All language subtitles for The.Whirlwind.S01E07.1080p.NF.WEB-DL.DUAL.DDP5.1.H.264-XEBEC

FIVE MONTHS AGO

[reporter] The Nobel Committee
in Oslo, Norway,

announced today that President Jang Il-jun

has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Jang is now
the second individual…

I'll stop looking into the PE fund
if you take full responsibility.

[reporter] …to receive
the prestigious recognition

from the Nobel Committee.

Now, let's go live to our reporter
in Norway, Gong Yeon-tak.

[Yeon-tak] The Nobel Committee
described President Jang

as an exceptionally moral leader

who champions
the protections of human rights

for the working class
and the underprivileged in Asia.

His efforts to enhance social welfare
and reduce the wealth gap

were praised as they announced his award.

[remote beeps]

[unsettling music playing]

I'll step down after the election.

You can be the president

after I win this next race.

No can do, President Jang.

I have no intention of
cleaning up your mess.

[unsettling music continues]

So you want to start a war.

I have no choice.

I can't stand by and watch you

destroy the future of this country.

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

[sighs]

[Su-jin] I'll try to secure an invitation
to Harvard's East Asian Institute.

You've always been pretty interested
in social welfare,

so maybe the Sweden Royal Institute
could also work.

For ten years, we've been
working towards the same dreams--

No, that's not true at all.

While I was investigating the PE fund,
I learned you were--

[Su-jin] …working towards
economic reform and peace.

All that work would've crumbled
if the administration did as well.

If it weren't for us, this country--

[Dong-ho] Back then,
you fought against the dictatorship.

Yet, one could say they built the economy.

-Prime Minister!
-Why did you resist the coup that year?

One could say the government was
just trying to help our poor country.

[unsettling music playing]

So which is it?

What makes the past…
different from what you're doing?

You said earlier

that if the administration were
to collapse, so would the country.

I think you're arrogant.

You claim to care about this country,

but you're all wolves
wearing sheep's clothing.

The prosecution
is starting an investigation.

An internal investigation on you.

The police, the NTS, and NIS are involved.

There's a rough path ahead of you now.

If only you hadn't strayed from it.

I stayed on the path.
I didn't stray at all.

You did.

One will chop her up,
and the other will rip her apart.

-[unsettling music continues]
-[Dong-ho] Her family will be destroyed.

Her husband will be humiliated
before the whole nation.

Do you think she can withstand it all?

[Dong-ho] This hearing

will be Jeong Su-jin's execution.

[smarmy chuckle]

[music fades]

[opening theme music playing]

THE WHIRLWIND

[music fades]

EPISODE 7

[reporter] As candidate Jeong Su-jin's
confirmation hearing approaches,

suspicions surrounding
the private equity fund

of her husband Han Min-ho's company,
Namsan C&C, have been mounting.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING

[Sang-cheon] Five billion won.

Ten billion won. Another ten.

SOLAR CELL BUSINESS PLAN

You sure got a whole lot of money
out of Vice Chairman Kang.

What wife attends
her husband's business meeting?

That seems suspicious, don't you think?

Did you get these from the Blue House?

Apparently, your confirmation hearing
will be very intense, so I hear.

My goodness.

It's so hot these days. My gosh.

[Sang-cheon clears throat]

I need a little… breeze of relief on me.

And you definitely
need some relief as well.

You help me. I help you.

I'll throw you a lifeline
if you support me first.

I think you've forgotten

that even after six days of torture,

I refused your offers back then.

There's a saying.
"Politics is the art of taking chances."

What does an animal know of art?

[Sang-cheon] Show some respect!

Do you remember what I told you?

What'd you say?

[breathing shakily]

I will always

protect my

leaders.

[Su-jin] I will always protect

President Jang's honor
and his family's honor.

Nothing has changed.

Even if you kill me,

I will put up a wall with my bones
and a river with my blood.

Just know that your filthy hands
will never reach

President Jang or any of his relatives.

[music fades]

[phone beeps]

[phone line ringing]

Hey, are you there?

Good. Put one more witness down
for the hearing.

Jang Il-jun's son, Jang Hyeon-su.

[breathes heavily] You need to stop.

Put that rascal on the podium
and rip the kid open!

[phone disconnect tone]

After Park Chang-sik bites a chunk
out of you and I sink my claws in,

you'll be wishing you were
back in the torture room.

