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(All people, incidents, and backgrounds...)

(in this drama are fictitious and unrelated to reality.)

(Also, children and animals were filmed under production guidelines.)

To me, family is...

a lifeline.

It's where the true No Yeong Won exists...

and the strength that gets me back up.

Without family,

I would not be here today.

That is why family is...

the one thing that I must fight for until the very end.

Protecting my family so that it doesn't fall apart...

is my life...

and the reason for my existence.

Even if they are family, if they try to ruin you,

you must cut them off.

What kind of family do you live with that makes you act like that?

The case that my father was involved in...

I think he was framed for everything.

You said so yourself.

That you become resilient as you slip and fall.

You've slipped and fallen this far.

You should become strong now.

And I think Father played a part in doing so.

I understand. But what's important here...

is not revealing the truth...

but the well-being of our family. Don't you think?

Think about what you need to protect, Ms. No.

The choice is up to you.

(Doctor of the Year, 2023 KDA Awards)

You'll even let your father's death slide?

That's amusing.

What about you?

Do you know everything...

about your family?

Are you saying that Jae Jin had an affair or something?

Lee Se Na is Dr. Choi's secret mistress.

That was why they were at the vacation home together?

This is what I found out about Lee Se Na.

She's a witch, I tell you.

So all of her husbands have died?

Things might not end here.

Dr. Choi Jae Jin could be in danger too.

He just said my Jae Jin is with the witch.

Aren't you even worried about him?

Listen, Mother.

I feel more anger toward the man...

that has fallen into a woman like her.

So what are you going to do?

I will find him.

Won't it be better for him...

to be killed by me instead of the witch?

Where are we going now?

Did you find him?

I heard a car was found in the sea.

Gosh, that scared me.

There's no one inside.

We found the inn where they stayed.

Dear my beloved family.

I'm deeply sorry to all my family, and I send them my love.

Honestly, my husband who cheated on me...

might have committed suicide with that woman.

How can you expect me to be sad and pity him?

Jae Jin isn't dead.

He's alive and breathing here somewhere.

Se Na.

I think I can become really happy now.

It was all an act?

I told you...

Jae Jin isn't dead.

I don't think Lee Se Na is just an affair.

I need to know why she's doing this...

and number four is Do Hyun.

If she messes with my son too...

I'll find Lee Se Na.

What are you doing?

You just died.

And you're reborn.

So now,

it's time for a new life.

Ms. No.

I'm not asking you to understand Jae Jin.

But you must think about your family.

You mean a family for yourself.

I wonder if I really am part of this family.

("Great Expectations")

What did you think of the book, my son?

Pip, who loved Estella unconditionally...

for his whole life,

seemed so amazing.

No, it's not that he loved her unconditionally.

Only when Estella accepted his love...

could Pip truly love her.

That is a desire that has a condition.

Love is unconditional,

but desire comes with conditions. Is that what you mean?

I guess the two...

can be determined in the moment of sacrifice.

However, desire...

leads a person down a path...

that one never imagined.

Gosh.

Yeong Won sure is smart.

I give my vote to Yeong Won too.

- Father. - Yes? All right.

Let's stop reading.

- How about we order pizza? - Okay.

Instant food? No.

Madam Hong. Just one day won't do much harm.

"Just one day."

Why are you being like that?

Earlier, the housekeeper said...

that crabs were in season and was making crab soup.

It looked so delicious.

Do you like crab?

Okay, then. Shall we eat crab soup?

Okay, then. Let's do that.

Jae Jin, shall we go and choose another book?

Okay.

- Goodness. - Jae Jin. Are you okay?

You should've been more careful.

Yeong Won... I'm sorry.

No, it's okay.

Yeong Won, go to Jae Jin's room...

and change into some clothes that fit you.

Okay.

Let's go.

Gosh.

I wish I had a daughter like that.

"Just one day?"

You must think acting like a parent for one day makes you a parent.

Yeong Won, this outfit is the same as the one Seo Taiji wore.

Do you want to wear this?

- That's okay. - All right.

