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(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.)

(1 year later)

My role ends here.

I knew.

I was born a supporting character,
destined to live a prewritten life,

and I could never escape
the net cast by the powerful.

And in that nightmare,

my insignificant dream...

would never come true.

- Stay with me.
- But in that nightmare,

Stay with me!

If my exit could serve
as even a tiny spark,

- from this worthless fate,
- Please, stay with me!

That in itself would
have been a worthy life.

No...

No...

No!

Please...

Sang Ah. Are you all right?

Working with her was
both exciting and an honor.

She was also such an
inspiration to me on set.

I have a question for Ms. Chu Sang Ah.

During filming, a clip from the movie...

was mistaken for a leaked,

real-life hidden camera video. How
did you feel when that happened?

It was tough.

("Four Seasons")

But I took comfort in knowing
my acting was so convincing.

And thanks to that, the
movie got some free publicity.

The company even offered a bonus
to whoever came up with the idea,

but I guess they got scared
and never came forward.

All right, thank you for your answer.

May I ask one more follow-up question?

Yes, it seems we have a
follow-up. Please, go ahead.

Thank you. One more question.

The love scene between the two
women was absolutely breathtaking.

You did a great job. I enjoyed the movie.

And congratulations on
making it to the film festival.

Thanks. It's all thanks to you.

And I saw in the news you
got cast in your next project.

That's great.

You seem to be doing well yourself.

I'm now on the secretarial staff
for Son Guk Won's campaign.

The election is almost here,
so it's about to get even busier.

I see. I'll be rooting for you.

Sang Ah. We have to head out now.

Thanks for coming today.

Take care.

Sang Ah.

I have something...

I need to talk to you about.

Here are your Monday
morning news headlines.

Race between Son Guk Won
of the Leap Forward Party...

and Gu Hong Seo of the Creation Party...

continues to heat up, but recent polls...

show that Candidate Son is
currently leading in approval ratings.

(The assemblyman has confirmed.)

(Messages)

(The 22nd Presidential
Election Candidate Debate)

Get the props ready. And
put your phones on silent.

Sir, I urge you to reconsider.

People are too rational
and cynical these days.

Do you really think they'll buy
a sob story about an old watch?

Besides, the Creation
Party won't have any proof.

We can just dismiss their
attacks as a smear campaign.

Sir, just a moment.

That may get us through the
moment, but it won't win us this election.

To win the election, we need
a story that moves people,

and on a day like today,
knowing Creation Party will attack,

if we release it at just the right moment,

your innocence and patriotism
will shine that much brighter.

Right.

You'd know better than anyone
what they'll use to attack us.

After all, you're the
one who used to do it.

Sir.

Today will be the catalyst
that ensures our momentum.

I may not trust your heart,

but I do trust that brain of yours.

Thank you, sir.

I'll give you the signal.

(The 22nd Presidential
Election Candidate Debate)

Of all the presidential candidates,
you have the least integrity, Son.

From the Daeyang Fund slush fund...

to corporate bribes and
other abuses of power.

That's just what's been uncovered.
Who knows what else we might find?

Can a man like this be trusted
to lead the Republic of Korea?

What about the recording
from the last general election?

Wasn't that proven to have been fabricated?

Why do you insist on spreading
these baseless, false accusations?

Are you going to keep denying it?

The evidence we have is
enough to have you arrested.

I am sure you are lying
right now, Candidate Son.

If I am wrong, I will
withdraw my candidacy,

and I will give up everything I have.

So, Candidate Son, what
are you willing to stake?

This watch...

belonged to my grandfather, an
independence fighter in the '30s.

It has been a treasured
family heirloom ever since.

Do you see this bloodstain here?

If I am indeed...

the symbol of corruption he claims,

a politician who would
reverse the nation's progress,

then I will withdraw my
candidacy for president right now.

- But...
- But I...

- Every day, I look at this watch.
- Every day,

- I look at this watch.
- Our Republic of Korea...

- Our Republic of Korea...
- I won't forget...

it was founded on our
ancestors' blood and sweat.

