Original subtitles

Come here.

Hey! You!

- What's with the fuss? - Darn it.

The victim came here herself to save Jang Seok Goo...

who was about to get killed.

We truly thank you for making such a tough decision.

My gosh. Don't do this. Help me.

- Help me. - Darn you.

That's hot!

You idiot.

How dare you do that to Detective Woo?

- You... - Let go. Let go of me.

- Come here. - Fine.

You know where this is, right?

I don't. I don't know.

That's where you shot the video. Why don't you know?

I didn't...

I am...

the fiancee...

of the victim of assault...

committed by Jang Seok Goo and his friends.

- His fiancee? - His fiancee is here?

That was...

the day when I put on a dress...

for our wedding photo shoot.

Until then,

I thought I would become the happiest bride.

But...

Jang Seok Goo ruined everything.

(Press conference with Jang's Victim)

I came out here to say something...

to the person...

who is holding him hostage.

Jang Seok Goo.

Kill him!

Kill him!

Jin Seok died!

- Kill Jang Seok Goo! - Excuse us.

- No! - Kill him.

- Hold on. - Wait. We'll have a short break.

Stop recording. We will make an announcement later.

No.

Kill him!

- Stay back! - Stop recording.

- Did you mean what you said? - Wait, what will happen now?

I'll talk. I said, I'll talk!

Stop beating me up!

I'll tell you!

He talked.

Okay.

- Where is it? - The iron foundry in Wonseo-dong.

(Kill: 75 percent, Spare: 25 percent)

I'm sorry. Please spare me. Please?

Please don't kill me.

(Kill: 75 percent, Spare: 25 percent)

Mr. Woo went to the scene, right?

Yes, we notified the patrol division nearby too.

The problem is that we don't have enough time.

(Kill: 75 percent, Spare: 25 percent)

(Kill: 75 percent, Spare: 25 percent)

Everyone, Jang Seok Goo is human trash.

I don't understand those who want to save him.

Let me tell you the result.

75 percent wants him dead.

This, itself, is an issue.

However, today is the judgment day.

If he isn't judged by justice,

he will be judged by the law. He'll be confined for 5 to 6 years.

And then, he'll live his life normally.

He'll live a shameless life.

Let me calm myself down.

Hold on. The place is...

Someone said it's a Chinese restaurant.

Everyone, I'll risk getting kicked out from this site.

If you tell me the address, I'll do a live broadcast there.

Someone is trying to figure out where it is.

We got it.

30-21 Janghyundae-ro. I'll go there.

I'll go there immediately.

Don't turn your monitors off. I'm going right now.

(30-21 Janghyundae-ro, Wonseo-dong)

(Kill: 75 percent, Spare: 25 percent)

Please don't. I was wrong.

I was wrong.

I am sorry... Please spare me...

Please... Wait, please...

Mom... Mom...

Please spare me...

I am sorry... Please spare me...

I've arrived at the place...

- one of the viewers told me. - Please spare me...

I'm not the only one here.

People are slowly gathering here.

- There are people behind me. - Please spare me...

I am sorry... Please spare me...

Please... Please spare...

- Save Jang. - Okay.

No! Come on!

Jang Seok Goo! Jang Seok Goo!

I'll look for where... There he is!

I'm currently in the room he's confined in.

- Who are they? - A cop is trying to save him.

I guess the police have nothing better to do.

I can't believe what I'm seeing.

He's doing a useless thing. He should let him die.

I guess he's not afraid of the citizens of Korea.

- More people are gathering here. - What should I do?

More police officers are here.

They're coming.

- They're coming here. - Excuse me.

Let us through.

Hold on! Excuse me.

Hey, what are you doing?

What's going on? Help him.

- Det. Lee! - Hold him.

Untie the rope!

- Let's put him down. - Be careful.

Be careful of his head.

- Is he breathing? - Check.

- Is he alive? - Yes, he is.

- I'll go to Detective Woo. - Okay, be careful.

- Let me through! - Excuse me.

Let me through!

Do you think we'll let him live?

Of course, we should save him!