[tense music playing]

[reporter] President Jang Il-jun's
followers have gathered

in front of
the National Assembly Building,

protesting against the request for
Jang Hyeon-su, the late president's son,

to appear as a witness
at the confirmation hearing.

Some protestors clashed with the police

as they tried to breach
the barricade in front of the building.

This confirmation hearing isn't about me.

This is a battle between two forces.

One trying
to crush President Jang's honor,

and another, simply trying to protect it.

Regarding the breaches of trust--

Rumors and conspiracies!

This is all part of their scheme.

So let them throw stones.

I will stand up for what's right.

But if I were to fall,

then that will be the end of
not only President Jang's legacy,

but justice for all of his citizens.

[supporter chanting] Jeong Su-jin!

[remote beeps]

First of all, I'd like to thank you
for accepting my invitation.

[mysterious music playing]

We recently discovered these
up in the annex.

Look familiar?

[door closes]

They were the tea cups you were gifted
on your trip to Spain.

Illegally.

[sighs]

Did you know Caesar's second wife was
once suspected of having an affair?

Do you know what he said
when he chose to divorce her?

"The lady of Caesar
must be above suspicion."

President Jang's wife should be too.

I trusted you.

You shouldn't worry.

The president will keep your secret safe.

So what are we going to do here?

Let's begin a friendship, shall we?

Your secrets are safe with me.

But can I trust you with mine?

[music fades]

WE SUPPORT JEONG SU-JIN
PLEASE PROTECT PRESIDENT JANG

[Man-gil] They're planning
a rally in your support this weekend.

And apparently,
over 10,000 people are coming.

I wasn't expecting that at all.

[phone buzzing]

[phone buzzing]

I did expect this call though.

PARK DONG-HO

President Jang
really treasured that orchid.

It was a gift from me for his
one-year anniversary as president.

[Dong-ho] He used to cut the rotten leaves
whenever he got the chance.

Guess he didn't think he'd rot away too.

A public poll recently showed

that 60% of the population
thinks the attacks

against the private equity fund
are political maneuvering.

So you flipped the narrative
by masking corruption for innocence.

I truly believed I had seen everything,

but I was wrong.

This is on another level of manipulation.

Stop leaking information about
the private equity fund to Park Chang-sik.

As for Jo Sang-cheon,

stop giving him information
about Namsan C&C.

I'll stop if you stop.

I'm thinking about inviting the First Lady
to the weekend rally.

Her display of tears

will set off a political explosion.

[ominous music playing]

Go ahead. Invite her.

She's leaving the country right about now.

[ominous music continues]

First Lady, why did you decide
to leave the country so suddenly?

To attend the World Hunger Conference.

It's an event that's been
on my radar for a while now.

Some speculate that you're attempting
to avoid political conflicts

before the confirmation hearing.

The confirmation hearing
is not my issue to handle.

There's a verse from the Bible.

"Thou shalt not take
the name of the Lord thy God in vain."

Therefore, I'd like to ask
Assemblywoman Jeong Su-jin

to refrain from mentioning
the name of my husband,

President Jang Il-jun, during her hearing.

[remote beeps]

If President Jang is Jesus,
that means the First Lady is Maria.

So is this a battle
between Maria and Peter,

or is it a battle
between Maria and Judas Iscariot?

[breathes deeply]

You never back down, do you?

If you had let this go back in the day,
we wouldn't be here.

You're relentless! [gasps]

[Dong-ho] Well, you're beneath me.

And I need to go forward.

[tense music playing]

Up above, there's a dear friend
who's no longer here.

Seo Gi-tae.

He's calling my name,

and I haven't answered…

because I'm really ashamed of
how my life has been up till now.

He has high standards,

and I need to live up to them.

There's still a lot to do.

So, if you really think
that I'm relentless,

just wait and see what's coming.

You'll keep going…

until the very end.

Yes, until the very end.

I truly wait for the day
when I see your demise.

It's what Gi-tae would've wanted.

Send our gift
to Chief Prosecutor Lee Jang-seok.

BLUE HOUSE- SANGCHUNJAE

[Dong-ho] Abalone, sea urchin,
octopus, and other delicacies.

Gi-tae's mother is over 70,
but she still dives for a fresh catch.

Gi-tae used to love this stuff.

She sent this food our way
since she has no one else to feed.

No, thanks.

I can't eat this.

I'm sure you know
a prosecutor and a suspect

can't eat together
during an interrogation.

On November 18th,

the day President Jang
collapsed from a heart attack…

you were at the Blue House, weren't you?