I won't forget it was founded on
our ancestors' blood and sweat.

- For my country,
- For my country...

I have dedicated my life
to serving this country.

And yet,

with these baseless smears,

if you want to slander and
defame me, then go right ahead.

Because I trust the nation's
people to judge what is true.

So, in that spirit, I will stake...

this candidacy,

everything I own,

and...

my family's 100-year legacy of patriotism.

I'll stake it all.

So, Candidate Gu. Are
you ready to withdraw?

All right, hold on. Hold on.

Candidate Gu, you have
used up all of your allotted time.

Now we begin Candidate
Son's turn to lead the discussion.

("Presidential Debate:
Son All Smiles, Gu in Tears")

(TV debate heats up
over allegation barrage.)

That was so gratifying to watch.

- Congratulations.
- Congratulations, sir.

Drink up.

Sir, when you mentioned the watch,
viewership went over 40 percent.

You changed the narrative,
burying the integrity controversy.

It was an old-school strategy,
but classics always work, right?

You're a natural-born
strategist and showman.

Director Lee, the debate
was great. Why the long face?

If we start talking too soon
about revising the insurance law,

we're just giving Gu Hong
Seo's side more ammo.

Did you see the finance rumor
yesterday that if I'm elected,

I'll be giving a controlling
stake in WR Life to you?

You don't think the Creation
Party planted that story?

Now, you listen to me, Candidate Son.

Hey! Do it right!

Candidate Son.

I'm the one who put on your
armor and got you this far.

You must've forgotten
everything I had to do.

And as for steering you
through the rest of this race,

it's also entirely in my hands. I
hope you haven't forgotten that.

Because if I even turn the wheel,

it'll only be a matter of time
before you go flying off a cliff.

Chairman Kwon...

is on his last legs,

so stop wasting time.

As soon as you're inaugurated,
you're to amend the inheritance law.

Figure out a new plan and come back to me.

Does she really think I'm her puppet?

Want a drink?

So...

what was it...

you wanted to talk about?

I'm going to get Candidate Son...

to drop Lee Yang Mi.

As Lee Yang Mi's true colors
show, a rift is forming between them.

Candidate Son will
realize that even if he wins,

he'll just end up being
Lee Yang Mi's puppet.

So I'm going to play on his fears,

and at the right time,
I'll create a safety net...

to replace Lee Yang Mi's funding.

But you're basically in
both of their inner circles.

What are you trying to
gain by taking that risk?

If I keep going like this, Lee
Yang Mi will devour me again.

I can't let her ruin the moment
I've worked for my entire life.

And you...

can't let them walk all
over you anymore either.

And I...

want to win you back.

After everything that happened,

I thought I would never see you again.

But this year apart, I realized
how much I'd become like you.

Even when I was hitting
walls and falling apart,

I was able to endure it...

because I knew you were
looking toward the same goal.

I guess you're right.

I guess we really are a lot alike.

While I was sleeping and
waking up alone in this house,

I was thinking the very same thing.

I was looking for it too.

A way to crush Lee Yang Mi.

There's someone I need to meet first.

I'll meet Assemblyman
Choi of the Creation Party...

with an offer he can't refuse.

The Leap Forward Party's
strategist, who never took my calls.

To what do I owe the honor?

As I mentioned,

this has part of the testimony
from a key Daeyang Fund figure.

This is the original document.

Not even Candidate Son
knows this testimony exists,

so he'll have no grounds to refute it.

The fallout from this will be huge.

Had you released this last election,
the outcome would've been different.

Why sit on it until now?

I was saving it for a rainy
day. I'm in this for the long haul.

After all, that General
Election wasn't the endgame.

You've got some nerve.

In any case, the file
is password-protected.

Once we agree on a release
date, I'll give you the password.

This is a pledge,
handwritten by Candidate Gu.

(Gu Hong Seo, Creation Party)

He saved the third
proportional seat for you,

so you can transition smoothly
and get plenty of spotlight.

Understood.

We'll be in touch.

I'll give the Creation Party bait,
and they'll drop it at the set time.

