(All characters, organizations, places, and events are fictitious.)
I may be unable to do it because I lose,
but I won't quit because I give up.
I will keep the promise...
I made to you.
Candidate number five,
independent candidate Yang Jung Gook.
Please support Yang Jung Gook.
Just one person! As long as there's...
just one person who supports me,
I will not quit.
I will fight till the end!
- That is... - Get the car.
what I sincerely want.
- Get the car now! - Fellow citizens...
Hello,
residents of Injung-dong!
Election Day is in two days!
There are only two days left!
My husband, Yang Jung Gook,
will not give up!
He will not...
let go of you till the very end!
There they are.
- Stop that car. - What?
Stop making me repeat myself!
- Block that car. - Okay.
Please vote for candidate number five,
Yang Jung...
What was that? Are you okay?
- Mr. Park, are you okay? - Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Mi Young!
You should just...
tell Mi Young that Jung Gook is a con artist.
He's always talking about "my Mi Young" this,
"my Mi Young" that. He thinks he owns...
every Mi Young out there.
Mi Young!
We need to talk.
"Your husband is a con artist,"
"and you've been fooled all this time."
No, I don't think that's right.
Let's let them resolve it themselves.
It may be the biggest pain she ever suffers.
It hurts even more...
if you find out through someone else.
If the truth won't make either person happy,
it's only right to bury it.
My Mi Young has many scars...
already.
What the...
That was your car?
Yes. Sorry, my aide doesn't drive...
very well.
Sorry. Are you hurt?
No, I'm fine.
What about you? Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
Anyway, I'm so sorry.
Work hard on the campaign.
Help Jung Gook...
Yes, help him.
I'll go now. Work hard.
Okay, you too.
Bye. I'll call you.
Okay, bye.
Are you all right?
Is everyone okay?
You must have been startled.
Come up.
Let's talk.
Where are you right now?
Anyway, that's how I'll assume it'll be.
This is your handy work, isn't It?
Why are you helping Jung Gook?
Isn't this our first time meeting?
We did see each other in passing a few times,
but this is the first time we're talking.
How could you ask...
something like that to someone you just met?
Bye, Chairman Park.
Good luck.
"Is this how you do business?"
"I'm very disappointed."
"If you keep this up,"
"I can't trust you."
That's what you want to say, right?
Election Day is in two days.
Have him withdraw before then.
Then there won't be any problems...
with our relationship.
There won't be any problems?
I'm grateful.
But why are you deciding that?
I can make the problems on my end.
That old man who just left said this to me.
"The current situation..."
The current situation...
isn't completely negative for you.
Think about it.
From your perspective,
you just need to get rid of Kang Soo Il.
Now that he withdrew,
you got your wish without getting your hands dirty.
Your hands are clean.
He was right.
To be honest,
whether Jung Gook gets elected...
Whether Han Sang Jin gets elected,
you get to do what you want...
since they're both your candidates.
So you should stay out of it now.
Han Sang Jin, who changes his word to win votes...
Or Jung Gook, who changes his heart...
for the people?
He says to just sit back and see who gets elected.
When I heard that,
I suddenly felt so at peace.
So, Mr. Han,
if you really want to get elected,
you get rid of Jung Gook yourself this time.
I'm going to stay out of it.
I brought you to the bathroom door.
You should do your business yourself.
"There's nothing more I can do for you."
"So you should solve your own problems."
- Is that it? - No.
"I did all I could do for you."
"Shouldn't you pull down your own underwear?"
That's it.
That sounds like the same thing to me.
Fine.
Whatever choice I make,
I'll never see you again.
If I give you Jung Gook's 15 percent,
it'll be 43 versus 39.
You'll beat Kang Soo Il by four percent.
However, that's not enough of a buffer.
It's just a survey.
So it can fluctuate by 4 percent easily.
It'll be up to me.
No. It'll be up to us.
We're in it together.
I wouldn't make you do all the work.
I'm not a gangster or anything.
