Original subtitles

TEN YEARS AGO / SEOUL DETENTION CENTER

Mr. Kang, please. Did you know…

[reporter] Daejin Group's vice-chairman, Kang Sang-un's arrest warrant

has been dismissed,

making it difficult for the prosecution to investigate Daejin's slush fund.

The prosecution has been investigating overseas tax havens

and disguised subsidiary companies.

I'll request another arrest warrant. Apart from the tax havens, there are--

We're being transferred, Mr. Park.

He was sent to the office in Wonju.

As for me… [laughs]

…I'm off to training to organize textbooks.

[Sang-un] I would like to thank the court

for putting a stop to this unfair investigation.

[reporter] Is there anything you'd like to say to the investigators?

I would like to say, "I hope you learned a lot."

"Please be well."

[unsettling music playing]

[Jung-gwon] Prosecutors can't just go after whoever they want.

[nail clippers clicking]

They have to go after somebody who they can catch.

-[nail clippers click] -[blows]

I'll transfer you somewhere quiet for a few years.

Learn a new hobby.

You covered up this case so you'd get promoted to Deputy Chief Prosecutor.

And while you're there, learn some manners.

What I'm learning, Mr. Lee,

is that it takes power to even throw the trash out.

[tense music playing]

[Jung-gwon sighs]

You wanna keep your job, don't you?

Better watch your words.

Climb the ladder,

see how far you get.

No matter where you go, just know

I'll always be one step ahead.

[Jung-gwon chuckles]

[Jung-gwon laughs]

Go ahead.

Laugh while you still can.

[tense music continues]

[sighs]

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING

[music fades]

[Il-jun] Oh, Prosecutor Park Dong-ho!

[laughs]

Tell me, what took you so long to get from Seocho-dong to Yeouido?

-Hmm? [laughs] -[chuckles]

Have a seat.

Mm. [exhales sharply]

[Dong-ho] I ended up resigning from my post.

I didn't finish the Daejin Group investigation.

Mr. Jang, can you help me find a new position here?

I've got the perfect position for you, actually.

Give me a little bit of time. I'll get you something good.

Once I'm in the Assembly, I'll resume the investigation.

Corruption must be eradicated at all cost. It needs to be rooted out completely.

The economists wouldn't be happy.

[Il-jun] Mm. [chuckles]

If they want to get to you,

they will have to go through me first, okay?

A few of the Assembly members still have ties to Daejin.

[moans] Before Yun Bong-gil threw that bomb in Hong-gu Park,

he switched wristwatches with Kim Gu.

It symbolized their time together, honoring their past

and forging a new future together.

Whatever you choose to do from now on,

I'll be there right beside you.

[pensive music playing]

[Il-jun] Hmm.

[Il-jun laughing]

My goodness, I wish I could make the day go by faster, huh?

And skip to the celebratory drinks, right?

[Il-jun laughing]

Oh! Right. Wait a second.

Would you mind taking a picture of the two of us?

[Su-jin] Yes, sir.

[Il-jun laughs]

[Su-jin] One, two, three.

ONCE AGAIN, THE KOREAN LIBERAL PARTY

[reporter] With only a day left until the candidate declaration,

candidate Park Dong-ho is facing growing discord

with members of the Korean Liberal Party.

The New Conservative Party's candidate, Jo Sang-cheon,

submitted his declaration of candidacy this morning

at the National Election Commission building.

The Korean Liberal Party's candidate, Park Dong-ho,

hasn't declared himself as a candidate yet,

despite the controversy surrounding--

The party leader is refusing to sign your declaration of candidacy.

The Assembly meeting is happening right now.

[unsettling music playing]

[man] We will proceed with the vote regarding Park Dong-ho's withdrawal.

Please rise if you are in agreement.

[cameras clicking]

GENERAL MEETING OF THE KOREAN LIBERAL PARTY

[tense music playing]

[reporter] The deadline for candidate declaration is tomorrow.