You should wear this.

With the beige pants you have on,

this denim shirt would be a better match.

Really?

Mom!

My son, you changed too.

Yeong Won said this shirt went better with these pants.

Is that so?

Those look great on you as if they were your own clothes.

But becoming someone who suits another person well...

means one must develop the mind.

That's why you had us read "Great Expectations."

Yeong Won.

I'm very curious to know...

if you will have desire...

or a noble character within you.

You should stay for dinner.

(Chapter 7: A Sweet Hell)

The police have been focusing on the possibility of joint suicide...

for Choi and Lee, who fell into the southern sea,

and have been searching for their bodies.

After Choi's family reported that they heard from him,

the police have decided to call off the search.

And so, everything that has happened so far...

has turned out to be a mere happening.

All of the rampant rumors regarding the incident...

have been proven false...

We were caught.

So, you should go back now.

What do you mean by that?

Our plan failed.

You said so.

They will find us, no matter where we are, as long as we're alive.

That is true,

but I...

How much longer could we keep running away?

Isn't it better to neatly wrap things up and come back?

In a way, this could be...

your last chance...

to become free.

No, it took so much for us to get this far.

I will never go back! Never...

Gosh.

What are you doing?

You're crazy.

Crazy.

Jae Jin.

Jae Jin.

Jae Jin. Oh, my dear son.

Are you okay?

Oh, dear.

How shameless.

Don't even think of coming into my house.

Look here, Ms. No. How is this your house?

How?

Why is this your house?

Jae Jin. It's fine.

You have me.

Mom.

Dad?

Do Hyun.

You're back.

Yes. Have you been well?

Do you even realize what you're doing?

This is what families are like.

Tae Oh. You understand, right?

Of course.

I'm so glad that he's back.

I'm sorry. Thank you for today, and goodbye.

Ms. No. Actually,

Do Hyun ditched cram school and spent time with me yesterday.

You know So Yi, right? Do Hyun's girlfriend.

Right. Do Hyun...

wanted to introduce her to you and Jae Jin.

But he was frustrated that the situation went wrong.

So I treated him to something tasty to cheer him up.

I see.

Of course, it was wrong of him to ditch cram school.

But it was because he cared for you, so if you could...

- Thanks for telling me. - No problem.

I don't want to keep...

any secrets from you.

I see.

If anything like this happens again, please do the same.

Of course. I'll get going.

I'm sorry, son.

You also had an affair?

So it's true.

I thought you and I...

were both in the palm of Mom's hand.

It seems you weren't.

Right now,

I have nothing to tell you.

Later when you grow up a little,

you might be able to understand me.

Are you going to divorce her?

Do Hyun.

No matter what happens,

I'll always be your dad. That will never change.

I'll be on your side at all times.

So I...

want you to live the way you want.

You didn't live the way you wanted?

I am...

honestly not even sure what I've wanted in life.

I'd like to find it.

How have you been?

The truth is, I...

Never mind. Deal with your issues first.

I'll tell you later.

Why? Tell me. Are you up to something?

Did you break up with So Yi? Is that it?

Why would I break up with her? We're a happy couple.

I see. That's great.

- You should get out now. - Okay.

Why don't we have a talk?

Toast.

It's such a relief that Dr. Choi is back safely.

Right, Ms. No?

You look so haggard. You must've gone through a lot.

Have you been eating properly?

Tell us how you have been.

Mother.

It's not like he's back from a trip.

We aren't gathered here for some heroic stories.

I truly feel sorry to the two of you.

Of course, you should.

Ms. No. He says he's sorry.

I didn't intend this at first.

Then, you shouldn't have done what you didn't intend.

Ms. No. He says he didn't intend this.

Mother, I can hear him.

Right? Anyway...

Dr. Choi, you're wrong about what you did this time.

It's your fault for being naive enough to be deceived.

Even if...

Lee Se Na approached you intentionally,

it doesn't change the fact that you deceived me.

On top of that, you gained reputation...

even by doing ghost surgery for such a long time.

That disappoints me even more.

