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[theme music playing]

DOCTOR X: MAFIA IN WHITE

[helicopter blades whirring]

[soldier] The martial law troops have completed an operation

to clear out the rioters who resisted to the very end.

The rioters have been suppressed.

Rioters, surrender and lay down your weapons, and you will be spared.

If you refuse to do so, you will be shot dead.

We warn you once again.

The rioters have been suppressed.

Lay down your weapons and surrender.

Those who resist will all be shot dead.

[melancholy music playing]

JI DU-SEOK

PATIENT: JI DU-SEOK PRIMARY: KIM HYEON-MIN

DOCTOR X: MAFIA IN WHITE

(EPISODE 7)

[breathing shakily]

- [screams] No! - Mr. Oh!

[exhales shakily]

[Dr. Do sighs] Heard you had a rough night?

Did you see?

- [Dr. Gye] See what? - That VIP guy.

Why do you ask?

'Cause I'm curious, obviously!

I heard he's aged a ton.

Myocardial infarction, huh?

As always, I guess you really never know when someone's time is up.

Just last year, he was spry as ever,

blathering at a golf course about how "history will be the judge!",

and speeding off in his golf cart. [chuckles]

- I'm heading inside. - Oh, hey.

Uh, that patient, Oh Sang-beom,

did he pull that knowing the VIP'd be here?

- Huh? After seeing the news? - It wasn't that.

Want me to switch you out? Someone else is available now.

All right, all right.

[clicks tongue] I was just making small-talk to loosen us up for surgery.

Hey, how is he? Mr. Oh Sang-beom.

VIP WARD

- Mr. Oh, calm down! - Don't leave me!

Do it, shoot it now!

- You're in the hospital. - [screaming]

You're in the hospital. It's okay. You're okay, sir.

Calm down. Calm, please.

- Please, just… Oh, Christ… - Get away!

You're okay, sir. It's okay, you're all right.

[Sang-beom quietens]

[Sang-beom screaming]

[soft music playing]

[Dr. Park] What could he possibly be dreaming about

that leaves him neither entirely asleep, nor entirely awake, either?

You think he's ever gotten a good night's sleep in all these years?

So, this is how it must've felt.

In what way?

[Dr. Gye] Back then.

Like, way back then.

- [Dr. Gye screams] No! - Oh, Su-jeong!

[Dr. Gye screaming]

- Su-jeong! - [Ms. Jang] Su-jeong!

- Su-jeong, it's okay. - Su-jeong! I'm here.

- [Ms. Jang] It's okay. You're at home. - [Dr. Mi-gyeong] I'm here.

[soft music playing]

- Here. You all should eat, dig in. - Thank you.

I'm sorry, um, right now, I'm not hungry...

Thanks for the food.

Is this what Doctor Woo Jae-gyeong gave us before?

Ah!

Eat it with gejang, too. There's really no better way to eat it.

- [Dr. Jo] Oh… - It's the stuff.

- Don't be shy, try a spoonful. Go on. - Okay.

[Dr. Jo] It's actually really good.

Ugh. I just wish Mr. Oh was able to have some with us, too.

[Ms. Jang] Well, if his condition stabilizes,

they could move him to a different floor, it's only that…

Apparently, they discussed

transferring him in their meeting.

So, the surgery's canceled?

The hospital is giving up on him?

What… That's ridiculous. Why would the hospital transfer Mr. Oh out?

Out of anybody, that guy should go.

Thanks again for the food.

Doctor Woo Jae-gyeong's coming to visit.

He planned to come right away, but he couldn't get time off from the clinic.

He's requesting a discharge.

He says this's too cruel and that he wants to take him back home.

[protestors chanting] Apologize! Apologize!

- [protest leader] Down with Ji Du-seok! - [protestors] Down with him!

Down with him!

- [protest leader] Ji Du-seok must… - [protestors chanting] Apologize!

Apologize! Apologize!

- [protest leader] Down with Ji Du-seok! - [protestors] Down with him!

- Excuse me, sorry, excuse me. - [protestors] Down with him!

Excuse me. Sorry, my bad.

- Uh, sir, let's go this way. - Ji Du-seok must…

- Apologize! Apologize! - Incoming. Excuse us, sorry!

- Down with Ji Du-seok! - Sorry.

- Down with him! - [screaming]

- Ms. Jang, Ms. Jang! - Mr. Oh!

