(Episode 16)
There'll be examinations to check warrants' validity tomorrow.
- What? - Warrants?
What do you mean there will be warrants?
We have to be arrested...
even when that corrupted cop, Jeon Chan Su, was exposed?
Oh, Mom!
Hold on a minute. Shouldn't you...
check if the handwriting in the will was his first?
Who knows? Lieutenant Jeon might have had his influence over it too.
Tell that to the judge.
And don't worry too much.
You won't be lonely.
As soon as Han Mu Young gets discharged, I'll let him join you.
Discharged?
What?
("Tax or Offerings? An In-Depth Look at the Special Activities Funds")
Mr. Lee.
I finished writing tomorrow's article.
Are you ready?
Sorry?
Are you ready to get humiliated?
(Splash Team)
All right.
You may already know since you read the article.
Since Daehan Newspaper was founded,
the journalist who wrote the biggest false report has been born.
Save your glaring for later.
Do you remember Chairman Min's case, Yoo Kyung?
- Sorry? - At that time, we couldn't stop...
the false report from being printed, and broke the team apart.
Do you think we have the right to criticize someone?
Well, I...
Ji Won.
Is your forehead okay?
When you were on rotation, who carried you when you passed out...
in the middle of the street in Gangnam?
I heard it was Sung Shik.
Was I misinformed?
No, it's true.
It was Sung Shik.
Exactly. I think it's time for us to work now.
We have time to hate and repent. Put that on the back burner for now.
First off, let's do some proper work.
As you all read,
it's hard for this story to stay in the news cycle for long.
It'll take about two hours before the article gets taken down...
and the newspapers get replaced.
We have to get ahold of those two hours by all means.
We have to let the public know this story.
This is the first article of Splash Team.
Don't ask or talk back.
Just go head to head.
Understood?
Darn it.
Where did he go?
Yes.
Are you all right?
The article is ready.
It will last about two hours at most.
With that, we can change everything, right?
I don't know.
But we have to make sure...
that it does.
I'm checking the last draft.
("Hold Aeguk Newspaper Responsible for Yoon Seon Woo's Death")
There's no problem.
As expected, the Splash Team...
wrote about the government's special activity funds.
(Splash Team)
Okay, good. Let's go with that.
If there's any problem, report it to me immediately.
Okay.
(Calling Caregiver Lee Bo Ram)
Hello, it's me.
I'm on my way there.
How is she now?
("Hold Aeguk Newspaper Responsible for Yoon Seon Woo's Death")
Mr. Lee, the first issue is out.
Incident Department has updated follow-up articles.
I think they are going to change the issue soon.
Okay.
All right. Here we go.
Hey.
Guess who?
That's right. It's Suk Min.
How long has it been since you printed my article?
Well,
let's stop the rotary press.
I need to change the article from Splash Team.
Okay.
You're going to inform Chief Editor Jung?
Goodness, why are you doing this? You know better.
Splash Team's article doesn't need approval from him.
But...
We have the editorial right.
We will take responsibility.
Don't say a word. Just let the machines do the work.
Gosh. Okay.
I'll only be criticized if I do.
Guys!
- Chief Director! - Mu Young!
- What? - Mu Young!
- Come in. - Goodness.
- Mu Young. - Come in. Are you all right?
Come, come.
- How did you get here? - Goodness.
Hey, did you get discharged?
Are you here to get arrested with us?
- Get arrested? - Welcome, Mr. Han Mu Young.
I didn't know you'd be here so soon.
Considering your relationship,
I will hand you over all together.
No, no.
There won't be any arrest or imprisonment.
- Pardon? - Check Daehan Newspaper.
Aeguk Newspaper abetted suicide?
It's in the article that it was a groundless story from the start.
Hey.
What do you mean by breaking news from Daehan Newspaper?
Just go with it.
- What? - What is it?
No way.
But there's nothing here.
I knew it.
- Mu Young. - Yes?
Are you kidding me?
I'm not kidding. Wait. Let me look.
- Are you here to make a joke? - My gosh.
There should be an article here.
Refresh.
Mr. Lee, should I start the delivery?