Do you think you'll have enough time to replace the current candidate?

We shouldn't give up just because our time is short.

Replacing an elected candidate because of low ratings

is viewed as an outdated practice.

Is that the only reason?

During the primary election, we believe there were shameful dealings.

Let me direct this question to candidate Park Dong-ho.

Did you win

the election by fair methods only, or was your campaign dishonest?

RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE PARK'S CANDIDACY PASSED

[music fades]

[opening theme music playing]

THE WHIRLWIND

EPISODE 5

30 YEARS AGO / THE SECURITY BRANCH

[panicked breathing]

[faucet squeaks]

[shuddering]

-[young Su-jin screaming] -[man 1] Get over here!

[man 2] Come on, bitch!

[muffled screaming]

[sneakers squeaking]

[muffled screaming]

[muffled screaming continues]

[music swells]

[panting]

[breathing heavily]

[sighs]

[breathing heavily]

[phone buzzing]

LEE MAN-GIL

[phone buzzing]

[Man-gil] I have news. Park Dong-ho has disappeared.

[pensive music playing]

No one knows where he's been since yesterday.

The party's counselors went to his house to pressure him to drop from the race,

but he wasn't there.

-What about the campaign committee? -He just submitted campaign pamphlets.

So it doesn't look like he's planning to step down at all.

[Su-jin] The difference in approval rating is over 20%.

He simply cannot win the election.

If it's a worthwhile battle, then why give up now, hmm?

Because the odds are not on your side.

[Su-jin] The National Committee is meeting to vote,

and as soon his withdrawal is announced, I will be elected as the new candidate

as the primary's runner-up.

So my documents are all ready to go.

Will you win with Jeong Su-jin

or lose with Park Dong-ho?

It's not that hard of a choice.

Jo Sang-cheon must not win this election.

I'm sure we can agree to that.

I do agree, yes.

Except,

I was wondering…

did you laugh or did you cry

when you killed President Jang?

[music subsides]

You're a cold-blooded murderer

who managed to escape the prosecution's claws.

[music fades]

[breathes shakily]

I'll give you the right to nominate

a governor for Gyonggi-do as well as

mayors for both Seoul and Incheon.

Who are you to promise anything when your own past…

proves otherwise?

[Su-jin] I can't believe this.

[laughs]

Yet you trust someone like

Park Dong-ho instead of me?

Do you know

what Park Dong-ho did?

What he tried to do to President Jang Il-jun?

Do you have any idea?

[breathing shakily]

[pen beeps]

[Dong-ho] I was the one who tried to assassinate the president.

[Yeon-sook] What? Prime Minister Park!

[pen beeps]

[pensive music playing]

He confessed to me his attempt to assassinate the president,

then gave me this.

That's why I trust him.

The deadline for declaration of candidacy is due by the end of this afternoon,

and candidate Park Dong-ho, from the Korean Liberal Party,

has yet to declare himself.

The Korean Liberal Party has called for a meeting to replace their candidate.

They only have four hours to decide, or they'll face an unprecedented challenge

in the history of Korea's presidential candidates.

Thank you so much.

We appreciate it.

[Dong-ho tuts]

Nine years ago,

President Jang and I were drinking here

early into the morning

after he lost his first election.

We drank more than ten bottles, and we barely ate.

That man was really crazy about his soju.

Four years ago,

when President Jang was elected,

we all thought and hoped that

the world would finally get better.

[pensive music playing]

[Dong-ho] I'd like you to step down from your position.

I can't stand by and watch you destroy the future of this country.

-[Il-jun gasps] -[body thuds]

[Jeong-yeon] I wonder what would've happened if

we didn't say anything to Jeong Su-jin that day.

[Dong-ho] The president's son, Jang Hyeon-su,

profited exponentially by joining the private equity fund.

I don't know who,

but someone connected Kang Sang-un to President Jang.

We have to find out who it was.

Has anyone

reported this information?

