-=Episode 8=-
Team Leader.
Why are you again not wearing your protective clothing before coming in?
Yes, right.
Let's talk about this.
No matter how I try to put these assumptions together, I still feel there's something amiss.
You have to help me out here.
You are an infected person, I am not.
For me to come in here without donning protective clothing,
I must be mad, right?
Yes, my thoughts exactly.
Just assume there's this man,
his every action is calculated, down to the most minute detail.
He doesn't know whether this trait was acquired or it was innate.
Anyway it's so ingrained in him that it has now become second nature.
Before he acts on something, he will first come up with some inferences.
He will sound out others for their thoughts.
He will look at it from every aspect twice.
Only then will he make a decision.
A fellow like this,
just act without thinking of the consequences.
He entered without donning protective clothing.
Hijacked a police car to pursue someone.
He jumped off a bridge from a terrifying and paralyzing height
and came into direct physical contact with a virus carrier.
A fellow who doesn't even know where the bone marrow is to be found
but in order to get the bone marrow...
simply stuck a needle in him.
At which point has matters derailed?
The more logical we try to make something,
the more nebulous it becomes.
Even if there is nothing that seems logical,
and nothing like evidence can be found, but the heart on its own volition starts stirring.
No matter how you rack your brains you can't come up with an answer.
Even if you can think of some other explanations you're indifferent and apathetic to them.
No matter how many perfect assumptions you come up with but it still won't come close to that.
This thing called logic will collapse in an instance.
Therefore
despite telling myself a hundred times, a thousand times a day that I've gone mad
but I still can't control... the stirring in my heart.
The thing that was amiss.
I think I've found the answer now.
Everyone has worked hard during this period.
It would have been better if Professor Gwak were still alive.
Yes, that's true.
But we should be thankful that things have ended like this.
Of course.
The thought of those victims still makes my heart ache.
But what more can we do?
This sacrifice forms the basis
that has lent further input in our research.
Which has led to the production of antibodies.
This is the human limits
and also history's prime mover.
In the end, Administrator Pak did not make it here.
Maybe she's busy congratulating a friend on his success and can't make it here in time.
Do you think Professor Yun will win the Nobel Prize?
Although I don't know if it's us, the surrounding atmosphere or whether it'll be the same in a different kind of environment
A person who chose to cross a log bridge* will surely achieve great things. (*a difficult and dangerous path.)
As long as the results are there, who is interested in the process.
Crossing a log bridge requires the skill of a master craftsman.
To persevere, step by step, from a lofty height.
Well, this is something good.
At this rate
children might be saying they read and learn about the life of genius scientist Yun Gyu Jin in mangas.
The support for these remarkable clinical trials comes from the taxes paid by the people.
We should have emphasized this earlier.
Just now, Administrator Pak did well
except for this one matter.
But your leadership qualities, having to make all those difficult decisions,
deserves special mention as well, Director.
Then next time Professor Lee, we should let you preside over the press conference.
Excuse me.
Yes, Professor.
I'm going to use the animal testing laboratory for a short while.
Come over tomorrow and use our laboratory.
No. I want to use it on the quiet.
On the quiet?
Regarding that, it's somewhat...
Let me have a word with our Director and get back to you.
Na Hyeon, your team leader...
What? What about Team Leader?
The police came and took him away.
What?
All the nurses and patients are confused.
They said what crime is there in saving lives?
Na Hyeon...
Excuse me. Can you open the door?
Just for a little while.
Just a little while.
Not putting the handcuffs on me,
isn't this against the rules?
Violating the Medical Care Act is a special case. It's not necessary for us to go strictly in accordance to the book.
Aspirating bone marrow is not a surgical operation and as such, is not regarded as a violation of the Medical Care Act.
But aspirating someone's bone marrow without his consent, that is a violation of the law.
Is it because your mother is a culinary instructor?
You were studying the menu so carefully.
I know you to be a prudent man but didn't know you are that prudent.
Feel free to call me anytime.
Are you free right now?
Yes.
We are having an Advisory Committee meeting at 2:00 pm.
Come and greet them before you leave.
We are going to start the meeting in a minute, where are you going?
Team Leader Gang has been taken away by the police.
Taken away? Why all of a sudden?
Does it have anything to do with the bone marrow aspiration?
Yes.
