Joon-Jae.
I couldn't protect her.
In the end...
because of me...
I...
couldn't protect her...
Will you remember our story?
I promise.
My reborn self will look for you, seek you, meet you,
love you, and protect you.
I will remember.
Even then...
after promising that,
I forgot it all.
Though she was reborn and searched for me,
met me and loved me,
I could remember nothing.
I only made her cry.
I couldn't
protect any of it.
Department of Psychiatry
That guy was 27, my age.
He died trying to save the girl trapped in a net.
She impaled herself on the harpoon in him
and died with him. That is...
their story's ending.
It is a sad fate.
Why did we get reborn and meet again?
Won't rebirth mean there's an unrealised dream?
That dream could be unfulfilled love
or unappeased greed.
Why'd ill-fate repeat?
Of those two, which is real ill-fate?
Is it the fate of you and your persecutor,
or the fate of you and your beloved?
If you didn't love her,
and if she didn't love you,
there'd have been no such tragic ending.
Your love ended up killing each other.
Is there a worse fate?
Do you think all this will repeat?
If you send her back where she came from,
won't you avoid the tragedy?
No.
Everything repeating is an opportunity, not a curse.
A chance to change the ending.
You believe you can change fate?
There'd be a reason for remembering everything.
This time, I'll protect her.
I'll surely protect her.
~ The Legend of the Blue Sea ~
EPISODE 14
Where's Chong?
Ah! Startled me!
Where is she?!
I dunno. She went out a while ago.
Wow, a guy blinded by a girl gets like that.
He was normal before.
Heo Joon-Jae, did you have a scary dream?
The scary dream
is over and done with.
- Are there things you want to do? - Hmm?
Let's do everything you want.
- All of them? - Yes, all.
Heo Joon-Jae, should we enjoy empty formalities?
What?
Love has 3 stages: Romantic Love, Hot Love, Dirty Love.
We're doing Romantic Love.
What's romantic love?
Well, frivolous courtship.
Drink tea, watch movies, eat together, special events, confess love.
But these are a prelude to Dirty Love.
- Dirty? - Yes, Dirty Love.
I'm curious about it, but it's for experts.
If we carelessly approach it, it could end nastily.
So enjoy frivolities first.
Okay. Let's do that.
Do everything others do.
~ unusually bright sunshine ~
~ warm breeze embracing us ~
~ walking with you this beautiful day
~ my heart's beating crazily ~
Say, "Ah."
~ you keep saying weird things ~
~ asking silly questions ~
~ the whole world knows how I feel ~
There you go!
~ how come you don't know? ~
~ I love you, silly ~
Right! We got it!
~ I'm waiting for you ~
~ you know, silly, my heart keeps beating ~
~ my heart keeps thump, thumping ~
~ warm breeze is blowing ~
~ whispering to me it's today ~
I will confess my hidden love ~
~ to you ~
Let's go.
~ Near, far, wherever you are ~
It's okay.
~ I believe that the heart must go on ~
~ once more... ~
You know,
I'm just saying this,
- so answer me quickly. - Mm.
That movie hero saved the woman, then died.
- He did. - Well, it won't happen,
but if I died like that, what would you do?
I'd follow you.
Hey! Why "follow"?! Are you crazy?!
Think before you respond.
You said to answer quickly.
But still, who answers
as if they're going to the store?
You live, I live; You die, I die.
Are you stupid?
Then what's that man dying for her mean?
The man says at the end, "Listen to my request."
"Promise you'll live and won't give up."
"Live, find a good person, and grow old happily."
Would you do that?
If I die, would you meet a good person and grow old happily?
Yeah.
Of course I would.
You would?
So you do the same.
If, really if,
something happens to me,
keep living well.
Don't give up.
Good things, pretty things,
should be yours.
What's this, Heo Joon-Jae? Why's your tone serious?
Will something happen to you?
I said "if."
Promise me.
If anything happens, you won't think weird thoughts.
Until the end,
you'll live well.
- I can't. - Why not?
If I promise, something bad might happen.
I said "if."
If or not, I don't like it!
So?
- You won't promise me? - No.
- You really won't? - I won't!!
You won't hold my hand?
You won't talk to me?
- Promise me. - That again?
I won't. Why promise that?
