(Characters and places associated in this drama are fictional.)
Call all of the advisors...
who used to serve...
as chiefs of district courts and high courts.
There is someone who is affiliated with murder in Taebaek.
A decisive video footage will be used during the trial.
Tell your juniors...
to take the evidence according to the law...
and proceed with the trial lawfully as well.
Find a way to annul...
Su Yeon's video recording.
Ask everyone in the police, the National Intelligence Service,
and the Blue House.
Are you going on an all-out war with Taebaek?
I will have to put in Il Hwan's daughter in jail for murder...
and save my son.
This is a constitutional state.
Can you advise...
your junior judges...
to find the real criminal...
according to the law?
There are two eyewitnesses of the fishing site incident.
Su Yeon and Baek Sang Gu.
Su Yeon's video was turned in to use as an evidence.
To annul her statement, we need Baek Sang Gu.
You will live only if Su Yeon gets blamed for this.
Gyung Ho.
Half of the documents you forged was done by me.
And half of what you've done involves me.
Call Baek Sang Gu for a meeting.
Mr. Kang will try to get in contact with Baek Sang Gu.
We have to meet him first.
My husband once got hurt...
at a dock.
Check Baek Sang Gu's bank statement.
Find out who hurt my husband.
Whoever paid him...
probably wanted my husband dead.
I'm sure Reporter Kim Sung Sik's murder is...
also done by that person.
(Lee Dong Jun)
We need to meet.
Right now.
Why did you need to see me?
I told you everything was over.
Mr. Shin will be proven innocent...
and you will be put back into your post.
Does that change anything?
Kang Jeong Il, Choi Il Hwan, and Kang Yu Taek are still in power.
They will...
try to move the prosecution and the court.
- We cannot... - You won't fight a battle you lose.
Are you wise...
or just scared?
Then do you want to fight a battle you will surely lose?
Are you naive or reckless?
You probably wanted to be released from your burden.
You compromised just once...
over the 10 years of your career.
Once my dad is proven innocent,
you probably wanted to return to your old life without a burden.
Mr. Lee.
I am Officer Lee Jong Bae of Seocho Police Station.
Ms. Shin, you are under an emergency arrest...
for forging official documents and business obstruction.
I need to see your warrant.
This fulfills the requirement for an emergency arrest...
Gi Yong.
While I check to see if they can arrest her without a warrant,
- please give them some tea. - Sure.
We have to handle our danger.
I will put her...
in prison for a few years...
until she does not create any further problems.
CEO Choi.
Schedule a meeting with the judge in charge of Mr. Shin's case.
- Yes, sir. - Find out his weaknesses...
through our lawyers in Taebaek.
Yes, sir.
Check the prosecution too.
I heard the prosecutor in charge wants to go into politics.
Yes, sir.
The general election is way too far away.
Ask him if he wants to start preparing for a local election.
Dong Jun,
- after Ms. Shin is... - I will keep Ms. Shin...
by my side.
Yu Taek has the sentencing in his hands.
It will hurt you once that gets released.
Dong Jun, we have a long way to go.
Let us remove her out of your way...
If you lay your hands on her,
I will be the one to release my sentencing.
I will catch the real criminal behind this murder.
I will take anyone who tried to hide and forge the case to the court.
Until then,
I will remain in Taebaek, CEO Choi.
I am Taebaek's son-in-law...
and the appointed attorney.
And Ms. Shin is...
my secretary.
I will tell them to take Ms. Shin right away.
I said I will release the sentencing myself.
Are you saying you want to fight me?
Hangang Hospital...
will be put in a danger too.
What should fall will fall.
That way,
we can start over.
Gi Yong.
I sent Shin Chang Ho to jail...
for my sake.
I won't repeat...
the same mistakes.
CEO Choi Il Hwan of Taebaek Law Firm,
Chairman Kang Yu Taek of Bogook Industries,
and Kang Jeong Il.
I'll catch them.
Maybe you'd be in danger.
If you stay, I'll appreciate it. But I won't blame you even if you leave.
You have only one chance left now.
What do you want me to do?
The video of Su Yeon's statement...
will be chosen as evidence.