No, wait a bit more.
Online articles last only briefly.
The printed paper must be released first.
Mr. Lee, we changed the article.
They started distributing them to the city.
This version will be distributed throughout Seoul.
Go.
Let's upload it.
("Economists Claim the Interest Rate Will Increase")
Hey, I really want to trust you right now.
What on earth happened?
Come on. Be quiet.
It should be uploaded by now.
Mu Young.
We'll head to the detention center first.
Join us after you get discharged. Don't go anywhere else.
He's right, Mu Young. You're not fully recovered yet.
That's right, Mu Young. Lower bodies are important for men.
Your legs aren't even that strong to begin with.
What happens if you break your legs again?
It's up.
- What's this? - Hey!
What in the world? What is this?
Wait. Move aside.
Daehan Newspaper doesn't make false reports.
What in the world...
What did you say? Repeat that again. What just happened?
Splash Team changed their article for the city edition.
They already delivered the article online.
Hey, stop the rotary press.
Take down the article, and stop the distribution!
Stop it before this spreads!
What on earth were you doing?
Hey, I'm coming back. I'm coming!
- Has it been about 30 minutes? - Open up!
Open up now!
The article online will be taken down soon. So keep checking.
- Okay. - Open up!
They are moving faster than I expected.
When I got bored, I took it out and...
(Employees at work)
Hold on. Something is fishy.
This doesn't make sense.
You read it yourself, and you still can't believe it?
There's o way that Yoon Seon Woo...
Yoon Seon Woo...
Copies of Daehan Newspaper.
Hey, what is this?
What?
Has the Splash Team gone mad?
What is it?
Does this make sense?
("Who Ordered the False Report? Yoon Seon Woo Is Still Alive")
("Hold Aeguk Newspaper Responsible for Yoon Seon Woo's Death")
(Journalist Na Sung Shik)
("Who Ordered the False Report? Yoon Seon Woo Is Still Alive")
(Splash Team)
You...
Are you human?
Or are you a ghost?
Chief, wake up!
You're... You're really Seon Woo?
I'm sorry for being so late.
Aeguk Newspaper abetting suicide is definitely a tale of fiction.
As you can see, Yoon Seon Woo never died.
Now, from now on...
the police has to go catch the liars first.
And we, the innocent ones,
get to go home.
(Law Firm Noah)
Lawyer Cho Young Ki.
You know who I am, right?
Oh. What is a prosecutor like yourself doing here?
This is such a strange neighborhood.
We've never met before, but you know everything about me.
But where were you dashing off to?
You want to see for yourself Yoon Seon Woo back from the dead?
Lee Suk Min.
Are you really a Daehan Newspaper reporter?
We've just published two stories with conflicting facts...
on the front page of our paper.
This has never happened in the history of Daehan Newspaper!
There still aren't enough case studies of what happens...
to those who betray their organization, right?
I had no other choice if I wanted...
to prove that someone was lying.
As you know,
truth...
and lies...
cannot coexist.
One must move out of the way.
You knew from the beginning that Yoon Seon Woo never died, right?
You seem to think of yourself as some fighter.
But you think I, or Daehan Newspaper,
or the world...
will change because of you?
I am not a fighter.
I am a reporter.
And...
I'm not trying to change the world.
I'm only reporting on things...
as they are.
Well then,
I'll get going now.
You'll be busy all night cleaning up after my mess.
It won't do any good though.
Good luck.
(Daehan Newspaper)
(Do not worry about the consequences and focus solely on the truth.)
I found this inside the Splash Team's office.
I seems they knew from the beginning...
that they were being scanned.
These idiots really want to fly.
Just let them.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
As far as I know, my firm has nothing to do with this incident.
Don't you know lawyer Park Joong Ki?
He's the one who ruined Yoon Seon Woo's all three trials.
Rumors say Noah hires him to purposely get clients convicted.
I'm sorry. That name doesn't ring a bell.
That's strange. I was told that it was true.
Goodness.
What is this?
This is huge.
Where do you have to go to catch fish like this?
Every quarter, I go out to the sea with a group.
I have a couple friends who have the same hobby.
