All language subtitles for Climax.S01E09.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.AV1-SiN.VIU

(Ju Ji Hoon)

(Ha Ji Won)

(Nana)

(Cha Joo Young)

(Oh Jung Se)

(Climax)

(This drama is a work of fiction.)

(Characters, places,
and events are not real.)

(Children and animals were
filmed under production guidelines.)

(Episode 9)

Sang Ah.

Director Lee asked me to give you this.

(100 percent real, not a deepfake or AI!)

(Where's the full video?)

(The link was just deleted. Again)

(Who leaked this?)

("Scandal Over Private Video Going Viral")

("Shocking Video of Actress
Chu Sang Ah Leaked")

("Is This The End of Bang
Tae Seop's Political Career?")

("Creation Party to
Release a Statement Soon")

(Her husband a politician? Unbelievable.)

(Get your own family in order.)

(He can't manage his
family and wants politics?)

(Get your wife under control.)

The 22nd National Assembly
General Election polls...

closed a moment ago at 6pm.

The vote count begins shortly,
and we'll see the public's choice.

Let's check in with our reporter
at the ballot-counting station.

Reporter Jeon Min Soo, is everything
for the count going smoothly?

Hey, Reporter Hwang, push
the Son Guk Won story too.

This isn't the kind of story
to be buried by cheap gossip!

Release a ton of articles.
Plaster it everywhere.

Sir, this isn't "cheap gossip" right now.

Think about it. With a scandal
of this magnitude breaking,

- who cares about politics now?
- Hey, Reporter Hwang.

Besides,

maybe Son Guk Won's team blocked
it. The higher-ups killed the story.

Anyway, this is as far as I can take it.

Hey.

You have your back channels.
Since when do you follow the rules?

Hey!

Yes, Assemblyman Choi, I...

Is this election a joke to you?
How could you do this to the party?

We were saving it for a key moment,
and you threw it away on a whim?

So you don't care
about the party, is that it?

No, sir. I'll explain
everything and fix it.

- Later, I will...
- Enough.

We'll brief the press. Clean
it up. No party blowback.

Getting beaten by a woman? How pathetic.

Yes, Executive Director.

I'm going to need you to cover for me.

The phone is currently off.
Leave a message after the tone.

Those jerks! You're
all dead! I'll kill you all!

You're all dead!

(We're pulling out.)

We're pulling out.

Is Candidate Bang Tae Seop inside?

- How's Candidate Bang Tae Seop?
- Let us through.

When can we expect an official statement?

Please explain what happened.

- Get out of the way!
- A comment, please!

What are your thoughts, Assemblyman?

Things were looking so good for them.

I guess they never saw
such a huge reversal coming.

Bang Tae Seop's camp popped
the champagne way too early.

At this point, you have to
assume his political career is over.

Yes. As the assemblyman said,

Bang Tae Seop's camp, once so
sure, must feel like a funeral now.

It was the final nail in the coffin.

Before his camp could even
figure out what was happening,

public opinion had
completely turned against him.

What did I tell you?

Nothing trumps a good
old-fashioned sex scandal.

Thanks to you, I've
learned a valuable lesson.

Now you have a clear
path to The Blue House.

- Have a drink.
- Of course.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Now, let's turn to the dramatic
race in Dongnam District A.

Candidate Park Hong Jip,
with 63.5 percent of the vote...

is the projected winner.

Who are you people?

Yes, sir. I'll put him on.

Hey, Bang Tae Seop.

Humiliating, isn't it?

Because I'm humiliated too.

CEO Jang...

I'll handle this. I'll fix everything...

Forget it. As of now, my
investment is officially your debt.

And you'd better answer my calls.

And pay me back in full. In cash.

(New politics, new worker)

(Bang Tae Seop)

It's a one-way ticket
for a flight out tomorrow.

I sent a box of cash to your
house. It should've arrived by now.

It means your job is done,
so get lost and never return.

If it wasn't for us, you'd
be rotting in a cell for life.

So just shut it and get out.

I think you've got this all wrong.

You don't have anything
on me. I was framed.

And you can tell Lee Yang Mi...

that it's in her best interest
to leave Chu Sang Ah alone.

What do you have up your sleeve?

You have something on us, don't you?

Sang Ah.

Hwang Jung Won was the mole.

Which means this was all a setup
by Choi Ji Ho and Lee Yang Mi.

They were framing Hwang
Jung Won for murder,

- so she...
- Stop.

I'm hanging up.

Say something.

Anything at all.

At this point,

I know this sounds like an excuse,

but I wasn't in my right mind that night.

I think Hwang Jung Won
put something in my drink.