Mr. Oh, can you hear me?

I got you.

It's okay, you're okay.

[Dr. Woo] That day, Sang-beom went looking for his brother,

and somehow made it all the way to the provincial government office.

And, apparently, along with his classmates from night school,

Seung-beom happened to be there,

along with his cousin, as well as his uncle

and a female restaurant owner.

[person] How'd that kid manage to drag this all the way by himself?

- Hey, look up at me. - [person] Poor kid,

he was dead set on finding his brother.

[sniffling]

Eat this.

[Dr. Woo] He was shoveling the rice ball into his mouth with one hand,

- holding onto his brother with the other… - Eat slowly.

- …afraid he might lose him… - He'll make himself sick.

- [Seung-beom] Here. Slow, slow. - Then, after that,

they were trying to send him home,

but Sang-beom wouldn't go.

He clung to his brother instead.

[Sang-beom] Seung-beom. Why do you have to keep staying here?

You know how bad Mom misses you at home, right?

So, why are you staying? Come on. Let's go, come on!

- [Seung-beom] Hey, Beom. - Shh!

Beom.

Do you know what having conviction means?

What's that?

I don't know anything about that stuff.

I'm really glad you don't, buddy.

I'm really, really glad.

Seung… Why are you even doing this, huh?

This is what college students and politicians go and do!

I do know that much.

People like us, who didn't even go to school and are poor,

who barely even know anybody, we wouldn't do…

[chuckles softly] Yeah, exactly.

When you see people like us, who are poor,

uneducated, with no big, powerful friends.

What do you think drove all of us to come fight?

Take Sang-beom here, and please look after him.

- [person] Beom! - [Sang-beom grunts]

- I'm staying with you. - Beom.

- If you're not leaving… - Just let go first.

- I'm staying here too! - Let go and we'll talk.

- Hey, boys! Stop. Hey, watch it! - Beom, stop, let go. Beom, stop it!

[uncle] Beom!

- Hey! Let go of that! - Hey!

- [uncle] Hey, kid! Let it go! - [trigger clicks]

Huh? It doesn't fire?

How are you gonna fight if your gun won't shoot?

What are you doing, Seung-beom?

I'm not leaving you here.

If you stay in this place, then I'm staying, too!

Beom, come on.

Oh, just stop it already, huh?

[resistance fighter] Fellow citizens, the martial law troops are storming in!

Our beloved brothers and sisters are dying one by one

- at the hands of the martial law troops! - [Dr. Woo] I guess he figured

it wouldn't be safe to let him leave now.

[resistance fighter] Fight the martial law troops to the bitter end!

[Dr. Woo] And then he saw it.

- [screaming] - [heart monitor beeping]

[Dr. Woo] Hell.

[helicopter blades whirring]

[machine gun firing]

[glass shattering]

- [Dr. Jo] Mr. Oh! Hey, it's okay! - [Dr. Park] Mr. Oh Sang-beom!

Look at me! Mr. Oh!

- Look at me. Breathe, breathe! - [Dr. Park] Calm down.

- [restaurant owner screams] Get down! - [machine gun firing]

[classmate] Down! Get down! Quick, quick! Find cover!

[helicopter blades whirring]

[machine gun firing]

[classmate] Holy shit! They're shooting, they're shooting!

Everybody down!

- [Seung-beom] Beom! Beom! - [classmate] Get down! Run!

[Seung-beom] Beom! Beom!

- [machine gun firing] - [grunts]

[machine gun continues firing]

What kind of a lunatic smashes a hospital window? For the love of God.

There's a drone live streaming Ji Du-seok's room, it's total chaos.

[sighs] I'm just so relieved Doctor Gye wasn't seriously hurt.

[sighs]

You wanted to die, didn't you?

With the surgery.

You didn't agree to it so you'd live,

you wanted to die.

[Dr. Woo] Huh?

Sang-beom, is it true, what she said?

"What could I say to this man in order to get him to agree to this?"

What in the world can I do to get this man…

"Who's only living to die, to agree to live?"

[sighs]

[Dr. Gye] Failure's a possibility.

If we fail, you will die.

[Dr. Gye] You gambled your life a life you couldn't end yourself,

because you're living in someone else's shoes.

A gamble on surgery that could end in failure.

I know what you were thinking.

