Big Issue (2019): Season 1, Episode 15 - Episode #1.15 - full transcript
(Episode 15)
Ms. Ji, are you all right?
What happened?
You're overfatigued.
You've been working too much.
You should've rested on the weekend.
- What about Seo Hee?
- Seo Hee?
You mean Choi Seo Hee?
What about her?
Did she die?
Pardon?
Ms. Ji, finish up with the IV.
I don't think
you're completely back yet.
(Evelyn Hospital
for Cosmetic Surgery)
Shouldn't you stay
at the hospital a bit longer?
I'm fine. Just drive.
(Big Issue)
Place the camera somewhere
with a good view of the bed.
Make sure it can't be seen.
Hurry.
Seo Hee? Seo Hee.
You asked to see me.
Is there anything you want to tell
me? You made me look like a fool.
Well, the thing is that
Mr. Han took the girl.
He told me not to tell anyone
at work...
until you woke up
and made your decision.
- My decision?
- Yes.
Here you go.
I'll leave you alone now.
You should sleep some more.
Why did you come out?
Go back inside. I'm making
some rice gruel for you.
- Where...
- House provided by my company.
- You...
- I saved you.
- Why?
- Why did I do such a thing?
Well, saving you?
I knew you'd ask me that.
There's an old saying.
"Save a stranger from the sea,
and she becomes your enemy."
All the old sayings are true.
Goodness.
All right. It's ready.
Let's eat.
All right.
Here you go.
It's hot. Be careful.
If it's bland, add some soy sauce.
Or do you prefer salt?
But why are you...
Why am I cooking you rice gruel?
No.
- Then what is it?
- Why are you dropping honorifics?
Well, it's because...
I'm older.
Thank you.
Eat up.
Miss, I'm here to see
the CEO, Cho Hyung Joon.
Did you make an appointment?
I didn't, but I'm sure
he's waiting for me...
because he'll get to make money.
My gosh, Ms. Kim.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
Well, the desperate one
must make the first move.
I see.
Have a seat, please.
Well, hello to you too.
Ms. Ji Soo Hyun.
I heard that
you're making a lot, Ms. Kim.
But not as much as your photos.
Did the photos come out nicely?
I must check if they came out nicely
before I buy them.
Photos?
What photos?
These are quite the masterpieces.
Bring them in.
Satisfied?
You know, I'm fine with you
taking pictures,
but why did you take the model?
The model?
Is that true?
Not model, but the subject of
our investigation and victim.
And soon, she'll be filing a report.
We're publishing a story
with these photos.
You're obsessed with money,
aren't you?
Just say you want more money.
No, I mean it.
I'm going to publish this.
Why you...
Tell me the headlines of the stories
you're currently editing.
Okay.
Okay.
Hold that one.
I said to stop it.
The chief editor
will give you new instructions.
Soo Hyun, why are you doing this?
What? Do you want to be
a journalist again or something?
Do you want...
to go back to throwing up
while complaining about your editor,
and having me hold your hair
and sell drinks?
Is that what you want?
I don't care how you or I live.
I'll give you a day
for old times' sake.
Pack what you can and get out.
Or you'll be taken down
along with Nam Jin Suk.
Soo Hyun? Sit down.
No. I'm publishing the story,
and that's that.
Soo Hyun.
What's wrong with her?
Are you mad at me or something?
Hey. That story cannot
be published.
If it is, you're all fired.
Okay.
Do something about her, will you?
What is it, ma'am?
Bring me the photos
that Seok Joo took this morning.
Pardon? Why?
And go to Heung Soon's shop
and bring their ledger tonight...
before Nam Jin Suk
covers his tracks.
Yes, ma'am.
Don't tell anyone,
and don't let Mr. Cho find out.
Yes, ma'am.
Let's chat.
- What's the reason?
- Reason?
I plan to publish the story.
We can't just sell pictures
all the time.
We should publish
some exclusives at times.
Isn't Heung Soon's business perfect?
But why does it have to be
a current prosecutor?
This isn't just a celebrity
taking drugs.
She could eat feces,
and it wouldn't be news.
Celebrities taking drugs isn't news.
It's news because
he's a current prosecutor.
Is that really all?
Of course.
Fine, let's do that then.
Check the other issues...
and publish it in a few days.
But I feel bad for Choi Seok Hee.
Not only is her acting career over
once those photos are out,
how will her parents live?
They'll be so ashamed.
Since when does the cat
care about the mouse?
You're right.
Fine. Let's publish it.
