[sirens wailing]
The First Responders Season 2
[♪ thrilling rock music playing]
The First Responders Season 2
The characters, places, organizations, and events in this drama are fictitious
Child actors were filmed in safe situations
Scenes involving animals were staged
and filmed in compliance with applicable animal welfare guidelines
[♪ tender music playing]
[Dojin] Dear Seol,
If there ever comes a day when I don't make it out of a fire
and you end up reading this,
I'd just be relieved by the fact that you weren't caught
in the fire with me.
To some, these moments of daily life are so precious.
I hope the work we do to protect the people
we spend our daily lives with
doesn't become too hard for you to bear
just because I'm not there anymore.
I knew when I saw you beaming with joy after saving a cat.
Seol,
you're much more sincere about this job than I am.
I think that's why we spent too much time at the fire station.
Don't you think so?
To be honest, there were so many things I wanted to do with you.
[♪ sentimental music playing, Nody Cika "Tell Me To Stay"]
Hiking up a mountain.
One that's not too high.
Coming back down, pitching a tent,
and grinding coffee beans to brew a warm cup of coffee.
Having a meal with your mom at a nice restaurant.
Not drinks. Just a delicious meal.
Taking a family portrait with the three of us.
Just like other ordinary people.
If you feel like it,
go out and make the most of a sunny day.
And you'll just go on living.
Don't be scared without me.
I'm sorry I can't be there with you. But you can do this, right, Officer Song?
[♪ gentle music playing]
[♪ sentimental music playing, Sentimental Scenery "Memories"]
[♪ music ends]
Salami Tactics: Negotiation strategy that involves
resolving suspicions one step at a time
The safest Taewon, respected and beloved Taewon Police
Unit 202 had cat allergies.
Kim Youngju, Building 103 Unit 202.
She complained about Spring Lady being a cat mom.
[Pil] She filed 68 malicious complaints
over the past year through the management office.
She's definitely suspicious.
[Youngju] Did the police come by again?
The resident of Unit 404 is a detective at Taewon Police Station.
He seemed to be close to Spring Lady.
Oh, is that so?
Why? Are you intimidated by what the NFS said?
Or do you think this case isn't serious either?
Hold on a second. And the NFS isn't wrong, either.
You said cases were more fun when they get complicated.
So you must know.
Auntie…
tried to tell me something after the cat died, but she couldn't.
Auntie, do you suspect anyone?
Did anyone pick a fight lately?
[breathes heavily]
-Well… -Yes?
Never mind.
I'm sure she had someone in mind.
[sighs]
You said cases get solved more smoothly when you let out all your anger.
I can't give up on this case.
You can back out if you want.
Seriously, that punk.
[dogs barking in distance]
When did I come all the way here?
[bottles clattering]
Hey. What are you doing out here at night? Go home already.
If I collect nine bottles,
I can trade them in for a sausage.
[stomach rumbling]
Are you hungry?
[♪ muffled upbeat music playing]
This is so delicious.
Mister, you must be super rich.
Sure. Eat up.
[blows air]
What was that?
I blew out the candles.
It feels like my birthday today.
-Have you not had this before? -It's so delicious.
My dad says if I eat a lot on an empty stomach,
my intestines will twist and I'll die. I'll be okay, right?
Your intestines are already twisted.
Eat up.
Here. Take these home and eat them later.
Put them in your pocket. Or put them with the bottles.
[Yujung] Yay.
Do you know anything else about the lady in Unit 202?
I hear she wasn't on good terms with Spring Lady because of her cat allergies.
-Why? -Why what?
Why are you so interested in the people in our complex?
The maintenance guy
should know what's going on.
That's how the complex will become peaceful.
You won't understand my work philosophy.
Cat fur is nothing.
When the lady in Unit 202 illegally disposed of garbage,
she got caught.
That was a huge deal.
-You couldn't even… -What are you doing?
…do something bad properly and left your address?
[Soonbok] This trash is yours, isn't it?
