(All the characters, organizations, places, and happenings...)
(in this drama are all fake and are not based on a true story.)
("Defendant of Coast Guard Murder Case Applies for Retrial")
(Episode 7)
You must've fell down somewhere.
I guess no one ever beat you up before.
That's why I told you to become friends with the strong ones.
You're going to have to live there for more than half of your life.
What do you mean?
You said I'll be able to have a retrial soon.
Did I say that?
Just forget about it.
- What? - I said, just forget about it.
Mr. Park, I'll be able to have a retrial, right?
You said my statement will be crucial evidence...
to refute the opponent's testimony.
I did.
But don't get your hopes up.
A lot of retrials end up getting rejected in court.
Then does that mean there might not even be a trial?
That's different from what you originally told me.
You said you were confident that you'll win the case.
That's because you told me that you have crucial evidence.
I was curious of what that might be and...
I can't risk getting you acquitted, you see?
What did you just say?
Mr. Yoon Seon Woo, you're not innocent.
You were already decided to become the culprit from the get go.
I mean, think about it.
Why would a lawyer like me would go out of my way...
to defend you pro bono?
Did someone order you to do this?
Is it the culprit?
- It's the culprit, isn't it? - My gosh.
Please don't do this. Please tell the truth to the police.
I was just a witness. You know I'm not the culprit.
I served time for more than five years. That's more than enough.
Calm down.
If you keep doing this, I'll feel bad.
But this was the only way to make sure you won't use that evidence.
Do you understand?
You can't count on anyone anymore,
so just focus on staying healthy.
This place has clean air.
Stay happy.
Did anyone ask for a courier?
Did you ask for a courier?
I tried my best to get here in just one hour.
You'll have to be careful. It's quite expensive.
I'm a delivery expert. You can trust me.
About Yoon Seon Woo's case...
(Coast guard murder case, Yoon Seon Woo)
I wanted you to make sure everything goes well until the end.
But why do you want to quit now?
You know it well too. From the prosecution's point of view,
retrials are discounted as embarrassing mistakes.
Besides, if I show my face around them,
my relationship with those people might suffer, and I don't want that.
I'd like to remind you...
why we hire you in the first place.
If something goes wrong,
will you take responsibility?
First off, everything I'm about to tell you now is off the record.
You have to find all the supporting evidence to back up the story.
Okay. I'm fine with that.
Did you happen to see his face in the office?
The male lawyer who passed right by you.
I'm sorry, I only look at men who are more handsome than me.
Then you should've seen him.
I'm not following you.
Anyway,
he's the attorney in charge of Yoon Seon Woo's case.
But...
he's not affiliated with our firm.
The firm only contacts him when there are special cases.
What do you mean by special cases?
He...
is a lawyer who specializes in losing cases.
Such a lawyer exists?
He was almost disbarred, but he managed to keep his license.
So he can't take on serious cases.
There are a few lawyers like him.
I see. Why does your firm need someone like him then?
He specializes in losing cases.
Don't you get what that implies?
The firm's trying to ruin Yoon Seon Woo's case on purpose?
For what purpose?
I don't know that far.
However, the law...
is beyond your imagination.
It can help the victims who were mistreated,
but it can also ruin someone's life...
just as easily.
I'll request a warrant for the chairman of Samjeon Group tomorrow.
Okay.
Goodness, this old man has been pocketing the money long enough.
It's about time that we deal with this properly.
Kwon So Ra, you're up next.
- Yes. - Did you look into...
Aeguk Newspaper?
I'm working on it.
Goodness.
I guess you have a lot on your plate right now.
However, since the public will be watching our move...
closely about Park Eung Mo's case,
shouldn't Kwon So Ra, the best prosecutor of Violent Crime...
Section One, solve challenging cases? Don't you think?
Oh, right.
First of all,
I'd like you to take No Hae Sung's case...
who left dog poop in front of our branch.
This jerk does this repeatedly.
Wasn't Prosecutor Jeon in charge of his case before?
You've heard that prosecutor's car was covered with cow poop, right?
Since this matter...
is harmful and sensitive,
I want you to fully take the lead. Did you get that?
Yes, sir.
Okay. After that,
I have a case about a small-time gambler...
and simple assault. Gosh, this is heavy.
I assigned you the retrial of Yoon Seon Woo's case.
In my opinion,
you won't have time to relax.
I have a heavy heart because I think I gave you all the important cases.
But don't be nervous. Just do well.
I have faith in you.
You assigned me all the good cases.
I won't forget your kindness.
If you think so, would you like to take on one more case?
(Seo Chung Soo Murder Case, Retrial of Yoon Seon Woo)
- Give the press release at once. - Yes, sir.
If you betray...
I guess you're going out for your meal.
Director, please buy me a meal too.
I've been working under you for years.
How can having a meal with you be so hard?
Why are you getting chatty all of a sudden?
Call my secretary.
- Let's set a date. - Yes.
When we do,
There's something important I must tell you.
Please put aside a lot of time for our meal.