Let's take down Kang Soo Il...
with one powerful blow.
It sounds different now, doesn't it?
I'm not that simple.
I'm quite complicated.
So listen, Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes.
Don't give me an attitude ever again.
Got that?
- Give tell us more! - Another statement!
Hey. Why are you guys the only ones here?
Where are the others?
When they heard you weren't withdrawing,
they ran out, all excited.
They say they'll work hard...
and get you elected no matter what.
Nice. I like that energy.
Nice. Good! Nice.
What about you? Why didn't you go out?
Well...
Listen, so...
Since you didn't withdraw,
and Kang Soo Il supports you...
We were very happy at first too, but...
But?
If you become an Assemblyman,
it's not a good thing for us.
Don't laugh.
We're totally serious.
To be blunt,
will you take us to the Assembly with you?
They're all graduates of the top,
most prestigious schools.
You won't take us with you and have us work for you.
So, you guys look all sour because...
you're afraid you'll be out of a job if I win?
Is that it?
You guys are incredible.
I said not to laugh.
It's degrading.
We're not kidding.
We're very angry.
Fine.
I won't laugh.
I guess you know...
people who went to prestigious schools.
I see.
Yang Jung Gook speaking.
Hi, Jung Gook. It's me.
Why did you want to see me?
I'm here...
for one reason only.
To ask a question I wanted to ask for three years.
I came here to ask you that one question.
Say what you want to tell me first.
I'll ask afterward.
- Sorry. - You should be.
And? Is that all?
I...
I didn't want to meet your wife either.
But that woman made me. I had no choice, I swear.
I'm really sorry.
And?
Is there anything else?
No.
Then let me ask now.
Why did you run away back then?
Answer me.
You even promised to marry me.
You even took the ring.
I'm sorry.
You even asked me to make you happy forever.
Why did you stab me in the back...
Because...
Because I felt like you'd leave me first.
I felt like if I didn't leave first,
you'd dump me first and leave me.
We're con artists.
Okay.
I understand what you mean.
I have nothing to ask you anymore,
or any reason to see you again.
But they seem to feel differently.
Bye.
Jung Gook.
I'm sorry, Jung Gook!
How have you been?
Seung Yi.
You got so much prettier.
You must have eaten well with our money.
Guys.
Look.
I'm in a bad mood today, okay?
So shut your face and just take the hits.
If you get hit wrong,
you'll lose your teeth.
- Chul Soo. - Yes?
Timer.
How long?
1 million times 3 percent times 3 years.
How many minutes is that?
Okay. 90 minutes.
Seung Yi, calm down.
Listen...
You keep talking. I said you'll lose your teeth.
- Are you done? - Okay, done.
You little rats!
- Hey, you! - Get her!
Let go!
Do you know what I've been through?
Get over here!
On this last day before Election Day,
the candidates are making their final dash.
Today is the last day of...
the official campaigns.
About 60 percent of the citizens...
are expected to vote tomorrow.
He may not make it past tomorrow.
The doctor says to prepare ourselves.
Should I call the other sisters?
Gwi Nam.
You know,
when Dad first collapsed,
I begged he'd wake up soon,
and that even if I hate him, he's still my dad,
and prayed he'd live somehow...
and not die.
But after a month passed, and then a year,
I thought it would be better if he just died,
instead of staying alive and making my life hard.
I wanted him to die...
after a while.
You've been through a lot.
I didn't do much. The nurses did everything.
Anyway, now that they say he's going to pass away,
that he's going to die and be buried,
this is all I can think about.
I can't see this face anymore.
I saw this face every day for over 30 years,
but for the remainder of my life,
I won't see this face ever again.
I should look at it as much as I can.
He felt like a stranger all my life,
but now, he feels like my dad.
You should look at him a lot too.
Call me if anything happens.
You should go too.
Gwi Nam.
Can I...
really go?
Go. Don't let us see you ever again.
If we catch you conning people, you're dead.
Got that?
Okay. I got it. I'll keep that in mind.