I see. Seeing that you caught this big fish,
it must be a great fishing spot.
What does this have to do with our conversation?
It has a lot to do with it.
Because I caught this...
at the same spot.
Why do all of you...
lawyers lie so much?
Do you want something from me?
You can't prove anything with just a photo.
- You know that. - I'm aware.
I don't plan to catch a dinosaur with a fly swatter either.
Lawyer Park's been handling a couple cases that don't suit him.
If you plan to hire him for a scheme,
I suppose you'll have to stop that first.
Who do you work for?
Who in the world...
is sitting behind you?
I didn't expect you to answer.
But know this one thing.
If you want to be a snake slipping past laws,
just stay in your hole as snakes do.
Don't try crawling out and contaminating the world.
You think no one knows, right?
But the world...
doesn't run that way.
I'll...
take half of that advice.
I'm sure I'll get to return the other half to you some day.
Take care.
Goodness.
How can you eat this in the morning?
You guys were craving this that bad?
Be quiet!
My belief, my conscious, my pride...
Everything's toppled down!
So stop picking on me with food!
Okay. I get it. So don't cry.
Here, have a piece of tofu since you've been there.
Here. Open your mouth.
Good.
You guys each have a piece too.
It's customary to eat a piece of tofu when you've visited that place.
We suffered so much.
I'm sorry. It's my fault.
Yes, technically, it's your fault.
Facts must always be truthful.
Gosh, you have a bad habit of speaking only the truth anytime.
He's ill, and it's there!
Be easy on him.
I'm worried if it'll be able to do its job.
Its job?
Hey, don't pity me. I'm completely fine.
My goodness.
What really happened with Yoon Seon Woo?
And what's the Splash Team article?
Were you guys planning this from the beginning?
So about that...
Daehan Newspaper has stirred up...
a controversy by claiming that Yoon Seon Woo's...
suicide abetment was fabricated. Also, the Splash Team...
has shockingly claimed that Yoon Seon Woo is still alive.
- Goodness. - What do we do?
Don't pick up the phone, and just wait.
He's here.
Chief!
You scared me.
Shouldn't you explain to us first?
Why aren't you, the leader, in your seat?
Let's talk later.
Who ordered Na Sung Shik to write a false article?
Even how much they covered up, cut, or took out,
if the Splash Team published that story, it means they have evidence.
Aren't you embarrassed in front of everyone here...
including the interns?
If you can't say anything, call in the publisher right now.
Tell him to come down and speak for himself!
Yoo Kyung, I don't know what's going on,
but I feel like we can't stay here.
What are you talking about?
This is the most entertaining scene...
in the 100 years of Daehan Newspaper history.
Goodness!
We won't be able to see such a great scene ever again.
I can't miss this photo opportunity.
(Prosecutors' Office)
Prosecutor!
Take a look at this.
This is the Daehan Newspaper issue that was delivered to my house,
and this is my neighbor's.
Have you ever seen something like this happen with newspapers?
But do you really think Yoon Seon Woo is alive?
- Yes. - Excuse me?
Thankfully, he's alive.
Wait. Wait a second.
How do you know that?
Prosecutor!
Why did you have to pick on us?
Why! Why!
You think we don't know that...
you accused us of abetting suicide?
Daehan! Seoul! Maeil! Mirae!
- He lost his voice. - All you newspapers!
You will have to face the court of history!
Oh, come on.
Is this your first time doing an interview?
If you talk like that, we can't use this video at all.
Talk properly, like an intellectual.
Yes, like an intellectual.
What did you say?
- Talk properly. - He might end up crying.
Go stop him.
Why me?
Goodness.
You can't cure being a chatterbox.
Aeguk Newspaper...
will not bow down to oppression!
- We will tell the truth! - Oh my gosh.
Yoon Seon Woo, why did you hide that you're alive?
Did you have a scheme with the Splash Team?
Where is reporter Na Sung Shik?
He has to give us a comment on retracting a false article!
Yoon Seon Woo!
Where have you been?
There's one more secret I haven't told you yet.
You may think I'm harsh.
But...
please understand that I had no choice.
What are you talking about?
