Cain and Abel
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Episode 3
Tenderness at the McBurney point*.
(*At the base of the appendix)
There's even rebound tenderness*.
(*Pain upon removal of pressure)
- Betadine - You're a doctor, can't you just do it here?
Ropivacaine.
After I get well, there's someone I must see.
If I go to a hospital,
I may never have the chance to.
Just operate on me here.
I beg you, yes?
There are hospitals that will admit North Korean defectors.
Get ready to go to the hospital.
Doctor, Doctor!
That doghead.
He says he's a doctor, so why can't he just do it?
That good-for-nothing swindler.
That heartless doghead.
Forceps, retractor,
Mosquito forceps, scissors,
needle, scalpel.
I don't see a Spinal Anesthesia Set.
Looking for these?
Since we don't have general anesthesia,
we will give you a shot in your spine.
I'll begin.
Young Ji.
Shall I quiz you on something?
Where am I pinching you?
I don't know.
Of course...
I haven't pinched you yet.
Please raise your shirt,
and lower your pants just a bit, won't you?
I can't operate through your clothes.
Could you do it on the clothes?
Don't worry. Everything will be fine.
Young Ji, just listen to the music set.
I'll finish by the end, okay?
I'll begin.
If my evaluation is correct, it's not long before panperitonitis.
If the appendix doesn't last that long and bursts,
I can't handle it here.
This foolish love will not come again.
Because I'm an immature man full of regret and tears.
Don't hang on to any lingering memories, and just leave.
Because my love was not good enough for you.
Don't hang on to any lingering memories, and just leave.
Forgive me.
This will be the last time my tears will flow.
Although I almost go mad thinking of you.
Now, from a not too distant place,
I will erase everything but my dreams.
Thanks, fella. You haven't burst yet.
Okay, I'm closing now.
Young Ji,
the songs haven't ended yet, have they?
Are you done already?
I told you earlier, didn't I?
That I'm a single knife stroke doctor.
64 year old male patient.
The tumor is located in the lower clivus*.
(*Part of the skull)
Specifically, in the MRI, you can see severe pressure in the lower medulla oblongata.
The patient's vitals are in stable condition.
Because of an aneurism rupture in the MCA 3 weeks ago,
there is a high possibility of bleeding from the blood vessel with surgical clipping.
So, we cannot let our guard down for even a moment.
You don't have to worry too much.
The directors on our side have never wavered about the will.
What's happening on the med school side?
I've tried to contact him, but he isn't taking our calls.
I think because he was a scholarship student groomed by the President.
He must be wavering.
Excuse me.
I'm in a meeting!
What?
Doctor Lee Sun Woo scheduled the President's surgery?
Got it.
Scheduled the President's surgery?
Vice President, isn't there some mistake in Doctor Lee Sun Woo's thinking?
If the President wakes up, our entire plan goes down the drain.
I'll take care of Doctor Lee Sun Woo.
You deal with Lee Cho In.
I understand.
Here.
You see it here, right?
How nicely I sewed you up? Don't you?
I... I see it.
How can you see stitched threads in an X-ray?
Ah, I see it.
Your poop.
Totally black.
Don't tease me.
I've taken care of the hospital charges with the front desk,
and greased some palms,
so take it easy and rest up for a couple of days.
Are you going?
Yes.
I have to watch Jeffrey's surgery videos.
Are you really planning to go for good now?
Why?
Are you sad?
No.
If your work is done, you should go.
Ah, and...
You must pass gas.
Excuse me?
That way, before I leave for Korea, we can have a nice meal together.
So, by the time I get back, make sure and...
Okay?
Okay. Booooo...
Get well.
Goodbye.
Boooong.
You promised to grab him when? And you still haven't?
Lee Cho In suddenly changed his itinerary.
So, I'm sorry.
I don't need your excuses.
If you don't handle it immediately,
you can forget about the balance.
Damn!
Oh Young Ji. Where are you right now?
- Here? - Yes!
I'm asking where you are?!
And Lee Cho In?
Is he with you?
Um, boss,
I really don't think Doctor Lee is a bad guy.
I don't think he's a swindler.
And it's true that he's a doctor.
So, what I'm saying is...
- Maybe you're mistaken. - Are you playing with me?
Where is that bastard Lee Cho In?!
About that, Boss...
Oh Young Ji...
Do you think I don't know you're a North Korean defector, bitch?
Hey! What's the number to report North Korean defectors?
Hospital. He went to the hospital.
Doctor Lee Cho In went to the hospital.
The hospital where he first went to see the surgery?
Yes, yes.