You're not even curious to know...

why I had to do that, are you?

No matter what the reason was,

your actions can't be justified.

Don't even try to make cowardly excuses.

Right. I'm not going to make excuses anymore.

Dr. Choi, do you still not know it?

Lee Se Na...

seduced you...

to break our family apart.

Mother. What do you think she can possibly do to our family?

Oh, Lord.

Save this young lamb who has fallen prey to the Evil One.

(Name: Lee Se Na)

(Mental instability, panic disorder, obsession, cognitive distortion)

Here.

These are the charts from your old counseling TV shows.

- You asked for these, right? - Yes.

This show aired such a long time ago.

They must be all grownups now.

I wonder if they are doing well in life.

You never say anything recklessly,

so I've acted like I didn't know.

Just what is going on with you?

"Lee Se Na?"

Yes.

Lee Se Na is...

blackmailing me.

(The 2nd Half of 2010)

Would she really be one of them?

No one seems to be a match based on the basic information.

Anyway, once you find out why she's blackmailing you,

what will you do?

I think...

I need to know why...

to be able to stop her.

Francesca, why haven't you visited for so long?

My business trip took a long time.

Of your eight years of volunteer work,

you haven't visited us for the longest time.

Has it already been eight years?

Of course.

May I stay here for a few days?

Of course.

- Auntie! - Auntie!

- Auntie! - I missed you.

- I brought gifts for you. - There are some here too.

Here.

May is in a bad mood today.

Ta-da. It's a gift for you.

You wanted this for your birthday.

My mom said she'd come for me...

when I turned seven.

Do you still believe it?

She promised me.

You promised me too.

That you'd hate those who abandon you.

Does her not keeping her promise mean she abandoned me?

Don't worry.

You won't have to promise anything that you can't keep.

So Yi.

My dad is back.

Then you should get yourself ready.

You were waiting for him to be back.

Are you okay?

Why wouldn't I be?

I talked to Jun O on the phone last night.

He said he missed us both.

Jun O?

Why does he only call you?

Are you jealous?

No.

Don't be jealous.

And from now on,

you have to trust me.

Okay.

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center)

Oh, what?

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center)

(Renovation Notice)

Renovation, my foot.

Ji Eun.

Oh, right.

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center)

(Oh Ji Eun, Choi Jae Jin)

(Name: Lee Se Na)

- Look her up. - Okay.

Lee Se Na?

She's the one who took off with the director here.

Exactly.

I need to find Jae Jin.

Ji Eun, why do you care...

Oh, Dr. Oh. You were here.

Hey.

- I had something to say... - Who are you?

You can't come in here.

He's okay.

- Do you know him? - What brings you here?

I was passing by and saw the hospital door open.

What are you doing here, Dr. Oh?

I decided to clean up before we reopened.

Lee Se Na...

Lee Se Na is that woman, right?

- Why are you... - Wait.

- It's her. - No.

- Kyung Tae. - Yes?

Will you leave first?

Okay.

Shoot.

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center)

Thanks.

Thank you for the other day.

Don't mention it.

That day,

it seemed something must've happened between you and Madam Hong.

Yes.

Sometimes she's in a mood.

We've known each other for so long.

That was nothing.

Well, everyone's in a mood right now.

This is all because of that woman, Lee Se Na.

Why did he have to fall for her?

Oh, that reminds me.

Apparently he had a crush on you when he was young.

Did he...

- really say that? - Yes.

Maybe you could've been...

next to him right now.

If it weren't for Madam Hong.

Moon Tae Oh.

What are you trying to say?

Dr. Oh.

The truth about you.

Jae Jin's aware of it.

So don't be so disappointed.

I just wanted to tell you that.

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center Doctor Choi Jae Jin)

I think you should leave.

It's never too late...

to think about that after he returns.

He's back home.

What did you buy so much of?

Is there something going on today?

No.

Dr. Choi?

- What is all that? - Well...

I thought about making dinner.

You're going to cook?

Yes. Can you help me?

Oh, sure.

You barely ate because of me.

I'll be your cook today.