Don't panic and listen.
It's about Yoon Seon Woo.
Yoon Seon Woo...
is still alive.
That's ridiculous.
But this breaking news...
was published at 6am.
But the police arrived on the scene...
at 6:30am.
What?
That means that even before the police got to the scene,
Daehan Newspaper knew who the suspect was beforehand.
When I found out that Daehan Newspaper fabricated that incident,
I knew it was already a game that we couldn't win.
You can never beat a major media outlet,
because their crimes leave no room for holes.
They erase the evidence and testimonies in front of them,
and even the guilt they feel...
for what they've done.
I'll hear you out.
What do you guys want?
Daehan Newspaper.
And those behind it.
The shrimp is going to attack the whale?
Why?
Do you think I won't be able to do it?
(Prosecution)
They're arrogant and think they can cover everything up.
That's their only hole.
And Mu Young and I...
decided to use that.
Seon Woo! Yoon Seon Woo!
Mu Young.
Just tell me one thing.
Tell me not to give up until the very end.
Just tell me that one thing.
Don't die.
I'll make sure to save you.
So, don't die in front of me!
It was a gamble.
But to turn around the game,
Yoon Seon Woo...
had to die. I was sure of it.
Public opinion will completely flip from tonight.
So we have to claim that Yoon Seon Woo is innocent first.
That way,
Daehan Newspaper would say he's innocent first.
("Who is Responsible for Yoon Seon Woo's Death?")
("Police Officer's Unwanted Admission, We Framed Yoon Seon Woo")
Only by doing that,
the false witnesses...
and erased evidence...
wouldn't appear.
They said there was no way Seon Woo could go free.
They said they'd pay me...
if I testified that...
everything on Aeguk Newspaper was false.
In a world without proper prosecutors and media,
Yoon Seon Woo...
will forever remain a victim.
He had to die to live.
He had to disappear in front of our eyes...
to be remembered.
And now it's your turn.
You must not let any words sway you,
and just listen to the law.
You must keep your place.
That will be enough.
Prosecutor Kwon So Ra, you will have to be the one...
to end...
this case.
The prosecutor will make their last statement.
A young man in his 20's...
spent five years in jail...
with his truth being ignored.
The moment he was arrested,
he lost so much in his life.
The constitution of South Korea...
was not just to Yoon Seon Woo.
He made the daring decision to escape,
broadcast himself live through the media's help.
and ultimately dying...
to have the chance for a retrial.
The prosecution...
will not appeal.
- Really? - Goodness.
- There. - Goodness.
We will uncover the truth together.
And I dare to hope...
that at the end of this long trial,
he will be able to...
retrieve a bit of the meaning of life...
that he's lost.
Stand.
Sit.
It is evident that the police...
fabricated reports on this case.
Moreover, violence and other unruly conduct...
were involved during the investigation process.
The abuse of power, obstruction of legal action,
and fabrication of documents committed by the authorities...
are grounds for retrial according to Article 420, Clause 5...
of the criminal law.
I, thereby, proclaim that the court will open a retrial.
- Yes! - Amazing!
- Good. - Gosh.
- All thanks to the prosecutor. - Yes!
Yes!
- Gosh! - Yes!
- It worked! - It's all good.
Reporter Han.
Reporter Han Mu Young!
Hey.
When did I tell you I'm a reporter?
Don't you dare call me that. I'm this nation's best media jackal.
Let go.
(Law Wing)
(Ministry of Justice)
(Special appearance by Lee Joo Seung, Kim Hye Sung)
(Falsify)
You remember that unidentified truck driver that caused the accident?
It's already been six years since he went missing.
Why are you telling me this now?
There's no need for it anymore, so just stop.
I really liked that you never...
looked away from the world.
You're going to have to pressure the organ transplant center.
If you're going to ask that of me, I need something in return.
The autopsy results came out for Lieutenant Jeon Chan Su.
Aeguk Newspaper's Han Mu Young is Han Chul Ho's brother?
Now this is getting interesting.
It's from Director Gu Tae Won. It's one or the other.
It's either a trap or a scoop.
I have to show the world...
what I'm capable of.