Don't talk to me. I won't talk to you.
Tae-Oh, see me for a second.
What's wrong with you two? Did you fight?
- He says weird stuff! - What stuff?
Like, if something happens to him, to live well on my own.
- Huh? - Weird, right?
- What? - It's come.
- What came? - He's tired of it.
Valid love is 3 months. You had 3 months.
Resolve it or it's KTX (express train) to breakup.
Heo Joon-Jae isn't like that.
Heo Joon-Jae, in 10 years, never had a girlfriend last 3 months.
They all broke up by then.
That's right.
Hey!
Upgrade our security.
Connect a line to monitor within 100m.
Set it to alert me to break-ins.
Is it due to Ma Dae-Young?
Hello, Professor.
Ma Dae-Young?
It's been a while.
It's been 9 months, Professor.
Heo Joon-Jae came here.
Don't lie because I saw it all.
Let me do as Heo Joon-Jae did.
He saw his end. I want to see mine.
I need to know my end
to know about my life.
From birth, I felt I was being punished.
I've wanted to know why my life's like this.
I'm unsure
but that life may have the answer.
It wasn't me.
Then who was it?
Who killed them?
You probably heard I will now have ultimate authority.
I will lead investor meetings as well.
Is CEO Heo very ill?
Outsiders are asking.
No, he's on a rest trip.
On return, he'll step down.
I'll pass any questions to him.
But we report directly to him.
What?
Can't you trust me to report fully?
That's not it.
If you are unable to work under me,
you can leave now.
I'll take that as no-one.
Can we start the meeting?
Father.
The doctor told me your results are good.
After a few days, come home and go to Outpatients.
My eyes are worsening.
Oh, you just had surgery for a hemorrhage.
Eye surgery can't be done.
- For now, take your medication and be careful. - Mm.
Chi-Hyun.
Yes, Father.
You contacted Joon-Jae, right?
Of course.
As soon as you fell, I contacted him.
- You did? - Yes.
It seems he's busy.
He should come by soon.
I'll contact him again.
Okay.
Meanie!
Is he sulking and not talking to me?
I was blinded by love.
What did I know after leaving the water?
The only guy I met was Joon-Jae so I thought he was great.
If Seoul was far, he should've told me.
He flew in a plane but I swam 3 months 10 days
till I thought my tail would fall off!
Why's he asking me for that nonsensical promise?
Stop it!
Huh? What?
Stop cursing me inside.
Heck! How'd he know?
He has keen intuition.
I thought Joon-Jae was good looking, but TV has hot guys.
Does he have Prince Syndrome?
- Hey! - What?! - Oh, heck!
Stop it. Just break up.
Don't go out. Stay home.
No. I have plans.
Whom are you meeting?
See? You won't tell me.
That's unfair.
- Then go with her. - Why me?
No. My plans need no-one.
Fine! Do as you want.
Good job, Chong! He's becoming like Mi Mi.
What's "Mi Mi"?
Crazy Misery! Someone into obsession and confinement.
But I don't mind those things. I sort of like it.
He's getting tired of it.
Toughen up. Be strong!
Ajusshi. Sorry for not coming often.
I have a lot going on.
Can I tell you an incredible story?
In a long ago past, you were my close friend.
We were closer in age and you stood by me.
Now, I will find out who made you like this.
If it's this person, blink twice.
Has someone related to Ma Dae-Young been around you?
Joon-Jae.
My drunken phone call must've startled you.
So you said you'd protect your mom and I'd protect my dad?
Oh, did I? I must've been sozzled.
How is Father's poor health?
Oh, he's better now.
Hey, Father handed all work to me and went on a trip.
Also, you'd find out sometime.
Father got his Will notarized.
He left all his assets to me and Mom.
I told him to reconsider.
After last meeting you, he must've been heartbroken.
Were you always so chatty?
I'll hate my dad on my own.
You don't need to egg me on.
It looks like you have an ulterior motive.
What about Chong?
Is she well?
Why would you ask that?
True. I wondered how she's doing.
Say hi to her for me.
Why would I?
Forget it then.
What to do!
Joon-Jae, our housekeeper turns out to be your moth-
Why are you here?
You're sick and didn't go to work. Try some porridge.
Oh, my useless illness made you extra work.