Oh Young Ji. I'll see you after we deal with Lee Cho In.
Hello? Hello? Boss!
To the hospital!
How did the patient become brain dead?
Wasn't it completely taken out?
Even though it was removed perfectly, this can happen.
Brain death is caused by subarachnoid hemorrhaging.
So, are you saying it is possible to damage part of the brain
when you take out the tumor completely?
Yes.
I'm against your father's surgery.
I suppose you want to revive your father directly by your own hands
Without any help from anyone, you wanted to revive him,
and have him rewrite the will... I know.
But, if you revive him, what will change?!
Mother.
Even before he collapsed,
the man that thought only of Cho In,
do you think after he wakes up,
he'll suddenly support your Neurology Center?
No matter how distinguished a doctor you've become,
your father, from the very beginning,
didn't have even a tiny speck of intention to leave you the hospital!
Why do think Cho In quit neurology and did his residency in emergency?
Because your father told him to.
If your father wakes up,
the neurology becomes nothing but a bubble.
And your dream, Sun Woo.
And my hope.
Did you send me to study to do this?
As you directed,
I studied neurology, and for 7 years,
I trudged around the operating room for 17 hours a day without fail.
Is this the price I pay?
I'm asking you...
Is this the price I pay
for a lifetime of trusting you?
Answer your phone, Lee Sun Woo.
Sun Woo hyung.
Cho In, it's Su Ra.
Park Su Ra, where's Sun Woo hyung?
Why is it so hard to contact him?
He's taken his assistants and gone into a surgery briefing.
What?
He's scheduled the President's surgery, haven't you heard?
- What's with your brother, leaving me out... - Got it, bye.
Lee Sun Woo, you...
Please pick up the phone, Doctor.
Doctor.
Hi.
Please, please answer.
Answer the phone.
Please answer the phone.
Oh!
Young Ji.
What are you doing here?
Did you run?
Is your stomach okay?
There's no problem, really no problem.
By the way, can I change the plane tickets to tonight?
Excuse me? Tonight? Well...
He's nowhere.
Hmm?
He's nowhere. We couldn't find him.
Damn!
There he is!
Go after him!
You... find out where that bitch Oh Young Ji lives, now!
Yes.
Excuse me, can you go faster, please? Faster.
I'm sorry. There are so many pickpockets in China,
I keep all the guests' passports at my house.
That's okay.
The plane doesn't leave till 9:30, so we shouldn't be late.
But is your stomach okay?
It's fine.
Doctor,
can I take a picture of you?
You only took a picture of the kids.
Let me have a go.
Look over here.
I'll take a snapshot.
I take great pictures.
See? It came out great.
Excuse me, Doctor.
Would you mind taking one of me?
I lived in Shanghai for 5 years,
but I don't have any pictures of me except for my ID.
Okay...
One, two...
Did it come out okay?
Do you like it?
It's all good.
Why are you so startled?
Is it that you don't want to take a picture with me?
Uhhh... no, it's not that.
Okay now.
One, two...
I'm on a 9:30PM flight.
I'm going straight to the hospital.
You don't have to come out, really.
I'm busy, so I can't come out anyway, really.
Doctor.
Here's your passport.
Sorry it's late.
I guess it's really time to part now.
Thanks for all your hard work.
Ah...
Don't do this.
You already paid my hospital bills.
Take it anyway or I won't feel good.
I don't want to.
Young Ji, if you act like this,
I won't see you when you come to Korea.
Then, I'll accept it.
Thank you.
Shall we drop by the hotel and get your luggage? Is there time?
Don't worry about it. Just take care of yourself, lady.
I'll call you when I come again.
Goodbye.
Bye!
Oh Young Ji.
You got sick chasing me around futilely.
I'm sorry I couldn't operate on you in a proper facility.
Clean your surgery wound with antiseptic everyday,
and you just need to remove the stitches in about 3 weeks or so.
Clean with antiseptic every morning and night.
If you don't because it's bothersome, you may get an infection.
With the antiseptic, start from the center of the wound and rub out.
Don't follow your rushed nature and slap a bandage on it right away.
Wait until the antiseptic dries.
Also, let me jot down a few common possible issues.
Consult this list if you encounter any symptoms.
It's really sad if you're in pain when you're alone.
For constipation, vegetables.
Don't skip meals, and eat well.
And if you can, eat more vegetables than meat.
You're not okay until I say you're okay.
So be still. Okay?
I hope you don't feel pain, and get well soon.
And I hope this letter helps a little.
Since you're strong, I believe you'll be fine.
And if you're ever in Korea, be sure to call me.
