(Connection)
(All characters, organizations, and events in this drama are fictitious.)
(Final Episode)
- Let's talk for a minute. - Unit Chief.
- Ma'am, if you act like this... - Outside.
Where do you think you're going?
Didn't you hear that we're gathering in ten minutes?
I heard.
I have something to talk to him about before then.
Outside.
Unit Chief Jeong, what do you think you're doing?
You barge in...
You're several years my junior. How dare you speak casually to me?
We won't run away. Don't worry.
Still, this isn't right!
He's a suspect!
Who are you calling a suspect?
Did you collect his hair with his consent?
Who knows if that was Jang Jae Gyeong's hair or yours?
What you did was illegal.
Outside.
My gosh!
Are you a thug?
Unit Chief.
Since when?
The 23rd of last month or...
The 23rd?
That was the day you bought us beef for your promotion.
Yes.
Did something happen after the team dinner that night?
I went to the restroom afterward,
and someone jumped me from behind.
I lost my memory after that,
but when I opened my eyes,
I was inside Anhyun City Hall Station.
Then, you didn't take them yourself.
There were times when I did.
Jang Jae Gyeong. Listen carefully.
The Chief of Police wants to interrogate you himself.
Anyway, the process of how you got addicted wasn't your own will.
It doesn't matter that you took the pills later on.
- Unit Chief. - Who else knows about this?
Chang Soo knows.
That's why they called Chang Soo.
Chang Soo had been bought out by CEO Yoon.
He admitted it himself.
Jang Jae Gyeong.
From now on, you were first exposed to drugs...
at Anhyun Shopping Mall.
You were so busy focusing on the investigation...
that you didn't have the time to take care of your own health.
A positive result on the hair test?
That can't explain when you first got hooked on drugs.
- No, ma'am, that's not... - Be quiet.
You got into this mess...
because you didn't listen to your unit chief.
I don't even have that many on my unit,
but one is in custody for murder...
and another one is in custody for a drug offense.
(Connection)
(Anhyun Economic Daily)
(Park Jun Seo)
("Bioindustrial Complex to Develop in Anhyun Until 2028")
Jeong Sang Eui.
Where did you get those photos?
If you know where I got them,
do you have the courage to write the article?
What?
If you tell me to write an article,
do I have to do as you say without even questioning you?
I'm not telling you to write it.
What if Jun Seo is asking you to?
Jun Seo...
wanted to get revenge on Won Jong Soo, Park Tae Jin, and those jerks.
You know that now too.
The bioindustrial complex, the Pilo-dong Development...
Stopping them from doing that is getting revenge for Jun Seo.
It was something your friend wanted. Can't you do that much for him?
Hey, Sang Eui.
You don't have the right to utter the word, "friend."
That thing you insist is friendship...
That's not friendship.
It's obsession.
Jun Seo...
wanted to get revenge on Won Jong Soo and Park Tae Jin?
Don't make me laugh.
You're the one who wants to get revenge.
You just wanted to believe that Jun Seo would've wanted that.
That's not true, so shut it.
You shut it!
You fed drugs to a friend and controlled him.
What right do you have to talk about friends and friendship?
You know,
I always hated people...
who couldn't say a word upfront...
but tried to mess people up behind their backs like you.
I'm going to run this article no matter what.
But,
not because of you or Jun Seo.
People with money and power...
can do anything and get away with it.
Then there are parasites who sponge off them...
while trying to pick the crumbs off the floor.
I can't stand such people anymore.
That's why I'll write the article.
Do you understand?
You're going to be next.
I won't let you get away with it.
(Anhyun Economic Daily)
What's this story about?
Shut the door.
("Bioindustrial Complex to Develop in Anhyun Until 2028")
Did you make a deal?
Did you get this story for the front page...
in exchange for taking out the story on Won Jong Soo's drug use?
Isn't this story better and fresher?
"Son of a conglomerate gets arrested for drug use."
- Aren't we sick of such news? - Come on.
The city and the company are trying to coexist.
We should help.
What?
Are you speechless because I'm right?
Also, Keumhyung Group is the sole major company rooted in Anhyun.
Our business is in Anhyun.
If we make enemies with Keumhyung Group, we'd be out of business.
There's no copy.
I didn't tamper with it. It's as it was since I was tipped off.
I'm going to take this...
and pour in all of my experience and research...
and start writing the story.
Take a look at it,
and if you have an ounce of courage left in you, let's release it.
If you don't dare,
this will be the last time you see me.
(Temporary Evidence Storage)
Unit Chief,
give me a moment with Chang Soo.
Sure, go ahead.
I'll have a brief chat with him.
It's not allowed. Please step back.
Then I'll speak to him in your presence.
Captain Jang.
Why did you do it?
How did you end up working with CEO Yoon?
Is that important?
One word from me, and your career will go down the drain.
Enough fooling around and tell me. Why did you do it?
You know what druggies are like.
They buy drugs because they love it.
There's no point running around to catch such people.
No matter how many we catch, there will be more.
So?
I thought...
it would be better to have someone like CEO Yoon...
to help manage the existing druggies to stop it from spreading.
Is that why there's an overflow of Lemon Mulberry on the market...
and people are dying from withdrawal symptoms?
Do you call this good management?
How much longer?
How much longer should we do the same thing?
Do you think there's an end to this work?
No.
Didn't you know that was the nature of our job?
If you don't clean up today's garbage because there will be more tomorrow,
what will happen?
It's tough.
It's tiring and boring. There's no end to it.
However,
that's our job.
You passed information for money.
You betrayed your colleague...
and killed someone.
Don't you dare call that an excuse...
ever again.
Because it embarrasses me to know...
you once worked under me.
Shouldn't you be pleading?
You should be pleading with me to put in a good word for you!
(Interrogation Room)
Go ahead.
Chairman.
Sit down.
An arrest warrant will be issued for Jong Soo.
There's no concern about him escaping,
but there's a concern about him destroying evidence.