We can only punish him if he lives!

Let me through!

- Let me through! - Back off!

Please back off!

Detective Chae.

Sir.

We have a wounded officer!

Stop!

Stop while you still can!

If you keep doing this,

only the innocent will get hurt.

What happened to that officer?

If you're so concerned about that,

why are you doing this?

I have one question.

Why did it have to be Jang Seok Goo?

Why are you putting on a show using him?

He was discharged too early.

- What? - Scumbags like him...

should rot in prison.

But you guys seemed to be determined to release him...

and kept making excuses.

Do you mean the punishment was too lenient?

"They were drunk. They were feeble-minded."

"The victims decided to settle it."

Do you think settlement equals to forgiveness?

Do you know how the police get the settlement?

They threaten the victims...

by visiting their homes and workplaces every day.

They disclose what happened to everyone around the victims.

They make it impossible for them to return to their everyday lives.

I am not the problem.

The way this society works is the problem.

The settlement was achieved through threatening,

and you guys dare to use that to reduce their sentences.

They commit crimes again and again...

because you let them off too easy.

You shouldn't have released him in the first place!

I called you out because I also had something to ask you.

I know...

what Jang Hyung Min did to you.

And I can imagine what was going through your head.

Haven't you ever wanted to kill...

those scumbags whom the law was lenient towards?

You're a cop.

Will you really let me die?

Tell me.

You were planning to kill me from the start, right?

I should've done so 13 years ago.

Die, you jerk.

- Die! - Tae Seok, no!

It can be justified since you're a cop.

But if I did, does it turn into a crime?

We're just the same.

So do you really think you can arrest me?

Sir, you're not well. It's too dangerous.

Jang Seok Goo has committed three previous sexual crimes,

served five years in prison.

And while he was wearing an ankle tracker,

he attempted to commit another rape...

and murdered a man.

Jang, who has committed crimes against humanity,

will receive additional punishment...

under the strict judgment by the law.

I heard a detective who came out as support...

got injured in the process of saving Jang Seok Goo.

Don't you think your operation was...

unreasonably dangerous to save a mere criminal?

No matter who the victim is,

abducting someone is definitely a crime.

When you commit a crime, you must be punished by the law.

We just made sure we stick to the law.

Why did the culprit specifically singled out Detective Woo...

and call him in there?

The culprit wanted him there.

I'm sure he had a reason.

We have not confirmed the reason.

I am sure he wanted something when he wanted to see Detective Woo.

Did he think Detective Woo would understand him or let him go...

because Detective Woo arrests criminals by any means possible?

It was very unusual of Detective Woo to lose a criminal.

I guess it was quite effective.

How is he?

He was hit in a weak part of his body.

We operated on him because he was bleeding,

but his internal pressure won't drop.

Tonight will be the most critical.

Detective Woo.

How is Sergeant Jo doing?

Is it really bad?

What about Jang Seok Goo?

He's fine. Not even a fracture.

- What is your motive? - Why did you do that?

- Say something! - Why did you do it?

Tell us something!

Were all of your previous crimes committed by yourself?

While they chased after the suspect,

Sergeant Jo hit his head and has fallen unconscious.

In the midst of all this, people are curious of...

Hello.

the relationship between the detective...

- and the suspect. - Hey.

Why are you so surprised?

You told me to come over.

Oh, yes.

What's the best here?

Should I go with a cake?

How much is this?

Oh, it's on the house.

That's not necessary.

It's all right. Do you want me to wrap it up?

Yes.

Make it really pretty.

Here it is.

It's really all right. Please take it.

I couldn't do that.

It's all right, really.

You really don't listen, do you?

You have always been like that.

Thanks for the cake.

Why did you want to see me?

Will you let me do an exclusive interview?

Since when did you remember?

Why are you going after Jang's case so hard?

You could have ignored it when Punisher provoked you,

and you could have ignored Jang Seok Goo's death.

You could have done either.

He's not a guy that you wanted to save so badly.

Why did you do that?

Do you really want to know something like that?

Punisher became a bigger hero...

because you reacted.

