(All characters, organizations, locations, )
(and incidents in this drama are fictional.)
(December 2020, Busan)
I guess a rich kid has a luxurious way of skipping work,
drinking champagne that costs hundreds of dollars this early.
Why is this drunk's face so serene? This is annoying.
- Who are you? - It's me.
I thought you'd want to know what happened in Munju.
That's why I came here myself.
I don't care.
Kang Jin Mook.
The culprit died, so naturally, the case wasn't indicted.
No one knows...
who gave him the fishing line.
On the day he killed himself,
the security cameras at Munju Station all went down or something.
Everything is over.
It feels odd like I didn't clean my behind after doing my business.
- Go. - You don't want to share?
Just go.
After all, I'm a prosecutor.
I was wondering if I should just sit around...
and watch this awkward case unravel.
Did you fight with that girl?
Yoo Jae Yi, the owner of that butcher shop?
She disappeared as soon as Kang Jin Mook died, just like you.
I heard she's in Busan.
I thought you two eloped or something.
That illegal masseuse and sex worker.
It's nothing, Ju Won.
- What? - I was really shocked.
I couldn't believe a neat freak like you...
let something like that hold you back.
Your father and I said we had everything under control.
So why did Han Ju Won make that useless confession...
which nobody wanted?
A person died.
- And I'll be punished for what... - Forget it, kid.
You finally carried out a sting operation,
so I thought you finally got a sense of reality.
But it sounds like you're still stuck in your bubble.
Stop putting on a show.
I know what happened with Kang Jin Mook.
You didn't arrest him by the law.
You and Lee Dong Sik were already hiding at his place...
before he took out Kang Min Jung's dead body.
Two detectives carried out the operation,
but one confidently accepted the promotion...
whereas the other turned it down and went off the grid.
Accepted the promotion? Who did? Lee Dong Sik?
Why not? Can't he be promoted?
He caught a serial killer.
What did he say to you? You can tell me.
Stop making up stories and get lost.
- I'll help you. - I said get lost.
Ju Won, a good boy like you who learned everything from books...
and believes the world is just and fair,
shouldn't get involved with a nut case like Lee Dong Sik.
Because I think you'll go back to where you belong.
He'll make use of you...
in every single way.
Why can't you cut anyone off?
You must be wondering why you're feeling so uncomfortable.
And nothing will go your way.
If I make it out alive,
you're going to ruin your life and your father's,
who was going to become the next Commissioner General.
You struggle.
I'll catch you.
I'll catch you no matter what.
And you put up a fight.
Turning myself in?
Why would I? What did I do wrong?
Then he ends up devouring you.
And like that, the end.
It's okay, Ju Won. We can't help it.
It's just the hard truth.
How can you, who had a privileged life of protection,
win against a guy who had to tough it out on the streets?
You could never win unless you were reborn.
That's why...
I, who also lived a tough life,
will do everything I can to...
You're right. You're right about everything.
Right? You're finally getting honest.
You can leave everything to me.
All I have to do is be reborn.
What?
Thanks, Hyeok.
You don't get to end this.
- Goodness, you're here early. - Hello.
- Hello, you're here. - You're here.
Hey, you're looking pretty in that makeup. What are you doing here?
I don't have any friends to hang out with.
- Goodness. - You have no friends...
because you're stuck here gutting fish with these old ladies.
There are lots of great places downtown.
And I hear there are plenty of stylish guys too.
I've been there, but it wasn't that great.
I didn't like anyone there,
and I don't think I could get along with them.
It's odd, but I feel more at ease when I'm with married women.
What good is that for? How will you get married?
I'll stay single and live here with you.
- Goodness. - You're out of your mind.
Why would you live here with us?
She's trying to ruin her life.
Look at how she's using that knife. Look at her.
Where did this young girl learn how to do that?
Hey, you're done for the day. Go out and have fun.
It's all right. This one. Let's dry this one first.
- You can dry this one first. - Now you're ordering me around.
- My goodness. - If you like to work so much,
- you can do everything. - That's right.
Hurry up and come here.
- We'll make delicious coffee. - Sounds great.
- So who are you looking for? - A young woman?
She must've shown up about two weeks ago.
This is her. Please take a look.