He produced and used drugs,
so he'll likely be arrested.
However, he doesn't have any criminal records.
Also, the fact he only used it by himself will be taken into account.
I presume he won't be sentenced.
"By himself?"
What about the second son of Yigu Group's Chairman Han?
Yigu Group will remain untouched.
What will you do about the drug you sold?
Someone has to take responsibility for it.
There's a guy named Jeong Sang Eui.
He's a researcher at Keumhyung Pharmaceutical...
who actually makes the drug.
We'll conclude...
that he did it out of selfish greed.
Now,
tell me what you want.
I want to be in complete charge...
of the upcoming bioindustrial complex development...
as well as the Pilo-dong Development Plan.
Also, please give me...
six percent of Keumhyung's share of the Pilo-dong development.
All right.
Now,
will you quit being a prosecutor?
Yes.
I plan to resign...
right after wrapping up Jong Soo's case.
Was this your plan all along?
I'm not sure.
Well,
I had planned for something easier.
No matter what it was,
you won.
Jang Jae Gyeong.
Yes?
Your answers can only be yes or no.
Your drug test came out positive.
Do you admit to this?
Yes.
What about you?
How did you find out he was on drugs?
I found out while interrogating Kim Dae Sung...
who was under arrest.
What did he say?
That he was on-site when Captain Jang was administered the drug.
He said the amount was too much for anyone to handle...
unless Captain Jang was already a drug user.
We proceeded with a hair test, and the result was positive.
Are you sure...
that hair is Captain Jang's?
- Yes. - Where did you get it?
- Why are you... - Don't ask where he got it...
or say that they didn't get his approval. Take those questions to court.
- Kim Chang Soo. - Yes.
You worked alongside Captain Jang, right?
Did you know he was using drugs?
- Sir! - Be quiet.
He was first exposed to the drug while arresting Lee Geun Ho...
and Kim Dae Sung.
Be quiet.
If anything, he should be given an award.
Is this what he gets for not sparing himself at work?
Unit Chief Jeong!
I knew about it.
How?
Because I drugged him.
What?
Kim Chang Soo.
Tell them the truth.
You have my phone, don't you?
Where is his phone?
We've been holding it after confiscating it.
Go get it.
What are you trying to do?
Captain.
Can you prove that that is Lemon Mulberry?
That's my desk.
There was one Lemon Mulberry pill in my desk drawer at the time,
but it went missing.
And before that?
From that situation, Captain Jang already looks addicted.
Yes, I had already gotten him addicted.
For what reason?
He suspected my relationship with CEO Yoon...
and was closing in on me.
So, I had CEO Yoon get him hooked on drugs.
Kim Chang Soo.
Look at me.
You didn't do that.
You saw me feeding you that pill.
Why would I lie in my current situation?
Inspector Jang Jae Gyeong isn't guilty of anything.
As he has done so far,
all he did was work hard without playing it safe.
Kim Chang Soo, that's not true.
Look at me!
- Hey, Jang Jae Gyeong! - No!
Why?
That's enough!
Everyone except Captain Jang,
get out.
Chief, this isn't right! This is...
Hey, Kim Chang Soo!
No, you can't fall for this, Chief!
Be quiet.
Oh Yoon Jin!
(Anhyun Economic Daily)
Get in here.
(Anhyun Economic Daily)
You've bet your life on this.
If this goes to print, you'll have to watch your back.
Yes, sir.
We'll have to split this up over a few days, right?
Are you sure about this?
It took me a while to find the courage in my guts.
You can pull this off, right?
Yes, sir.
Whatever. This paper doesn't even sell that well anyway.
Let's make a little more noise.
Oh, hey.
What did the chief say?
He said this was an accidental addiction while I was on the job...
and that I should get treated and rest.
You said you'd do that, right?
I asked him for some more time.
- Hey. - Just give me three more days.
I'll take care of things by then.
I'm sorry in many ways.
Forget it.
Captain.
Here's the composite sketch of Jeong Yoon Ho's murderer.
(Wanted, suspect on the run)
Did you come to mock me?
Did you come to see how far I've fallen?
Hey.
I'm going to get out of here within a few days.
When I get out, I'm going to kill you first, you jerk!
I'm going to rip you to shreds from now on, so beware.
- Got it? - How unexpected of you.
- What? - I thought...
you'd resent your father more than me.
Shut your mouth.
He abandoned you and chose the company,
but he's still your father. Is that it?
Let him go.
You gave orders to kill Yoon Ho.
Inciting a murder.
I plan on keeping that quiet.
I don't want you to be here...
for a long time either.
Calm down, and have a seat first.
This is your first offense, but you will get jail time.
But...
I'll get you out as soon as possible.
By the time you get out,
the bioindustrial complex construction will be on its way.
Jong Soo.
You should take charge of it starting then.
Not your father, Chairman Won Chang Ho.
You punk, are you trying to drive a wedge between me and my father again?
Hey, do you really love your father?
You still need your father's protection,
which is why you came in here so obediently.
The same goes for me.
Chairman Won Chang Ho's protection...
Well, it's still pretty useful, so I'm still staying within that range.
If not for that,
do you think I didn't have enough evidence or recordings...
to send your father to jail?
- Hey, Park Tae Jin. - Won Jong Soo.
The bioindustrial complex, the Pilo-dong development.
This has to be a success that you and I brought about.
The moment it becomes the success of Chairman Won Chang Ho,
you will live the rest of your life under your father's shadow.
Can't you see?
Seriously, you...
sure have a way with words.
Why are you doing this to me now?
- You don't need me anymore. - You said it yourself.
You're Won Chang Ho's son.
Yes, that's right.
Well, that's not something I can help.
Instead, I'm going to become the richest man in Korea.
In order to do that,
I need a business partner like you.
There's no rush, Jong Soo.
They say all you have is time in here.
Think it over nice and slow.
What it is that you really want.
And...
who you truly need by your side to achieve that.
How is Jong Soo?
He's doing fine.