Okay, then.
Let me say bye to the chairman first.
Mr. Chairman. I'll go now.
- I wish you a long life. - What?
I mean... That's not it.
Okay, Mr. Chairman.
- Have a nice death. - Hey!
Forget it. Just scram.
Seeing your face is making me nauseous.
Why do you girls get nauseous when you...
Fine. I'll go.
Goodbye, sir.
What? What do you mean? Are you sure?
I'm sure.
I checked the list of graduates just to be sure,
and Yang Jung Gook isn't on it.
He didn't go to Seoul National University.
He lied about his education!
We never checked his credentials...
since he was a non-factor before.
Thank goodness we found out when we did.
It's 4pm so let's call the reporters.
Let's hold a press conference...
and expose him for lying about his education.
- Then we'll win for sure. - Yes.
He won't answer again.
Hey, Sang Jin. Are you actually hesitating?
We don't have time for that anymore.
We need to let people know as soon as possible.
That way when they vote tomorrow...
Hey, do you have to think about whom to root for...
when you watch the Olympics too?
As you both know,
this isn't simply about another candidate.
Number five...
My sister's life is at stake.
Thank you.
If I go public with this...
- Hello. - Hello.
I'm Yang Jung Gook. Number five. Thank you.
If I say that Jung Gook lied about his education,
and that he has been deceiving our family,
that the Brave Citizen doesn't exist,
that the people should not be fooled.
If I say that,
Mi Young will get hurt.
My sister will get hurt and be sad because of me.
Do you like her?
Myung Im.
What is it?
Han Sang Jin knows...
what you used to be.
Forget it. Fine.
If you won't do it, I will.
- Call the reporters. - Myung Im!
Don't say my name. Call them now.
Stop it.
I told him.
I did create this mess,
but you solve it.
You say you want to be an Assemblyman.
What are you waiting for? Call the reporters.
- Hey, Myung Im! - What?
What do you want me to do?
I said what I needed to. So I'll go now.
Let's go.
Why did she come?
It's nothing.
Okay, fine.
I'll do it. I can do it.
Hey, Sang Jin.
Give it a rest, will you?
How long must we...
Honey.
How long must we serve as your hands and feet?
Do you think I'm different from you?
Do you think I'm an evil witch?
I have feelings too,
and I feel bad too.
I don't want to hurt people either.
But because of you...
Just to send you to the Assembly, we're...
You need to do bad things too, now.
We did it all for you until now.
Call me if you decide to hold the press conference.
Or don't call me ever again.
Hon...
After being out for a year,
he served three years because of...
a real estate con in 2008.
He's been living in Innam-dong since.
I put his address there.
Okay.
Got it. Thanks.
You may go.
What? Do you have something to say?
While I was investigating Yang Shi Chul,
I met his neighbors and people who know him,
and I happened to hear about his son.
They say he pulled all sorts of scams...
including Ponzi schemes since he was a teen.
They said he did the same even when he got older.
His son's name is...
Yang Jung Gook.
Is that why you had me do this, ma'am?
Hyun Chul.
Yes? Please go ahead.
If it's as you think,
your lieutenant married...
a con artist.
And your lieutenant's chief...
has a con artist for a son-in-law.
Do you think that makes sense?
No, ma'am.
I think it makes no sense.
That's right.
That makes zero sense,
and it shouldn't.
So,
don't even think that, got it?
Yes, ma'am.
You may go.
No, thank you.
I'm good.
I drove.
I heard...
Chairman Park told you.
Please say what you want.
I'm ready.
(Episode 24 will air shortly.)
(Episode 24)
I heard...
you came here often...
with Mi Young, and even proposed here.
Yes.
Jung Gook.
Do you truly love Mi Young?
I don't think that's the right question.
I dated her because I loved her.
I married her because I love her.
And it's because I love her, that I feel bad.
Sure.
I won't doubt your sincerity.
I'll talk about reality now.
Listen to what I say, and decide...
wisely.