He received more support from the public...

for destroying your reputation.

He has more reasons to justify himself now.

I guess I didn't want to see that.

A bad guy pretending like he isn't one.

It's like loathing your own kind.

Anyway, Mr. Woo.

Why did you pretend like you weren't a bad guy...

when you were?

Because of you.

I had no idea.

You said you remember everything.

The bad thing that you did?

- Eun Seon Jae, shoot! - Yeo Wool, run away!

Yeo Wool, run away. Yeo Wool!

You two were roommates?

Did you call me instead of your sister?

I won't tell a soul until the day I die.

(Bae Yeo Wool)

These are memories from 13 years ago,

so they don't seem like mine.

How can I put this?

It was like reading a novel that someone else has written.

But I felt really bad for Bae Yeo Wool's life.

I can live with how my mom died because of me.

I can also live with...

how I witnessed my mother's death.

But running away to save myself...

knowing that my mom would die.

I can't live with that.

What a poor girl.

I don't think I can ever forget...

the face of my dying mom until the day I die.

Why did I remember this?

I'm sorry, Yeo Wool.

What can I do to be forgiven?

Be forgiven?

How do you define being forgiven?

Forgetting everything and moving on?

Or living life as if it had never happened?

But it's not like I couldn't remember.

I don't think I can now forget everything.

And I think it's also impossible...

to pretend like everything never happened.

I'm not almighty.

It's not like I can turn back the time.

You don't know what it means to be forgiven, do you?

If you don't know what it is,

don't expect someone else to do it.

When are you coming? I've arrived.

When will you come to pick it up?

You know that I don't like waiting.

He was discharged too early.

Scumbags like him should rot in prison for the rest of his life.

But you guys seemed to be determined to release him...

and kept making excuses.

They commit crimes again and again because you let them off too easy.

You shouldn't have released him in the first place!

The date of the discharge.

Pardon?

What if Jang isn't the target, and he has a real target?

I'm sure the address must be the date of his discharge.

Get a list of convicts who are getting released on Jan 25.

There are 535 people who are getting released on that day.

Narrow them down to sex offenders.

There are 42.

Should we look into all 42 of them?

Hold on.

The settlement was achieved through threatening,

and you guys dare to use that to reduce their sentences.

Among those,

find the ones who got the sentence reduced with settlements.

And repeated offenders. How many are there?

There's only one. Kwon Soo Chul.

Show me photos of the victim...

and relevant individuals from his case file.

Who is that?

Among his victims, there's a woman named Lee Yoo Jung.

That's Lee Yoo Jung's husband.

His name is Kang Woo Joon.

Eight years ago, Kwon Soo Chul sexually assaulted...

Lee Yoo Jung...

and killed her.

How could he get out in eight years after that horrendous crime?

Kwon Soo Chul settled with...

the victim he had assaulted before...

and got his sentence reduced.

And he was recently released...

and killed Lee Yoo Jung.

Kang Woo Joon used to manage construction sites for his job.

He must have gone on business trips often.

She was found two days after she had been killed.

Enraged by what had happened to his wife,

Kang Woo Joon punished criminals of similar crimes with Kwon.

If we could stop those scumbags from committing the same crimes again...

To tell the truth, I even rooted for him.

But he was just a murderer who was after his own revenge.

Look into what Kang Woo Joon's been up to after the incident.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

Mr. Woo.

We got an update from the hospital.

Sergeant Jo...

- Hey, there. - Hello.

I know that it's not Mr. Woo's fault.

Don't worry about it.

All right. Let's sit.

We can't say that he is free from blame.

Captain Jeon.

Everything ends badly when he's involved.

- Captain Jeon. - Hey, Detective Ji.

How have you been?

What do you think?

Thanks to somebody, I got suspended and have been lounging around.

I'm sure your suspension will be lifted soon.

You are a dispensable detective our agency can't afford to lose.

Dispensable detective, my foot.

One word from him, and my career suffered a hit.

You all should be smart about this.

Since your supervisor is such an important man,

he doesn't care about his colleagues or teamwork.