It wouldn't be so bad for him to take this chance to think things over.
Oh Chi Hyun.
Brighten up, will you?
I'm leaving the prosecution next month.
I'm going to focus solely on business from now on.
To do so,
I need a friend like you by my side.
If this is because of what happened at the hideout last time,
don't worry. I've forgotten all about it.
What will happen to Sang Eui?
He's on the wanted list for now.
We'll have to take care of him,
whether it's legally or personally.
Let's go.
(Incoming call)
- Yes? - It's me, Sang Eui.
Jeong Sang Eui?
Where are you right now?
I'm in Korea.
I'm not wanted or anything like that, am I?
You... Didn't I tell you to go and stay somewhere abroad?
What are you doing, staying in Korea until now?
So you have put me on the wanted list.
Then take me off of it. I'll leave now.
Hey, I clearly gave you a chance.
I won't let you go away for long. So turn yourself in.
Tae Jin.
Can I really turn myself in?
What?
You don't really think that I don't have anything...
just because you got rid of my cell phone, do you?
When we first started the Lemon Mulberry business,
you said some things at the cafe in Hwansung...
where we met Jun Seo.
I listened to it again yesterday. Will you be okay?
Do you think you can threaten me with that much?
Well, I'm sure a guy like you will get away with it in the end.
But still, wouldn't it take some time? And it'll cause you some trouble.
So? What is it that you want?
Let's meet up first.
Let's meet up and sort out everything that needs sorting out.
There's something I want from you too, so let's talk face to face.
I'll give you back all the recordings I have when we meet.
Tell me where and when.
You decide.
Somewhere we can't record sound with no CCTV cameras.
(Anhyun Economic Daily)
You're reporter Oh Yoon Jin, right?
- Yes. - I'm...
General Manager Kim Seo Jin. I called you before.
I worked with CEO Park Jun Seo at the real estate agency.
I'll be going now too.
Oh, yes. I remember.
We met at Jun Seo's cemetery once, right?
- Yes. - But what brings you here?
This... I called Ji Yeon,
but she said she was at the hospital. She gave me your number.
Hello?
- Hey, where are you? - I'm a bit busy right now.
Hey, the construction site where Jun Seo died...
I just found out why Jun Seo asked everyone to meet him there.
What was the reason?
That construction site was...
where Chae Kyung Tae's house used to be...
before the new town was built.
(Our deepest condolences)
Chi Hyun.
Tell Tae Jin...
that he has to figure out a way...
for me and my kids to make ends meet.
Tell him I understand everything,
so he has to...
take care of us.
I will.
(Our deepest condolences)
Oh Chi Hyun.
You're under arrest for the murder of Jeong Yoon Ho.
Si Jung.
- Tell him his rights and take him. - Yes, sir.
What's the matter?
Did the withdrawal symptoms come back?
No, I'm fine.
What were you saying about the map?
Oh, right.
(Anhyun)
Look at this.
This is where Jun Seo died. The construction site in Pilo-dong.
(Construction Site for Pilo Town Houses)
And this is...
exactly where Chae Kyung Tae's house was, according to this old map.
(Chae Kyung Tae, Pilo-dong)
Right?
(Chae Kyung Tae, Pilo-dong)
Jun Seo must've thought that was where everything began.
That's why he made everyone come to that spot.
You told me Jun Seo said this the last time you saw him.
"It's late, but I'll make everything go back to where it should be."
(No Caller ID)
Hello?
It's me, Sang Eui.
Hello, ma'am.
Mr. Gong Jin Wook.
You woke up.
I am Jeong Yeon Ju, Chief of Anhyeon Police's Narcotics Unit.
Who arranged things for you to stow away?
Who was it?
Tell me.
The Doctor.
The Doctor arranged it for me.
Have you seen the Doctor? Do you know who he is?
Yes.
Who is he?
Park...
Prosecutor Park Tae Jin.
Then what about the gun?
Where is the gun?
The gun that killed CEO Yoon.
The Doctor...
has it.
There you are.
Hand over your phone.
Oh, this space.
I've emptied it out.
I'm turning 40 soon.
Isn't it childish to hang out in a hideout at this age?
Oh, and...
Look. You know what this is, right?
It's an audio recording blocker.
You're always busy doing funny things behind my back,
so I can't trust you.
Now,
hand it over.
- What? - The recording.
I know you have it.
- There's no such thing. - What?
If I'd had the evidence to take you down,
don't you think I would've handed it over to Jang Jae Gyeong long ago?
Well...
Hey.
Are you kidding me right now?
You haven't changed one bit. Get it together!
You hear me?
Hey.
How dare you...
try to blackmail me? How dare you!
Hey, I don't care what you have on me.
Never did. You moron.
What are you going to do? Tell me.
What can you even do?
A nobody like you can't do anything to me!
Hey, look at me.
I told you that not all friends were the same.
Jeong Sang Eui.
I am Park Tae Jin, you moron.
Darn you.
Hey, you called me and came here to cut a deal with me?
You couldn't even come up to me to talk to me in the past.
How dare you call me and try to pull this on me?
Park Tae Jin.
What is this?
So, this is you at your lowest low?
Hey.
You called him here too?
Why?
Were you afraid I'd kill you?
I came to ask you something.
Hey.
The rumor must be true.
Captain Yoo Kyung Hwan told me you were now a druggie,
but I didn't believe him.
Hey, he's our customer.
I'm really struggling and feel like I'm dying.
Hey, don't die.
All right. This is actually good.
What do you want to know?
If you're curious about something, ask away.
But before that,
hand over your phone.
Hey, are you all right?
Come on in.
Hey.
You two are such clowns.
One of you...
manufactured and distributed drugs,
and the other one is a police detective who's now a druggie.
Goodness. Why are my friends all such clowns?
Hey, sit down.
You said you wanted to ask me something. You'd better hurry.
In a few minutes, the investigators from the prosecution...
will raid this place.
Ask away before you guys get arrested.
Jun Seo.