- No, we've never seen her. - Goodness.
Why? Have you seen her?
- I haven't seen her here. - What about you?
I haven't seen her either.
Really? That's odd.
Her phone signal was caught around here.
Her, her phone signal?
I'm with the police. You've seen her, right?
- No. - Really?
Then may I check back there?
- No. - Wait, she's not here.
- Where are you going? - You can't go in there.
Why do you keep running away, Jae Yi?
My gosh.
The person you have reached is not available. Please leave...
(Private detective service, "Quick". We found one at a repair shop.)
(We secured the dashcam. Please send the payment.)
(Beyond Evil)
(Episode 10: Sinking)
Chief Nam Sang Bae.
(Please help us find the missing Yu Yeon.)
What are you laughing about?
Are you going to leave him like that?
You should interrogate him.
How can I interrogate Chief Nam?
Chief Nam? He's been arrested as a suspect.
Get out. Get out of here!
We are doing our best too.
You haven't gotten a word out of him and you call that doing your best?
How many officers from Manyang Substation have been arrested?
What would the reporters say if they find out?
Things are barely settled around here.
That's why I told you not to arrest him without a warrant.
And we're not talking about any suspect. It's Sang Bae.
Sang Bae?
If you're that close with him, go get a confession out of him.
He said he would only talk to Oh Ji Hwa or Lee Dong Sik.
You know how stubborn he is.
How would Dong Sik even come here?
He's going through a lot too.
You've been here?
Here?
You've been here...
all this time.
Jeong Je.
What's wrong?
- Hey, Ji Hwa. - Are you all right?
It's just that...
I'm so shocked.
I asked you here so you can comfort Dong Sik.
You should get it together.
I know. I'm sorry.
Where's Dong Sik? Is he upstairs?
Boss.
Did Dong Sik tell you he was leaving?
No. Why?
I can't find him. He's not upstairs or down here.
- Dong Sik. - Who are you talking to?
- Oh, you came. - Yes.
Hey, where have you been?
It seemed like forever waiting for you here.
I found Yu Yeon's body.
Good.
Good for you.
Get going then. You should be with her.
It's not like I found her alive.
So what's the point of being with her?
What are you talking about?
You've waited for this moment for the last 21 years.
Yes, I have.
I've imagined things for the last 21 years.
I've imagined her alive...
in a small town in the country.
I've imagined bumping into her there.
Then...
I've imagined finding her bloated body...
floating down the stream.
Then I imagined her buried in a mountain valley...
that is half-rotten...
and unrecognizable.
"Is this really my sister?"
I've imagined myself saying that.
From several years ago,
I've imagined finding her...
in a small pot at a charnel house for those who died...
without family or friends.
I thought, "Maybe she's dead."
"I'm sure she's dead."
I've always known.
But I couldn't give up.
So I start over...
from the part where I bump into her.
It goes over and over again.
But Chief.
I've never imagined this.
Finding her in my basement.
In the house where I eat and sleep.
You don't know how many times I've looked at that wall.
I thought it would end if I found her.
But it didn't.
Mr. Nam Sang Bae.
Did you kill Kang Jin Mook?
- No. - The same brand of fishing line...
that Kang Jin Mook used to hang himself...
and Yoon Mi Hye's autopsy report that Kang Jin Mook swallowed...
were found in the safe in your office.
Did you hand the fishing line and the autopsy report...
to Kang Jin Mook?
- No. - The morning of November 10, 2020.
Did you visit the VCU's holding cell at Munju Police Station?
- No, I didn't. - Thank you for your cooperation.
Dong Sik.
I'm sorry.
21 years ago, I should've...
I'm sorry. I'm the guilty one.
If you are sorry, why are you sitting in here?
I told you not to do anything.
I didn't do anything.
Do I...
have to watch you ruining your life?
I won't ruin my life.
Don't you worry about me.
After I'm done with it, I'm going to leave Munju.
I'm going to live somewhere with clean air and water...
for the rest of my life.
What do you mean, after you're done with it?
You have to stay here...
for 72 hours. Then you're free to go.
Don't you two have anything to say?
- About what? - Detective Nam wasn't the only one.
- Jung Cheol Mun. - How dare you!
Kwak Oh Seob.