Mr. Cho. What you're saying is,
she's impossible to persuade, right?
Find Seo Hee. We're in trouble.
What?
Sunday won't listen?
Sunday, I can stop with money.
But if Seo Hee goes around
talking, we're all dead.
We have to find her quickly
before Mr. Nam finds out.
Call all the boys.
Wouldn't it be better to threaten
Sunday and find out...
- where she is...
- Don't even try.
Even if all of you go at them,
you can't even take down
their driver.
And you. Do your job.
How could you lose one girl?
The money I gave Sunday
is coming out of your cut.
Lie down.
The medicine will help you sleep.
Don't think about anything,
and sleep.
Mister.
Yes?
You saw...
my pictures, right?
I'm a bad person.
Don't be so good to me.
No.
You're just...
a victim of a crime.
And...
it's okay. I'm a bad person too.
Well... Bad people should
help each other,
don't you agree?
Get some sleep.
If I sleep more,
can I awake from this nightmare?
Once those pictures...
are published,
my dad may pass away from the shock.
I think I made a huge mistake.
I should've just died quietly
on my own.
Seo Hee.
I have a daughter too.
Dads will never die
from things like that.
Trust me.
If you had died
like that last night,
and if your dad had seen that,
your dad...
would've been tortured by
the fact that he couldn't save you,
and may have died along with you.
So you need to live no matter what.
If you truly care about your dad,
that is.
Did you make a decision?
Shouldn't you ask
how I'm doing first?
I heard from Ms. Seo
that you're perfectly fine.
Where's Seo Hee?
Did you make a decision?
Yes, I did.
From now on,
she is the source for our story.
We must protect her.
She's in my apartment.
You hid her so well.
I'll send a car.
Take her to my place.
It'll be better than there.
What a nice place.
Is this a villa?
You have to wipe up the tracks
from the wheelchair.
Hello, ma'am.
Get up and greet me properly.
Now that you've greeted me,
you may stay seated from now on.
Okay.
Do you know who I am?
She must have given the tip
to Sunday because she knows.
Please do not interrupt me.
Listen to me.
I met with your boss today.
What?
Don't worry.
I'm much scarier than Heung Soon.
Okay.
Do you know why I went through
the trouble of bringing you here?
I'm going to interview
you personally.
When your story
is published tomorrow,
Nam Jin Suk will be arrested.
But I don't know
if he will be indicted...
because he is still
an active-duty prosecutor.
Why not? He's a criminal.
You have the photos.
Do you feel this is unfair?
Then you must fight too.
That is the reason
why I must interview you.
In a few days, you will
be summoned by the police...
and will be interrogated.
During your interrogation,
you'll be threatened and appeased.
Afterward, even you will be confused
what the truth is,
what the lies are, what you said,
and what was done to you.
That's why you will tell me
in advance...
so that the truth
doesn't change in there.
Do you understand?
You'd better prepare yourself.
And make sure you eat well too.
And you must tell me everything...
that was done to you
from start to finish.
Tell me everything that happened
in your life...
since your birth to this point.
I will listen to your story.
Okay.
What's wrong with her?
I told her I can pay her more.
It's because...
you don't know anything about
my chief editor, Soo Hyun.
For me to efficiently persuade her
not to publish the story,
we must solve the problem
with Choi Seo Hee.
Seo Hee? What's wrong with her?
You must give her up.
Why would I? So many of
my clients are asking for her.
Right now, Soo Hyun's target
isn't the prosecutor.
She's doing this
because of that girl, Seo Hee.
Why would she do that?
Do they know each other?
It's not that.
A long time ago,
when Soo Hyun was a new journalist
at Anguk Daily.
this happened during her scoop
with Sunflower Center.
Hello, we talked on the phone.
I'm Ji Soo Hyun from Anguk Daily.
Hello.
Let's go.
The victim was living at
her aunt's house.
Her uncle-in-law raped her,
and she had his baby.
I guess she was investigating
a story on a single mother.
And they took my baby
as soon as I delivered the baby.
I really miss my baby.
She listened to the sad story of...
a single mother who
really wanted to meet her baby.
I'll help you meet your baby.
She ended up making
a stupid promise that...
she would help
her meet her baby.
Well, that was when she was proud
to be a journalist.
So she bravely barged into
the aunt's home...
taking the single mother
along with her.
Without having a chance
to act like a hotshot journalist,
the family members of the uncle
who was arrested...
assaulted her.
- Stop hitting her!
- Get lost!
- How dare you?
- How dare you come here?
