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REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

OUTSIDERS NOT ALLOWED

Episode 4: Outsiders

-Remembered everything, right? -Yes.

-Hm. -Okay.

-There's a defect in the coffin. -Huh?

Oh... Oh, we don't have any more left.

-This is the last one? -Yes.

Well, then.

Let's get her dressed up, and we'll keep her in the morgue.

By her burial date, we'll have a different coffin.

Yes, sir. I'll get that done.

Sir?

What?

She's not dead.

She's alive.

The corpse just made a noise.

Don't shout. She'll hear you.

She's deceased, she's not a corpse.

The dead are still people.

Oh.

Told you.

That's the sound of built-up gases escaping from the deceased.

Ah...

Get some fresh air.

Oh! Oh, no...

I apologize. I can finish with--

Go rest. We'll finish it later.

Once you've said sorry.

Right.

I beg your pardon for my behavior.

HWANG SEOKHUI

Right, now that that's all done, would you please contact her family?

Sure.

Am I dead?

Yes.

I can't be dead.

Please tell me I'm not dead.

That's just your regret.

You must pass on in peace.

I can't.

I can't.

Many of those I see...

react just like you.

They too are mourning what they've lost.

No. It's not that.

Accepting death is hard.

For a few, it requires quite a bit of time.

I can't accept it.

I'm not ready.

We all fear the unknown, my dear.

I promise you'll find your peace.

Then...

what happens to me now?

Well, you are going to go to a better place.

Where am I going?

It's a world...

where everybody can eventually move on.

Now, you please rest.

Once everything's complete, we'll return for you.

Sir?

It's dark in here.

Soon you'll be in a world that's brighter.

Am I alone?

Yes.

Thank goodness.

Please rest well.

You're going to a better place.

And when you make it there,

you will find comfort, too.

And forget this place.

I'll forget this place?

Everything?

CHECK IN - CHECK OUT

NAME JUNG YUHUI DATE OF BIRTH: JAN 28, 1966

52 GENDER: FEMALE

SEP 11, 2018, 01:28

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT IN DISCUSSION

FUNERAL HALL

Ah, man.

Going up.

Door closing.

Which floor are you going to?

Which floor?

Um...

Floor eight, please.

Oh.

I see.

Excuse me, sir.

Why do you need floor eight?

Visitors are not permitted there at night.

The only thing there is the intensive care unit.

Oh.

I know because I work there.

Do you have... many patients?

What?

The accident...

The critically injured patients.

Do you think they'll wake up?

Hmm...

Well...

I'm not sure if they will.

After all, they are critically injured.

Um...

It all depends on their will to live.

Um, sir, you're uh...

Are you okay?

Sir, what's wrong?

Sir, please. Please stop it.

Sir, please.

Please, stop. I'm begging you.

Please, don't...

Sir, don't! Sir, stop...

Sir, please. Please! Help!

Someone... please... help!

Sir!

Eight floor.

- Good evening. - Oh, you're here.

-Yeah. -Evening.

Uh-huh.

Hello?

Yeah.

Nurse Kwon.

-Nurse Kwon. -Yeah?

TA two.

-Get the ICU ready. -Uh-huh.

LIGHT SHOP

What brings you here then?

Uh, can you tell me if you saw...

a man about in his mid-30s, 180, with short, dark hair.

He looks, uh, plain.

Nobody like that.

I know the description doesn't help.

Though, I guess he couldn't hide in here anyway.

But the suspect does have one strange quality.

Put him in bright light and his eyes shine like a cat's.

So, he wasn't here?

Nope, he wasn't here.

And what is it that brings you to this place?

The store's noticeable with all these lights on.

No.

I'm not talking about the store.

He was riding a scooter and it was noisy,

so I followed the sound and that's how I found this place.

You didn't hear a scooter come by here?

No, I'm afraid not.

Huh. All right then.

Goodbye.

Why don't you stay a while? It's raining hard.