When Candidate Son is backed into a corner,

I'll make a deal with him and
offer to quash the story with this.

It's a copy of Hwang Jung Won's
USB left behind before she died.

From the copy I gave to Lee Yang Mi,

I deleted the dashcam footage...

that showed she was the real
culprit in Park Jae Sang's death.

(Call Log)

It's wiped clean and untraceable.
She won't suspect a thing.

But on this copy,

the dashcam footage is still intact.

Jung Won...

knew the truth all along.

I didn't want to be a coward anymore.

This is like the Oh Gwang
Jae list that's now gone.

(Today, he said he'd
introduce me to Director Min.)

(He's the head of the
drama's investment firm...)

(and controls casting and scheduling.)

Before that monster made me,

I've been keeping this
diary since I was 20.

Should I just expose it
all and get it over with?

I was just wondering...

how to get revenge on those
monsters and Lee Yang Mi...

all in one fell swoop.

("Don't worry. They said
Mr. Oh handled everything.")

(Those words made it perfectly
clear what my role was in that room.)

(I wasn't a person. I
was an insurance policy.)

Are you sure you'll be okay?

That seems incredibly risky.

It's not like you aren't taking risks too.

And I have faith that we won't fail.

So all that's left now...

is to turn the people in this diary...

into new funding for Candidate
Son to replace Lee Yang Mi.

I saw the article saying you
made your son your successor.

I have to say, I was surprised.

It's so rare for people to actually change.

You said it yourself back then.

That he was your son, but just
trash that isn't even worth recycling.

Just get to the point.

All right, then. Do you remember that day?

The day your son hit
someone while driving drunk.

Watch your mouth.

I was at the company dinner
that day shooting an MK ad.

You remember that too, don't you?

Ji Hyeok hit someone while
drunk, so get a driver to take the fall.

Hire someone to take the
fall and pay off any witnesses.

Use our contacts in
the prosecution, police...

I was going through so much at the time,

- so I recorded all my calls then.
- Just clean this mess up!

Got it?

I have a tape of you, drunk,
ordering a driver swap,

and your calls to your
lawyer. It's all on there.

If this gets out and you're tried
in the court of public opinion,

what do you think will happen?

What do you want from me?

What is this, some crusade for justice?

Justice?

I couldn't care less about that.

I'm here to shake you down, Chairman.

The account is untraceable,
so don't even bother trying.

If you fill this with US dollars,

it should hold about a million, right?

(To be leaked in 5 days)

Intel says the Creation Party
is ready to drop a bombshell.

What's it about?

We don't know the specifics,
but leadership says when it breaks,

it'll ensure Candidate Gu's
victory in the presidential election.

If we just knew their timing, we
could prepare a countermeasure.

I tried to reach their inner
circle just to get the timing,

but only the top brass seems to know.

It's not easy to get them to talk.

Get a list of the month's top
stories from our reporters...

and find a slow news day.

Whatever this story is, if it's that big,

the Creation Party
won't sit on it for long.

Yes, sir. I'll get right on it.

I'll prepare a story to bury
the Creation Party's story.

No. This is above your pay grade.

Manager Kim, fill Lee
Yang Mi in on the situation...

and tell her to get
ready as fast as possible.

Tell her to use her strongest
story from her arsenal.

I really didn't want to have
to ask her for help again.

(Leap Forward Party)

The information was leaked
sooner than we expected.

Let's move up the date and
drop it the day after tomorrow.

That soon? I thought
we aimed for mid-month.

Can't it wait?

We must act before Lee
Yang Mi's story breaks.

If our issue is unexpected,

it'll bury Son Guk Won's
story no matter when it breaks.

I don't know. I must
discuss it with them first.

Assemblyman Choi.

If we miss our chance, it's
over. This is a race against time.

Will you give up on the
presidential election?

I know.

All right, I get it. I'll
convince the candidate.

Goodness.

What an idiot.

You should be able to hear
the woman's voice clearly now.

Yes, ma'am. Everything's
been taken care of.

You didn't leave any trace, right?

It has to look like a suicide to everyone.