Okay?
Lee Cho In.
This foolish love will not come again.
Because I'm an immature man full of regret and tears.
Don't hang on to any lingering memories, and just leave.
Because my love was not good enough for you.
This will be the last time my tears will flow.
Although I almost go mad thinking of you.
Now, from a not too distant place,
I will erase everything but my dreams.
Doctor Lee!
Doctor Lee Cho In!
Young Ji!
Doctor!
Why are you running? You'll hurt yourself!
Doctor!
If I go to Korea, will you see me?
If I go to Korea, will you really see me?
Thank you, Doctor.
In South Korea, where they say they'll cut off your nose when you close your eyes,
I won't have anything to fear if someone like you is there.
Yes.
I will be sure to go to South Korea.
Doctor, thank you.
Thank you, Doctor.
It's me.
Lee Sun Woo. Why weren't you answering the phone?
I had business.
Hyung, don't schedule dad's operation.
What?
Your surgery method is too dangerous.
Did Jeffrey's surgery go bad?
Yes. That patient suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage,
and he's now brain dead.
That's probably because Jeffrey hasn't had enough clinical experience.
That's not the issue here.
Listen, that paper Jeffrey and I collectively published...
96% of the cases were patients I directly operated on.
Jeffrey only operated on the remaining 4%.
Of the patients I operated on, 92.5% woke up.
Hyung.
It's only been 3 weeks since I cut open dad's skull
and caught the aneurysm rupture.
Whatever you say, this surgery cannot happen.
I'm the one who decides whether it can or cannot happen.
You tossed neurosurgery for emergency medicine over a year ago,
and you're in no position to make that decision.
You're wrong. I specialize in NS* and am plenty qualified.
(*Neurosurgery)
Unlike yours, my surgeries are not just about removing the tumor.
What?
Our father
cannot end up like Jeffrey's patient or your patient Choi Yu Ra.
So, what do you propose?
I'm returning on a flight this evening,
so let's talk about it when I get there, Hyung.
- Huh? - No.
You don't need to come back.
By the time you come back, the surgery will be over.
Hyung. Hyung!
Lee Sun Woo!
Lee Sun Woo.
Doctor Nam Yong Tae.
Please prepare an operation room for Lee Jong Min and have assistants on standby.
We're going to operate now.
Young Ji, why are you leaving the groceries you just bought?
Young Ji, you're not a South Korean?
Are you a North Korean defector?
Ahjumma.
Doctor Lee.
Postpone the President's surgery
until after the interim Board of Directors has approved the Neurology Center.
You must not operate now.
It's a family matter, Board Member Oh.
Doctor Lee Sun Woo!
Do you know what will happen if the Director wakes up?
The Neurology Center will become old news.
Didn't I just tell you it was a family matter?!
You stay out of it.
Vice President, please note that if the Neurology Center gets vetoed
the responsibility lies with Doctor Lee Sun Woo.
Do you understand?
Sun Woo.
So, you've decided to operate on your father after all?
Mother.
What I want
is not the management of this hospital.
If it were just about that, I wouldn't have returned.
I wanted to be the first surgeon worldwide to perfect brain mapping.
Sun Woo!
If anyone tries to get in my way,
whoever it may be,
I won't forgive him.
Whether it's father,
whether it's Cho In.
Then...
The interim Board of Directors... you deal with them.
And Father's surgery...
leave that to me.
Listen here, Mr. Choi...
Yes, please speak.
Have you grabbed Lee Cho In?
I've got him now.
He will definitely not show up in Korea before the requested date.
So, don't worry.
No, there's no need to send him back.
Make it so he can never return.
Do you understand?
Never.
I understand.
We're going to the desert.
We are going to kill off Lee Cho In.
Today's surgery is to remove a chordoma* growing in the skull base.
(*Tumor)
For this surgery,
we will use the extended frontal transbasal approach
and the extreme lateral transcondylar approach.
We'll remove the tumor from these 2 directions.
Scalpel.
We'll now start the surgery.
Cho In.
Is something wrong?
Why aren't you answering?
Did you miss your flight?
If you're not coming tonight, can you call me?
I'm kind of worried now.
I'll wait.
Here.
Young Ji.
Ahjumma.
My brother's passport.
My mother and father's passports.
They're all gone.
What I had to do...
What I had to do to get those passports.
Oh, those public peace jerks probably came and grabbed them.
In any case, don't you have to run now?
They know you're a North Korean. They know where you live.
Who knows when they'll charge in and grab you?
Young Ji, snap out of it and start packing.
Ahjumma.