He joined hands with you and decided to deal drugs...
because he wanted to take his daughter to the US to treat her condition.
- Is that all? - Hey.
You were curious about that?
You knew that Jong Soo gave...
Jun Seo 5,000 dollars to help him pay for his daughter's medicine,
right?
Yes.
Jong Soo said he wanted to show Jun Seo who the boss was.
So he teased Jun Seo with the money.
That's why...
the only hope for Jun Seo who had to deal with Jong Soo...
was that his daughter's medicine would be covered by national insurance.
But Jong Soo used his influence and got in Jun Seo's way.
After watching everything,
I went to Jun Seo.
(March, 2023)
Jong Soo got in the way of that.
Jong Soo...
stopped your daughter's medicine from getting covered...
by national insurance.
What?
Park Jun Seo.
Listen carefully.
Let's sell this drug only for three months.
That will be enough.
But he said no.
He said Jong Soo was still a friend despite everything he did.
How ridiculous it was to call him a friend.
Gosh.
Anyway, that was that.
Then he got a message from the US out of the blue.
They said they could fix his daughter if he paid them 500,000 dollars.
So this time,
Jun Seo went to Jong Soo first.
Lend me 500,000 dollars.
If Yoon Hee can regain her health,
I'll do anything you say.
Jong Soo.
I rarely ask you for help. You know that.
Hey.
I'm telling you. They're fooling you.
You said the drug was going through a clinical trial anyway.
How do you know it will be effective?
Okay.
I'll start giving you 5,000 dollars again. Just wait.
If the clinical trials go well and the drug is verified,
Korea will import it too. Right?
Come on. Move.
Jun Seo came to me the next day.
He said he would deal drugs...
until he saved up 500,000 dollars.
Happy now?
Sir.
Yes.
According to an exclusive investigative report...
by a local newspaper agency in Anhyun,
Joo In Sang, the Mayor of Anhyun,
had an inappropriate drinking party with several women...
and was entertained by them sexually.
Mayor Joo denied the accusation and claimed to be innocent.
But the scandal continues to be in the limelight.
Meanwhile, the construction...
of the bioindustrial complex in Pilo-dong is named...
the biggest development project in the history of the city.
The CEO of Keumhyung Group's son, Won Jong Soo, is the man...
leading the development project of the second new city in Anhyun.
He was arrested by the police...
for manufacturing and administrating narcotics.
His arrest came as a great shock to the public.
Mayor Joo In Sang approved of his development project...
Hey, call Park Tae Jin.
- Yes, sir. - The aforementioned business...
is on the brink of collapse.
(Secretary Park Chul Jae)
(Jeong Yeon Ju)
Any other questions?
Do you know why...
Jun Seo called you guys to come...
to the construction site in Pilo-dong, a place of complete irrelevance?
Because...
that exact spot was where Chae Kyung Tae's house used to be.
Jun Seo was going to reveal each of our secrets...
at a place where our ill-fated relationship began.
Tae Jin.
You were secretly selling the drugs to outsiders behind Jong Soo's back.
Back then, after Oh Chi Hyun and Jeong Yoon Ho killed Lee Myung Guk,
they stored his body in Youngryun Cold Storage.
Jong Soo...
killed Chae Kyung Tae 20 years ago.
- What? - What?
You didn't know?
Chae Kyung Tae didn't burn to death in the accident.
Jong Soo's name tag fell off, so he went back in there to find it.
Chae Kyung Tae woke up and begged to be spared, but Jong Soo...
murdered him.
At 11:30 p.m. on February 23,
you were called to meet him at the construction site in Pilo-dong.
And one of you killed Park Jun Seo.
Why?
In case the fact that he killed his friend 20 years ago would be revealed?
Or...
to cover up the fact that he murdered the researcher...
who blackmailed his friend?
If that wasn't it,
was it to hide the fact that...
you manufactured and sold the drugs behind your friends' backs?
On the day of Jun Seo's death,
someone stopped the elevator heading to the ninth floor...
and made it go down to the first floor.
The same person encouraged everyone...
to leave the scene quickly after confirming Jun Seo's death.
A postmortem screening was conducted on Jun Seo's body,
but this person got in the way of the autopsy to the end.
It was all done by one person.
Park Tae Jin.
Tell me the truth now.
You killed Jun Seo, didn't you?
Let me ask you one thing before that.
You're claiming it wasn't suicide.
What evidence do you have for your claim that he was murdered?
His shoes.
- What? - When Jun Seo...
fell initially, he had his shoes on.
Right.
I saw his shoes clearly.
I see.
You saw his shoes.
That was so unnecessary.
Why were they put back on the ninth floor?
You're right.
I killed Jun Seo.
Park Jun Seo...
I killed him.
Actually, I wasn't going to rush into killing him like that.
No. Killing him wasn't part of the plan...
because I didn't know the last digits of the password.
Then one day,
Jun Seo threatened to reveal everything.
I was so close.
I was almost done saving up enough money...
to invest in the Pilo-dong project.
He had shamelessly been dealing drugs all this time.
But all of a sudden, he said he would come clean.
Hey.
If you were me, would you have let him do whatever he wanted?
Would you have let him?
Thinking about it now still gets me worked up.
So...
that day at 11:30 p.m.,
when the rest of them came to the construction site,
I told him to turn on the light on the ninth floor,
and around the time the elevator reached the 4th... No, the 5th floor,
I told him to push Park Jun Seo.
That way, my alibi would be ironclad.
By then,
I would have stopped the elevator...
and set it to the 1st floor, not the 9th floor.
That's where we would have checked the body...
and tried to leave the scene...
as fast as possible.
That was...
my perfect plan.
The shoes you found on the ninth floor.
That wasn't part of my plan.
Half of the people who jump off buildings...
keep their shoes on.
- Go on. - What do you mean?
- How did you kill him? - What?
You didn't push him off when he was still alive.
He didn't even scream when he fell.
Was he not awake? Or did you drug him?
I used anesthetics.