- And she...
- How dare you?
- lost her consciousness.
- It's all your fault!
Do you even know what you did?
When she woke up later,
she found out that...
the single mother died on the scene.
Please check.
Wait. You cannot touch her.
Well, the single mother died
because of Soo Hyun.
That could be true.
Or not.
Do you understand now?
When she sees...
a woman who has been assaulted,
she goes berserk.
She never compromises.
So what is your plan then?
If she never compromises...
There is an exception.
It's when the victim
wants to settle.
The victim? Me?
Choi Seo Hee.
What does she want the most
out of this?
When I was 22,
I started as a trainee at Arong,
the talent agency.
I'd been a trainee for four years.
Two years ago, Ms. Kim...
That was when I started
to entertain her clients.
I trusted her promise that
she'd help me become famous.
Who are the clients you entertained?
I don't remember all of them.
In the beginning,
I didn't even know who they were.
I used to just entertain any men
that were brought to me.
Welcome, Mr. Gong.
Please have a seat.
Why is he here?
I invited him.
We should send Seo Hee...
to his agency.
Why would I?
Why would I give
my best talent to someone else?
"Why would I?"
You should think again carefully.
Think about the moment
Seo Hee goes to the police.
We can only stop Soo Hyun with this.
An agency with a lot of idol singers
and trainees.
An agency Seo Hee would consider
starting afresh at.
Well, I'm not taking her
because I want to.
No one wants to recruit
a newbie actress.
They don't bring in any money.
Besides,
she comes with a bomb
that might go off in any minute.
If only he didn't have
what he has on me.
Who knows?
She might be a talented actress.
Do you think everyone can act?
Well, she does have
a great body though.
Well,
If you don't like it,
forget about it.
In exchange, I will tell my kids...
to buy drugs from you. Happy now?
Gosh.
Look at you smiling.
Everyone is out.
Okay. Let's start now.
Hold on. Wait.
I'm sorry, but your outfit doesn't
suit the dress code of our club.
You may not enter.
Dress code? Wait, she and I
are wearing similar outfits.
I'm sorry, but your hairstyle
isn't suitable either.
You're unbelievable.
Are you kidding me?
Everyone is going in.
- Hey!
- Welcome, ma'am.
It's her!
I heard that you are with her.
Please go in.
Unbelievable.
Ms. Ji, are you all right?
What happened?
You're overfatigued.
You've been working too much.
You should've rested on the weekend.
- What about Seo Hee?
- Seo Hee?
You mean Choi Seo Hee?
What about her?
Did she die?
Pardon?
Ms. Ji, finish up with the IV.
I don't think
you're completely back yet.
(Evelyn Hospital
for Cosmetic Surgery)
Shouldn't you stay
at the hospital a bit longer?
I'm fine. Just drive.
(Big Issue)
Place the camera somewhere
with a good view of the bed.
Make sure it can't be seen.
Hurry.
Seo Hee? Seo Hee.
You asked to see me.
Is there anything you want to tell
me? You made me look like a fool.
Well, the thing is that
Mr. Han took the girl.
He told me not to tell anyone
at work...
until you woke up
and made your decision.
- My decision?
- Yes.
Here you go.
I'll leave you alone now.
You should sleep some more.
Why did you come out?
Go back inside. I'm making
some rice gruel for you.
- Where...
- House provided by my company.
- You...
- I saved you.
- Why?
- Why did I do such a thing?
Well, saving you?
I knew you'd ask me that.
There's an old saying.
"Save a stranger from the sea,
and she becomes your enemy."
All the old sayings are true.
Goodness.
All right. It's ready.
Let's eat.
All right.
Here you go.
It's hot. Be careful.
If it's bland, add some soy sauce.
Or do you prefer salt?
But why are you...
Why am I cooking you rice gruel?
No.
- Then what is it?
- Why are you dropping honorifics?
Well, it's because...
I'm older.
Thank you.
Eat up.
Miss, I'm here to see
the CEO, Cho Hyung Joon.
Did you make an appointment?
I didn't, but I'm sure
he's waiting for me...
because he'll get to make money.
My gosh, Ms. Kim.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
Well, the desperate one
must make the first move.
I see.
Have a seat, please.
Well, hello to you too.
Ms. Ji Soo Hyun.
I heard that
you're making a lot, Ms. Kim.
But not as much as your photos.
Did the photos come out nicely?
I must check if they came out nicely
before I buy them.
Photos?
What photos?
These are quite the masterpieces.
Bring them in.