I also know when you learned the surgery may succeed,

you just couldn't bear the thought

of having to live the rest of your life without ever seeing your brother again.

That can't be right. That's your intention?

Did you just agree to the operation for the chance you might die?

[Dr. Gye] Except…

I will not let you.

There's zero possibility.

I will make sure the surgery succeeds.

I can't stand here and let you throw away

a chance you've got at living a better life.

[soft music playing]

You will get this surgery.

Why would you do that? Why?

You should live your life.

You need to keep going, son.

You need to try and live!

Sang-beom, you need to keep living!

You need to live!

[soft music continues]

So, how did you know?

That he was only living to die?

I know that look.

The look that says,

"Instead of me, they should've gotten to live that day."

That look…

That says, "The only option I have is to live.

There's nothing left, I'm just living to live."

Someone in endless torture…

While still being here.

Only that kinda person has that look.

[Ms. Jang] Golly, I'm in for a nice, smooth BM tomorrow.

We should let it go.

He said he doesn't want to.

Dr. Woo said he'd take him home, so that's that.

We did everything we could.

That man's just going to fall apart if this goes on.

Even more than now.

When I grabbed him on the rooftop, this thought came into my mind.

"How does someone get through this kind of a thing?"

"Even if the surgery goes well, too [sighs]

are any of us able to say he would truly be living a better life afterwards?"

And, "What if…

He goes somewhere high, or goes and takes another shot at doing this again?"

[sighs] Oh, lord.

I guess I'm not helping much, saying all this, am I?

In the case it goes well, he's still barely hanging on here.

What can any of us do to save someone so desperate to die?

YOGURT DRINK

I wish you'd get diarrhea, you constipated jerk!

Oh, goodness, you little…

- We're with doctors, have some manners. - You've done it once already!

You helped me carry on.

Doctor Gye, wait a minute!

If the surgery goes how we want,

do you think, maybe it would heal his heart?

It will, won't it? You'll make sure of it, right?

- [sighs] - Because, honestly, I'm at a total loss.

I don't know what's best for him or what's the right thing to do.

I feel completely useless here.

I just hope, that…

I just hope that he'll be able to rest

and finally get himself a good night's sleep.

Doctor Gye, I'm sure you know a way to help, right?

A procedure or something, right?

[soft music playing]

[sighs]

- [melancholy music playing] - [door closes]

- [heart monitor beeping] - [breathing slowly]

[Sang-beom screaming]

[screaming continues]

[Dr. Gye] I need to think.

I need to think harder. I need to find it.

If I'm just able to find a way for me to operate,

to get in there and remove it,

then there's a real chance.

[Ms. Jang] A doctor at the hospital

told the soldiers who were about to take Mr. Oh Sang-beom away…

GUNSHOT-INDUCED PENETRATING HEAD TRAUMA

… "There's a bullet lodged in his head."

- [screaming] - Do it, shoot it now! Quickly!

[Dr. Woo] Asleep or awake, you'd ask for your brother.

You were sleeping, and you woke up and you were sobbing, and saying,

"It's too heavy."

You'd say it over and over, "It's too heavy. It's too heavy."

[Chairman Kim] Look who it is!

Doctor Gye Su-jeong, Mr. Oh Sang-beom's primary surgeon.

Heading home for the day, eh?

Then again, I wouldn't stay here late either,

if I knew the patient was set to get transferred.

You didn't know? Really?

For him being in your care and all that ruckus you caused over it,

you sure don't keep tabs.

Your surgery has been denied.

Come on, all right, all right, no point arguing.

Don't bother with this temp doctor.

What is it? What?

Gonna pull another stunt?

Who are you?

Oh, God.

- Hey. - Hey!

- You little… What'd you just say? - Hey!

Think you're some hot-shot? Who do you think you are?

[Dr. Gye] I think we're ready, Mr. Oh. Let's get you home again.

- Wait, does she not recognize me? - Of course she does.

- No, we met the other day! Hey! - [Dr. Ma] Please calm down, sir, okay?

GUSEO UNIVERSITY SEONAM MEDICAL CENTER

[snoring softly]

Hey, get outta here.

I'm Macbeth.

[hisses]

Macbeth. Ah! Ah!

Ah, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorr…

Hey, but wha… Ah, it's cold, what was that?

You did drama in school?

Yes.

- [knocks on door] - Yes?

DIRECTOR BU SEUNG-GWON

Go on.