What do I do?
- It's fine. I'll get that later. - Oh my!
I have hands and feet. I won't call you back.
I'll clean it up myself. Don't mind me at all.
Alright, then.
Oh! Why are you doing this?!
I wanted to do this once.
Sorry, I'm a bit uncomfortable.
I am sorry.
Madam, Ji Yong's aunt seems very sick.
Really?
She's not her normal self.
She was never normal.
The number you called...
Ah, Kang Seo Hee, this woman! She's ignoring my call again!
Seriously!
Um, perhaps...
Yes?
Their son...
Son? CEO Heo's real son?
Yes, do you know about him?
Why are you curious?
Just...
The son handling CEO Heo's business is
the son brought in by Kang Seo Hee.
His own son ran away 10 years ago.
He ran away from home?
He didn't study overseas?
Overseas? I doubt it. He ran away in high school.
If Kang Seo Hee's son inherits, his family misses out.
CEO Heo isn't that bright.
What kind of dad
abandons his own son, and is devoted to another's?
Ah, really. Even besotted over a woman, how could he?
Ajumma. What's the matter?
Um, I must go somewhere.
But it's time you prepared after-school snacks.
Please go, Mom-Meoni. (mother-housekeeper)
I'll take care of the kids.
I'll make snacks and take them to the kids.
That ajumma! She does what she likes because she's quitting?!
Unni, heck!
She'd have a matter to take care of.
And why call her "Ajumma"?!
I call an ajumma, Ajumma. What else?
Who calls housekeepers 'Ajumma'?
The trend is "Mother".
We're too close in age for me to call her "Mother".
"Mother" is just
sharing meals, sleeping under the same roof.
She prepares my meals and does my laundry.
I let Mother wash my undies!
Oh, I'm going nuts!
Chi-Hyun, go in and see your dad.
Yes.
You're leaving? I came late to avoid you.
Are you happy?
I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose.
Oh, really? I need to believe you.
You'll raise my Joon-Jae. I hope you're a good person.
Yes. But don't show up before Joon-Jae is an adult
so he adjusts in a new family.
Relax. I'll love him more than my own son.
- Who? - She says she's Mo Yoo Ran.
How dare she come here?
Open it.
Oh my! How long's it been?
Have a seat.
Would you like a drink?
Ajumma, excuse us for a while.
Will you stand and talk? Sit.
Where's my Joon-Jae?
Where is he?
Why ask me about your son?
What?
You seem to know he's gone. Why ask me?
I never kicked him out. He left on his own.
And my husband didn't really try to look for him.
Oh, that's all?
I thought you two kept in touch, but I guess not.
You said you'd raise him well.
What can I do if he left?
This is why you warned me off?
You made my son yours, my husband yours, my position yours?
You're so funny.
Hey! Don't pretend.
You gave up.
I wouldn't have left my son.
I told you not to meet, so you didn't? Are you stupid?
What?
If you aren't having tea, can you leave? I'm tired.
Kang Ji Yeon!
My name is Kang Seo Hee.
No, your name is Kang Ji Yeon.
I'll find my son and bring him back where he belongs.
And I'll send you back where you came from.
Yes, it's me.
- Oh, Miss Chong. - Alright!
Watch out for cars.
He said not to be absent minded in traffic.
Who said so?
Someone I like. We said we'd go grocery shopping together.
Oh, right. Did you wait long?
It's okay. It's my only schedule today.
I can't keep her home all day.
Tail her, without being caught.
Don't let your ears turn red!
When the stem is dried out, it's not fresh.
Fish gills need to be light pink to be fresh.
These aren't that fresh.
But it's not bad for the market.
I've had no fresh fish here.
You must have good fish. Did you live by the ocean?
Something like that.
You must miss it.
But there's good food here.
Should we have ice cream?
Yes, I was depressed but I feel better now I met you.
Thanks!
What's this?
Who's this ajumma she met?
She makes friends everywhere!
Here's Ma Dae-Young's psychiatric report.
Have you heard of a woman, Kang Ji Yeon?
No. Why?
She's Ma Dae-Young's only woman, but I can't find her.
Her resident registration got cancelled.
We suspect they had a child together.
Then the woman or child could be helping him.
That's possible.
Hand me that info too.
