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Episode 21

Born Again

Should I take him down now?

Three people went in... But two came out.

Kim Soo Hyeok... I knew a day like this would come to him.

You won't die. Don't die yet.

There's lots to do.

Clear!

200 joules!

200 joules. It's ready.

Clear!

January 25, 1988

Hurry, hurry. Hurry.

I know that he's alive.

He will return in his own time.

From time to time, I come across those who have met Gong Ji Cheol.

Gong Ji Cheol's prison officer in charge

kept it a secret that Gong Ji Cheol had a fountain pen in his possession.

[ I was nothing ]

[ Like falling meteors, we pass by momentarily ]

[ Therefore, don't say that you know me. I don't know you. I don't know you. ]

[ You dear, happiness, you, dear, love ]

Gong Ji Cheol, the devil artist, never regretted the murder.

He was blameless even on the execution grounds.

Since murder is... his work of art.

May 31, 1988

Let's go to see your wife at the hospital together.

She will have a healthy delivery.

Yes, sir. I hope so.

Excuse me, is this Sergeant Jang Hye Mi's home?

If you tell anyone that I'm alive...you...

and your family will die.

Do you believe that Gong Ji Cheol is alive somewhere?

I'm not sure. I wrote this book, but the Gong Ji Cheol in this book

is only a devil that the world has created.

I mean, this could all be true, but it might just be a work of fiction by someone who heavily fabricates.

Since people prefer to settle for lies over uncomfortable truths.

Should I read the next paragraph?

The one who helped Gong Ji Cheol escape was a woman.

She tracked Gong Ji Cheol, who killed her stepfather that sexually abused her.

"That woman was Gong Ji Cheol's woman."

"Inside her belly... lived Gong Ji Cheol's child."

3711

There's cash inside the book. You're going to need it.

But must you go?

It would be better to hide for the time being.

You told me to find out Jeong Ha Eun's whereabouts.

Open the last page of the book.

You can just go to the place written there.

It's an address of a hospital in Samcheok.

Gangwon-do Samcheok-si Jicheol-dong 290-11 Wonnam Hospital

And he went off to fulfill his last wish during the time he had remaining.

"That last wish was revenge."

"The detective who harassed him and the detective's girlfriend who gave legal testimony,

"Gong Ji Cheol believed that they should pay for their sins."

It's me, Jang Hye Mi.

Still I'm your ex-lover, your words are too harsh.

Oh right... Today I saw Gong Ji Cheol whom you ordered to be executed.

You saw... Gong Ji Cheol?

1979, April 7th, you remember the day he committed his first murder, don't you?

That day, Gong Ji Cheol fell and hurt his back while doing manual labor.

He was in critical condition for two days at Suncheon Hospital.

From what I remember, the yellow umbrella murder that day

occured near Cheongsin-dong in Seoul.

It's interesting.

How did Gong Ji Cheol, who was laying down in a hospital in Suncheon, go all the way to Seoul to kill someone?

Did you not check his hospital records?

What is it you want to say?

I'm saying make sure you kill him this time, don't make any mistakes.

If it's revealed that he's not the actual culprit, it'll put me in a very awkward position too.

Like you.

There's a hospital near Samcheon harbor.

That hospital's name is Wonnam Hospital.

Go over there.

I will... forever... live with my mouth shut, Prosecutor.

You can leave.

- Hello? - You know,

about your drug smuggling case,

I'll take care of it. But there's something you have to do for me.

There's someone I need to get rid of.

What should I do?

He's a guy who's been executed. He's already...

He's already a dead man and you're asking me what you should do?

Gangwon-do Samcheok-si Jicheol-dong 290-11 Wonnam Hospital

Wonnam Hospital

Life Jacket

Come here and remove his hood.

We can't see his internal organs, but we need to see his eyes to grade them.

Hey, what are you going to do by living longer?

We need him alive to get the heart, so don't kill him.

Cabin

I stabbed him in his vital point.

There is no one who saw Gong Ji Cheol's last moment.

If Gong Ji Cheol is alive...

He will return in his own time.

120 joules.

Clear!

200 joules!

200 joules. It's ready.

Clear!

We got his pulse!

Prepare for surgery.

We have to go in to surgery right away. Are you the guardian?

What is the patient's name?

His name... Oh, I called his parents, so they'll be here shortly.

Oh, hold on. Let's just do it, I'll sign.

I'm Cheon Jong Beom's mom.

Oh, it seems like he had cardiac arrest.

The side effects of it won't affect his brain or make him slow, will it?

There's a bullet in his head right now.

Before the bullet enters his brain, we need to go into surgery and remove it quickly.

Then are you saying his brain has already been ruined?

I can't tell you how much damage there is until we operate.

Without a guarantee that there won't be any brain damage, I won't consent to the surgery.

If you can't make him live without surgery, I'll take him elsewhere.

What are you doing?

Who are you?

Me? I saved your son's life.

Since I saved him, I need to make him live.

What are you doing? Prepare for surgery.

Is this bastard dies, all of you die, too.

Central Operating Room

The bullet is closer to the brain stem than what we saw on the CT scan,

so we couldn't remove the bullet.

So until the bullet moves away from the brain stem,

we need to observe him.

And brain damage?

The bullet is lodged next to the temporal lobe,

an area called the hippocampus.

We'll know once he wakes up, but he may suffer from memory loss

where he doesn't recognize his friends or family,

or the worst case, he could suffer from dementia or mental derangement.

What did you say? Mental derangement?