[Youngju] Darn it, lady!
Who are you to humiliate me in front of everyone?
Let go of me!
Let go!
But that lady is getting divorced.
I think her unit is on the market.
[♪ upbeat music playing]
-Her unit is on the market? -Yes.
You can have all of these, too. Put them in there.
Jackpot.
Youngsoo. How about a part-time gig?
Chundong
Right. Let's go.
-[Youngsoo] We're here to see the house. -We called ahead earlier.
I heard you were newlyweds. You must've gotten married late.
Goodness, I'm the realtor.
[Youngsoo] My wife is due anytime now,
so she couldn't come along.
This house faces southeast, so it gets great sunlight.
It's very nice.
They redid the wallpapers when the newlywed couple moved in.
-There's nothing to fix. -[Youngsoo] I see.
By the way, water pressure is very important to me.
-Could I see the bathroom? -Right, this way.
[Youngsoo murmurs] All right.
[♪ thrilling rock music playing]
Okay. My time as a security guard wasn't spent in vain.
That mark is from a bone conduction speaker. Let's go.
Right. Let's go.
[doorbell dings]
-[Pil] Excuse us for a minute. -What? Who are you?
What right do you have to barge in like this?
Punishment of Minor Offenses Act. Article 2, Paragraph 1, Item 21,
Disturbance to Neighbors.
We're here to confirm the facts.
-Let's go. -[Youngju scoffs]
[Youngju] Excuse me.
[Pil] These are from your place, right?
[Pil] Ms. Kim Youngju, you have a deep grudge against Ms. Yong Soonbok
who passed away recently.
You complained about her feeding the cats dozens of times.
And when you were humiliated for illegally disposing of garbage,
-you yanked out her hair, too. -[scoffs]
What about it?
We found your fingerprints on the speaker
and the mark where you installed it in your bathroom.
The fingerprints on the evidence are a 99.9% match with the sample.
[scoffs]
You must not understand how serious this is.
We're investigating a murder case right now.
[Pil] Do you understand?
Myeongpil has grown up so much.
[Mr. Baek] He even knows how to bluff now.
[Youngju] Listen.
All I did was turn on the speaker.
-Why did you do that? -[Youngju] Hey.
My marriage ended because of that lady.
This is so annoying.
[Youngju cries]
Credit card receipt, Hwangcheon Motel
[employee] Did you say it was November 5?
[Youngju's husband] Yes, that's right.
Pause it right there.
[♪ thrilling music playing]
Darn it!
[exhales heavily]
Why did the motel receipt have to be in there?
My husband caught me red-handed.
[Youngju] I have to sell this house we co-own for next to nothing,
pay him alimony, and get kicked out.
So, of course, I'm angry.
How did you know Unit 301 would throw a fit?
[scoffs]
Something similar happened before.
The people in Unit 301 are so sensitive.
Do you have something against me?
Why do you keep doing that?
-[Soonbok] What now? -[Yongsoo] "What now"?
I never did such a thing. Why are you accusing me again?
As if you didn't! You kept hammering all night!
Wasn't it enough to make my kid retake his exams?
Why are you accusing me?
How can you be so shameless? You keep going at it every night!
[hammer thumping]
[thumping continues]
[hammer thumping]
[♪ tense music playing]
[thumping over recording]
[Youngju] I was just going to teach her a lesson and stop.
But as I kept doing it…
Why did you do it again after she passed away?
Well, you know the kid in Unit 301?
He's such a rude punk and I couldn't stand him.
[♪ tense music playing]
[scoffs]
That rude punk.
I was going to stop after his college entrance exams.
Look at this picture.
What's this?
-You're wrong. It's not her. -What?
She's showing no reaction to this. It means she has no clue.
You're the new security guard, right?
You're going to be charged with a minor offense.
Don't live like that anymore.
[♪ thrilling music playing]
By the way,
don't go blabbing on to other people.
This is an undercover operation.