I knew...

you were sweet and warm-hearted.

Young Min, I'm back home.

Will you come to my house?

Hey.

Yeong Won, you're home early.

Did you come home running...

in case I beat Jae Jin up?

Gosh, I guess that's what married couples do.

I told you not to come.

Well, Jae Jin...

invited me as an apology.

I couldn't say no, right?

Oh, someone's here.

Did Jae Jin invite you too, Dr. Oh?

Yes.

What on earth is he thinking?

(Friday, December 15)

- Ms. No? - Oh, my.

Madam Hong, hello.

- You're here. - Jae Jin.

I wish I could punch you, but...

Welcome back.

Did you invite Young Min too?

It was a good idea.

Ji Eun, how did you...

I called her.

Are you okay?

What happened?

I'm fine.

Sorry about everything, Ji Eun.

No, it's fine as long as you're back home safe.

Welcome home, Ms. No.

You have no idea how hard Dr. Choi worked...

for you.

Shall we eat first?

Well...

Is it someone's birthday?

I came in a rush after the call.

I didn't have time to prepare a birthday cake.

No, it's okay. Welcome.

Sa Kang, have you been well?

Well, I'm sure...

you couldn't have been well.

Are you holding a family party, Dr. Choi?

Yes! This is what family means.

Oh, Dr. No. I saw you on TV.

- You were amazing. - When can you get the money ready?

If the country's most famous counselor's family...

- I'll have it ready by tonight. - turns out to be a mess,

there's nothing good about it.

Do you mind?

Oh, she has such good hearing.

Everyone's here now.

Let's go eat.

Sun Young?

- Oh, my. - My goodness.

What is all this?

You cooked so much.

Why is this...

Nothing in season.

Do you find it absurd?

But you know what? These dishes are...

my favorites.

They're something...

I could never have in this house.

Jae Jin, why are you suddenly...

revealing your taste?

The Choi Jae Jin you know is...

fake.

My whole life was a lie.

At home, I was a kind son,

and a nice husband.

And outside,

I was a fake doctor who made Dr. Oh...

perform my surgeries instead.

What are you doing?

What?

Then are you saying...

you're a fake doctor?

See?

I asked you how Jae Jin had become a doctor.

I couldn't become a doctor.

And yet, Mother,

you made me into a doctor.

You even made me use a substitute surgeon to do my surgeries.

You made me continue living a lie.

I knew you were a scary person,

but how could you fake that?

Dr. Choi.

I get that you want to be honest with your family,

Dr. Choi.

Well, since we all know now,

we can understand how he feels as a family.

Mother.

There was something else you've been hiding, Mother.

Listen to me carefully.

When Father-in-law passed away,

he was wrongly framed.

My father was involved in doing so.

He knew it was false,

but my father was the accomplice who framed him for sexual abuse.

Jae Jin, what are you saying?

My dad was framed?

I'm sorry, Young Min. I...

I was wondering how my brother died by being hit by a stone.

But if this came to light...

Maybe my brother really did get hit by a stone.

Dr. Choi, I think you should stop now.

No.

I don't want to.

The highlight still remains.

You knew about all of this and wanted to keep it secret.

That was why she brought you into our family.

My life, yours,

and even our marriage...

were all planned by Mother.

No. That's not true.

That was really Prosecutor Choi's doing, all on his own.

- I just did what I thought was... - Do you know...

how disgusting and nasty your hypocrisy is as you care for Ms. No?

You made it seem like a suicide,

but you pretend to be a good father-in-law.

It sickens me.

"It sickens you?"

Have you forgotten that you were an accomplice too?

You said the more it felt leery, the closer we had to keep her.

Who was it that said we should bring her over?

Who even got her to marry Jae Jin?

And why did I do that? Why?

It's all over, Yeong Won.

We're not the family you think we are.

Jae Jin.

Wait. But... Are you all leaving?

I'm so proud. I didn't think he'd actually pull it off.

- Jae Jin. - Mother.

Even in this situation, you only worry about your son, right?

You only lied to me until the end.