If you stay with him, you won't be able to survive for long.

Eat up. Dig in.

Captain Jeon.

You're crossing the line, sir.

You think you're big now, Mun Gi?

If you can't heed my advice, there's nothing I can do.

You'll think about me when you are regretting...

for wasting your whole life on Woo Tae Seok.

We must put Kwon Soo Chul on the Witness Protection Program.

Have you gone mad?

The Jang Seok Goo incident caused quite a stir.

You want to add Kwon Soo Chul on top of this? No.

Kang Woo Joon's final target is Kwon Soo Chul.

He will not stop until he kills Kwon Soo Chul.

The image of the police has gone down the toilet because of Jang.

We should not meddle with Kwon Soo Chul's case.

Just focus on catching Kang Woo Joon.

Kwon Soo Chul is the last bait for us to catch Kang Woo Joon...

as well as the only way to save Kang.

Save him?

After punishing Kwon Soo Chul,

Kang Woo Joon will probably...

try to commit suicide.

Protecting the criminal and preventing a possible suicide?

Must the police go this far?

Then why don't you switch this to a public investigation?

Since he's a serial killer and killed a cop,

you have enough grounds to make it so.

The moment his identity is exposed, he might hide.

Then, what is your plan?

Are you saying that we should book Kwon Soo Chul a hotel room?

I'll make him come home.

- What? - That's how we can catch Kang.

And we'll be security guards for Kwon Soo Chul?

A skeleton staff of officers will wait to ambush...

and catch him when he shows up.

What if he doesn't show up?

He will show up. Definitely.

I have sad news to share.

Last night, during the attempt to arrest the Punisher,

Sergeant Jo who suffered...

a blow from the suspect and fell into a coma yesterday...

passed away in the end.

What's sadder is that the late sergeant...

had left behind a boy...

who just turned one year old and a wife who is pregnant.

The public was saddened to hear this heartbreaking news.

The public, who has been once...

supportive of the Punisher's actions,

has turned their back on him.

The Internet is on fire.

Why?

"Jang Seok Goo should've been left to die."

"No, it's not acceptable that he killed a cop."

"There was not much that he could've done."

There are still people who support him,

but the majority has turned their back on him.

Also, a ridiculous press did a survey.

They asked if the Punisher should be stopped and apprehended.

72 percent said yes.

I can't believe we have to be careful about arresting a murderer.

But I guess the public will hate us less now.

The Punisher acted as if...

he was on the public's side and took matters into his own hands.

But in the end, he murdered an innocent officer.

That son of a gun.

Didn't you once say that we were no different to him?

Right? And weren't you cheering...

the Punisher on for getting rid of human garbage?

Hello.

What will you do?

I'm going to use Kwon Soo Chul as bait...

and hope that Kang Woo Joon will bite the bait.

I can't believe...

that I'll be protected by the police.

You're right.

Once I get discharged, I'll be an innocent man too.

Of course, you should protect me.

But...

how many of you guys will be there?

Hold on. I shouldn't go home.

That Punisher might know where I live.

Let's go to a hotel that has a nice view.

Do as you please, you scumbag.

I won't care whether you live or die.

Oh, come on.

Didn't you say I could die?

If you're a cop, you're obliged to protect the innocent.

Are you innocent?

I've paid my dues.

So yes, I am.

And this time, I was involved with some spiteful ones.

They refused to settle it,

so I couldn't even reduce my sentence.

I stayed in here longer than those who did worse than I did.

On top of that, that woman's husband barged in...

and glared at me with such vengeful eyes.

Hold on.

Do you think he's the Punisher?

It's him, right?

I think his name was Kang Woo Joon.

It's him, right?

You're human garbage.

Once you get released,

pretend that you're dead, and live a life of atonement...

for your victims and their families.

You better do that.

Understand?

If not, I'll end your life with my own hands.

What? Atonement?

Didn't you hear me? I've already paid my dues in this place.

Okay? I did what the law told me to do,

so what more do you expect from me?

Also,

why do I have to feel sorry?