And I don't remember anything after that.

Aren't you even going to say you're sorry?

I'm sorry.

So deep down,

you really think this
is my fault, don't you?

You need to apologise to me too.

That tax evasion scandal
Lee Yang Mi cooked up...

You knew about it, didn't you?

If you had just told me, I
could've done something about it!

Did you really let that happen
just to save your own skin?

Everything that's happened
to me up until now...

I thought it was my punishment.

Punishment for trying to survive,

for refusing to let those jerks crush me.

I thought it was a price for
not apologising to those I hurt...

and stepped on to get ahead.

I thought I was finally paying for it all.

And that's why it hurt so much.

But it turns out I was
just being played all along.

When I hit rock bottom, hurt and broken,

couldn't you have told me
once that it wasn't my fault?

Couldn't you have told
me that I had paid my dues?

I'm sorry.

There. Are you happy now?

Go beg Lee Yang Mi for forgiveness.

We can't win against Lee Yang
Mi. We can't! We just can't! Darn!

Go get on your knees and beg
her, whatever it takes! Please!

It's your pathetic pride that's
dragged us down this far!

Darn it!

Hey!

Do you know what I was protecting,
going through all this nonsense?

By going through all
this, just trying to survive?

Pathetic pride? You
call this pathetic pride?

You think I sold you out just
so I could get ahead alone...

That I let myself get trampled
on to get to where I am now?

Hey. Hey!

It's not like I have you
wrapped around my finger.

When I call out to you, do
you even pretend to look back?

Do you?

I...

stayed by your side through all of that.

Do you have any idea what
it took for me to just hang on?

How lonely I felt every
time I looked at you...

Have you ever once
stopped to think about that?

Have you?

You're blaming me?

But still, I...

I held on and on, and
on, just to protect us.

I was just trying to hold
on. And after all that...

After all that I've done!

How could you do this?

Fine.

Ultimately, you wanted to own me.

Am I wrong?

Let go.

Let go of me!

Let go!

Let go of me, you jerk!

Fine.

Let's just...

Let's just die.

Let's die together.

It's better this way.

My life...

is unimaginable without Chu Sang Ah.

Our journey to get here
was not an easy one.

I consider it the best choice
and greatest challenge of my life.

(Actress Chu Sang Ah: Murder and tax evasion)

(Shocking past exposed!)

We made a promise to each other.

That we would be the
best possible partners.

But that...

was the worst choice and
the biggest disaster of all.

Their marriage, presented as
the fairy tale everyone dreams of,

was actually a complete sham
hiding a twisted and ugly truth.

(Chu Sang Ah's surprise
wedding: From first date to "I do")

(The issue trackers)

(Creation Party)

(Creation Party: Creating value together)

I apologise.

This may sound like an excuse,

but that video was doctored.

To ensure this doesn't harm the party,

I will do everything in
my power to contain this.

If you...

- just give me one last chance...
- We've already...

explored every possible
avenue to contain this on our end.

This is the only option.

(Candidate Bang Tae Seop)

(Statement on leaving the Creation Party)

Darn!

Due to my personal issues, I've
caused the party, its members,

(Breaking news: "Candidate
Bang Tae Seop...")

and all of those who have
supported my campaign,

("Statement on leaving the Creation Party")

great disappointment and turmoil.

For that, I offer my sincerest apologies.

The responsibility for all of this...

lies with me and my personal issues alone.

(Breaking news: "Candidate Bang Tae Seop...")

(The Chu Sang Ah scandal and Hwang Jung Won)

(Our front door)

For crying out loud! Will
you just get out of here?

You're going to Chu Sang
Ah's? How do you know her?

- The public has a right to know.
- For goodness' sake.

- Gosh. I said, get out of here!
- Careful!

- Unbelievable.
- Just one comment, please.

Hey, you.

Why not keep your wives
in check? Just you watch.

- Just one comment before you go.
- Please, just one word.

That's it! I'm reporting
you for trespassing.

I knew it from the very beginning.

That this marriage was a mistake.

That you...

would just end up betraying
him instead of helping my brother.

And you know why I
couldn't stop this marriage?

Because even though he's my little brother,

I've never won an
argument with him. Not once.

Go ahead and curse me out.

Believe me. I came here today...

to ask why you'd ruin his future
when he's struggling so hard.

I was ready to rip your hair out,
and hers, and tear you both apart.

My gosh.

One look at the state
of you and this house,

it's clear all hell has
already broken loose.

If I were to start
raising hell on top of it,

it'd be kicking you when
you're down, wouldn't it?

It'd be a total waste of my energy.

So why...

Why...

Look.