Jeong Il...
needs Baek Sang Gu.
He needs Baek Sang Gu to testify against Su Yeon.
Su Yeon needs...
Baek Sang Gu as well.
She needs Baek Sang Gu to confirm her statement.
Su Yeon and Jeong Il.
They'd probably be proposing carrots to Baek Sang Gu.
We should...
take Baek Sang Gu.
We don't have carrots to propose,
so we'd need sticks.
Do you want me to testify...
Choi Su Yeon killed...
the reporter at the fishing site?
I have a mouth. It won't be that hard to say a few words.
I heard you have difficulty...
running the construction company you recently took over.
I'll help you get additional loans.
(Choi Su Yeon of Taekbaek)
Hello?
Ms. Choi Su Yeon?
What can I say?
He just told me he'd help me get additional loans.
By the way,
I'm deeply in debt...
running a company.
I want you...
to pay off all my debts.
It's about millions of dollars.
I'm not sure if you can do that.
Oh, really?
All right.
If you mobilize millions of dollars,
they will find out the source of funding.
It's too dangerous to transfer a lump sum at a time like this.
Jeong Il.
He's trying to charge me with murder to save himself.
Only a few days ago, I was embraced in his arms.
Do you think this is more dangerous than that?
You must be terrified to be on my side.
High risk can yield a high reward.
I have funds under a false name. Go cash them in.
It'd be enough to cover Baek Sang Gu's debt.
Okay.
I'm checking your whereabouts on the day of the murder.
Jeong Il will be arrested for murder,
and you'd be arrested for solicitation of violence.
Why...
does everything have to be so complicated?
What would you know? You've led a simple life.
Maybe that's why you believed...
Jeong Il would be with you forever.
Dong Jun.
Don't trust Baek Sang Gu.
It's a done deal.
I promised to give him what he needs. I'll see him tomorrow and...
He will ask for more tomorrow.
If I were Baek Sang Gu, I'd choose Jeong Il.
He's the successor of Bogook Industries.
Why would he choose you over him?
You're just a spoiled crybaby.
You like to bid in an auction, right?
You've bought a lot of paintings at an auction.
Auction houses have pacemakers who're hired to up the ante.
That's you.
Whatever you offer him,
he will get more than that from Jeong Il.
Baek Sang Gu is that kind of person.
Hi, Sang Gu.
Gosh, it's so sunny.
When I was a cop,
I wonder how gang members could run so fast.
It turns out they work out every morning.
I drank every night and didn't try to keep in shape.
Now I feel ashamed as a cop.
Do you want a sunscreen?
What do you want me for?
I have something for you.
You have Kang Jeong Il and Choi Su Yeon...
in your both hands.
Now that your hands are full, I'll put it in your mouth.
What happened at the fishing site,
Su Yeon instigating violence, and Jeong Il's crime.
- If you tell the truth, - Gosh.
I have only one mouth,
but I have three bidders.
What can you get me?
Whatever you get from Su Yeon and Jeong Il,
I'll give you more than that.
Lee Dong Jun, the son-in-law of Taebaek, has a lot of cash.
Gosh, I'm tired.
I'm done jogging. I'll see you later.
Baek Sang Gu is asking for more money.
It's twice the amount that he asked yesterday.
Will you give in to...
his demands again?
Auction houses have pacemakers who're hired to up the ante.
That's you.
Whatever you offer him,
he will get more than that from Jeong Il.
Baek Sang Gu is that kind of person.
No.
I'm done with him.
I have another plan to have Baek Sang Gu on my side.
He has committed so many wrongs.
If I keep him in an interrogation room for a few days,
he will get my message.
I will find a prosecutor in charge of gangsters...
whom we can control.
I'll make sure to have a warrant issued within today.
My mom sent this to me.
She says it'd restore my energy.
You feel tired after jogging. How could you become a police officer?
You couldn't refuse to submit to threats, but you became a judge.
Young Ju.
You have to take this even if it hurts.
It will only make you...
tough and dauntless.
A warrant has been issued for Baek Sang Gu's arrest.
I checked it with some people in court.
They will bust him immediately.
Gosh.
You don't have to do this. I'm okay.
Gi Yong, you should drive.
