EPISODE 49
TV set: two anchors, a woman and a man.
Background screen:
¤ Faceless zombies.
¤ Then, healthy people in a hospital.
| - | It's been 24 hours since the faceless zombie crisis ended. An epidemic as sudden as it was brief. |
| - | The victims are in quarantine, in perfect health. However, about fifty disappearances have been reported. |
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| - | The authorities have issued no statement about the strange weather phenomenon that hit Seoul, where zombies were reportedly sighted. |
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| - | Some kind of white lightning storm, according to witnesses, but they provided no video footage, erased by magic according to them. |
Background screen:
¤ Building of the "Comic Studio" publishing house.
¤ Then, cover of "Butterfly Queen in the Dark".
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| - | A scandal is rocking social media about this crisis. |
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| - | The morbid content of a manhwa published by Kwon Publishing and Comic Studio. It depicts the violent deaths of characters resembling the missing persons. |
Background screen:
¤ Drawing of Editor Park, dressed Joseon-style, smashed by a concrete block.
¤ Photo of Editor Park.
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| - | However, no statement, since the editorial staff is in quarantine, and Mr. Park Suk-Hoon, the boss of Comic Studio, is among the missing. |
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| - | And now, our culture page... |
Background screen:
¤ Poster of the drama "W", MBC studio burned down.
¤ Then photo of Kang Chul, photo of Oh Sung-Moo, comatose in the hospital.
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| - | "W", a highly anticipated drama, already hit by a fire delaying its production. |
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| - | And its lead actor, Kang Chul, is hospitalized in critical condition, injured by a gunshot. Just like Oh Sung-Moo, author of the W manhwa, two years earlier. |
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| ~ | (on the TV) It's a real curse surrounding "W"! |
Sht! The TV turns off.
Su-Ran just clicked the remote, sitting on the couch.
| - | (angry) Here's the mess I have to clean up! And you, Oh Yeon-Joo, you're piling more shit on this dump!! |
| (sitting on the couch, overwhelmed and guilty) |
| - | (Sprrglgl, noisily sipping fruit juice with a straw) Yeah he's annoying, but from there to shooting him... |
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| - | You, Miss Flip-Flap, go forage your juice somewhere else! |
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| - | Heol. The fastest rescue in history, and she's complaining. (SHAF!, vanishes, Light flash) |
SPOTSH! Kang Chul takes the bullet right in the chest.
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| - | Oh! Oh! (immediately drops the gun) (panicked) Why did it fire?!! No!!! (trembling) |
An accidental shot, the gun went off by itself.
| - | (in a final gasp) You... did the right thing... No need... to wait for 10. (passes out) |
She assesses the wound gushing blood, !!!, pulls out her smartphone.
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| - | (on the smartphone, removes her glasses in surprise) Kang Chul?! A bullet right in the chest?!! |
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| - | Yah! Is there a hospital nearby? |
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| - | Yes, but-- |
Ren-Bo grabs her around the waist and SHAF! They vanish.
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| - | WhaAaAah!! |
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| - | Where? Show me! |
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| - | (points to a building) There... Over there. |
ZOOM... Ren-Bo sees the hospital. SHAF! They vanish.
SHAF! They vanish with Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo.
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| - | (to Su-Ran) Go get help!! |
Su-Ran sprints toward the roof entrance.
Kang Chul is gasping, comatose.
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| - | (examines his chest) Oh! A pneumothorax?! Ren-Bo!! Ask a nurse for a hollow tube, or else a pen!! |
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| - | (??!) The nurse? But I don't know this-- |
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| - | At the villa!!! And bring a towel too! |
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| - | Mh! (SHAF!, vanishes) |
Yeon-Joo feels for the exact position of the pneumothorax.
FSHA! Ren-Bo appears, hands her a towel and a medical tube.
Yeon-Joo drives the tube under Kang Chul's rib, piercing the pneumothorax.
She presses the towel on the wound to stop the bleeding.
... held by the expert hand of Professor Park, chief surgeon!
On the operating table, Kang Chul is comatose but safe.
| - | And there! My hands of God have saved Kang Chul. |
| - | You also saved W. You planning to watch the drama, Seonsaingnim? |
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| - | (wary) We'll see, we'll see... |
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| - | (dejected) I... I'm sorry, it was an accident. |
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| - | You go out alone in the middle of the night with your ex-husband's gun... You shoot him in some deserted spot... AND IT'S AN ACCIDENT?!! |
| - | Go easy, Agent Bae. You can see Yeon-Joo is overwhelmed. She's already told you 100 times the gun went off by itself. |
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| - | Captain Ryu, I'd like to know... Why the inflexible stickler for discipline that you are is being so lenient?! |
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| - | Kang Chul is safe, that's what matters. And it's thanks to Yeon-Joo, on top of Ren-Bo. |
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| - | Pfff, the classic firefighter arsonist move. That-- |
BOM!-tsh-BOM!-tsh-BOM!-tsh-BOM!-tsh-BOM!...
Deafening psytrance music is blaring from outside!
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| - | !!! (instinctively covers her ears because of the noise) |
On the terrace, Ren-Bo's mega sound system is blasting toward the garden.
FLIP-FLIP! Ren-Bo is flying low.
She's planting stakes every two meters on the lawn.
Captain Ryu and Su-Ran step out onto the terrace.
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| - | (yelling) YAH!!! Turn off that shitty music!!! |
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| - | (smiling) Can't hear a thing, Nikita-kaka! (note: "kaka" sounds like "caca", poop in French) |
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| - | !!! (fed up) |
Su-Ran tries to cut the sound, but Ren-Bo notices her.
SHAF! FSHA! She teleports next to Su-Ran.
SHAF! Vanishes right away with her.
FSHA! Ren-Bo appears with Su-Ran on the hospital roof and--
SHAF! leaves alone.
Su-Ran, incredulous... then outraged at being dumped like that.
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| - | (stamping in rage) YAH! COME BACK! YAAAH!! YAAAAAAAAH!!! |
Captain Ryu, ??!, watches Ren-Bo in the garden.
SHAF! FSHA! She teleports to grab a shovel.
SHAF! FSHA! She teleports next to him, and--
SHAF! FSHA! She takes off with him into the garden.
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| - | (hands him the shovel) You look strong, dig a hole here. (points at the ground) |
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| (disoriented, takes the shovel without thinking) |
We rise up to see the whole residence:
SHAF! FSHA! - SHAF! FSHA! - SHAF! FSHA! Flashes of light everywhere...
Ren-Bo is teleporting every guard, drafted for gardening duty.
The NIS agents, looking ridiculous, are handling hoes, rakes, wheelbarrows, etc.
They're being bossed around by Mr. Green Hand and his garden gnomes.
| ~ | Ren-Bo made their lives hell for a whole month. It was pretty funny. |
(Silent scenes, except for the voice-over.)
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| ~ | Then we moved into my hometown, 30 km from Seoul. |
A square in front of the town hall...
Su-Ran shows her NIS badge to the mayor.
She hands him a document: "Confidentiality Declaration".
The mayor smiles at Soo-Bong (they know each other) and signs the document.
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| ~ | Agent Bae managed to confine the truth about Ren-Bo to this village. |
He shows the confidentiality declaration to the villagers sitting in the hall.
The villagers listen to the mayor in astonishment.
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| ~ | But sooner or later, information would leak, a photo, a video. |
FSHA! Ren-Bo appears and FLIP-FLIP! flies in front of the stage.
The villagers, !!!, stunned. The kids thrilled!
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| ~ | It was only a matter of time... before the world learned about Butterfly Girl's existence! |
Mr. Yang, an old craftsman, is carving a stone.
Soo-Bong is painting on ceramic: fishermen on a boat in a pond.
Mr. Yang salutes the graphic quality with an approving nod to Soo-Bong.
