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(Final Episode)
Who are you?
Ms. Kwak Young Shil?
Sorry?
Do you know...
who I am?
Who are you?
Someone who knew you...
for a very long time.
I had no idea...
you were alive.
Ms. Choi.
Why are you out here?
Where's Young Shil?
Doctor. Gyung Sun...
I mean, Young Shil...
disappeared.
What you mean? I thought my mom was here.
(New message)
We tracked the number that sent the text,
and it was a burner phone.
I asked Ms. Son to track the phone.
You'll get a call again.
He must have an objective,
seeing how he threatened you with the picture.
What does he want?
Who are you?
Ms. Ma Yi Deum.
Cho Gap Soo.
Are you the one...
who took my mom?
So why did you push me...
onto the edge of the cliff?
Do you know how I got to where I am?
If anyone tried to come at me,
I killed them...
and stepped on them to get here.
As in, I'm not someone...
a kid like you can take down.
Whatever. What did you do with my mom?
She's still alive.
Hey, you!
You rotten scumbag.
If you touch my mom,
I'll kill you!
I'll chase you to the end of the earth and kill you!
Ms. Ma.
Your mother first.
Let me see my mom.
Give her the phone. Now.
If you want to see her,
bring me the journal.
What?
Baek Sang Ho's original journal.
Don't remove a single page,
and bring it to me.
Did you...
abduct my mom for the journal?
What can you do with the journal now?
That's up to me.
You just have to bring me the journal.
No.
Send me my mom first.
Then I'll give you the journal.
You really are a funny little girl.
What?
Do you want...
to see your mom's corpse instead?
I killed her once already.
- I can kill her again. - Cho Gap Soo!
I'll give you exactly one hour.
If you want...
to see your mom alive,
bring me...
that journal.
- Ma. - I'm sorry.
Without this, my mom may die.
I heard.
First, calm down.
He can't hurt your mother...
until he gets the journal.
- Ma'am. - Trust me.
If you go now, you'll lose the journal...
and your mom won't be safe either.
She's right.
He won't hand over your mother that easily.
Where did you agree to meet him?
Near Yeongpa Mountain.
That burner phone you asked me to track...
was located in Juyoung-dong.
Juyoung-dong?
- Are you sure? - Yes.
He planned to take the journal...
but not give us your mother.
You go to Juyoung-dong,
- and find her mother. - Yes, ma'am.
Then I'll take the journal to Cho Gap Soo.
Not alone. Go with Mr. Koo.
No. I'll go alone.
If he gets suspicious, he may hurt my mom.
It's too dangerous.
Don't worry. I won't give him anything.
Once you find my mom,
I'll bring the journal back.
Please.
I'll do whatever it takes to buy time.
I'll find her as quickly as I can.
I'll be back.
Where's my mom?
Did you bring the journal?
I need to make sure my mom is alive first.
You're in no position...
to make demands.
Same goes for you.
You...
need this journal too.
You won't hand it over nicely,
is that it?
Let me ask you something.
Why are you doing this to my mom and me?
What do you mean?
What do you have against us?
Your mom started it all.
I warned you...
to stay out of it!
Cho Gap Soo.
You think you can do something with this?
Don't make me laugh.
Even without this,
we have plenty of evidence against you.
You can't get out of it.
If we add abduction, murder, and blackmailing,
the least you'll get is imprisonment for life.
What are you doing?
There's not much time.
Make your decision.
Forget it if you don't want to.
You must not have feelings for your mom...
since you two separated 20 years ago.
- Chul Yong. - Fine!
I'll give you the notes, so tell him to move away.
Did you hear that? Leave the place.
Tell me. Where is my mom?
I got it.
Burn it all down.
Mom!
Cho Gap Soo! Tell me!
Where is my mom? Where is she?
Where's my mom?
Mom!
Mom.
Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Mom!
It's hot.
Hello! Mom?
Mom!
Ms. Ma, move out of the way.
Mom!
- Ms. Ma! - Mom! Mom!
Mom! Mom!
Be careful.
What about Park Chul Yong?
He was just arrested. He's being interrogated.
Have we located Cho Gap Soo?
We're tracking him right now.
Please tell Ms. Min that we saved...
Ms. Ma's mother.
Mom.
Are you okay?
You must have been surprised.
The doctor said...
that you breathed in a lot of smoke,
but it won't be a problem.
It's been such a long time,
hasn't it?
I'm sorry.
- I... - It's okay.
I know.
You're more beautiful in person.
You saw me?
I became a prosecutor instead of a doctor.