Nam-Doo can find people better than cops can.
Ah, geez!
How'd I get entangled with a conman?
I'll take responsibility, so turn the boat.
Detective Hong is nicer than you'd expect.
Damn crazy guy! Do I look like a friend?
(Jin Kyung Won)
Jin Kyung Won?
You know him?
Since 2009, he treated Ma Dae-Young every few months.
(Jin Kyung Won)
Yes, he was my patient.
You saw Ma Dae-Young?
Mm. He occasionally got treated,
for Intermittent Explosive Disorder and manic depression.
Has he come recently?
No.
He hasn't come lately.
It's here.
- You work here? - Mm.
At Cha Shi-Ah's house?
You should've double-checked!
It'd be big trouble!
We almost got caught!
So it was Cha Shi-Ah's house.
Hm? What?
It's nothing. Here.
Bye then.
Bye.
Noona, that's not it.
What's not it?
It's not whatever you think.
Where are you going?
You've got it bad! What will you do with a photo of my gate?
You want to be that close to me?
Tch!
I'm going nuts!
My own problem is doing my head in.
My heart has no room for you.
It doesn't need room, truly.
Was I too tough?
Love is a hassle.
Heo Joon-Jae?
It's Heo Chi-Hyyn. I'm by Joon-Jae's house.
Chong. Let me carry this.
Okay.
Go ahead. I need to ask the Professor something else.
Hurry up. I'm not your taxi.
It's cold. Blast the heater.
Alright.
It's my car. I'll handle it.
Yesterday Ma Dae-Young came.
Why'd he come?
Without medication, he can't control his violent nature.
He killed Dam-Ryung and Se-Hwa.
He's after us here.
Yesterday he also saw your end.
And he said...
- It wasn't me. It was not me. - What?
He didn't kill us? Then who?
He didn't tell me so I don't know.
I said you can't change fate easily.
Send the woman back where she belongs.
Would Ma Dae-Young return here?
I told him I'd prepare medicine.
He'll come soon.
Can you contact me then?
Sure.
I'm sorry. I lost Chong.
- Hurry! - I'm on the way.
I went through two red lights!
What if she meets Ma Dae-Young? Take responsibility, Detective Hong.
Why would I take respons-
Ah, she's not answering?
Thank you.
Help yourself.
Is it "pour-eat" or "dip-eat"?
The sauce. Do I pour it or dip it?
Ah, "pour, dip"? I..."dip-eat".
Good. I dip-eat, but Heo Joon-Jae pour-eats, so we fight.
How long have you lived with Joon-Jae?
Three months.
Oh, 3 months. Just you two?
No, with Heo Joon-Jae's friends.
That's good.
What's good?
Nothing. Just this and that.
- Would you like mandoo (dumplings)? - Mm, call!
Ah, 'call'? Madam, mandoo too.
Sure.
Oh, Joon-Jae!
- Is that yours? - No, it's Miss Chong's.
Thanks for carrying it, but don't do that again.
- Bye. - Bye.
Heo Joon-Jae, are you mad at me?
You fought again? You fight everyday?
I met Heo Joon-Jae's brother, so's he's like that. It's weird.
If he got mad you met his family, he doesn't aim to stay with you.
What? You met his brother? How?
He came to eat with me.
Didn't he have no contact? I wasn't introduced to them.
You've been introduced?
Mm. Long, long, long ago.
Oh, what's wrong?
Have I been out of water too long?
What do I do?
No-one can get through, right?
Without a better hacker than me, they won't get in.
OK, fine. Stay out today.
Why? I have no plans.
Hyung, go out too. Don't come back until evening.
Why should I?
It's my house. Do as I say.
Wow, he's victimising us. Where'd we go in the cold?
You won't work, so a meeting is hard to set up.
OK. Well, then, today
we won't be back till evening.
Get out. Hurry! Out!
- I need to change! - Just come out. - I'll change first.
Hurry out. I'll wait outside.
They're out until evening?
Oh, it's so cold and he's telling me to go?
I wondered what you were doing.
Aren't you cold? Why swim in winter?
Huh?
Wh-what are you wearing?
Oh, you'll work part-time... in an aquarium!
Oh, Chong is so funny!
For a moment, I thought you were a merm... hah! What am I saying?