It'll be fine.

You don't have an umbrella.

It's the only place open at this hour.

The one you're looking for could end up coming around.

Weren't there supposed to be two TA patients?

What happened to the other?

He's in worse condition.

We're out of ICU units, so he's in Ward 1.

Oh.

We're running of beds because of that accident.

On top of that, more and more patients are coming in

and it's getting to be too much to handle.

What do we do?

What the hell happened to the new nurses they said they'd send?

Any patients in recovery?

We can move the alcoholic patient to general, can't we?

His status?

I removed the restraints and lowered the sedatives.

And once his sedatives are complete, move him to general,

so he won't disturb the others.

- To the general ward. - Yes, ma'am.

Or he could just quit drinking.

Alcoholics have a disease.

I know. You're right.

I'm just frustrated 'cause we've got so few ICU beds

and we're using them on alcoholics.

And he's been here multiple times, too.

Single rooms and ICU units are expensive!

Think of what he's doing to his family!

If we discharge him, he'll come back drunk.

Discharge him again, drunk again.

That's enough.

To us, they're all still patients.

Ma'am.

Take a break. Go and get some food.

-Thanks. -Okay.

Um...

If it's okay with you,

could I handle the transfer?

Why?

I was hoping to speak to him.

About what?

Well, just about the drunk driver who ran into me a few years ago.

Why would you want to talk about those things?

It's what happened after.

Hm?

You know what it is.

Go ahead.

Ma'am.

What is going on here?

Hello.

You've seen me, right?

Yeah.

Good evening.

You see me right now?

Uh-huh.

You're... You're my next-door neighbor--

- Are you here to get lights? - Yeah.

Didn't you also go yesterday?

Yeah.

You buy them often.

I'm helping Mom with errands.

You get back safe then.

I'm so sorry.

I need to quit drinking.

You're getting yourself in a lot of danger.

Yeah. I know I am.

I'm sorry.

No, you don't.

Alcoholism can cause liver failure, which can lead to death.

Yeah, death.

You don't recall?

You were in and out of consciousness and saying nonsense.

You were hallucinating something.

Almost like someone was talking to you.

You're getting dirt on me!

Go away.

-Who did you see? -Huh?

Go.

You're getting dirt on me!

Getting dirt on me. Go away.

Who do you think you saw?

You never know who it could be.

Delirium is common with the critically ill.

So I'm delirious?

Those who get into serious accidents

or alcoholics can sometimes have delirium.

They often can't think straight, and they lose short-term memory.

They can't discern people or places,

and they suffer visual and auditory hallucinations.

That's when the delirium can take them.

The ICU is the border that straddles life and death.

Many enter and leave through its doors.

Some people leave alive.

Some people leave dead.

I wonder who it was you saw.

Sleep well, sir.

Nurse! It's too dark! Nurse, I'm scared.

I'm scared.

Please, nurse. Please.

I've seen him before as well.

The person that you saw.

Huh?

I was once in a serious car accident,

and was sent to the Intensive Care Unit.

Basic traumatic brain injury, and was unconscious.

I was neither alive, nor was I really dead.

I also experienced delirium.

I just narrowly survived.

When I woke up, I had a hard time adjusting to things.

And occasionally, ever since, I keep seeing someone.

Would you mind it if...

if you told me who you see?

Someone I can't be sure is human.

You have to save her somehow!

What do you mean...

you're not sure?

Because you can't tell.

Even looking closely you won't know.

If they're human, or they're not.

I get confused, too.

Why are you going to the eight floor?

What do they look like then?

They're a little different.

It's hard to distinguish.

Are they ghosts?

I don't know.

However, I do know who it was you saw.

Sir? You can't be in here.

Someone who is not dead, yet not living anymore.

Where's the morgue?

I didn't realize it at the time.

How... How'd he get there?

He was a patient,

unconscious and barely holding on.

That's why I do what I can to help them live.

I heard that they buried you alive because you owed them too much money.