All three of you investigated Lee Yu Yeon's case 21 years ago.
Good job.
Does he really have to stay in the holding cell for 72 hours?
Yes, he has to.
Are you all right?
Why wouldn't I be?
Congratulations from the bottom of my heart.
Congratulations on finding Yu Yeon.
You went through a lot, Dong Sik.
Everyone hasn't eaten yet, right?
I'm hungry. Let's have dinner.
Chief is in the holding cell. How can we eat something?
Aren't you worried about him?
I'm sure he'll be all right.
He'll be out soon.
He's not the kind of man who will hurt someone.
Right?
Of course not. He would never.
So let's stop worrying about him and have dinner.
Let me help you, Jae Yi.
I heard officers at the station were free to enter Chief's office...
after he left work.
Don't they have to lock the door at night?
Yes, but he said it's okay to go in...
if we need anything from his office.
That means any officer could've...
touched his safe at night.
Then won't the evidence lose admissibility?
We won't get a warrant out of it.
Then he'll be out soon.
Unless we find another evidence or witness.
Couldn't you specify the time?
The last time he checked the safe was four days ago.
He said neither the fishing line nor the postmortem result wasn't there.
If it was 4 days ago, Unit 3, then us,
and Unit Two took turns on the night duty.
That means everyone at Manyang Substation is a suspect.
That means all of them are police officers.
Then why did an officer...
stash fake evidence in the safe of the chief's office?
Because they wanted the chief to take the blame...
Exactly. Why would a police officer do that?
An officer would already know those couldn't be used as evidence.
- Yes. - And they did this...
to a police chief who has been in this career for decades.
So why?
In order to catch the police's attention,
this person fabricated the evidence...
in the safe of the chief's office?
Who would do something like that?
What? Why?
I thought I made a little too much. This is great. Please sit.
I heard Ms. Lee Yu Yeon was found.
I'm glad. I mean it.
May the deceased rest in peace.
Thank you.
We're both off. Do you want a glass of wine?
Why did you leave the fishing line and the postmortem report there?
Are you talking to me?
Do you have evidence?
You were caught on camera.
You were caught with a smile.
The security camera?
Oh, the security camera in front of the chief's office?
You're right. I was probably caught there.
But was I the only one who was caught on that security camera?
No.
A lot of other people who work at Manyang Substation.
Then why did you single me out as the culprit?
You're the only one who could've done that.
Are you saying I could frame Chief Nam...
for aiding and abetting Kang Jin Mook's suicide?
Why did you do that?
My dear Mr. Lee,
you don't seem as smart as I thought.
Is the reason that important?
If you came all the way here to ask me that...
I, Han Ju Won,
did not put the fishing line and the postmortem report...
for Yoon Mi Hye in the safe...
located in the chief's office of Manyang Police Substation.
- Really? - Why do you think it was me?
Just because I was caught...
on the security footage in front of his office,
where anyone could've come and gone?
I remember something that somebody once said.
Is that all?
You ran all the way here with that little evidence?
I knew my first impression of you was correct.
My first impression? How did I come off?
That you're one cute rich kid.
Thank you.
Inspector Han, do your best no matter what you're up to.
I look forward to it.
You should do your best, Mr. Lee.
The people of Manyang...
always go after one another,
but once they see an outside intruder,
they suddenly work together as one and take down the enemy first.
Be careful, Mr. Lee.
I should be careful of the people of Manyang?
Wait, do you consider yourself a part of the community?
You returned to Manyang in 2018.
And the people of Manyang...
didn't forget that you were the suspect for the last 20 years.
I have no idea...
why you consider yourself a member of that community.
Yoo Jae Yi...
visited Munju Station on the day Kang Jin Mook died.
But she didn't tell you anything, went out of touch for three months,
then only showed up again after she received a threat...
that someone will disclose the security footage.
What do you think she's hiding?
What about Constable Oh Ji Hun?
He went after Kang Min Jung...
and was the last witness who saw her.
And he also told reporters that you were arrested without a warrant.
And that security footage you found me in?
(Chief's Office)
Wasn't Constable Oh also caught on camera?
I think the one who fabricated evidence to frame Chief Nam is...
standing right in front of me.