In exactly 30 minutes,
I'm holding a press conference.
I will say that you lied about your education.
We confirmed that Yang Jung Gook did not...
graduate from Seoul National University.
Then Mi Young will find out too.
If she finds out that her husband of two years,
with whom she must spend her life is a con artist,
how would she feel?
Can she endure it?
Can she? Can you?
How could you do this to me?
Say something.
Say something! Now!
The election won't go the way you want.
People will be disappointed and enraged.
And it will be reflected in the votes.
(Polling Booth)
(Han Sang Jin)
Then I will win easily...
and get elected.
(Han Sang Jin Elected)
Congrats!
- Hurray! - Han Sang Jin!
And you...
I hope you will prevent that from happening.
You'll end up losing everything you have.
So what you're saying is,
I should withdraw...
if I don't want to suffer the consequences.
That's right.
"If Mi Young finds out you're a con artist,"
"your marriage is over."
You just threatened me...
with that, right?
I had all sorts of thoughts on my way here.
"Should I ask him to save me just once?"
"Should I beg him..."
"to keep my secret..."
"for Mi Young's sake,"
"and say..."
"I'll give up on the election?"
That's what I was thinking while coming here.
However,
hearing you threaten me...
is firing up my competitive spirit.
- Jung Gook. - Yes,
you're right.
If she finds out that her husband of two years,
whom she'll have to spend the rest of her life,
is a con artist,
she'll be very hurt.
How could you do this to me?
Say something.
Say something! Now!
Yes. She'll be hurt and miserable.
So will I. We both will.
But you know,
the election won't go as you wish.
People will be disappointed and enraged?
Don't make me laugh.
You can hold more than 100 press conferences.
We confirmed that Yang Jung Gook did not...
graduate from Seoul National University.
People won't believe you.
"He's desperate since there's one day left."
"He's trying to steal Yang Jung Gook's votes..."
"with a strange smear campaign."
"I misjudged that jerk Han Sang Jin."
"He's a cheap, dirty scoundrel."
"Look at him trying so hard."
That's what people will think.
Then the people will get angry.
It'll make them vote.
(Polling Booth)
Whom do you think they'll vote for then?
(Yang Jung Gook)
I'll be their only choice.
Then I'll win easily and get elected.
And you will...
(I will walk with the citizens to progress.)
Do you get it?
You won't gain anything...
if you take this route.
Do you have anything else to say?
Then we should each do what we must.
Then I should go to Mi Young.
I'll tell her...
before your press conference...
that I'm a con artist,
and that I'll make it up to her forever.
Good. You do that.
She shouldn't hear...
about her husband from someone else.
You have 25 minutes.
You should hurry.
I'll go too.
Hey, babe.
Where are you?
I'll come to you.
I'm in the office.
What is it? Is something wrong?
No.
I need to tell you something,
but I need to tell you in person.
I'll hurry over.
Let's talk face to face.
Bring it over.
Now.
(Mi Young)
(Mother)
It's me, Mother.
I'm going to talk to the press about Jung Gook.
You may be shocked if you watch.
So I'm calling you first.
Don't be too shocked.
I'm sorry.
Sang... Sang Jin. Son.
- Are the reporters here? - They're inside.
We'll begin in five minutes.
(We should verify the qualifications...)
(I found out that Yang Jung Gook...)
(lied about his education...)
- Here you go. - Thank you.
Han Sang Jin is holding a press conference.
He is?
The Nationalist Party candidate...
for the National Assembly representing Seowon...
will be holding a press conference.
Based on a tip from his camp,
he may be announcing shocking news...
about Yang Jung Gook, the favored candidate.
We have two minutes.
One minute.
30 seconds.
(Mother)
- Let me call you back... - Don't do it.
Whatever it is you're trying to say,
don't do it.
Sang Jin, if you say it,
we can...
never see Mi Young again.
Let's not dump her...
for the election.
She's family.
10 seconds.
Get ready.
5 seconds. 4 seconds.
3 seconds. 2 seconds. 1 second.
