good kid.

I remembered something while talking with him.

About what?

A memory about Mom.

(pensive music)

When the accident happened,

she saw me from the car and smiled at me.

She saw that I couldn't get hurt...

and smiled.

(exhales deeply)

(inhales deeply)

Right.

JUWON: I see.

Huisoo, go home without me.

I still have lots of work to do.

-Okay. -JUWON: Good.

HUISOO: Come home soon.

Okay, be careful on the way.

(pensive music continues)

(shaky breathing)

(shaky breathing)

(sobbing softly)

(sobbing continues)

(closing theme music)