("Is The Punisher a Criminal?")

("Will Sex Offender Kwon Soo Chul Be Released Again After 8 Years?")

("Is Commutation After Settlement with Victim Fair?")

Look.

What is it?

Kwon Soo Chul is still in prison.

Is someone else kidnapped?

Again?

I'm sure many of you are curious about me.

My name is Kang Woo Joon.

The photo that you just saw is...

She was my wife, Lee Yoo Jung.

Yoo Jung passed away eight years ago.

This is Kwon Soo Chul.

He is the man...

who sexually assaulted and murdered my wife.

He had a past record of sexual assault.

He threatened his victim...

in order to receive a settlement and was released in merely a year.

After being released so quickly into the society,

he killed my wife.

The law claims that it should protect us.

But it turns a blind eye to the victims...

and sides with the assailants.

Yoo Jung had to slowly accept her death without knowing why.

Who can comfort that poor woman?

I'd like to ask you all...

whether I can kill him or not.

Please make the decision for me.

(Spare, Kill)

Excuse me.

Where is Kwon Soo Chul right now?

Is it true that the cops tried to protect him?

Please say something!

- Sir! - Please tell us!

- Answer us! - Please!

- Excuse me! - Sir!

Wait!

Why did you summon a civilian?

I'm still suspended for a few more days.

Do you still stand by what you said about receiving a pension,

going fishing together,

and going with the flow?

Jang Hyung Min is finally gone, so will you really live in peace?

When was I not in peace?

That's exactly what I wish for as well.

I want to keep working here with you until it's time for us to retire.

After that, I want to receive a pension and age in peace.

What are you getting at?

(Jeon Chun Man)

Your suspension has been lifted.

They want you to get back to work.

Who does?

We have met once before.

Yes, Mr. Congressman.

When you were working for Chungin Constructions,

you reported that the labor union was acting too violently.

I was the one they sent.

You left a great impression.

I wanted to repay you, but I failed to make time.

That is all right.

I've always had my eyes on you, believing you'd make it big one day.

After hearing about the issue, I volunteered to go.

You indeed think on a large scale.

I certainly have keen eyes for the right people.

It'd be great if everyone was like you.

These days, the police's status is just unbelievable.

The governmental authority's dignity has plummeted to the ground.

The police force must be discouraged...

when they need to work around the clock for our country.

Thank you for your consideration.

I can't believe they suspended someone as great as you...

due to some trivial reason.

I chewed the Commissioner General out.

Thank you.

I didn't do it for something in return,

so I'm honored by all of this.

I believe you are spirited and smart.

I'm certain that you will understand.

There's a hospital called Hankyul Hospital.

It has a good reputation and has been running for a long time.

The hospital director...

decided to help his son's friend...

but rather got himself in a pickle.

He tried his best to save the young man who was pretty much dead.

(Bring back my son!)

After her son died, his mother is...

trying to frame this as medical malpractice.

She sits in front of the hospital whenever she has time.

And it makes the hospital look bad.

Of course.

Please find a way to get rid of her.

Don't worry about it, Mr. Congressman.

I will take care of her.

This is hotter than the presidential election.

If this keeps on going, someone will end up...

getting killed in a fight between the supporters and the opposition.

If you think about it, Kang Woo Joon played a smart move.

He disclosed his identity...

and told people about his wife who died in Kwon Soo Chul's hands...

to successfully make the public pity the guy.

An individual's painful story tend to spread quickly.

You save a guy you should arrest,

then guard a man who deserves to die.

I can't go out there and tell anyone that I'm a detective...

because I'm too ashamed.

I'm not sure if we can recover...

the reputation of the police force that you have damaged,

but if you use Kwon Soo Chul as an excuse to lose Kang again...

Woo Tae Seok will get fired immediately.

He isn't the only problem.

You will all get involved with everything that he did.

And the entire organization will suffer because of you.

Understand?

So make sure you do this right.

Make it right.

What are you looking at?

- You have to choose this. - What are you saying?

You have to oppose this.

If this guy gets released, he'll repeat his crimes.