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| ~ | We'd lost the urge to draw manhwas. |
Professor Park introduces Yeon-Joo to the cardiothoracic surgery interns.
| - | Oh Yeon-Joo, who has FINALLY decided to put her HARD-EARNED skills to use for the COMMON GOOD, instead of ruining her life with ROMANTIC DOODLES. |
| - | Oh Yeon-Joo?! The real one, the original, from W? |
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| - | (embarrassed smile) Mh... Yeh. |
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| - | Yes, the one who screwed up "Queen of Darkness", with other brush terrorists. |
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| - | Seonsaingnim, "Butterfly Queen in the Dark" was the ultimate banger!! |
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| - | Ten times shittier than W, that gives you an idea of the sewer level! |
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| (sighs looking away) |
SUBTITLE : 2 months after the Crossover.
The garden is filled with flower beds of unreal sizes.
Waiting here: Yeon-Joo, Do-Yoon, Captain Ryu, Su-Ran, at a garden party.
They see flying in the sky: Ren-Bo, carrying Soo-Bong, harnessed to her chest.
| - | (annoyed) You've gotta be kidding!! |
FLAP-FLOP! Ren-Bo lands near them. Soo-Bong unclips his harness.
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| - | You flew all the way from Hagal-Dong?! |
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| - | Oh it's nothing, 30 km, quarter of an hour tops. |
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| - | No issues on the way, no plane, no storm, no giant crow. |
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| - | Couldn't you just teleport?!! Are you trying to get noticed?! |
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| - | (annoyed) No, we're just trying to live NORMALLY! |
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| - | Ah, we felt like a little stroll. And Ren-Bo wanted to stretch her wings. |
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| - | Okay, who's missing? Wang Shin, Yoon-Hee, and Kang Chul? |
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| - | Mmh... Hyung Kang won't be coming. |
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| - | .... (sad) |
Through the window on the top floor, we see:
Kang Chul asleep in his chair in a large executive office.
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| - | Where are you? ... Where are you? |
He reaches out like a blind man, searching desperately.
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| - | Mi-Ra, Come back! ... Don't leave me alone here! (screams crying) Mi-RAAAaaaaa..... !! |
The feeling that he'll search for her for all eternity...
Sitting at the president's desk, he groans in distress, cries.
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| ~ | After the crossover ended, Kang Chul was never the same. Perpetually melancholic, consumed by endless mourning. |
Kang Chul now has a white streak in his hair.
He calms down, sees the nameplate on the desk: "Kang Chul - CEO of Moon Company".
| - | She asked me to draft this, two hours before she disappeared. |
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| - | (worried) My Queen, are you in danger? Are you going to disappear? |
| ~ | Just as a precaution... |
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| - | It'll be done. In less than two hours! |
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| - | She's leaving you everything she owns. With a two-month usufruct clause, in case of disappearance. |
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| - | Last I heard, you're company president. |
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| - | (waves it off) A real nightmare. I hate that. |
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| - | Really? You should appoint me director. (amused) I think I've got a bit of experience. |
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| - | Tcham! Kang Chul, the super competent guy!! When our troubles are over, then... |
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| - | ... |
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| - | ... I promise you. (tragic smile) |
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| - | Let's do that. (tragic smile) |
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| - | (tears) It's an empty throne now. It only made sense if you were still by my side. |
He pulls out a pouch hanging around his neck, with a shamanic symbol on it.
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| - | I'm making them into talismans, that protect us and bind us to each other. |
¤ Kang Chul and Mi-Ra looking at each other, faces in profile.
Him in white on black background, her in black on white background. Raw powerful energy!
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| - | The deeper the shadow, the brighter the light. The energy is at its full potential and... |
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| - | ... (admires the drawing) |
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| - | Love too. |
kKrkzZz... The ring crackles, briefly immaterial, in front of Kang Chul!!
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| - | (eyes wide) ah... AAahh... No... NOon... (looks at his own ring) |
Ffffff..... The two rings annihilate... return to the Imagination...
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| : | (??) ... The ring is gone, but not the drawing? |
BRZZ! His smartphone rings on the desk, "The circus scarecrow".
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| - | (picks up) Hello? |
| - | Hey, Kang Chul. You feeling better? |
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| - | I've been out of the hospital for a week. |
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| - | I heard you're running a big company now. |
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| - | I'll keep my commitments regarding the drama. |
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| - | That hothead Screenwriter Song rewrote her script to match what you wanted. I hate to beg, but we need a serious budget boost to reshoot a bunch of scenes. |
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| - | No problem, I'll invest whatever it takes. |
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| - | Thanks and Oh! You know I got a visit from the NIS? |
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| - | (?) No, I didn't know. |
In Director Jung's hand, a document "Confidentiality Declaration".
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| - | We're gonna tell it for real, your damn biography! |
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| ~ | As for the manhwa, its automatic context corrections had turned it into the most absurd storyline of all time. |
The manhwa is surrounded by the collections of "Butterfly Girl" and "Queen of Darkness".
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| ~ | People were curious about the impossible mix of the two styles. Without background, a story like that would've tanked. |
A line at the checkout, people buying the manhwa.
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| ~ | So against all odds, it was a hit. |
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| ~ | The spectacular scenes drew crowds, despite the "over-the-top" vibe. |
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| ~ | And also the heartbreaking romance, even if seriously incomprehensible. |
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| ~ | The impressive super-villain, but with senseless goals and speeches. |
¤ A war scene covered in white rips, all the way to the edges of the book.
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| ~ | Readers were fascinated by the madness and the meta layers. |
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| ~ | Some bought it just for the pleasure of trashing it better! |
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| ~ | An aura of mystery and a whiff of scandal surrounded the manhwa. |
Petition text: "For respect of the epidemic's missing persons".
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| ~ | The horrors from the manhwa had had too big an impact on reality. |
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| ~ | People were starting to think all of this was true... |
(Continued from the garden party. Wang Shin and Yoon-Hee have arrived in the meantime.)
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| - | The best I could do to smother this. It aired last night. (clicks the remote) |
Super-deep voice: "The secrets of incredible reality will be revealed in..."
Explosion, "... Shock Mysteries!", Blasting title: "SHOCK MYSTERIES".
The host on the TV set:
| - | Good evening, and welcome to this new episode of "Shock Mysteries". You're watching MBC, and I'm Adrian Lee. (turns to another camera) Can you travel into a comic book, like into another dimension? Did the faceless zombie epidemic come from there? After meticulous investigative work on the edges of reality, "Shock Mysteries" will answer with proof. Tonight, I'll be assisted by two journalists at the heart of the events. Good evening gentlemen Baek Young-Sik and Lee Sang-Deuk. |
| - | Good evening. |
| - | Good evening. |
| - | Aish! This guy is a stubborn mule. |
Mr. Jeong is interviewed by Sang-Deuk, while his dog pees on a car.
| - | This whole block was all white, and a bug wanted to come out of the white. |
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| - | White, you mean, like continuous lightning? |
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| - | Noona, Look at that!! That's the asshole who kept making his dog piss on my car! |
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| - | (spots the car on TV) Wait... (outraged) That’s my car?! |
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| - | Yes, and then the bug got squashed on the white... Um... by a piece of tape. |
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| - | Tape, you mean, like office tape? |
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| - | Yes, and there were hundreds of faceless zombies! My dog wouldn't stop barking to attract them. I pissed my pants. |
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| - | Were you able to film that? |
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| - | Yes, but then I noticed the recording was white. And since then, I've washed my pants. |
Sang-Deuk shows an open manhwa to the camera:
¤ A giant robot coming out of a white tear.
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| - | Monsters coming out of white rips, like in the manhwa. |
Back to the TV set.