Dr. Gye, Dr. Jo, intern Park Tae-gyeong,

and Dr. Kim Seong-jin,

I'm going to need you all to explain exactly what's going on here.

Ms. Jang asked me to follow her here, so I obliged that request, but…

[exhaling forcefully]

On that day, when you were a child,

that night…

That moment 46 years ago.

We'd like to show everyone here

what we, through our research, believe actually happened that night.

Uh, please have a seat, sir.

It's okay, don't worry. It's okay.

All you'll need to do is sit and watch.

They're going to reenact it as a play.

We located

a room that matches the original scene of the incident,

as closely as it reasonably can.

Down to the windows, their size,

the ceiling height, and the room width.

According to several witness accounts from that day, at around 4:00 that morning,

a helicopter with a machine gun started shooting

at the windows on the eighth floor of the Gwangil Building.

In that room at the time, were a 12-year old child, Sang-beom,

his 20-year-old brother, Seung-beom,

the restaurant owner,

the uncle to the two brothers,

and the uncle to the two brothers.

Uncle, step forward.

And Seong-beom's friend…

Who he met at a night-school class.

The early-morning resistance broadcast rings out,

and the group, fearing for their lives,

rushes inside the building and takes cover.

But they didn't know that a helicopter with a machine gun was deployed,

and would start shooting straight through their windows.

They hear the sound of the helicopter.

The sound gets closer and closer, and at that moment…

They see the helicopter through the window.

[helicopter blades whirring]

The group tries to run away…

But a hail of bullets is already raining down.

And those bullets

[machine gun firing] - [glass shattering]

[whimpering]

[Dr. Kim] The older brother

covers his younger brother with his whole body.

Beom! Beom!

- [machine gun firing] - [grunts]

[Dr. Kim] However, his older brother alone couldn't protect him.

Then, then…

If it wasn't just his brother…

[Dr. Gye] One more person.

And…

Another, like this.

[Dr. Kim] The restaurant owner, who was like a mother to him,

his friend,

and then his friend's uncle.

Toward the child.

And after that…

[dramatic music playing]

[breathes shakily]

Hey, look what I got.

Oh!

[chuckles]

[electric razor buzzing]

[Dr. Gye] No matter how hard I thought on it, I couldn't make sense of it.

Even if it was old, it was still a helicopter with a machine gun.

How is it that any of you could've survived in there?

"It's heavy."

I heard you kept saying that,

in the first hospital you were in after the incident.

So I thought,

"Perhaps his brother, wasn't

the only unbearable weight that boy had to feel on that day."

[mutters shakily]

[Dr. Woo] Oh, Sang-beom, here.

[muttering]

Did you actually know?

[gasps]

Did the thought of what it was ever occur to you?

[muttering]

It…

Was…

[muttering]

[stammering] It was so hea…

[sighs]

[shudders, breathes shakily]

…heavy…

[stammering]

It was…

It was… too… heavy to… hold.

It… was… too…

Too… much… to…

[stammers] It was… heavy… inside.

[electric razor buzzing]

So, would you like any…

Sounds or anything, or some music playing in there,

during your surgery today?

You'll be under anesthesia, of course,

but we wanna do our best to make sure you feel comfortable during surgery.

TRÄUMEREI

Mm… Okay.

MY BROTHER LIKED THAT PIECE

Okay.

[Dr. Gye] You only get to die once.

So, save it for later.

Take it slow.

Until tomorrow, then keep going.

Put it off.

Just keep putting it off.

You'll make it where you need to go,

I will ensure you get there, with your brother.

No matter what.

Don't worry,

you can trust that.

It's not my nature to fail.

[breathing shakily]

[Dr. Jo] His vitals are stable, and he seems to be doing pretty well today.

[classical music playing on stereo]

[Mayor Im] Can Dr. Gye pull this off?

[door opens]

[classical music continues]

[Dr. Gye] Patient name, Oh Sang-beom.

Endoscopic foreign body removal from right cerebral hemisphere.

We will now begin.

[classical music continues]

MAY 18 OLD CEMETERY

[soft guitar music playing]

[children shouting, giggling]

[Dr. Gye] Sheath, please.

SHEATH: A SHORT TUBE THAT FACILITATES VASCULAR ACCESS FOR CATHETERS & GUIDEWIRES

Endoscope, please.