I got it.
Why can't I visit him?
You verified my identity.
There's plenty of time left.
There's nothing I can do if he doesn't want to see you.
Why are you giving me a hard time?
Look at my face closely.
Don't I look attractive when you see me up close?
Don't you want to talk to me? Isn't it hard to turn me down? No?
This is why.
This is why I must see him just once.
I came all the way here. We ought to see each other once...
for me to convince him or something.
Goodness, what a hassle.
It must have been hard to turn me down.
She has a great sense of duty.
So he doesn't want to see me.
How am I going to get him to see me?
Chu Sung.
Chairman Yang.
Isn't the weather great?
The sky is beautiful.
What is wrong with your voice? Why do you sound cheerful?
Hey,
don't sound so cheerful.
I know someone in prison.
I was wondering if I could get ahold of him.
I know that you know plenty of people in that area.
If you can, let me talk to him on the phone.
You have so many things going on in your life.
If you keep it up, that will ruin your life.
Besides, why do you ask me for favors? Am I your lover or what?
"Your life."
What a great rhyme.
What am I supposed to do?
I contributed in getting you this position.
I ought to use that card at times like this.
Stay down.
I see.
You are going to put your foot in our organization...
and take advantage of us. Aren't I right?
You know what? Ever since I met you,
I developed gastritis due to stress. Gosh, my stomach.
Boss, we should take care of your gastric acid.
Right. I want something sweet.
Sweet?
- Here you go. - Sweet, my foot.
You're telling me that you can't help me right now.
Goodness.
I guess the glory days are over for the Youngbum Gang.
I mean, it makes sense as your power has declined.
What did you say?
What did you just say?
What has declined?
I said your power has declined.
I see.
I heard you wrong.
- Okay. - Let's go.
Let us hurry.
Look closely.
You have to slit this part.
Where was it?
This part.
Take it.
It's tonight.
Keep that in mind.
If you don't kill him tonight,
you will take his place.
What are you doing there?
Walk in line.
- Goodness. - I'm tired.
Hey.
We should play again today.
- Again? - Come already.
Hey, you. Go away and clean the room.
You, go over there and wash the rag.
You don't even know how to play chess.
We'll bet two bags of chocolate buns, okay?
- You have two? - Yes. Look over there.
- There's only 1 over there. - There's 1 in the back.
Shall I start winning?
I'm Han Mu Young from Aeguk Newspaper.
I want to talk to you. If there's anything you need, I can help.
Guard!
(Emergency Medical Center)
(911 Rescue Team)
How is he?
He's an inmate. He swallowed a razor.
He was already unconscious on the scene.
His vital signs are 90 and 60. It keeps falling.
Hey, he's awake.
If you wanted to die, you should've done a better job.
All these inmates just cause us trouble.
Let's get a cup of coffee.
(Seoul Post)
("Aeguk Newspaper, are they Journalists or Media Jackals?")
What's the story behind Yoon Seon Woo's case?
The chief prosecutor was in charge of the first trial.
Yoon Seon Woo worked as a waiter at a bar...
and murdered one of the regulars of the bar rather brutally.
The victim was a coast guard of a high status.
At that time, the case attracted some attention.
What was the motive?
It was the money, of course.
Yoon Seon Woo's mom ran a street vendor, but it didn't do so well.
He took out a loan from the bank and borrowed money from loan sharks.
But when all his debts were paid at once,
he was caught.
If he is the murderer for sure,
why did he apply for a retrial?
I think he's testing the waters.
Prosecutor.
Chief Prosecutor investigated this case personally.
Unless you want to stay here forever and get on the bad side of him,
don't try to take this case apart.
Don't question him.
This can't be happening.
I heard you tried to kill yourself.
You applied for the retrial.
But why did you do that? You still have your one last chance.
Tae Joon.
I think it's all over now.
I can't trust anyone.
- Yoon Seon Woo. - But...
there's one more person...
I'd like to meet for the last time.
Can you do me a favor?
(Briquette Fire Restaurant)
(Splash Team)
A female high school student in critical condition after...
getting hit by a gasoline bomb thrown by laborers on strike.
This was the exclusive you wrote last month.
But there's no record of this student admittance to the hospital.
Chul Ho, what's going on?
Please explain it to me.
Did someone ask you to print...
an article like this?
Hey, hey!
You could've just let it slide.
Please pretend you don't know anything about this.
Stop talking. Who is behind this?
Tell me now.
Suk Min.
You probably thought you just typed up an article.
But because of your article,
the strike failed, and 10,000 people lost their job.
Do you...
Do you even know what you just did?
Do you have any idea what you did?
Even if it wasn't me, someone would've written that article.
Someone out there will end up doing it.
So please, Suk Min.
Can you turn a blind eye just this once?
Be honest.
Was it your first time writing a false report on purpose?
Was that the only time?
Wait for me.
This place hasn't changed.
Do you remember that day? Chul Ho came back after he failed his test.
He kept on drinking and he bumped into the corner of the door.