(News Director Lee Jae Moon)

This will be the most
shocking story of the year.

Everything's been taken care of.

You didn't leave any trace, right?

It has to look like a suicide to everyone.

Since WR is your biggest advertiser,

I'm well aware this isn't
an easy decision for you.

So why should we run
this story and take that risk?

You don't have to.

This isn't a matter of "if,"

it's about who breaks it first. And I...

can always just contact another network.

But if I were in your shoes,

I'd start getting the
broadcast ready right now.

Because in the next day or two, I'm
going to have someone way up top...

call the president of MJN
and give a direct order to run it.

Then the news director who
got scooped on this story...

would find himself in
a very difficult position.

So, how about this?

You get the story and the
trailer ready ahead of time.

That way, when the order comes down,

you can air it right
away without any delay.

On one condition.

You promise not to leak
the promo to the media,

and in exchange, I get
it early. That's the deal.

In that case...

(The WR Family's Disgrace)

It's not just a personal scandal.

Let's frame it as exposing
the ugly truth of Korea's elite.

What do you think?

(The WR Family's Disgrace)

(MJN Nine O'Clock News: Trailer)

(MJN News)

The WR Group is one of
Korea's top three conglomerates.

And we've received shocking footage
implicating the chairman's family...

in a murder-for-hire plot.

(FGK Bank, Deposit
information, 2,000,000 dollars)

(Chairman Hwang Yong Deuk)

(I kept my end of the deal. Limit
the expose to the WR family.)

The WR Group is one of
Korea's top three conglomerates.

And we've received shocking footage
implicating the chairman's family...

in a murder-for-hire plot.

The chairman's spouse, a director
at WR Entertainment, Ms. Lee...

This is what we get for going to MJN.

Is accused of ordering
the murder via a Mr. Choi...

It's the trailer for the nine o'clock news.

She's accused of staging the
crime scene to look like a suicide...

and also suspected of destroying evidence.

- Tonight at 9pm...
- What is this?

It'll be an MJN exclusive.

I never ordered this.

Daeyang Fund's CEO Yoon's
testimony before he died,

obtained by the Creation Party.

- I'm Yoon Sang Hyun, Daeyang's CEO.
- And that's going to break tonight.

Assemblyman Son Guk Won...

created a slush fund using my fund,

and when the truth was about to come out,

Assemblyman Son tried to have me killed.

This...

is the listening device
that was planted in my car,

and this is the proof.

A wolf, just as I thought.

This has Lee Yang Mi's
fingerprints all over it.

What is it that you want...

by going this far?

Ditch Lee Yang Mi and choose me.

Then, after you're elected,

give me the position of Senior
Secretary for Civil Affairs.

A leopard can't change its spots.

I...

told you that I trust your
brain, but not your heart.

Remember that?

That bombshell the
Creation Party is sitting on.

Isn't that the evidence you got
from Shadow during the election?

Even when your wife's
back was against the wall,

you kept your last card to yourself.
How can I trust a man like you?

You should trust the choice
he made not to play that card.

Even if he had played that card,

it wouldn't have buried my story anyway.

He didn't fail to protect me back then.

By waiting for a day like today,

he was actually protecting my future.

Be that as it may.

I have no intention of
dropping Lee Yang Mi.

Nor can I.

You'll regret this.

For tossing a small
fry to catch a big fish?

If the small fry eats the big fish,

is it still the big fish?
Or is it the small fry?

If you want WR, choose me.

Soon,

you'll see why.

It's the same amount as the slush money...

Director Lee Yang Mi promised you.

(FGK Bank, 6,837,606 dollars)

Clean money, no strings
attached, so it's all yours.

MJN is standing by to air the story
on Director Lee Yang Mi tonight.

Once you've made your decision,

give me a call at this number.

I trust the choice you'll make.

Yes, Chairman. This is Son Guk Won.

(MJN Newsroom)

Good evening, everyone.
This is the nine o'clock news.

Today's top story is the
scandal of the WR family,

ranked third in the business world.