I shouldn't have trusted Jeong Su-jin's history.

…accused of receiving a large sum of money from the CEO of a cryptocur--

[stirring music playing]

This is political revenge.

Someone's trying to keep you away from looking into this.

Gi-tae, listen.

Jeong Su-jin can help you investigate along with the Ministry.

They'll find the owner of the PE fund. Just keep doing--

[Gi-tae] I checked with the prosecutors.

Apparently, the mastermind that's behind all of this,

the person that's trying to shut me up,

is Jeong Su-jin.

[Dong-ho] I should've known.

It's not the world that changes.

What changes are the people who run it.

[Dong-ho sighs in frustration]

[rousing music playing]

I believed in you, damn it.

The people believe in Jang Il-jun.

They also believe his administration to be good.

There was no other way.

I have to protect the president.

[Dong-ho sighs]

[Dong-ho] A fair country.

A just world.

The ones who swore they'd turn this world around

turned it into a living hell.

Jeong-yeon,

never trust someone who makes many promises,

especially about the future.

They're just trying to own and control it.

[music fades]

I know you won't be like them, sir.

[breathes deeply]

Well, that's because I've given up on my future.

[pensive music playing]

I know in the very end, I won't be a part of

the new world I am trying to create.

We've confirmed Park Dong-ho's whereabouts. He's…

Well, he's…

[rousing music playing]

Su-jin.

[intriguing music playing]

Your husband and I were just having a great talk.

Did you know that Lenin quit smoking during the rev--

The deadline to submit is 5:00 p.m.

You do know if your candidacy isn't declared--

I know. That's why I'm here.

I have all the time in the world.

[Yeon-sook] We haven't done this in a while,

so I thought I'd treat all of you today.

Excuse me.

But the committee meeting is soon.

-We'll take the full course meal. -Of course.

It should take about two hours for us to eat.

If we don't show up,

they won't be able to continue the meeting

because there won't be enough members.

[sighs] I mean no disrespect.

[stirring music playing]

However, you all share something in common, I believe.

You all hope to be reelected again

and need nominations to do so.

So how about we decide

how we should all move forward together?

Please enjoy the company.

When this is done,

we will have become valuable connections to one another.

You know, I can't win this election without your assistance.

[music fades]

So, if you don't cooperate…

[lighter lid clicks]

[tense music playing]

[muffled screaming]

…you'll have to live in a world where Jo Sang-cheon

is the president.

[dramatic music playing]

[muffled screaming]

[sneakers squeaking]

[muffled screams]

MEMBERS' OFFICE BUILDING

[alarm blaring]

[dramatic music continues]

[people murmuring]

ASSEMBLYWOMAN JEONG SU-JIN

JEONG SU-JIN/THE DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY FOR THE 21ST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

-[music fades] -[phone buzzing]

SECRETARY JEONG HYE-IN

[phone buzzing]

[Hye-in] Ma'am, the declaration papers are missing.

I've got her paperwork.

Burn it now.

[disconnect tone]

[lighter lid clicks]

-[lighter lid clicks] -[panicked breathing]

[lighter lid clicks]

[Sang-cheon] All right.

Where's Han Min-ho right now?

Council President Han Min-ho,

where on earth did he go?

[breathing shakily]

[panicked breathing]

[Dong-ho] I'm sure I could thrive in a country run by Jo Sang-cheon…

[lighter lid clicks]

…but I don't know if you can.

[breathing shakily]

I've told you.

-I don't know. -Come on, Su-jin.

You miss your mom, don't you?

Let's try this again.

Or maybe…

[sobbing]

…we could bring her here instead.

[sobbing]

[Dong-ho] Candidate declaration ends in two hours' time.

If you don't agree to me as the candidate,

then you're to blame

if he becomes the president.

[young Su-jin breathing shakily]

[muffled scream]

[breathes deeply]

[Su-jin breathes shakily]

[lighter lid clicks]

-[stirring music playing] -[phone connect tone]

[phone line ringing]

Get me the party leader. I need to talk to him.

