(Episode 4)
Oh my, my! I totally forgot to set my alarm.
- Do you have an appointment? - Yeah.
What kind of appointment?
I promised to go to Nongmin Market for their anniversary celebration with my mom.
The first 10 people...
get a $30 gift certificate and they're going to draw prizes.
Geez, I thought it was something important.
Of course it's important. This opportunity only comes once a year.
I have to go stand in line before they start the ceremony.
Why are you acting like an old lady?
I am an old lady.
Why? Do I still look like a young lady to you, honey?
Sure, okay.
Mom, I already told you throw those away.
Why? What's wrong with it?
The knees are all popped out.
Little brat.
That shirt is too old for me to wear too.
Why didn't you say something before I washed them?
What a waste of detergent.
Oops.
Hello there.
Yes, hello.
I'm not going anywhere far, I'm just going to the supermarket.
I see.
But, aren't your ankles cold?
Well, I guess but...
it'll be okay since I'm not going far.
You must be going somewhere nice.
I'm getting my package from the 1st floor.
Your package.
Geez, this is heavy!
My ankles are freezing! Should I have worn something else?
But I have to wear it once before we throw it away since I washed it.
Isn't that Ik-hee?
Hey, Ik-hee! Na Ik-hee!
I'm sure she definitely saw me.
What?
Did she just ignore me because she's embarrassed of me?
Wait a minute.
Does this even make any sense?
How can she pretend she didn't see me? How?
Is she really my daughter? Was she switched at the hospital?
Ik-hee's a teenager.
It doesn't matter if she's a teenager!
So where's Ik-hee?
I don't know! Probably tutoring.
Forget about it.
To be honest, I'd pretend not to see you if you were dressed like that too.
- What? - What I'm trying to say is...
Never mind.
Did I go there to buy food for me?
Why do you think I went to the supermarket?
Don't be like that.
I'm going to go change these embarrassing clothes...
so whoever is hungry can make their own meal.
(His wife is mad again)
Since there are more seniors reside in Senior Centers...
an increasing amount of people visit the centers during Lunar New Year.
These phenom is due to children who can no longer take care of their parents.
Seniors are lucky if they have visitors.
Senior Centers across the country are...
filled with senior citizens who are left alone and never visited by their family.
This is being called the modern-day burial rites from Koryo era.
I really think there isn't any use in raising children.
It was hard giving birth and trying to raise them right.
How can she embarrassed of her mom?
Don't you think so?
Do you think that makes any sense?
You know how hard it was for me to give birth to her.
How could she ignore me because I was dressed like that?
I know.
Mom! Did you make new green onion kimchee?
Let's take a look here.
Whoa! It's perfect! It's delicious.
- I want some too. - That's what I'm saying.
Use this. You know, I heard kids are all like that these days.
I don't care about other kids, but Ik-hee shouldn't be like that.
What's so different about Ik-hee?
That's why I don't want to get married. Life is better without kids!
I can't tell you how upset I was.
- Were weren't like that to mom, were we? - Of course not!
That's why I'm upset. How could she do that to me?
Isn't that right, mom?
I want to know how you two can be like this to me! How?
You're here almost everyday getting food!
When are you going to close my refrigerator door?
You've been scratching for awhile.
I don't know. It's itchy. Maybe someone's been talking bad about me.
Did you get in trouble from your mom yesterday?
No, I don't think she saw me.
I would've lied and said I was on my way to tutoring anyways.
I want to go karaoke again.
I wouldn't have gone if Gong Yoon didn't go.
I guess he heard you, here he comes.
Na Ik-hee!
I didn't know you were such a great singer! I was really moved.
I wasn't that good.
Do you want to be a part of our band?
Whoa! Amazing! Na Ik-hee is going to be a part of Yaneus?
Of course the rest of the team needs to agree to it.
Well, I'm the leader so I say you're in.
How about we go to karaoke and sing together? Want to?
- Call? - Today? Yeah! I'm going!
I'm going to get caught if I don't go to tutoring again today.
Please don't start your cosplay as a geek. You're going, right?
Good. Then I'll tell the others.
Mr. Park, do you have the order reports?
