Butterfly (2025) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Previously on Butterfly…
[intriguing music playing]
[Hollis] All clear. Target's in position.
- [heavy gunfire]
- [people yelling]
[grunting]
- Shit.
- [engine revving]
She's my daughter.
What if she can't be saved?
We haven't been able
to make contact with her just yet.
'Cause she's the most valuable asset
in this organization.
- [phone rings]
- [Juno] Did you find him?
[Rebecca] Not yet, but I know where he is.
I'll have it done by morning.
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
- [explosion blasts]
- No!
[gunshot]
Did you know it was him?
He's alive?
[David] Rebecca.
Dad?
- [ "Walking on Sunshine" (Korean Version)]
- Ow!
[speaking Korean]
[song continues with singing in Korean]
[speaking Korean]
[door opens]
[speaking Korean]
[laughing]
This is so weird.
So we're talking now. That's progress.
You know, up until about an hour ago,
I would've given anything to know
that my dad was still alive,
and now here we are just…
[laughing] shopping for snacks.
I'm thinking maybe I should bail.
You want to leave?
Do you want to tell me where we're going?
Busan.
Why?
We need to pick up a few things.
- And then what?
- Then we leave the country.
Back to Virginia?
Oh.
Right, you can't clear customs
when you're officially dead.
- So, where to?
- [David sighs]
- [door opens]
- [clerk and customer speaking Korean]
Vietnam.
What?
I rented a house there.
It's a beautiful country,
and they don't extradite.
Okay, so we'll just live
happily ever after in Vietnam?
You know I liked my life?
I had money, freedom,
Juno always took care of me,
and I just blew it all up
for the man who faked his own death
to get out of raising me.
That's not what happened.
[quiet, tense music playing]
I should call Juno.
I mean, why am I the one that's running?
You're the one that she wants dead.
You killed her agent.
Atwood?
- There's plenty of Atwoods.
- No, you turned on her.
You know Juno. She'll never let that go.
Maybe.
But…
are we even sure that I did it?
[bag opens]
You used to love those.
Yeah, they taste like I remember.
[bag rustling]
You should pay for those.
- [David] Hey. Hey.
- [Rebecca] Relax.
I just have to pee.
[door opens]
Okay, okay.
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
[breathing deeply]
- [phone ringing]
- [indistinct chatter]
Hello?
[Rebecca] You tried to have him killed?
Rebecca.
Juno?
Do not lie to me right now.
I saw the text that you sent Atwood.
[Oliver] Get a trace on that number.
Where are you? Are you with him?
He's dangerous.
I don't know what he's planning.
He killed Atwood.
Just tell me where you are,
and I'll send a team.
You'd take me back?
Of course.
There's always a place for you here.
That's really nice to hear.
Even if it's not true.
It is true, Rebecca.
This is where you belong.
What about my dad?
[suspenseful music playing]
- [screams, gasps]
- [speaking Korean]
Fuck.
What's wrong?
- I thought you had, uh…
- Disappeared?
Feels bad, doesn't it?
[sighs]
[door opens]
[scoffs]
Did you call her?
I can't hold you here against your will,
and if you want to take
your chances with Juno,
there's nothing I can do to stop you,
but I need to know.
I didn't call her, okay?
I promise.
- You got old.
- You got old.
- [indistinct chatter]
- [rapid typing]
[soft, intriguing music playing]
[siren blaring]
- What's that?
- [siren stops]
- [David] I don't know.
- [Rebecca] Maybe it's an accident?
Maybe.
- Shit.
- [Rebecca] What?
It's a police checkpoint.
[radio chatter in Korean]
What are you doing?
What does it look like I'm doing?
[David] You're not shooting anyone.
Says who?
Look, we just need to stay calm, okay?
If this is a routine checkpoint,
we can just slip through
without anyone getting hurt.
And if it isn't?
[tense music playing]
[speaking Korean] Hello.
Can I see your license?
Yes.
Here it is.
Where are you coming from?
Seoul.
What's this all about?
Hey, Officer.
[speaking English] Got something.
Show me.
From our checkpoint in Gumi.
Local police are reporting a match.
[speaking Korean] Can you step out
of the car, please?
We're just on vacation.
Step out of the car, now.
Is this really necessary?
Get out of the car.
Can't you just send me on my way?
I'm with my daughter.
I'm not going to ask again.
Get out. Now!
[speaking English] Police have them
at gunpoint.
They're done.
You don't know David Jung.
[speaking Korean] One…
two…
[speaking English] Okay. Okay.
[speaking Korean] Keep your hands
where I can see them!
Yes, yes.
I'm getting out.
Miss,
come out.
I'm warning you one last time.
Get out of the car, now!
[speaking English] Make me.