At 5:30pm,
a 20-ton water tank on the roof of...
a 17-story building in Innam-dong...
burst, causing a massive leak.
Hi. Did you eat?
What about the press conference?
It just ended.
What did Sang Jin say?
Just that...
everyone worked hard.
I hope it'll be...
A good fight.
That's all?
Yes.
That is all.
Thank you.
- What was that? - Seriously?
How annoying.
What's his problem?
You said you needed to tell me something.
What is it? It sounded urgent.
It's okay.
Later.
- Later. - Why? What is it?
Just tell me now. I'm curious.
I can't tell you right now.
I feel bad for making you suffer all the time.
It's not like it's the first time.
Let's suffer just four more hours...
so that we can get at least one more vote.
Let's go.
Okay.
The polls have closed.
We will announce the results...
as they come in starting 20 seconds from now.
This is the highlight.
What did our citizens decide at the polls?
The countdown begins.
10, 9, 8, 7,
6, 5, 4,
3, 2, 1.
Here are the results.
Independent candidate Yang Jung Gook, 45.3.
Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin, 41.4.
Yang Jung Gook is ahead.
I'm sorry. There was a mistake.
Wait. Quiet. Quiet.
Quiet!
- Shut it! - My gosh.
Let me correct that.
Independent candidate Yang Jung Gook, 38.6.
Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin, 43.2.
Let me repeat.
Independent candidate Yang Jung Gook, 38.6.
Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin, 43.2.
Han Sang Jin...
is ahead by 4.6 percent.
It's okay.
Excuse me!
Is Mr. Han... Mr. Han Sang Jin!
Here you are.
Congratulations, Mr. Han Sang Jin.
- Thank you. - You're handsome.
Hey.
Everyone in our party lost. You have to win.
Okay?
Let's send Han Sang Jin to the Assembly!
- To the Assembly! - To the Assembly!
You're too quiet. To the Assembly!
- To the Assembly! - To the Assembly!
He didn't lose, you brat.
That's just a preliminary result.
Do you know what a preliminary result is?
A preliminary result is...
It's been a while.
Here's the status at the moment.
After counting 25,235 votes,
which is about 20 percent of the votes,
the Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin...
received 15,596 votes.
Yes!
Independent candidate Yang Jung Gook received...
6,238 votes.
It's 61.8 percent versus 24.7 percent.
Han Sang Jin is in the lead...
by a difference of 9,358 votes.
- Gosh. - Darn it.
- Goodness. - Oh no.
It's okay.
We can do it.
It's okay. They counted only 20 percent.
Don't be disappointed.
Okay.
You raised...
your son well.
He's tall, handsome, and has good manners.
Who would've known...
your son would become my son-in-law?
I never imagined you were...
that Kim Kyung Ae.
I'm sorry, Captain.
And please don't speak so formally to me.
No, it's fine.
We're in-laws, after all.
Yes.
That's not right.
Are you...
here about the kids?
Yes.
This is the status after counting 40 percent.
50,470 votes have been counted.
It's 51.8 percent versus 39.3 percent.
Yang Jung Gook is trailing by 6,307 votes...
at the moment.
Does Mi Young know too?
I'm sure you don't know,
but I raised...
Mi Young as if she were my own.
I may not have given birth to her,
but she was born from my heart.
She's my child.
That's why...
this hurts so much.
Her birth parents passed away when she was young...
and grew up lonely and all alone.
My Mi Young...
lived a sad, lonely life...
with no one to turn to or give her heart to.
I thought...
she could finally stop suffering.
Please forgive me, Captain.
My son... My Jung Gook...
was cursed with a bad father,
but he's kind and pure-hearted.
I'll disappear.
That will solve it, won't it?
If Jung Gook is elected into the Assembly,
my son won't do that anymore.
He can't do bad things if he's an Assemblyman.
So please,
I'll leave. I'll disappear.
If this loser con artist of a father disappears...
Can you stay out of their lives forever?
Yes. Yes, of course.