Satisfied?
You know, I'm fine with you
taking pictures,
but why did you take the model?
The model?
Is that true?
Not model, but the subject of
our investigation and victim.
And soon, she'll be filing a report.
We're publishing a story
with these photos.
You're obsessed with money,
aren't you?
Just say you want more money.
No, I mean it.
I'm going to publish this.
Why you...
Tell me the headlines of the stories
you're currently editing.
Okay.
Okay.
Hold that one.
I said to stop it.
The chief editor
will give you new instructions.
Soo Hyun, why are you doing this?
What? Do you want to be
a journalist again or something?
Do you want...
to go back to throwing up
while complaining about your editor,
and having me hold your hair
and sell drinks?
Is that what you want?
I don't care how you or I live.
I'll give you a day
for old times' sake.
Pack what you can and get out.
Or you'll be taken down
along with Nam Jin Suk.
Soo Hyun? Sit down.
No. I'm publishing the story,
and that's that.
Soo Hyun.
What's wrong with her?
Are you mad at me or something?
Hey. That story cannot
be published.
If it is, you're all fired.
Okay.
Do something about her, will you?
What is it, ma'am?
Bring me the photos
that Seok Joo took this morning.
Pardon? Why?
And go to Heung Soon's shop
and bring their ledger tonight...
before Nam Jin Suk
covers his tracks.
Yes, ma'am.
Don't tell anyone,
and don't let Mr. Cho find out.
Yes, ma'am.
Let's chat.
- What's the reason?
- Reason?
I plan to publish the story.
We can't just sell pictures
all the time.
We should publish
some exclusives at times.
Isn't Heung Soon's business perfect?
But why does it have to be
a current prosecutor?
This isn't just a celebrity
taking drugs.
She could eat feces,
and it wouldn't be news.
Celebrities taking drugs isn't news.
It's news because
he's a current prosecutor.
Is that really all?
Of course.
Fine, let's do that then.
Check the other issues...
and publish it in a few days.
But I feel bad for Choi Seok Hee.
Not only is her acting career over
once those photos are out,
how will her parents live?
They'll be so ashamed.
Since when does the cat
care about the mouse?
You're right.
Fine. Let's publish it.
Mr. Cho. What you're saying is,
she's impossible to persuade, right?
Find Seo Hee. We're in trouble.
What?
Sunday won't listen?
Sunday, I can stop with money.
But if Seo Hee goes around
talking, we're all dead.
We have to find her quickly
before Mr. Nam finds out.
Call all the boys.
Wouldn't it be better to threaten
Sunday and find out...
- where she is...
- Don't even try.
Even if all of you go at them,
you can't even take down
their driver.
And you. Do your job.
How could you lose one girl?
The money I gave Sunday
is coming out of your cut.
Lie down.
The medicine will help you sleep.
Don't think about anything,
and sleep.
Mister.
Yes?
You saw...
my pictures, right?
I'm a bad person.
Don't be so good to me.
No.
You're just...
a victim of a crime.
And...
it's okay. I'm a bad person too.
Well... Bad people should
help each other,
don't you agree?
Get some sleep.
If I sleep more,
can I awake from this nightmare?
Once those pictures...
are published,
my dad may pass away from the shock.
I think I made a huge mistake.
I should've just died quietly
on my own.
Seo Hee.
I have a daughter too.
Dads will never die
from things like that.
Trust me.
If you had died
like that last night,
and if your dad had seen that,
your dad...
would've been tortured by
the fact that he couldn't save you,
and may have died along with you.
So you need to live no matter what.
If you truly care about your dad,
that is.
Did you make a decision?
Shouldn't you ask
how I'm doing first?
I heard from Ms. Seo
that you're perfectly fine.
Where's Seo Hee?
Did you make a decision?
Yes, I did.
From now on,
she is the source for our story.
We must protect her.
She's in my apartment.
You hid her so well.
I'll send a car.
Take her to my place.
It'll be better than there.
What a nice place.
Is this a villa?
You have to wipe up the tracks
from the wheelchair.
Hello, ma'am.
Get up and greet me properly.
Now that you've greeted me,
you may stay seated from now on.
Okay.
Do you know who I am?
She must have given the tip
to Sunday because she knows.
Please do not interrupt me.
Listen to me.
I met with your boss today.
What?
Don't worry.
I'm much scarier than Heung Soon.
Okay.
Do you know why I went through
the trouble of bringing you here?
I'm going to interview
you personally.
When your story
is published tomorrow,
Nam Jin Suk will be arrested.