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| - | What link does this manhwa have with the faceless zombie epidemic? |
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| - | The people turned into zombies found themselves inside the manhwa. |
Background screen:
¤ Drawing of a Joseon girl, next to a photo of a high school girl, vaguely resembling.
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| - | I myself was turned into a zombie! Once I came back, I had a vague memory of taking part in violent protests, like in the manhwa. |
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| - | Troubling fact, other people have given this "vague memory" testimony. Like this group of violent hooligans arrested coming out of a bar, around that time. |
Shopping mall:
The director is interviewed by Sang-Deuk, near a statue with three cherubs. (Ep42)
| - | A girl with butterfly wings slipped off this statue! Like by magic, she fell onto a giant teddy bear. My customers' kids loved the show. |
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| - | Awesome! They're talking about me! |
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| - | Ren-Bo!! What were you doing in that shopping mall?!! |
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| - | .... ("ahhh", Oops) |
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| - | (guilty) Hum... Let's watch the rest. |
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| - | Did the store cameras film this butterfly girl? |
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| - | Alas, some garden gnomes destroyed our videos! |
Back to the TV set.
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| - | If this girl had wings, why didn't she fly away, instead of falling from that statue? What really happened in that shopping mall? |
Han River bridge:
Sang-Deuk interviews a cyclist. (Ep48)
| - | That night, a drunk guy fell on this bridge! Then there was a FLASH, and a girl with glowing wings. She asked me something, I don't remember what, and FLASH, she vanished. |
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| - | Were you able to photograph her? |
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| - | Aaah... I was confused, I'd had a drink, my smartphone slipped out of my hands. |
Back to the TV set.
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| - | Various testimonies have already reported this urban legend. Does a girl with butterfly wings exist in our world? Does she really come from another world, that of a manhwa? |
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| - | Why does he spend all his time asking questions?! He'd be better off interviewing me directly! |
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| - | Actor Kang Chul is at the center of this case. We've investigated him thoroughly! |
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| - | Really? What have you learned? |
Background screen: a drawing of Kang Chul appears next to the photo, almost identical.
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| - | This is the real Kang Chul, the hero of the manhwa. I know, because he made me travel into "W", when I was in the stairwell! |
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| - | What was the world of "W" like? |
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| - | Like a stairwell. Uh... I mean, not exactly the same. |
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| - | What a bastard. And to think President Kang saved his life! |
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| - | Kang Chul chased after me, when I was investigating him. Look how he tried to intimidate me! |
The show plays an amateur video:
Kang Chul's stunt at the shopping mall. (Ep02)
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| - | Only the real Kang Chul could do that. |
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| - | Wasn't that used for the promotion of the drama "W"? |
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| - | I never signed any release for those images! |
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| - | But you don't even appear in that video?! |
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| - | There are other proofs. Oh Sung-Moo was drawing his daughter because she went there! That's why she married Kang Chul! |
Background screen: ending image of W, Kang Chul dead at the bus stop.
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| - | Doesn't the hero of this story die at the end? |
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| - | Yes. But he certainly came here after his death? |
| - | Not a single word about me, I'm really just a sidekick hero... |
| - | (Aegyo) Oooh, Sweetie... (Smack! Smack! Smack!, gives him lots of kisses) |
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| - | Reality for some, strange coincidences for others, fantasies for many. Is the world ready to accept the existence of living manhwas? We at "Shock Mysteries", we believe it. And you? |
Blasting, thundering end credits.
| - | I don't see what they could've left out of your story... |
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| - | Uuuh... What consequences will this have? |
"Next week, on Shock Mysteries, the whole truth about the dream thieves".
Various people interviewed quickly:
"Every other night, they steal her dream, and she wants to leave me the next day."
"In this African tribe, they have a ritual for that: the n'golo dodo."
"I paid the ransom, so the thief told me my dream, and it came back to my memory."
"He stole my shadow in my dream, and the next day, I had no shadow when I got out of bed."
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| - | No consequences, once your mess is confined to this kind of show. |
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| - | Agent Bae, you impress me. |
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| (smiles proudly) |
A lawyer slides divorce forms across the table.
Kang Chul signs quickly, cold and indifferent.
Yeon-Joo signs reluctantly, devastated with grief.
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| ~ | Shortly after, Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo got an administrative divorce. No grudge about the shot to the chest. He didn't give a damn about anything. |
SUBTITLE : 4 months after the Crossover.
Exterior view. The house has been rebuilt differently.
The facade now has a large bay window.
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| ~ | I appreciate this touching gesture... |
A bouquet of flowers... in Yeon-Joo's hands.
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| - | ... but you didn't have to, Captain Ryu. |
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| - | (without glasses) Since everything was rebuilt here... just take this as a housewarming gift. |
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| - | (sad) Yes, everything was rebuilt... |
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| - | Your son's not here? |
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| - | He's in W. It's his father's custody week. (can't hold it in... cries) |
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| - | (empathetic) I was often away on missions, and my wife ended up leaving me. I was sad at first, I wanted to do everything to get her back. In the end, I understood she didn't love me that much. |
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| (stops crying, surprised he's talking about himself) |
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| - | One-sided love doesn't work. It leads to regrettable acts. |
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| - | (tormented) I can't control it. He's been at the heart of my life since I was a kid. |
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| - | (disappointed) It's true. Feelings... (moved by her) ... you can't control them like mission parameters. |
Montage of people watching the 1st episode of "W" on TV.
Each TV excerpt transitions onto the television they're watching.
| - | (checks the ratings) 2%!! |
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| - | Damn donkey diarrhea pecked by flies assfucking each other! |
| - | (nervous breakdown) AAARAaah!!! Lock me in an oil tank forever!!! |
| - | Yah! Cut the circus. It's only been two minutes! |
However, she's very tall and very thin, a beanpole!
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| - | WHaaAT?! They hired a scrawny girl for my role?! |
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| - | She's so skeletal you could play jacks with her bones. |
Soo-Bong: "Like Misery?"
Yeon-Joo: "Like the deranged fan in the movie."
Soo-Bong: "I've seen Misery! Let's call the police."
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| - | PFWAh Ah Ah ah ah ah ah!! You were really that freaked out?! |
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| - | .... ("it's accurate", so embarrassing) |
A scene where actress Han Hyo-Joo is very pretty in close-up.
Suddenly, it rewinds and... the scene is replayed in slow motion.
Despite the static pose, the actress skillfully performs micro-expressions.
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| - | (admiring) Woo... She's really amazing... (rewinds to watch the scene again) |
"I realized I had a violent side, and that instead of saving people, I could also kill them."
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| - | (explodes) I never said that! I never get angry at work!! And what is this puffy, legless Pakistani immigrant?!! |
| - | ("totally you, except...") It's true the actor doesn't look like you... |
| - | (points at the screen) Daddy! Daddy! (looks at Yeon-Joo) |
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| - | (smiles with difficulty, for him) Yes, that's daddy. |
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| (looks at the TV, delighted) |
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| (on the verge of tears) |
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| - | 10%!! |
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| - | (relieved) Pfffoo... You mind if I fart? |
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| (pulls out a flask of whiskey and gloob-gloob-gloob... drinks greedily) |
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| - | (tries to take the flask, whiskey spraying everyone) Screenwriter Song! Wait till we get to the bar!! |
A sumptuous seaside resort: hotel, pool, terrace, next to the beach.
Servers are setting the buffet tables on the terrace.
Producer Son is waiting for the guests standing, smiling.
Kang Chul is sitting in a deck chair next to him, vacant stare.