Then are you going to Busan right now?
Yes, I'm thinking of going down there together with the legal adviser.
There are many more important things here that require your attention, don't you think so, Administrator Pak?
Excuse me, I have to leave now.
Professor Hong, it has been some time since we last met.
Everyone, come and meet her.
She is going to be a member of our Advisory Committee.
From the allergy immunology branch of study, Hong--
We know each other.
Because we met during our college days
I decided to come and greet him first.
Is that so?
Then I only have to introduce Dr. Pak here.
He's going to replace Team Leader Gang Ju Heon.
Let me introduce Team Leader of Epidemiological Investigation Team 1, Dr. Pak Do Gyeong.
Hello everybody. I am Pak Do Gyeong.
Director, since you had taken care of him since his internship, I should treat him like my junior.
When I was studying medicine, I had attended your lectures before.
Is that so?
Please use informal speech. I'm far below your level.
Now I feel like the Epidemiological Investigation Team is on its way to success.
Up until now,
to be honest, I can't tell whether they are police officers or researchers.
All that one needs to do is just concentrate on completing one's work.
By veering away from your own field of work and infringing on other people's field of work,
that's when trouble starts.
Just look at Team Leader Gang.
As the Team Leader of the Epidemiological Investigation,
he went so far as to commit assault.
But when human rights are violated, then the situation will become serious.
This is serious trouble.
That's right.
Director, please excuse me.
All right.
Regarding Choe Su Cheol's use of the laboratory...
Let's leave this matter aside for the time being.
Yes.
Now the entire world is focusing its attention on Professor Yun's clinical trials.
If we were to change the person in charge at this time, I know there will be a public outcry.
We invited Professor Choe as reinforcement in case we were unable to find an antibody for the M-virus.
But now that we have succeeded it's no longer necessary.
I'm not saying we should change the person in charge immediately.
But for someone like Professor Choe who's been doing research in the arctic for decades,
we should give him a chance.
You say a chance?
Professor Choe's request is very simple.
He just wants to use the animal testing lab.
We'll review that after the M-virus is completely cured.
About the cure for M-virus,
Prof. Choe reckons that Prof. Yun's method won't work.
Did you say it wouldn't work?
Hasn't treatment already started?
Please don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying Prof. Yun's therapeutic agent has failed.
Just in case a problem arises,
what I meant is I would like us to have a discussion about it.
Well, there's no harm in coming up with a counter plan,
if that's what Professor Choe said.
Is that his only request, to use the animal testing lab?
That's right.
Well, if that's all...
However, I hope matters relating to Prof. Choe
should just be kept among the few of us here.
I'm just worried that this rumour about Prof. Yun's therapeutic agent not working will leak out.
Yes. I understand full-well what you mean.
The diagnostic results are out, it's negative.
Your red and white blood cell counts are near normal.
Everything looks fine.
Yes.
What happened to Team Leader Gang,
you are having a hard time thinking it's all your fault, aren't you?
The words having a hard time...
I have no right to say them.
Speaking of right, I'm the one who doesn't have the right to sit here and comfort you.
In fact, by right, it was something that I should have done.
In that kind of situation, Team Leader should have waited.
No.
Thanks to Team Leader Gang's decisiveness,
many of those who were on the brink of death have survived.
Professor, you only did what any responsible doctor would have done.
Saving a patient in critical condition who happened to be right in front of you.
At first, that's what I thought too.
But after treating Eo Gi Yeong, I realized this.
At that moment, it came to my realization that even if we aspirated his bone marrow,
it would not make any difference to Eo Gi Yeong's life.
What do you mean?
If there's a possibility he would die from bone marrow aspiration, Team Leader Gang would have been the one to stop me.
All along I've always believed
my viewpoint is always right.
"I'm always right" is what I believe.
Only by holding on to that belief, when I speak, my hands and feet will do as I say.
That's the kind of person I am.
So in that moment,
my compassion towards Eo Gi Yeong, who was then still breathing
and shunned by everyone, erupted.
A person like me, despite my sympathy for the carrier, still believed he did the right thing and I am happy he did it.
Positions and ranks,
good or evil patients, I don't discriminate between them.
That's the principle I live by in my entire life.
I just want to hold on to that.
Don't be too worried about Team Leader Gang.
He'll be fine.