Just enough, so it wouldn't be traced even from an autopsy.
Satisfied now?
Who was it?
The one who drugged Park Jun Seo with the anesthetics...
and pushed him off nine stories.
Who was it?
Even I'm curious...
about where he could be now.
No. Maybe, he's already dead.
Jeong Yoon Ho.
You got Jeong Yoon Ho to do it, right?
That's why...
you were determined to get rid of him.
Hey.
I'll leave it up to you to think about.
Anyway, it feels great to confide in you.
You kept asking me if I had killed Jun Seo for the past two weeks.
I couldn't exactly tell you that I did.
Jang Jae Gyeong.
For the last time,
let me ask you one more thing.
Didn't you say you lost contact with Jun Seo for 20 years?
So why are you going this far?
As far as I know,
you find friendships childish.
I'm asking why you're going this far.
Just look at yourself.
You were doing well as a detective,
but now you're addicted to drugs. You're a mess inside and out.
How could you continue your job like this?
Think this through, Jae Gyeong.
How about we take the opportunity to work together?
Don't tell me...
you're doing this to avenge Jun Seo.
Come on.
He was not the Park Jun Seo you knew from 20 years ago.
He chose us over you during Chae Kyung Tae's case.
He was always lousy since then.
He was a coward, had no ambition, and he was listless!
He sponged off of his friends and lived as a drug delivery man.
He had a pathetic life!
There's no use in sacrificing yourself for him.
His life was not worth it for you to clear his name!
Wake up.
But,
didn't he have a pretty cool ending?
Thanks to me, people even called him the Doctor.
Enough.
I helped him make big bucks...
with a new drug.
I gave him a good life,
but that ungrateful jerk acted like...
he was suddenly a new man.
What? He wants to test our friendship?
Does he want to turn things back?
Who is he to decide?
He can't even keep his wife under control.
How dare he decide to turn things back?
Hey. Also, his wife...
That woman...
Right, Choi Ji Yeon.
It didn't take much to seduce her.
I just started a few conversations, and she was at me.
What did I do?
I'm speechless.
Park Tae Jin!
(One month later)
Is the treatment going well?
Right. I heard.
I shot Park Tae Jin with your gun so you were demoted.
How are you?
Do you still not have any regrets?
Of course I don't have any regrets.
I avenged them for Jun Seo.
I was able to stay loyal to Jun Seo.
My heart is at ease.
Twenty years ago,
none of you wavered...
in front of Chae Kyung Tae's death and made a terrifying decision.
Despite that, Jun Seo took your side.
While watching him,
I decided not to believe in friendship.
I didn't want to make friends anymore.
Now that I think about it,
I tried hard...
to turn away from what happened then.
But just like Jun Seo,
I wasn't free from the haunting memories of that time.
Just look at how I lived.
Yes, that was what happened.
What about now?
Are you free like I am now?
I don't know.
Your friends either died...
or were arrested.
Yet you say you're free.
You claim you took revenge for Jun Seo.
But perhaps he never wanted one.
Just like when I reported you to the police 20 years ago,
I didn't do it for Jun Seo.
I was overwhelmed with my emotions...
and reported you for my sake.
I'm not like that.
From now on,
I'll try to live the way...
my friend Jun Seo wanted...
with the remaining friends...
he would've wanted to look after if he had been alive.
You should give it some thought in there.
What kind of person...
did your one and only friend want...
to see in you?
I'll get going.
Don't visit me again.
Listening to you...
makes me feel guilty as if I did something wrong to Jun Seo.
There's no reason to feel this way.
Right.
That password...
The four-digit password Park Tae Jin couldn't figure out...
was 0-6-1-7.
It's Choi Ji Yeon's birthdate.
Lieutenant Jang.
You requested to meet Kim Chang Soo tomorrow, right?
Yes.
He declined the request again.
He must be embarrassed to see you.
Would you pass on this message?
Tell him I won't let him get punished for something he didn't do...
and that the particulars of the case have been reported already.
Also, tell him to take care of himself.
I will.
(Late Park Jun Seo)
It has been only 49 days since he left,
yet so much has happened.
You're right.
There were...
so many people...
at his funeral.
When are you moving?
In two weeks.
Let me know if you need my help.
I'll hire movers who will pack for me.
You should still let us know if it's too much to do alone.
I will.
All right. See you another time.
Bye.
Exactly.
If you keep on being ambiguous,
how can I write the story?
Why do you want to meet? Just tell me over the phone.
You always try to resolve it in person.
How is her voice...
so loud?
Hey. Pay attention.
Okay.
Hey. You've been printing lots of articles lately.
I printed a lot before too.
What if you get scouted by the main paper...
and go to Seoul at this rate?
Hey, do you think this world is such an easy place?
Hey, still. Don't you think you'll receive...
Anhyun's Reporter of the Year Award?
Well, as long as I don't have to take any illegal requests...
or cave to external pressures.
Hey, did you see Mayor Joo In Sang's press conference yesterday?
Goodness.
Why was that guy crying?
Someone might think he was the victim.
It's finished.
Already?
(Battery charge complete)
Gosh, that was so quick.
Why?
No, about the insurance money.
It's really gone, right?
If you say that 1 more time, it'll be the 100th time.
Would I ever get the chance to get my hands on such money again?
How am I going to bring my daughter back?
Hey, if we really catch the culprit who killed Jun Seo,
don't we still have a shot?
Haven't you found out anything?
Hey, Soo Hyun. What's the occasion?
You even called your senior who's taking time off from work.
I'm sure you didn't find out anything...
while you were waiting to be assigned to a new post.
So?
Have you arrested him already?
All right. I'll be right there.
What is it?
Jun Seo's autopsy results are out.
Please take me to the police station.
Okay. What?
What are you doing? Get the engine running.
Oh, you're here.
- Are you feeling better? - Yes, I'm doing a lot better.
That man's DNA was found underneath Park Jun Seo's fingernails.
And they found an anesthetic in his blood.