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| - | Thanks again. We never would've had the means to organize this here. |
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| (just a brief look, "I heard") |
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| - | (troubled by his nonchalance) But booking the whole resort, that was excessive. |
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| (taciturn) |
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| - | (chilled) Ahem... Aigoo. |
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| - | (annoyed) Why fly 100 km over the ocean? She could've teleported! |
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| - | No, because she's never been to Jeju in the manhwa. |
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| - | Then she could've just come by boat?! |
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| - | She gets seasick easily. |
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| - | (?!) In that case, we could've chartered her a plane?! |
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| - | She’s scared on planes. |
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| - | Heol. |
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| - | Kang Chul, these confidentiality declarations aren't magic. The more people you bring into the confidence, the more it risks leaking. Why are you so set on inviting Ren-Bo? |
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| - | I made a promise. |
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| - | (reluctantly) I promise to invite you to the wrap party. |
| - | Promise? True true? |
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| - | Yes! It's a promise!! |
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| - | (winks at Ren-Bo) He always keeps his promises. |
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| - | I wonder which promises he keeps and which he doesn't... (spots a speck in the sky) Oh! Is that her? |
From Ren-Bo's point of view: the beach and the resort in the distance, and--
ZOOM... She sees them!
Light flash in the sky and FSHA! she appears next to them!
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| - | (welcome hug) How's my angel? Not too tired? |
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| - | In great condition! Took me half an hour max. |
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| - | Aigoo... She should try crossing the Pacific... |
Yeon-Joo, Captain Ryu, and Do-Yoon are here.
The drama staff and actors are present, with Jae-Jung and Director Jung.
Ren-Bo is doing aerial pirouettes, in the middle of a crowd of amazed people.
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| - | We don't really belong here. |
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| - | I feel like I'm on a surveillance mission... (notices Yeon-Joo, "go see her?") |
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| - | .... (sees him ogling her) |
He passes near Jae-Jung and Director Jung.
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| - | (mocking) So, you bastard, you were the real Kang Chul! |
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| (stops, without looking at him) |
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| - | I don't get this shit: Why the fuck couldn't you act properly, when you'd already lived it? |
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| (no reaction) |
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| - | (catastrophized, signals him to shut up) Kang Chul, I hope the revised script was okay. But the deadlines were tight. I don't feel like I nailed it perfectly. |
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| - | (without looking at her) The ultimate masterpiece doesn't need to be perfect. (walks off) |
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| - | (touched, confused, blinking frantically) Oooh... Would that be... some kind of compliment?! |
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| - | He told you you're damn incapable of writing a perfect masterpiece. |
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| - | (offended) Yah! You know nothing about words! You're just a lighting guy! |
A sigh of desire, then she decides to follow him.
Su-Ran approaches discreetly, then plants herself in front of him.
Kang Chul, ... ?
She sensually rests her arms on his shoulders.
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| - | (weary) Agent Bae-- |
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| - | Su-Ran. |
|
| - | Why insist? |
|
| - | No man can stay without a woman indefinitely. At least to satisfy his needs. For that, nothing better than a woman who doesn't demand his heart. |
|
| (sigh of exasperation) |
|
| (tries for a kiss) |
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| - | (stops her mouth with a hand) Leave me alone. |
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| - | (pulls out a key, shows it to him, and slips it into his shirt) When you want, surprise me at night. It'll be the best fuck of your life. |
She walks off... while he struggles to find the key.
More moved than she wants. A little in love?
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| - | (sarcastic) Agent Bae, you got shot down. |
|
| - | ..... (painful) |
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| - | Get your feet back on the ground, that guy's on another level. |
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| - | Heol! We'll see when you make your move on his ex-wife. |
|
| - | Huh?! |
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| - | Only the crabs on this beach haven't noticed how you ogle her. |
|
| - | Your fighting technique was bad. |
| - | Aish... |
|
| - | BUT... once on screen, it works fine! |
| - | (arrives out of the blue, steers Do-Yoon by the elbow) Excuse me, I'm borrowing him. (walks off with him) |
|
| - | ! (lets himself be led) |
|
| - | ??! |
|
| - | Actress Han, it's a pleasure to see you again. You were splendid in the drama, and your acting was-- |
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| - | (stops, alarmist) I HAD A SHOCK!! |
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| - | ... ?! (worried) |
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| - | (swooning with enthusiasm) They made me sign a paper..... (hazily recalling) I don't remember what was written on it..... (evaporated) But in the end, it meant that..... (on cloud nine) YOU ARE THE REAL DO-YOON!! |
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| - | (blown away) Aaah... That. |
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| - | (arranges rockets, fuses up) Here the tracers... (arranges the other compartment) ... and there the grand finale. |
|
| - | (surprised) A season 2?! Are the ratings that good? |
|
| - | Just enough. We'd need characters that blow up the screen... (points at Ren-Bo, at the buffet) ... like that butterfly-winged girl. |
A technician is about to dip a ladle in it, to fill his cup.
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| - | Oh! What's that? (points at the bowl) |
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| - | (stops the ladle, fascinated by Ren-Bo) It's Punch, an alcoholic drink based on Rum, typical of the Caribbean. |
|
| - | Looks like orange juice. |
|
| - | There's orange juice, pineapple and other fruits. |
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| - | (grabs a straw, dips it in the bowl, sucks a sip) Woo! It's super good, it's sweet! |
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| - | Ah yeah... If you like sweet, it's perfect. |
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| - | (slurp... sucks another sip) You sure this thing is alcoholic? Can't taste anything. |
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| - | You have to be veeery careful, it's a sneaky drink. |
Sluuuurplplpl... She sucks a big gulp with the straw.
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| - | I swear there's no alcohol in this. But good! I got a whole speech from Unnie: bla-bla-bla, avoid drinking, bla-bla-bla, I don't want to see you puking everywhere like last time, bla-bla-bla, behave yourself, bla-bla-bla, no FLAP-FLAP in people's faces, bla-bla-bla, no SHAF!-FSHA! all over the place, bla-bla-bla, no people ending up on a roof! |
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| - | ... !! (stunned by her verbal flood) |
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| - | (SLuUuuurPLplpl... sucks an even bigger gulp) WAaahf! Extra! Those 100 km in the wind gave me one hell of a thirst... |
She grabs more straws, plunges them to the bottom of the bowl.
SpLuUuRuLuRuluRuluRulupuSprlurPLruPplplplplplpl....... In one single suck...
... The juice level drops as fast as a toilet flush!!!
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| - | Yah! (tries to dip his ladle, but--) |
SPRoGloglOgloglo... Too late, she just pumped the last drops.
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| - | !!! (dismayed) |
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| - | BuRp°!! |
From the middle of the terrace, !!!, Yeon-Joo notices her.
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| - | (annoyed) You've gotta be kidding! Couldn't Soo-Bong keep an eye on her?!! |
|
| - | ?? |
Yeon-Joo rushes over, followed by producer Son.
Ren-Bo is wobbling. Her wings get covered with random multicolored spots.
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| - | (sees the huge empty bowl, stunned) Ren-Bo!! You emptied a whole bowl of alcohol?!! |
|
| - | It was Punch! I would've liked her to leave me some... |
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| - | (raises her index finger and talks like a drunk) ~~Got'ta Go sEe Oppa on th' RrooOF!!! |
FLAP-FLAP! Clumsy wingbeats.
Instead of taking off, it produces a wind that sends flying:
Voof... a girl's plate of Japchae, Splaff! into the face of actor Kim Ui-Seong!
Voof... actor Lee Si-Eon's plate of cream pie, Sploosh! into his face!
FLIP-FLOP! Ren-Bo insists on taking off.
Instead, she hurtles low toward--
BUMP! Producer Son, knocked over by the impact. Ren-Bo lying on top of him!
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| - | Ajushiiiiii, ~~What're you doin' on the landing strip??! ~BuRp°!! |
|
| - | ... !!! (subjected to her ultra-alcoholic breath, terrifying!) |
|
| - | You sure you'll be okay, little angel? |
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| - | (puts on the bag) ~~Don't worry, I'll manage... ~BuRp°! |
|
| - | (speaks into the mic) Ladies and gentlemen. Here's the surprise from our young winged friend, for the best one among us. |
Luminous letters trace themselves in the sky, from the persistent rockets.
