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A light beckoned me in the dark.

(Episode 1)

Wait. Where am I now?

I know I was on the rooftop of the hospital.

Excuse me! Hello?

What is this? Are they shooting a film?

Let no one escape!

Attack!

Don't miss anyone.

Hey.

Commander, sir!

Who are you?

I said, who are you?

Well, what's going on?

He's not clad like one of them but he looks suspicious.

If we interrogate him, he will fess up their hideout.

What?

Arrest him!

Yes, Commander!

Hey, wait. What are you doing?

Who the heck are you?

Commander!

Are you all right?

What are you waiting for? Go get him!

Yes, sir!

- Stop there! - Stop right there!

- Freeze! - Stop running!

- Stop there! - Stop!

- Get him! - Don't move!

What the heck? Why am I running away?

He's over there!

- That way! - He's right there!

This is a cliff. There's no path.

Let's go this way.

Help me.

Help!

Somebody help!

"I must go back."

Everything began from the voice that night.

An unidentified male found in Pagoda Park is being taken to the hospital.

A man in his 30 to 40s.

Sustaining a laceration running from the occipital area.

Right pupil 4 mm, left 4 mm. The right pupil is not reacting.

Prepare for endotracheal intubation and administer Mannitol.

And order a CT scan of the brain.

Who's available in the neurosurgery?

- Contact him now. - Yes, doctor.

It's an epidural hematoma.

But this is...

What? A tumor?

It doesn't seem malignant.

It's a piece of cake.

We can remove it if there's no damage in the ventricle.

Scalpel.

Perforator.

Craniotome.

Let's open it.

Removing hematoma.

It's all cleared.

Good.

Now we'll extract the tumor.

Put micro-bipolar after suction. Prepare for microsurgery.

All right.

Where are you, sweetie?

Surrender and come to the light.

There it is.

Could it be fetal cellulite?

A deformed fetus in the cranium?

I heard there are some cases like this with children and infants.

But I've never seen it found in an adult male.

Concentrate on the surgery.

I must go back.

Doctor?

Are you okay?

Did you just say something?

Sorry?

I asked if you're okay.

Yes, I'm okay.

It's nothing.

Send it to the pathology lab.

Okay.

Why are you still up at this hour?

Nurses might scold you if you wander around during your bedtime.

Where's your mom?

What number is your room?

(Hot-tempered Mi Na)

Yes, Mi Na.

Dr. Jin drinks orange juice after a successful operation.

Mi Na, I'm really sorry. I kept you waiting too long.

I just finished my operation.

I'm on my way. I'll be there in 30 minutes.

Don't go there in vain.

What?

Where are you?

Did you come out of the restaurant?

Why did you go there?

Come to the restaurant now. I'm leaving now.

I told you, I have something to tell you.

Hello? Hello?

Hello?

Gosh, she's so unpredictable.

Geez, I barely booked a table by the window...

and even prepared a bouquet for her.

Mi Na!

Happy birthday to you

What are you doing?

Happy birthday, Dear Hyuk Happy birthday to you

Make a wish and blow out the candles.

We've been neighbors for 20 years now...

and do you still not know my birthday?

I'm out of town next week for a seminar.

It's okay to celebrate your birthday early.

Come on, blow out the candles. My arms hurt.

Mi Na, how about wine?

We can turn on the music too.

How does it sound?

Hey.

What are you trying to do? Hey!

- Come on. - Don't run away.

Come here.

Stop, Mi Na. Not today.

- Why not? - Hey.

- Please don't. - You think I can't do it?

Please, not today.

- Mi Na. - Yes?

You are heavy.

Hey.

Does it hurt?

I don't love you at all.

I'm sick of you, too.

Why don't you propose to me?

That's too cheesy.

I might run away then.

- I'd be thankful then. - What?

Did it hurt?

(Specimen register)

You know...

I extracted something strange from a patient's...

I just had a strange dream.

I was standing on the street...

where I had never been before.

Then I found you standing on the other side.

So I called you,

but you didn't recognize me.

- I didn't? - No.

You looked at me as if you didn't know me and walked away.

I kept following you asking if you don't recognize me...

and then I got lost.

I was so sad and scared.

It's because you slept uncomfortably on the couch.

Sleep in the room.

Mi Na, you have no patients this afternoon, right?