[grunting]
[dramatic music playing]
- [officer groaning]
- Rebecca.
Don't.
[yells in pain]
[speaking Korean]
Drop the gun!
[shouting in Korean]
[speaking English] Take point.
[tires squealing]
[radio chatter in Korean]
[shouting in Korean]
- [engine revving]
- [tires squealing]
- Get in!
- [engine revving]
[horns honking]
- [tires squealing]
- [gunfire]
[laughing]
[Rebecca laughing]
[exciting music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]
- [typing]
[Juno] I can't believe he's alive.
All these years and he just… reappears.
Do you remember him?
I remember his funeral.
He was nice to me when I was a kid.
You were close, weren't you?
When you start a company together,
you don't have a choice.
- [knocking]
- Yep.
Did you find them?
Not yet, but I just got off the phone
with Commissioner General Hwang
from Korean National Police.
He assures me
that all checkpoints are still active,
and he's increasing police presence
within a 100-kilometer radius
of where the target was last seen.
[Juno] Thank you.
Okay, I have an address for David.
It's a house an hour away
from the soju distillery.
Uh, both owned by a woman named Eunju Kim.
She's 43, uh,
the daughter of a prominent businessman
who owns a shipping company in Seoul.
And seven years ago,
she married a man named Dae Ho Jung.
That's David.
He got married again.
What are we gonna do about him?
He knows we killed Karpov.
We have to take him off the board.
[Oliver] Okay.
I'll, uh…
I'll get on it.
- Hey, Mom?
- Hmm?
Do you think he knows about Jae-Hun?
We have a lot more to worry about
than one dead Korean.
Okay.
[door closes]
[doorbell rings]
[Nam-Joo speaking Korean] Oh, it's someone
from the home security company.
[door unlocks]
[speaking Korean]
Hello.
I'm here to fix CCTV.
Oh, come in, come in.
Thank you.
Hey, I'll call you back in a bit.
Would you like some persimmon?
Pardon?
I got a box delivered
from the countryside.
I'm okay, thank you.
They're Chungdo persimmons.
Well… if you insist.
Have a seat.
Thank you.
What a cute dog.
You can have her if you want.
She's a troublemaker.
I've never taken care of a dog before.
You would have been a great mother.
What was that?
Why didn't you have kids?
That's… a really personal question,
isn't it?
Wouldn't it be better to raise a child
than a dog?
[tense music playing]
We tried…
for a long time.
Maybe it was for the best.
Because of your husband…
You were all going to die today anyway.
What are you doing?
Your husband, Mr. Chulsu Lim…
He took money from some dangerous people.
Please, get out of my house!
[gasping, choking]
[gasps]
[grunting]
Shh, shh.
[phone buzzing]
[line ringing]
[Gun speaking Korean] Yes?
[speaking English] Hello,
is this Arirang Solutions?
Are you a returning customer?
We haven't worked together before, but…
you have an excellent reputation, Mr. Lee.
Please, call me Gun.
And you are…?
My name is Juno Lund.
I'm the co-founder of the Caddis Group.
I know who you are.
I have a job for you,
if you're interested.
Who's the target?
David Jung, my old partner.
I thought he was dead.
So did I.
It won't be easy.
I like a challenge.
[engine revving]
[Rebecca] This isn't Busan.
[David] No. It's Daegu.
I thought it was Busan, and then off
to beautiful, non-extradition Vietnam.
[sighing] Change of plans.
God…
[Rebecca sighs]
Where are we going?
I know a place where we can lie low
and figure out our next move.
This is it.
This looks closed.
Owner's a client of mine. Nice guy.
Too naive for this world.
[lock clicking]
You remember coming to Korea together?
You were, what, nine?
Yeah. Yeah, it was right after Mom died.
I always wanted to bring you back here.
So much more I wanted to show you.
Well, you've been a great tour guide.
Nice.
Do you drink?
You're kidding, right?
My little girl, all grown up.
You know, proper thing
to do here is to toast.
Mm.
[drink pouring]
[sets down kettle]
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
You actually make this stuff?
Makgeolli and soju.
I brew it, I find distributors,
I manage the accounts.
This is my full-time job.
You really moved to Korea
to become a hipster?
[chuckles] A hipster.
Yeah. Artisanal fucking makgeolli.
What, that's unfiltered soju, right?
It is the oldest alcohol in Korea.
They were brewing this stuff
centuries before soju.
See? Hipster.
Do you remember that song
you used to sing to me when I was little?
I think it was about
a baby being left home alone?
It went…
[singing in Korean]
[Rebecca humming]
[humming]
[singing in Korean]
[both singing in unison]
[continues singing]
[both chuckling]
Oh…
[atmospheric music playing]
How strong is this stuff, anyway?