This is Jeong Su-jin.

Accept his declaration.

[lighter lid clicks]

[stirring music continues]

[reporter] The NEC received Park Dong-ho's declaration of candidacy

30 minutes before the deadline.

It seems the Korean Liberal Party

resolved its internal conflicts regarding a potential candidate replacement.

Jeong Su-jin, who advocated for a replacement,

has joined Park Dong-ho's campaign team.

They will be working together

to ensure a victory in the presidential race.

Why did you let Jeong Su-jin join our campaign?

[Yeon-sook] She'll be useful to us.

She's seen as President Jang's successor, so his supporters will follow.

Don't worry. She'll help us.

My victory in this election is a nightmare for Jeong Su-jin.

But a Jo Sang-cheon victory is a living hell.

GRAVE OF PRESIDENT JANG IL-JUN

[somber music playing]

20 DAYS TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OFFICIAL START OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN

[somber music fades]

[unsettling music playing]

He's worn this watch since you both joined the National Assembly ten years ago.

His time might have come to an end, but

I'm glad to know

someone else will continue in his footsteps.

[dramatic music playing]

[Il-jun] It symbolized their time together,

honoring the past… and forging a new future together.

[dramatic music continues]

Corruption must be eradicated at all cost.

It needs to be rooted out completely.

[Dong-ho] I will never forget the vision that he had

ten years ago when he put on this watch.

[dramatic music continues]

[Su-jin] You are winning the hearts of his supporters.

Visiting his grave with the First Lady

was a good way to make them see you as his rightful successor.

That watch has great significance.

I think it's best if I manage his schedule from now on.

We need to win over all his supporters.

You'll need to visit his birthplace, attend a ceremony for his center,

and give a memorial address for the 49th day of his funeral.

We have to do anything and everything

to make sure we win over as many of his supporters as possible.

So wear the watch at every event and at every public outing, okay?

It will reinforce their belief in your succession.

We have to win.

Yesterday, at trial, they're pursuing the maximum sentence for me.

I have to appeal to the Supreme Court!

It'll take more than a year if you appeal to the Supreme Court, clearly.

And nothing's gonna change in the second trial.

Nothing you can do about it.

Father, I did it for you--

This happened because you tried to control the president in getting me a pardon.

Now I'll do things my way.

Father--

The son makes a mess, and the father cleans it.

[tablet chimes]

[shuddering]

[inhales sharply]

I've heard about the plan. Oh, Sang-jin, listen.

Make sure you take good care of her, okay?

[Sang-jin] Of course.

KANG SANG-JIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DAEJIN GROUP

[sniffing]

I don't think I can save Daejin Group

and, at the same time, save your son Kang Sang-un.

-If it comes down to-- -[silverware clatters]

I have three sons

but only one company.

Save what I only have one of.

-[slurps] -Mm.

[stirring music playing]

[engine roaring]

NORTH KOREA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ICBM PACIFIC TARGET HIT

[reporter] North Korea fired their first intercontinental ballistic missile,

Hwasong-15, at 8:13 a.m. today.

The missile was able to break through the atmosphere

and was successful at hitting its target somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.

Are you sure you wanna use this whole North Korea angle? It might be risky.

[stirring music continues]

Don't worry. I'll be fine. I'm pretty sure.

Plus, I can handle the risk.

How about we take that missile and

turn it into Park Dong-ho's demise?

[Sang-cheon] Article 3 of the Inter-Korean Summit Accord states…

17 DAYS TO THE ELECTION

…that "both the North and the South must cease any actions

that could harm the peace and coexistence of our nations."

We ceased

our DMZ broadcasting and brought an end to radio jamming.

We shrunk the military on our front lines.

But despite every measure that we took,

North Korea developed the ICBM behind our backs.

North Korea is targeting the United States.

President Jang Il-jun was known for sending relief to North Korea.