Do you remember?
I told you I'd treat you well after getting rich.
I'm sorry.
Why would you say that to your daughter?
It's okay. Do what feels comfortable.
It's okay if you don't remember.
I remember it all.
I told you. It's okay.
That's not it.
Whenever I look at you,
my eyes tear up.
At least your eyes...
must remember me.
Maybe if you see this,
you might get your memories back.
Look. You haven't changed a bit.
You look exactly the same.
Don't go anywhere from now on.
Okay?
Hey.
Are you feeling okay?
How long were you planning to hide her?
I'm sorry.
Let's say you hid her because of Cho Gap Soo.
But what about when I went to Bujin Island?
You should have told me then!
I'm speechless.
Ms. Ma.
I'm really sorry.
I did something horrible.
However, I lived with Gyung Sun...
as if she was my real sister.
Thank you.
For keeping...
my mom alive.
Excuse me.
Are you Kwak Young Shil?
Ms. Ma's mother.
Who are you?
My name is Min Ji Sook.
I used to be Ma's boss.
I see.
You must be startled.
Thank you...
for...
being alive.
Have you...
ever...
met me before?
We almost did...
20 years ago.
Had we met back then...
Anyway, I'm so glad.
Ma missed you so much.
Yes, Ms. Son.
Okay. I'll be right over.
They found Cho Gap Soo.
Stay with your mother. I'll go.
What are you talking about?
Of course I have to come.
Ms. Ma.
I will catch him with my hands.
But...
I'll take...
good care of Young Shil.
Park Myung Il has an illegitimate daughter...
between him and Madam Kim from Myungwolgwan.
He loves his daughter.
She's attending an arts middle school...
while focusing on piano.
He requested sponsorship for her recital,
so I sent 20,000 dollars in cash.
Do you still not get what's going on?
This kind of blackmailing...
won't make me stop the investigation.
Prime Minister.
To be honest,
I'm already covered in mud.
It won't be any problem to have...
the world know about my daughter.
If people find out...
about your illegitimate child,
Your...
political career...
will be threatened.
Threatened?
What would be worse? Taking care...
of your illegitimate child,
or being hosted by...
women as young as your daughter?
Don't ever come here again.
Sir.
Sir!
Let go. Let go!
Let go!
(Baek Sang Ho)
Gap Soo. Is it getting hard?
Sang Ho.
I'm sorry.
I...
I shouldn't have sent you like that.
After losing you,
I lost everything.
I'll serve you from now on.
Come with me.
Okay.
All right.
Let's go together.
He's at Dukyeong Mountain.
He stopped moving after getting there.
Due to the sudden death of our criminal subject,
the special investigation...
came to an end before completion.
I sincerely apologize for this.
(Special Prosecution)
She's here.
Gosh. What's with all the long faces?
We didn't lose.
It's a little unfortunate.
Sexual favors will only be seen as a compulsion.
Most of them already got out of it.
We still have the trial left.
So keep working hard.
Yes. Most of the time, the prosecution...
will go to trial,
but this time, we'll be going.
We're a one-stop service.
Just like CAGU.
- Ma. - Yes?
- Yeo. - Yes?
I'll trust you two.
Please wrap up the trial well.
Case No. 2017GO8771.
A case of obstruction of business.
Case No. 2017GO8776.
Obstruction in exercising a right.
Case No. 2017GO8960.
Murder.
Case No. 2017GO8992.
Instigation of murder.
The trial will cover the said cases.
Is the defendant here?
Yes.
Cho Gap Soo!
No!
I can't let you die this easily.
You have to pay for your crimes.
Prosecution. Proceed with your statement.
Defendant Cho Gap Soo...
created an illegal lobbying space...
and obtained unjust profit.
He forced female staff to do sexual favors.
He threatened them not to disclose...
what happened.
Between Hankuk University and high officials,
he became a broker and arranged...
admission fees. In the process,
he gained more profit.
In addition,
in order to hide his weakness,
he attempted murder several times.
To get rid of the evidence of his crime,
he instigated murder.
He was shameless with committing crimes.
In order to get rid of evidence,
he even committed murder.
To this,
the prosecution will raise following indictments.
Article 326 of Criminal Law.
Obstruction to exercising rights.
Article 126, bribery.
Article 132, receiving bribery.
Article 123, abuse of one's official authority.
Article 231, forging documents.
Article 314, obstruction of business.
In addition, Article 253.
Murder by deception.
Also, applying Paragraph 1 of Article 250,
he must be charged for instigating murder.
We would like to indict him...
for the said eight sections.
