My dear mother.
Happy birthday to you.
We all know that
mother had a stroke.
Tomorrow, she may not remember what happened today.
As a token of thanks to our mother,
who raised us all on her own,
I've called all of you to gather here today.
Grandma, have you been waiting long?
It's because I went to the market.
- A visit by a stranger -
What brought you here?
I'm late, my apologies.
Why did you say that?
I heard there's a survivor.
The grandmother.
But she can't help us.
She had a stroke.
We've sent her to the hospital for a checkup.
She cannot recall anything.
When the housekeeper opened the sliding door this morning
the house was in this condition.
So far we've not found any eye witness or any evidence that may be relevant.
Do we know the time of death?
11.45 pm last night. A woman called 119 before she died.
The rescue unit say they couldn't locate the place and had to give up.
But it's very obvious they ignored the call because they thought it was a prank call.
But why is the Special Crime Unit called in immediately?
There is a reason for that.
Rich people are the people's enemy.
Choigong gang.
In and around the year 1993,
There was a gang known as Choigong who wants to kill off the rich.
This must be the work of one of its leaders.
Look at these footprints.
It's obvious that the crime was committed by a group of four persons.
Choigong gang, you evil killer.
Who have we here?
Do you know each other?
Not only we know each other,
I was the one who trained him up.
Rascal, have you gotten over your phobia of blood?
Is your head all right?
Why are you here?
That person beside you requested my presence here, so ask him.
He is here to take over conduct of the case.
What?
He will take full charge of the matter.
Hyeongnim!
No matter how interesting a case turns out, isn't there a rule of first come first serve?
We have already arranged for our men to work on this.
DNA testing is of no use.
What?
They celebrated the grandmother's 70th birthday 3 days ago here.
The number of people who attended cannot be less than 20,
they'll be a lot of fingerprints and DNA which are of no help.
The perpetrators really picked the right time.
Coupled with the fact that this arrogant message
is written with such neatness.
What are you mumbling to yourself?
Explain it in a simple manner.
At the very least, they are not copying the Choigong gang.
What?
They are way smarter than the Choigong gang.
They are well organized, intelligent and people of calibre.
Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness.
In order to get you the case, I had to rack my brain
I heard he knows a lot of people at the Ministry level.
Why would you want more enemies?
As for your team members,
The first one is a counsellor for victim support centre CENT.
Another one has been serving as a police officer for 20 years near the border.
In short, you must have your reasons for picking them.
Expectations?
I heard that you are a policeman.
It's a dangerous job and you'll have little free time, am I right?
No, it's not like that.
I was recently transferred to a special unit.
It's not dangerous at all.
I've been there for a week now and we didn't have to handle a single case.
Is that so? Aren't you lucky?
I don't know whether I should be asking this, since it's our first meeting.
I heard you came to Seoul recently, have you found a place to live?
Ah, about that, I'm still looking around. The house prices in Seoul is too high.
It's not cheap to rent a place.
Stop, stop!
Sir, at your age now you can't be renting a place to live.
Which girl will be keen on you?
I am sorry.
Let's try again, take it slow and steady. Try and talk in a more obscure manner.
Looks like you have too many hidden weaknesses. This is making things difficult.
Why are the women in Seoul so picky.
Why are there none that's compatible?
No annual salary, you don't have anything, there's just no suitable candidate.
Who can I pair him with? This lady is looking for someone good looking. Who should I recommend?
I've said this several times already. You must switch off your phone.
I am sorry.
I am really busy right now. I will call you later.
A whole family murdered?
Didn't you say your job is not dangerous?
Yes. Seriously, this fellow.
These houses are really beautiful.
How then can I live in this kind of expensive house?
I guess, I must be the only one in this team who is really punctual.
According to the Crime Scene Manual, if the crime scene is chaotic,
try to keep the crime scene untouched.
It's too easy.
I thought all the corpses had been carried away.
You're here.
Min Ho.
Yes?