I have a favor to ask.
Got it.
When your brother Oh Kang Chul comes,
I'll be sure to let him know your news.
So, just get yourself safely out of here.
President Lee Jong Min.
No matter what our Sun Woo decides,
don't resent him.
You...
don't have the right...
to resent him.
Extended frontal transbasal approach concluded.
The frontal lobe approach has been concluded.
Patient's vital signs, anesthesia condition, no signs of irregularities.
Please take care with the hemostasis* and clean up.
(*Blood flow stop)
Yes, I understand.
Please prepare for extreme lateral transcondylar approach.
The patient's been moved to the three quarters* position, Doctor.
(*Prone position)
Scalpel.
We'll begin.
Hey, you stupid bastards, dig deeper.
Yes, sir, will do!
Yes!
Aigoo.
What do you want?
Money?
I asked if it was money?!
I'm dying of cold. Dig faster!
Look here.
I don't know why you're doing this to me,
but I have to get back to Korea.
Because of my father's surgery!
I have to return to Korea.
So untie this crazy friggin rope!
We're done digging!
All right.
Now.
Doctor Lee Cho In.
We only do what we're paid for.
So don't resent us too much.
Are you okay?!
Damn it! Hurry and catch him!
Damn it!
Hyung.
Hyung!
Sun Woo!
Microscissors.
Tissue forceps.
I'm sorry.
Little bastard.
Came out good.
Confirm he's dead.
- I'll do it. - Fine.
What should we eat for dinner?
How about lamb soup?
It's the price for the ring.
Lee Cho In.
You know I can't take it when someone disappears.
I'm really worried now.
Could you please call me?
I just received Lee Cho In's picture.
Have you confirmed that he's actually dead?
Thank you.
I'll put the remainder into the account as you requested.
Ah, right.
You mean the matter of the corpse...
I'll call you later.
What do you mean, "matter of the corpse?"
What were you talking about, Director?
Did you delegate the entire Lee Cho In issue to me?
I told you to hold him until after the board's approval.
Who asked you to do that kind of crap?
Immediately call them off. Immediately!
If we stop now?
Even after we implored him, Doctor Lee Sun Woo began surgery on the President.
If he wakes up and Lee Cho In returns before the board meeting,
then what will you do?
Will you have the Neurology Center vanish into thin air before even breaking ground?
Even so...
Even so, we can't kill a person.
Stop now!
No.
Lee Cho In has already been eliminated.
And you and I are already in the same boat.
Don't get emotional,
and face reality.
Well then, Vice President,
I'll see you at the board meeting.
Director Oh.
You evil bastard.
Chief, did you hear the news? Last night, Lee Sun Woo...
I just heard from Dr. Kim Jin Keun.
The President's condition is not critical.
So unless there's acute neurological deterioration, there's no urgency.
Did his condition suddenly take a turn?
No, I don't think that's it.
I don't know the reason.
What about Lee Cho In?
He isn't back?
No. I spoke with him briefly last night,
but after that I haven't been able to reach him.
Chief Kim, it's almost time for the board meeting.
Keep trying to get a hold of Cho In.
Yes.
I'm the chair of today's meeting, Na Hye Joo.
At today's interim Board of Director's meeting,
out of 14 members,
Kim Jeong Hyeon, Jeong Soon Yi, Lee Sun Woo, Lee Cho In...
These 4 members are absent, and 10 members are present,
which accounts for over 2/3 of the members.
I call this meeting to order.
The agenda for today's Board Meeting
is to gather all the opinions regarding the Neurology Center and the Emergency Center,
and ultimately come to a decision.
We have a quorum, so we may begin.
Madam Chair, I have something to say.
You all have probably also received this,
but in President Lee Jong Min's will and testament,
he has specifically stated his wish to establish an Emergency Center.
We, the Board... should work towards his goal.
As originally planned, we should establish the Emergency Center...
President Dong Chang.
Then, have you really thought about how we might go about reaching the President's goal?
After more than 7 years of facing chronic deficits,
Bosung University Hospital's normal operations are in danger.
To revive it, and further develop and nurture it...
wouldn't that be at the heart of the President's true goal?
Whether it is the Neurology Center or the Emergency Center.
I also have something to say.
Chief Kim Hyun Joo, why don't you relay your opinion in the vote?
All right.
If there are no objections, we will begin the voting directly.
Neurology Center, 1 vote.
Emergency Center, 1 vote.
Don't worry too much. There're still 3 votes.
Emergency Center, 1 vote.
Neurology Center, 1 vote.
This is the last vote.
The last vote is...