Hwang Gwang Yeong. Cho Gil Gu.
Oh Ji Hwa. Park Jeong Je.
And Nam Sang Bae.
Do you think those people are...
hiding nothing from you?
I didn't do anything.
After I'm done with it,
I'm going to leave Munju.
I'm going to live somewhere with clean air and water...
for the rest of my life.
You really lack a creative touch.
If you listed those names and copied me,
did you think I'd be shaken like you were?
No.
I just wish you'd be different from what I was like three months ago.
Putting blind trust in something you deem as the truth...
and taking off with that idea.
I thought you wouldn't be like that.
I guess my expectations were a bit too high.
Goodness.
You're dying to shake me around.
I wonder what I'll find by making these moves.
Are you sure it's not that there are cracks in your trust?
No, I owe you one, Inspector Han.
I was too desperate back then.
Turn myself in?
Why should I do that?
What did I do wrong?
You promised me.
You made that promise.
That's not what you owe me.
That's called justice.
All right, I will have fun on this playground called...
Inspector Han's justice.
(Seoul RIU Kim Chan Gyeong)
Hello?
Thank you for your hard work by day and night.
Man, Dong Sik. You nut case.
My dear Detective Kim, I'll send you an email.
Please find the physical location of the IP address...
as well as a forensic investigation on the attachment.
What's this nonsense?
I might get to considering this even if you sent an official letter.
Thank you always.
Thank me for what? Hey!
(Compose Email)
(You have sent your email successfully.)
I'm going to go now. Don't follow me.
No.
Hey!
Stop her.
I'm not going to follow you.
Don't go.
Yu Yeon, I'm serious.
I swear I'm not going to follow you.
Please stop her.
Stop her.
Stop her, Jeong Je.
Why don't you call your son?
I called him 52 times over the last 3 days.
I'm sure something happened.
Let me say something out of concern.
Senior Inspector Park is...
the section chief of the community safety division.
And he's 41 years old.
I don't think it'd do him any good to seem like a mama's boy.
Secretary Jang, do you have children?
I'm not interested in getting married.
Then keep your mouth shut.
Goodness, I saw a ray of light coming from the corridor.
I guess it was because of you, Councilwoman Do.
My goodness, Chief Jung.
It's been so long.
Now that you've become the chief,
you look more handsome than ever.
Is that so?
- Ma'am. - What?
Oh, goodness. Senior Inspector Park.
Please stop.
(Email information)
(Request: Locate IP address and restore dashcam footage)
(Acquired data from evidence analysis)
(Dashcam footage partially deleted, Cannot be restored)
Han Ju Won threatened me?
The IP address is from the cafe on the first floor of his apartment.
I didn't check the security camera though.
- Then why don't you check? - It's definitely Han Ju Won.
But why?
He probably wanted to know...
what it was that you saw...
at the back door of Munju Police Station...
the day Kang Jin Mook died.
What do you mean? What would I have seen?
Based on the analysis of the dashcam footage,
it says the second half of the footage was deleted,
and it can't be restored.
Jae Yi.
Who was it?
Who killed Kang Jin Mook?
That person might not have killed him.
You know what? Even if that person did kill him,
that jerk killed my mom, so I'd be grateful.
Then why can't you tell me?
No.
He'd never.
It's absurd.
It's not possible.
Nam Sang Bae?
Did he kill...
Kang Jin Mook?
You look comfortable, sir.
Hey, Inspector Han.
It's time for you to get released, but Dong Sik isn't here.
He always tends to be late.
It's actually better that you're here. Thank you.
I came because I got curious.
You put me in here then came to greet me.
Superintendent Han must've taught you well.
"Superintendent Han"?
Oh, right. He's the chief superintendent now.
I was thinking of the past. I'm sorry.
Hey, it's time! Let me out already!
My gosh, you're so impatient.
The superintendent told me to hurry up and let you out.
I guess he still likes you.
What's the section chief doing here?
I couldn't let you leave without seeing you here.
I guess you easily become close with people when you're in Manyang.
I'm surprised you came all the way here.
Go ahead and open the lock. I'll hold that for you.
We'll be saying our last goodbye here,
so why don't we take a photo?
Why is this our last goodbye?