Okay.
I'm Detective Cho Won Jin...
of Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office.
We will carry out the search and seizure.
Baek Sang Gu, you are under arrest.
- Catch him! - What...
- Go catch him! - Get him!
- Hey! - Catch him.
Stop right there.
- Let go of me. - Get off me.
Stop there, Baek Sang Gu.
Hey! Baek Sang Gu!
Gi Yong, let's go.
He must be confused.
I wonder who told the prosecutor.
Was it Kang Jeong Il or Choi Su Yeon?
He might be stupid, but he can figure things out.
Since he made another suggestion to Su Yeon this morning,
he probably figured out that she rejected.
He will call Jeong Il and ask him to get him out.
Gi Yong. How old are you?
I fulfilled my civil duty rather late.
- I am 33 years old. - We are of same age.
He's going there. Hurry.
Okay.
Now, it's time for Dong Jun to make his move.
- How is Baek Sang Gu? - We will meet him an hour later.
I don't think he is on the wanted list yet.
He just has to evade the pursuit of the prosecution.
I think Su Yeon involved the prosecution.
Did you advise her to do so last night?
You are very curious about what goes on...
in our bedroom.
You shouldn't give advice to Su Yeon.
She messes things up.
If you want to help Su Yeon, you have to personally get involved.
You were hasty.
You should have blocked the exit and raided Baek Sang Gu's place.
Thanks to you, he fled the scene.
He will be on my side.
Baek Sang Gu...
Go see him if you want.
If you hide the fugitive on the run...
whose arrest warrant was issued,
I bet the prosecution as well as the court...
will be very interested in the relationship...
between you and him.
If you are afraid of that,
you shouldn't go and meet him.
I'm worried though.
If Baek Sang Gu is arrested, you won't...
be able to control him.
Then what will his statement be?
It's dangerous for you to see him,
but it's even more dangerous if you don't.
I heard in that room, there's a balcony.
The view from this room is also great.
I get to watch a beast...
locked in that cage, unable to do anything.
Since he had a taste of a human's blood,
he is a bit dangerous though.
What that jerk, Dong Jun said is true.
If we expose ourselves meeting with Baek Sang Gu to the prosecution,
it will be a problem.
If he gets caught while we do nothing...
What do we do, Jeong Il?
I have another way.
The Philippines.
I tried to send Dong Jun to the Philippines once...
on a ship.
Hey, there's no way Baek Sang Gu will voluntarily get on that ship.
We should make him.
You know his underlings' contact, right?
The money he was supposed to receive...
Give it to them.
The longer one's rap sheet is, the more careful one gets.
Look at him.
He didn't even get off the taxi in case something goes wrong...
and he has to flee again.
That's mine.
They are here.
Get off.
You aren't the ones I was supposed to meet.
Sir. People are watching.
We will escort you quietly.
I am being pursued by the prosecution.
I am being slapped around by my underlings.
Let me have a cigarette before we go.
Sir, you are getting old now...
- Hey! - Stop it.
Catch him!
Darn it.
- Catch him! - Stop where you are!
Hi, Sang Gu.
Shoot.
- Jerk. - Catch him!
You said if I tell the truth,
you will give me one more than them, right?
He said he was going to give me 20...
Stop the car.
Then what can you do for me?
I can provide food and shelter.
Why don't we become a family, Sang Gu?
Get out if you don't want to.
Okay. Let's go. I said I got it!
Go!
Get going!
Darn it!
You've never been here, right?
This is the office...
Il Hwan used when he started Taebaek Law Firm 30 years ago.
Il Hwan...
doesn't know that I still have this office.
Father.
- Right now, Baek Sang Gu... - He's with Dong Jun, right?
This is bad.
Jeong Il. This will end in a few days.
A hidden card will be in my possession.
Come in.
Let's sit.
You sent this to my house.
I contacted you to return this.
I heard you recently moved to another house.
I sent it so that you can put up a new wallpaper.
Wasn't that enough?
I can't accept this money for wallpaper which was more than...
what my house cost me.
Whatever you give me,
I can't leave CEO Choi.
When I was arrested in a corruption probe...
and was disbarred,
CEO Choi is the only one who took me in.
