THE FIRST RESPONDERS
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THE FIRST RESPONDERS
ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, INCIDENTS, GROUPS,
AND BACKGROUNDS DEPICTED IN THIS DRAMA ARE ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS
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Who are you?
Hey!
Oh, my.
(panting)
What... Just now...
What the...
(gasps)
Did you see a ghost or something?
Jeez. Seriously.
(chuckles)
- (lock beeping) - What on earth?
What's wrong with him?
(lock chimes)
(groans)
(distant clattering)
(quirky music)
(groans)
(distant banging)
Who's there?
Darn it.
This is so annoying.
- No, whatever. - (distant clattering)
(whimpers)
Who's there? Are you a ghost?
Come out!
Come out now!
HOGAE: Come out!
(Hogae shouts)
Come out!
Gosh.
HOGAE: Come out!
(Hogae screams)
(upbeat music)
FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORT NEXT STUDIO UNIT 802
CODE YELLOW: EMERGENCY CODE ISSUED WHEN A PATIENT GOES MISSING
THE SAFEST TAEWON, RESPECTED AND BELOVED TAEWON POLICE
Ooh, ooh, ooh...
Oh, my goodness!
(yelps)
Detective Jin, what are you doing here?
I couldn't sleep. Why am I tearing up?
Oh, whatever. Darn it.
PIL: It's coming out.
Darn, it's coming out.
What is it?
Find me a case file.
Next Studio, Unit 802.
Okay, fine. It's coming out!
(Pil yelps)
CCTV ANALYSIS REPORT 2022, TAEWON POLICE STATION
What about this case?
It's where I live.
What? There's a ghost there.
Say "ghost" one more time, and I'll bite you off.
What about this studio of horror case?
MR. BAEK: Gosh.
PARK TAEHOON MISSING CASE
Hey, Jindo Dog. You're not even with the Marine Corps.
Are you trying to catch ghosts now?
Stop talking about ghosts.
Ghosts don't exist. Especially in this day and age.
Ghosts exist. And that place is notorious in that neighborhood.
No one lives there,
but someone speaks to themselves every night.
I said ghosts don't exist!
I'll prove it to you.
Hey, we have lots to prepare. Write them down.
Okay. You're unnecessarily detailed.
A tapeline, a marker, work gloves,
a crowbar, a hammer, a chisel, a saw, and a hammer drill.
A crowbar, a hammer, a chisel, a saw, and what? A hammer drill.
A crowbar, a hammer, a hammer drill?
Sounds like tools to get rid of a body.
(sucks teeth)
Jindo Dog, that punk... He shouldn't bite off people.
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HOGAE: Get ready to investigate.
There's really nothing to investigate here.
HOGAE: Why you little...
A scene is three-dimensional. Get ready and grab it.
(Pil grunts)
Let me put on my gloves first.
- (tools thud) - Slow down... Jeez!
PIL: Aren't you a tenant here? You shouldn't damage the place.
We checked everything before.
HOGAE: Everything? Are you sure?
Can you not hold that as you speak?
- Just get the crowbar. - PIL: Okay.
(Pil grunts)
PIL: Isn't this like a bottle opener?
- HOGAE: Hey, move aside. - PIL: What? Okay.
HOGAE: There you go.
PIL: Yes!
(tense music)
Wait. Detective, isn't this...
No one disappears without a trace. Pull it out.
It's here, too.
Keep pulling it.
- (lock chimes) - (exclaims)
- Hey. - What's this noise?
I don't know. What are they doing early in the morning?
- Did we hit the jackpot? - Yes.
What on earth? Why are you making a mess in your house?
- HOGAE: Don't come in! - PIL: No!
Why?
If you ruin the scene again, I'll bite you off.
Gosh, you startled me.
PIL: Done.
(suspenseful music)
See? I told you so. Give me 50,000 won.
Gosh, this is crazy.
What is it?
It's a fecal occult blood kit
that checks human blood. It came out positive.
This is human blood that was missed during the primary investigation.
(scoffs) How lovely.
A closed-door fire and missing case?
You were all wrong.
There was a ghost mark.
Blood that seeped through can't be wiped or burned.
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SEOL: Someone bled to the point that their blood seeped through the floor.
It means the blood stayed for a long time.
(in English) Post mortem.
(in Korean) It happened after that person died.