Unit 202, Kim Youngju
[Mr. Baek exhales deeply]
About the people in that complex.
They may be rude and all,
but I don't think they killed anyone.
Do you want to close this case, too?
We're pretty much done sorting out everyone's grudges.
[Mr. Baek] Should we start over and narrow down the list of suspects?
We solved the mystery of the noise complaints.
You've been so immersed in your role that you're acting like a real guard.
I learned one thing from working passionately as a guard.
Most of the residents wanted the victim to die.
I thought the NFS said it was an accidental death.
That's why I'm going to meet them.
-What are you going to do? -[Hogae] I'm going to crush them.
[Kang Doha] We have a .45 ACP, a 9mm, a 22-long rifle,
a 380 ACP, a 38 short colt,
a Magnum, a Remington Magnum,
a 12-gauge shotgun slug, buckshot…
What's this?
-Have you built yourself a war zone? -Here.
Put this over there.
That empty spot.
[♪ quirky music playing]
Yes, right there.
That's it.
Let's say the pressure cooker did explode as you said.
But why did it happen that night?
Why on the night that someone
with a grudge against the victim killed the cat?
There's a thing called fatigue damage.
Several small cracks keep building up
with extended use, and in a random moment--
Stop. That's the part I hate the most.
"A random moment"?
There's no such thing as a random crime.
Do you still think this wasn't an accidental death?
The laws of physics are absolute.
The apple falls to the ground.
[♪ upbeat music playing, Jeon Woong, Lee Daehwi "Fire"]
It didn't fall.
The murder weapon, the pressure regulator, wasn't at the scene.
[Hogae] Can the laws of physics explain why that alone disappeared?
Just check if the pressure cooker can be made to explode on purpose.
I'm here to officially request an appraisal.
Do you think I owe you something?
That's the job of the NFS.
Proving things with science.
Why are you so obsessed?
I don't know.
The moment I give up, the criminal goes to sleep comfortably.
I have a nasty temper and can't let that happen. Just do it for me.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[♪ upbeat music playing, Jeon Woong, Lee Daehwi "Fire"]
What are you smiling at?
[Kang Doha] You were right.
That guy is a troublemaker.
Jeez.
[clattering]
[Kang Doha] The pressure regulator flew off like a bullet.
The pressure regulator flew off like a bullet.
The pressure regulator…
[clattering]
[grunts]
Should I actually do this?
[♪ tense music playing]
[hissing]
[hissing stops]
What's that noise?
Do you have kimchi?
This tastes good.
Rice tastes the best when it's cooked
in a pressure cooker.
Did you just make rice?
[lid clanks]
[Kang Doha] That's right.
You have to cook rice to know.
The safest Taewon, respected and beloved Taewon Police
Excuse me.
-Oh, hello. -Hello.
Are you the detective who lives in Chundong Villa, Unit 404?
-Yes, I am. -I used to live in Unit 202.
You're investigating the Spring Lady's case, right?
-Yes, that's right. -Ah.
-Do you have something to say? Come in. -Yes, I do.
Thank you.
[Pil] This way.
Thank you.
-Here you go. -Thank you.
She would stay like that in front of our veranda sometimes.
At first, I thought it was creepy,
but later, I found out…
What are you doing?
[sighs]
You can't keep using someone else's Wi-Fi like this.
I'm just in such a hurry.
I'll allow it just this once, okay?
[chuckling]
[Yongsoo] She was secretly using our Wi-Fi.
We didn't have a password set up.
It might not be related to the investigation,
but I kept thinking about it.
The Wi-Fi.
We couldn't run forensics because we didn't have her phone.
We might be able to trace things back with this.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
What have you been doing here every day, Auntie?
Have you been eating?
The victim secretly used Unit 202's Wi-Fi here every day.
Jeez.
She used someone else's Wi-Fi because she didn't want to pay for it?
Seriously, that lady.
She's just like me.
Thankfully, that left a trace.
Do you think we can look into it?