Me neither. Let's meet at three.

I can't.

Why not?

I'm out for the free medical service.

I'm still far from calling it a day.

How long are you going to do it?

You've done enough of that since college days.

You're cranky today. Did something bad happen?

Anyway,

come until five then.

If you don't, you'll regret it.

Regret what?

- Mi Na! - Hi! Did you eat?

- Yes. - Great.

- Let's go in the shade. - Mi Na.

I won with the trap card.

Awesome! How's your dad?

He went to work.

His knees are okay?

I think so.

You brat! Give me my medicine.

Let me take your blood pressure first.

There's no need. I'm sick.

- Just give me medicine. - Still, this is first.

Hey!

- What's going on? - What happened?

Dad!

What happened to him?

I don't know. I found him collapsed down there.

- Call 911. Now! - Okay.

Dad.

Let's take him this way.

Take him inside. Kyung Ho, come here.

Dad.

Dad!

Dad!

Yes, Mi Na. Are you here already?

I think he got hit in the head on a construction site.

But he didn't see a doctor and collapsed on his way home.

- Do a surgery first and... - It's too late.

What?

What do you mean, it's too late?

He has intracranial hemorrhage and the pupils have already dilated.

And three points on GCS.

There's no chance.

Even so...

Who knows? You could be wrong.

My diagnosis is accurate.

I don't even have to open his head.

I mean...

There can be a miracle.

If we give him surgery...

He is the only family Kyung Ho has.

We can't just sit there and watch him become an orphan.

Mi Na.

I will pay for his medical bills by any means.

It's not about money.

The chance is less than one percent.

Even with a 0.1 percent chance, it's worth fighting for.

He's dying, how could you say he's beyond help, period?

Will you do the same if I were that patient?

What's impossible is impossible.

Sometimes giving up is better for a patient and his family.

Aren't you a doctor?

What's so difficult to operate?

You can't ask me to save just everybody.

I didn't ask that.

I only asked you to operate on that patient.

You can't take the risk for a snowball's a chance in the pit.

You know how much time and money it takes to do an operation.

It's better to put those resources to save other patients with chance.

I can't believe you weigh the lives of patients.

We must judge the situation rationally as a doctor.

Judge?

Who do you think you are to judge that?

Are you the deity? You're a doctor.

A doctor shouldn't give up on life! That's our duty!

Our job is to save human lives we can handle.

And those we can't handle are left in the deity's hands.

You're really selfish.

Do you know what's really being selfish?

It's giving false hope to patients.

Acting nice but hurting patients and their families in the end.

That's what you're doing now. Do you know that?

Dr. Jin,

that patient...

just passed away.

Get off of me!

Mi Na, it's nobody's fault.

Even if we had operated on him, the result would be the same.

Mi Na!

Where are you going?

How can I face Kyung Ho?

I can't.

- Mi Na. - Don't touch me.

Mi Na.

Maybe my dream was right.

You feel like a stranger...

at times like this.

Prepare emergency brain surgery...

- and page Dr. Seo right away. - Yes, doctor.

Take a brain and abdomen CT scan,

- and get packed red blood cells. - All right.

Mi Na.

- Call for Dr. Seo now! - Yes.

Wait!

I'm here, Mi Na.

It's okay.

Can you recognize me?

It's all right.

It's okay.

You'll be all right. So don't worry, okay?

We...

We can...

meet...

We can meet again.

Yes.

We'll meet again.

We will.

Mi Na.

Mi Na.

Mi Na!

Mi Na!

Blood almost removed.

We're almost done here.

Okay. So are we.

That was a close call.

She'll take some time to recover.

But it could've been worse.

Thanks, Dr. Seo.

I must go back.

Dr. Jin?

Doctor!

Doctor!

It's that voice again.

Sorry?

Dr. Jin, what's wrong with you?

It's nothing.

I'm okay.

I'm okay. Let's suture.

Are you sure you're okay?

Yes, I'm fine!

I must go back.

Suction.

What the heck?

It's abnormal bleeding.

It seems to have an artery burst somewhere.

Keep on doing suction!

- Bleeding won't stop! - Fill it up!

We have no time. Let's hurry and finish the job.

The blood pressure is dropping.

Get Mannitol ready.

I have no blood pressure.

Mi Na, hang in there.