HOGAE: Are you getting it now?
This is not a simple missing case.
It may be a murder case.
Gosh, my knees.
And it may be an arson case, not a simple fire case.
Ghosts appear when they have a grudge.
Didn't you say ghosts don't exist?
You little...
Are you off duty? Help us out a little.
You created this mess.
Don't pass the police's job onto the fire crew.
SEOL: Let's go.
HOGAE: I'm not passing the job on to you.
I'm officially asking for your cooperation,
because some people I know messed up with the fire investigation.
DOJIN: January, April, July...
FIRE INVESTIGATION REPORT NEXT STUDIO UNIT 802
You need to stop dwelling on it.
Hello.
Ma'am, there's still...
a plausibility of arson.
We shouldn't rule it out yet. If you give me some time...
Dojin, even the police are frustrated, because they can't find the body.
They said they'd close it as a missing case.
Let's submit our report and close it, too. Okay?
(sighs)
(clatters)
Bloodstain number 27.
It's 20 cm by 78 cm.
HOGAE: This person sure bled a lot.
(camera shutter clicks)
You're right, I messed up.
NEXT STUDIO UNIT 802 FIRE
I'll investigate the fire from square one, too.
(sighs)
Now you sound like the Bulldozer.
Can I come in?
This place was severely damaged by fire.
Everything in here was moved as the fire was put out,
so it was especially hard to guess how it was beforehand,
and to find where the fire started.
DOJIN: You need to find out where the fire started to know what caused it.
Now, look.
The curtains, total destruction by fire.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE SOMETHING IS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE
The bed, partial destruction by fire.
PARTIAL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE SOMETHING IS PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE
The bedside table, severely damaged by fire.
DAMAGED BY FIRE SOMETHING IS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE
And...
The shelf, slight destruction by fire.
SLIGHT DESTRUCTION BY FIRE SOMETHING IS SLIGHTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE
And the floor was damaged badly in general.
An ignition source, a combustible material, and oxygen.
All three elements are needed for a fire to start.
Hmm...
Oxygen must have kept coming in through the open windows.
The room was closed, so the ignition source must be unknown.
You'd need another fuel source to burn the whole place like this.
So we checked a trace of any flammable accelerants
from thinner to kerosene and gasoline, but nothing was found.
And there was no motive for arson.
That's why the case was closed.
You didn't know about the bloodstains. The motive was to conceal the murder.
Conceal?
Then the culprit must have aimed to burn down the floor.
That's right.
(groans)
Because the victim probably bled heavily.
Hold on.
(sighs)
How did I miss this?
- What is it? - It's...
No, I shouldn't jump to conclusions yet.
Let me check a bit more.
- Tell us. - That's up to you.
Hey, give me the marker.
(grunts)
- Where did it go? - Why you...
Here it is.
(thrilling music)
The victim bled here for an extended time.
The body was dragged to the bathroom like this.
And...
Every touch leaves a trace.
- Move your foot. - PIL: Okay.
HOGAE: The colors are different. It's clean here.
You're right. Only this part is dirty.
(Pil exclaims)
(grunts)
(sighs)
PIL: It seems clear that the culprit disposed of the body in the bathroom.
You said the footage captured the victim coming in but not coming out, right?
No, even when we checked the footage of 30,000 CCTV cameras
from the building entrance to a radius of 2 km.
Rumors even said he went to a four-dimensional world.
HOGAE: What about the toilet?
The toilet? How can a person fit in there?
You're right, but let's give it a try.
- Stop it. Don't. - Okay, all right.
- I get it, okay? - Just try.
Come on.
I'm sorry, but you guys are investigating, right?
Imagination is needed to investigate.
Besides, this case has two puzzles, murder and arson.
Will you cooperate?
Fine, okay.
I'll take the closed-door fire.
I'll take the closed-door murder.
Are you making an alliance now or what?
Seriously.
- Forget it. - Forget it.
PIL: Your chemistry is disgustingly great.
- (Pil snickers) - Hey. Shut it.
MAN 1: Gosh, it stinks.
- MAN 2: It smells like cheonggukjang. - STAFF: Sorry about this.
They haven't cleaned the tank for more than two years. It stinks.
Suck every drop of it, please.
- It's taking too much time. - HOGAE: Sorry about this.
Sorry.