If she went online without using a VPN,
we'd be able to track her usage through a Wi-Fi router.
It's like packet sniffing.
Packet Sniffing: Act of eavesdropping on network communications
Okay. Let's do this.
[Pil mumbling]
Can I have some more?
[plastic rustles]
Was this it?
We have to pack everything up. We can't leave anything behind.
That way, we can find the bad guy in hiding.
What bad guy?
It's just a thing.
[cell phone buzzing]
What is it?
[Kang Doha] Can you come to the NFS tomorrow afternoon?
Why? Have you found a way for the apple to stay afloat?
You haven't had rice made in a pressure cooker, right?
The scorched rice is amazing.
Just bring a spoon and join us.
Bring some pork rinds on your way. Not the frozen ones. The fresh ones.
Ms. Yun, why do you need pork rinds?
Hello?
He hung up.
NFS National Forensic Service
[♪ action music playing]
Wire, mung beans, red beans, white kidney beans
[Kang Doha] Turn it to the side a bit.
Seriously, what…
What is that?
It's a pig's heart.
I got one that was just slaughtered.
A pig's heart and a human heart are about 94% identical
in both size and shape.
[Kang Doha] There was a case where a patient survived for three months
after having a pig's heart transplanted.
-Where are the pork rinds? -Here.
So, what are you testing?
[Kang Doha] Well…
Let's call it a pressure cooker explosion reconstruction.
[♪ tense music playing]
Right. The victim, Ms. Yong Soonbok, was five feet tall.
So place the heart about 20 inches below at around the 3 feet 5 inches mark.
[mouthing]
What's that?
Something we need to make the pressure regulator a bullet.
We will block the inner nozzle with various objects.
[Hong] If it was an accident, the nozzle would've naturally been blocked
with various particles which accumulated while using the pressure cooker.
But if it was blocked on purpose--
Then…
it'll change the narrative.
We're all set.
All right. Raise your hand if you want to keep living.
Everyone, back up.
[pressure cooker hisses]
Three, two, one.
Blast!
-What the… -Let's try again with the other regulator.
[examiner] This is Job's tears.
Three, two, one.
[Kang Doha] Blast!
Darn it.
White kidney beans. Blast.
It's not going to.
Three, two… Who's talking?
Explode. Explode.
Explode. Explode!
Your vocal cords will explode.
[examiner 1] The last one is a steel wire.
-Give it to me. -[examiner 2] Yes, sir.
Hey.
I will make you explode this time.
[hissing]
[♪ upbeat music playing]
Three, two, one.
Blast!
Whoa!
Bang. I told you it would explode.
I told you it would explode.
I told you it would explode!
It exploded!
I thought you were on the bomb disposal team.
You're better at making bombs.
There's only a fine line between bomb disposal
and bomb-making.
[♪ thrilling rock music playing]
[♪ music stops]
No external trauma. Just a left ventricular rupture.
It matches Ms. Yong's blast injury.
Yes, the depressed fracture is the same.
The facial skin is flared from the smoke in the form of scorched rice too.
It's perfect. Perfect!
All right.
When you make rice in a pressure cooker,
the pressure regulator moves to let the steam out little by little
-and maintains the high-pressure level. -[hissing]
But when it was blocked,
the internal pressure kept increasing
until it passed the critical point and exploded.
The object that blocked the pressure regulator…
will be harder than steel wire.
That means someone blocked it
with a wire-like object on purpose.
That's why it wasn't found at the scene. The culprit took it.
[Kang Doha] Satisfied? Make sure you catch the culprit.
Okay. But do I owe you a culprit?
Isn't that what the police do? Taking down the culprit.
You punk.
The NFS and police work together, but that's it.
The police decide when to close an investigation.
The investigation closes the moment we take down the culprit, you punk.
All right. [clears throat]
Let's revise the case.
Victim, Yong Soonbok. Cause of death remains the same.
Manner of death is homicide disguised as an accident.
How do we find the guy who damaged the pressure cooker?