But the letters are distorted, making no sense, random.
|
| - | I'm sorry, Hyung Kang. She'd practiced for this, alas... |
|
| - | ... ? |
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| - | It was supposed to display "Happy Birthday, Kang Chul". |
|
| - | ... (slightly touched) |
She's holding a lit rocket, whose fuse is almost burned out.
She looks for a new rocket in her bag, and Oops, accidentally--
She drops the one she's holding into the grand-finale fireworks compartment.
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| - | Dagnabbit!! (panics, unclips the bag and throws it) |
SHAF! She vanishes. Light flash.
Dozens of low-altitude random teleports.
Ren-Bo is too drunk to find her destination.
The flashes light up... Do-Yoon and Hyo-Joo kissing on the beach!!
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| - | (click! discreetly photographs with his smartphone) I didn't sign any confidentiality for that. |
Broom!! The bag explodes in the sky.
sVizz! BOM! sVriii! BAM! The fireworks shoot and detonate everywhere.
Do-Yoon and Hyo-Joo, !!!, surprised.
They realize with embarrassment that everyone saw them kissing.
FSAH! final from Ren-Bo, above Director Jung.
She falls on him!! Bompf! Impact.
Director Jung, !!!, then sees with dread...
... Ren-Bo having spasms, gagging, "Beuh... Blewa...", and--
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| - | SBLWAAAAARglglglgl... (vomits like Niagara Falls) |
SPlashaSPlashaSPlasha... Director Jung gets a whole bowl of Punch in the face!
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| - | (dying of laughter) prRROoAh Ah ah ah, RoOAh Ah ah ah ah... |
|
| - | (depressed, but surprised, chuckles) Ah-a. |
Yeon-Joo is moved to see him smile, after so long. A little hope...
|
| ~ | The end of this new "W" saga was happy for most of us. But it was a sad ending for Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo. |
Soo-Bong looks at Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo, moved...
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| ~ | There was still time left to answer this question... Would Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul find their lost love again? |
A Korean embassy, in an unknown country. Other residences in the vicinity.
A door opens and an NIS commando deploys stealthily, commanded by Captain Ryu.
The soldiers aim their assault rifles, dressed in military body armor and tactical helmets.
They take cover behind furniture or columns, feeling nervous. A real mission!
A man enters after them, wearing a blue suit, walking in the open, relaxed.
It's Kang Chul!! Super-cool, classy!
Kang Chul sees a red dot light up on a commando soldier's forehead.
Without stopping his walk, he draws his pistol toward the window, without looking, and--
POW! He fires! Subjective view of the bullet going through the window and heading toward...
Krash!! The bullet shatters the sniper's scope.
Eyes bloody, he startles and BANG! fires accidentally.
The soldier, !!!, realizes Kang Chul just saved his life.
Two experts go plant explosives on the far door.
Kang Chul turns toward a wall and FZZT!, colorful interference, vanishes.
He walks quickly toward another area of the warehouse and--
FZZT!, colorful interference, vanishes.
Two terrorists point their guns at two hooded hostages on their knees.
Two other terrorists watch the door, aiming their AK47s, nervous.
Kang Chul taps a button on his earpiece, then at super-speed:
POW! POW! POW! POW! He shoots the terrorists' weapons.
He destroys each trigger, along with the terrorists' index fingers!
He grabs the hostages and FZZT!, vanishes with them.
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| - | (removes his finger from his earpiece) The hostages have been extracted. GO!!! |
An expert clicks the detonator and BOOM!! the door explodes, revealing:
A hall with surprised terrorists, some wounded by the explosion.
BRATATA-BRATATATA!! The NIS soldiers charge in, spraying gunfire.
A badge "NIS - Kang Chul - Special Consultant"... worn by Kang Chul.
He's sitting in the armchairs, with Captain Ryu and Su-Ran.
|
| - | When I saw the four in the office were neutralized, I had this feeling of... How to put it? ... You could've just run the whole operation by yourself! |
|
| - | He's got the potential, but not enough guts. |
|
| - | Helping my country and helping you, of course, but I prefer to refrain from killing. |
|
| - | See? No guts. The "possibility of", but "prefers to refrain". It's the same for everything! Since then, a dozen guys have been all over me. Meanwhile, he's shaking with fear of taking a chance. Don't you have any pride, Kang Chul??! |
|
| - | (hand to forehead, "what a pathetic speech") Agent Bae... |
|
| - | Leave it. Agent Bae loves needling me. |
Captain pulls a gift out of a bag:
A gourmet dish, based on dried Korean beef.
|
| - | (hands the dish to Kang Chul) The soldier you saved wanted to express his gratitude. He was also part of the intervention team in the Crossover. |
Kang Chul takes the dish and notices a card attached.
He opens it and reads it. (We don't see.)
It moves him... He thinks painfully of a possibility...
|
| ~ | They had the same problem as other couples, separated with a child. |
Yeon-Joo kisses Chul-Moo. (almost 2 years old)
| - | (waves his hand) See you soon mommy. |
Holding the stroller... Kang Chul! He nods goodbye to Yeon-Joo.
FZZT! Colorful interference. He vanishes with Chul-Moo and the stroller.
Yeon-Joo, sad, feeling of emptiness... A calendar on the wall: a Monday.
|
| ~ | They made an effort to stay together on weekends, for Chul-Moo. Otherwise, they had alternating custody, one week each... |
The rare moments he smiles are those with his son.
|
| ~ | ... With strange problems that other couples don't have. |
Kang Chul picks up a toy robot box and waves it in front of his son.
|
| - | (doting dad) You like this? |
|
| - | (grabs the box) Yes! |
|
| - | You want something else? |
|
| - | Hmm... (looks at the other toys in the store...) |
He sees a play kitchen set box, "At Grandma's".
It's illustrated with an elderly lady cooking.
|
| (captivated by the theme of the box and...) |
KZZT! Colorful interference. His grandmother Gil Soo-Sun appears!
Soo-Sun is dressed in an apron, waving a scrubbing brush...
She stops when she realizes she's somewhere else... in W!
She sees Kang Chul. Her anger rises... rises!!
|
| - | ... !! ("shit, the blunder") |
| - | (yells, enraged) You bastard! Not only did you ruin my daughter, but you're holding my grandson hostage here?! And you dare bring me into your rotten world?!! |
|
| - | ("ouch", takes it) I'll take you back right away, Eomeoni. |
... a baby crib, in which Chul-Moo wakes up.
|
| - | (waves his arms) Auntie Jae-Jung... |
KZZT!, Jae-Jung appears, dressed in a nightie...
... in the bed, next to Kang Chul!
She's sleeping and moaning lightly. A naughty dream.
She puts her hand on Kang Chul's bare chest.
|
| - | Mmmh.... yes.... mmh... |
The strange sensation of groping a real body wakes her...
|
| - | WOOooh!!! (sees Kang Chul, the room) |
She jumps out of bed hastily.
Accidentally, she pulls the whole sheet with her...
Floop... revealing Kang Chul's naked body!!
He wakes up and sees her.
|
| - | (?!) Screenwriter Song? |
|
| - | !! (can't help glancing at his anatomy) |
|
| - | !! (covers his crotch with a pillow) You're coming to flirt with me in the middle of the night?!! |
|
| - | (ultimate embarrassment) Hhhhha~~ |
(No direct shots, we see nothing indecent in this scene.)
On a nearby square, Chul-Moo is boxing standing up.
He's punching Kang Chul's open palms, who is kneeling.
|
| - | (doting) That's good. That's good. You'll soon be as strong as Uncle Do-Yoon. |
|
| - | Uncle! |
|
| - | (Oops) !!! (looks nearby) |
KZZT! Do-Yoon appears, lying face down on the lawn, NAKED!!