Hey, check every corner of it. Meticulously and thoroughly. Okay?
EUNSOO ENVIRONMENT
MR. BAEK: This is driving me crazy.
Jindo Dog, that punk, brought a truck of feces here.
SOON: Mr. Baek Cham.
Let's not invade each other's turf here.
MR. BAEK: We didn't invade anything. This is a parking lot.
SOON: It's the odor that's invading our turf.
The odor invaded their turf?
Goodness. How poetic.
(sniffles)
(grunts)
HOGAE: Look here.
Gosh.
PIL: What is this?
- Take this. - POLICE: There's something in there!
- PIL: This. - POLICE: Slowly!
- Here. - (men grunt)
HOGAE: Guys, don't overact.
What is it? Isn't it a cigarette butt?
Put it away. Darn those who smoke in a bathroom.
(retches)
HOGAE: Hurry up.
- What's with them? - Darn.
Hey. What about this?
- PIL: Here. - Isn't it another butt?
It's mushy.
(groans) I smell something fishy.
- HOGAE: Anna. - ANNA: Yes.
HOGAE: Take this straight to the National Forensic Service.
ANNA: Soft tissue? I think it's part of the human body.
All right.
This is now a murder case.
We're reinvestigating it from square one. Okay?
Tell the Bulldozer that we got one up on him.
PIL: Withdraw now!
- Withdraw. - Good job.
Now put it away. It stinks.
- How many seconds? - Still more than a minute.
(sighs) It's not easy.
HAND SANITIZER 70% HAND SANITIZER 83%
DOJIN: It's 83% now, right?
- Yes. - Let's start right away.
DOJIN: After the smoke was first spotted on the outer wall,
a resident heard an explosion 40 seconds later.
In short, it took about 40 seconds for the flame to meet the accelerant.
- How many seconds? - It took 45 seconds.
Did you say 45 seconds?
We found it.
- Did you find the accelerant? - Yes, just now.
HAND SANITIZER 80% OVER
I think we missed it, because it was such a daily item.
NZ Cent's premium hand sanitizer contains 83% ethanol.
It was something anyone could easily get.
It means anyone can be an arsonist. Let's clean up.
(upbeat music)
Oh, did you finish reading them already?
It has hundreds of pages on questioning acquaintances.
Reading is food for the mind, and statements are food for investigation.
So did you get anything out of what you call "food for investigation"?
I'm still thinking. (sighs)
Anna, do you have the DNA analysis result?
It's human tissue, but no DNA was found.
MR. BAEK: What?
Human feces have lots of microorganisms. It accelerated the decomposition.
Right. So, we can't specify an identity. (chuckles)
After all that fuss, you know.
And the fire station specified what accelerated the fire.
A hand sanitizer with 83% of ethanol.
No wonder why he's called Bulldozer.
While those next door were handling the case in a classy way,
what you did was get us a truck of feces
and bark up the wrong tree again?
What are you trying to be, a poo-eating Jindo dog?
A case needs a twist for it to be fun.
You investigate a case for fun?
And a murder case can't be investigated openly
until the dead body is found.
Let me meet just one more person.
Don't go aground, prying into things.
There was one more person that knew about Park Taehoon's death.
Woo Miyoung? She's his ex-girlfriend who used to live in a studio below his.
- It's not her. - What if it's her?
You may have a sensitive hunch about criminal acts,
but you shouldn't suspect her only after reading her statement.
All right.
HOGAE: "Did anyone hold grudges against Mr. Park Taehoon?"
She answered,
"He didn't have many friends."
Do you smell it?
- What? - Smell what?
"Didn't."
HOGAE: She used the past tense.
She knew he was dead.
If she hadn't known,
she would have said, "He doesn't have many friends."
Don't make a fuss over that single sentence.
All right, here's one more.
"How was your relationship with him?"
"That man."
The others addressed him by his name.
But she said, "That man."
She strictly kept a distance from the victim.
This is a characteristic of an acquaintance murderer.
And the last one.
"Maybe you wanted him to die."
"Why would I do such a thing?" See this?
She should have said, "No, I didn't do it."
She answered with a question,
because she was hiding something.
Hang on. The two of them studied together for a civil service exam,
- but only the woman passed it, right? - Yes.
And they broke up a month before he went missing.
Right.
So they were on bad terms.