It was one of his best achievements.

He could lose more of Jang's followers.

But if he keeps providing aid, he's going to lose the moderates.

[tense music playing]

During President Jang's administration,

it was agreed the aid provided to North Korea

would be limited to medical--

Helping the enemy, are we? And look where we are now!

Yet, you keep giving them money?

To everyone watching this,

we're in the middle of a crisis here.

You cannot elect this man as president.

We don't know where his loyalty is! It's questionable!

[music intensifies]

[man 1] We can't elect someone whose loyalty is questionable.

37 YEARS AGO / BAR EXAM INTERVIEW ROOM

[man 1] Hmm, it says your father was kidnapped by the North.

"We were born into this land with the historic mission

of reviving this nation!"

"It's time for our people to reignite the spirit of Joseon

by developing our own independence as a nation

while making an effort towards the welfare of all mankind!"

We're currently at a ceasefire, as you know.

But hundreds of thousands of soldiers are pointing guns at the border.

Catch a commie if you don't wanna be suspected of being one.

Yes, sir.

[Sang-cheon] I caught 12 North Korean spies in my day,

and I stopped three insurrections.

I, Jo Sang-cheon,

have always dedicated my whole life to the Republic of Korea.

-[man 1] Get over here! Come on! -[young Su-jin screaming]

[muffled screaming]

[Sang-cheon] I will not be afraid to speak my mind to the North.

On the contrary. North Korea will learn to fear me!

My fellow citizens,

this election

there's only one choice!

Me! Or the second Korean War!

[tense music continues]

-[rumbling] -[Su-jin gasps]

[Su-jin breathing heavily]

[reporter] After North Korea's nuclear tests yesterday,

the metropolitan Seoul area experienced a 4.1 magnitude earthquake.

Reports suggest they have developed a lightweight nuclear weapon

capable of targeting and striking

any region in the Korean peninsula within ten minutes.

-[crowd chanting] Jo Sang-cheon! -North Korea can have its weapons,

but South Korea has Jo Sang-cheon to fight and defend it!

[crowd cheering]

If you elect me as your president,

we will surely prevail!

[crowd cheering]

JO SANG-CHEON FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

[music fades]

President Jang's administration was extremely diplomatic.

Why would North Korea do this during the elections?

This makes no sense at all.

We can't make sense of it because it's absurd.

[Jeong-yeon] We have to change our campaign strategy.

At this current rate, we'll never win this election.

[unsettling music playing]

[phone buzzing]

What do you want?

National Intelligence discovered something.

I wanna talk it over.

[unsettling music continues]

[music fades]

When I was dispatched to National Intelligence,

I kept this with me.

You see, my cousin has big dreams, so I thought someday it could be of use.

It's for you.

It's a present from your

new senior secretary for civil affairs.

The senior secretary

has the power to oversee and even control the prosecution.

[Su-jin] He has a good grasp of things.

He knows what's important to look into

and what not to.

I'm sure he'll turn a blind eye to you and the PE fund.

Naturally.

So, if anyone threatens you,

he'll go after them.

[Man-gil clears throat]

Here.

Yet another gift from you.

[stirring music playing]

Cutting you out of my life was

more painful than I thought it'd be.

Jeong-yeon.

Five years together is a long time.

Don't give me anything anymore, okay?

I'll return all of your things.

[Su-jin] I've made sacrifices too.

It's only fair you do the same. At least this once.

[Dong-ho sighs]

If there's one thing that I'll never be willing to sacrifice,

it's the possibility of taking you to court.

You're asking too much.

Jo Sang-cheon's father was kidnapped

by North Korea, where he remarried

and eventually had another son.

No one knows this.

[intriguing music playing]

Jo Sang-cheon's brother still lives in the North.

Unfortunately, you're mistaken.

His half brother died in 1996 during the North Korean famine.

[Su-jin] Also known as the Arduous March.

It's true, millions starved to death.