Fst... Fst... Fst... Sprayed by the automatic sprinklers.
|
| - | AGAIN??!! |
|
| - | Aish! (takes off his jacket and joins him) |
|
| - | President Kang! You got any idea what I was doing?!! |
|
| - | (laughs) Uncle's taking a shower! |
|
| (covers Do-Yoon with his jacket) |
|
| - | Seriously, this can't go on! Aren't you sick of escorting people back to the real world? |
|
| - | One day, he'll summon me right in the middle of surgery! Do you realize the danger to the patient's life?! |
|
| - | Aaah... Damn it. |
|
| - | And Chul-Moo... He doesn't understand... He's unhappy seeing us separated. |
|
| - | (has to admit) Yes... (remembers something Do-Yoon said) |
|
| ~ | Come back, and live a normal family life with Yeon-Joo! She won't ask you to be a husband, just a father. |
|
| (remembers...) |
A message written by the soldier whose life he saved!
|
| ~ | I can't thank you because it's my duty to die for my homeland. But my wife and my son thank you in my place. Thanks to you, we remain a united family, once again. |
|
| (hopes Kang Chul decides on a family life) |
|
| (confident look, makes his decision) |
(The montage scenes are silent, except for voice-over or dialogue.)
KZZT! Kang Chul materializes, with a trunk and suitcases.
Yeon-Joo smiles nostalgically. Chul-Moo, overjoyed.
|
| ~ | Chul-Moo didn't understand the situation... but he'd found a way to patch things up between his parents. |
She smiles. He forces himself with difficulty.
He smiles more, feeding a bite to Chul-Moo, in the high chair.
Yeon-Joo is lying alone in bed.
She smiles nostalgically, with sad eyes...
... when she looks at the empty place beside her, where Kang Chul should be.
|
| ~ | It must have been hard for Yeon-Joo, having him so close and so far. |
She's about to kiss Kang Chul by reflex, but stops.
He nods to her, acknowledging that she respects their divorce.
She nods goodbye to him. She smiles at him and leaves...
|
| ~ | They succeeded better at their divorce than their marriage. |
Then he talks with Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul to reassure them, and writes a prescription.
He looks at them tenderly, convinced he's seeing a united couple, coming together for their child.
|
| ~ | No one could have believed they were a separated couple. |
|
| - | He finds a risky mission simpler than putting up with Agent Bae's flirting. |
|
| - | He doesn't want a relationship with her? |
|
| - | None. She's going crazy. But I worry about you, Yeon-Joo. It's not healthy to stay with him, when he doesn't give you anything either. |
Yeon-Joo sees her open agenda, on the table: "Appt Dr Choi, 4pm".
|
| - | (tears) I'm happy this way... Yes, really happy... |
|
| (tense with disappointment, "she won't come to me") |
He touches the pouch hanging around his neck, tragic, and his tears flow...
|
| ~ | Kang Chul could easily live with Yeon-Joo without loving her because... he would never forget Mi-Ra, and would never love another woman in his life. |
Ren-Bo and Soo-Bong are walking laughing, hand in hand.
|
| ~ | Meanwhile, Ren-Bo and I were living happy days. |
An old man passes them, holding the reins of a cart pulled by a donkey.
|
| - | Hello, Halabeoji! (Halabeoji: Grandfather) |
| - | Hello my little Ren-Bo. |
The couple continues on their way.
The old man watches Ren-Bo walk away, touched.
|
| - | Aigoo, this child is a miracle for our village. |
He enters the workshop and FLIP-FLAP! she flies off.
Old MADAM PARK is waiting in front of a greenhouse.
FLIP-FLOP! Ren-Bo lands behind her by surprise!
|
| - | Hello Seonsaingnim!! |
| - | (startles) Aigoo, aigoo! That's not recommended at my age! |
|
| - | What are we doing today? |
|
| - | This morning, we have a special order. |
|
| - | I don't have class? How am I going to get my diploma? |
|
| - | Aigoo, you're the one who should be teaching how to garden! |
|
| - | (dejected) It's just that I'd like to have the official paper, you know... |
They enter the greenhouse.
Ren-Bo approaches a magenta rose, young but already giant.
|
| - | Hello my pretty, you've grown a lot last night! |
The flower undulates and lights up pink, happy.
|
| ~ | Ren-Bo's horticulture superpower was a blessing for Ms. Park. |
|
| ~ | A few months ago, shortly after they met... |
Ms. Park runs toward her, excited.
|
| - | Ren-Bo, all your flowers have been sold! We're overflowing with orders, we'd need to produce them in bulk! |
|
| - | Huh? That's impossible! |
|
| - | Could you get assistants and direct the production? |
|
| - | No, no, it doesn't work that way. |
|
| - | Aigoo, what are we going to do then? |
|
| - | Gotta sell them more expensive! Even if it bugs me that only rich folks get to enjoy them... |
|
| - | Aigoo, no need to go all commie. You can also offer some to people you like! |
|
| - | (Oops, "yet so obvious") Ah yeah, duh... |
|
| ~ | Thus, Ren-Bo became sharp in business, even though she doesn't care about profit. |
Ren-Bo sets down her watering can, then...
She turns on a sound system. Speakers blast--
BOM! shTt-BOM! shTt-BOM! shTt-BOM!... Psychedelic Trance!
|
| - | Aigoo, how do the flowers like these weird noises? Aigoo-Aigoo, the greenhouse is going to look like a nightclub! |
|
| - | Not a nightclub, Seonsaingnim! This only plays at outdoor festivals! |
|
| - | Aigoo, there's nothing but drugged-up hippies there. |
Mrs. Park shows a newspaper to Ren-Bo: "Death of Jo Zebdos's wife".
|
| - | Yah, for our special order, can you make a big black chrysanthemum? It's to bury the wife of that fat rich guy! |
|
| - | (looks at the newspaper photo: woman with deformed face and fake breasts) Pfwah ah ah!! She looked like a gargoyle! |
|
| - | Ah ah! So patched up with plastic surgery that it killed her. |
|
| - | Ok! I'll cross it with a black tulip. And we'll water it with crude oil! |
|
| - | Huh? But oil pollutes everything! How would a flower survive? (scratches her head) And crude oil, we won't find that here. |
|
| - | Otherwise, let's try motor oil! |
|
| - | Aigoo!! |
... who is studying a large unknown flower, coming from Ren-Bo.
In the neighboring trays, flowers of the same kind, withered or stunted.
| - | We can clone them, but impossible to make them grow. You'll have to keep buying them from the old lady in the village. |
|
| ~ | Ren-Bo's flowers became more prized than bluefin tuna! A snob fad, to stand out in high society. |
A secretary gets out of the heli and walks to the greenhouse, where Ms. Park is waiting.
He gives her a check.
She gives him a tray of big black chrysanthemum, covered with transparent film.
|
| ~ | Billionaires were buying from the other side of the globe. Shipping cost more than the flower... until Ren-Bo raised the price! |
Ms. Park smiles seeing the amount on the check:
"300 million won". (300,000 dollars!)
¤ Workers are changing the electrical cables, perched on cherry pickers.
|
| ~ | Ren-Bo and Ms. Park didn't know what the hell to do with this avalanche of cash. So after renovating the farm, they renovated the whole village. |
¤ The kids scream with joy and crowd around her, demanding to be first.
|
| ~ | Ren-Bo brought more than her good mood and the donation money. She was the living proof that anything was possible. |
¤ Ren-Bo kneels and straps a little girl into the harness.
¤ Ren-Bo flies over the village. The ecstatic little girl waves to the people on the ground.