You can get steel wires at any hardware store.
So it'll be impossible to trace.
Just wait.
We have the Internet usage data that Ms. Yong used
from Unit 202's Wi-Fi.
Did you find anything?
She posted more than 30 purchase requests on a secondhand website.
I'm not talking about that stuff. Is there anything related to the crime?
I know, just keep listening.
The things she requested to buy are a bit strange.
What is it?
Here.
[Samsoon] "A female college student's panties."
"Quadruple the price if it's unwashed."
-Panties? -Unwashed ones are worth more?
[Mr. Baek] Why would she buy stuff like that?
I hear she used to be very nosy.
If she wasn't a pervert, she was being nosy.
[Samsoon] That's where you'll find a hint.
So there was another incident in the complex?
If it happened in the complex, did you see anything in the log?
No, the security logs didn't list any stolen items.
Detective Kong, let's go check it out.
They won't give up the list of stolen items that easily.
Aren't you going with them?
Let's go with a double feature this time.
A double feature?
[Hogae] The title is,
The Perfect Funeral Day
for the Gold Digger Who Approached Mom for Her Money.
Romance Cabaret
[♪ disco music playing]
Okay.
Are you the maintenance manager who's as stubborn as a mule?
[groans]
And what if I am?
Kid, you stay outside.
There's a kid in here? Oh, you mean me. Okay.
I'll be outside.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[Samsoon] Sir!
-[Samsoon grunts] -[thwacking]
[maintenance manager mutters]
-Have a nice day. -Sure.
-Fix your hat. -Right.
Goodbye, then.
He pulled out the logs.
Let's go check them out.
What did you do?
Trade secret.
So the stolen items are…
"Bicycles, umbrella, scooter,
backpack, laundry hanging to dry on the veranda"?
Laundry. That would include underwear.
Out of the units that had laundry stolen,
let's see if any of the residents were college girls.
NFS National Forensic Service
[rasping]
Are you busy?
What's all this?
DNA samples of every resident in Chundong Villa.
I worked hard for this.
Compare them to the DNA you found under the dead cat's claws.
When did you collect all these? You even bagged them by unit.
I have a partner.
Oh, I'll take that.
You can leave them to me.
Which unit is she in?
She's in Building 103 Unit 402.
[Hong sighs] These are all urgent, right?
I'll have to bribe those in the DNA lab.
This will cost quite a lot.
-"Affection"? -Affection.
[chuckles]
Affection.
[♪ thrilling music playing]
[beeping]
NFS National Forensic Service
[Hogae slurping]
[sighs]
Why? Why are you doing that?
Why are you eating… Darn it, that smell.
Do you have any cold rice left from that pressure cooker test?
Jeez, come on. I was investigating all day and haven't even eaten.
Don't get angry. I'm a friend.
What? A friend?
You said you're his friend. I'm his friend, too.
So if we're friends and you guys are friends…
That's not it. If you're his friend and I'm his friend,
then you and I are friends, too. Do you understand?
Okay, friend. Eat as fast as you can and get lost.
No, I'm going to sleep here tonight. I don't have much time.
Do you have a cot? This will do. Oh, dear.
-We're friends. -Darn it.
Darn it.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Here it is. Laundry hanging to dry.
There was women's underwear among them.
Building 103 Unit 503.
-Building 103. -Look it up.
Here it is. "Kim Hyuna."
Age 22, college student. That's it.
Twenty-two years old?
[♪ ominous music playing]
-Building 103 Unit 503. -Unit 503.
Let's go.
Resident Log
[Hogae snoring]
[snoring]
[groaning]
Did you find anything?
Did you?
You found something, right? You have to.
[Kang Doha] Give it to him and kick out the Mutt.
It's so hard to find the cat killer.
[Hong] Among the Chundong Villa residents,
no one was a DNA match.
Jeez, you acted like such a know-it-all.
We still found something.
The suspect might not be a villa resident.
