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THE FIRST RESPONDERS

(theme music)

THE FIRST RESPONDERS

ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, INCIDENTS, GROUPS,

AND BACKGROUNDS DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS

Who parked in front of my house?

(cell phone buzzing)

KONGMYEONG PIL

(groans)

(sighs)

GIRL (in English): Come here, Alex.

It's time to go to the private math lesson.

Can't we play a little more?

That's why you always get a bad grade.

(ominous music)

-Bye! -Bye!

(screaming)

WOMAN 1 (in Korean): Seunga!

(whimpering)

WOMAN 2: What was that?

What is that?

Is that a person?

(people clamoring)

Is this 119? We need urgent help!

Call the police, too! They need to catch that bastard!

CODE PINK: EMERGENCY CODE ISSUED RELATED TO OBSTETRICS OR CHILDREN

(action music)

SOON: Can you get to the rooftop?

-Is it the 9th floor? -Yes. It's Unit 909.

She must be alone since no one's coming for the doorbell.

See if you can get there.

Yes, ma'am. Let's go.

I'll go with you!

-Take care of the kids. -Okay.

I'm coming, too.

-What? Where's Detective Jin? -Get ready

-and set up the cushion... -He's never been off duty.

But he's not picking up despite the joint response.

Hey, why did you even bother to ask?

(tense music)

-Can you reach the owner? -Not yet.

-Hold on. -(beeps)

There.

Let's go inside.

Dojin, let me go in by myself.

She could be unstable.

Seol, take this.

CSAT QUESTIONS SONG HAEUN

SEOL: Okay.

DOJIN: Seol.

Buy me some time. I'll come down from the tenth floor.

Okay. Please do that, Dojin.

Please come with us to the tenth floor.

-Let's get ready. -Yes, sir.

Wait.

(sighs)

Am I invisible today?

SEOL: Haeun.

You are Haeun, right?

I'm a firefighter.

My name is Song Seol.

(suspenseful music)

Put it as close as possible to the wall, so there won't be any gaps.

-Yes, ma'am! -Yes, ma'am!

(cell phone buzzes)

Dokgo Soon speaking.

-Hello, is everything under control? -Where is it?

I should've been there.

SOON: No, that's fine.

I was on my way out when we received another dispatch.

There's some space. Move it closer to the wall!

Did you go home safely after the dinner gathering?

I'm sorry, but I'm currently on the scene. We can talk next time.

(line beeps)

-What was that? -Mr. Baek, it's that way.

Okay.

Jeez, it reeks here.

What's all this?

(foreboding music)

What? It's a newborn baby.

This is a violent crime case. Tape off the area.

I'll go straight to the NFS.

I think we should request an urgent autopsy.

There was also a time when I contemplated falling to my death, too.

(sighs)

I couldn't handle this damn world anymore.

(scoffs)

Hey.

Can I ask you for a favor?

(suspenseful music)

(people clamoring)

Will you send a message to my mom?

That just like how parents can't choose their child,

a child can't choose their parents.

And that...

we're failures.

SOON: Dojin, approach her carefully, so she doesn't notice you.

No.

You should tell her yourself.

My mom isn't interested in anything except for my grades.

(people murmuring)

-SEOL: Are you okay? -Aah!

She's injured. We need a stretcher.

-Situation cleared! -HAEUN: Aah!

Remove the cushion and get a stretcher.

(groaning)

(camera shutter clicks)

(foreboding music)

(camera shutter clicks)

(exhales deeply)

HONG: Unidentified female infant corpse.

Weight, 0.7 kg.

HONG: Presumed fetal maceration over the body.

FETAL MACERATION: FETUS SKIN REDDENING BY THE AMNIOTIC FLUID IN FETAL DEATH

HONG: From head to toe, 17.5 cm.

From head to bottom, 13.1 cm.

The baby is very small.

She's probably premature.

Fortunately, the decomposition is in its early stages.

Loupe, please.

The umbilical cord wasn't clipped off when it was cut.

The severed section looks very rough.

I don't think medical scissors were used.

That means she was born outside of a hospital.

HONG: The infant is incredibly tiny and has a strange posture.

It means she was hiding and growing in her mother's womb.

What? Is that even possible?

HONG: If the mother denies pregnancy

or didn't want to get pregnant in the first place,

the fetus does this to survive.

It hides and makes minimal movements.

It's very rare,

but some mothers don't show even when they're almost due.

Then no one around the mother must have known she was pregnant.

(exhales sharply)

HONG: Scalpel. Let's make an incision.