[pensive music playing]

At 1:26 a.m. that night,

you exited the Gwanghwamun
Government Complex.

Five minutes later,

at 1:31 a.m.,

you took a right turn
in front of Samcheong-dong.

Two minutes later, at 1:33 a.m.,

you entered an alley.

That road

only leads to the Blue House.

This was reported to me,

so I had to look into it.

If you can't answer me truthfully…

I'll launch an investigation.

You're forgetting
that Kang Sang-un was arrested.

I believe he's already on trial too.

[Jang-seok] Kang Sang-un

left the Blue House at 1:20 a.m.,

40 minutes before
President Jang's heart attack.

[pensive music continues]

[sighs]

He hasn't denied

any of the murder charges,
from what I hear.

But exercising the right to remain silent
doesn't mean he committed a crime.

Dong-ho.

I want you to tell me
the honest truth here.

I'm asking as a prosecutor.

What were you doing
at the Blue House that night?

And as a friend, I'd like to know,
why didn't you tell me about this?

[music fades]

[phone buzzing]

[phone buzzing]

JEONG SU-JIN

Park-Dong ho.

[Su-jin] I was so grateful
for your generous gifts

that I wanted to return the kindness.

Tell your friend I have plenty more
to send his way if he would like.

[tense music playing]

I'll stop if you stop.

What will it be, Mr. President?

[laughing]

Come on, let's eat. Hmm?

Like I said,
Gi-tae's mother prepared this for us.

Dong-ho, listen.

Why don't you be
my friend for today, okay?

Are you saying

one day I'll face you
in court as a prosecutor?

Not today, at least.

[stirring music playing]

Call Park Chang-sik and Lee Jung-gwon.
Invite them over.

[Chang-sik] We have three days
until Su-jin's confirmation hearing.

Switching committee members this close
to the hearing is pushing our luck.

It's too close.

I will take my chances for now.

I believe your son's verdict
comes out today.

The new members are Lee Chang-min,
Jo Dong-il, and Park Gyu-tae.

They're all former prosecutors, I believe.

He's turning

my hearing into
a prosecutorial interrogation.

[Dong-ho] The CIO.

A "Completely Ineffective Office."

You all have been mocked for long enough.

How about

we change that for once? What do you say?

[stirring music continues]

I just heard Namsan C&C
is under investigation, ma'am.

By both the CIO and prosecutor's office.

[Jeong-yeon] Jeong Su-jin called a meeting
with her party's representatives.

She'll ask for cooperation
at the confirmation hearing.

I'll invite them to lunch, then.

Tell them to come to
the Blue House at noon.

[people clapping]

[clapping continues]

[music fades]

I'll make sure your afternoon's free, sir.
You need some rest.

Call the Director of the FSS
to look into--

Mr. President, listen to me.

[sighs]

Jang-seok is…

He's closing in on me.

[stirring music playing]

Right now,
Jeong Su-jin is an easier target.

So I need to remove
the obstacles in his way.

That way,

we can delay him a little bit

before he comes after me.

[phone buzzing]

LEE JANG-SEOK

Jang-seok.

I hope you didn't forget
Gi-tae's birthday.

I'll bring the cake.

[Dong-ho sighs]

[music fades]

GRAVE OF ASSEMBLYMAN SEO GI-TAE

[Dong-ho] He once told me
he would live until there was

no more room left on the cake for candles.

[Jang-seok] Dong-ho.

Prosecutor Kim Eung-chan
and Oh Yoo-jin are

both incredibly skilled at their job.

We're working together on this.

We're planning
on getting a search warrant.

[wind gusts]

I got another report recently.

TO: THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR
SEOUL CENTRAL DPO

[intriguing music playing]

[door closes]

[Jang-seok] You entered the Blue House
at 1:36 a.m.

You left the Blue House

at 2:00 a.m., which is exactly when

President Jang collapsed
from a heart attack.

It could be a coincidence.

There's a limit
to what makes a coincidence.

I requested
the Blue House entry log for that date,

but it was erased.

Someone who had enough power erased it.

And clearly, for a good reason.

And I really hope it's not…

the reason that I'm thinking of right now.

Dong-ho.

I'm launching the investigation.

And if you decide…
to take unjust actions towards me--

[Dong-ho] I made a promise.

[Dong-ho] If you must draw my blood

in order to punish Jeong Su-jin
and Vice Chairman Kang Sang-un,

do what must be done.

You also have one to fulfill.

[Dong-ho] Jang-seok, listen.

