Original subtitles

[mysterious music playing]

Please send my regards to Choi Yeon-sook.

[robot] Leave your message after the tone.

Mr. President, I took your family over to the safe house.

You should leave the Blue House immediately.

It's not safe there anymore.

Thank her for giving me the time I needed

to turn the world around.

Contact Lee Jang-seok,

and tell him that Jeong Su-jin will be arrested soon.

Prepare for her interrogation.

[sighs]

[Dong-ho] It's time for me…

to leave now…

for the sake of everything that must remain.

WILL

[breathing shakily]

[suspenseful music playing]

[panting]

They'll know you're the president's murderer.

Jeong Su-jin,

the president that your murdered is

Park Dong-ho.

No! Please! [panting]

Ah! Don't do it!

[inaudible]

[suspenseful music continues]

[thud]

[inaudible]

[opening theme music playing]

THE WHIRLWIND

EPISODE 12

[dramatic music playing]

[helicopter whirring]

[curious music playing]

What do you dream of, Gi-tae?

To be a whirlwind.

Dong-ho,

what do you dream of?

[Dong-ho] A world where the corrupt

feel ashamed for their crimes.

[Il-jun] No one goes through their entire life just drinking pure water.

Dong-ho,

let's have a glass

of wine instead.

To us.

No, thank you.

I'll stick to water.

[curious music continues]

[men laughing]

Let's drink.

[in Korean] ♪ Grab the shining glass in your hands ♪

♪ Let's drink for our future My friends! ♪

♪ Let's drink and give it our all! ♪

[Dong-ho laughs]

[dramatic music playing]

[foreboding music playing]

SURGERY IN PROGRESS

[somber music playing]

[Jeong-yeon] Give us today our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation…

[Yeon-sook] But

deliver us from evil.

[Yeon-sook sighs]

[exhales]

Tell me, did you just

stand there and watch as he

climbed all the way up to the cliff?

[Jeong-yeon] When he drank the poison in front of Vice Chairman Kang,

he told me he had

abandoned all hope for his future.

[somber music playing]

[Jeong-yeon] He said he was just doing what had to be done.

He must've been so scared…

when he climbed up there alone.

[phone vibrating]

-[machine beeping] -[woman] He's unconscious.

[man] His breathing's very weak.

Check his vitals.

His heart rate is going down.

[somber music continues]

-[man] Begin CPR. -[man 2] Yes, sir.

[machine beeping]

-[man] 100 joules. -[woman] 100 joules. Charged.

-[man] Clear! -[man 2] Clear!

[machine beeping]

[Dong-ho] I know you have a really strong sense of justice.

We both do.

We just have different ways going about it.

And I can't help but think that my way is the best way to truly achieve justice.

[machine beeping]

[birds chirping]

[Dong-ho] I know in the very end I won't be a part of…

[machine whirs]

[beeping]

…the new world I'm trying to create.

[flatline beep]

[man] July 31st, 6:45 pm.

President Park Dong-ho has passed away.

[somber music continues]

[man] President Park Dong-ho's unexpected death

has left the country in a state of shock.

Prime Minister Jeong Su-jin was arrested at the scene and is the prime suspect.

She is under interrogation at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

There are hundreds of cameras at the Blue House.

There has to be at least one camera that was pointed towards the cliff.

I need you to check all the footage for me.

[gasps]

Check the ones in the parking lot.

[exhales]

-[phone beeps] -[exhales sharply]

[sighs]

[exhales]

[elevator dings]

Go ahead. Take a break.

[man] Yes, sir.

[mysterious music playing]

[door closes]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[beeps]

Your DNA was discovered on the handkerchief.

The buttons on the cliff show evidence of a struggle between the two of you.

The dismissal of his security is evidence of your murderous intent.

I'll prove otherwise.

I didn't kill Park Dong-ho.

[Dong-ho] Jeong Su-jin.

I finally got you into this interrogation room.

You're finally where you belong.

I will give you one more chance.

I have the only thing that could prove that my death wasn't your doing.

It's written in my will.

Your choice.

You will no longer be a suspect to my murder

if this here were to be made public.

This is enough to prove I threw myself off that cliff.

[gasps]

[Dong-ho] So tell me.

Do you want it?

[breathes shakily]

My question hasn't changed, Jeong Su-jin.

Will you go down alone, or will you fall from grace with everybody else?

It's time for you to decide.

[breathes shakily]

[mysterious music continues]

You're trying to play me like an instrument.

Did you forget?

In our youth,

we swore an oath to become instruments of justice,

of democratization,

political reform,

and of peace.