Even if the Dean of the Med School flipped,
there's still Jo Hyun Taek's vote.
I heard you approved his request for a live subject test.
He wouldn't possibly betray you, would he?
The last vote is...
Sun Woo.
Lee Sun Woo.
What's the reason you are insisting on thoracic surgery?
Is it because of Seo Yeon's surgery?
I won't say it again.
Switch to Neurosurgery.
Doctor, shall we take a break?
We're going in again.
Microscissors.
The last vote is...
Emergency Center.
Congratulations.
You know this is all because of me, right?
[Sign: Surgery in session]
Thanks for all your work, people.
You too, Doctor.
Wow.
You've been through a lot too, President.
The CT has come up, Chief.
Pull up the shots before the surgery, too.
Yes.
It's clean.
The chordoma has been thoroughly eliminated.
The surgery was a huge success.
Well.
You worked hard, Doctor Kim Jin Keun.
Hard work, 17 and a half hours is cake.
I always did have an exceptional lower half.
Doctor, but why are the bottom half of your scrubs looking so unsteady?
What are you talking about, unsteady, pal?
I'm just dancing because the surgery went well.
So, if when the President wakes,
it sounds like we'll be establishing the Emergency Center as originally planned, right?
Still, until we see his condition when he's awake, it's still too early to feel totally safe.
In neurosurgery, isn't the scariest time after the operation?
How'd it go?
I'm tired.
Please leave me alone.
Didn't you say you wanted to be the first worldwide,
to perfect brain mapping?
If someone got in your way,
whether it was your father or Cho In,
you were the one who said you couldn't forgive that.
Your mother trusted you, and...
Your mother...
Mother.
What I said, about being the first worldwide to perfect brain mapping,
was not empty words.
This way.
What about the money? Do you have the money?
It's the upper bunk.
Thank you.
I hear that the President has woken up.
Yes. He's regained consciousness and he's breathing on his own.
What are we going to do now, Vice President?
President?
Can you move your hand?
How's your leg?
Can you feel anything?
You don't feel the pressure?
Please say something. This is Kim Jin Keun.
Yes?
Please say, "Jin Keun, you came."
Or not.
Chief Kim.
Other than a portion of the President's optic nerve and acoustic nerve,
there doesn't seem to be any sensation or movement ability in his entire body.
Excuse me?
You said the surgery was a huge success.
And we saw it ourselves.
What are you saying?
He might not ever recover? He could become a human vegetable?
Is that what you're saying?
It's possible.
This is nuts.
Doesn't that mean then that Doctor Lee Sun Woo took out more than he should have?
Doctor Kim Jin Keun! How can you speak like that?!
- Huh? - Well, I...
Are you saying that Doctor Lee Sun Woo intentionally did this or what?
Was he the only one in the operating room with the President?
Doctor Kim!
Weren't you in the operating room, too?
Doctor Kim, let's go.
Vice President, Doctor Kim seems to have gotten over-excited.
I will see to it that he doesn't spread erroneous rumors.
That one's a quick one.
In any case, it appears that Jo Hyun Taek is officially on our side now.
Nevertheless, Doctor Lee Sun Woo's surgery skills transcend imagination.
He revived the President, which helps the cause of the Neurology Center,
yet he's in a human vegetative state, unable to vote.
He really is remarkable.
Your words go too far. I'm afraid someone might hear you.
I'm sorry.
The surgery results were so in line with our goal, I got a little excited.
Please step out.
What kind of state is this?
After leaving you this way, do you think Sun Woo can feel at ease?
Do you think that I, who've lived with you for 38 years, can feel whole?
It's okay if you resent me, President Lee Jong Min.
But our Sun Woo...
Don't hate Sun Woo.
I will bear all his sins.
This foolish love will not come again.
Because I'm an immature man full of regret and tears.
Don't hang on to any lingering memories, and just leave.
Because my love was not good enough for you.
Don't hang on to any lingering memories, and just leave.
Forgive me.
This will be the last time my tears will flow.
Although I almost go mad thinking of you.
Now, from a not too distant place,
I will erase everything but my dreams.
I don't remember.
Today, I am formally announcing the construction
of Bosung University Hospital's new Neurology Center.
I don't remember anything.
I will be sure to wait in Korea, so please tell him to find me.
I don't remember my name or who I was, so what do you expect me to do?
Until you get your memory back, become my little brother.
Those public peace bastards are in a frenzy looking for you and your brother.
Oh Young Ji!
Shoot me. Please, so maybe as I'm dying, I can remember,
Just shoot me with that gun!
Shoot!
Kill!