You must hang in there.

No, don't do this to me.

The brain is swelling.

Epinephrine.

Epinephrine!

Hold on.

She turned the corner.

I hope she comes back.

It was not your fault.

Dr. Yoo was just unlucky.

She is...

a strong person.

She'll come around soon.

We...

We can...

meet again.

Hello?

What are you doing there?

Why do you have that?

I must go back.

Was it you?

Who are you?

What have you done to me?

Hey, wait.

Hey!

What's wrong with you?

No!

This is a dream.

I must be dreaming.

Mi Na...

So it was not a dream.

Didn't you...

cry for help last night dangling from the cliff?

What a weird outfit.

By the way, where are we?

It seems I took on the wrong road on the fuddle.

Just give me five coins.

Pardon?

I saved your life. Shouldn't you repay my kindness?

Had it not been for me, you would've hit the ground.

Five coins would be a fair price.

Why?

You don't have five coins?

No.

You must have some money though.

I have no money.

You don't?

Not a single coin?

Dang!

The bread always falls on the buttered side.

I saved a bum for nothing!

Darn it.

Look!

Where are we?

Why are all people...

What's the occasion today?

What date is it today?

Wait. What year are we in?

Your questions are as weird as your looks.

It's Hampoong 10, a year of Gyungshin.

Far from the piping times of peace.

Pardon?

Hampoong...

Gyungshin?

After King Heonjong suffered an early demise,

it's been 12 years since the rural boy from Ganghwado...

ascended the throne.

It's been 12 years!

As the world is going crazy, deranged bums are everywhere.

Good grief!

The rural boy from Ganhwado... That must be King Cheoljong.

Wait!

Then this is the Joseon Era?

Exactly.

A good guess for a crazy bum.

This is real Joseon under the reign of King Cheoljong?

How dare!

How dare you give a posthumous title to the living king!

But you also put him down as "the rural boy."

I am a member of the Royal family!

How impertinent of you!

If you were sane, I would've already put you to death!

I'm in Joseon?

This is nonsense.

Shall I go or shall I not go?

Maybe I'll follow you

Just like Zhao Zilong charging on his good steed

Shall I leave for Hanyang?

To heck with Hanyang.

It's a bloody awful world.

Who could be right in his mind?

This is not...

a dream.

Joseon.

I am...

in the Joseon Era.

We caught this thief alive...

but he died on the way.

They fought against the royal forces and even killed our men.

How audacious they are!

Call in a painter from the Bureau of Arts.

A painter?

Although it was pitch-dark,

I clearly remember his unmasked face.

Once we get his montage,

put him in the wanted all over the capital.

Yes, sir!

He's about 6 feet tall, seems like in his 30's.

Very light skin, a wide philtrum, and a sharp nose.

No topknot, no mustache or beard.

He's wearing a narrow-sleeved robe without robe-strings.

Anyone who provides his hideout...

or arrests him shall receive a huge reward!

Listen!

If you find this man, report to the police bureau!

Out of my way!

Move!

Everything is...

real.

This is real.

How could this happen?

Oh, I'm sorry.

He killed an officer.

By the way, doesn't he look weird?

Wait!

Is something wrong?

Go away. Go away, rascals!

This way.

- Excuse me. - Keep quiet!

If you roam around in this attire and meet rowdies,

you'll get a grueling.

I was so concerned about you that I turned back.

Come with me to the police...

I mean, we need to fill our stomach since a full belly counsels well.

I am okay.

Your stomach doesn't lie.

Let's see.

You should change your clothes first.

You shouldn't steal...

It's been already 60 years...

since the Kims of Andong commanded the world.

The whole world has been depraved, rotten.

Men are more fearsome than tigers, dang!

Look, something's wrong.

Why yes.

I don't belong here. I have to go back quickly.

I'll help with the problems you have. Just come with me.

How?

You wouldn't believe me even if I tell you.

In fact, last night...

It's been a long time, my lord.

It has.

How's Ju Pal doing?

Actually, he has been eager to see you,

grilling us every day to bring you to him.

Take the lead.

This way, please.

Boss, look who's here.

Hey, Ju Pal!

Long time no see!

Well, look at that!

Hit the spot!

I've been meaning to visit you.

I'm glad that I could see you at last.

Well.