Yes.
The decision is in the prosecutor's hands whether a charge for assault will be filed.
Based on your opinion, Lawyer Jang, which way is the prosecutor incline to?
I'm not sure.
While he's not a bad guy but the general trend is to prosecute.
He's well known to be one who enforces the law strictly.
I'm actually a little worried.
The information we just provided, that should be sufficient, right?
Anyhow, we've already done all we can.
Use the bucket under the bed if you want to urinate.
To defecate, press the bell.
I hope all of you will return as good as new.
That's it.
Oh, right. I'll go and get a blanket. Hold on.
You're Eo Gi Yeong, right?
Who are you?
I've always known the world is not fair,
but this has gone beyond unfairness.
Please don't talk about unfairness in front of me.
While you are here living without a care in the world,
our Team Leader Gang was taken away by the police because of you.
Does that make any sense?
If you have guts then speak up.
The Team Leader Gang you're referring to...
The Team Leader Gang Ju Heon who jumped into the water to save you.
Don't tell me you don't know?
Why was he taken by the police?
Because he didn't have your consent,
he was arrested for aspirating your bone marrow or something like that.
He's a patient. What do you think you are doing?
Hold on.
Oppa, what are you doing?
Just a moment.
What? Is there something else you want to say?
Speak up. Why did you call me?
Who should I tell?
About what?
That I consented to have my bone marrow aspirated.
Who should I tell that to?
What?
If need be, I'll go personally.
I... told him he could... aspirate my bone marrow.
I told him that.
Even if it results in my death, I told him to take it.
Team Leader Gang, nothing will happen to him, right?
I'm sure things will be fine.
I watched that video 5 times.
How did you do it?
Didn't the thought that you might die crossed your mind when you jumped?
Namhang Bridge has a really high deck height.
And how come without donning any protective clothing, you grasp the virus carrier?
Didn't the thought of becoming infected and dying crossed your mind?
There was no time to think of those things at that time.
This is what is known as the call of duty.
Was it your first time aspirating bone marrow?
That's right.
There was a doctor at the scene. Why did you do it yourself?
Eo Gi Yeong was unconscious,
Professor Yun believed we should wait until he regain consciousness,
and do it after we obtained his consent.
I heard he had given his consent.
Eo Gi Yeong said he had consented to it.
Is that true?
No. He's lying.
Is it true that you aspirated bone marrow from a patient without his consent?
Yes.
But because of that bone marrow, many lives were saved, isn't that right?
In my opinion, it was my mistake in breaking the law.
The law exists in order for us to abide by it.
You should know better than anyone that you have to abide by the law,
yet you broke the law.
Why did you do that?
To be honest with you, at that critical moment, I simply can't think of anything.
All I could think of was Eo Gi Yeong's bone marrow.
Eo Gi Yeong's bone marrow...
That was my only thought.
If I were to deal with you in accordance with the law, you wouldn't have any complaints, would you?
Yes.
Gang Ju Heon, your actions in applying force intentionally to another person without his consent is trespass to a person and constitutes an assault.
Do you admit that?
Yes.
However, your motive was justified.
And furthermore, the situation was so urgent then that your actions can be considered lawful.
In the circumstances we can therefore consider you did not violate the law.
Let's deal with it on that basis.
All right, you may go home.
Oh.
Section Chief Gim.
Yes, Director.
You kept the CCTV tapes for the labs, right?
Yes, I do...
Copy 20-30 seconds of close-ups of Professor Yun and hand it over to me.
Yes.
The reporters really know how to kick up a fuss.
Oh, yes. I understand.
Has Professor Choe been in the lab all this time?
Yes. He's not losing out to Prof. Yun and he's not letting up.
Yes.
Go ahead and attend to your work.
Yes.
It's a white mouse with M-virus.
According to Professor Yun,
animals do not get infected by the M-virus. How can this be?
Yes, it was produced using the human gene that was infected by the M-virus.
We can't say that Professor Yun has failed. He just didn't have enough time.
Because of the synbodies, the academic world and the public are buzzing with excitement. Even as far as abroad.
Just a tempest in a teacup.
After 3 days, nobody will ever mention Yun Gyu Jin's synbodies again.
Then I'll put my trust in you, Professor.
A scientist...
Apart from what he sees with his own eyes, he shouldn't trust anything else.