- We have to kill him. - Seriously?

- Even an innocent guy... - He should die.

Kill him. Just kill him.

But it's too harsh to kill him.

(Kill him, Save him)

The tax-wasting police force, go away!

- Go away! - Go away!

Who do you work for?

The police force, awaken!

- Awaken! - Awaken!

- Get him! - There he is!

- Get him! - You jerk!

- Stop him! - Kill him!

- Get him! - Stop them!

- Stop him! - Get him!

- Stop them from leaving! - Stop him!

Are you sure I'm properly getting protected?

Why?

Are you scared? Are you?

(Star Real Estate)

We'll meet you at the back of the building.

- This way. - Yes, sir.

Attention, tenants.

We are cooperating...

- with the police at the moment. - Use the stairs!

Please cooperate with the police officers.

It smells.

- No one? - No one.

Outside.

Let's meet at that point on the first floor.

- We'll get out of here first. Okay. - Yes, sir.

(Police)

You!

You jerk.

Are you okay?

Darn it.

Darn it.

No!

Kang Woo Joon!

Please...

No!

Darn it. You.

No, spare me.

- No. - Kang Woo Joon!

Please spare me.

Kang Woo Joon.

Did you see the voting result?

People decided to let Kwon Soo Chul live.

(Kill him: 47 percent, Save him: 51 percent)

You said you wanted to do what's right.

You wanted people...

to acknowledge what you do is realizing true justice for victims.

But look at the voting result.

People gave you an answer.

They told you to not kill him!

They don't know anything.

That is why they voted like that!

You just wanted to kill him from the beginning.

You didn't care about people's opinions.

And if you kill him here,

it means you prove that you wanted to kill him.

You will no longer be the righteous Punisher,

but just a murderer.

Two days, isn't it?

The reason why you got covered in numbers of scumbags' blood.

You went that far because you wanted to turn back two days.

What do you know?

"I could have saved her if I had two more days."

"If I hadn't gone around the country to work,"

"if I had stayed by her side,"

"maybe something would have changed."

You're doing this because you feel sorry for your dead wife!

Yoo Jung.

Yoo Jung?

Yoo Jung.

What's wrong?

Yoo Jung. Yoo Jung!

Wake up.

Yoo Jung. Yoo Jung...

She was really faint-hearted.

When I think about how she spent her last moment,

I cannot even breathe.

What you are doing now...

is not a way to atone for that.

You just wanted someone to vent on.

To vent on someone?

You're right about that.

Do you think Yoo Jung would want you to do this?

Would she want you to become a murderer because of her?

Yoo Jung would understand...

that this is all I could do.

How dare you try to end your life after killing him?

You can't get away that easily.

I thought you and I were the same.

You were just a detective, after all.

The same?

I've committed a lot of bad things just like you.

I have never in my life claimed that my method was right.

I talked about atoning myself and whatnot.

In fact, I am...

a bad detective who enjoys beating up wicked criminals like you.

(Eun Seon Jae)

Congratulations on catching Kang Woo Joon.

I was really curious if you would let him get away.

You are indeed a bad detective who catches bad guys.

Is that why you asked me to come here?

I thought about forgiving you.

I've come up with something that you could do for me.

It won't be easy though.

But earning forgiveness is not easy anyway.

What is it?

Robbery and murder.

Well, I won't ask you to do that, so don't be nervous.

Find the culprit who killed...

my parents.

What?

I know that you suspected me from the get-go.

You never let go once you have your eyes on the culprit.

Since you were sorry to Yeo Wool,

as an act of atonement,

you probably stopped the investigation.

But I told you from the beginning...

that I didn't kill them.

(Late Eun Hong Goo, Late Park Jung Sook)

My parents faced such an unfortunate death.

I ought to catch the culprit...

even if the culprit is me.

The murder weapon is probably something like this.

The killer hid the murder weapon inside the dog's stomach.

Just like this. Like this.

There is no murder weapon.

If it's that clear and simple,

arrest me.

I'm sure it won't be that easy.

You're quite a clever woman.

Is that a compliment?