But water and electricity haven't been used since then.
Could a person dispose of a dead body without using a drop of water?
Hey. You wrote it below here. Read it.
(grunts)
"I offered her some water, but she said she wasn't thirsty and declined."
"I placed the bottle on the desk, but she dropped it, so I put it away."
It's the situation at that time.
Why was she so sensitive about bottled water?
What are you talking about? What about bottled water?
Because she used it to dispose of the body, she hated to even see it.
- What? - Bottled water...
Jeez, I can't believe I have to explain this.
All right.
She bought a lot of bottled water with cash.
A two-liter bottle of water is enough to flush a toilet once.
HOGAE: She cut off the soft flesh and intestines.
She chopped and minced them.
Then she flushed them away.
Then she repeated this over and over.
When I hear him explain things,
I sometimes happen to get the shivers and focus.
MR. BAEK: Hey, Jindo Dog.
You've never killed anyone, have you?
What are you saying?
What about the bones, then?
PIL: Right, the bones.
If she'd flushed the bones away, the toilet must have been clogged.
How am I supposed to know, punk? I'm not the culprit.
This is why I want to meet her.
Hold on.
Woo Miyoung, that woman would still be living in that studio.
(tense music)
She didn't move out?
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM TAEWON-GU
I'm getting married soon.
I'll move in with my fiancé.
I see.
FIRE SAFETY INSPECTION RULES
I guess your job is about building fires and fire protection.
Yes, I'm learning as I work.
Who may you be?
Hello. (chuckles)
I'm Miyoung's fiancé.
- I see. Congratulations. - Thank you.
She was already investigated before.
(clears throat) I wonder what more is left.
Right, the upper management suddenly made an order
to fully investigate unsolved cases again.
Since you're civil servants like us, you probably know.
We do what we're told.
Yes, right.
You can go.
Okay, I'll be waiting.
Yes.
Maybe our boss went senile,
but he said he saw Park Taehoon somewhere.
What?
(clears throat)
(tense music)
(Miyoung coughs)
(coughs)
Excuse me. What did you say?
You must be in a tight spot.
Why would I?
Well, because you're getting married.
Right.
(zippers zips)
(tense music)
Oh, no. Hey.
Could you...
Thanks.
Isn't that a burn scar on the back of your hand?
MIYOUNG: Oh, yes.
I got it while boiling water before.
I see.
PIL: It must have been severe.
You should have acted nonchalantly.
That's how a detective must behave when talking to a prime suspect.
Do you play cards with your cards open, you idiot?
I'm sorry. When I saw her burn scar, it automatically came out.
Just go tell her that
we're suspecting her as an arsonist and murderer,
so she should get rid of the evidence and run away.
Unbelievable.
She came in with a cast on back then.
PIL: Could she have worn it to hide her scar?
You saw her freak out when I mentioned Park Taehoon was spotted.
It sure is fishy.
(sighs) So what if it is?
We have no concrete evidence in our hands.
(clicks tongue)
We might close this case unsolved again.
You're making me neurotic.
Let's work things out together, okay?
I like you very much.
I like you, too.
I shouldn't bother talking to you. Walk to the office, punk.
I have the car keys.
(quirky music)
This was attached earlier today.
I can't believe them. Why did they...
Oh, my.
Aren't you too timid for a detective?
(door closes)
You slept all day long
while I'm working my butt off to catch the ghost-like culprit
without even getting to eat.
All right. Keep up the good work.
(sighs)
I need your cooperation.
(Hogae slurps)
- STAFF: Here's your fried chicken. - SEOL: Thank you.
Why do you firefighters live around the haunted house?
The ghost wouldn't harm us. We even put out the fire.
Have you recently seen the woman from Unit 702 on the 8th floor?
I'm not sure.
But I didn't think that couple would last long.
TAEHOON: I said, get out.
That bastard even drove you home. You guys seemed so happy.
He's just my senior at work.
And we had a get-together with everyone else.
Figures. A loser like me is now way below your level.
What's his level? A 9th-level civil servant? Or a 7th?
Taehoon, let's not be like this.
I'll help you with your studies. Okay?
Go.
(door slams)
SEOL: The woman seemed very devoted.
After he went missing, she cried her eyes out.
No one knows what happens between a man and a woman.
I guess there's something you can't smell.
Maybe you haven't dated much.