But still, at least Jae Jin...

was honest with me today.

Sa Kang, are you okay?

Still, you and Go Myeon were a couple, at least.

You even had a secret that you kept together.

I'll be going. Goodbye.

Was this why you came back?

Yes, this was why I came back.

To reveal all the dirty truth about our family.

I wanted to free you who has known nothing...

throughout your whole life.

And I want to become free from this too.

I won't live as the fake Choi Jae Jin any longer.

If being fake was tormenting you, you could've spoken up before too.

Why didn't I speak up?

Why did I just live like this all this time?

The ideal son that Mother wanted.

I had to live as the ideal husband you wanted me to be.

That was the way to protect this family.

The real Choi Jae Jin...

wants to be free.

Did you have an affair because you wanted to be free?

And even fake your own suicide?

That's right.

I'm dirty.

I can't stand it any longer either.

That's why I'm trying to end things like this.

Get to your senses!

You're being gaslighted by Lee Se Na.

She sent you here on purpose to ruin our family.

No! This was my choice!

My choice.

Yes, I'm heading there right now.

I'll be there soon.

I survived again.

You can't die. Not yet.

The ones who are tormenting you are your family members.

Why are you trying to die?

You can just cut ties and become free from your family.

Se Na.

You say that because you don't know my family very well.

How much longer will you live in the play written by your mom?

You know it too.

That's not the real you.

There is a story you don't know.

Something only I know.

Why did you only tell me this now?

My parents were monsters too.

But I became free from my parents.

So, you can also...

become free.

If Yeong Won were to find out about this...

No Yeong Won is a pitiful person too, just like you.

We need to free her.

You will save everyone, just like that.

Just like you saved me.

And then,

we can see each other again.

Yes, I'm heading there right now.

I'll be there soon.

(Yongyu Station)

(Airport Railroad)

The person you have reached is unavailable.

I'm almost there.

I'm here.

You wanted to see me at the airport, so I thought we'd leave right away.

We have things left to do.

(An easy way to take care of a dead body)

When are we going to leave, then?

Stop pestering me.

We're going to be together forever.

You should be able to wait for a short time.

Sorry.

I'm just...

worried this revenge might end up hurting you.

Yo Sub,

you know how much pain No Yeong Won...

caused me.

This is the only way to cure me.

Otherwise, I'll be dead.

No, Se Na.

I will... I'll do my best.

Maybe we should...

install a secret camera in the living room too.

The living room?

Okay, I'll do that.

The last flight to Hawaii is soon to close its check-in.

Please hurry up and check in if you aren't on board yet.

Once again,

the last flight to Hawaii is soon to close its check-in.

Please hurry up and check in if you aren't on board yet.

The last flight to Hawaii is closing its check-in process soon.

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center)

I want to buy you dinner to show you my gratitude.

You're my savior.

Lee Se Na sent this to me.

Number 1 is your father, number 2 is you,

and number three is your mother.

It seems to be the order of exposing the lies that fooled me.

No.

That can't be true.

Pull yourself together!

Number four is Do Hyun.

Something might happen to our son. You shouldn't be lost!

(Se Na)

(Withheld Number)

(Right, you don't have to know everything about your family.)

(But then, I wondered how it'd be if they did know everything.)

Lee Se Na sent these texts...

at 5:09pm.

(Se Na)

It was soon after the clock hit five.

And he left the house as he dialed her number...

at 5:30pm.

(Se Na)

This means...

When you told the truth to the family,

was Lee Se Na watching it?

Or did you just agree to meet up there?

Answer me already!

I was supposed to call her after everything was over...

so that we could meet up at the promised location afterward.

(J Plastic and Reconstruction Surgery Center)

She was watching it all.

"My kids were..."

"just like their father."

"They couldn't be spiteful."

(Soft Hands)

"They were too soft-hearted."

"The family was so poor..."

"that they couldn't be educated enough."

"Without getting to work under the shade,"

"they work under the burning sun to make a living."

"My heart breaks when the sun is hot."

"As their mother myself,"

"I feel so ashamed..."