Mr. Park!
What are you doing, Mr. Park? Can't you hear me?
Yes, Mr. Na!
Did you say something?
I asked if you were done with the order reports.
- What's wrong? - Well...
no... to be honest....
I'm...
- going to be a dad. - What?
Oh really? Congratulations!
- You have reason to be absentminded! - Congratulations, Mr. Park.
Will you start maturing after you become a dad? Congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you for the congratulations but...
I don't know if it's anything to celebrate.
Why?
I was really happy last night...
but I realized this was reality after I woke up.
I don't know if I can support the both of them if my wife quits her job.
That's why I wasn't planning for this until 2 years later.
But no matter what, that's not the right reaction.
No, I understand him.
To be responsible for a pregnancy you didn't prepare for...
is almost comparable to holding a 9 month ticking time bomb.
We accidentally got pregnant with Ik-hee during Korea and Japan's soccer match.
Did you plan your pregnancy, Mr. Choi?
I wasn't planning it, but my wife had a very well laid out plan.
I couldn't do anything about her trying to get pregnant.
But kids don't turn out the way you want because you planned their birth.
But you still need to take us out for getting pregnant.
My wife went to her parent's house, so how's tonight?
- Call. - I'm good too.
Okay.
Geez, it's cold.
Who's that? Isn't that my daughter?
Daughter!
Ik-hee?
Seriously? You'd better stop!
Do you know what time it is?
What?
I think I know how you felt yesterday.
You reek of alcohol.
Are you starting to cry after you drink now?
I'd be embarrassed of a dad who drink and cries like this too.
Honey? Honey!
You're more emotional since you're drunk right now, honey.
Honey...
You don't think...
our daughter was really switched, do you?
I don't know!
You wretched little brat!
She doesn't have a mom or a dad?
How could she do this to her dad?
Just a little rice for me.
What's this?
You always give me more than one scoop.
Dad...
you drank a lot yesterday, didn't you?
Yeah. So I don't even remember if I ran into anyone on my way home.
Aren't you late for school, Gil-dong?
- Gil-dong? - I changed your name to...
Na Gil-dong.
Gil-dong, the person who couldn't call his mom, mother...
nor could he call his dad, father. Na Gil-dong!
Mom, what's wrong with dad?
I'm not sure either.
Have some soup.
What kind of soup is this?
Yooldo soup.
(Yool-do: A town Hong Gil-dong establishes in "The Story of Hong Gil-dong")
Did you see me last night, dad?
And you saw me the other day, mom? So what happened was...
Never mind.
Gil-dong, you might be late for school today.
You should eat and be on your way.
You're taking it too far.
She turned her head when she saw me and ran away!
You don't know how I feel, do you?
No, since I don't have a daughter myself.
I'm not sure, but it might be how I felt when the VP ignored me...
2 years ago, when the company was going through restructuring.
Yes, yes. That sounds about right.
Anyways, I don't think I was this hurt when I was dumped by my first love.
That's why...
I decided to get revenge.
What? That's what you want to do?
It's time we taught her how valuable you and I are to her.
But still.
She's not a kid. She won't believe us.
You just need to follow my lead, honey.
Fine. Little brat!
Let's make her suffer too.
Okay.
Why isn't there any food? Anyone out there?
Didn't I tell you to bring something to eat?
Trail Gil Tae-mi! Give up your arms and...
You out of your mind!
Ik-hee is our daughter, honey!
I know she is.
But...
what if she wants to find her biological parents later on?
Please don't say things like that. I can't! I can't!
Ik-hee!
How could this have happened?
How long have you been standing there? How long?
How much did you hear what we were talking about?
Hurry and tell us.
I didn't hear anything.
(Next morning)
Ik-hee, do you want just a little bit of rice today too?
Do as you like, mom.
Please.
Are you not feeling well, Na Ik-hee?
No, I'm fine.
Thank you.
Thank you for breakfast.
I'm going to school.
Did she speak formally to me? Did she?
I haven't heard her like that since she started learning how to talk.
This means our plan worked.
But, how come I feel this way?
Don't go weak on me. It hasn't been 24 hours yet.