We need to know what criminal activities were done at the death of the baby.

If the baby was stillborn, it would be abandoning a body.

MR. BAEK: If the baby was alive,

it would be murder and then abandoning the body.

They're two very different situations.

(tense music)

HONG: Let's prepare a lung float test.

LUNG FLOAT TEST: A TEST TO DISTINGUISH INFANT DEATH FROM A STILLBIRTH

HONG: If she was alive and breathed at the time of her birth,

there should be air inside her lungs.

Her lungs should float since air is lighter than water.

(people clamoring)

Haeun, when your mom comes later,

don't say things like you don't want to see her anymore--

She won't come.

What?

Ms. Song Haeun, we're going to change your dressing.

Sir.

Please contact a pediatric psychiatrist.

Patient Song Haeun needs to see one.

SEOL: It's highly likely she will do it again.

All right.

-Let's go now. -Okay. Let's go.

HONG: The lung float test is negative.

The baby never breathed in air.

Judging by her small body size,

there's a chance that she had a growth delay in the uterus

or that it was a stillbirth.

-Then it's not a murder of an infant. -(sighs)

And the umbilical cord and placenta? They normally throw them away together.

Hey, did you check the handbag?

Did you find anything else inside?

Not at all.

Apparently, it's a luxurious handbag that's also rare.

It costs 80 million won.

MR. BAEK: Eighty million?

That's the yearly wage of a section chief.

It's also a limited edition that requires three batches of crocodile skin.

So it's available only for high-spending VIPs.

"VIPs"?

That's great.

The crazy dog has left.

And the crazy bear has arrived.

(snickers)

Darn it.

They always make me do this kind of work.

(plastic rustling)

What the heck?

(ominous music)

HONG: It's the placenta.

PIL: The placenta?

Myeongpil, you hit the jackpot.

Make sure you examine every piece of trash in there.

After all, it's our VIP's. Okay?

I'll have this back.

(cell phone beeps)

Since you manage your clients with the utmost care,

you must know who bought this, right?

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I can't help you.

This isn't our product.

It's not your product? What do you mean?

Do you see the uneven sewing line on the inside?

Our genuine products are all handmade and even the inner sewing lines are done

stitch by stitch by artisans from Verona and Nice.

So there will be exactly 18 stitches with a length of 0.4 cm each.

I'm sorry I can't help you with this fake bag.

Jeez. Not only did she abandon her baby, but she put it in a fake bag?

Unbelievable. I haven't felt this upset with a criminal in a while.

-Mr. Baek. -What?

-Take a look at this. -What is it?

DEAD NEWBORN INFANT FOUND ABANDONED IN A LUXURY HANDBAG IN TAEWON-GU, SEOUL!

MR. BAEK: What is going on? Do they want the criminal to flee

after reading the article?

I can't believe they wrote an article about it already.

You should've blocked the reporters from coming to the crime scene.

Maengpil, are you going through puberty?

-Why are you provoking me? -Anyway...

Did you find the owner of the luxury bag?

We failed.

(whines)

Seungkyu, let's go.

(sighs)

Our dear Polar Bear isn't as good

as the mutt who left home.

Kongmyeong Pil.

Aren't you in a dilemma about which nostril to breathe from?

Come here. I'll merge them into one.

Ooh!

It'd be a bummer if you didn't take a look at this.

What is that?

It's a card receipt I found in the trash alongside the placenta.

Card. Let me see it.

Oh, no. For free?

Why you little...

What do you want?

"Detective Kongmyeong, you did good."

"Thank you so much."

You can do that much after all the effort I put into this.

(sighs)

What crap is he spewing?

Detective Kongmyeong.

In this line of work,

putting in the effort is mandatory, you idiot.

MR. BAEK: What?

Goodness, our VIP

had a very expensive meal.

Where's Detective Jin?

It's normal for him to sniff out such a big case

and rush over here, right?

Would you be able to do that

after ruining a dinner gathering like that?

Seriously.

I guess Jindo Dog was a human after all.

He has a conscience.

Hey. You're looking well.

I've put many criminals behind bars, so I'm speaking from experience.

They say they crave sweets the most.

Here. Pick the one you like.

Isn't it sweet?

It is.

It's impossible for you

to have schemed Bang Pilgu's case alone.

Who was the mastermind?

(scoffs)

It was me.

Didn't you know that I am a creative person?

Sure, you must've paid.

But you didn't come up with it.

(crunching)

(tense music)

Listen, Taehwa.

You could be behind bars forever.

So why are you doing that guy a favor?