[Hogae clears throat]
[Hogae] Why is it so dry in here?
[Hogae grunts]
Is this evidence, too?
What's this? There was another one?
Hang on.
This isn't even labeled.
What is this?
[server] Here's your order.
[Samsoon and Pil] Thank you.
This could be a sensitive topic, so I'll ask.
-Okay? -Thanks.
Oh, thank you.
Ms. Kim Hyuna.
Your underwear went missing recently, right?
-Why? -Well…
You were close to Ms. Yong Soonbok who recently passed away, right?
She said it was dangerous to walk home at night
and told me to call the neighborhood watch to walk home.
So we'd walk home together when it was late at night.
Then did you tell her about your underwear being stolen?
Hm…
Just my panties and bra disappeared this time too.
I shouldn't hang my laundry on the veranda anymore.
It's so creepy.
Maybe someone broke into your house.
If someone stole those, it'd be a pervert, not a thief!
I hear people sell those on secondhand websites.
Oh, dear.
What did they take?
I thought she was a nuisance back then.
She did ask for a lot of details
as if she'd catch the culprit for me.
[gasps]
[Hyuna] Why?
Thank you.
[Pil] She wasn't trying to buy underwear. It was an undercover investigation.
But there weren't any records
of any actual transactions on the secondhand website.
Would someone selling underwear have made a legitimate transaction?
Mr. Baek,
you're a dirty, perverted bastard who steals women's underwear
and sells them online.
Why me of all people?
But someone wants to buy it.
What would you have done if you wanted to sell it without getting caught?
Why would I sell that? It's gross. I wouldn't do that.
I know you wouldn't.
Just pretend you're the pervert.
Jeez.
Fine, I'm the pervert.
[sucks teeth]
I'd have to get paid in cash.
[Mr. Baek] I wouldn't want to meet up in person.
If I were to copy what I saw in movies or dramas,
a locker at a bus terminal?
That's it! You can have this.
Mr. Baek, you've still got it!
Goodness. Of course, I'm the pervert…
No, I'm not. [chuckles]
Am I?
NFS National Forensic Service
-You found out the motive? -[examiner 2] Ms. Yun.
Go ahead.
We found something strange.
There was a sample we tested late.
-Take a look. -I'll call you later.
[scoffs]
How odd.
Seems like we found something.
DNA that proves parentage. Which unit was this from?
Well, that was the only sample that wasn't labeled.
Oh, here.
We have to pack everything up. We can't leave anything behind.
That way, we can find the bad guy in hiding.
It was female DNA, right?
Yes, the DNA found under the cat's claws was from a man.
There is a chance…
that this is his daughter.
Daughter.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
Management office Authorized personnel only
It was a week before her death. Please check November 2.
Okay, so we'll narrow it down by date.
All right, I'll do it. You're so slow.
-I'm sorry. -Excuse us.
-I'm sorry. -Thank you.
-November 2. -Yes, November 2.
[Pil] We got it.
That's your typical toss method.
Toss method: A contactless transaction where a hidden item is collected
Chundong
Yujung.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
Have you seen Yujung today?
No, I haven't. She's here every day, but not today.
Do you know which unit she lives in?
She doesn't live here.
Sorry? But she was here every day.
That's only because of her dad.
[Pil] Now, this bastard just has to come
and collect the money.
♪ Pervert, pervert ♪
♪ Come and fly over here ♪
[Samsoon and Pil] There he is.
Wait. Stop, stop, stop!
Wait, that man…
[Samsoon] Why? Do you know him?
He used to work at our villa.
Thank you for your hard work.
Yes, hello.
-Goodness. -Hello.
-I'll help you with those. -Okay.
You need to separate these.
Yujung, it's late. Go inside first.
He quit recently.
[Samsoon mutters]
[hissing]
[pressure cooker hissing]
[door opens]
Yujung, are you home?
I smell rice.
Yes, let's eat.
[hissing continues]
[blows air]
[Yujung slurps]
Dad, why aren't you eating?