Tae Gon.
Do you even know why you were implicated in the scandal?
You know how Il Hwan scouts his people, right?
He targets their weaknesses so that they can come and ask for his help.
If they don't have any weaknesses, he makes them.
Tae Gon.
The people who bribed you...
and made you lose your job as a prosecutor...
Il Hwan was behind them.
He wanted to have you as his secretary.
Why would a successful prosecutor work as his secretary?
He would work as a lawyer.
That's why he made sure you got disbarred.
He made sure that you had no one to turn to, but him.
CEO Choi...
CEO Choi wouldn't do that to me.
That is his way of hiring people as long as I can remember.
That's how he works.
What makes you so special?
The police will get involved as well.
I will look into all the places...
that they might have connection with...
and bring Baek Sang Gu.
Okay.
I'm sorry, Su Yeon.
Because of you,
I couldn't lose this law firm.
But Su Yeon,
in order to protect you,
I...
plan to give up half of this firm.
When is the meal with the judge in charge of...
Shin Chang Ho's second trial?
I was turned down, sir.
I was told he won't be meeting whoever has an effect on the trial.
That judge's wife is a university professor.
Apparently, her doctoral dissertation was plagiarized.
Take advantage of this...
so that they have no choice but to come meet me.
Make sure they come.
Yes, sir.
I'll do as you say.
(Written Statement)
If I reveal all this myself,
I won't get out of prison until I'm at least 60 years old.
So...
find a way...
to leave me out of this...
and have Kang Jeong Il and Choi Su Yeon get all the blame.
I'll give you some advice as a person that was once a detective.
If you cooperate, it'll be considered for extenuation.
And I'd also like to give advice as a former judge.
You'll also qualify for a reduced sentence.
Also, you can make a plea bargain with the prosecution.
A plea what?
In other words, you'll get rewarded for ratting on someone.
You idiot.
A detective would consider the circumstances...
and you can make a plea bargain with a prosecutor.
Also, if a judge reduces your sentence,
I'm sure you'll be out before you turn 60.
After all, life actually begins at 60.
Shall we go outside?
I wonder whether the police will catch you first...
or your henchmen will get you before that.
Choi Su Yeon contacted me.
Reporter Kim had some sort of document...
and she wanted me to get that back from him.
I believe his name was Shin Chang Ho.
I was told they were planning on meeting to reveal the document,
so I headed over to the fishing site.
One of my guys attacked him,
he was still breathing until then.
But the reporter saw Kang Jeong Il's face.
I knew Shin Chang Ho was on his way,
so we called 112...
and left the scene.
After that, I'm out of the picture.
The trial and everything that went on afterward...
were all planned by those two.
This will be enough...
to win the trial.
For reasonable suspicion,
we need the last piece of the puzzle.
As a former judge,
what are your thoughts on this?
Su Yeon gave the order and Jeong Il committed the murder.
We have to prove the connection between the two.
If a male and female frequently visit hotels,
doesn't that make them lovers?
It could've been a one-time affair or a spur-of-the-moment affair.
They could come up with lots of excuses.
We have to prove they were intimate enough to cover up a murder.
This is the outline.
Su Yeon made the request and Jeong Il ordered the murder.
He can confirm the request...
and we have testimony regarding the murder.
As long as we're able to prove they were lovers,
we'll be able to complete the puzzle.
What could be the best way to prove a male and female...
were in a four-year relationship?
You tell us.
I believe you were in a long-term relationship with Lieutenant Park.
It was just a healthy relationship.
I believe you should know better.
I heard you have lots of memories.
This isn't the time to have a lover's quarrel.
Back when we were in the States,
there was one of these sandwich shops in front of our place.
On days I overslept,
you used to pick up a sandwich and come wake me up.
So this will be our last meal.
Dong Jun...
has Baek Sang Gu on his side.
If they prove we were in an intimate relationship,
I'll be punished...
for murder and you or inciting violence.
You and I...
can't both go to prison, can we?
I'm sure one of us will have to go though.
Su Yeon.
Let's erase...
the four years...
we spent together.
Let's do that.
Let's get rid of everything.
This is Kang Jeong Il speaking.