♪ Caught in a storm ♪

♪ They all disappeared ♪

[controller buttons clicking]

- Hell yeah! - Hell yeah!

[both laugh]

[chuckles]

Cheers, brother.

[soft guitar music continues]

[Dr. Park] She found it.

[Seung-beom] Sang-beom.

Sang-beom.

Hey, get up, buddy.

We'll sleep after we eat.

Gotta keep your strength.

[Dr. Gye] Biopsy forceps.

BIOPSY FORCEPS: ENDOSCOPIC FORCEPS USED TO COLLECT TISSUE SAMPLES FOR BIOPSY

[Dr. Gye] When I ask you for biopsy forceps, leave the OR.

- [Dr. Park] What? But I should wrap up... - Stand at the end of the hall.

Okay.

Not gonna ask why?

I won't ask or argue back.

So, I'll leave and stand at the end of the hall.

I'll do it.

[soft music playing]

Beom, hey.

Take care of yourself.

Make sure you eat well,

and that you stay strong.

You should stay a little longer.

[soft music continues]

[Chairman Kim] Huh? Is that a bullet?

[stammering] What is that?

- [Dr. Bae] I couldn't see. Was it big? - [Chairman Kim] What is it?

- Huh? Let me see. - [Dr. Do] Just… Just a moment.

- [Chairman Kim] Oh, good grief. - [Dr. Bae] Is that really it?

- [Chairman Kim] Is that really a bullet? - [Dr. Bae] There's no way.

[Dr. Do] Uh, yeah, yeah, I think it is.

But, uh…

- [Dr. Bae] I can't see it. - [Dr. Ma] Huh?

[Dr. Do] The bullet, uh… I…

[heart monitor beeping]

[gentle music playing]

OPERATING ROOM

[dramatic music playing]

- What is it? Is it really a bullet? - Uh, Doctor...

Doesn't look like a bullet. What is it?

What'd you take out?

Give us the object, right now, Doctor.

Doctor Gye, was it really a bullet?

Come on, there's no reason for you to keep it like that.

[sighs]

Park Tae-gyeong!

Huh? Uh… Yes, Doctor, I'm here! I'm right over here!

- Huh? Huh? - [Dr. Bae] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

- No, no, no, no, no! - [gasping]

Now, run.

- Yep! - Doctor Gye, what the hell!

- Have you lost your mind? Get back here! - Tae-gyeong!

- Hey! - Park Tae-gyeong!

[upbeat music playing]

[Dr. Do] What the hell! Park Tae-gyeong!

You're still here. I knew you wouldn't go chasing after him.

[Director Bu] I only approved the surgery

on the strict understanding that it was a bullet.

But I don't think I told anyone that it was a bullet.

Dr. Gye Su-jeong.

The vial you took from the OR,

the one you still have in your pocket right now,

does it contain what I'm suspecting?

Well, what do you think it is, Director?

It's a bone fragment.

I assure you that everybody will hear of the lie you told about this.

[upbeat music playing]

Wait for Ms. Jang at gate three. She'll be there soon.

[Dr. Jo] I didn't know you were capable of bribes.

Aren't you gonna change?

Uh-oh, they look really mad.

[Chairman Kim] That's her, isn't it?

- [Dr. Jo] Hey, Doctor Gye. - [Mayor Im] It is Gye Su-jeong!

You know what you're doing right now, don't you?

[Dr. Bae] Come here!

- The grunt work? - Get over here!

The night shift. You're on the night shift.

Never thought you'd purposely work at night, Doctor, I'm shocked.

- [Dr. Bae] Stop! - [Chairman Kim] Hey!

Go get her, right now!

God, that little… [groans]

Doctor, wait!

You've got a real knack for running, buddy.

You and I both've been running a little too much lately, haven't we?

You're right.

Oh. Is that her car?

All right…

- [Ms. Jang] Just a second. - Ah, can you open your…

- Your window? - [Ms. Jang groans]

Just… just go up, through here.

- Here you go. - [Dr. Jo] Got it.

I appreciate all your help, Doctor.

- Okay, good night! - Good night.

[grunts]

- Oh, my. - Oh, uh, hello, Director.

Ah, hey…

Gye Su-jeong, you pain in the neck, you ought to make some big money!

I swear to God, I'll make you pay every penny.

- Good night, you two. - [Dr. Jo] Yeah, you too.