Who is it?

(handcuffs rattle)

-(crunches) -Mm...

(classical music)

TAEHWA: They did me a favor as well.

They did me the most expensive favor in the world.

She was someone...

I used to adore so much.

I only asked them to keep her mouth shut.

But they silenced her forever.

Forever.

HOGAE: What's wrong with him?

Open this.

(suspenseful music)

(Taehwa whimpering)

Jindo Dog, you could be reborn.

You could bark all you want.

But in front of them,

you'd be nothing

but a mutt.

(mimics dog barking)

Bark like one.

(whimpering)

TAEHWA: Open up...

Go ahead.

(suspenseful music)

Do you live on this floor?

Yes, we do. What is it?

I'm glad you're here.

The former tenant moved out, so we need to fix the place.

We need your approval for the work

since it could get noisy.

I see.

(drill whirring)

Thank you. Have a good day.

He left.

DOJIN: Are you serious?

He left his chair. How clumsy of him.

No one would move in here, anyway, because of the rotten corpse rumor.

Let it be.

Still, he should take it with him. I'll contact him.

But we could use it every now and then.

(somber music)

I'm going in.

-(lock beeping) -(sighs)

(somber music)

(flatline beeping)

(ominous music)

MA TAEHWA (42) DIRECTOR AT MASONG YANG CHIYOUNG (45)

JIN CHULJOONG (59) CHIEF PROSECUTOR

YEOM SANGGU (43) PROSECUTOR

SEOK MIJUNG (35) GRADUATE STUDENT CHOI SEOKDOO (27) SERIAL DRUG OFFENDER

BANG JIYOUNG (16) FINE ARTS SCHOOL IN BELGIUM

BANG PILGU (57) TERMINAL CANCER PATIENT

MASTERMIND

That Jindo Dog had the entire day off.

He should get to work early to look through the case.

Why is he tardy?

-Hey. -REPORTER: The brand of the handbag

where the newborn baby's body was found

announced that the handbag was fake.

Due to the case,

the aforementioned company's stocks plummeted and its reputation got ruined.

-Against the company that made the fake... -PIL: What?

It's already on the news?

If I were the culprit, I would've fled out of shame

that people found out it was fake.

Then you should've gone there yourself.

Are you even fully informed on the case?

The records mark the beginning of the investigation.

I memorized them all.

PIL: You read all of that?

The case was so intriguing that I couldn't stop reading.

-Did you identify the VIP? -PIL: Yes.

(thrilling music)

PIL: Bang Jakyung. Age 46.

She's the creative director of Mission Planning,

one of the top five advertising companies in Korea.

WOMAN 3: Artist Park Jieun majored in Oriental painting.

She's known for working with traditional methods such as grinding ink sticks

and pasting traditional paper with handmade paste.

I love the idea

and the project itself.

But your presentation is subpar.

I want your copywriting, not just your explanation.

If you're going to keep this up, just forget about it.

We're from Taewon Police Station.

HOGAE: Ms. Bang Jakyung.

Is this your handbag?

(tense music)

We're in the middle of a meeting.

What's this about?

JAKYUNG: That's not my handbag.

Then why did we find your card receipt

and the placenta inside?

The housekeeper, chefs,

drivers who drive my husband's and my cars,

and our children's tutors.

Over ten outsiders visit our house every week.

Just so you know, my husband

is Judge Song Jaejun of Seoul Eastern District Court.

What do you say?

Do you need their names and phone numbers?

Could you do something else for us before that?

Open up.

Are you suspecting me?

No, it's just a protocol.

Hey, you should ask her for permission first.

Do I have your permission?

Open up. It'll be quick.

Open up a little wider.

It's going in.

You're doing well. Thank you.

(background chatter)

Excuse me, did Patient Song Haeun get discharged already?

Don't get me started. Her mom came by last night.

She gave her daughter an earful saying she was so humiliated.

I heard she's the top student at Taewon High School.

Jeez. Why would a smart kid do such a thing?

Did she see a pediatric psychiatrist?

Judging by her mom's temper, I doubt she'll approve.

But she looked very unstable.

IT WAS FAKE? NO WAY. NOW WE ALL KNOW THEY HAD A FAKE.

THE CULPRIT MUST BE HUMILIATED

SO IT'S A FAKE

(exhales sharply)

(line ringing)

Ms. Yun, you can take your time with the maternity test.

Didn't you say it was urgent?

HOGAE: I think I made a mistake. I can't smell anything on her.

I just got the result.