So even my words,
until you witness it with your own eyes, don't be so eager to believe it.
-=Choe Su Cheol, CDC Gim Hui Sang, CDC Yun Gyu Jin, CDC=-
- I am Gang Ju Heon of the CDC. - I know.
I'm only going to ask you one question.
Why did you send the Haesimho's log to the coast guard?
I guess it's no longer necessary to say or hear those words at this point.
Excuse my rudeness.
Actually, I myself am not sure
why I did that.
I just felt I had to do it.
I just felt that the Haesimho should not be allowed to berth without investigation done.
That was my only thought.
I don't know if you believe me or not,
I wanted to use this as a chance to redeem what I'd done, but this, of course, was an afterthought.
Saying you had consented to bone marrow aspiration, was that an afterthought too?
I'm not sure.
I don't want more people, because of me...
Never mind.
That's a relief.
If you'd said you "wanted to save people" or shit to that effect
I'll probably punch you.
Please go.
The bone marrow aspiration,
if the diagnosis proves that has made your illness worse,
don't think twice about suing me.
I've... yet to reach that level of vileness.
Where is Team Leader Gang right now?
He's on his way back.
It's such a relief the matter was not overblown.
Director.
Yes?
Since this matter has been cleared and laid to rest
shouldn't you reinstate Team Leader Gang to his former position?
Then what will become of Dr. Pak Do Gyeong?
Dr. Pak does not have the ability to lead the team just yet.
Even the law has cleared him.
Yes?
It's the security team leader.
Please ask him to come in.
Is it done?
Yes.
Thank you.
Do you have something to say?
No, nothing.
Although I can fully understand what you said,
personnel matters in an organization aren't that simple to deal with.
Reinstatement also requires compliance with proper procedures.
Let's take some time to think about it.
Also,
Dr. Pak Do Gyeong is also a talented individual that we chose through rigorous selection.
To fully consider how not to hurt his feelings
is also the responsibility of the management, isn't it?
- Administrator. - Yes?
I have something to tell you.
Go ahead.
To say it here is somewhat...
Let's go somewhere else.
This footage...
Apart from you and I, who else has seen it?
No one else.
What are you hoping that I'll do that you brought me here,
is it okay if I ask you that?
Because you've always looked out for me all these years
I thought about deleting it pronto.
But this is a serious matter.
It appears like the injections have been going on for sometime. I'm afraid it will happen again.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
No, you shouldn't be the one to apologize.
Although I can't give you an immediate reply as to how I'm going to deal with this,
I'll think of the most appropriate way.
From the ethical standpoint and also the organization, that it will not be troubled by this.
Yes.
Very well.
Are you going to see the Director?
No.
Then why are you here?
I came to see you.
What kind of tests is Professor Choe conducting?
Oh, that?
The same tests he was conducting on campus,
it seems like he has some regrets left, and this allows him to be rid of his regrets.
So in order for this ex-doctor to be rid of his regrets
you open up the CDC laboratory for him to use, am I right?
With your limited authority, it's impossible for you to have done it.
- Our Director-- - why didn't you tell me?
Didn't you just arrive home from Busan?
It takes just one phone call to resolve the matter.
The situation is already chaotic. On top of that I--
Why did you do it?
What?
Professor Yun's antibodies cultures,
the contamination of those cultures.
How did you know about that?
I saw the CCTV videos.
Is it because you were suspicious of me?
Is that why you went and got the tapes and watched?
There can be no logical explanation for this.
If you didn't look for the tapes deliberately, how else would you have discovered this?
When I said I wanted to help Yun Gyu Jin, you were so worried that you went and look at the surveillance videos?
Is that how you see me? That I'm that kind of person?
No.
Or is Yun Gyu Jin that important to you?
Don't change the subject and stop being ludicrous.
I'm not. I'm on the right track.
The issue between us is right here.
Your mistrust in me and your glacial attitude.
That is not what's important right now!
No, to me they are important!
No matter how outstanding a man may be,
if he doesn't get any support at home, his self-esteem will hit rock bottom. This is what a man is like!
What else is there to live for?
To have the support of his family
which serves as his pillar to obtain the support of the community.
Just like how a leader gives back to society.
Isn't that how we should live?