You think she'll be okay?

Oh…

It's a miracle they all managed to not get hurt for so long.

[sighs]

It's no wonder they were so pissed earlier.

Why'd she give you an empty container like that?

What? It's not empty, Doctor Jo.

- Well, it's actually full. - Of what?

Care.

The care Doctor Gye gives whenever she treats somebody.

- Sincerity. - Huh…

You've been hanging with Kim Seong-jin too much.

That's exactly the kind of thing he would say.

Don't get close to that man.

Ah! Hey, she used my real, actual name earlier.

I think it's the first time, and she screamed it!

- But... - [Dr. Kim] Park Tae-gyeong!

Hey, Jo Won-jin!

What? Why's he coming over here?

He said we should throw a wrap party for our play earlier,

- and asked where we're gonna... - No, a wrap party? As if!

- Hold on! You're going to the wrap party? - Uh, no, that's not...

- Right? Right? Huh? Come back! Come back! - No, we're not, Doctor Kim! Doctor Kim!

- [Dr. Jo] Why are you following me? - Party time!

[soft music playing]

[Ms. Jang] The results will be out soon.

If you're wrong, I'm not feeding you for two days.

No allowance, either.

[Dr. Gye] I guess he's not having any dreams tonight.

GUSEO UNIVERSITY SEONAM MEDICAL CENTER

Test, test.

What do you mean it wasn't a bullet? God, what a mess.

[Dr. Ma] Is it really in good taste to be holding a press conference?

On the contrary, they said this would make it look a lot sadder.

- Says who? - Them.

Isn't he still upstairs?

Along with that other guy too?

Ah… I got this when I went to a shop yesterday.

It's for you. Here.

Well, then, you made it to the other side.

Once we get through the press conference today,

we'll go home for real this time, okay?

[soft music playing]

Do you not see him anymore?

In any case, I'm glad we were able to arrange this press conference.

[scoffs]

[sighs] Well, if it isn't a bullet, we don't get any use out of it, frankly.

[Chairman Kim] I'm wondering why we took it in the first place.

I mean, if it was a bullet, you would've immediately seen it.

The X-ray would've lit up where it was.

Why didn't you tell us before?

I think, clearly, so she could do the surgery.

She is completely obsessed with surgery, that Gye Su-jeong or whatever.

Doctor Gye's reasoning was not unlike that of the doctors back then,

who… might make a call to lie to protect the patient.

What are you talking about?

- Are you picking her side? - [Dr. Do] Ah, no way, no.

Dr. Gye was in the wrong, she wasn't being honest.

[Mayor Im] Man, what am I supposed to say at the press conference later, huh?

I'm gonna lose face over this!

[Dr. Gye] If they had known

that it wasn't actually a bullet, but instead was a bone fragment…

Would those loudmouths have supported this surgery, or not?

Mr. Director, I have no interest in shaping, or changing the world.

That's not my responsibility.

In truth, I am someone who…

Doesn't just say "yes" or "no", but instead, asks…

"Why?"

To know why is to be a better doctor.

"Why?"

"Why?" Huh…

[phone buzzing]

Hello?

Huh? But there's no way.

Oh Sang-beom, are you sure? You're saying he got out?

Wow, these trusty potatoes.

In the days when I was back up North

[phone buzzing] …potatoes like these were our lifeline.

Oh! Oh, it's Doctor Woo.

Hello, Dr. Woo.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey. - I was meaning to call you anyway.

I'm sorry, what?

[Dr. Woo] Well, I just…

I just stepped out briefly to use the bathroom.

Yes, yes, he's gone.

I'm telling you, he's not in his room!

That's right!

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING I'M SORRY

Oh, this is… [sighs]

[panting]

[Dr. Park] Dr. Gye, update!

The roof was all clear, so that's not a worry.

God, that's such a relief.

I checked the cameras, he didn't show up at all.

I'm pretty sure he's still inside.

GWANGJU UPRISING VICTIM SURGERY RESULTS

The tragedy of Gwangju City is a horrid tragedy for everybody.

The pain Gwangju City suffered is a pain that all of us share.

What was discovered during surgery, that pointed shard of bone,

is a piercing and strong symbol capturing the details of that tragedy.

The path of the bullet.

Sorrow captured and fragmented, and deeply embedded within.

- We must not turn a blind eye to this! - Ah, he's just a natural up there.