Suicide or not, if you afraid, you'll close your eyes, right?
Well, it's expected. But what's wrong?
However, this child, she had her eyes wide open in the last moment of her life.
Looking that way.
Maybe she was too scared to close her eyes?
Or maybe, she was looking at something that was scarier than the killer.
Working with this bunch of people. It's so unfortunate.
With so many CCTV around this neighborhood, the only way for the criminal to get in and out is...
Celebrity. Singer. Model. Also did some auditions in the past.
Golf.
Very active in club activities.
She is also a busy person, she likes to exercise.
A very, very big bed for a single person.
The sofa is untouched,
except for a spot that the father always sits on.
The family didn't gather here.
Did you find anything?
The mother is a Korean Martha Stewart.
Who is she?
Don't you know? She is a famous queen of housewives.
Take a look at this.
The window curtains are home made. The kitchen utensils themselves are art work.
Low tide during the day. High tide during the night. Is there nothing left behind?
There is no sign of human activity at night. Nothing.
These criminals are really smart.
Look at those two cute kids.
When will I have children on my own?
I will pull out these shoes,
using all my power.
Hey, kids, where did you get those shoes?
Over there!
You came early.
We are about to start.
4 bodies with 59 stab wounds in total.
Just go on.
It seems like a work of a really angry person or simply a crazy one.
What have they done to deserve this?
Take a look here.
What?
Are those wounds inflicted after death?
Ah...That's right.
The wounds have not closed up.
These ones too.
Among so many wounds, it is the only life threatening one that was inflicted while the victim was still alive.
The rest were inflicted post mortem.
The daughter had two stabs wound. Both fatal.
The others, only one.
The daughter didn't die from the first stab wound.
So, she probably called the police during that time.
Then when it was discovered, she was stabbed again.
But why were they stabbed so many times after death?
One fatal attack.
The rest is just decorations.
Decoration?
They made a pattern.
Left and right-handed. Tall and short one.
That was impressive.
But wait till you see this.
Those are the victims' shoes.
These are the son's.
These are the daughter's.
The size of the parents' shoes matched as well.
They used the family's shoes to confuse the crime scene?
You don't get it yet?
It was done to confuse us.
Detective Pak!
Yes.
The scene has 4 sets of footprints.
The distance between each steps is consistent.
It seems like one person did it to confuse us.
Judging from the steps, I'd say the person is about 160 cm tall.
What are you saying? Since there is one person faking the crime scene,
therefore there's only one unsub?
But how can a single person kill all 4 at once?
There's a possibility that in that house,
They led separate lives and don't really care about each other.
Listen to this.
Send someone. Please, save me.
This is the daughter's phone call right before she died.
Let's remove the voice and listen again.
During the murder, there was soccer on TV.
While the daughter was dying, her father was watching the game on TV.
If they were together, then it would be impossible.
I suppose...
Now it makes sense.
The last thing the daughter said is,
"My house, my house, these people."
People. It's plural.
Outside the window.
She saw something outside the window before she died.
Someone witnessed the crime.
I've got the conclusion.
One, who understands the living patterns of the family,
and is comfortable enough to live like a ghost in this house,
and another, who is the only witness to the whole crime,
somebody the daughter didn't know,
those 2 people.
- Unknown quantity X. -
He always disappears,
without even telling me where to find the shadow.
Among faith, hope and love, the most important thing is love.
Out of money, love, relationship and hatred, do you know what is the best motive?
40 billion Won? How can a grandma have so much money?
Around 70's and 80's in Gangnam, everyone knows Red Pants.
Red Pants?
It's what people call famous female speculator in 70's and 80's.
but the asset is still intact, right?
Her assets are mostly real estate, but she did not pass them on to her children.
Then what will happen with those assets?
Since she did not make her will, so it naturally will be given to her 2 sons.
But the second son has problems.
Do you like this abalone porridge, Mother?
Nothing.
How could there be nothing?
See, you can see all these abalone.