REPORT OF ANALYSIS

THE SAMPLE DNA APPEARS TO BE THE VICTIM'S MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER'S.

You're right.

How did you know?

She was only concerned about the fake handbag.

But you're only half wrong.

You're still half right.

What do you mean?

We got the DNA test result, and Ms. Bang Jakyung is not the mother.

Does this mean I can leave now?

I'm afraid not.

What is it this time?

You're the stillborn baby's maternal grandmother.

What did you just say?

You have a daughter, right? Here...

Hold on. She's...

PERSONAL DETAILS NAME: SONG HAEUN

(suspenseful music)

That's it.

-Hold on. I think that's her. -Is that her?

HOGAE: Hey.

Hey, kid. Can we talk for a minute?

-SEOL: Haeun, wait up... -PIL: Hey, Song Seol. Why are you here?

What about you? And you?

Don't mind us. We need to speak with her.

With Haeun?

The night team can take over and the day team can go home.

-Yes, ma'am. -Yes, ma'am.

By the way, where's Officer Song Seol?

She was headed to the police station.

The police station? What for?

It's about that fake handbag case.

The abandoned newborn baby's mom

is the girl who tried to commit suicide recently.

What?

Q: RECENTLY, DID YOU EXPERIENCE...

(gloomy music)

(sighs)

Detective Jin, can we talk?

Me?

-Stay here. -Okay.

HOGAE: What is it?

What's the matter?

Send Seol away now.

That's not happening. I'm sure you heard.

She and Haeun have built rapport.

Whatever the case may be,

don't let her get involved in this case anymore.

What's going on?

I'll explain it all later. Just don't get her involved.

Tell me the reason.

I'll tell you later.

This is the police's job, anyway. Solve it yourself.

Fine.

Can't you tell me what happened?

I don't know.

Didn't something serious happen to you recently?

I don't know.

If it's hard to talk about it, can you write it down here?

I don't know.

STATEMENT RECORDING ROOM 2 OBSERVING ROOM

She's only said "I don't know," 23 times so far.

So let me talk to her instead.

I'm sure there's a misunderstanding.

Haeun is still a student.

How could she have abandoned a baby when she never got pregnant?

She doesn't want to talk to you.

I don't want to hear it. She's my child, so I'll deal with her.

Ma'am.

I'm sorry, but may I try speaking with her?

And who are you to butt in?

You've done enough. Let's go.

He's right. You're not a cop, anyway.

-We'll-- -Officer Song was the one

who rescued Haeun from the ninth-floor veranda.

Where were you at that time?

(Pil sighs)

Someone that goes back on his word doesn't deserve to be a detective.

Seol did volunteer.

I prioritized discovering the truth.

-Why? Because you couldn't do it? -SEOL: Haeun.

She's begun to talk.

SEOL: You see,

I can't dare to fathom

how you endured everything that happened to you

without anyone knowing.

So I can't even dare to empathize with you.

Why couldn't you tell anyone?

You could've told your mom or--

It was too late.

You didn't know that your body was changing.

(sighs)

It must have hurt a lot.

Hey.

This was her skills assessment grade for last week.

ENGLISH SKILLS ASSESSMENT GRADE RECORD

HOGAE: Her grade for Wednesday was a mess.

Ask her if last Wednesday was when she gave birth.

Was it last Wednesday?

Ask her who the father is.

Let me ask you one last question.

It's a very important one.

Who is the baby's father?

I...

Hey, Song Haeun is at the police station.

What? What for?

Hey, don't lie.

The fake handbag case. That was her.

BOY 1: No wonder she had such a big belly.

-I knew it. -So what's going on?

-What? -I told you.

-Be quiet. -BOY 2: I knew it.

The KMO is coming soon.

TEACHER: One of you must win.

HAEUN: I... really don't know.

(Pil sighs)

How could she not know?

SEOL: In that case,

ten months ago, can you tell me whom...

The men I slept with?

Yes.

If it's too difficult to say,

can you write it down?

PARK SANGWOO, KIM JIHAN, OH SOOHYUN, KANG YOUNGMIN, YANG WOOHYUK

(tense music)

Seol?

Gosh.

-Good-- -Happy?

Seol.

Are you happy now?

You selfish bastard. Move.

MR. BAEK: Five?

Song Haeun is an 18-year-old high schooler, right?

I can't believe this world right now.

They're all juniors at Taewon High School.

Could you elaborate as the vice principal?

Two. Three.

Four. Six. A hundred eighty-seven.