Ms. Lee, WR Chairman Kwon's
wife, and director at WR Entertainment,

was the true culprit in
the murder of Mr. Park,

a case that recently shocked the nation.

MJN has exclusively obtained the evidence.

Police investigating the case
arrested a suspect, Mr. Cheon.

He alleges the hit was ordered by
an intermediary, MeTuber Mr. Choi.

- WR's director...
- Yes, ma'am.

Everything's been taken care of.

You didn't leave any trace, right?

It has to look like a suicide to everyone.

The death of Mr. Park,
which caused a public uproar,

was ordered by WR's founding family,
according to an anonymous video.

- A director at WR Entertainment...
- Hey!

And the wife of WR's chairman...

You useless jerk! Where
is the Son Guk Won story?

Overseeing several affiliates...

- The middleman, MeTuber Mr. Choi...
- Hey!

The truth that it was WR
Entertainment's Director Lee...

- If an investigation's launched...
- A director at WR Entertainment...

As an accomplice to the
murder by strangulation...

The true face of a corporate
dynasty has been revealed.

Ms. Lee, a WR Entertainment director
and wife of the group's chairman...

- Acting on Ms. Lee's orders...
- For masterminding Park's death...

If there's more testimony
that has yet to surface...

- The case was initially...
- Tonight at nine o'clock...

- It was murder. A murder.
- There she is!

Hey, there she is!

Why did you kill Park Jae Sang?

Is it true you ordered the hit?

- Let go of me!
- Give us a comment!

- Let go!
- What were you trying to hide?

Just give us a comment!

Let me go! Let go!

Democracy is completely dead!

I've been framed!

- Why did you kill Park Jae Sang?
- Get off me! Let me go!

- Please step aside.
- This is coercion! Let go of me!

(Have fun...)

(rotting...)

(in prison.)

Hey! You wench! Hey!

I won't let you get away
with this! You hear me?

MeTuber Choi has been getting
paid from Lee Yang Mi since last year...

for spreading malicious
rumors and fake news.

- Move it, you jerk!
- Back when Oh Gwang Jae was killed,

given the circumstances and rumors
of Chairman Kwon Se Myeong's role,

they systematically manipulated
the public and orchestrated...

- a cover-up of the WR's past.
- I...

- The facts are now coming to light.
- Was following...

Director Lee Yang Mi's orders.

Prosecutors think this is
only the tip of the iceberg,

and many more powerful
figures are involved in illegal ties...

with aspiring entertainers, and
will expand the investigation.

A Mr. Nam, who was arrested last April...

for the murder of a rookie
actress, a Ms. Hwang,

was exonerated after ten
months and released this morning.

Prosecutor Bang, my man!

I knew you'd pull it off.

I've pulled strings to ensure
Lee Yang Mi gets 20 years,

so don't you worry, okay?

And it seems my father
will pass on right on cue,

so let's have each other's backs
and do great things from now on.

I'll say.

How could the timing be so perfect?

The timing was so impeccable...

that I checked WR hospital
where your family's doctor is.

I did a pretty deep dive.

(VIP Ward, Medical Supplies Ledger)

You consistently ordered
Aspirin on your authority.

Aspirin is like a poison for
someone with heart failure.

So why would he have
needed a steady supply?

Once the chairman passes,
there's going to be an autopsy.

The results will show
Aspirin in his system,

but there's no mention of
Aspirin in his medical chart.

Gosh, that looks like
medical malpractice...

or even solicitation of murder.

- Now, hold on, Prosecutor Bang.
- You might...

end up serving more time
than your lovely stepmother.

I thought you were just an idiot,

but you even talked the doctor
into killing your own father.

What on earth? This isn't
some royal court drama.

All to take the WR throne,

you really went through
a lot all by yourself.

Darn it.

WR is on your side now anyway.
So why are you doing this?

Prosecutor Bang, I...

was going to take you to
the top, to the Blue House.

So why are you doing this?

Your own incompetence.

You know that best, don't you?

You'll turn WR into a house of cards.

Just when I've finally
gotten WR under my thumb,

- I can't let that happen.
- You darn mutt...