(clears throat)
Do you have to date to know about relationships?
Then I guess you'd have to have murdered someone to catch a murderer.
There are some things you can tell at a glance.
For example, a man like you is a no.
A man like me is different than he looks when you get to know me as a boyfriend.
(coughs)
(suspenseful music)
(camera shutter clicks)
What?
Look at this bastard.
The tires were worn out unevenly.
Is the wheel alignment off or what?
CHIYOUNG: Sir.
Please take a look at this.
What are you making a fuss for?
There was a reason why Jin Hogae came to Taewon.
(suspenseful music)
If this guy gets caught,
it will be the end of us all.
I'll get him out right away.
(sighs)
I can't go back to jail again. No...
I won't.
TAEHWA: Jindo Dog, this bastard.
He's trying to take it to the end.
I saw the tent. Don't tell me you're going to sleep there.
Do you know the Sewer Murder Case?
I spent three days and two nights in that sewer.
I grasped the wind direction, humidity, and human traces of the crime scene.
That's how the culprit was caught then.
Mm. Figures. Who knows?
The ghost might show up to tell you who the culprit is.
If he ends up having facial paralysis, it might get him a promotion.
Good luck.
- (door closes) - (elevator dings)
Hey, Jindo Dog. You're slow.
Bulldozer, I need your cooperation.
Cooperation on what?
We'll talk inside.
(scoffs)
I'm good with cooperating but during work hours.
I'm a little tired.
You need to put that tent away.
It's against the Fire Services Act.
It's a temporary investigation HQ.
I'll put it away when the case is solved.
I see. It's a headquarters.
Good luck.
- Hey. - Yes? Should I come in?
Take this.
Good luck.
That bastard.
(quirky music)
HOGAE: Don't do this.
(Hogae groans)
Stop.
(Hogae shouts)
(groans)
Gosh, it was a nightmare. I'm scared.
I need the bathroom.
(doorbell dings)
(knocking on door)
Yes? Who is it?
HOGAE: It's me. I need to use the bathroom.
DOJIN: Jeez. He's got to be kidding me.
I need to go.
Hey. Make sure you lift the cover.
Gosh. He's stressing me out.
(toilet flushes)
(tense music)
Hey! Come in for a second. I have something to show you.
I'd rather not see it.
Your bathtub is weird.
(sighs)
You're weirder.
HOGAE: See? This one is different from yours. It's upside down, right?
You're right. Hold on.
It's not completely set. I think this silicone is pretty new.
Go?
Go.
Get the tools.
(thrilling music)
(grunts)
Gosh, it stinks.
What? There's something here.
Hey. Fire crews are too careless.
Here.
Goodness.
(Hogae grunts)
Jeez.
(plastic rustling)
(grunts)
What is this?
DOJIN: Gosh, the smell.
Darn it.
No wonder he's resentful.
(clattering in distance)
Who's there?
HOGAE: It moved as the decomposition produced gas.
I got something.
Jeez.
NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE
(camera shutter clicking)
Oh, she's here.
I got a gift set for you, Ms. Yun. How do you like it?
HONG: You're going to solve this one, right?
If it ends up as another unsolved case, call me a mutt instead.
(both chuckle)
(murmurs) Did you just laugh?
HONG: Shall we begin?
It's 8:38 a.m., and we will now begin the autopsy.
Scalpel.
No, give me the scissors.
Just a moment.
HONG: What is it?
Can't you manage who enters the autopsy room?
(sighs) Will you please check the warrant?
(thuds)
(tense music)
Detective Jin, are you kidding me?
You can't come in here as you wish.
A mistake in the autopsy warrant?
The prosecution isn't a warrant-issuing machine.
Lieutenant Jin Hogae, it was so hard to see you...
that I pulled a small trick.
I was too late to inform my appointment.
Tell me. You rebelled and became a cop.
How was it to be thrown out by your group?
The group you chose
doesn't protect its people.
Your group here sneaks away murderers to protect its people, right?
It's still not too late. I'll get you a place in law school, so...
I'm not fired yet, Father.
What is this?
(suspenseful music)
HONG: It's a left clavicle.
The flesh was cut out with a sharp tool.
The bones were separated along the joints.
(clinks)
HONG: So they followed how.
A shoulder bone.
This one's an ulna.
I see a fracture on it.