LUXURY HANDBAG INFANT FATHER LIST

PARK SANGWOO, OH SOOHYUN, KIM JIHAN, KANG YOUNGMIN, YANG WOOHYUK

These are their rankings in school.

And Song Haeun is in first place.

Sir, we don't need to know that.

We just need their DNA.

Do you still not get it?

I'm sure it'll be difficult to persuade those top students' parents.

But what can we do?

That's not it.

It's exam week right now.

(sighs)

MR. BAEK: That's none of our concern.

I'll call Anna over, so get it ready.

HOGAE: Yes, sir.

Did you give a valid excuse?

I told them it was a school parent meeting for creating

a special class preparing school exams for the top students.

CONFERENCE ROOM

All right. I'm about to give you some unsettling news.

(suspenseful music)

(sighs)

That good-for-nothing girl.

Are you suspecting our kids solely based on what she said?

You want my son's DNA?

No. That's such a precious matter.

As of now, this is the only way we can determine the biological father.

Sir!

You should've stopped them from coming during the exam week!

-Right. -Our kids will be stressed!

PRINCIPAL: Ma'am, you see...

There was nothing we could do since the investigation had started.

-Jeez. -Unbelievable.

-How could this happen here? -PRINCIPAL: I'm sorry.

I'll be taking my leave.

-Where are you going? -Out of the blue?

Soohyun got his tied recently.

What do you mean?

A vasectomy.

(gasps)

Do you have his medical record to prove that?

Of course not. We did it secretly...

Then you can't leave, ma'am.

Why would you suspect them all when it's obvious who it is?

Let's be honest. The obvious one is...

-Soohyun. -Excuse me? What did you say?

Right. Wasn't he the one who installed a camera in the cram school's restroom?

-SANGWOO'S MOM: You're right. -(scoffs)

Ever since then, everyone just calls him Pervert.

-YOUNGMIN'S MOM: Oh, my. Pervert? -(laughter)

Who knows? Maybe he took Haeun somewhere

and did something perverted before getting a vasectomy.

What did you just say?

What a ridiculous cow.

I know your son had a crush on her

and followed her butt around.

-Followed what? -Her butt. Why?

Hey, don't be ridiculous.

Your son goes to that cram school, too.

Don't you dare talk about my son.

Watch what you say.

-That's enough! -Jeez.

This is all because of Haeun.

Exactly. We shouldn't be arguing.

Haeun was the one who seduced them.

-Right? -Of course. I'm so irritated.

Were you talking about my daughter?

Gosh. Who cares if your daughter is the top student?

Chills run down my spine.

Goodness. I wonder if that bag is fake too.

What brings you here?

Fake?

Hey.

Should I turn the tables?

Ma'am.

Would you like your precious sons

to be called sex offenders?

-What are you saying? -This is absurd.

-What is she on about? -Jeez.

What was that?

Your son, Sangwoo.

He always talked about how he'd be the top student if it wasn't for Haeun.

Is that why he touched her?

What is she on about?

How dare you say that she seduced them?

That's the least she did.

She's a criminal who killed her own baby.

Gosh, the thought of it is making me sick.

A criminal? You crazy little...

Hey, you have yourself to blame for ruining your son's life!

-Goodness! -Hey! Is she crazy?

Hey! Do you even know that your daughter

bad-mouths you behind your back?

She said you'll keep nagging her until the day you die.

Hey, do you have a death wish?

-JAKYUNG: Open up if you're so confident! -Sure.

-Do it! -Let's do that.

Let's see who's the criminal and who's the father.

-You psycho! -Get off!

-Let's see. -That's enough!

What's wrong with you?

Your son, Jihan, is a lowlife

who flirts with other girls all the time since he knows he's good-looking.

Hey! Do you know how hard it was for me to have him?

He's one of the only sons for three generations,

and I used Brad Pitt for his prenatal care!

How dare you?

PRINCIPAL: Let's all calm down! That's enough!

-Hey! -(indistinct shouting)

PRINCIPAL: That's enough already!

Ma'am!

-Be quiet, please! -Please let go of my hair!

We, the police, are grateful that you allowed us

to listen to your stories.

Sangwoo, the forever runner-up.

HOGAE: Youngmin, the one with the crush. Jihan, the womanizer.

Soohyun, the pervert.

But where's Woohyuk's mother?

She can't come since Woohyuk isn't a top student.

Whatever!

Let's just do that DNA test and clear our sons' names.

I'll do it too. Make it quick.

Can you guarantee anonymity?

-This is insane. -Do it quickly.

PIL: The students are all together, right?

By the way, where did Soohyun get the procedure done?