Sorry, sorry. I watched too much American drama.
It looks so real, I had an impossible thought.
Miss, where's your home?
My home is far.
My home has lots of stuff.
That patient's BT was 29 degrees. She revived with one defibrillation?
In one week,
- this became this? - Does that make sense?
Where'd you get this?
I worked hard to get this.
Surely...
Give me the gown there?
What's this? This... what?
This... wh-what's this? Huh?
How... h-how did it change?
Wow, these things truly exist!
Wow! What the! Should I report you to international news, or FBI?
Will you tell Heo Joon-Jae?
Tell him? Uh, I'm not sure.
See how you answer my questions.
D-don't come close.
So, in water, you turn into that.
Out of water, you grow legs?
Yeah.
Wow! I'm going crazy!
So, that pearl... like in fairy tales, changed from your tears?
That's right.
Cry.
Cry. Let me see it really turn into pearls. I'm fascinated.
Okay, well, you needn't cry now. Slowly cry a lot from now on.
Wow! It's a jackpot!
So you won't tell Heo Joon-Jae, right?
Chong! Mermaid Chong! Why'd we keep this a secret?
This is amazing! We're sitting on a pile of money!
I don't like that!
I like it! Why stay home?
Hey! Let's go to Las Vegas,
launch a mermaid show, and a world tour!
You'll sell me off, Jo Nam-Doo?
No! I'm recommending you a job.
I'm not reporting you to the government.
I'm looking into overseas work.
- Fine! - Fine?
Mm.
Fine.
- Shake hands? - Mm, shake hands.
It's not contagious, right?
Okay, fine.
Jo Nam-Doo, are you okay?
Were you swimming?
Isn't it cold in winter?
If Heo Joon-Jae sees my real self, will he act like Jo Nam-Doo?
Should I have asked him before erasing his memories?
Jo Nam Doo!
Aren't you cold? Why swim in winter?
What are you wearing?
Wanting to work part-time? I...you...a mermaid!
Can I touch it?
Wow, I'm crazy!
This is amazing!
Cry...sitting on a pile of money!
You know the truth, so probably can't view me the same way?
Of course not! That's difficult.
Would Heo Joon-Jae be like this?
He'll be worse than me! He will run away 100%!
Then I shouldn't get caught.
Too late. I found out.
I'd only used that method once before, in water.
But it works outside water too.
What?
Sorry.
I'm going crazy.
You know that feeling when you can't quite remember something.
What do I do? Does he remember?
It's like dreaming of lottery numbers, then forgetting them.
That frustration makes you crazy!
Didn't I erase it well?
Wait! I remember something.
That... in our swimming pool...
Chong...!
Ow, why'd you hit me?
Eat and be quiet.
Hey, look! See my toe.
My toenail will fall off! But I don't remember!
How'd my foot get like this! How'd my foot bump something!
I can't remember anything!
Alcohol-caused dementia.
True?
Watch your drinking!
Ah, put it down.
I didn't want to live smearing poop on the wall.
How can I be like this already?
Have I started three rounds of bad luck?
How long will you do this?
What?
Not talking to me or meeting my eyes or smiling.
Okay, then. I'll ask again. If something happens to me...
It's the same if you ask 100 times.
If something happens to you, I can't live.
So why?
That...
My heart can only beat if you love me.
My heart on land has a time limit.
If you leave me or this world, my heart beat stops.
Jung Hoon died because of that.
When a loved one leaves, the heart cools,
hardens and stops.
Without you, I'll be like that.
Unless I return to the ocean, I'll die.
You'll die?
What?
- What did you just say? - What...?
Say it again. What stops, hardens...what happens?
You hear my voice?
You said your heart will stop.
When did you start hearing it?
You said you'll die.
When did you start hearing it?
Why will you die?!
~ seeing with you, listening with you ~
~ breathing with you ~
~ nothing will be lost; I'm happy ~
~ I want to stop by your side ~
~ everything about you ~
~ I cannot remember ~
TI need to ask you something.
Is that important?
Did you seek Kang Ji Yeon?
A background check never gave me a chill.
You quit your job. How about my house?
You got much better.
I'm having a home party. Can you come?
I'll be there.
I have a good idea.
What are you saying?
Trust me, leave it to me.