Just try to eat a spoon, Mother.
Really don't want this expensive thing go to waste.
Don't be like that. Granny will be scared.
Recently, Granny hasn't had any appetite.
Granny, here you go.
Just eat her food.
Mother, is it delicious?
This aunt was brought over by me,
don't you know?
Who are you?
The police.
The police?
I already gave my alibi.
Det. Pak. The guy's brother is dead, yet he had no intention to ask who the murderer is.
Instead, you're saying you had your alibi. It's really natural, right?
Yes, right.
Gim Mu Seong. We're not arresting you for your brother's murder.
But you're under arrest for violating your restraining order.
After all these years, you actually beat your mother up. Even put a restraining order on you.
No!
Go together. Take him away immediately.
Cha Bong Ae. Can you still remember that your eldest son and his family died last night?
You can't remember anything?
Now what?
Take all the necessary item, possibly for a few days.
Where are we taking these?
To the crime scene.
I want to jog her memory.
A person who wasn't at the scene of the crime, actually wants to help a forgetful elderly.
How's Granny?
Now why is my mother still alive?
This brat. Is he crazy or what?
The sole survivor of a family homicide,
Want to know why a disabled elderly was left behind?
Cha Bong Ae. Is she not a suspect in this case?
Or does she have some kind of value?
If we don't know what X is, then this investigation cannot proceed.
What a pretty room, looks like a room for newly weds.
Alright.
Oh... I'm.. getting married next month.
Very strange. Is this really Nam Sam Gong's house? (her online pseudonym)
Of course... what's wrong?
Do you know the theme room? Over at this very famous house.
They are really alike.
What should I do?
How do you do, Team Leader?
That really wasn't me. That really wasn't me!
I really love my mother.
Why would I hit my mother?
So, it's your dead brother who wants to claim Mum's property, using lawyers?
Yes, that's right.
Then you must really hate your brother.
So without mourning for your brother, you went straight to bootlick your mother.
Now that there's no competition.
The rest is all yours.
Right?
The alive must live well. Is it not?
You can still laugh in these circumstances?
No matter what kind of family you're from, after the death of your brother's family,
you should act a little bit sad.
Do you know what you can learn from the Red Pants?
I learnt this one thing from my mother,
You can only be full by grabbing onto other's rice bowl.
My rice bowl was grabbed, so I'm just as good as dead.
But Det. Baek, at the crime scene.
Looking at the call record, there isn't any record for around a week.
Doesn't anyone in the house make phone calls?
Their house. In the day. Making phone calls.
Here is where your son died.
This is your son's blood.
Granny. Are you ok? Granny.
People who sleep like this in the day suffer from certain heartache.
This is the posture for when they're scared and feeling depressed.
And also a posture when they want to hide a lot of things.
This is human's guarding behaviour.
Even if Granny can recall what happened,
this kind of scene is very hard to bear.
These are words of someone from the victim support center .
Now I hope that you can do our job.
Granny was probably very afraid at the time. Now she's very weak.
There will be a police officer staying here for the whole night.
I have a child at home who's very sick
There's no one to look after him at night.
Find a way around it.
What sort of nonsense is that?
Is that so? Then keep looking.
That is the Granny's former assistant.
He's like a vampire, sucks life out people.
The assistant of a stroke-suffering granny in her younger days.
This is really interesting!
Let's go and see.
Gang Pal Guk.
Are you, Gang Pal Guk?
No manners, just simply call other people's name. Either you...
Know my past, or...
The police...
Recently, I've got no reason to be involved with the police.
Just saw what you shouldn't see.
Yesterday night, were you really with them?
Yes. They took turns to beat me up. And said something about throwing me into the sea.
I was nearly scared to death.
I just want to ask you one thing.
Granny Cha Bong Ae. She started to call you about a week ago.
Is that why you arrested me?
That old lady was not even useful.
What did she say to you on the phone?
What can an old lady say?
They're all stupid nonsense.