I'll do that.
I'll never show my face...
in front of Jung Gook until the day I die.
I won't be curious about him...
or ask how he's doing.
I swear to you.
Please forgive my son. Please forgive Jung Gook.
Then I'll do anything.
Whatever you say.
I'll do anything, Captain.
Captain...
That's not living.
A parent who can't see his own child...
isn't living.
What other joy do we have in life at this age...
other than seeing our children?
Who am I?
Who am I to rob you of that joy?
Let's bury it.
Let's bury it, Shi Chul.
Let's bury all of this in our hearts,
and let the kids live their own lives.
They are...
finally getting better.
How could I ruin their happiness?
I can't say it.
I just can't.
I can't say that to Mi Young.
- I just can't. - Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Captain.
Here are the results after counting 90 percent...
of the votes.
The Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin...
received 45,320 votes.
Independent candidate Yang Jung Gook...
received 45,347 votes.
It's 39.91 percent...
versus 39.93 percent.
Yang Jung Gook took the lead.
Yang Jung Gook!
90 percent! It's almost done. He can't pass you!
- Are you sure? - Yes!
95 percent of the votes have been counted.
With 47,799 votes,
the Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin...
passed the independent candidate...
Yang Jung Gook, who received 46,207 votes.
Han Sang Jin leads by 1,592 votes.
This is an intense battle.
It's okay. That's only 95 percent.
We have five percent! We can pass him!
- Are you sure? - Yes!
Yes!
97 percent of the votes have been counted.
The Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jin...
continues to lead ahead of Yang Jung Gook.
Han Sang Jin has 48,556 votes,
whereas Yang Jung Gook has 47,973 votes.
There are 3,785 votes left to be counted.
The difference between them is 583 votes.
Hoo Ja,
Dad...
passed away.
98.3 percent of the votes have been counted...
in Seowon.
Yang Jung Gook is trailing very closely...
behind Han Sang Jin.
Yang Jung Gook has 39.51 percent.
The Nationalist Party's Han Sang Jing...
- has 39.64 percent. - Let's do this.
Let's do this.
98.8 percent of the votes...
have been counted.
Yang Jung Gook is catching up...
- to Han Sang Jin. - Don't get any closer.
Why Is he suddenly coming up like that?
- Yang Jung Gook. - Let Jung Gook lose.
Let Han Sang Jin win.
Let Jung Gook lose.
The difference in votes...
received by the two candidates is only 96.
Han Sang Jin with 39.67 percent,
and Yang Jung Gook with 39.59,
this race is neck-and-neck.
(By-Election Live Voting Results)
The independent candidate Yang Jung Gook...
has taken the lead from Han Sang Jin yet again.
- Darn it! - No!
Darn it!
99 percent of the votes have been counted.
Han Sang Jin has 49,500 votes,
but Yang Jung Gook leads by 52 votes.
He took the lead.
Yes! Yang Jung Gook!
- Please. - We did it.
- We did it! - Yes!
Gosh.
Go. Go.
Keep going.
Don't stop.
Pass him.
Let's pass him. Please.
Keep going!
Let's become an Assemblyman.
Even someone like me can do it!
With 99.6 percent of the votes counted,
the independent candidate Yang Jung Gook...
has been elected Assemblyman for Seowon.
(Seowon Voting Results)
Here comes the chairman!
- Chairman Park! - Chairman Park!
Drink up.
Bottoms up.
Thanks for your hard work.
You too.
You worked hard too.
You can cry only until today.
You won't have to cry anymore.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Yang Jung Gook! - Yang Jung Gook!
(My Fellow Citizens!)
This is the beginning.
Hello, everyone!
I'm Yang Jung Gook.
An outcast?
- 3, 6, 9 - 3, 6, 9
I just transferred in,
and I am trying to make friends.
Please help us, sir.
Civil complaints about con artists?
That's within my expertise.
- Are you Sang Dae Chul? - And who are you?
I'm Assemblyman Yang Jung Gook.