He's incredible, isn't he?

He is excellent at commanding the room, for sure.

I'd say it worked out for the better.

He wouldn't've been able to say all that with Mr. Oh Sang-beom in the room.

The media wouldn't have focused on the mayor, either.

[Mayor Im] …we can prevent such a tragedy…

Mr. Director, regarding our statement,

read as we agreed upon.

Come on, hurry.

He must be close somewhere! He doesn't know his way around here.

- Get in. - It's safer if I take my car and follow.

Yeah, I think I should just tail you.

Get in already. Come on, hurry!

Oh, Miss Jang, I… Oh my God, this old thing…

- [groans] Okay. - [Ms. Jang] Seat belts!

Thank you, everybody. Now, Mr. Bu Seung-gwon, our Director,

will begin taking your questions at this time.

My goodness, they're so glad to go up there and take all the credit,

but leave the mess for the Director.

Quiet.

If they're gonna do it, why not handle the whole thing?

Why drag the Director into it?

He knew he had to, 'cause the hospital needed it,

so he just agreed to do it.

Uh, to all the journalists here today, thank you for joining us.

I am the director of Guseo University Medical Center, Bu Seung-gwon.

I'll now take your questions.

Mr. Oh Sang-beom isn't here, so why was he left out?

At the moment, he's still recovering and should be resting up for now.

Yes?

If it didn't show up as metal, well, you had to know that it wasn't a bullet.

So, why'd you still operate?

There was also talk of you transferring Mr. Oh Sang-beom

to another hospital because of Mr. Ji Du-seok.

[soft music playing]

OBOK NOODLES

[reporter] Please give us an answer. Why did you perform the surgery?

The hospital had ordered an X-ray, which did show

that it was indeed a bone fragment, and not a bullet as we were thinking.

However, we couldn't let something so deeply serious,

that caused the patient suffering, to be overlooked.

To be frank, it was a risky surgery, there are no two ways about it.

Though, regardless, the incredible doctors

at this branch of Guseo University Medical Center,

the Honorable Mayor, Im Ho-seok, as you know.

Chairman Kim Chang-su of the Seonam Medical Association,

and Chairman of the Guseo Foundation, Gu Bon-pyeong,

were all determined and intent in the decision to operate.

[Dr. Do] Miss Jang, are you really not gonna take it?

Get those out of here before I change my mind.

Don't charge for surgery 'cause it isn't what you thought.

It doesn't matter that it's not a bullet.

Just make sure, after all he's been through…

He doesn't pay the bill.

What's your reason behind this?

There's a saying I heard recently,

"Strive to be the salt of the earth."

I never want anyone to think I'm not.

"Salt of the earth"? "Good character"?

[chuckles] Gentlemen.

Ah, this is shitty!

Damn it! I really wanted to get a new car.

You have it?

[Ms. Jang] Right here.

Huh? That's Mr, Oh Sang-beom's bone fragment

- I gave you the other day... What? - No, it's not.

It wasn't from Mr. Oh, actually.

Oh! Oh! There, there, there! It's Oh Sang-beom!

- He's over there! - What? Where?

Oh! I think he just went down that alley.

Mr. Oh Sang-beom, at the time, was only twelve years old.

As I imagine, when martial law forces came and tried to take him away,

the doctor who was in charge then,

had decided to tell a small, white lie,

to protect his patient.

And later, when a fire destroyed Mr. Oh's medical records,

that lie became the truth.

This hospital made a choice and admitted Mr. Oh, and Mr. Ji Du-seok,

because after all, both gentlemen are patients.

In no event did we ever consider transferring them to another hospital.

Like the doctors did in those days,

we, at our hospital, all…

Share the same principle,

uh, and sentiment that all doctors should share.

TO UPHOLD OUR OBLIGATIONS WITH A "WHITE-COAT" SENSE OF DUTY

A white sense.

- Uh, that is a sense of duty... - [announcer] Code blue. Code blue.

- [reporter] "Code blue"? - Room five, VIP ward, third floor.

- Cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery. - What is it?

- I didn't get a… Oh. - Code Blue, Code Blue.

- Room five, VIP ward, third floor. - What?

- Cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. - Wait a second. Who…

Did you just get this too?

Ji Du-seok?

- Ji Du-seok? - Ji Du-seok?

That Code Blue, it's Ji Du-seok! That Code Blue, it's Ji Du-seok!