It'll be the last time we say goodbye in a holding cell.
- Here. - You nag too much.
1, 2, 3.
Goodness, I can't believe you posed in there.
Let me out already.
You used to be a troublemaker back in Munju too.
Whose bad side did you get on?
Open up.
I'm sorry.
Get out of there already.
- Thank you, Oh Seob. - Go on.
I hope we never meet here again.
Okay, I get it. My gosh.
Here you go.
I'm grateful that you came all the way here.
Would you like to eat with me?
No, I'm busy.
I thought you came to talk to me.
My business here is done. I'll be off now.
Okay, go on.
(Dong Sik)
Thank you. Goodbye.
(Dong Sik)
(Location)
(Police Agency)
Inspector Han?
Gosh, it must be some day today.
Fancy meeting you here. Officer Cho too.
Tell me about it.
What brings you by the main office, then?
I'm here to see a friend.
One works at the Office of the Spokesperson here.
Same here. I came to meet a friend.
You have a friend here at the main office...
when you spent your entire career at substations?
Of course, I have a friend here!
You have a funny way...
of looking down on people, you know.
When did I ever do that? Gosh, there's no need to get upset.
You must be here to see your father.
Could you perhaps introduce him to us?
What?
The doors are closing.
Ju Won.
I'll get going, then.
Han Ju Won.
Are you his colleagues on the force?
- Yes, sir. - I heard a lot about you.
I'm Han Gi Hwan, Ju Won's father.
It's an honor to meet you, Chief Superintendent Han.
I'm Inspector Hwang Gwang Yeong.
It's a pleasure.
- I'm Officer Cho Gil Gu. - I see.
Could you spare some time?
- I can't right now... - It won't take long.
Can you keep it short?
- I really am quite busy. - With what?
Poking around a case that's over?
- I'll get going, then. - That's enough.
Please, Ju Won. It's what I wish.
It's what your dad wishes.
Your wish?
I understand since everyone on the job...
gets caught up in a case that they feel destined to solve.
You can't end it though or move on from it.
I get that, Ju Won.
It's true...
that I've been a strict father.
It's just that always see you as a young kid who needs help.
- I'm sorry... - Don't.
- Ju Won. - I've lived as your son...
for 28 years.
But throughout those 28 years,
the time I've actually been able to see your face...
only adds up to about a year.
You sent me to England at eight...
and never came to visit.
So what gives you the right to act like a father?
Get out.
Don't you ever do it again.
I'm...
not like the woman who fell for your lies...
and had your child just to die in the end.
I'm different.
Darn brat.
(Location)
It must be your son.
This is why one shouldn't have kids.
What did you just say?
What? Oh, it's nothing.
Do you still carry two phones these days?
I receive a lot of calls from local residents.
You should get that.
Don't be ridiculous.
It's been a while since we got together for dinner.
But I'm the only one eating.
What is it? Go ahead and tell me.
Gosh, there's no agenda.
All I wanted was to have dinner with you.
The yellowtail would laugh at that.
You asked me to meet you tonight...
and ordered a plate of this fatty yellowtail.
Just tell me what this is about.
Mr. Lee,
could I obtain an antidepressant without a prescription?
- Something strong? - No, that would be too addictive.
Hasn't it gotten worse...
than him just hearing a woman's voice?
He'll need something stronger then.
Gosh, I never said it was for my son.
My gosh. For someone who's been a councilwoman for years,
your acting is truly embarrassing.
How long have I known your son?
For about 21 years.
Has it been that long?
I hear that Lee Yu Yeon was found.
In the basement wall of her own home.
- So it seems. - I wonder how that happened.
Well, the psychopath must've killed her...
and stashed her in there.
Why? Does that worry you?
In what way, I wonder.
The development, my land, and my money.
Also, the possibility of becoming the Mayor of Munju...
as well as your son.
I said it wasn't for my son!
Fine.
Tuck your worries away and trust me.
I've put everything I have into this city...
which means I'll fight with my life.
I'll get you the antidepressant,
so get your precious son...
away from that nut case Lee Dong Sik.
If our work gets scrapped because he pokes around,
I'll see to it...
that we all burn.
Darn.
Just take the darn call, will you?
Gosh.