No. That's not how this works!

Choose wisely.

Will you rot in prison for
life for killing your father,

or are you going to hold
on to that hollow throne...

of yours?

Executive Director.

From now on, anything
regarding the group...

is to be run by me first.

Petit.

The real owner of WR...

will be changed.

Now that I'm standing in the
place I've always dreamed of,

so many faces come to mind.

The one who pushed me to get here,

only to fall into the fiery
pit himself, Oh Gwang Jae.

The powerful jerks...

and their disgusting stares.

("Four Seasons")

And to the trashy reporters...

who fabricated my life story,

I'd like to express my gratitude.

And...

to the one who tore out
my once-warm heart...

and gifted me this terrible
pain, Director Lee Yang Mi,

I offer my deepest gratitude.

The only reason we
were able to get this far...

is because of your petty outrage...

and your pathetic schemes.

And...

I was nothing but cannon fodder,
but he never abandoned or killed me.

To Bang Tae Seop, who
has been with me all this way,

I want to say thank you.

But what on earth...

did we fight and bleed for...

to make it this far?

Why did I have to...

endure all those moments?

Even through all of these difficult trials,

the reason I made it here
today without ever giving up...

is all thanks to them.

I dedicate this honor...

to all of them.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

Chu Sang Ah.

Proceed with the plan without any setbacks.

Yes, sir.

But tell me something.

Isn't she a bit young to be the
Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs?

Who says older politicians
are always better?

Just like this script.

My fellow citizens...

and members of the press.

Today marks the 100th
day of the new administration.

It is a time to reflect on
any of our shortcomings...

It is a time to reflect on
any of our shortcomings...

and to reaffirm our
resolve as we move forward.

And to reaffirm our
resolve as we move forward.

Pause for one second.

(The Blue House, Republic of Korea)

Look 45 degrees to the right.

Smile.

First...

I would like to extend my
gratitude to the people of this nation.

It's thanks to your steadfast
support and encouragement...

that we have been able to
govern without any major turmoil.

(The Blue House, Republic of Korea)

In the Seoam mayoral election,
which is just ten days away,

former Civil Affairs Secretary,
Bang Tae Seop, now leads the polls.

After police and prosecution reforms
as Senior Civil Affairs Secretary,

Candidate Bang Tae Seop saw
his approval ratings skyrocket.

Not only is he the front-runner to
win the Seoam mayoral election,

he's also a top contender
for the presidency.

One last question. What does
Chu Sang Ah mean to you?

My wife and I have overcome
countless hardships together.

And with a long road still
ahead, she's my one true ally.

I'm sorry, we have to wrap this
up. The candidate needs to head in.

- Thank you.
- Of course. Thank you.

By the way, have you heard
the news about WR Group?

("WR Group Chairman Kwon Se
Myeong Regains Consciousness,")

("Signals Return to Management,
Business World on Alert")

Kwon Se Myeong, chairman of WR
Group and a leading Korean businessman,

reportedly regained
consciousness after a long illness.

And his second son, Kwon Jong Il,
who stepped down, is also returning.

All eyes are now on a potential
leadership shake-up at WR Group.

("Exclusive: Facing 20
Years for Murder-for-hire...")

("to be Released Next Month
Via Special Pardon on the 20th")

(Incoming call, Restricted number)

This is a call from Cheongsong
Correctional Facility.

This call may be monitored and recorded.

Chu Sang Ah?

I'll see you...

soon.

(Chu Sang Ah's dressing
room, Authorized personnel only)

(Restroom)

Sang Ah.

Sang Ah.

Sang Ah!

Sang Ah.

Sang Ah.

Sang Ah!

Sang Ah, snap out of it.

Sang Ah!

Where am I?

Sang Ah. Are you with me?

Are you okay?

Is this the fiery pit?

Yes.

It is the fiery pit.

All right, everyone. Thank you for waiting.

Here is Candidate Bang Tae Seop...

and his partner for life,
Actress Chu Sang Ah!

(Climax)

(For the climax of our lives...)

(that will return again,
even if it shatters. Cheers.)