If I crumble,

and you're the only one left of us,

I hope you will build a world
that I… would have wanted to see.

You have a duty, so see to it.

And I will work harder
to fulfill my own duty.

We're busy,

you and I.

[music fades]

-[keys jingle]
-[door opens]

I'm the president's assistant,
Seo Jeong-yeon.

From this point on, everything I say

is on behalf of President Park.

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

has announced that he'll attend candidate
Jeong Su-jin's hearing as a witness

and address all suspicions linked
to her husband's company, Namsan C&C.

Namsan C&C is an investment company headed
by Jeong Su-jin's husband, Han Min-ho.

The company faces allegations
of illegally profiting billions

using national business records.

Daejin Group invested a large sum of money
into Namsan C&C's private equity fund…

We'll do that only if you expose
the truth about yourself as well.

[unsettling music playing]

[Sang-un] Su-jin, listen.

I… need to get out of here.

[phone buzzing]

[young Su-jin grunts, screams]

[lighter lid clicks]

[phone buzzing]

[unsettling music continues]

Jeong Su-jin speaking.

[Sang-cheon] My goodness.
It took us 30 years to share another meal.

Back then, in the torture chamber,
you had no appetite.

You would barely finish
half of your beef stew.

Vice Chairman Kang Sang-un is planning
on testifying at the confirmation hearing.

So you're finally ready
to make a deal, huh?

You'll become the prime minister

if you join me in my palanquin.

Your supporters are still upset with you

after they heard about
the money you sent to North Korea.

Everyone is saying
your political career is done.

[laughing]

[tense music playing]

I've been catching commies
for over 30 years now.

There's one thing I know for sure.

For the South to survive,

the North needs to die.

Did I shock you?

[tense music continues]

The Director of
the Cultural Propaganda Division,

Jeong Su-jin.

The head of the SPO, Jo Sang-cheon.

[fist slaps]

I believe that makes
for an amazing team, doesn't it?

[sighs]

[music fades]

-[camera beeps]
-[shutter clicks]

[elevator dings]

[Yeong-ik laughing]

Sang-un is going to appear at the hearing.

[laughs] Oh wow.

He really did stop listening to me
the moment I got old.

He might be a criminal, but he would
never disregard his father's orders.

You agreed to this.

You want him to go to the hearing.

[yawning]

It's right about time for a nap.
Call me a grandpa.

[Su-jin] While you take a nap,
here's what will happen.

You'll become the prime suspect
as the person behind the PE fund.

-Assemblywoman!
-Jo Sang-cheon will see to that.

[stirring music playing]

You think a false accusation will stop me?

I've gotten away with a lot.

There's a first time for everything,
don't you think?

JEONG MEETS WITH CHAIRMAN KANG IN PRIVATE

Reporters will swarm
this place in ten minutes.

They will wonder why

a prime ministerial candidate
under investigation

is meeting with
the chairman of Daejin Group.

[exhales sharply]

Which presidential election was it?
Was it 20 years ago?

You paid a North Korean at the border

to fire his gun at us,
even though we had a ceasefire.

This certain North Korean individual

now ranks fifth
in the North's Labor Party,

and I hear you're still in touch.

[tense music continues]

Well, I have another job for them.

[Sang-jin] They'll ask for a lot of money.

Give them double. We need their help.

That's a violation of the sanctions
against North Korea. A bad move.

-It'll put Daejin Group in serious--
-You've got bigger concerns.

If you want Daejin
to survive at all, that is.

[music fades]

I'll leave you now.

But you should give me an answer

before I… meet with the reporters.

-[reporter 1] Over here to the right!
-[reporter 2] Please give us a statement!

[reporter 3] What did you discuss
with Chairman Kang?

[reporter 4] What did you talk about?

[moans]

[reporter 2] Why did you come?

How long have you been here today?
How do you know Chairman Kang?

[stirring music playing]

AS YOU SPEAK IT, SO SHALL IT BE

[reporters clamoring]

[stirring music continues]

[phone buzzes]

[Yeong-ik] As you speak it,

so shall it be.

[camera shutters clicking]

Vice Chairman Kang is a fellow alumnus.

His father has been infirm.
I just wanted to check in on him.

[reporter 5] What did you two discuss?

[Su-jin] I came to wish Chairman Kang
a speedy recovery.

[reporter 2] Over here.

There's still so much he has to do.

[rousing music playing]

RYANGGANG PROVINCE, NORTH KOREA

[man] Here's the verdict from
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,

as delivered by the Korean People's Army!