Is ex-president Ji Du-seok the reason for that?

Ah, everyone, just…

- Just let me finish, let me say... - Isn't Code Blue for cardiac arrest?

Are you sure your initial response was sufficient?

- Let me finish first... - Can you confirm it's Mr. Ji Du-seok?

Can you confirm whether he was conscious during transport?

What was the cause?

It'd be best to clear the stage, Director.

- Come on. - When did his condition become critical?

I can explain the matter in detail shortly.

I'll brief you about this matter when we're ready.

[reporter 1] Please say a few words!

[reporter 2] Was there an injury that caused a sudden change in his condition?

[reporter 3] Is Mr. Ji Du-seok in critical condition?

Don't you wanna go look?

No, this has nothing to do with me, so I'll stay.

Well, he went into a karaoke joint.

And bought something at a convenience store.

It was in a black plastic bag, so I couldn't get a look,

but I'm starting to worry.

You found him! Okay! Woo-hoo! [Chuckles]

Ah! Now there you are, at last!

Quite the exciting place you came to. Hey, get in here!

All right, all right, let's choose a song!

I'll go first, if nobody else minds.

Press the button after me.

- Okay, here we go. - [coins clattering in machine]

Ah, four, five, one, seven. And start!

[karaoke backing track playing]

[reporter on TV] Breaking news.

Former President Ji Du-seok passed away at 11:45 a.m. this morning,

at the age of 91.

Former President Ji, whose health had been declining rapidly in recent days,

was receiving treatment at a hospital when his condition suddenly worsened,

later unfortunately succumbing to cardiac arrest.

The medical community mourns his passing.

[Dr. Park singing in Korean] ♪ A rocky island where the waves crash ♪

♪ In this desolate place ♪

♪ The people of the world, one by one ♪

♪ Gathered together ♪

♪ But one night, caught in a storm ♪

♪ They all disappeared ♪

I couldn't tell you before your surgery,

since I'd been waiting for the results of the DNA test.

This bone fragment is actually your brother's.

All this time, what was in your head…

Was your brother.

He…

Was always with you.

Hey, Seung.

It's okay.

Let's go home again.

Together.

[soft music playing]

[reporter 1] Yes, evidence has once again emerged

that proves there was helicopter gunfire during the Gwangju Democratic Uprising.

There are accounts that the Gwangil Building

came under assault on the final day.

Hundreds of bullet holes were found

in the walls of a room on the eighth floor of this building.

- [child cries] - The martial law troops at the time

- cemented the holes and all traces… - Mommy!

…of armed suppression in the city,

so it was difficult to find evidence of the atrocities committed.

However, because this room was largely neglected after the uprising,

the evidence appears to have been preserved.

- With this discovery… - [Dr. Park] Oh, Dr. Gye, over here.

…the families of those affected have called for the state

to investigate further. The Commission to Investigate the truth

of the May Eighteenth Democratization Movement

announced that it'll compare the records of the rebels and the martial law forces.

[reporter 2] Breaking news, the government has announced

plans to increase medical school enrollment.

- It's been confirmed? - They're really going through with it?

- This isn't the time for that. - Man, this is bad.

[reporter 2] The increase would raise enrollment

by more than 2000 students, starting next year.

The goal is to double the previous admissions quota.

GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE MED SCHOOL QUOTA BY 2,000

This new increase is the first hike in 17 years,

yet the policy was pushed through despite opposition from the medical community.

[reporter 1] The Korean Medical Association

immediately opposed the move,

- warning that it would undermine… - You can eat this too.

…the quality of medical care and fuel excessive competition.

University hospitals across the country also expressed regret over the decision.

The Korean Intern Resident Association and Korean Medical Association

have called for all students and doctors to go on strike…

DOCTOR X: MAFIA IN WHITE

[end theme music playing]

DOCTOR X: MAFIA IN WHITE

All interns are to stop the execution of their duties and exit the hospital.

[Dr. Gye] Right now, as we're speaking,

a 10-year-old's getting her stomach kicked.

If you're not going to remove it, be decent enough to look the other way.

How can you brand those who stay behind as traitors,

just because they want to care for their patients?

Come on, how can you even do this, huh?

[Ms. Lee] They will take legal action against medical professionals.

As doctors, we can't be expected to just look the other way!

If you're a doctor, then help with the surgery.