"and guilty."

I remember...

when my father...

first brought you.

It was...

soon after you entered college.

You were reading a book in the garden.

In my under-educated eyes,

you seemed...

noble.

That fantasy must've been broken...

as you spent time with my family.

My father wasn't an upright prosecutor.

He generously took me in.

If it hadn't been for him,

my life...

would've been much worse.

Instead, you covered up...

all the dirty secrets of my family.

And coincidentally at a time like this,

you showed up for me again.

That was exactly what I wanted.

So don't feel burdened.

Look.

I certainly detested my father...

because I knew nothing was more sorrowful...

than detesting one's own parent.

Will Jae Jin feel the same about me?

Dr. Choi...

will understand it one day.

The heart of a mother.

You must feel empty.

Have a warm bowl of soup.

- Dr. No, you're inside, right? - Yes.

Hi.

I was looking into her as well.

It turned out she was a very scary woman.

All of her husbands died.

- I know. - You do?

But that wasn't it.

She was investigated when her third husband was burned to death.

She seemed crazy.

You must've liked your sister a lot.

My sister was...

pretty.

That's what they always said.

I...

I also liked...

my sister.

So, I tried to protect her.

Did something happen to your sister?

They died. All three of them.

In a plane accident.

My dad, my mom,

and my sister.

Did you kill a cat?

It hurt my sister.

She admitted it!

She just said she killed the cat.

But everyone said I had done something wrong.

All I wanted to do was protect my family.

I also got rid of everything...

my husband hated.

Ms. Lee, I think you should get professional help.

Being overly obsessed with love...

Look at that. She's a total psychopath.

Leaving a woman like this alone...

could put Ji Eun in danger.

You didn't know that this woman smacked Ji Eun down with a shovel,

did you?

- I heard about it. - You did?

Dr. Oh told me.

Anyway, I can't let a person like this...

be on the loose as a police officer!

That is why I looked into her a bit more.

There's more you need to see.

This happened 14 years ago in Gangneung.

There was a fire that killed a whole family.

The parents and their daughter. All three of them...

were found dead in the same room.

The cause of the fire could not be identified.

It was a case that was known as an unfortunate family accident.

What about this incident?

The headline was this. "A family disaster."

But there wasn't...

one daughter in that family.

There were two daughters.

The daughter who died in the fire was the eldest daughter.

Then was the second daughter...

Yes! It was Lee Se Na!

Lee Se Na was the only one that wasn't in the house.

According to the investigation records,

she was sleeping in the yard because of her sleepwalking.

You said the cause of the fire wasn't identified, right?

It wasn't identified.

A particular cause of the fire wasn't found on the site.

An the only survivor, Lee Se Na,

wasn't sane enough to participate...

in the investigation.

What happened to her after that?

She was adopted by a family in Norway.

I think that was how...

that case ended.

But in the video we just saw,

why did she say her family died in a plane accident?

They died. All three of them. In a plane accident.

I'm not sure if her memories were distorted by the shock...

or if she was just lying deliberately.

But seeing how violent she can get with her obsession with love...

shows that she's clearly a dangerous person.

My sister was...

pretty.

So, I tried to protect her.

There was a fire that killed a whole family in Gangneung.

They died. All three of them.

The parents and their daughter. All three of them.

My dad, my mom,

and my sister.

Why did you kill your sister you liked so much?

(Dr. No Yeong Won)

(Bitter Sweet Hell)

Lee Se Na was spying on this house through this camera.

You should be the one to find them.

How dare she give me orders?

You believe there's an insider that is helping Lee Se Na, right?

It's definitely someone close to us.

Do you know everything about Do Hyun?

- It has been 11 weeks. - Lee Se Na?

Did you pay her to get rid of the baby?

It's my choice to make.

Maternal instinct is such a beautiful but sad thing, isn't it?

The game will now start to get fun.

Lee Se Na is threatening my child.

Her sister was alive.

She said her younger sister started the fire.

And that she wanted to kill their parents.

How does it feel to know that someone knows your secret?