It's reversible, right?

Of course. The procedure helped him concentrate on his studies much better.

-Gosh. -Wasn't it expensive?

Where did he get it done?

They don't perform on minors anymore.

What? Did Haeun's mom introduce you to the clinic?

Haeun's older brother, Minjun, also got it done three years ago.

-SANGWOO'S MOM: Unbelievable. -JIHAN'S MOM: I'm flabbergasted.

-SANGWOO'S MOM: We should go. -JIHAN'S MOM: Let's go.

Open up.

PIL: You have braces.

Hey, pervert, you shaved your legs, right?

He's a total pervert.

SOOHYUN: Get lost.

He's the most handsome guy at our school. He's definitely the dad.

Jealous?

I mean, Song Haeun isn't even my type to begin with.

So what if they get good grades? They're just like their parents.

I can easily get into SNU.

Old-timers like you can't hold a candle to me.

PIL: Hey, just open up.

I haven't gotten mad at a kid in a long time. Come here.

-Even their parents can't handle them. -Hey.

From today on,

we'll be split into who slept with her and who didn't.

(boys laugh)

Kang Youngmin, you're strangely quiet today.

Should we bet on who the dad could be?

Shut up, you bastard.

(tense music)

Don't swear, Youngmin.

You're the one with the crush.

Whatever.

(door opens)

Are we done here? Let's go, guys.

PRINCIPAL: You guys did well.

-Are we done? -Yes.

You're still here?

Yes. I won't go until the results come out.

I don't sleep much, anyway, because of my insomnia.

Instead of sending you to a youth detention center,

Dad will just let you be homeschooled.

Be grateful and prepare for the GED Test.

I don't need his help. Just send me there.

Are you crazy?

Or send me to a mental hospital if you want.

(lock beeping)

(chuckles)

Song Minjun, come and eat.

The student with the lowest grade doesn't deserve to eat.

(chuckles)

(door opens, closes)

(sighs)

(tense music)

Get up.

The DNA results are out.

Which one of them is the father?

No one.

None of them passed as the biological father.

Darn it. Why did I come here?

(Hogae sighs)

Those teens did a number on me.

Was it none of them?

About Haeun...

What relationship do you guys have?

You even checked on her at her cram school.

I've seen how people

attempted suicide multiple times.

There was another case recently.

He was the same age as Haeun.

TEACHER: Seungjun, why are you doing this?

It's dangerous up there. Come down and talk with me. Okay?

Let's talk for a minute.

Seungjun, don't think about doing that. Just come down.

We're the emergency medical service. Please make way.

TEACHER: Seungjun.

Please do something, will you?

Seungjun, can we talk?

Yes, Seungjun. Come down and talk.

What's the point of studying?

I get one question wrong, and hundreds of students stomp over me.

SEUNGJUN: I don't want to do anything anymore.

Kisoo, hurry with that air cushion.

And to not do anything,

this is the only option.

-Seungjun! -Seungjun!

-(thuds) -(people scream)

Oh, my gosh!

(gasps)

SEOL: His shoe

brushed against my hand.

I will never forget that touch.

The touch of a life I've missed...

disappearing.

Later, I found out

that it was his third suicide attempt.

Does that mean he was that desperate?

No.

He was screaming at the world.

Twice at that.

Had someone heard his cries,

he wouldn't have ended his life like that.

So, after all your efforts of saving Haeun,

why did you act so cold?

I've never seen you being so cold before.

(sighs)

I can never forgive someone who abandoned their own child.

Mm. Forgiveness.

It seems quite personal. Care to tell me?

I was an abandoned child, too.

(gloomy music)

Taewon General Hospital, neonatal intensive care unit.

Number 189.

NAME: UNKNOWN 189 GENDER: FEMALE

NURSE 1: They haven't found her mom yet?

NURSE 2: No.

Hmm...

You don't have a name yet.

(soft music)

(crying)

That was my very first name.

My birth mom never named me.

DOJIN: Don't let her get involved in this case anymore.

Happy?

Seol.

Are you happy now?

It's not even a secret. It's just an old story of mine.

Would you like to share an old story, too?

Me?

But I have no secrets regarding my birth.

What about Hyunseo's case?

MISSING CHILD KIM HYUNSEO (12 YEARS OLD, FEMALE)

(approaching footsteps)

What are you doing?

It's her, right?

DOJIN: Kim Hyunseo, who's been missing long-term.

She went missing seven years ago,

and she still wasn't found, right?

After the incident with her grandmother,

I read up on the case and only found out then.