His hippocampus was damaged?

Excuse me, just a moment.

I...

When Cheon Jong Beom wakes up, can you give this to him?

Please.

Your son isn't in a state to go to US.

We don't know if he'll live or die. Didn't you see he was shot in the head?

Republic of Korea Passport

Not even gangsters do that to family.

Jong Woo

Listen carefully, son. The herbal tonic your brother drank, you drink it from tomorrow.

And you can't eat anything for snacks besides dried fruit.

You know I gave birth to you on a plane on purpose, don't you?

You're an American citizen.

You don't need to compete with losers in this tiny country.

You know that if you don't take after school classes in US you become an outcast, don't you?

Let's have you take cello lessons.

Study for TOEFL so you can make friends in the US.

[One year later]

Professor, I think Cheon Jong Beom's back from the US.

- What? - I saw him in Insa-dong.

I don't think so. I've spoken to his parents. He's an exchange student in the US.

I'm sure it was him!

But... he seemed very different.

Something was off like he's sick or something.

Cheon Jong...

Since I love you.

Do you want to be family?

Since I'm an ex-convict, too, I guess we are family.

♫ Your eyes looking at me ♫

♫ somehow look sad ♫

♫ When I look at you ♫

When you're flustered, you kick the ground with your foot.

♫ seems to have stopped while filled with you ♫

♫ Even if someday a difficult time comes for us ♫

You close your mouth and speak with your eyes. This is when you're worried.

♫ Even if the warm wind carries me away ♫

♫ You are my one and only love ♫

[ Jeong Beom, I went to that closed school again today. It's not like you're going to appear again. - I called your home. I heard you went to America. Is it true? - I can't trust your family...]

[ It's my fault. This happened to you because of me. All of it. ]

Jong Beom, are you in Korea?

[ I miss you... Jong Beom... Jong Beom, are you in Korea? ]

Are you busy or sick? ♫ You're the one I want to see ♫

Who is this?

Dad, what's wrong?

Your pretty nurse didn't come by today?

I'll be right over. We should have some sweet rice drink.

Location Cannot be Found

Do Not Enter

Over there.

Who do we have here? It's the Rambo prosecutor who got suspended for a year because of a firearm accident!

Give me the briefing.

We found a hiker this morning.

Name is Kim Isu age 33. In the ground under the tree where the remains were found,

this was discovered.

The forensic department think it fell off the body.

It's a heart transplant patient.

We'll have to do a detailed autopsy, but looking at the skull and thyroid cartilage fracture,

it seems that the victim was hit with a blunt object

and strangled with a nylon string.

Please carry out a detailed autopsy.

Yes, sir.

Oh, let's see the umbrella.

Here.

It's too detailed to call it a copycat crime. He's back, isn't he?

Jeong Sa Bin

The victim's name is Kim Isu. Why does it say Jeong Sa Bin?

Wait. Not writing the date means he's going to kill Jeong Sa Bin sometime in the future!

Dad, why are you so out of energy today?

Prosecutor Kim Soo Hyeok

Who are you?

Hello. I'm Han Hee Joo. I've been in charge of his art therapy since a month ago.

You're his daughter?

Yes.

Magic of Color Psychology

Your dad's yellow...

It seems somewhat obsessive.

Other patients feel active and positive energy from yellow,

but he feels fear and extreme anxiety.

He probably can't help it.

But he'll get better. Don't worry too much.

This is the end of the lesson for today.

Let's have a meal together sometime.

I'm so thankful to you for giving him private sessions.

Let's do that.

[ Prosecutor Kim Soo Hyeok ]

Aren't you going to check? It could be an urgent text.

I'm at the NFS because of a newly discovered remains.

Let's talk.

Excuse me.

You did well, Mister.

Your daughter will be able to live only if you keep obeying me well like you did today.

Got it?

How long are you going to ignore my calls?

You found remains?

Let's speak in person.

Okay. I think I'll be there around 7.

Cheon Jong Beom

Cheon Jong Beom?

You... who are you?

You said Cheon Jong Beom died!

H- He did die, of course. After getting shot in the head.

Bl- blood... he shed a lot of blood.

Then who's calling me? He's the only one who knows this number!

Then bring his dead body to me!

Right now!

Are you... still alive?

Height 167, estimated weight 49 kg.

This is strangulation.

Jeong Sa Bin, what happened a year ago—

I don't want to talk about that.

It's a memory that's hard for me, too.

But your name was on the yellow umbrella that was found with these remains.

My name?

You need protection.

I'll call the police if I need protection.

♫ Because you were the first to come close ♫

The yellow umbrella murder case, if Cheon Jong Beom is the culprit, why is this happening again?

♫ Even if it's a love I can't fulfill ♫

Are you going to call it a copycat crime again?

♫ I can't give up my heart, I can't ♫

I... don't dislike you for shooting Cheon Jong Beom.

It's because you insist that he's the culprit when you know it's not true

and because you don't regret shooting a person.

While I was suspended, I tracked Cheon Jong Beom.

He was known to have left to study in the US, but there were no records of him

leaving the country.

I have nothing more to say.

I told you once.

That I won't lose my people anymore.

Whether you dislike me or avoid me, it doesn't matter.

As long as you're alive, that's good enough for me.

Like how you're now.

♫ even though it hurts, this is not goodbye ♫

Could you turn up the light?

Yes, sir.

Sorry, there are so many lights in this room, so—

Hold on. Please turn it off again.

Pardon?

Please turn it off again.

Yes, sir.