So I think I know why you were trying to find the morgue.

You thought that you'd end up a burden to your family, didn't you?

I was that way too.

I wandered around for a long time also.

I wanted to surrender.

And then...

I was lucky to have someone give me the will to live.

And so, I survived.

I'll stay right here, okay?

Better not give up.

I don't know if you can hear me but...

even if you can't...

you must stay strong.

COME BACK TO US, YOUNGJI!

I'll be waiting for you.

The minute you hear me,

if you're ready, give me a call, all right?

PLAYING NOW WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM

If you've seen someone who's on the border of life and death,

then that means

that you yourself are on the border of life and death as well.

If you keep seeing them as often as you do,

who knows what'll happen?

So, seriously, I'm begging you.

Take care of yourself.

Seriously, what the heck is going on around here?

Oh.

Good evening.

Sheesh.

Hey, you.

Yes.

You seen a dog?

Dog?

I can't sleep because of that fucking dog.

Every time I'm trying to get some sleep,

that son of a bitch just keeps barking over and over!

I can't live like this. You know?

Can you hear that barking? Huh?

There are people who are a bit strange.

You have to look closely to know.

I should've never come out here.

I came out here to look for it

and then that stupid dog actually started chasing me.

Barking at me over and over again.

Kid, have you seen a dog out here or not?

No, I haven't seen it.

Hey. Hear that?

Where the hell is this fucking barking coming from?

There! Can't you hear it?

No, I don't...

You have to look at them very closely.

Hey. You don't hear that? Huh?

But I-- You...

hear that?

Yeah, you! You fucker!

Then you pretend you didn't see anything strange.

Just act like you saw nothing.

Sir?

Sir, my mom's waiting. And I'm late.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Go on. Go on. Go on. Go home.

Vitals are back to normal.

Well done.

He's not out of the woods yet.

Honestly, it's a miracle he's still hanging on.

True.

He's been on the verge of death so many times already.

I have no idea what kind of forces are keeping him alive.

Your guess is as good as mine.

This patient remains unconscious.

Where does his will come from?

It could be that it's not just his will that we're seeing right now.

Someone... anyone can you hear me?

Help me out.

You see me, don't you? Right over here.

I've been here so long! So, please. I wanna leave!

Help me! Won't you, help me?

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the wind blows ♪

♪ Under the tree ♪

♪ That looks like your hair ♪

♪ While leaning in the rattling train ♪

♪ I write a letter to you ♪

♪ The road I saw in my dream ♪

♪ I am standing there ♪

♪ This happiness may be ♪

♪ Uneasy with excitement and fear ♪

♪ It's the sky and people ♪

♪ We have to feel and see ♪

♪ We will have tough days ♪

♪ But they are all for our new dreams ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the wind blows ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the sun shines bright ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the wind takes me ♪

♪ Even if the waves come ♪

♪ I'll focus on the horizon ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the sun is smiling ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the leaves are waving ♪

♪ I walk as I whistle ♪

♪ And suddenly think of you ♪

♪ Even if I miss your voice ♪

♪ I shouldn't look back ♪

♪ Heading to ♪

♪ Where the wind blows ♪

Mom!

Mom.

Mom.

Mom, Mom, Mom! Something really weird happened!

Why is it so dark in here?

Are you mad at me for being late?

Oh, what, the lightbulb again?

Oh, Mom, I didn't forget it on purpose.

I went all the way down to the light shop,

even though it was pouring rain the entire time.

There were so many weirdos running around out there though,

and the light shop owner told me that I should just go.

So, I'm sorry, I really couldn't buy it.

Mom, are you okay?

Mom, please, don't be mad at me.

I'll get the lightbulb tomorrow.

Hm? Come on...

Okay.

Mom, don't be angry.

You're so quiet.

You smell really nice, Mom, you know that?

Like flowers.

Do you think they were together?

Could it be...

that those two know each other?

Translated by Sang Hee Park