When she had gone missing, Detective Jin was a traffic officer

stationed at Taewon Police Station.

-Really? -No wonder.

He guessed a car model solely based on the headlight fragments.

They say a cold case is like a scar on the detective's body.

And I think her case

is the biggest scar of all for Detective Jin.

So don't get too upset with him.

That's why I need to find out how deep this scar runs.

I was the last one to witness Hyunseo on the day she went missing.

She was desperate.

But I failed to notice.

Who'd leave something like this on someone else's doorstep?

Maybe they threw it away.

They also left these, too.

There's a stalker. It's really unsettling.

Who would stalk a kid like you?

I'm on drunk driving control today. I'm busy.

Go. Your grandmother must be waiting for you. Hurry.

Hyunseo. Hey.

KIM HYUNSEO

No one has seen her for the past seven years.

Then why is everyone suspecting you?

(sighs)

Article 127 of the Criminal Code states

that a civil servant should not disclose any secrets discovered during duty.

I should abide by the law.

Right, this way.

RULED OUT BASED ON THE DNA RESULTS

PIL: All right. Let me determine the sampling group again.

Haeun's classmates, teachers, and those from her cram schools.

Math reasoning, mathematics, English speaking, English grammar,

essay writing, science, art, sports, more. There are 15 cram schools in total.

If we were to include all that, we'd need hundreds of DNA.

Jindo Dog, are you insane?

Do you want the DNA of the whole neighborhood?

We need to know if she did this single-handedly,

how much the dad knows,

and whether sexual assault was involved.

She already confirmed that she did it alone.

MR. BAEK: People are enraged that this would affect

the housing price and college entrance rate.

Let's end this case here.

-No, we can't do that. -Why not?

Have you ever put yourself in the abandoned baby's shoes?

Goodness. Look at you.

You're empathizing with the victim.

What's going on?

-(sighs) -(knocks on door)

-He wants to see you guys. -PIL: Okay.

PRINCIPAL: Look.

There's something you should know.

There was someone else who was very close to her.

KYUNGSEOK: ...like this. Okay?

-Okay. -Okay.

Make sure you do your homework.

-Okay. -Okay.

See you next class.

-Goodbye. -Goodbye.

Mr. Ko Kyungseok?

Yes?

Didn't you have your teaching practice at Taewon High School?

KYUNGSEOK: What are you talking about? Did I do what with Haeun?

From what we heard, Haeun really liked you.

I did adore her a lot, because she was excellent at math.

But our relationship never crossed a line. I'm truly offended by this.

Please calm down.

We still need to check, so please cooperate with us.

KYUNGSEOK: A warrant.

Do you have it with you?

What?

I thought you'd do it voluntarily for your favorite student.

Please come back with a warrant.

(tense music)

Dojin, let me throw that away.

Don't bother. I can throw it in there.

Set the table, and let's eat.

KISOO: Okay.

-Enjoy. -ANNA: Ahh!

What? Anna, how could you eat without us?

I thought you'd eat out.

Of course not.

Bulldozer, did you perform your grilling skills again?

Rumor has it that you've become a census taker.

DOJIN: How's it going?

We're doing a lot of legwork, so thank you for this meal.

You should be sniffing out the criminal instead of this jeyuk.

Darn it. You ruined my appetite.

HOGAE: Hey, eat without me.

-When I went to Haeun's house-- -Forget it.

I spotted something strange on my bodycam.

DOJIN: But never mind.

I knew something smelled fishy.

She's injured. We need a stretcher.

This was after I entered through the veranda.

There.

Hey, the door opened and closed.

PIL: Was someone inside?

The door closed too slowly for the wind to have done it.

Where's the original file?

To restructure footage taken at low light,

we need to remove the color noises.

HONG: Then with the DCGAN,

we'll separate the visible image value and restore the original colors.

Then we'll be able to discern objects and individuals even in the dark.

Please zoom in.

(keyboard clacking)

(ominous music)

Darn, this complicates the case.

Don't tell me you're suspecting

the family of incest.

He was hiding in his room, when all this was happening. It's fishy.

I'll check their phone records.

That'll tell us where they were.

Hey, that's good, too.

But let's get some DNA.

Haeun's father is a judge. Please don't even think about it.

We'll consider it volunteered and get their DNA.

Do you think it's that easy to get someone's DNA?

Hey, we leave our DNA everywhere.

Don't tell me you're going to sniff around like an actual mutt.

Let's go. And I'm a mutt, not Jindo dog--

You got me confused.