My lord.

So far there were only two guys...

who dared to take off with my money.

Since I'm a devout Buddhist,

I caught them but set them free under deep water.

One in Maponaru and another one in Gwangnaru.

Goodness me.

While they were alive.

May their souls rest in peace.

I do have high regards for you.

So...

how about paying your debts before it's too late?

I will pay my debts! I certainly will!

The man behind me is my cashbox.

The price put on his head is 100 coins.

I heard something was posted from the early morning.

Then is he the man wanted by the police?

Once I receive the prize money,

I'll pay you back and treat you big.

So cut me some slack today.

Forget about paying me back. You can go.

What do you mean?

Deuk Chil!

Yes.

Go bring Officer Jang from the Police Bureau.

Tell him I have the wanted man.

Then he will come running.

Okay.

Ju Pal!

Look, we are quits.

I will strike out your debt in exchange for him.

Taking a 100-coins worth man to strike out debts of 30 coins?

That's absurd!

Listen, my lord.

I, Shim Ju Pal is second to none...

to do the exact figures in this Joseon!

Think as your debts carried high interest.

What? It's a robbery!

Dang!

Don't you dare run away.

Gae Bok, he's worth 100 coins. Treat him gently.

Give him a bowl of soup.

You can have one if you didn't eat yet.

What a thief you are! Geez.

What a nice-looking cashbox!

Maybe it's because you worth 100 coins.

Rice cake for a dessert?

- Gae Bok, come and eat rice cake. - Let's eat!

How can you possibly eat?

You cheated me to pay off your gambling debts.

Now, hold on.

I hear some dog barking.

What did you say?

You killed an officer. What a barefaced cheek!

I didn't do anything.

Then, what were you doing there in the middle of the night?

Tell me.

Of course, you can't answer.

Since you're in collusion with Mumyonggye.

I have no idea about it.

I'm actually a doctor.

A doctor? You are a doctor?

Yes.

Boss, what's wrong? What's wrong?

- What's wrong with you? - Boss!

Spit it out, spew up. Come on, spew up!

Boss, what's wrong? Puke up!

- Just puke up! - Hey, call a doctor!

- Puke up! - Move over.

- What are you doing? - I'm a doctor.

- You're a doctor? - Put your hands up.

He will die if left alone in this way.

Try to breathe!

- Breathe! Try to breathe! - Boss!

Heimlich maneuver won't work here.

Then I'll be left with a tracheotomy.

Mosquito forceps.

I must open the trachea at least within three minutes at maximum,

and help deliver oxygen to the brain.

If I delay even a second, this man will die.

Help me move him over there.

Hold him up. Be careful!

Slowly! Move slowly.

Hot water. I need hot boiling water, hurry!

Water!

Boss!

- Boss! - Boss.

Can you hear me?

Open your eyes!

- Boss! - Boss.

Hey! What the heck are you doing?

I have to pierce a hole so he can breathe.

Pierce a hole where?

If you want to save his life, stay back.

Don't move, any of you.

Trust me, it's all right.

Yes, his breathing came back. One more time.

- Help me raise him. - Move.

I need to bend him over and pound his back hard five times.

Boss!

Now put the hands below his ribcage. One, two, three.

Also doing five times.

Boss!

- He's alive! - He's back!

Oh, boss! You're alive!

- Go get some water! - Someone get some water.

Now I'll wrap a clean cloth around the wound.

Fire!

Where?

- I see fire! - Where?

There's a murderer! He killed an officer!

It's that murderer!

Stop that man!

- Get him! - Stop there!

That way!

- Stop that man! - Get him!

Find him!

You wanted to sell me. Why do you help me run away?

If they catch you, I will lose my share.

What?

I'm just kidding.

I realized that you are not the type to harm people.

How insightful.

By the way, it was wondrous.

I've never seen such wondrous medical skills before.

Hey! Cashbox!

Cashbox!

He's there! Get him!

Stop that man!

Welcome!

Everybody talks about your skills.

They are curious who is this good at needlework.

But since they might think it disgraceful...

for a noble lady to do the needlework,

I didn't give them your name.

Pass that to me.

Oh, yes. It's a lot this time.

Thank you always.

Dear, look at me.

I should give you the sewing fee.

Let's see, including the unpaid work the other day...