He ended up getting six stitches.
To stop the bleeding, you used the handkerchief you got as a gift.
You never used that after then, right?
Did that happen?
Yes, it did.
Let's cut to the chase.
Suk Min, you and I...
have been running to opposite directions.
It's been five years.
It's been too long for us to sit here...
taking a trip down memory lane...
and joking around as if it were old times again.
What have you brought me?
I wanted to see you because I wanted to ask you to keep your promise.
What promise?
Director, when you disbanded Splash Team, this is what you said.
"We are taking 1 step back to take 2 steps forward."
"Having independent editorial authorities..."
"and rights to lead in-depth coverages..."
"is the duty of journalists. I will recover them within three years."
However, five years have passed after you made the promise.
The reason why the Splash Team was disbanded...
was because of the false exclusive you printed.
That almost ended the careers of everyone on that team.
Before you bring up my promise, you should express your gratitude.
That's a courtesy you should have for me, who saved you.
If you allow me...
to work on this lead,
I'm even willing to kneel down for you, Director.
What lead?
Five years ago, Chul Ho's death...
was not an accident.
I found a clue that points out it was a murder.
I'd like to personally delve into this incident again.
(Briquette Fire Restaurant)
Well...
Are there grounds for your claim?
At his time of death, Kim Chae Hyun who confessed himself...
as hit-and-run driver.
I was informed that he committed suicide out of guilt.
However, that doesn't make sense.
Even two days before his suicide,
he was preparing for his retrial.
When I looked into his alibi, he wasn't the driver.
I'm certain that someone must have instigated him to do so.
He was probably murdered when he tried to reveal the truth.
It was disguised as a suicide.
Don't you think you're jumping to conclusions?
Yes, you might be right,
but do you think other news agencies will say I'm jumping to conclusions?
This...
is a coverage regarding a death of a journalist of Daehan Newspaper.
But what are we talking about right now?
You and I...
have an obligation...
to fulfill for Chul Ho.
It happened when he was on my team. At least...
let us get to the bottom of this.
So you mean to say...
that you want to form Splash Team again?
Yes.
I'm not sure.
Okay. I will make a suggestion.
- Sorry? - Wait until the next...
executives' meeting,
Do you mean that?
The Splash Team...
wasn't only important to you.
You weren't the only one who valued Chul Ho as a junior journalist.
Don't you think...
I have my power so I can use it at times like this?
If you can't make it work, but I can,
then it's only right that I do this.
Thank you, Director.
Director?
I guess I'm not your senior journalist to you anymore.
I miss it time to time.
Just like the handkerchief Chul Ho ruined,
it became a title that I won't be able to hear again.
What now?
What's your plan?
I might've been better off talking about the old times.
Chief Director Cho, I need you to come in.
We have a problem.
Okay.
Are there any interesting or strange...
happenings I could print these days?
- Boss is out. - Get into your positions now.
Boss!
- Have a good night, sir! - Have a good night, sir!
What's going on with the favor I asked you about yesterday?
You're nothing but a tabloid,
but your range of investigation is overly extensive.
Do you think I'm your personal intelligence service?
Why don't you just ask me to arrest all the other criminals for you?
You delivered my message, right?
I'm asking because I didn't get any calls or texts yet.
My gosh, that temper.
I'm in Room 628 at Incheon National Rehabilitation Hospital.
Today's our only chance to meet each other. From Yoon Seon Woo.
He's quite full of himself for his age.
Does he think I'm desperate or what? How dare he order me to come?
Do you think I'll easily give in to your offer?
(Incheon National Rehabilitation Hospital)
Let's take another X-ray to check if his esophagus is fine.
- Okay. - Thank you.
Excuse me, Doctor Kim just asked you to see him.
I'll take him from here.
- Okay. Thank you. - No problem.
Mr. Yoon Seon Woo, does it hurt a lot?
No, I'm fine now.
Then you must be out here on vacation.
You could've just agreed to see me when I visited you.
How dare you order me to come all the way here?
I'm going to kill you if you reject my visit again.
Are you from Aeguk Newspaper?
Then are you Han Mu Young?
Why?
Is this your first time seeing such a handsome journalist?
Do you slowly realize that you're outside of prison?
My gosh.
Excuse me. I'm sorry,
but can you help me out here?
Can't you even do that by yourself?
Even the female nurses have no problem doing this on their own.
They must've never asked you for help because you seem so hostile.
In 1, 2...
What?
Hey! What are you doing right now?
Hey, calm down. Put that away, and let's talk things out.
Shut your mouth.
You seem very agitated right now,
but you could end up hurting yourself.
No.
If I go back, I'm going to die anyway.
My life's already ruined,
and I don't care if I die here.
But I can't just end it like this.
So?
What do you want?
Is this why you called me over here?
What I want...
is simple.
I want Aeguk Newspaper to prove that I'm innocent.
- What? - I want Aeguk Newspaper to prove...
that I'm innocent.
(Episode 8 will air shortly.)