This is a pelvic girdle.
It's assumed to be a male.
Can you specify a gender just by looking at the bones?
HONG: I can do the same on pigs just by eating pork back-bone stew.
A man's pelvis is relatively sharp,
because he doesn't bear a child.
Let's check the damages now.
This is it. How cowardly.
What? What's cowardly?
HONG: A comminuted fracture on the temporal region.
Numerous depressed fractions on the occipital region.
DEPRESSED FRACTION: A FRACTURE DEPRESSED BELOW THE NORMAL SURFACE
You mean he was attacked sideways?
(cracks)
The temporal region is the thinnest part of one's skull.
And...
the second attack was done here.
The right ulna. There's a defense mark.
(cracks)
(whimpering)
(sobbing)
HONG: And the last attack was on the head again.
(cracks)
This is what killed him.
Assuming from this semicircle mark,
the weapon is presumed to be a blunt instrument that's round at the end
like a hammer.
Besides, I see signs of infection.
An inflammatory response means
that the injured bone had a recovery process.
He didn't die right away.
HONG: That's plausible.
The bones are the record of one's life and death.
(tense music)
This corpse...
has something it shouldn't have.
(camera shutter clicks)
(music stops)
You're working on it all day without even eating anything.
(in English) Oh, thank you.
(in Korean) This is driving me crazy.
A fire scene tells lies.
Things get burned and damaged
or they get washed away by the water firefighters sprayed.
It becomes even harder to find evidence.
It's like a tough picture puzzle.
Tell me about it.
DOJIN: Wait.
Why is this here?
PUTTING OUT A MOUNTAIN FIRE
HONG: This is the foreign substance number one.
It's part of the tool used to dismember the body.
It probably snapped and got stuck in the process of cutting out the flesh.
Considering the blade angle,
I'm guessing it was a sharp and long fillet knife.
HONG: The DNA from the bones corresponds with Park Taehoon.
They aimed for the temporal region, the weakest part of the skull.
This means the murder was thoroughly planned out.
So what if we have circumstantial evidence?
All the evidence is gone due to the fire.
No, that's the biggest trace.
Hey. Why is Bulldozer taking it so slow?
I don't know. This is not like him.
- (phone buzzes) - Oh, it's them.
Hi.
SEOL: Pil, hurry over here with Jindo Dog.
(giggles)
Hey, we're a little busy right now.
Jindo Dog is coming now!
Will you go to the fire station?
Yes.
This woman is not treating me like a human, is she?
You can say that.
Stop laughing, you punk.
(upbeat music)
HOGAE: What are you guys doing?
Let's say we're reconstructing the fire.
Here.
When the fire broke out, the windows were only 4 cm open.
DOJIN: That's why we thought it was a closed-door fire.
But something else came in through that crack of the windows.
Newspaper.
Newspaper easily absorbs flammable liquid.
However...
the ink also spreads.
Okay, so what are you going to do?
Check for yourself.
FIREFIGHER: We're all set.
- Do I just set it on fire? - Hey.
Put on gloves.
You're too ignorantly careless.
Don't make a fuss over a lighter flame, you fools.
Don't underestimate the oil mist, or you'll pay the price.
Put them on.
- Are you ready? - ALL: Yes.
Let's begin.
(suspenseful music)
GASOLINE
DIESEL
KEROSENE
It's working. It's done.
DOJIN: Kisoo, put it out.
They used newspaper as a trailer
to start the fire without actually going there.
The accelerant was a kind of lighter oil
that was more flammable than thinner, but less flammable
than gasoline and kerosene.
(suspenseful music)
DOJIN: This was the trick.
They used this technique to send the flames upstairs.
The flames spread to the curtains,
and the fire burned the bed, causing the secondary fire.
The flames on the bedding spread to the floor
and met the hand sanitizer
with 83% ethanol on the floor,
which led to the explosion.
(blasts)
That's why the floor was burned severely.
Goodness. This sure is the reconstruction of the arson.
(tense music)
Hold on. This is...
It's time to grease the cuffs.
Let's go get Woo Miyoung.
(ominous music)
(foreboding music)
(breathes nervously)
(gasps)
(tense music)
(screaming)
(Miyoung whimpering)
- HOGAE: Let's take the stairs. - What? Gosh.
PIL: Thanks for your cooperation.