I have to pay you two and a half coins.

It's three and a third.

Pardon?

You should put into account the wedding dress...

I've done on the third of this month.

Oh, I forgot about that.

Here you go.

From now on, you may give my name to the inquirers.

It'd be better for me to do business firsthand.

I will see you again.

Goodbye.

Look at that destitute girl putting on airs...

just because of noble birth.

- Two quarts of barley too. - Yes.

Are these for the children in the slum?

What if your mother finds out?

She'll scold me badly if she knows you went there again.

Make up a good excuse for me.

- My lady! - So...

you couldn't catch one guy and make a fool out of yourselves?

He looked like some nobleman,

but he was agile as if he knew every inch of the town.

I don't want to hear it!

We can't let him escape the city no matter what.

Close all the gates that lead to the outside of the capital...

and arrest anyone suspicious.

- Yes, sir! - Let's go.

My lady!

It's been a long time.

Forgive me that I haven't visited you.

How is Young Hui doing?

It's my carelessness that I haven't seen him.

He confines himself to home concentrating on the study.

It's time he passes the higher state examination by now.

Do you still frequent slums?

I told you that it is not a place for a noble lady to visit.

That place is also where people live.

There is no reason I shouldn't visit there.

Listen!

Escort this lady.

Please, do not mind me. You're already busy...

with state affairs.

Yet even my fiancee worries me.

Things are chaotic recently.

I'd be relieved if you don't refuse my favor.

Escort the lady to the outside of the city.

Yes, sir!

Your shoulders are too stiff.

I didn't expect you'd come here, my lord.

So you will live in the office...

until you arrest the criminals?

I am determined to do so.

Your resolution is praiseworthy.

I hardly deserve your praise.

Isn't that your horse?

Since the confrontation with Mumyonggye last night,

she's been still in shock.

Mumyonggye is not a mere group of thieves.

Many of the important figures in town...

suffered their attack.

There are opinions that the inept police bureau...

should bear responsibility.

I have no face to see you.

And this time,

they aimed at a tribute to me.

Somehow they were informed of its route which we kept in secret,

and they dared to commit a night attack.

What do you think it means?

I am aware that they are no easy mark.

So I had plainclothesmen search through the capital city...

while increasing the patrols with agile men.

Were there not enough patrols that you lost them each time?

Also,

I have been working out a secret plan.

- A secret plan? - Yes.

Though born of my concubine,

you are still my blood.

So their attack on your subordinates means the attack on you,

the attack on me,

and the attack on the Kims of Andong.

You must not...

leave them alone.

Absolutely.

The people are...

like that horse.

If you loosen the reins, they will become unruly.

You must hold fast and tighten the reins...

so they can obey.

Reign of terror.

That is how our clan has domineered...

for years.

The 60 years of reign isn't something that just happened.

Do you understand what I mean?

Yes, my lord.

A precious man has come.

Who's there?

Get every one of them!

I'm sorry.

Hey.

Are you okay?

Hey!

What's all this fuss about?

Who's out there?

My goodness! Isn't he Scholar Hong?

What happened to him?

Do you know him?

Who are you?

Where does he live? He needs immediate treatment.

- Please help. - All right.

Hurry!

What's going on?

Take the lead. Hurry up!

Madam!

Please come out! There's big trouble!

Young Hui!

Oh, my. What happened?

Young Hui, wake up!

Young Hui, it's me.

- We should carry him in. - Young Hui!

Young Hui, my son. Open your eyes.

Young Hui.

Young Hui!

(Dr. Jin)

You said there's a way to save my brother.

- But I can't count on it here. - So what is that way?

Please save my brother.

Now I'm going to do the first brain surgery in the history of Joseon.

It's all or nothing. I'll give it a try.

Tie up the criminal!

There's a little mix-up here.

I will listen to you in detail at the police bureau.

I see my cashbox has caught at last.

What were you doing there at that juncture of time?

Tell me your name and your abode!

Hyuk Jin? Hyuk Jin.

How dare you imprison a man of noble birth?

Do you know who I am?

I am Yi Ha Eung, a kinsman of the royal family!

Regent Heungseon?

So his attire looks like that of a Westerner?

Yes.

If we make him an example and behead him in public,

the discipline of the nation will be enforced.

What will become of me?

Mi Na, I miss you.