Ex-mayor of Yeongpa, Cho Gap Soo,
was said to be ill after attempting suicide,
but he appeared at court today.
Due to his health, Cho requested...
a suspension of execution of confinement,
but his doctor confirmed his condition...
and the request was declined.
Cho Gap Soo's indictment includes...
abuse of official authority, bribery,
blackmailing, and accepting bribery.
He was charged for eight crimes.
Aside from the charges previously revealed,
murder and instigation of murder were added,
causing shock to many.
- Cho Gap Soo? - According to...
prosecution, Cho Gap Soo...
abducted and confined a victim who tried...
to testify for the Hyungjae Factory Case...
in 1996.
He also gave the order for her murder.
1996?
Gyung Sun.
Tell me.
You must know what Cho Gap Soo...
did to me.
Gyung Sun.
How can you be like this?
How much longer will you make me a fool?
Gyung Sun!
I...
feel sorry for Yi Deum.
Her mother showed up after 20 years...
just to be a nuisance.
Gyung Ja.
I need to get my memory back.
So please, tell me.
What happened between Cho Gap Soo and me?
- I can't tell you. - Gyung Ja.
Please... Let's bury it.
It was 20 years ago.
Plus, Cho Gap Soo has been caught.
You're okay now.
Yes?
Ms. Kwak Young Shil. What brings you here?
You said... We almost met...
20 years ago, right?
Yes.
I want to know...
what happened back then.
I was...
a victim of sexual torture?
Yes.
I was the prosecutor on the case.
When Cho Gap Soo was acquitted after his trial,
you called me,
saying you had information for me.
I see.
I'm sorry.
It's because...
I couldn't catch him back then...
that you went through such terrible things...
for the past 20 years.
You attempted suicide at a lookout...
on Dukyeong Mountain, correct?
Yes.
Why there?
You could've chosen your house, or the river.
Must I disclose that too?
Answer the question.
Ask proper questions first.
Prosecution. Where are you going with this?
It's to establish his relationship...
with the late Baek Sang Ho.
Defendant.
Answer the question.
Fine.
It is a place I frequented for a while.
The Dukyeong Mountain Lookout...
Baek Sang Ho went there as well, correct?
(Went to Dukyeong Mountain Lookout with Gap Soo.)
October 16, 2017.
"Went to Dukyeong Mountain Lookout..."
"with Gap Soo."
"He said everything will be good from now on."
"I promised to serve him with all my heart."
Just before attempting suicide, you tried...
to fight one last time with the journal.
Once everyone turned their backs on you,
and everything was lost,
you must've remembered a certain person.
The person who was loyal to you for many years.
Baek Sang Ho.
Stop writing fiction, and ask your question.
Did you see what that loyal Baek Sang Ho...
wrote in his journal about you just before he died?
"I'm heading to see..."
"Cho Gap Soo to get the video."
"I hope..."
"this will not be..."
"my last."
Baek Sang Ho knew...
that you may kill him.
And yet, he clung onto a sliver of hope...
and went to you.
And yet, what did you do to him?
You put this pen in his hand,
used his brother as bait, and made him write...
a suicide note, taking the blame for your crimes.
And then, you killed him with your own hands.
Correct?
I did not kill him.
Baek Sang Ho died on his own.
We have this pen with your fingerprint,
and there's a record that he went to see you.
But you didn't kill him?
I told you already.
That's right.
I also wish Baek Sang Ho committed suicide.
What was that?
If he died by the hands of a worthless scumbag...
with no sense of loyalty or conscience like you,
how sad would that have been for him?
Isn't that right?
(Trial for instigating Kwak Young Shil's murder)
Prosecution.
Question your witness.
When did you...
first meet Kwak Young Shil?
It was in May of 1996.
What was your occupation at the time?
I was the director of Sena Mental Hospital.
What was Kwak Young Shil's condition at the time?
I am asking your opinion as a psychiatrist.
She was...
extremely normal.
And?
She said she had a daughter...
and begged for her freedom.
She pleaded and cried every day.
Doctor! I'm not crazy! I mean it!
You know that too.
Please, please let me out.
She said she wasn't crazy,
and that she had been abducted.
By whom?
Cho Gap Soo.
At the time, did you know who Cho Gap Soo was?
No.
I found out after looking him up online.
He was the chief of police at the time,
and was on trial for the Hyungjae factory...
sexual torture.
I thought, perhaps, he had abducted her...
because of that, and...
You thought that, and?
In 2003,
Baek Sang Ho demanded that I kill Kwak Young Shil.