Please transfer me to the hotel's chief security officer.
It doesn't make sense that you don't have a footage for just that room.
Please delete all records of me...
visiting the hotel.
Gosh.
We went to Japan on my birthday every year.
We stayed at the same place each time.
We can send the Ryokan owner...
enough money to keep him quiet.
Thank you.
(Mail Sender: Choi Su Yeon)
(Mail Sender: Kang Jeong Il)
(Are you sure you want to delete all messages?)
(Withdraw Email Account)
(Would you like to delete this email account?)
(Deleting mail...)
(Deleting email account)
(Deleting mail...)
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(Deleting mail, Deleting mail completed)
I questioned their acquaintances.
They must've thought it should be kept a secret.
Jeong Il and Su Yeon's relationship.
No one knew about it.
Their email accounts have been deleted as well.
We might have...
actually underestimated Jeong Il.
Or we might have overestimated him.
When I was a detective, I often enforced search and seizures.
Suspects would delete all records.
But actually,
they keep key evidence a heartbeat away.
They often even forget that they've kept the evidence...
because it may seem unimportant.
I should be grateful to Dong Jun.
Thanks to him, I was able to get rid of the memories...
you and I had together.
No.
I'll be visiting you in prison.
Darn it.
In the spring of 2014,
these are pictures from the trip they took.
In 2015, on Mr. Kang's birthday.
In the fall of 2016,
I suppose these were taken at night.
The battle hasn't ended yet,
so this wouldn't be a triumphal celebration.
What's the reason?
Why are you showing off...
your trophies to these two people?
Whenever the administration changes, a large scandal breaks out.
It has to do with insiders, so there is always limits to investigations.
I wonder...
who always comes to the rescue at times like that?
It's always the whistleblowers.
Taebaek will collapse.
And Bogook Industries will sink.
Come down.
I will let you in on the boat.
Your legal punishment will be minimized.
You might even be awarded.
I will wait for your call, lawyers.
Mr. Lee.
Gyung Ho is my friend.
Mr. Kang.
You even abandoned your lover.
The same goes for her.
Su Yeon.
I think that is your best angle.
That does make you look better.
If something happens to Ms. Choi,
I will be hurt too, CEO Choi.
Mr. Song.
When you were taken in as a corrupt prosecutor,
what did I do?
I received three years in prison,
but you let me out in a year.
And you have given me...
a position as a chief secretary.
This is Taebaek Law Firm.
Half of the ministers and state secretaries...
used to be an advisor here.
What...
- I want is... - Tell me when everything is over.
You will receive as much as you endure.
Su Yeon.
Do you really need her around?
Yes, Dad.
Then you should make her into your person.
Do a background search on her.
Look into her immediate family and relatives.
If any of them run a company,
conduct a tax investigation as well.
Dad.
Take everything from her.
When she has lost everything,
Su Yeon,
that is when you give her your hand.
Then she will follow you for her life.
Hurry up.
Yes, sir.
Chairman Kang.
Will you buy me a drink?
For tonight,
I really need to get drunk.
I didn't know when you'd be here.
I prepared some beddings for spring and summer.
If you let me know a week or 10 days before you come,
I will wash these up and clean the room...
I'll be here in a week.
If longer, after 10 days,
I will be living in this room.
I'll do the laundry.
Hey.
Dong Jun.
That's very quick.
I was the first...
We work together and we eat together.
We can do this together too.
Mr. Shin's trial is...
at 2pm tomorrow, right?
Dad can't go tomorrow.
It'll be a trial without the defendant.
I'll bring Baek Sang Gu to the court.
I got hurt a little while moving a filing cabinet.
That is very little indeed.
You continue to be self-centered.
Dong Jun.
- I'll take it. - Thanks.
Jo Yeon Hwa. This is Ms. Shin's friend.
She first started working here under her name.
She is a nurse who stays at the sanitarium on her days off...
and sleeps at the side dish shop.
I searched everywhere,
but I can't find Baek Sang Gu.
Did you say that woman, Jo Yeon Hwa...
sleeps at the side dish shop?
Yes.
Where is her house?
Hey, hey, hey.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Hey.