If you think that just by your own dedication and efforts, you can change the history of mankind, you are living a hypocritical life.
That's just self-satisfaction.
The public never desire nor anticipate your efforts and dedication.
This is attempted murder!
What?
If the cultures are contaminated it will slow down the development of the therapeutic agent.
Therefore
the number of deaths would have been higher.
So, are you still going to carry on with the nonsense you've been spewing?
Who else knows about this?
- Don't look at me like this. - Resign immediately.
I will deal with the situation as it comes.
Although I would prefer you to quit the university job as well,
I'll leave that to your conscience.
But
don't appear ever again in the CDC.
And also,
apologize to Professor Yun.
What?
The last shred of scholarly integrity in you,
you should hold on to it.
You
are you my wife?
Are we family?
If not for the fact we are family
the person you will be facing right now won't be me but the Director.
Your husband committed such a grave wrong,
done something unspeakable,
aren't you curious why he did it?
I am curious but no matter how curious I am, I can't bring myself to ask!
I'm afraid after I hear those reasons...
Forget it.
What will you do after you hear those reasons?
Can you just say it! Stop being like this!
It makes me feel as if you are saying, "you are not qualified to even have a conversation with me".
It's just like you are despising me! This is what I hate most. What I hate most!
What are you going to do after hearing my reasons?
What are you going to do after hearing my reasons!?
Director.
Yes, Administrator Pak.
I have something to say to you.
Have a seat first.
Shall we go out?
What is it that you find so difficult to tell me?
Allow Professor Gim Hui Sang
to withdraw from the Advisory Committee.
What's this all of a sudden?
The Professor, he wants to relinquish the position?
As far as I know, he's very interested in this matter.
Furthermore, there's that matter which he's handling personally...
Matter he's handling personally?
Oh, are you referring to Professor Choe's matter?
Yes. Anyway, it's something he's been researching for a decade.
That's why I'm a little concerned.
Regarding Professor Choe's matter, I will arrange for some other person to take charge.
Please allow Professor Gim to relinquish his position.
What is this all about?
The Advisory Committee members, while their decisions are not enforceable,
but all this while Professor Gim has always played an important and essential role.
His absence will leave a very big gap.
If it's not due to any predicament that will disqualify him for the post, he can stay till end of the year.
Is there a predicament that might disqualify him?
Is that why?
If that's not the case then he should at least carry on until year's end.
Let's just do that.
Director.
There's a predicament that disqualifies him.
I'm sorry that you'll be put to much trouble because of this.
It's all right. It's all right.
- But Administrator Pak. - Yes?
As someone who has lived much longer than you,
to remove him from his position in the Advisory Committee in this manner,
it doesn't put Professor Gim in a good light but it also doesn't reflect well on you either.
Not only the spouse didn't excuse one's scars but instead she sticks a knife in it.
If someone had done that to you, Administrator Pak, do you think you can forgive him?
- But still, one must draw a line between work and personal matters. - Yes. Next time.
Administrator Pak, you are a person who draws a very distinct line between work and personal matters.
But
you should handle matters in a more amiable manner. Be more tactful.
I will reconsider... Give you a chance.
No matter how I think about it, to kick out someone in that manner, it's somewhat...
But work is still work...
There are times when your stubbornness stumped me.
It all depends on you now.
Anyhow, you have already reported the matter to me.
Leave the handling of the situation to me.
Dr. Lee. You are fit enough to come back to work?
Yes.
Come. Everyone, gather around.
- This is-- - If it's Isam Hospital,
isn't that the hospital where Professor Gwak was spending his time?
You are right.
I had read about it. Team 2 had already completed the epidemiological investigations,
is it necessary for us to continue?
A virus is something that can pass through an opening the size of a pinhole.
We must confirm and reconfirm. Be careful and extra cautious.
- Dr. Gim - Yes?
Professor Gwak's workday
and his work schedule in the hospital,
make sure you don't miss out on a single one.
Verify whether there's anyone we could have missed out in the process from the time of the first isolation chamber patient.
And Mr. Gang.
Yes.
There are some recycled supplies over there, can we verify those items using the video camera?
All right.
We had already confirmed the source of the infection, is it necessary for us to do that?
Where are you going, Dr. Lee?
I'm still not very well-versed with BA3.
Have you forgotten? The rookies code.