I'm Jindo dog, not a mutt. Come out.

PIL: Song Minjun, Haeun's brother,

always goes to a study café after school.

(upbeat music)

-HOGAE: Is he not out yet? -You already got it?

It was a cakewalk. There's a lot of DNA in earwax.

PIL: I see.

HOGAE: There he is.

That's Judge Song Jaejun of Seoul Eastern District Court.

PIL: The security there is pretty tight for us to follow him around.

HOGAE: He also eats, sleeps, and poops like the rest of us.

What, will you pick up his poop or something?

There's so much DNA in poop.

HOGAE: Even better if he has piles with some epidermal cells included.

Just like this.

He was serious.

(action music)

-I'll return your tray. -Thanks.

-Here. -Thank you.

Goodness.

Who left so much food on their tray?

Unbelievable.

You can give that to me.

-Let me. -Okay.

-I can just chuck it in here. -Thank you.

(laughter)

Feel free to smoke in front of me.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

JAEJUN: Isn't this nice?

-(mumbles) -JAEJUN: All right.

These days, people throw their cigarette butts everywhere.

(snickers)

-(grunts) -PIL: We're done for. Darn it.

(spits)

(sighs)

That's it!

HOGAE: Hey, swab everything up.

-You want me to do it? -You do it.

Don't leave any of it behind.

-The bigger the sample, the better. -Darn it.

Ohh! Ohh!

Why you little...

(laughing)

Here.

Earwax?

If there are any exfoliated epidermal cells,

we'll easily get the DNA.

You've done some creative legwork.

No, this is just crazy. Jeez.

You'll wait for the results, right? It's dinnertime soon.

No, we have other stuff to do.

She said we just needed to wait.

She'll also give us dinner.

I told you. This is exactly your problem.

Are you just going to slack off and wait for the results?

As a detective?

-What-- -We should investigate.

Slack off?

HOGAE: Come on.

ANNA: I checked the medical record

and got the urology clinic's name.

Here's Mr. Song Minjun's record.

He received a vasectomy three years ago.

Haeun's older brother, Minjun, also got it done three years ago.

He should get it redone yearly since it could get undone naturally.

But he didn't come by last year.

(thrilling music)

I've located her family members' phones on the day of her suicide attempt.

Send the result to my phone.

She got it? Who was it?

Let's eat out today.

I know a great place for kimchi braised pork shoulder.

Don't be ridiculous and just follow me.

What are we eating?

Let's have beef.

FRONT DOOR

(lock trills)

-You must be eating. -Hello.

We have an important piece of information, so we had to barge in here, ma'am.

These guys had nothing to do with your case, right?

This is your last chance to come clean.

Why did you lie?

So that their grades would plummet.

Haeun.

Do you even know how hard it is to maintain first place?

Do you know what I had to go through for what you did?

Are you saying it was all a lie?

I don't care.

Look.

I'm sorry for the hassle.

She's just immature.

I'll take care of her from now on.

How can you possibly take care of me?

You didn't even know that I was pregnant.

You don't deserve to be a mom.

(gloomy music)

(groans)

Mom.

I have a stomach ache.

You have a skills assessment test today.

Take some medication and go to school, okay?

(groaning)

(thrilling music)

HAEUN: I put that in your handbag on purpose.

What?

It disgusted me that you acted like we were a perfect family!

Watch what you say to your mom!

I don't think you had to come here just for this.

You should go.

It would've been great had that been the end of it.

But we have proof

of another crime in your household.

PIL: She wasn't alone on the day

of her suicide attempt.

Despite the police officers and fire crew being on the scene,

he quietly hid in his room.

(chuckles)

It was as if he had committed a sin

and was hiding from the police and fire crew.

BASE STATION ACCESS RECORD PHONE OWNER: SONG MINJUN

(chuckles)

(thrilling music)

THE FIRST RESPONDERS

(closing theme music)

We requested a DNA test to find out who the biological father was.

HOGAE: How much did you know, sir?

What on earth have you done?

MINJUN: Do you know how much she irritates me?

HOGAE: You still won't talk?

TAEHWA: This false confession was made in coercion and threat!

SEOL: Is something wrong?

HOGAE: Confirmation bias.

Detectives should always be wary of that, but I failed once again.

I thought you of all people would know.

SEOL: If they were going to kill her,

why cut off the toe?

-Detective Jin, wait. -What is it?

That patient...

SEOL: It's Kim Hyunseo.

HOGAEL Issue a Code Zero. The golden hour for abduction is one hour.

We're catching that bastard within that.