You should eat so you get better soon.
Come on.
Okay, I will.
It's been so long since I had your food.
Dad.
I want…
seaweed…
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[tires screeching]
You're here.
You cuff him.
[Pil] This way!
[gasps]
Yujung.
[Hogae] Myeongpil.
You bastard!
[culprit whimpers]
-Call the medical team! -[cop 1] Yes, sir.
Yujung! I will follow you soon.
[crying]
[culprit] I'm sorry, Yujung.
Medical team! Hurry! Is anyone outside?
Yujung.
Detective Jin, over here!
Was the poisonous substance at the scene?
[♪ dramatic music playing]
-Here. -Take her.
Breathing and pulse are okay. Let's move.
I'm coming with her as her guardian.
Let's go!
[residents murmuring]
[siren wailing]
[monitor beeping rhythmically]
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[Samsoon] Did you find anything?
[cop 2] Not yet.
There's nothing here.
[♪ tense music playing]
[camera shutter clicks]
[sighs]
You tried so hard.
-[cop 3] Ms. Woo. -What is it?
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
We found the pressure regulator.
We'll have it sent to the NFS right away.
[Kang Doha] Here.
See how it's all blocked up?
[Hong] Yes.
It must've been damaged in the explosion.
All the wires got pushed inside
the moment it was blasted off.
It hit her hard enough to leave an exact mark.
If this is the murder weapon, the victim's DNA will be on there.
We need to find the DNA as well
to label this as the murder weapon.
Let's take a look at it right away.
The safest Taewon, respected and beloved Taewon Police
Work Record
[Pil] Mr. Kim Sooyong,
you worked at a pressure cooker factory four years ago, right?
Company name: Precious Pressure Cooker
You were in charge of checking whether there was anything wrong
with the pressure regulator nozzle.
You would've known better than anyone
what happens when that nozzle is blocked.
Where did your plan start?
[♪ tense music playing]
Do you know what you've done?
My Yujung.
Did something bad happen to her?
[Hogae breathes heavily]
[sobs]
It might actually be better
if she never wakes up.
What good would it do for her to wake up
when her dad tried to poison her to death?
Ms. Yong Soonbok's DNA was detected
in the pressure regulator that was found in your house.
Confess and pay the price for your crime.
Analysis Report
Analysis results: DNA from the evidence matches the sample.
[sobbing]
[Sooyong] I had some gambling debt.
So,
I'd sell some of the lost items from the apartment for extra money.
And then,
I found out that women's underwear was worth a lot of money.
[Sooyong snickers]
And I could ask for as much as I wanted.
Oh, hello.
There's a huge crack in the outer wall.
It will definitely leak if it rains.
[Sooyong] I couldn't stop myself.
I did anything I could to get my hands on them.
No, wait. Wait.
I can pay you.
[loan shark 1] When, you bastard?
[Sooyong] I was going to quit
after I paid off all my debt.
But then,
that woman caught me.
Who are you, you underwear-selling pervert?
[Sooyong] I begged her to let it slide just once,
but she wouldn't budge.
I don't even want to look at you. Don't come to this complex again!
Whose panties will you steal again?
If I go to jail, what about Yujung?
How could you do such a thing when you have a daughter of your own?
You don't even deserve to be a dad!
I'd rather raise Yujung myself
than have her grow up with a pervert like you!
Your daughter's very smart and pretty.
[loan shark 2] Behave yourself. Let's go.
[Sooyong] The debt kept piling up.
And I couldn't afford to raise Yujung.
In the end,
I quit my job and left.
But that woman was obsessing over those darned cats.
I wanted revenge.
I wanted to see her miserable.
Look here, people.
These days, animal abuse is a crime too.
The police will launch a serious investigation!
[Sooyong] Then she saw me.
My goodness.
Did you kill Jumsoon?
I didn't want to believe it.
It's not like that.
You're seriously a scumbag, aren't you?
I didn't report you for Yujung's sake, but this is the last straw!