¤ A teacher and the school principal watch them in the sky, amazed.
|
| ~ | She breathed magic into the villagers' existence. Their hearts had been connected to hers, filled with hope and life energy. |
Do-Yoon and Soo-Bong are fighting. Friendly sparring, boxing gloves.
Miss Turtle watches the fight, splashing around in an inflatable pool.
Hyo-Joo is admiring Do-Yoon's manly physique.
She checks the timer on her smartphone: "10, 9, 8...".
Do-Yoon, quick but holding back his power, takes a hit.
Timer: "... 3, 2, 1". DONG! Bell sound.
They stop and PAF! fist-bump cordially.
| - | Do-Yoon, the winner! |
|
| - | (takes off his gloves, wipes a single drop of sweat) Yah! You almost made me sweat?! |
|
| - | (dripping with sweat) Ah! I'm gonna take a shower. |
|
| - | We'll wait for you at the park! |
|
| - | Got it. (enters the house) |
Hyo-Joo and Do-Yoon leave the courtyard.
|
| - | (nods) He's seriously worked on his martial arts this year! |
Happy, Ren-Bo is cultivating her flowers when...
... she sees a large sick flower, pale yellow.
|
| - | ?! (worried) What's wrong my beauty? Why are you withering? |
Ren-Bo pours fertilizer into the pot.
She looks at the clock: "11:00 am". Time to leave.
|
| - | (strokes a petal) Hang in there! I'll be back soon to take care of you. |
FSHA! She vanishes. Light flash.
SUDDENLY--
Sitch! The flower's petal folds at a right angle!
A strange fact, against nature, like a bad omen...
Ren-Bo is reading a gourmet recipe book, wearing a cook's apron.
With her other hand, she's stirring cake batter in a mixing bowl.
|
| - | Little angel, we could just buy that at the bakery? |
|
| - | Ttt-Ttt-Ttt-Ttt-Ttt! It's super easy to make. Cakes like this, I've already cooked hundreds of them. |
BRZZ! Soo-Bong's smartphone rings, "Hyung Kang".
|
| - | (picks up) Hello, Hyung Kang? |
|
| ~ | ..... |
|
| - | Yes, yes, for noon. You know the way to the park? |
A road sign indicates: "Hagal-Dong - 7km".
|
| - | Yes. We'll be there in 5 minutes. |
Kang Chul turns off his earpiece. Yeon-Joo in the passenger seat.
|
| - | So? |
|
| - | It's okay for everyone. Except Wang Shin and Yoon-Hee who are traveling. |
|
| - | (annoyed) And Chul-Moo? We should've brought him! It would've made him happy to get some air with us. |
|
| - | (annoyed) Aah! I don't want any trouble with your mother. She took him for the vacation, let her keep him! |
|
| - | (fed up) He's always happy when he sees Ren-Bo! |
|
| - | (fed up) He can see her whenever he wants! Just call her, and she teleports in a second! |
Then, the heavy silence... of a mismatched couple... with nothing to say to each other...
|
| - | (sigh) ... Aside from that, work going well? |
|
| - | The routine of a Chaebol... (sigh) Luckily, I've got these NIS missions to unwind... And you? |
|
| - | The mad dog has found a new way to poison my life. (tells the story...) |
Further ahead, a container truck loses control, swerves...
SBRANG!!! It pivots, crashes and blocks the road.
Sbrang! Crash! Cars crash into it.
|
| ~ | It's been since the day of that terrible accident. |
Right behind, a tanker truck, SBRANG!!!, collides, pivots and--
BROOM!! Explodes! A sea of fire!!!
Sbrang! Crash! The government convoy crashes into it!!
The cars of the convoy fly and roll over.
Sbrang! Crash! Other cars crash into the convoy, crushing the cars.
|
| ~ | Straight out of a "Final Destination" movie. |
Behind, Professor Park's car brakes at the last second. The other cars too.
Min-Soo gets out, rushes to his trunk, and pulls out a first-aid kit.
Then he runs toward a convoy car, which is overturned, crushed, on fire.
Inside lies a young man covered in blood, an iron rod through his chest.
|
| ~ | None other than the son of the President of South Korea. |
By miracle, Min-Soo manages to extract him, sliding him off the iron rod.
He lays the young man on the asphalt, then opens his first-aid kit.
|
| - | He saved him with next to nothing. Even if he's competent, it borders on a miracle. |
|
| - | .... (not very interested, but listening) |
The President of Korea pins a decoration on Min-Soo's chest.
|
| ~ | Decorated as a national hero. |
|
| - | Since then, he thinks he's hot shit. And the most disturbing... |
Text: "SpaceX international medical program is recruiting".
She's interrupted by a group entering the room:
Min-Soo is showing off, surrounded by interns and the sexy nurse YEO RIN (27). (seen Ep24)
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| - | You too, one day you'll have hands of God. (shows his hands) |
| - | (swooning) ~Oooh, Professooor... ~You're so amazing, and so manly!! |
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| : | (annoyed) What a pain, that one... |
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| - | But I know how to stay humble and share my personal passions. Right, Yun-Suk? (squeezes Yun-Suk's cheek while smiling) |
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| - | .... ?! ("what's gotten into him?") |
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| - | He's become nice with everyone. Even me! Well, in his own way... |
Yeon-Joo stands near Min-Soo, like an experienced senior.
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| - | (points at her) Oh Yeon-Joo, my elite surgeon, who was my best student. Take a page from her, rookies! (pat! pat! pats Yeon-Joo's head like a pet) |
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| - | ..... !! ("aaah, so embarrassing") |
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| ~ | Since then, they entrust him with the most complicated operations. |
Min-Soo is operating on a man wounded by a submachine gun.
Yeon-Joo is assisting and observing.
Using his forceps, Min-Soo extracts a bullet from the man's chest and...
Ting! drops the bullet into a tray, among 11 other already extracted bullets.
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| - | And 12! This brave bodyguard will be on his feet in 12 days! |
| - | .... !! (impressed) |
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| - | No failures! Like those drama surgeons, who almost have superpowers. |
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| - | .... (finally hooked by her story) |
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| - | But what shocked me the most... |
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| - | (on the phone) No, he just left the hospital. But I can get that for you from his office. |
She sticks a spare key into the lock.
cric-crac! She opens the door and--
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| - | ...... !!!! (can't believe what she sees) |
Min-Soo and nurse Yeo Rin are making out on the sofa, half-undressed.
They don't notice Yeon-Joo and keep groping each other!!
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| - | (moans with pleasure) ~mWmMmh, Professor Park... ~~You're so skilled with your hands... |
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| - | .... !!! (shocked!) |
PRELAP: Sound of a woman crying.
Sound of crying. A photo of Da-Ye and Min-Soo on a piece of furniture.
(Reminder: Da-Ye is Professor Park Min-Soo's wife.)
On the couch, Soo-Bin is consoling Da-Ye who's crying.
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| - | Boo hoo hoo... A girl 15 years younger than him. It's monstrous!! |
| - | Omo! How could this happen?! |
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| - | A nurse from the hospital. A little slut who was swooning with admiration for him! |
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| - | Aaah... It happens sometimes to men after quarantine. It'll just be temporary, if you manage to endure it. He'll never leave you for a fool, just young and pretty. |
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| - | AARAah, look at THIIIS! (grabs a document from the table and shows her) |
Soo-Bin reads the title of the document: "Divorce Petition"!
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| - | (stunned) That fast? ... But... |
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| - | 20 years of marriage going up in smoke. Boo hoo hoo... My life has no meaning anymore... |
Empathetic, Soo-Bin rubs Da-Ye's shoulder to comfort her, then...
... looking at her, her eyes widen in terror! (We don't see her)
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| - | (terrified, trembling) Da-Ye.. Da-Ye.. What's happening to you?!! |
On the edge of a wooded road, three vehicles are parked:
Kang Chul's car, Do-Yoon's, and a secured NIS SUV.