- Hey, In A. - Why?
Do you think you are...
Ms. Jo. Ms. Jo.
This is the neighborhood president.
Come on, how can you say that?
I used to come here often.
You stand in my spot often, Mr. Lee.
The trial is at 2pm today.
If Baek Sang Gu decides to talk,
this will be the last time you see this landscape.
Jeong Il, we've got Baek Sang Gu.
We're moving him to a villa.
People who come here are either one of these two.
They either wish to move up higher...
or wish to go back to where they came from.
Baek Sang Gu is gone.
It looks like someone took him.
I will go up higher...
and you will...
go back to where you came from.
Look.
This is the last thing...
you will see in Taebaek.
The trial is at 2pm.
We have four hours.
If we do not find Baek Sang Gu and make him witness,
the trial will end up going back to square one.
I think Jeong Il has made a move.
Someone from his side...
will go to meet him.
You should follow Jeong Il.
Gi Yong, follow Cho Gyung Ho.
I'll take Kang Yu Taek.
So Dong Jun lost Baek Sang Gu.
There were two eyewitnesses at the fishing site.
You will...
name Jeong Il as the murderer.
And Baek Sang Gu will...
name you as the culprit.
Don't worry.
Yu Taek and I...
are pointing swords at each other.
He will...
call me first...
and suggest me to put down the sword.
Hello?
Okay.
It's Chairman Kang Yu Taek.
Il Hwan.
Let's meet for a drink.
Come over. I'll send you the address.
Okay.
Do you remember that bartender?
We went there for a second round.
I should have gotten her phone number.
It's Woorim Building in Singil-dong.
It's Woorim Building in Singil-dong?
CEO Choi Il Hwan is here.
Wait.
(Taebaek Law Firm was founded in Woorim Building in 1980.)
It's...
where Taebaek was started.
That's the place where Choi Il Hwan and Kang Yu Taek...
started Taebaek Law Firm...
30 years ago.
Come on in.
Gosh.
What do you think, Il Hwan?
It hasn't changed at all.
I thought...
this office was sold.
We made a lot of good memories in this office.
Why would I sell it?
I've kept it so well.
I hired a lady to clean up the office once a month.
Sit.
It seems Jeong Il took Baek Sang Gu.
Did he?
I was going to take Taebaek.
You were sitting there...
30 years ago.
I was going to have you sit there again.
Dad. A witness was summoned to Shin Chang Ho's trial...
on the authority of the justice department.
And the witness is...
Song Tae Gon.
(Su Yeon)
I'll leave you two alone.
I have a trial to attend.
I'm leaving.
Okay.
Tae Gon.
Why would you...
I think you're well aware of...
the reason why I became a corrupt prosecutor...
seven years ago.
What do you want?
I'll give you anything you ask for.
Let me...
be a prosecutor again.
I want...
my wife back.
Turn back time...
to seven years ago.
What will you say...
at the court?
One lie...
and a lot of truth.
I'll testify Su Yeon committed murder.
I'll tell them everything.
Everything about what you've done.
Gosh, I can't stop him.
What should I do?
Your daughter will be arrested for murder.
You will spend a couple of years in prison.
And I'll take good care of you.
Mr. Song.
Is there any chance you might change your mind?
Il Hwan.
Once you get out of prison,
you can use this office.
You came to the world empty-handed, so you should leave empty-handed.
This looks great, doesn't it?
It's Goryeo celadon.
But it's fake. Just like your life.
The Goryeo celadon...
looks nice.
It's time to go to court.
You may leave now.
Mr. Song Tae Gon.
Before you leave,
can you bring me a glass of water?
Il Hwan.
The Bible says,
whatever derived from soil, goes back to soil.
Let's just think that a slave's son led an easy life...
thanks to his good friend.
Il Hwan.
Help me.
Il Hwan.
Help me.
I won't.
CEO Choi.
Water.
If you testify in court,
Taebaek and I will be history.
And now...
Yu Taek is gone.
Song Tae Gon,
the disbarred, corrupted prosecutor.
For the rest of your life,
on whom can you rely?
Mr. Song!
You still won't change your mind?
(Taebaek Law Firm)
(Whisper)