(Other person's skin cells found underneath right index fingernail)
You know who he is, right?
Chairman Won Chang Ho's secretary.
Yes.
He had a prior conviction.
Thanks to that, the DNA comparison was done quickly.
So, we made the arrest pretty easily.
But it's way too easy.
What do you mean by that?
We went to arrest him,
and he followed us out as if he had been waiting for us.
And he just confessed to most parts within ten minutes of the interrogation.
He said that he killed Park Jun Seo according to Park Tae Jin's plans.
Look at this.
It's written in detail by time.
(February 22, 3 p.m., Jeogang High Chairman event attendance)
(3:30 p.m., Jun Seo visits Jeogang High, Speaks with Chairman briefly)
Chairman.
Yes, come in and have a seat.
So, you're Assemblyman Jang Tae Jung's son?
Your secretary, Mr. Park Hyuk Jae.
He has confessed to murdering Park Jun Seo.
But no matter how much we ask him,
he only says that he conspired with Park Tae Jin.
He didn't say that you made him do it.
But the notebook that Mr. Park Hyuk Jae always carried around...
said something else.
On February 22, the day before Jun Seo died,
Jun Seo came to see you, didn't he?
I am not recording this conversation.
I will turn my phone off entirely.
What did he say when he came here?
Did he perhaps say that your son, Won Jong Soo,
killed Chae Kyung Tae 20 years ago?
Yes. You can go inside.
Study hard.
Thank you.
If you have something to say, let's finish this within ten minutes.
I have my next schedule to get to.
Jong Soo...
is making drugs...
in the basement of Youngryun Cold Storage.
(Jeogang High School)
The person who delivers those drugs to Jong Soo...
is me.
Park Tae Jin is selling those drugs to the outside,
and the person who sells those drugs...
is also me.
Twenty years ago, there were six houses that got in the way...
of the first Anhyun new town development. One of them burned down.
Due to that accident,
Chae Kyung Tae burned to death.
It wasn't an accident.
Jong Soo killed him.
(Won Jong Soo)
From start to finish,
it was all baffling.
It was laughable that he showed me this name tag as if it was evidence.
Even now, you could have hundreds of those made if you just pay for it.
So, what did Jun Seo say?
Out of nowhere,
he told me to gather the boys and have them pay for their crimes.
And he asked me to help them...
protect their friendship.
Then, if I didn't do as he said,
he even threatened me that he'd reveal the boys' crimes to the world.
There was no need for me to stay there.
I didn't turn back and just left.
- That was all. - No.
February 22, 7:12 p.m.
What Jun Seo said must've weighed on you.
You called Park Tae Jin to the house.
You must've had to check that he was selling drugs.
Isn't that right?
You.
I hear you're selling drugs.
Is that true?
How did you...
Park Jun Seo stopped by.
He said he was selling drugs with you.
Tomorrow night at 11:30 p.m., he says he will gather you, Jong Soo,
and everyone else at the Pilo-dong construction site.
Until then, if I don't persuade you guys...
to repent your sins and have you face the law,
he says...
the whole world will know the next day.
So, what did he say?
Tae Jin said,
"I'm sorry," and then,
out of nowhere,
he said he'd kill Jun Seo.
He said he had to kill Jun Seo for all of this to get swept under the rug.
Then,
he explained in full detail...
how he would disguise it as a suicide.
Do you remember that plan?
How could I remember all of that?
It was nothing to pay attention to.
So, what did you say?
Did you say you'd help him?
Of course,
I told him he couldn't do that.
Do you think I brought you boys together as friends...
to see something like that happen?
Then, Tae Jin told you his plans...
to get rid of Jun Seo,
and your secretary wrote down every detail of that plan in here.
But you told him not to do so.
Then, do you mean Tae Jin made the call...
to scheme with your secretary and kill Jun Seo?
I should've tried harder to convince him not to do it.
Thinking about it now,
that's what weighs on my mind.
No.
I'm sure you didn't call Park Tae Jin...
simply to tell him off for selling drugs.
You called him to take care of this situation.
I've committed a grave sin.
I will be sure to take care of Jun Seo.
How?
Sir?
How?
I will...
kill Jun Seo.
Tomorrow night, you should tell Jun Seo to meet you first.
Around 11 p.m. And the location...
The Pilo-dong construction site.
On the ninth floor.
(Friday, February 22)
(Seeing danger is the first step to safety.)
(Danger! High voltage)
(Caution, Fall Hazard)
Chairman Won.
The man who was waiting for Jun Seo on the ninth floor of the building...
was none other than your secretary.
He was the one selected to execute Tae Jin's plan.
At 11:30 p.m., the boys arrived at the construction site,
and your secretary...
turned on the lights again on the ninth floor.
What?
He must be up there.
(Caution, Fall Hazard)
Everything was going smoothly...
until a problem arose.
Tae Jin probably said...
to use an amount so minute that it wouldn't be found in an autopsy.
But they couldn't stick to the plan.
So, they had to use way more anesthetic than originally planned,
which is why the autopsy report says this.
Shall I keep going?
(It is highly likely that he was under the influence of Sevoflurane...)
Your secretary managed to knock Jun Seo out again.
When the elevator came up from the first floor,
he moved Jun Seo in a hurry.
Then according to Tae Jin's plan,
when the elevator was passing the 4th or 5th floor,
he pushed Jun Seo off the edge.
Then the elevator went back down to the first floor as planned.
Tae Jin didn't cook up this plan with your secretary.
Your secretary, who's worked for you for 20 years,
would never listen to Park Tae Jin...
and kill someone unless you ordered him to do it.
It was you, wasn't it?
You ordered him to kill Park Jun Seo, didn't you?
Why would I do that?
What for?
Your company was facing a crisis.
The Pilo-dong Project was the only chance you had...
at overcoming the crisis,
so you couldn't afford to lose it because of Jun Seo.
Your son, Won Jong Soo, who was going to lead that project,
could not get roped into the 20-year-old murder case...
or a drug scandal.