You may be a wench,

but you were the one
who was secretly filmed.

That makes you the victim.

Even so, for now,

be so humiliated you could die,

and suffer so much you wish you were dead.

Especially since you're a
celebrity, not some nobody.

That's the price you have to pay.

Let that be your darn punishment.

However,

don't you dare be
irresponsible like last time...

and pull that stunt about suicide.

Because I...

will personally dig up your grave,

grab you by the scruff of your neck,

and drag you right back out.

You better stay alive and make up for this.

Got it?

Today's your birthday, isn't it?

What a mess...

of a life you have.

You know, Tae Seop...

probably fell for you because
you're so much like him.

Abandoned by your own mother,

left all alone in the world.

You fought tooth and nail just to survive.

And you endured. That's why.

(Lee Yang Mi)

What are you doing? Not going in?

Let me guess. Wondering
where you went wrong?

"I shouldn't have gone in there that day."

"I shouldn't have used Nam Hye Hun's card."

"I shouldn't have joined
that idiot, Kwon Jong Uk."

I'm sure many things are on your mind.

But you're wrong, Tae Seop.

That's not it.

The worst choice you ever
made was marrying Chu Sang Ah.

And the best choice I ever made
was marrying Kwon Se Myeong.

Do you get it now?

Come on, this is your last chance.

It's your choice.

(VIP)

Today, let's...

die together.

Are you out of your mind?

It's not fair for me to die alone, is it?

But before we do, let me ask you one thing.

Why on earth are you going this far?

Sang Ah...

Why are you so determined to
drag her down to rock bottom?

Because that's the only
thing you really have.

Of everything you own,

she's the most valuable.

- Darn...
- Gosh, darn it.

You call this rock bottom?

You think it's over?

Don't make me laugh.

Die?

You'd really kill yourself?

This pathetically?

You think I don't know you, Bang Tae Seop?

You knew this was your last
chance when you came here!

You need to figure out
what to do right now...

to turn both your life and
Chu Sang Ah's around.

So make the right call.

Okay?

- It's Chu Sang Ah!
- Let's get a comment over here!

How did we...

end up becoming such monsters?

Bang Tae Seop.

I'm not letting it end like this.

Ms. Chu, you are currently
at the center of controversy.

Can we get a comment?

I will crush Lee Yang Mi
by any means necessary.

Just one comment, please!

What you've lost,

and what was stolen from
me, I will take it all back.

Ms. Chu, please just give us one comment.

How are you feeling right now?

- Ms. Chu!
- Ms. Chu!

Please give us a comment!

- Ms. Chu!
- Ms. Chu!

Ms. Chu!

Because you are me.

We're the same breed.

I know all too well...

that you'll do whatever it takes.

You go your way.

And I'll go mine.

Let's each see this through...

to the end we want.

This is the ancestral tomb of Gu Hong Seo,

Son Guk Won's only rival.

Your mission...

is to sever that family's
bloodline for good.

This is basically like
putting a hit on the dead.

You must drive this
into its skull and heart...

to sever its life force.

However,

this act defies the laws of life and death,

so whoever performs it must pay a price.

For example,

the person closest to you
could be struck by the curse.

(Recents)

(Chu Sang Ah, Nam Woo Sik)

(To: Bang Tae Seop)

What are you doing?

Is this what you got...

for embarrassing yourself
in front of the whole world?

Watch your mouth.

I'm giving you this for old times' sake.

I'm getting out of here.

Don't look for me.

Are you messing with me right now?

After everything I did for you?

You want me to take this
chump change and go?

You need to stop doing this stuff.

Start living like a decent human being.

I'm going to go somewhere
no one knows me...

and start a new life.

You're saying this because...

you got a taste of the high life
in the industry with Chu Sang Ah.

So cut the nonsense.

Woo Sik.

(Deep Sea Aquarium)

Where are you going?

Running away?

You're the only proof I have left
that Lee Yang Mi did this to me.

And you're just going
to bail on me like this?

I know your life got messed up
because of me and Bang Tae Seop,

but if you run away now
just to save your own skin,

then I'll be done for.

I came here knowing
everything, so go ahead.

Let's hear your excuse.

I have no excuses to make.

It's just that you...

had the bad luck of running
into someone like me,

and your life got messed up.

Didn't you know I've
always been this rotten?

I've gotten blood on my hands to survive,

and I've spent my whole life
taking advantage of others.

What, did you really think I
had any decency left in me?

Fine.

But still,

my feelings for you...

were real even for a moment.

Let me ask you for one last favour.

I'm going to use all my
power to destroy Lee Yang Mi.

So what you saw,

what you heard, and everything you know!