(Autopsy Report)
(National Forensic Service)
What's with this NFS report?
Ji Hwa, Dong Sik lost it and took off.
Exactly. What is the report saying?
The collar bone hasn't been broken.
Kang Jin Mook kills his victims by strangling them.
So the collar bone should have been broken.
Dong Sik. About Yu Yeon...
I didn't kill Yu Yeon.
I'm serious.
I told you I didn't kill her.
Wait. You can't just barge in here.
(Lee Dong Sik)
Where's Lee Yu Yeon's body? My sister...
I'm her family.
In unit number two.
The scapula, the fibula,
the ilium, the ribs, and the lumbar.
Multiple fractures were detected.
You see this in bodies that fell from high ground.
More often in car accidents.
Multiple fractures of this severity...
mean that some nutjob...
ran her over again and again to make sure she never survives.
What on earth happened to Lee Yu Yeon back in 2000?
(Chief Nam Sang Bae)
Hey.
Mr. Nam. So...
Where are you right now?
There's so much I want to ask you.
But I just...
I mean...
What did you do back then?
What?
And what happened to Yu Yeon?
What are you hiding, for goodness' sake?
Were you really the one...
to murder Kang Jin Mook?
(Dong Sik)
The person you have reached is not available. Please leave a message...
I feel lonely to leave without you.
I feel so lonely.
Don't cry.
Don't cry tonight
I'll track the chief's phone.
Are you sure about this?
I'm sure. I heard it.
All right.
(Han Ju Won)
Yes?
Mr. Lee.
Something has happened to Chief Nam Sang Bae.
I saw it.
No, I didn't see it, but I heard it.
There was a recording device on the ground,
and I found a pool of blood.
I think Chief Nam was beaten, and then kidnapped.
He was taken in a gray SUV.
What did you say? Kidnapped?
I think the license plate had an "H" in it.
but I couldn't see the numbers.
I'm in pursuit now.
- Where are you now? - Local Highway 77.
Which direction?
I'm continuing straight in the direction of Tongmoon.
Tongmoon is downstream of the Han River.
And...
The sea is nearby.
The sea could be their destination.
I put a tracking device on the Chief.
I'm following the signal.
I'll make I don't lose them.
I'll make sure I don't lose them.
I'll catch this guy no matter what.
I'll stop him no matter what.
I'm going to rescue Chief Nam,
and catch the culprit, no matter who it is.
I'm going to catch this jerk.
No matter what.
I will catch him, for sure.
I'm on my way.
I'll hurry.
Be careful until I arrive.
Inspector Han, do you hear me?
Respond.
You need to be careful.
All right. I'll be waiting.
Nam Sang Bae, 60 years old, Chief of Manyang Substation,
currently suspected to be kidnapped.
The kidnapper's vehicle is a silver SUV with plates containing "H".
In pursuit on Local Highway 77, heading towards Tongmoon.
Requesting backup.
And...
please track a cell phone for me.
010-0421-1001.
The phone's owner is Han Ju Won,
of the Manyang Police Substation.
My partner.
(Location)
(Speed)
Shoot.
(Lee Dong Sik)
Where are you?
I'm about 500m in from the sign for Sammihang.
The signal just stopped.
I'm about 100m away from them in my car.
They're on the move again.
They're moving slowly, probably on foot.
But it's so dark I can't see.
Since the tracking device is not that accurate,
I need to get out and find him on foot.
You're going to go alone?
I'll be careful. Don't worry. Just come here quick.
No... No.
What? What is it?
Darn it.
(911 Rescue Team)
I'm so... I'm so sorry.
I'm so...
He's... He's dead.
Chief.
Wake up, Chief.
- Wake up. Wake up! - You can't do this here.
- Chief! - Stop.
Wake up!
Chief!
Mr. Nam! Mr. Nam...
I feel lonely to leave without you.
I feel so lonely.
Don't cry.
Don't cry tonight.
(Beyond Evil)
Do you feel guilty that you're alive?
You're wrong. Life in itself is misery.
The fact that I'm breathing and still alive...
feels like a nightmare.
Who are the two unsuspected people?
The report from 21 years ago.
The report is the only thing that's missing?
I will kill too.
You know, don't you?
You know who killed her.