That's when I knew for sure.
He said...
a previous chief of police was running for office,
and that...
he didn't want Kwak Young Shil alive.
Who did he say ordered the murder?
Cho Gap Soo.
Your Honor.
We'd like to call Cho Gap Soo to the stand.
May 12, 1996. You abducted Kwak Young Shil...
from Dongyang Hospital, correct?
Do you admit it?
I do not remember.
Baek Sang Ho, who was with you, wrote this.
"Found Kwak Young Shil, Chief Cho Gap Soo's..."
"sexual torture victim in the elevator."
"Abducted her to prevent future problems."
Do you have proof that what's written there...
is true?
Your Honor.
We submit into evidence the journal entry...
describing the crime, and the hospital record...
proving the defendant was discharged that same day.
You also tried to kill Kwak Young Shil...
last November, correct?
I did not.
Your Honor.
We submit into evidence...
a recording of defendant ordering Park Chul Yong...
to commit murder.
She's alive, is that it?
Kill them both.
Just one week ago,
you tried to kill Kwak Young Shil again.
- I'm being framed! - Your Honor.
We submit into evidence...
a recording of him threatening...
to kill Kwak Young Shil to her daughter.
I killed her once already.
I can kill her again.
He tried to kill the same person three times.
Defendant.
Do you think Kwak Young Shil...
isn't a person...
but a bug you can step on at any time?
Otherwise, how could you destroy a person's life...
and that person's family's life like that?
Defense.
Do you have a final argument?
I'm not sure.
Your Honor.
May I make a plea myself?
Go ahead.
When I was 17 years old,
my father passed away.
There's something he used to always say.
"Sacrifices are necessary to accomplish big things,"
"and progress is made..."
"through certain people's hard work."
I wanted to live by those words.
I wanted to sacrifice myself...
for the benefit of the world.
That is why I worked hard.
I never once lived for myself.
I lived for the nation...
and the government.
If someone was sacrificed in the process,
that was unavoidable.
As I looked at the faces...
of the people in this courtroom...
judging me and resenting me,
I reflected on my life.
I also asked myself what it was...
that I did wrong.
All I did...
was work hard...
and look toward the future.
If that is a crime,
I will...
gladly accept that judgment.
However!
I have no regrets.
Prosecution. Give your closing argument.
In 1986,
a woman was sexually tortured by the defendant,
and that woman...
tried to tell the world of that nightmare.
Kwak Young Shil.
Thereafter, that woman...
was abducted by the defendant,
and for 20 years,
she was separated from her family.
Why did the justice department...
forgive the defendant who committed...
such a heinous sex crime back then?
If the law back then...
had heeded the victims a little more...
and applied the law equally to the defendant,
perhaps the woman's misery may have been prevented.
Moreover,
perhaps we could've prevented...
the tragedies of actresses committing suicide...
due to sexual humiliation...
and the murders of minors...
being covered up.
As I watched the defendant...
refuse to make a single excuse,
who does not repent in the slightest,
I asked myself this one question.
When will the law judge that defendant...
who believes it is only natural...
to step on and use the weak,
and never once repented for what he did?
When will it judge him?
I believe it is now.
That defendant...
believes his only crime was working hard.
Thus, we must make him forfeit working hard...
and remove him forever from this society.
Now is the time for the law to take action.
Thus, the prosecution...
requests the harshest punishment available.
We request the death sentence.
The court has made a decision.
This court orders that the defendant...
Cho Gap Soo be executed.
What? What do you mean?
Me? Executed?
This trial is concluded.
Wait. Your Honor! Answer me!
Why should I be executed?
Why should I be executed? Why?
Let go! Who are you...
to judge me?
Do you know what justice is?
Do you know what true sacrifice is?
I won't die.
I won't die like this!
I'm Cho Gap Soo!
I won't die like this!
Yi Deum?
Yi Deum.
Mom.
Yi Deum.
Mom's here.
Mom.
I'm sorry, Yi Deum. I'm so sorry.
Come on, Mom.
I'm sorry.
Mom.
(1 year later)
(Let's live a moral life)
Hey. Tae... Tae Kyoo.
What... Tae Kyoo.
Tae Kyoo.
So this is where we meet again.
Cho Gap Soo... No.
8389.
I told you not to buy me more clothes.
Isn't it pretty?
Try it on.
- It's the same as yours? - Yes, so we match.
Let's return it if it's too big.
- Should we return it? - Oh, my.
How did you know what size I wear?
As in, you don't want to return it, right?
I'm hot. I'll go get the drinks.