Also, it'd be utterly absurd if Park Tae Jin...
who had been working with you two...
was manufacturing and selling drugs through Keumhyung Pharmaceutical.
Am I wrong?
Did you say everything you wanted to say?
You ordered him to do it, didn't you?
Tell me the truth.
I'm getting tired.
Hey, well done.
We even made sure to take off his shoes to stage it as a suicide.
You got my secretary...
and Park Tae Jin too.
I'm impressed.
Now, be satisfied with your achievements...
and get going already.
The shoes you found on the ninth floor.
That wasn't part of my plan.
Half of the people who jump off buildings...
keep their shoes on.
What did you say just now?
What?
You said, "We made sure to take off his shoes..."
"to stage it as a suicide." Whose idea was it?
Tae Jin's. Who else?
So, it was you.
What?
You told your secretary to remove his shoes...
and push him over the railings.
What are you saying?
It was Tae Jin's idea. To stage it as a suicide.
No.
Removing the shoes wasn't part of his plan.
I see.
You heard Tae Jin's plan...
and thought it was missing something.
People assume those who jump to their deaths...
take off their shoes before they jump.
So you told your secretary...
to make sure to remove his shoes before pushing him over the railings.
No.
Yes, you did. Your secretary said the same thing too.
When he was asked why he brought the shoes back up to the ninth floor,
he said Park Tae Jin told him to do so.
But Park Tae Jin knows full well that half of the people...
who jump to their death keep their shoes on.
The shoes weren't even important to Park Tae Jin.
But they were important to you.
You don't need to lie anymore, do you?
You had been working on the plan for 20 years for Jong Soo,
but Jun Seo was about to ruin it all, so you killed him.
Yes, I would've done the same thing.
What have you been through to get to where you are now?
What did you do to save your company in every crisis?
Who did Jun Seo think he was? How dare he suddenly show up...
and blackmail you, using his friendship as an excuse?
Of course, you couldn't just sit back and watch.
So, you acted on it when you heard Tae Jin's plan.
You ordered your secretary to kill Park Jun Seo.
Right? The order all came from you.
Yes, it was me!
That ingrate, Jun Seo, was acting up.
My 20 years of hard work were about to go down the drain.
I couldn't just sit back and watch it happen!
I called Tae Jin here...
and heard his plan. I thought it was a good idea,
so I executed the plan.
Why? What's wrong with that?
Had I not been satisfied with Tae Jin's plan,
I would've killed that punk on the spot too!
How dare he collect kickbacks behind my back?
Through selling drugs at that. He was like my servant.
You heard everything, so leave.
I bet you're disappointed that you can't prove any of it,
but just be satisfied with the fact that you got that much out of me.
You can talk about it every time you drink.
You said you had no one around you.
It really is true.
What?
I heard you had to get thoroughly searched to enter here.
But today, there was no one.
You must be really feeling the absence of your secretary...
who took care of you for 20 years.
Hey, this is cheating.
Mr. Won Chang Ho.
You are...
under arrest for ordering the murder of Park Jun Seo.
(2 weeks later)
The examination is done.
It's been 50 days since you quit drugs.
Yes.
The doctor said to come back next Wednesday.
I'll see you next week.
Thank you.
Following the arrest of...
Chairman Won Chang Ho for instigation of murder,
Keumhyung Group requested a workout earlier today...
in the midst of their financial crisis.
Keumhyung Group's so-called "owner risk" started...
when CEO Won Jong Soo who is Chairman Won Chang Ho's only son...
was arrested on drug charges,
and it has now resulted in this workout request.
The creditors are reviewing the request...
while leaning toward bankruptcy.
Many are concerned that this could lead...
to a state of large-scale unemployment or financial insolvency.
Reporter Jung Myung Eun has more.
(Notice of Insurance Payout)
(Hello, Mr. Jang Jae Gyeong. You will receive your insurance payout.)
(Oh Yoon Jin)
(Where are you? You got the text from the insurance company too, right?)
(Bankbook)
- Are you going to school diligently? - Yes.
You should make some friends.
I have a lot of friends.
Do you? Are you sure?
I have a lot.
I even have a picture with Mr. Park.
Have you been to his columbarium?
No. How can I when I don't know where it is?
I'll give you the address.
You should visit him from time to time so he doesn't get bored.
- It's not too far. - Okay.
Also, if you ever need an adult for something,
don't bother your grandma and call me.
You'll probably feel confident if you take a police officer to school.
- I bet you didn't know that. - What?
But Mr. Heo also came a few days ago...
and told me to call him if I was ever in need.
He says an insurance guy has his ways with teachers.
That's also true.
- Hey. - Jang Jae Gyeong!
Gosh.
I thought you'd be happy to get the insurance money.
Why are you sighing?
I don't know.
I got a seven-digit number stamped on my bank account at once.
I don't know why it feels so uncomfortable.
Hey. Do you have to go back to the station?
No, I'm going to take a break.
Are you sick?
I'm going to play hooky.
Sure. Good idea.
Can I have this?
Sure, have it.
It's nice out, so I'm so sleepy this afternoon.
This will really wake you up.
- It tastes good. - Doesn't it?
Hey,
- why don't you join us? - For what?
We decided to go help Ji Yeon with packing her stuff.
She nearly died so I acted nice to her,
and she really latched onto me.
I loathe people like that.
Why is she treating me like her big sister?
Sure, I'll join.
Okay.
- Yoon Jin. - Yes?
Why don't you bring up what you were going to earlier?
Now seems like a good time.
What is it?
Do you have a place to spend the insurance money?
I'm not sure.
Maybe Si Jung?
She has to raise the kids without Yoon Ho.
I'm thinking of giving some to Si Jung.
I haven't thought about the rest.
Choi Ji Yeon.
She has zero survival skills.
I don't mean a lot of money. Maybe just enough for a fresh start.
If you're interested, we should do it together.
What do you think?
Isn't helping her with the move enough?
Do you want to give her insurance money too?