The police are on alert too, so just you wait!
I'll have you thrown in jail!
Why are you here? I said I'd see you at the police station.
I'm going to turn myself in.
I came to ask you to look after Yujung.
[Soonbok] Is that so?
I guess you still have a conscience.
By the way,
do you see that car parked in the disability parking area?
Why, that little…
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[Soonbok] Darn it, I was going to teach her a lesson,
but she ran off already.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
She must be out of her mind.
[stove rattles]
Why won't it make a clicking sound?
[♪ tense music intensifies]
-[thuds] -[gasps]
[student] I'm sorry.
The noise between floors in this villa is no joke.
[♪ tragic music playing]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Samsoon] It's like packet sniffing.
[Pil] Here it is.
[Sooyong] In the end, I ruined everything.
I thought I'd rather die than go to jail.
But I thought of Yujung who'd be left alone.
So…
I put antifreeze in the soup.
Don't act like you care about Yujung.
[Hogae] You're nothing but an attempted child murderer.
When you're in lockup, pray that you stay an attempted murderer.
If Yujung doesn't wake up,
I'll make sure you never see the light of day.
Lock him up!
Please…
save my dear Yujung.
Please save my dear Yujung.
[Seol] Yujung woke up not long ago.
Mister.
You're okay now. Were you in a lot of pain?
What about my dad?
He ate with me.
He's okay.
[♪ soft music playing]
What's that bear? Is it yours?
The paramedic who saved me bought it for me.
By the way, Mister.
When can I go home?
Why? Does the food taste bad?
I want to go home.
Yujung, you won't be going home for a while.
You'll have to stay somewhere else.
Why?
Your dad had to…
go somewhere far away.
When you become an adult,
you have to take responsibility for the things you've done.
And I think your dad has to do that now.
The bad guy you were looking for…
Was that my dad?
Yujung.
[Hogae] You don't have
to understand all of that now.
But when time passes,
you'll understand.
[♪ somber music playing]
Recipient: Yong Soonbok Content: Whistle
[rustling]
Wait, my whistle.
Goodness, I must've dropped it somewhere.
What are you doing, Auntie?
[Soonbok] My whistle.
Jeez, stop blowing that whistle.
You know people complain about the noise, right?
Goodness, so why would people walk around late at night?
Still, I should blow my whistle loudly for women to walk around safely.
[chuckles]
Right. Give me back my side dish containers.
They'll rot away soon.
I haven't finished the food yet. There's so much of it.
-Jeez, hurry up and finish it! -Okay, I will.
It's not that much food. Hurry up and eat!
-Okay! -Goodness.
[blows air]
[blows whistle]
[blows whistle loudly]
-Who is it? My son is studying! -[whistling continues]
Why do you keep doing that?
[Yongsoo] Who is it?
-[Pil blows whistle] -[sighs]
[blows whistle]
[Pil blows whistle]
[blows whistle]
-There's Leeseo, Gaeul, and Rei. -Leeseo.
Okay.
-And there's An Yujin. -That's three.
Hello.
You must be Yujung.
[social worker chuckles]
Bye, then.
-Please look after her. -Bye.
Thanks for everything, partner.
[chuckles]
[♪ upbeat music playing, Crying Nut "The Hero"]
Special thanks to Lee Jiha, Hwang Younghee, and Hwang Jungmin
for their special appearance
The First Responders Season 2
[Pil] Get over here quickly. There's a gang fight.
Police, you bastards!
This way! Hang on, over here!
Jeez, what's that?
[coughs]
-[Pil] What's this? -The body has been tampered with.
[doctor] It's acute kidney failure.
What do we do?
-He needs a kidney transplant. -[Hong] Let's look at the abdomen.
What's this?
There are unidentified foreign objects in the body.
[Chuljoong] Was Ma Taehwa's acute kidney failure your doing as well?
[Kang Doha] No, Hong!
Don't touch it!
Translated by Youla Kim