She can suffer until tonight since she stabbed us in the heart too.
Your mom and dad are so cute.
They're not even good actors. They acted as if they were reading a book.
Horrible acting. Just horrible.
- So you acted like you were hurt? - Yeah.
My parents were so excited to see me sad.
My sides hurt from laughing. But how come you ignored your dad?
Well, I was...
just about to tell Yoon that I had a crush on him.
Did you?
No, I didn't get to.
But I think he knows now.
I bet she's suffering right now.
I'm sure she's wondering where her real parents are.
You're supposed to be the adults, but this is what you do to your teenage daughter?
Mom, parents can get their feelings hurt too. Parents are people too.
That's what I want to say to you.
There were countless times when I was upset because of you.
What are you talking about? I wasn't much trouble growing up.
That's what you think.
You're the only one who ran away out of the five.
Don't you remember?
You ran away with your friends during vacation...
so your dad and I searched for two whole days to find you. If I think about that...
Excuse me, mother. Let's be a bit more honest.
The only reason you looked for me for 2 days...
was because I ran off with your bank account.
I still remember the first thing you said when you found me.
You didn't ask if I was alright.
You yelled, "Hey! How dare you spend $170 and where did you use it?".
Anyways! How dare you take my bank account?
You began stealing my bank account and now you're stealing from my refrigerator.
Is this too precious for your daughter?
You see? You still value money over your own daughters!
Geez, fine.
I don't know about me...
but your father thought the world about you guys.
Are we talking about my dad?
That's nonsense!
Other parents de-bone fishes for their kids and give their children the meaty part.
But dad used to give us only the fish's eyeballs.
He used to tell us it was good for you brain and we'd get smarter.
We fell for it since we were kids so we would...
fight over the fish's eyes even though there were only two.
Geez!
What you don't know is that your father's favorite fish part were the eyes.
He gave up his favorite part for you guys to eat.
Yeah right!
I guess. Dad was always very family-oriented.
He used to cook as well as you and even helped out in the house.
But dad was really mean to you...
before he passed away, wasn't he?
- What are you talking about? - Well remember...
when he came back home when the doctors said they couldn't do anything for him?
I wonder if he was trying to make you hate him.
He kept on telling you to do this and that. Change the bulbs. Learn to use a hammer.
He made you do everything.
Hammer a nail there and hang our family picture.
You also need to change the bulb inside the master bedroom.
Clean the toilet as well.
I want soybean stew and mixed-grain rice.
Tell the girls to do it when they come later.
Don't you know how tired I am from taking care of you at the hospital?
What?
Are you trying to make me not like you?
We've been together for 30 years, how could I make you hate me?
So why are you doing this then?
I'm afraid you might be a burden to our kids.
A burden.
When the girls are married, you'll be all alone here.
You won't have me either.
Who will...
do all this for you?
You have to practice doing things for yourself.
Are you going to call your married daughters...
to come and change one light bulb?
Or will you call your son-in-law because you need to hammer something?
I spoiled you too much.
If you don't want to do those things then forget about the kids...
and follow me to my grave.
What are you smiling about?
You trained me so well before you left this world...
so now...
I'm living fine and dandy without you.
Even when...
I have to eat alone, I make myself hot rice instead of eating cold rice.
But your thieves keep taking everything.
So you should also rest in peace, honey.
I'll stay awhile longer to date around and see you later on.
You do it! You're the one who planned all this out.
I can't do it.
Did you see her? She looks so sad.
- Doesn't she look like she cried? - Yeah, her eyes are swollen.
What if she's crying right now?
Hurry and go talk to her.
Let's go together! We did this together!
Honey, are you sleeping?
No.
How come my daughter looks so sad today?
I'm so happy I have you both.
And I'm sorry for asking you to buy me a jacket when Min-suh got a new jacket.
Ik-hee, you're taking this all wrong.
We were just joking with you last night.
That's right, Ik-hee.
All that was a lie.
What did you lie about?
Oh! We were...
lying about how we adopted you.
I was adopted by you two?
Why say it that way? She'll mis-understand us again.
No, no!
We said those things on purpose so you would hear us.