Yet

anybody who was lucky enough

to have relatives here or elsewhere had better odds.

Because they received money from the outside.

Jo Sang-cheon sent money

to North Korea?

The key to the Blue House is in my hands, candidate Park.

A president always has many enemies.

If you can't get rid of them, then simply rule over them.

I am but a servant.

[intriguing music continues]

[reporter] Today, candidate Jo Sang-cheon held an emergency press conference,

declaring that if North Korea doesn't denuclearize,

then South Korea will create nuclear weapons.

He also demanded that candidate Park Dong-ho

clarify his stance on the North Korea issue.

Candidate Jo Sang-cheon's bold stance on national security

has led to a surge in his popularity since the recent nuclear testing.

At this rate, his victory would seem certain.

[intriguing music intensifies]

[sighs]

[music fades]

[distant siren wailing]

[intriguing music playing]

[Su-jin] The key to the Blue House is in my hands, candidate Park.

We have to win.

[Dong-ho] I have no choice.

I can't stand by and watch you destroy the future of this country.

[sighs]

This is Park Dong-ho.

[music fades]

I accept your deal.

Now,

give me everything you have on him.

[rousing music playing]

PARK DONG-HO'S CAMPAIGN CAMP

[rousing music continues]

I just heard

that you might have received something in return for nominating Jeong Pil-gyu.

Is that true?

[Dong-ho] I couldn't turn the opportunity down.

I remember when President Jang first met with Vice Chairman Kang Sang-un.

He said the same thing. Couldn't turn the opportunity down.

You know I won't stand to see you just become another corrupt president.

So don't you forget

you only have one month before

I hand over what is inside my safe.

[Sang-cheon] The Jang Il-jun administration

gave over 700 million won to the North,

Almost a billion.

If this man is elected,

how much do you think he'll give away?

Why is he so keen to help North Korea?

Think about all the money that could be going--

$5,000.

$5,000.

September 17th, 1996.

You went to the border of China and North Korea to deliver

5,000 American dollars.

Your father, who was kidnapped by North Korea,

asked for your help during the Arduous March.

Through a broker, you were able to get the money over to him, is that right?

Your father sent us a letter. [sobs] He's desperate.

He doesn't have any food. He's… he's starving.

What are we going to do, Sang-cheon?

[chuckles]

Well, this is a presidential debate.

We're supposed to discuss policies regarding the future of this country.

All this chit-chat about personal--

You cannot elect a president whose loyalty is questionable.

You cannot elect this man as president!

We don't know where his loyalty is! It's questionable!

[tense music playing]

Here are candidate Jo Sang Cheon's travel records from that time.

CHINESE TERRITORY ALONG THE AMNOK RIVER IN 1996

[tense music continues]

And this is an affidavit from the broker who accompanied you to the border.

[music fades]

[pensive music playing]

Who received your $5,000 on the border of China and North Korea?

[Sang-cheon] Well…

My father's been sick for over a month now.

But I'm sure he'll recover soon now that he'll be able to eat.

Wait a minute.

What's your name?

Oh, I'm Jo Sang-min.

[Dong-ho] I'll ask again.

Who did you give $5,000 to on the border?

I believe it was your half brother.

[laughing]

Ah, I see.

I just wanted my father to have a warm meal after starving for weeks.

Why are you making a fuss over a simple act of kindness?

My goodness.

Seems like you won't care much about your own family

if they were ever to starve.

Now's your chance.

There are missiles flying over our heads right now.

Why even bring up my family?

Because families are what make up the history of our people.

They're performing nuclear experiments up North!

Threatening to burn everything we built to ashes!

And who's running those experiments?

-[dramatic music playing] -Huh?

Go ahead. Do it.

[Dong-ho] A nuclear physicist from Kimchaek University

who studied abroad in Russia.

And a key figure in North Korea's nuclear weapon development.

Your brother, Jo Sang-min.

JO SANG-MIN

Your brother

is currently working on developing neutron bombs for North Korea.