[sniffs]
Um…
Something's wrong.
Hey. I…
I got you. I got you.
That's some…
- Just lie down.
- I…
Come on.
[Rebecca grunts]
[moans softly]
[sighs]
[exhales]
Ugh.
[plastic crinkles]
[bag zips]
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
- [knocking on glass]
- [sighs]
- Yeah, come in.
- [door opens]
It's Senator Dawson for you.
Uh, tell him I'm out of the country
and I'll call him the moment I'm back.
Oh, I'm sorry, I meant, he's here.
Downstairs.
George Dawson.
Juno Lund.
- What a nice surprise.
- [grunts softly]
[sighs] Heard you were opening
an office in Seoul, but damn.
This seems like quite the operation.
Well, just another perk
of the private sector.
- Mm. When'd you get back?
- Last night.
Not a bad spot if you want to get
a foothold in this part of the world.
Away from your nosy neighbors
in Langley, huh?
You want to come up for a tour?
We could talk in one
of the conference rooms.
Nuh-uh. I haven't seen you in ages.
I'm taking you out.
- [softly] Oh…
- Come on.
[upbeat music playing]
[Dawson] You ever had this before?
Budae-jjigae. Army base stew.
Came out of the postwar period
when Korea was destitute,
had to boil up surplus American goods.
Baked beans, hot dogs.
- Yum.
- Sometimes called "Johnson stew,"
after old LBJ.
When you're president,
maybe they'll name a soup after you.
Mmm.
Dawson chowder.
[laughs]
Yeah. I like the sound of that.
It's not such a stretch, is it,
now that you're heading
the Senate Intelligence Committee?
Politics.
Maybe you had the right idea,
going private after Langley.
I had to go and try and change the world.
Oh, I still want to change the world,
I just need more money and power to do it.
[both laugh]
It's good to see you, Juno.
Kind of fortuitous, you being here.
- How so?
- Well…
I came to Seoul
to talk to the late Mikhail Karpov.
He did some work with Caddis, didn't he?
It was a few years ago,
but we contracted with him a couple times.
Everybody in the business
worked with Karpov.
They say he knew everyone's secrets.
Can't say I'm surprised he was killed.
Why, what have you heard?
- George.
- Sorry.
Just sounded like you had more to say.
Aren't you gonna ask
what we were meeting about?
I assume it's confidential.
Well, between you and me,
he was funneling
vital U.S. intelligence to Russia's FSB.
I want to know who was behind it.
If I hear anything worth sharing,
I'll let you know.
I'd appreciate the help.
Mmm. It'd be just like old times.
Of course.
Mm.
Speaking of which, how is Oliver?
Your son's joined the family business.
You must be proud.
[dramatic music playing]
Tell him hi for me.
[grunts softly]
You fucking drugged me?
I wasn't trying to hurt you.
I just had to know.
Yeah, okay, I called her.
You caught me.
Do you expect me to feel bad about that?
I can't bring you with me
if you're gonna deliver me to Caddis.
What did you tell her?
- Nothing.
- Nothing?
I just wanted to talk to her.
You found me.
You burned me with Caddis,
and you brought me on this
fucked-up little daddy-daughter adventure.
- You didn't have to do any of that.
- Of course I did.
Oh, my… Why?
Because I love you.
[laughs]
No, you left me.
You let me grow up thinking
that you'd been killed by terrorists.
It was the only way I could keep you safe.
[chuckles]
Is-is that what you've been
telling yourself this whole time?
[laughs]
[crying]
[somber music playing]
Hey.
[panting]
- [moans]
- [panting]
Come on.
[shouts]
Let go! Let go.
[sniffles]
[panting]
[crying softly]
I was leading a team
on Jolo island in the Philippines.
We were hired to hunt down
Hugo Maldonado and his terrorist cell.
We knew they were dangerous,
but we underestimated them.
[suspenseful music playing]
[insects chirping]
[grunts]
Go.
They had a network
that reached across continents,
and they knew we were coming.
You should see this.
[distant thunder rumbles]
[David] These men
were known to be ruthless.
They burned down homes,
they killed entire families.
Anything to get to their target.
And they had your photo.
Your birth certificate.
Your school schedule.
We were their target.
And before I could get home to you,
we were ambushed.
My entire team was killed.
I survived, but I knew they wouldn't stop
until I was dead, too.
And I knew they would hunt you down
and kill you to get to me.
That's why I had to die.
So…
you disappeared to save me
from evil men in another country.
I thought I was doing the right thing.
The hard thing.
I thought that's what a father does.
Look, I know it doesn't compare
to what I put you through…
[crying] …but it destroyed me.
[exhales, sniffles]
I've missed you every day.
And every day, I ask myself
if I made the wrong decision.