The head cannot be lower than 45 degrees.
Because of me...
- Team Leader - I've already said I'm no longer the team leader.
Can't you just for one day not treat me as the rookie but as Li Na Hyeon?
Don't think of me as someone whose heart is a swirling malestrom,
just treat me as a rookie who's putting on a brave face and acting as if nothing had happened.
Team... Mr. Gang.
Slow down.
Next.
Not that. Scan the receipt.
Team Leader.
Yes.
Next.
Team Leader.
You are asking me to read?
Saturday.
Next.
Digital
Image.
These are all neuroleptic drugs.
Yes.
The patient's name is Lee Sang Uk.
A prescription that he wrote out himself.
Let's go.
Where are we going?
Most M-virus patients,
because their symptoms are similar to the common cold,
will end up taking antipyretic and cold medications.
But this person, why did he keep using antidepressants?
- That's because his situation is a bit different from the normal-- - Take a look at this.
He's been using different kinds of medicine all this while.
Yes, you're right.
Why is it she's the only one who has not recovered whereas the rest have?
She doesn't seem to recognize me.
If her depression worsens...
No matter how I look at it, she doesn't seem her normal self.
How can anyone get sick again?
No matter how much pain she has experienced, she couldn't have changed to another person overnight.
This is the room.
Right, thank you.
There's nobody in the room.
Go to the room next to it.
Bring the scissors!
It wasn't me.
No matter how I look at it, she doesn't seem her normal self.
No matter how much pain she has gone through, she couldn't have changed to another person overnight.
Have you waited long?
I'm sorry that I asked you to come over despite knowing that you are extremely busy.
It's all right.
Something happened in the isolation ward.
Isolation ward?
What happened?
That...
What is it?
One of the patients committed suicide.
Why?
Which patient?
Her name is Gim Hye Mi.
I know who she is.
She wasn't responding to the treatment. Her condition is still unstable.
She was one of the researchers in Professor Gwak's Research Centre.
Yes.
Professor Yun.
There's no treatment that's 100% effective.
It's not your fault.
I kept getting this feeling there's something that I missed.
Missed what?
I somehow felt I've missed the most important point.
Anyway, I think I should return to the starting point.
The starting point...
Start all over again, step by step.
Didn't you say you have something to tell me?
Oh, it's nothing.
Nothing?
You have enough troubles as it is.
It's all right. Tell me.
It's okay. Next time.
It's really suicide.
Looks like when cutting her wrists was unsuccessful, she hanged herself.
But her family said it wasn't suicide.
Seems like her life insurance pay-out is a very large figure.
That person...
Who is he?
His name is Lee Heon U, we studied together at Professor Gwak's Research Institute.
That person is...
Lee Heon U. 34 years old.
You worked in the clinical lab in the hospital, is that right?
Yes.
As of today, you have been in isolation for a week now--
Hold on.
As long as we monitor our body temperature,
one can know what physiological changes are happening in the body.
Let me record this first.
Okay, please say what you have to say.
How did you get to know Gim Hye Mi?
Gim Hye Mi?
Gim. Gim Hye Mi. Gim
Who is that?
The person whom you helped
to commit suicide.
That woman.
I know her.
Why did you do that?
What?
Why did you carry the table for her and then took the table away?
Oh, that.
She asked me to help her.
What did she ask you to help her with?
She said cutting her wrists didn't work.
Gave me a piece of cloth and asked me to tie it for her.
That's all I did.
Didn't you know that woman will hang herself?
I am not an idiot. How can I not know?
You knew and still you...
She was the one who asked me to help her.
Gim Hye Mi climbed on top of the table and got down. Then you climbed on the table again,
what were you trying to do?
Ah, that.
The noose was slightly small. Her head couldn't fit in.
So I loosen the noose a little.
To get it to fit.
-=Next Episode Preview=-
M-virus is undergoing spontaneous mutation.
Yes, it's a viral infection that has no cure as yet.
Are you trying to scare us by saying spontaneous mutation?
Did something happen?
In disrupting the nervous system
Is it because of the bone marrow?
This will only confuse everyone.
- It will become an epidemic-- -M-virus has been contained!
Please call Team leader Gang Ju Heon for me.
I kept getting this feeling something is burning.
If I can spit it out
I have this gut feeling that my infection will be wiped out.