[all murmuring]

[Dong-ho] President Jang's humanitarian policies

aren't what will burn this country to ashes.

No. It'll be candidate Jo Sang-cheon's brother

who receives special orders from Kim Jong Un.

[Sang-cheon] I have… dedicated my whole

40 years to serving our republic.

"Patriotism and democracy is our way of life

and the foundation for a free world!"

"And above anything else, the love for our people!"

Jo Sang-min

also dedicated himself to his country.

22 YEARS AGO KIMCHAEK TECH INTERVIEW ROOM

♪ The magnificent sun ♪

♪ Absorbed its energy from Mt. Baekdu… ♪

JO SANG-MIN

♪ And it brings mercy to all the people… ♪

"To instill a new homeland

so that all the future generations can reap the dawn of tomorrow…"

♪ Revolution, revolution… ♪

-[dramatic music playing] -[inaudible dialogue]

[Dong-ho] If you hadn't given

$5,000 to your brother at the border

and equipped him to survive the famine,

North Korea wouldn't have nuclear weapons.

[dramatic music continues]

[grunts]

[screams]

Hey, wait a sec. Wait a second.

[breathing heavily]

What is it?

You got something to say now?

Goodbye, Jo Sang-cheon.

[reporter] The results for the election will be announced in one minute.

This election, which was a result due to President Jang Il-jun's passing,

had a turnout of 72.4% and will not have a transition stage.

The winner will immediately begin their presidential duties

after a simple inauguration ceremony tomorrow morning

at the National Assembly Building.

[reporter 2] I'm sure we're wondering

who will become the leader of change and hope in our country,

after all of the chaos from the past few months.

[all] Nine, eight, seven,

six, five,

four, three, two,

-one! -One.

PRESIDENT-ELECT PARK DONG-HO

[all cheering]

[crowd chanting] Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho!

Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho!

Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho!

[cheering continues]

[whooping]

-[cheering fades] -[footsteps echoing]

[dramatic music playing]

[Dong-ho] I solemnly swear

to abide by the Constitution in defending this country,

to work for the peaceful unification of the homeland,

to promote freedom and welfare to the people,

and to endeavor to enrich our cultural heritage

as the president of the Republic of Korea.

[dramatic music continues]

[music fades]

Thank you for appointing the senior secretaries ahead of time.

For political affairs, Lee Cheol-min.

For personnel affairs, Bae Jong-su, as per instructed.

And as for civil affairs…

A prosecutor under inspection cannot work in the Blue House.

I'm Lee Han-yong from the SPO's inspection department.

We've got permission for an audit by order of the Blue House.

What's going on?

[tense music playing]

Please step aside.

[drawers opening]

THE BLUE HOUSE

[applause]

-[music fades] -[pen beeps]

[Dong-ho] I was the one who tried to assassinate the president.

[stirring music playing]

[Yeon-sook] What? Prime Minister Park!

[Dong-ho] If I could, I would've stopped his heart with my own two hands.

[pen beeps]

I want you to keep your promise to appoint Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jeong

as senior secretary for civil affairs.

[stirring music continues]

How did--

How did you get that?

I learned of its existence thanks to her.

[pen beeps]

He confessed to me his attempt to assassinate the president,

then gave me this.

And then your watch told me where it was.

[Yeon-sook] You know I won't stand to see you become another corrupt president.

So don't you forget,

you only have one month before I hand over what is inside

my safe.

Thank you for refusing to shake my hand yesterday.

It told me where I stand with you and what needed to be done, so I

stole this from the safe.

[beeping]

[dramatic music playing]

[Su-jin] I think…

perhaps your time is…

[watch ticking]

…coming to an end, so enjoy it while you still can.

What are you going to do now?

Well, like I said,

"If you can't get rid of your enemy…

[music fades]

…then simply rule over them."

[dramatic music continues]

[music swells]

[music fades]

THE WHIRLWIND

[closing theme music playing]

[music fades]