But seeing you here in front of me,
alive…
…I know it was all worth it.
[sniffles]
I've read everything that there is to know
about the day that you died.
Maldonado only got stronger.
Is that why you didn't come back for me?
- Uh…
- [phone ringing]
[sniffles]
[exhales, sniffles]
[speaking Korean] Hey.
Is something wrong?
[Eunju over phone] I think
I'm being followed.
[speaking English] What?
[indistinct P.A. announcement]
[speaking Korean] I told myself
I was acting paranoid,
but there were two men with radios and…
I think they're Caddis.
[exhales]
Where are you?
Dongdaegu Station.
[grunts]
Can you get out of there?
I… No. No, they'll find me.
[speaking English] Okay.
Listen to me.
I need you to get someplace safe.
Someplace where you can lock yourself in.
I'm not far.
I'll be there in 15 minutes, okay?
[speaking Korean] Okay. Come quick.
[grunts]
[speaking English] That was a woman,
wasn't it?
It was my wife.
Caddis found her.
Yeah.
Sounds like you could use my help.
- Not that I'm offering.
- No.
I didn't bring you here just to put you
in danger all over again.
So you want me to just sit here
while you go out for her?
I can't make you wait for me.
I know that.
But I'm not saying goodbye.
Please.
Stay here.
What if you die again?
I'm not that easy to kill.
[door opens]
- [speaking Korean]
- [studio audience laughing]
[Gun speaking Korean] Idiot.
[ominous music playing]
[phone buzzing]
- [speaking English] Yeah?
- [Juno] It's me.
We have something.
[thrilling music playing]
[Oliver] I don't understand.
She knows we're here.
Why don't we just move in?
David's our target, not his wife.
- You actually think he'll show?
- I do.
David always has to be the hero.
Look, I know he knows about Karpov, but…
…is he really a threat anymore?
I mean, seems like he's just
- trying to get away from Caddis.
- Right, and you think we should let him?
I'm just asking.
The part of you that feels that way,
part of you that sees him as a human being
instead of a target…
…you have to wrap your hands
around its throat
and not let go until it's dead.
[ominous music playing]
You understand?
[tires screech]
[tense music playing]
[P.A. announcements in Korean]
[indistinct chatter]
- [Taser buzzing]
- [grunting]
[operative over radio] At the east
entrance, nothing here.
- [radio static]
- [Lim] This is Lim.
Checking in.
Hey, focus on this area.
[grunts]
[gasps]
Ryu, do you copy?
Ryu?
What the fuck is going on?
It's David.
He's here.
[Oliver] We have a problem.
[Hollis] Lim, come in.
[radio static]
[David] Juno, I know you're listening.
It's been a long time.
Do something.
[suspenseful music playing]
[David] You remember when Caddis
was just the two of us in a room?
Show me what you have.
I promised you it wasn't
just a pipe dream, didn't I?
I said we'd be a major player
with people all over the world.
I said that this would be our legacy.
Are these all the cameras
we have access to?
Why haven't we found him?!
[David] I was right, wasn't I?
Sayavong has eyes.
So take him out.
[David] And now, here you are,
hunting me in Korea.
Give me that.
So I'm gonna make you another promise.
You hurt my family,
and I will destroy
everything you care about.
You will have nothing left.
Hi, David.
Nice to hear your voice.
While you played dead,
I built an empire.
- You can't touch me.
- We'll see.
[thrilling music playing]
[switchblade clicks]
[screams]
[grunting]
- Keep walking.
- I told you to stay at the bar.
I wanted to meet your wife.
There he is.
[Oliver] It's Rebecca.
She's helping him.
[tense music playing]
You think she's in there?
[David] Yeah, and the train leaves
in four minutes.
How about you take care of those two,
and I'll go meet up with her.
No. Since you're here, stay with me.
We'll lure them away.
[thrilling music playing]
[shouts in Korean]
Get to the train as fast as you can,
and I'll meet you there.
Go. Now!
[suspenseful music playing]
[door closes]
[thrilling music playing]
[both grunting]
[Rebecca coughs]
[excited chatter]
[crowd screaming]
[thrilling music playing]
Oh, shit.
Come on.
Okay, okay, okay.
[sighs]
Okay.
Okay, just sit. Just sit.
- [grunts]
- Okay.
- Hey. [winces, grunts]
- Oh, my God.
I have to tell you something.
- It can wait.
- No.
- It can't.
- Can you just shut the fuck up?
It's fine.
- [speaking Korean]
- [grunts]
[David grunts]
[Eunju speaking Korean] What happened?
Daddy.
Daddy, you're hurt.
[speaking English] Oh, honey…
[speaking Korean]
[speaking English] You have a daughter?
[sighs]
[dramatic music playing]