For the South to survive…

[man] You have been used
as a tool for propaganda by the South,

and you have soiled
the dignity of our country.

Therefore, you will be executed
in the name of the party and the people.

…the North needs to die.

[dramatic music playing]

[reporter] The father of
former presidential candidate

and party leader of
the New Conservative Party, Jo Sang-cheon,

has been executed in North Korea
along with four family members.

This was reported today

by North Korea's
Korean Central Broadcasting,

which strongly denounced
Jo Sang-cheon as an enemy

of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea.

As an older brother, I provided my family
with resources so they wouldn't die.

That is all I ever did.

The North Koreans responded
by opening fire on my family!

How dare you! How could you call a witness
this late into the hearing?

[man 1] Don't talk to me like that!

Well, this is absurd!

[all clamoring]

JEONG SU-JIN'S CONFIRMATION HEARING

[clamoring fades]

[Sang-cheon] The Director of
the Cultural Propaganda Division,

Jeong Su-jin.

I, Jo Sang-cheon,

will personally eradicate

the pro-North Korean forces!

[crowd cheering]

[crowd chanting]
Jo Sang-cheon! Jo Sang-cheon!

[Sang-cheon] The head of the SPO,
Jo Sang Cheon.

I believe that makes for an amazing team.

[dramatic music playing]

[inaudible shouting]

It's been two hours, and they
haven't even started asking questions.

Jo Sang-cheon is requesting
a new witness, apparently, Mr. President.

Just say yes! I don't care who it is!

He's requesting you, I'm afraid.

This is completely unprecedented, sir.

To ask a sitting president to come in.

[uneasy music playing]

They said the scandal happened
while you were prime minister,

so you should be
placed under scrutiny as well.

-We're going over there right now.
-This will hurt you.

No sitting president
has ever sat as a witness in court.

I don't care at all!

If I don't go, the hearing won't start,
and Kang Sang-un won't testify.

You can't go, Mr. President.

[guard] What brings you here?

We're from the Seoul Central
District Prosecutors' Office.

[guard] One moment, please.

[music fades]

Jo Sang-cheon's side requested yet
another new witness, Mr. President.

Former First Lady.

But she's not even in the country.

This is their attempt
to disband the hearing completely.

[Jeong-yeon] Do you really think that

Jeong Su-jin and Jo Sang-cheon
worked together

to have his father killed?

I'm no different.

I attempted to kill President Jang,
and he was like a father in politics.

But in the end,

Jeong Su-jin committed the final act.

Now, Jo Sang-cheon has done the same.

[sighs]

I should have realized much sooner.

They can do

just as much as I'm willing to.

[phone buzzing]

LEE JANG-SEOK

[sighs]

[Jang-seok] Mr. President.

They won't let us pass through the gates.
Please let us into the Blue House.

We have an investigation to conduct.

Jang-seok, you won't
conduct your investigation.

-[uneasy music playing]
-Dong-ho.

[Dong-ho] Seoul Central
District Attorney Lee Jang-seok!

I'm dissolving your team.

You will not conduct any investigations
based on slander and baseless claims

against the sitting president of Korea.

That is a presidential order.

[disconnect tone]

Transfer Prosecutor Kim Eung-chan
to North America

and Prosecutor Oh Yoo-jin
to Germany for training.

That won't stop him from pursuing
this investigation. He won't give up.

I know that. Of course he won't.

I wouldn't expect less.

[sighs]

I'm just buying us some time.

I can't let her win when we're so close.

[dramatic music playing]

[all clamoring]

You there!

[man] The vote on the nomination
of Prime Minister candidate Jeong Su-jin

has concluded.

With 296 registered assemblymen,

257 in attendance,

and 142 voting in favor,

the motion for appointment

has been passed.

[dramatic music continues]

[Yeon-sook] "Certificate of appointment.
Jeong Su-jin."

"I appoint the above person
as prime minister."

"By President Park Dong-ho."

[dramatic music playing]

I will do my best

to serve you
just as you served President Jang

when you were prime minister.

[Dong-ho] Now, I'll do what I have to do
as the prime minister.

I will thoroughly
execute the duties of my role,

as you did.

I would like you
to step down from your position.

Please don't make me repeat
your last act as prime minister.

Prime Minister Jeong Su-Jin.

After all, if it weren't for you,

I wouldn't have made it this far.

[dramatic music continues]

[applause]

[music subsides]

[applause fades]

[music fades]

[closing theme music playing]

[music fades]