Yeah, Ik-hee. It was because you ignored us when you saw us.
- We were mad. - Yes, it was because we were upset.
I understand.
But I want to be alone now.
- Okay. Go ahead. - Get some rest.
- Rest up. - You get yourself some rest.
- She believed you? - Of course.
Whoa. That can't be.
Why not? I cried for days when my mom said she picked me up from under a bridge.
Ik-hee had the same expression as me.
That was during your generation. Kids these days don't believe that.
Ik-hee is still very naive than how she looks.
You're naive too. You don't act a day over 45.
Excuse me?
But what parent hasn't been upset raising kids?
My kid's the poster child for bad kids.
Went to college a year later then couldn't graduate because of his GPA.
It's been years since he finally graduated, but still can't find a job.
You should be good to your parents too, Kwi-nam.
I wasn't trying to eavesdrop, but I overheard you talking with your father.
I don't know what's going on, but you shouldn't be like that.
You'll regret it later on.
Father...
I'll live my own life.
I'm not expecting anything from you, so don't expect anything from me.
No, I'm not going home.
I'll live on my own!
I'm hanging up.
That's right. Be good so you don't regret it.
Give some allowance to your parents instead of buying...
expensive shirts for yourself.
Ms. Ahn is also a bad kid too.
I bet your dad is pretty upset as well.
I'm sure he's worried about when you'll get married.
What? Not getting married is also another form of being a bad kid.
Doesn't your father say anything?
My father passed away 8 years ago.
Oh, really?
Then what about your mother? I bet she's upset.
My mother passed away 15 years ago.
But you're right about me being a bad kid.
I thought I was a good kid...
by doing good things, but they weren't good at all.
After getting my first job and living on my own...
I would buy a whole bunch of food with my monthly salary and go to my dad.
It was hard for him to make food on his own...
so I would stock him up with instant foods, ramen and microwaveable foods.
I thought I could replace my mom by buying all that for him.
And on that day, I would eat with my dad until we were full.
After we ate until we couldn't eat another bite...
I would be proud of myself by thinking I had...
fulfilled my duties as a daughter for this month.
But I found out only after he passed away.
The one thing I did for him was the worst thing I could've done.
After he passed away, I read his diary and this is what it said...
After Jung-min comes to visit...
"I need to take digestive medication since it's hard for me to even breathe."
But he ate it anyways because he was thinking of me.
He felt more lonely after I would leave.
I also found out he was already battling cancer during those times as well.
I thought I was making my dad feel good and he thought he was doing the same for me.
We were foolishly forced ourselves to eat all that food.
You're right. I was a bad kid to my parents.
I'm going to go brush my teeth before lunch time ends.
Ms. Ahn is making me think of my parents who passed away too.
Geez! Did something get caught in my eyes?
Now, now. Let's get back to work.
Call your parents instead of thinking about how bad you guys have been.
Hi dad. It's Chun-il.
Anything new?
I was just wondering how you've been doing.
When I was young, you used to look like you were big as mountains to me.
What?
No, no! I don't want you to sell your land on Sun Mountain for me.
You looked as big as mountains.
That's not what I'm saying.
What do you mean I'm trying to trick you? How could you say that?
Hello?
He hung up on me.
He told me not to trick him.
He asked why I'm calling suddenly when I used to only call during holidays...
or when I run out of money.
He told me to come down and prove myself to him.
Geez. I guess it's unbelievable since I've never been a good to them.
Fine.
I'll go down this weekend. I'll go!
I'd rather go visit than be falsely accused like this!
Father! I'm here!
Why are you here when you're busy?
Why are you being like that, father?
You told me to come down this weekend if I really did miss you.
Honey, I think he's in some sort of trouble.
Just sell Sun Mountain for him.
I already told you that's off limits!
Geez, you two are driving me crazy.
I really did come down because I missed you. Can't you see, I'm telling the truth?
I'll call more often from now on.
The meat is cooked nicely. Let's start eating.
Do you want me to wrap one for you? One for mom first.
Do you have some sort of illness?
No, I don't!
Here you go.
One for father as well. Here you go.
No matter how much you try like this...