Ms. Woo Miyoung!
(music halts)
(tense music)
I see a trace of fire on the window frame.
She started the fire here. That's how she got the burn.
Gosh, that's hot!
(groans)
It's me. Did you locate Woo Miyoung?
ANNA: We're checking the target's PN signal.
PN SIGNAL: SIGNAL MARKING THE SERVICE AREA OF THE BASE STATION ACCESSED BY USER
FIRE CAUTION: FLAMMABLES
HOGAE: Three lighter oil containers are missing.
I think she ran off.
Shouldn't we check the CCTV camera footage?
It'll be too late, then.
Why take the oil if she was simply running off?
(sighs)
Darn it.
NAM GYEONGHAE AND WOO MIYOUNG
Detective, today's her wedding.
(background chatter)
Where is Ms. Woo Miyoung?
She has nothing to do with me now.
Did the wedding get called off?
After your visit,
she started acting weird.
She suddenly wanted to call off the wedding.
(cell phone buzzing)
Hello?
Detective, Ms. Woo Miyoung's phone just turned on.
Give me the location.
(horn beeps)
Ma'am, please let the car through.
Please move so that the car can pass.
Ma'am.
OFFICER: What are you here for?
I'm here...
to turn myself in.
OFFICER: Pardon? What did you say?
(gasps)
Why did you do that to me?
TAEHOON: Tell me.
Why?
Please...
(screams)
(whimpering)
(yelps)
(screams)
Stay away from me!
Stay away!
(sobbing)
Taehoon.
Take me with you, okay?
That will do.
Right?
(ominous music)
(sobs)
She's got a flammable material. Watch out!
- Kisoo! - Got it.
(tires screeching)
(sobbing)
Woo Miyoung!
Stop!
(suspenseful music)
(panting)
Bring me a fire extinguisher!
DOJIN: Everyone, step behind.
(somber music)
- Goodness. - (door opens)
Hey.
(door closes)
EVIDENCE
(grunts)
You hid so many things
that you hung around without getting to move, right?
(tense music)
It stinks.
Suck every drop of it, please.
- It's taking too much time. - Sorry about this.
HOGAE: You probably became anxious to hear that the body was found.
You studied a lot, working on the Construction Safety Team.
CASE STUDY ON ARSON WITH THE USE OF A TRAILER
You majored in Chemical Engineering.
Did you use this to dismember the body?
You put this much effort into concealing the murder.
Why did you try to die?
I thought...
he might let me go if I turned myself in and went to jail.
Ever since you came by,
I kept seeing him.
MIYOUNG: Let's call off...
our wedding.
I'm sorry...
things turned out this way.
(sighs)
(tense music)
(metal creaking)
(gasps)
MIYOUNG: I felt like he'd follow me for the rest of my life.
This is all because of you.
Maybe our boss went senile,
but he said he saw Park Taehoon somewhere.
(coughs)
Excuse me.
It wasn't me who called for Park Taehoon.
It was your guilt.
Why did you kill him to this extent?
I don't know.
There's a reason to kill someone meticulously and deliberately.
What do you say?
No.
There's no such thing.
Without a reason,
you murdered your ex-boyfriend,
dismembered his body, and disposed of it.
If this is true,
you're an evil psychopath who shouldn't be part of this society.
(sobs)
But that's not who you are.
I know from experience of catching such punks.
They don't even bat an eye even if they get arrested.
Please...
(groans)
Can we please stop this?
(sighs)
Did he blackmail you?
Why didn't you report it?
I couldn't!
(sobbing)
I had no choice!
It can't be helped.
Right?
We're not ready.
You understand me, right?
JASUNG K OB-GYN CLINIC
MIYOUNG: But then,
he blackmailed me with it.
I'm honestly exhausted.
Let's break up.
I'm sorry.
Fine, do as you want.
(Taehoon slurps, sighs)
But let me make one thing clear.
I'm going to sue you.
What?
Sue me for what?
Your abortion.
That level-seven guy is clueless, right?
I don't think that's right for him.
Also, would it be bad for a civil servant to have a record?
I got everything with me.
MEDICAL RECORD
LESS THAN 22 WEEKS PREGNANT, CURETTAGE PERFORMED
It wasn't my doing!
You got pregnant.
And you got the abortion.
(scoffs)
What is wrong with you?