Saying something about selling the house.
The house?
There, answer the phone and see.
Listen for yourself.
Chief Gang. This house is very important to me
This house was built to earn money.
But this gang of people actually wants to take this house for themselves.
I am Cha Bong Ae.
Do you know that, Chief Gang?
Now tidy them up.
- Sweet ... dream. -
In your unknown quantity X,
does that include the old granny a murderer?
Not eliminating.
That she's acting crazy.
Anything can happen.
Her mental state may not be very stable.
-So. -So?
It's possibly a 70 odd year-old granny's instinct.
If it's like that,
isn't it dangerous to leave Nam Ye Ri there?
Using the weakest person to draw out the granny's weaknesses?
I only sent in the necessary person to a necessated scene.
In order to solve the case, you don't care about your team member's safety.
Professor Yeo. I do not know if you're a qualified Professor.
But policing doesn't suit you.
A police will not leave a comrade behind in a dangerous place.
If she can't even handle an elderly. Then, don't become a police.
Because of Granny's illness,
Gim Ji Seong, because he wanted to claim the house,
although not entirely criminal,
but be careful.
Even if you're sleepy, don't sleep. Have to keep your eyes on Granny.
Yes. Thank you for calling.
I've also just seen Granny making that phone call.
I can also see the true nature of her illness.
I think there's a need to look into it.
Hello? Nam Ye Ri. Hello?
Nothing. Nothing.
Nothing.
It's nothing. Sorry.
Something weird?
When I'm around, it's always peaceful, very quiet.
It seems that she only eats your food.
I think it's like she couldn't trust her family.
Don't know if I should say this.
Sometimes, her daughter-in-law gave her medicine.
The daughter-in-law never buy medicine.
Who are you?
Our Seong Ho is here.
Your team leader gave his permission.
Is that your sick son?
He's already 17 years old but I still can't relax to have him stay at home by himself.
Seong Ho. Go and play in Se Ah's room.
He knows the place well.
Seong Ho, does he come here to play often?
How could he come here this often? It's other people's home.
What is he looking at?
His expression doesn't look like he's watching porn.
What is all this?
Where is he going?
The food is very sweet.
Seems like the rooms are set up with cameras.
What exactly did he see that made him suddenly ran out?
Rewind it a bit.
Stop!
Did he surprise you?
My child has a habit to hide in the dark.
The housewife aunty has a son.
At the final moment when the daughter died, she didn't look out the window but under the bed.
So then that shadow is, and also the stranger is...
Professor Yeo. This brat really.
Why didn't he tell me that he shifted his target?
When I first saw the sunset in this house, I then realised sunset can be this beautiful.
Now this family can never see it.
There's no way this family wants to see it anyway.
They were all in a hurry to leave this house.
Eventually, they all left.
Police officer, come and have a cup of coffee.
No, thanks. I need to leave for a bit.
An Chun Mae. Of course I know her.
Very hardworking, very attentive.
At her other job though, the employer wasn't very happy.
She simply moved the furniture in the house that she worked in.
As a habit of thinking their houses as her own house.
And the husband, it's like...
Seems like he took a loan from the loan shark.
She was very hardworking at work.
As well as in life.
After her house got reclaimed, her life was very difficult.
Her mind was probably not great either.
Attempted suicide by fire.
Her daughter and husband died. She was the only survivor.
That way, her son Seong Ho was then born.
Oh, so the website original owner is the housewife aunty.
Nam Ye Ri.
Team Leader!
Shouldn't you be at the crime scene?
That house's perfect life masterpieces,
were all works of the aunty.
Seems like she treated it as her own house, and showed it off online.
Apparently Granny isn't the only one with mental problems.
It doesn't seem like this is their house.
Then what is it?
This is not home, but a place to dream.
A very sweet dream.
Dream. It's dream.
Know why Granny was left unscathed?
I have the answer to X.
Nam Ye Ri. You're better than I expected.
My Sweet Home.