Okay.
Two coffees, please.
Babe, did you decide what you want?
- I'm sorry. - What's wrong?
I confused her for you.
She looks nothing like me.
She's right.
It's warm.
Yi Deum. I'm busy. I have to go to work.
- Let's drink on the way. - While walking?
- Hold on. Wait. - Okay.
It's cold out. Put it on.
Is that good? Good.
- I'll carry that. - Okay.
I'm a former prosecutor. At your service.
You...
(Oh Soo Chul Law Office, Legal Clerk Park Hoon Soo)
Oh, my gosh.
Yi Deum. Do you face injustice in this world?
And if I do? I should hire Mr. Oh to represent me?
Right? Mr. Oh is a bit...
Change wet tissue brands.
This one is really dry and stiff.
Plus, when you do something like this,
wear something like this.
It's humiliating.
You really are an ace.
Let's not see each other again.
We should once in a while.
Later.
She hasn't changed.
- Work hard. - It's cold. Go.
Okay. Bye.
- Ms. Ma? - Ms. Son!
- Are you back? - Yes!
- Have you been well? - Of course.
What about you?
I'm on paternity leave.
Ha Ra, say hi.
- This is Ms. Ma Yi Deum. - Hi.
Actually, why don't you hold her? Let's take...
- a picture. - Okay.
Okay. It's cold, so let's hurry.
1, 2, 3.
Yes. He took it. He took it.
But... Here. Look.
Didn't it come out nicely?
But look.
You can see the office too.
They came out nice.
- It's so cold. - Come here.
Is everyone doing well?
Of course.
(Law Office)
I don't think you'll need to worry.
It'll be fine.
You heard, right?
After being the special prosecutor,
Ms. Min's law office is doing really well.
"The above named investigated..."
"and uncovered the truth behind a case..."
"in which the testimony of a sex crime victim..."
"was distrusted, and pursued justice."
"For this, she is awarded."
"Signed, Park Min Soo, Minister of Justice."
Ms. Jang received an award...
for being a top humanitarian prosecutor.
Ms. Seo...
Your Honor.
We request that the defendant,
who shows no remorse,
be sentenced to life in prison.
She seems like a real prosecutor now.
What about you? How have you been?
Are you a lawyer again?
Me?
(Ma Yi Deum)
Ms. Son. The Im Won Jin case...
- Ms. Ma. - It's been a year.
Are you returning to the Prosecutors' Office?
Naturally.
Wow. Yi Deum.
I told you, right?
That once I return, I'll be above you, and...
You'll rearrange my brain.
Bingo.
What is this?
I got it on my way here. Don't read into it.
Consider it like pie from a new neighbor.
Like pie?
This is too expensive.
Then buy me a drink to celebrate.
Gosh.
Drink slowly. No one's chasing you.
Okay.
I'm ready now.
For what?
I'm ready to accept your feelings for me.
What about my feelings?
You must know that better than anyone else.
Must I say it myself?
I don't understand.
Okay.
Look.
(Are you sleeping? What are you doing?)
Why do you send me messages like these?
It's always when I'm asleep, too.
I sent these because...
I wondered if you were sleeping well.
That's your way of saying you miss me.
It is not. That's not what I meant.
I'm serious. I wondered if you were sleeping.
Okay, okay. Then...
why did you join CAGU, of all departments?
I've been there before, so it's easier to adjust.
And I'm going to request the Special Unit later.
Special Unit...
You have such diverse excuses.
You can't talk your way out of this one.
You know what it means to give a guy...
a watch, right?
I told you, I picked it up on my way to work.
I told you to think of it...
like a pie from a new neighbor.
Hey.
Is that it?
Hey, you.
This is it?
Is this really it?
You should finish what you started.
Hey, you. Are you bailing on me?
He's really sleeping.
Ms. Ma?
Hello, Yeo.
What are you doing tonight?
What else? I'm working.
What are you doing after work?
What else? I'll leave work.
Let's go together when you leave work.
Well...
Why?
Why else?
I want to be with you during those 30 minutes.
Your time...
belongs to me now.
Are you insane?
Yi Deum.
She's so cute.
Are you ready?
I'm a second year now.
This one is very dangerous.
Let's go.
I said I'd come once I'm summoned.
Get me the Supreme Prosecutor! Now!
Why you... Hold on. I'll call back.
What year are you guys?
Don't you follow procedures and order here?
How dare you order me here and try to make me...
Keep it down.
I suggest you tell the truth from now on.
I'm the famous prosecutor Ma Yi Deum.