What?
Well... Right.
Sure. We can have different opinions.
Just forget what I said.
What a nice day.
Yes, it's nice.
You have a long way to go before you pick up my humor.
What?
You have a long way to go...
before you pick up my humor.
What is this?
Come on.
That wasn't funny. You startled me.
Here's a box.
Okay.
Let's go.
You have very few dishes.
Did you not eat at home much?
I broke a lot of them.
Gosh.
Good for you.
The insurance money came out.
Okay.
What is this?
Didn't you say the money belonged to you?
You told us we were bait.
Stop that.
You'll see some money in your account.
Jae Gyeong said he'd send you some too.
- What? - Once I got the money,
it didn't feel right to just accept it as my own.
We had to pay taxes...
and other incidentals, so we weren't left with much.
We can't afford to give you more.
I can't accept that money. Please don't do that.
Be quiet.
When someone older gives you something, just say thank you and accept it.
Thank you, Big Sister.
You won't stop calling me that, will you?
But I'm starting to warm up to it now.
Hand it to me.
Hey. Look at this.
I found this.
What?
What is it?
(2005 Summer, Beach in Busan)
Right now, members of Audiophile are at a beach in Busan.
The ocean looks so beautiful.
Hey, Jae Gyeong.
Hello, I'm Oh Yoon Jin.
What do you want to become, Jae Gyeong?
I want to become a cool person.
- Yoon Jin. - Yes?
You should become a star, not a reporter.
Joo Song. What is this? Do you play the guitar?
The memories of you
No.
What should I say?
I'm going to become a reporter.
- A reporter. - How will you become one?
- A reporter? - She's already good.
Hey, Jun Seo!
Come on, Jun Seo. Smile.
Hey, you look really good on camera.
Isn't it nice to come to a beach?
It's nice.
It's so nice.
Jun Seo.
What's your dream?
My dream?
Just...
I just love hanging out...
with you guys at Audiophile.
Isn't it heavy? I'll carry it for you.
Thank you.
We got to come back here thanks to Jun Seo.
It has been more than 20 years, but this place looks the same.
- Doesn't it? - You're right.
That's not true.
That hotel wasn't there, and nothing was behind here.
There's an apartment and a few other new things.
Also, the waves got stronger.
The wind is stronger too.
The sand feels a bit softer too.
I miss Jun Seo.
What was that?
All of us sighed together. It almost blew the ground away.
What do you think Jun Seo wanted at the end?
To go back to the good old days.
When our friendship...
was genuine.
That's how it is with friendship.
If you get obsessed, you can hurt each other.
When money and greed get involved,
it's no longer friendship.
Yes. Even if you start as friends,
you might start helping each other and getting each other's backs.
It's common for friendships to go sour.
But that's not friendship. What can you call that?
- A connection? - "Connection?"
Right.
Connection.
How about our friendship?
I don't have to worry about it becoming a connection, right?
Us?
What power do we have to turn it into a connection?
The best we can do is talk behind our friends' backs.
Hey. Anyway,
let's protect this pure friendship Jun Seo brought back together.
Let's promise to age graciously.
Must our friendship remain pure?
Yoon Jin. Can't we turn that friendship into love?
No. We can't.
We can't.
- Yoon Jin. - Hey! Don't!
- I'm just itchy. - Are you itchy?
What did we do here back then?
Do you remember anything?
We came up with something.
- What? - Friendship Day.
- "Friendship Day?" - You were the one who started it.
There's a holiday for parents and children,
but there are none for friends.
Did I say that?
- Yes. - And?
You said we should make today Friendship Day, so we did.
But you transferred schools,
so we never got to celebrate it.
What date was that? When did we come here?
That's impossible to remember.
Right?
- What? No way. - What is this?
No way. Do you really remember?
Actually, we came here...
on my mom's birthday.
I went on an overnight trip with you guys to Busan without telling her,
so she beat me up when I got home.
Right. Jun Seo remembered it.
He visited me at the office during lunch a few years back.
"Joo Song, do you know what today is?"
So I said, "Why do you remember my mom's birthday?"
He said no,
he came because it was Friendship Day.
He came to see you...
on Friendship Day?
Yes. Why?
- Just like that. - Can you see it?
Okay.
You're almost out of battery.
What if you run out in the middle?
- You can't charge it... - Wait! Be quiet.
Jae Gyeong.
What's Park Tae Jin's password?
Come on.
Hurry up!
Gosh.
That password...
The four-digit password Park Tae Jin couldn't figure out...
was 0-6-1-7.
It's Choi Ji Yeon's birthdate.
When's Friendship Day?
- Hey! Wake up. - What?
Okay.
Is your mom's birthday...
really Friendship Day? Are you sure?
Yes, I'm sure.
July 24.
You press it. I can't do it.
Hey, but do we have to do this?
Just press it in one go.
No! These are the proceeds of a crime!
Then why do you look so happy?
No! Hand me the laptop.
- No, Yoon Jin. We must fight it. - Fight what?
- Hey. - Hand it over! Jang Jae Gyeong!
The battery is about to die.
Be quiet and hand it over!
- Yoon Jin! - Jang Jae Gyeong!
No, don't touch it.
Hurry up and hand it over.
This needs to be returned to the national treasury.
- Hey! - Be quiet and let go.
(Connection)
(Ji Sung as Jang Jae Gyeong)
(Jeon Mi Do as Oh Yoon Jin)
(Kwon Yul as Park Tae Jin)
(Kim Kyung Nam as Won Jong Soo)
(Moon Sung Geun as Wong Chang Ho, Jeong Soon Won as Heo Joo Song)
(Cha Yeob as Oh Chi Hyun, Jung Yu Min as Choi Ji Yeon)
(Yoon Na Moo as Park Jun Seo)
(Lee Kang Wook as Jeong Yoon Ho, Park Keun Rok as Jeong Sang Eui)
(Thank you for supporting and watching "Connection".)
("Good Partner" will start airing next week.)
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)