A bit further, under the trees, at the edge of a pond away from the village:
A picnic area with wooden tables furnished with benches.
Seated around a table:
North bench: Do-Yoon, Hyo-Joo, Yeon-Joo.
South bench: Kang Chul, Su-Ran, Captain Ryu.
A cooler is at Kang Chul's feet.
Glasses, bottles and snacks on the table.
They're snacking, drinking and joking.
Even Kang Chul is in a good mood. He points Hyo-Joo and Yeon-Joo.
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| - | (teasing) They're like two peas in a pod! |
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| - | (compares Yeon-Joo and Hyo-Joo) Aish... ! (admits the obvious) |
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| - | (embarrassed) President Kang, you're embarrassing everyone with that. |
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| - | (holding Do-Yoon's hand, loving couple) I'm sorry, Kang Chul, we have nothing to do with each other. |
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| - | Radically different! |
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| - | I'd absolutely mix them up, until they speak! But I don't care that Hyung chooses a woman who's a clone of... (realizes it's going to land cold) ... my Ex-wife. |
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| - | (giggles) Oh oh! |
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| - | .... (suffers) |
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| : | (looks up, embarrassed) Aish. That damn sentence was bound to end that way. |
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| - | (hurting for Yeon-Joo, diverts attention) Oh! But what are Ren-Bo and Soo-Bong doing? |
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| - | (looks at her watch, "11:59 am") It's crazy, they live next door, and they're the last ones here! |
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| - | (pulls out his smartphone and calls) ... Soo-Bong? We're all here. |
Thick black smoke is coming out of the oven and invading the kitchen.
Ren-Bo, dejected, goes to open the window.
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| - | (on the phone) A little setback, Hyung. We're buying the dessert at the bakery, and we're coming. |
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| ~ | No need, we already have enough food for ten. |
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| - | Fine, then we'll be there in a second. (grabs his vacation bag, signals to Ren-Bo) |
FSAH! Ren-Bo and Soo-Bong appear on the other side of the road.
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| - | (??!, looks around) I thought you knew this park? |
Ren-Bo doesn't answer and walks along the road, in view of the park...
Soo-Bong, ??, notices that her wings are losing their radiance.
Anxious, Soo-Bin holds out a mirror to Da-Ye, so she can see herself.
Gzzt! Da-Ye flickers, translucent, outlined by black lines.
| - | (horrified) What do I have? Why? Why am I like this? |
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| - | I don't know, I should call the hospital! |
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| - | (desperate) This isn't a disease. There's no disease like this!! |
Exterior view of Sung-Moo's renovated house...
FrTzz... The house reverts to its original state, from three years ago!
Kang Chul notices the glasses and bottles are empty.
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| - | Oh. I'll get us a refill. (bends down and opens the cooler) |
BRRZ! Yeon-Joo's smartphone rings.
The time displays "12:00 am", noon sharp.
She checks the calling number... familiar, without remembering who.
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| - | ... ?? (picks up) |
Kang Chul plunges his hand into the cooler, grabs a bottle and--
KrRZzt! He sees his hand flickering, translucent!!
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| - | !!!! (drops the bottle in surprise, kling!) |
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| - | (smartphone to her ear) ... DAD??!!!! (stands up abruptly in shock) |
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| - | ?!!! (stares at her, intuition of a terrible danger) |
A bottle of whiskey on the desk.
OH SUNG-MOO is talking on the phone, sitting behind his tablet!
| - | I haven't seen you in so long. I wanted to hear how you were doing. |
Everyone stares at Yeon-Joo, with growing dread.
Trembling, she drops her smartphone, which Bing! falls on the table.
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| - | (to Kang Chul) It's impossible, it's my father. |
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| - | (!!) Is it really him?!! |
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| - | (notices his translucent hand, dismayed) Wha-wha-What's happening? |
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| - | HIIIIIIIIII!!!! (screams seeing Do-Yoon) |
Gzzt! Do-Yoon flickers, transparent, outlined by lines!!
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| - | ... !!!! |
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| - | (looks at his flickering hands) Kang Chul... Wha... What's happening to me? |
Yeon-Joo, Kang Chul, horrified:
Do-Yoon disintegrates at phenomenal speed!!
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| - | (pathetic) It's like... I feel myself leaving... (contemplates his hands evaporating into dust) |
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| - | (horrified) DO-YOOOOON!!!! |
Hyo-Joo tries to grab Do-Yoon's arm--
She only grabs empty air!
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| - | (like a farewell) Hyung... |
Fffff.... Do-Yoon vanishes into supernatural dust, ANNIHILATED.
Hyo-Joo screams in horror and weeps for Do-Yoon. (for the rest of the scene)
Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul, devastated, incredulous.
Captain Ryu draws his pistol like a robot.
He points it at his temple and--
POW! He shoots himself in the head!
Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul jump, as he collapses dead.
Hypnotized, Su-Ran draws her pistol and points it at her temple.
Kang Chul, !!!, rushes at her and deflects the weapon--
POW! just before she fires!
BTam!! He knocks her out with a strike to the nape, and throws the pistol far away.
Soo-Bong scans the park in the distance, worried by the shots.
But from his position, the vegetation blocks his view.
Ren-Bo crosses the road, then freezes in the middle.
Her wings are gray! Soo-Bong, ??!
VROOM! A white truck appears and charges at Ren-Bo.
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| - | (!!) REN-BO, GET OUT OF THERE!!! |
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| (vacant eyes, passively staring at the truck) |
From their position, they catch a glimpse of Ren-Bo and the white truck.
{END INSERT.}
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| - | (sprints) REN-BOOO!!! |
Soo-Bong interposes himself as a shield between Ren-Bo and the truck.
He tries to push her. Too late--
SBRAAANG!! The truck hits Soo-Bong full force!
The impact rebounds onto Ren-Bo. They bounce into the air.
WriIIK! The truck brakes and barely misses crushing them.
Their bodies fall onto the road, bloody and dislocated.
(Ambience music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GV-bmjaGns )
Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul, !!!
They're paralyzed by the frantic succession of calamities.
A gust carries the leaves, swirling around them.
SUDDENLY--
FREEZZ... The swirling leaves slow down in the air.
Hyo-Joo slows down in time, almost coming to a standstill.
Her screams turn into extremely slow, heavy, muffled, and sinister wails.
Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul look around, mouths agape, mad with incredulity.
No more wind shakes the trees, the birds are almost frozen.
In a dizzying instant of ULTIMATE TERROR, they contemplate...
Szzinnn... A line traces itself in the air, then turns at a right angle.
The space of the corner thus formed colors pale yellow...
They shake their heads "no", stammer "impossible", obsessed.
They're terrified that... the frame will complete...
A pale yellow frame in which appears...
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| - | !!!!!!!! (bulging eyes) |
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| - | !!!!!!!! (bulging eyes) |
... THE NARRATOR !!!!!!!!
The trees and tables become crude sketches, with simplified tones...
... heightening this horror with a touch of grotesque metaphysics.
| - | A white truck of destiny. A one-sided love leading to suicide. I love these good old clichés. |
Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul are terrorized, in shock.
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| - | There were too many characters, it weighed down the plot. And it's become easy to eliminate, since you're all secondary characters now. |
Breathless, unable to speak, they can only tremble in fear.
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| - | You're less talkative than usual, Kang Chul, so... Let's meet again in the next episode of... "Lost Reality"! |
The yellow frame disappears. The Narrator is gone...
... leaving only total devastation and irrevocable dread.
ZEERFF... Time restarts, with Hyo-Joo's screams and sobs.
Kang Chul, shattered... Yeon-Joo, traumatized...
Impossible to figure out the causes of this cataclysm.
They moan inaudible syllables, stifled sobs...