Give me every piece of ammunition
I can use to take Lee Yang Mi down!

For people like you and me,

if we go any further with this,

it won't end with us just getting hurt.

So please, let's just stop right here.

Did I really wish you were dead?

I'm already dead anyway.

I died the day Ji Soo was killed,

and living like this...

is the same as being dead.

So even if it destroys me,
I'll destroy that monster first!

Please...

Just stop it!

Okay?

Okay?

We've turned into monsters.

- No!
- No!

Jung Won...

Hurry, go after him.

Jung Won!

Jung Won, look at me.

What do I do?

Oh, gosh...

Jung Won!

Look at me.

Look at me.

Jung Won, stay with me.

Jung Won...

Please, stay with me.

Please...

Jung Won!

Jung Won...

Jung Won!

Jung Won...

(Sang Ah)

The person is unavailable.
Please leave a message.

Darn...

You're Chu Sang Ah's husband, correct?

Yes. What's this about?

So, a man in his 30s wearing a black top...

killed Hwang Jung Won with
a weapon and fled the scene.

And you didn't get a
clear look at his face?

(Case record)

(Gossip Base, trending)

(It's really Chu Sang Ah.)

(Police Station)

Are you disappointed it wasn't me?

- I said it wasn't me!
- All right, let's go quietly.

- Let go! Let go of me!
- I said, quiet down.

- It wasn't me! It's not me!
- Shut it!

Hey! You know it wasn't me. You saw!

- Hey, shut it! Get in there!
- You saw!

- Be quiet!
- Get in there, punk.

Hey, Chu Sang Ah! Hey, you saw it! Hey!

Hey! Chu Sang Ah!

What do you think you're doing?

It wasn't him. I know it.

So what?

Do you really think this is
going to help you right now?

Don't get tangled up in this mess anymore.

This is where it ends.

A rookie actress, Ms. Hwang,
has been murdered by her stalker.

Convicted of attempted murder on
her mom's partner nine years ago,

she reportedly hid her past
to pursue her acting career.

Mr. Nam, caught at the scene,
stalked Ms. Hwang since last year.

He also had three assault convictions...

and was arrested many times before.

Meanwhile, from the wads of
dollars found in a bag in his car,

the police believe this incident
may not be simple stalking,

and haven't ruled out the
chance of it being a contract killing.

(The media covered for her. An
actress trying to kill someone?)

(So did she kill her dad back
then? Or her mom's boyfriend?)

(Why cast a lead with a record?
They only care about money.)

(This industry is a black hole.
Why is it full of so many weirdos?)

(The late Hwang Jung Won)

Darn it.

(Morgue)

Excuse me.

May I ask what your
relationship to the deceased is?

Why?

If there's no next of kin, she'll
be processed as unclaimed.

I'm her next of kin.

In that case, I'll need
you to sign here, please.

(Deceased: Hwang Jung Won)

(Relationship to Deceased: Next of Kin)

(ID Card: Hwang Jung Won)

(To: Bang Tae Seop)

What do you have up your sleeve?

You've got something on me, don't you?

Remember I was an
informant for Bang Tae Seop...

when he was a prosecutor?

If I reveal what I have,

we all go down together.

(Please help keep the area clean.)

Eliminate Hwang Jung Won.

(Director Lee Yang Mi)

(Choi Ji Ho, Dark Web Screen Capture)

(Key File)

This is the USB Hwang Jung
Won sent before she died.

(Park Jae Sang, Real Culprit Files)

It has the CCTV footage
of Park Jae Sang's killer...

and logs of calls between the broker
and the person who ordered the hit.

(Call Logs)

Is this a threat, or a pledge of loyalty?

What does it look like to you?

I'm not sure.

Either way, it wouldn't
count as direct evidence.

Still...

It'll be a big help with the case,
and things could get messy for you.

So?

What else do you want besides a
spot on Son Guk Won's campaign team?

Clean up the mess with the leaked video...

and make sure Chu Sang
Ah's movie gets released.

How touching.

To think you still have feelings
for Chu Sang Ah after all this.

My trophy wife has to be sparkling
when I make it to the Blue House.

This is exactly why I
took you under my wing.

Because you...

are one dirty jerk.

Imagine that.

You don't actually think...

there are good people
in this world, do you?

(Climax)

What are you trying to
do that's worth the risk?

I'm planning to get rid of Lee Yang Mi.

If I turn the wheel, it isn't long
before they go right off a cliff.

Medical malpractice and soliciting murder.

This will be the biggest story of the year.

You left no loose ends, right? It
must look like a perfect suicide.

I'm going to turn WR into a house of cards.

WR is about to get its true owner.