Team Leader. You're here.
When you tidied it up like this, it looks completely different.
I said I can clean. So I just clean.
There's still lots to do.
It will be better next time.
But did something happened this time?
Here to pay you your wages.
You can give it to me slowly.
It's time to consider looking for a new job.
So I came here quite hastily.
To find a new job,
what are you talking about?
This house is to be sold.
This granny, is paralysed with stroke. She needs to go into care.
Removed Gim Mu Seong's restraining order, so now he has the right to claim.
The whole family is dead. Who is going to buy this house?
I've heard something about rebuilding a new house.
Really?
Except for my food, Granny wouldn't eat anything else.
So who is going to continue the care? The second son?
With that much white sugar, she should be able to eat that in the institution.
What is he thinking about?
Been talking for such a long period of time. Still wouldn't let us in.
In another matter, poisoning her with high amount of sugar.
Is that so? I only felt that Granny had no appetite. So,
I added a bit. She really like it. So,
Unknown quantity X.
A granny that does as she's told, then kill the whole family.
You're thinking about staying here forever.
What is that?
What is that? I don't understand of what you just said.
I am sorry.
You were done cleaning.
In short I didn't mean it.
This house is going to fall apart anyway.
This, and this is useless.
What are you doing?
I didn't like this house from the beginning.
Too childish.
This house, and the interior decoration.
Now, even a cleaning rag is useless.
What is he doing?
Destroying such a nice house.
It's to break the aunty.
Your team leader is doing his best.
They are all dead.
This mirror, we don't need it.
There's some item here that are missing.
Are you thinking about putting this photo here?
In my opinion, this photo doesn't belong here.
Don't do it.
What will you do about this?
Don't do it.
It's you who killed them, isn't it?
Furthermore, one to four.
After all they were all the same.
Did them in one go, to rid of all of them.
They didn't do much with each other.
When someone was killed in the house,
they didn't even know.
They had no value of survival.
Then you, are you entitled to live in this house?
When the first time we came here,
I knew it that this is our dream house.
Hello, this is the person.
Not bad.
Seong Ho was very happy here, he can also hear the ocean.
I invested so much feeling in this house.
Although it wasn't very long.
but we were really happy.
But the life we lived, was so inconvenient.
It's my dream. I took care of this house.
Why? Why?
My son can only hide under the bed.
Why? It's my home.
It's my home. It's my home.
Don't take anything. It's my home.
Your sweet home, has ended.
You're a sufferer.
Delusion.
Because of the previous blow, you forgot reality.
Trapped in your delusion.
Something like this was going to happen.
Quickly go inside and see.
Didn't we break her?
Don't worry.
If he can't even tackle this sort of aunty,
then, don't become a police.
What are you intending to do?
Do you want to kill me?
You said that I've gone mad.
Do you really understand?
Then answer me.
My husband and daughter, why must they die?
What we want isn't much.
We only hope to live together in a house, the four of us.
You answer me.
My happiness, why did it disappear?
Answer me!
If you don't answer, then I'll just kill you.
You find your own answer.
Why did it suddenly disappear?
Nobody can answer that.
And no one would even in the future.
Nobody has the answer.
No one at all.
Team Leader!
I know your feeling.
I know it well.
You can't. My Seong Ho.
Seong Ho.
Cannot... cannot.
My mother said that I can't come out after six.
Team Leader Yeo. Are you alright?
Only a scratch.
When a dream is taken away from the dreamer, they will go mad.
The ones that got grabbed of their rice bowl, lived instead.
Money is, the public's enemy.
Nothing.
Why do dreams have to suddenly disappear?
No one can answer that.
In the future too.
No one can answer you.
And I also know,
The feeling.
I know it well.
Have been dead for seven days.
Found out a lot of identical features.
This Yun Seong Min broke the law of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
He was released a year ago.
There's no clue here.
No one can leave here alive.
The rules of living.
Don't tell me you don't know?
Please leave me alone.