But I don't know
if he will be indicted...
because he is still
an active-duty prosecutor.
Why not? He's a criminal.
You have the photos.
Do you feel this is unfair?
Then you must fight too.
That is the reason
why I must interview you.
In a few days, you will
be summoned by the police...
and will be interrogated.
During your interrogation,
you'll be threatened and appeased.
Afterward, even you will be confused
what the truth is,
what the lies are, what you said,
and what was done to you.
That's why you will tell me
in advance...
so that the truth
doesn't change in there.
Do you understand?
You'd better prepare yourself.
And make sure you eat well too.
And you must tell me everything...
that was done to you
from start to finish.
Tell me everything that happened
in your life...
since your birth to this point.
I will listen to your story.
Okay.
What's wrong with her?
I told her I can pay her more.
It's because...
you don't know anything about
my chief editor, Soo Hyun.
For me to efficiently persuade her
not to publish the story,
we must solve the problem
with Choi Seo Hee.
Seo Hee? What's wrong with her?
You must give her up.
Why would I? So many of
my clients are asking for her.
Right now, Soo Hyun's target
isn't the prosecutor.
She's doing this
because of that girl, Seo Hee.
Why would she do that?
Do they know each other?
It's not that.
A long time ago,
when Soo Hyun was a new journalist
at Anguk Daily.
this happened during her scoop
with Sunflower Center.
Hello, we talked on the phone.
I'm Ji Soo Hyun from Anguk Daily.
Hello.
Let's go.
The victim was living at
her aunt's house.
Her uncle-in-law raped her,
and she had his baby.
I guess she was investigating
a story on a single mother.
And they took my baby
as soon as I delivered the baby.
I really miss my baby.
She listened to the sad story of...
a single mother who
really wanted to meet her baby.
I'll help you meet your baby.
She ended up making
a stupid promise that...
she would help
her meet her baby.
Well, that was when she was proud
to be a journalist.
So she bravely barged into
the aunt's home...
taking the single mother
along with her.
Without having a chance
to act like a hotshot journalist,
the family members of the uncle
who was arrested...
assaulted her.
- Stop hitting her!
- Get lost!
- How dare you?
- How dare you come here?
- And she...
- How dare you?
- lost her consciousness.
- It's all your fault!
Do you even know what you did?
When she woke up later,
she found out that...
the single mother died on the scene.
Please check.
Wait. You cannot touch her.
Well, the single mother died
because of Soo Hyun.
That could be true.
Or not.
Do you understand now?
When she sees...
a woman who has been assaulted,
she goes berserk.
She never compromises.
So what is your plan then?
If she never compromises...
There is an exception.
It's when the victim
wants to settle.
The victim? Me?
Choi Seo Hee.
What does she want the most
out of this?
When I was 22,
I started as a trainee at Arong,
the talent agency.
I'd been a trainee for four years.
Two years ago, Ms. Kim...
That was when I started
to entertain her clients.
I trusted her promise that
she'd help me become famous.
Who are the clients you entertained?
I don't remember all of them.
In the beginning,
I didn't even know who they were.
I used to just entertain any men
that were brought to me.
Welcome, Mr. Gong.
Please have a seat.
Why is he here?
I invited him.
We should send Seo Hee...
to his agency.
Why would I?
Why would I give
my best talent to someone else?
"Why would I?"
You should think again carefully.
Think about the moment
Seo Hee goes to the police.
We can only stop Soo Hyun with this.
An agency with a lot of idol singers
and trainees.
An agency Seo Hee would consider
starting afresh at.
Well, I'm not taking her
because I want to.
No one wants to recruit
a newbie actress.
They don't bring in any money.
Besides,
she comes with a bomb
that might go off in any minute.
If only he didn't have
what he has on me.
Who knows?
She might be a talented actress.
Do you think everyone can act?
Well, she does have
a great body though.
Well,
If you don't like it,
forget about it.
In exchange, I will tell my kids...
to buy drugs from you. Happy now?
Gosh.
Look at you smiling.
Everyone is out.
Okay. Let's start now.
Hold on. Wait.
I'm sorry, but your outfit doesn't
suit the dress code of our club.
You may not enter.
Dress code? Wait, she and I
are wearing similar outfits.
I'm sorry, but your hairstyle
isn't suitable either.
You're unbelievable.
Are you kidding me?
Everyone is going in.
- Hey!
- Welcome, ma'am.
It's her!
I heard that you are with her.
Please go in.
Unbelievable.