(cries)
Taehoon.
Let's not do this. Please?
Then...
pay for my credit card bill this month.
I paid for it last month.
Exactly!
A poor want-to-be civil servant has no money!
(dramatic music)
MIYOUNG: I was caught...
in a trap with no exit.
(dramatic music)
(flies buzzing)
MURDER WITHOUT BODY
JOINT ANATOMICAL CHART
(wailing)
(knocks on door)
(wailing)
ADDRESS AND NAME NOT A MATCH
HOGAE: Ms. Woo Miyoung.
(sighs)
Your medical record was forged.
What?
JASUNG K OB-GYN CLINIC
MEDICAL RECORD
Abortion itself was illegal.
Why would a hospital give such a record?
No way.
HOGAE: Come in and take her.
It can't be.
What I did was all because of this.
No!
(wailing)
No!
TAEWON POLICE STATION LIEUTENANT JIN HOGAE
(keyboard clacking)
I get that she's a murderer, but I feel bad for her.
What are you talking about? It's not just a simple murder case.
MR. BAEK: She dismembered a body, disposed of it, and even committed arson.
Snap out of it. She's not worth pity.
If you do, what will that make Park Taehoon?
That's not what I mean.
I feel bad for Woo Miyoung when I think of Park Taehoon,
but then I feel bad for Park Taehoon when I think of Woo Miyoung.
She ruined her life over a forged medical record.
They shouldn't have been together in the first place.
What do you think, Detective Jin?
I don't think about those related to a case.
Park Taehoon may have been a scum,
but that doesn't mean he deserved to be killed.
And Woo Miyoung needs to pay for what she did.
I can finally sleep in peace. I'm going home first.
Bye.
(footsteps retreating)
(door opens, closes)
(elevator dings)
What?
You arrested the culprit. Why are you still out here?
Well, I rented this house.
The thought of restoring it gives me a headache.
Do you want a drink?
I'm good.
(sighs)
(soft chuckle)
You're such a bother.
(clatters)
- Give me your hand. - Why?
Your hand.
Jeez.
You dashed there bare-handed just to put out the fire. How foolish.
Forget it. It's no big deal.
Hey.
It doesn't seem that serious. You're such a nuisance.
I said I'm okay.
(clatters)
Why don't you just camp out here?
Hey.
It's against the Fire Services Act to block the fireplug.
You need to put all these away. That chair, too.
Fire crews are so fussy.
DOJIN: Don't act up.
If there's a fire, the police need the fire crew's help.
If there's a crime,
the fire crew needs the police's help.
Jeez. Knock it off.
If you two get hurt, you need my first aid treatment.
How childish.
Hey, Jin...
Mutt.
You're good to be a mutt, but don't be a crazy dog.
(chuckles)
Look, Ms. Minnow.
What did you say?
This world needs a crazy dog, too.
They can recognize other crazy dogs
and protects civilians from getting bitten.
Just at the right time, I see one over there.
Long time no see. I thought you became a wreck.
But actually, you're looking great.
Do you walk all right?
Thanks to you, I spent my time at ease in the medical room.
I hear it's manners to greet the detective
who handcuffed you once you get discharged.
Mr. Ma Taehwa, you're under arrest under suspicion of murdering Seok Mijung.
EMERGENCY ARREST WARRANT
(suspenseful music)
You should greet the person who bailed you out.
Right, this is...
Mr. Ma Taehwa, who's going around shamelessly after murdering someone.
Do you still think I murdered her?
On the day and time Ms. Seok Mijung was murdered,
Mr. Ma Taehwa was trafficking drugs in Yeongdeungpo.
We got the CCTV camera footage
and seized the drugs he trafficked.
It's physically impossible for me
to be in two places at the same time.
And aren't you shameless to be a detective...
after murdering someone?
Right.
Beware of this punk.
Once a dog...
has a taste of blood,
it can never forget about it.
Beware.
Do you see the difference between the police and the fire crew?
You guys have civilians visit you with gratitude.
But we have criminals visit us with grudges.
(light music playing on radio)
(static)
(beeping)
(gentle music playing on radio)
- (crashes) - (tires screech)
(siren wailing)
(light music)
Hey, what's going on? Why isn't there anything?
- You're here. - Where is it?
Over there.
What?
THE FIRST RESPONDERS
(closing theme music)