It was his wish for his will to be buried alongside him,

so you have until then.

Tell the world of your crimes,

or else the truth

of what really happened will never see the light.

Prime Minister Jeong Su-jin,

the president's funeral

will be tomorrow morning.

[gasps]

[breathes shakily]

[in Korean] ♪ There's a land That is fairer than day ♪

♪ And by faith, we can see it afar ♪

♪ For the Father waits over the way ♪

♪ To prepare us a dwelling place there ♪

♪ In the sweet by and by ♪

♪ In the sweet by and by ♪

There were no security cameras pointing toward the cliff.

But I did find footage of a person who witnessed it.

I'll send it over right now.

[gasps]

[mysterious music playing]

[sighs]

[phone vibrates]

[Su-jin gasps]

[breathes shakily]

[exhales]

[exhales]

[breathing shakily]

[exhales]

It's time for you to decide.

[breathes shakily]

[exhales]

[exhales shakily]

-[boy crying] -[in Korean] ♪ Not a sigh ♪

♪ For the blessing of rest ♪

♪ In the sweet by and by ♪

♪ In the sweet by and by ♪

♪ We shall meet on that beautiful shore ♪

♪ In the sweet by and by… ♪

WILL

[phone vibrates]

♪ We shall meet on that beautiful shore ♪

CHIEF PROSECUTOR LEE JANG-SEOK

[Su-jin] Assemblyman Gu Yeong-gwan,

Assemblyman Jo Dong-hui,

Assemblyman Song Min-gyu…

ASSEMBLYMEN INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL FUNDING

…Assemblyman Choi Seung-seok,

Member Choi Jin-yeong,

Assemblyman Jang Yun-jun…

[suspenseful music playing]

…Assemblyman Cha Gyeong-min…

Assemblyman Jung Hun-gi…

CHIEF OF STAFF CHOI YEON-SOOK

Mr. President,

you did it.

Your whirlwind has just begun.

[dramatic music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[woman] The Prosecutors' Office has obtained a list

of fifty Korean Liberal Party Assemblymen who received illegal funding.

I can still save our country from meeting a tragic end.

I promise you that.

[woman] According to reports, tens of billions of won…

[Dong-ho] I will punish those who are hiding from justice.

I will punish those who think they are above the law.

Instead, I will gladly assume the debt

President Jang left behind.

[woman] Angry citizens are demanding the resignation

of all members of the National Assembly, as well as an early general election.

The National Assembly is at a standstill,

with its standing committee and plenary sessions canceled.

[door closes]

Hey, happy birthday.

I still hate your guts,

but as the saying goes, old habits die hard.

This is your fault.

-If you hadn't taken my phone and left-- -You always blame others for everything.

I mean, at least your still consistent.

Most people never change.

I wonder if Jeong Su-jin will.

On second thought, I don't think so.

She was the one who stopped the investigation on President Jang's son.

Vice Chairman Kang was

the one who handled Jang Hyeon-su.

When Vice-chairman Kang invested in Han Min-ho,

Jeong Su-jin was there, wasn't she?

I wasn't aware.

My husband didn't tell me anything.

I hear Jeong Su-jin will be released soon.

Dismissing murder charges won't be easy.

PRESIDENT PARK'S WILL DISCOVERED

[Jeong-yeon] Looks like Jeong Su-jin received a big gift.

She knows how to survive in a world filled with wolves.

She'll make it out.

But sometimes her survival tactic requires throwing the weak under the bus.

So watch your back.

I wouldn't want you to be her next scapegoat.

Just be careful.

You dodged the murder charges, but we'll still investigate the bribery

and the violation of the Political Funds Act,

so don't start celebrating yet.

We'll request an arrest warrant. Soon, you will be right back here.

[scoffs]

I guess you forgot.

Article 71 of the Constitution says,

"If the sitting president is unable to perform his duties,

the prime minister shall act on the president's behalf."

The moment I walk out of here,

I'll be the new acting president of South Korea.

Jeong Su-jin!

You do realize you're talking to the acting president.

Show me some respect.

[exhales]

[somber music playing]

Dong-ho, you're not safe there.

PROTESTORS TO STORM THE BLUE HOUSE

I'll go to you. We'll use my car.

[Dong-ho] Jang-seok, don't.

This is where I belong.

I have to stay.

I will really miss you.

[Jang-seok] I'll be right there.

I will use the back entrance.

We can meet there, Dong-ho.

Hey, Jang-seok.

Do you still believe

that, in the end, the truth can really prevail?