I'm not selling Sun Mountain!
I already said I didn't come that for that.
Go back in.
Alright.
I'll just see you get on the bus. Why did you come all the way here when you're busy?
I'm sure you don't even have enough time to sleep.
I came to see you and dad.
You're really not sick, are you?
No, I'm not.
Everything at work is good too?
Yes, it is.
Okay, then I'll try to convince your dad about Sun Mountain so don't worry too much.
Are you going to be like this too, mom?
It's just a joke. A joke!
I think you're dad was happy to see you.
I know you can't come down often, but call him once in awhile.
I will.
You see, Ik-hee? My fourth toe grows towards the middle like this. You see?
Your's is the same too!
We even have the same toes.
"Our Toes Look Alike" a short novel by Kim Dong-il.
We learned it in Korean class.
It's about parents who want to convince their...
adopted kids that they weren't really adopted.
I think I'm going crazy.
Then what?
Do you want a genetic test? Do you?
Your dad must be home.
My biological father?
Honey, did you have a good time shopping with your mom today?
I can't do this. You take care of this.
Whoa! Your mom bought you a jacket?
It's pretty! It's really pretty!
Dad, I'm sorry I begged you for more allowance in the past.
- What? - It should've been enough that you send me to school and tutoring.
I said we were really joking around.
Wait a minute.
You know me, don't you?
If you weren't my real daughter...
am I the kind of person to give you $50?
- No. - That's right.
You're really my daughter.
- I'm right, aren't I? - I think you could be my biological father now.
Look here.
Do you see this birth mark right in the middle of my chest?
You have one too, don't you?
Whoa! How do you know that?
- Did you peek when I was sleeping? - What are you talking about?
I gave you baths when you were young.
Mom!
I asked you to wash my PE clothes! Why didn't you wash them?
- You didn't put them out. - You should take care of this!
Yeah right! How am I supposed to know when you don't even put them in the laundry?
You get mad when I touch your stuff.
Whatever! I'm ruined because of you.
You little brat!
Geez!
Is she really my daughter?
I think so.
We proved it all weekend long.
Geez!
It's hard enough raising one daughter...
how did my mom manage to raise all five of us without...
That's right.
How did...
my mom do it?
Yes, father?
What's wrong? I'm a bit busy.
What's going on? What do you need?
What?
I said I'd call more often, I didn't say I'd call everyday.
If I'm busy, I might skip a day. Why would you call and ask about that?
What? I told you I was busy.
No! Don't give the phone to mom.
No, later on. I'll talk her later.
Geez! Hang up. I'll call you later.
Alright. Geez! I said I'll call later on!
Hi, mom.
It's me.
Thief number 3? Why would you call me your thief number 3?
Well...
I was thinking about you for awhile and I realized...
that I might have given you a hard time...
while you were raising me.
I'm sorry.
Mom...
I didn't ask you what you had to eat at your house.
How am I supposed to know you marinated galbi?
I don't want any! I wouldn't want any even if you asked!
I don't know. Hang up! I'm never going over!
Well, you know...
a lot of parents say they wish their daughters had the same kind of daughter.
I had one and she's darn pretty!
As for me, when Ik-hee grows up and asks for my whole refrigerator...
I'll give it to her willingly.
Your only chance...
is a transplant now.
All the kids are willing to get tested.
This maybe our last chance for a transplant.
Honey. So let's...
You're willing to cut your daughters open so I can live a little longer?
Are you out of your mind?
What's the use if I have to live like that? I don't need it.
If you think about doing that...
I'll go and kill myself.
So that's the reason we lied to all of our daughters and told them...
none of them fit the criteria to donate.
But to this day, I sometimes...
regret it.
(Episode: To be a parent...)
(Super Family 2017)
I prepared a gift I know will knock your socks off, honey!
You really did that?
- Why did you lie? - I said those things because I wanted to live.
Buy concert tickets. I'll go with mom for you.
Pretend you died. I tried it and my wife seemed shocked then really happy.
What am I going to do? I can't think yet.
Damn you! Damn you!
I hope this gives you strength.
Wow! This was a present I could never imagine.
(Monday, next week at 11:10)