Because I still don't know

whether I believe it.

This time,

answer as my friend

and not a prosecutor.

Just this once, okay?

Just this once.

Call the reporters.

I have urgent news

the press will want to know.

[man] The previously undisclosed contents

of the diary belonging to the Namsan C&C's CEO, Han Min-ho,

has been revealed.

A shocking report revealed that former President Jang Il-jun

was assassinated while hospitalized at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital.

According to Han Min-ho's diary,

President Jang Il-jun's cause of death was asphyxiation,

with the prime minister's secretary, Lee Man-gil, identified as the culprit.

The prosecution believes that Secretary Lee Man-gil

committed the crime to divert attention from the private equity fund investigation

in attempt to salvage his own career.

[Su-jin] Call for an emergency Cabinet meeting.

The Prosecutors' Office is trying to make a move, so we have to--

[man] During Jeong Su-jin's interrogation, she reportedly confirmed

Secretary Lee Man-gil's involvement

in the assassination of former President Jang Il-jun.

The Prosecutors' Office is currently working

towards arresting Secretary Lee Man-gil for the murder of the former president.

[mysterious music playing]

Lee Man-gil…

they fabricated this.

[Man-gil] I know.

Just like how you fabricated Han Min-ho's diary, right?

You were the one who told me that President Jang couldn't save us.

Even if he were to wake up from his coma, it wouldn't matter.

You were the one who told me…

I should leave the room because I wasn't brave enough to witness it.

You were the one who killed President Jang, not me!

Lee Man-gil.

We have to figure out

why they're doing this, and what they're trying to do to us.

Turn yourself in.

Say I didn't do it.

Tell them the truth,

that you killed President Jang.

[suspenseful music intensifies]

Do you…

do you remember how we got here?

[Man-gil breathing shakily]

Do you remember what it took for us to get here?

Just… turn yourself in, please.

You… you know I didn't do it.

-J… just admit it. -[Su-jin] All right!

-I killed President Jang. -[sighs]

JEONG SU-JIN CONFESSES TO ASSASSINATING PRESIDENT JANG

[exhales shakily]

I suffocated him…

with my very own hands.

I used the handkerchief he gave to me.

[suspenseful music playing]

[indistinct murmuring]

I made him a promise as I was watching him die.

I swore that his death would reignite the country and his vision for all of us.

[Man-gil sighs]

And when I delivered his eulogy, I made another promise,

to turn his dream

into reality and to continue his

legacy so that he would forever be remembered.

I'm the president, Man-gil. What's wrong with you?

Just get it together!

I'll be in charge of Park Dong-ho's funeral ceremony.

[gasps] Park Dong-ho's funeral

is a golden opportunity for my political rebirth!

She's inside of her office. Arrest her.

With these very hands that killed President Jang,

I will write

a new chapter of our country's history.

Have hope, Lee Man-gil.

[exhales shakily]

[laughing]

[crying]

[phone vibrating]

SO-YEON

[So-yeon] Mom. You're… you're on TV.

[mysterious music playing]

JEONG SU-JIN CONFESSES TO ASSASSINATING PRESIDENT JANG

[both gasp]

[breathes shakily]

[static crackles]

[door opens]

Prime Minister Jeong, you are under arrest for the murder of the president.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[sentimental music playing]

FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT PARK DONG-HO

[in Korean] ♪ My mind has forgotten you For too long ♪

♪ And my legs far too long ♪

♪ Have strayed from you ♪

♪ But with a slender remembrance ♪

♪ Of my heart's burning thirst ♪

♪ Secretly, I write your name ♪

♪ With a burning thirst ♪

♪ With a burning thirst ♪

♪ Long live democracy! ♪

LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY

♪ Long live ♪

♪ Long live ♪

♪ Democracy ♪

♪ Long live democracy! ♪

[somber music playing]

[Dong-ho] There are those who believe it impossible

for light to defeat darkness, especially in politics.

And in our country, there exists a darkness.

But I will bring it to the light. I will bring justice.

I will crush any darkness left in our country

and bring corruption to a complete end.

I will become a beacon of light and hope.

[Dong-ho] I didn't do it for the people.

As a matter of fact, it was never for them.

I did it all for myself…

because I could not stand by and watch a corrupt leader rule our country.

Because I could no longer bear the injustices… of this world.

[dramatic music playing]

I, Park Dong-ho, have decided to tarnish my own name,

as long as it leads to their demise.

WHIRLWIND PARK DONG-HO

It's time for me

to leave now…

for the sake of everything that must remain.

[closing theme music playing]