Agent from Above (2026) s01e03 Episode Script

[water flowing]
SHEN-LUNG TEMPLE
SHEN-LUNG WATER
IMMEASURABLE LIFE
LIFE
SHEN-LUNG TEMPLE
[suspenseful music playing]
-[man shouts]
-[woman whimpers]
-Is that him?
-Yes.
[gangster] Where do you think
you're going?
You scam me. Then you fuck my wife!
-[man] Religious scammer.
-[gangster] Let's get outta here.
[suspenseful music continues]
[labored breathing]
[Chi-sha] Shen-Lung Crown Prince,
you're dying.
I can save you.
But you must pay the price.
Just take my hand,
and you can change your fate.
[breathing nervously]
[suspenseful music continues]
[screaming]
AGENT FROM ABOVE
SOUL HARVES
DONGFENG MARKE
[dramatic music playing]
-Everyone, time to eat!
-[all cheer]
-[funky music playing]
-[male ghost] Thank you so much.
-What a feast! Oh, so good.
-[slurps] Oh my God.
That's delicious! [chuckles]
Eat to your heart's content.
Welcome, everyone.
Please enjoy, and let me know
if you'd like me to make you anything.
Oh, help yourself.
There's enough for everyone.
-Please, help yourself. Try some of these.
-C cup?
-[comical music plays]
-Eat slowly.
[male ghost] This is so good!
-Uh, hi, I'm Mei-na. Nice to meet you.
-Hello, I'm Wang Hsiao-ming.
-Would you marry a ghost ever?
-[music stops]
[Han Chieh] Hsiao-ming.
What's up?
Take your pick.
-[giggling] All this for me?
-[comical music playing]
That's so nice of you.
So ugly. Wear a suit like a gentleman.
Well, he just looks like a nerd. Ha!
You should be
more encouraging to Hsiao Ming.
Come on, let's try them on.
Together? [laughs]
-Together?
-What do you mean together?
-Not gentlemanly.
-[Hsiao-ming] Why don't you come with us?
Han, did you meet Miss Cheng yet?
She moved in recently.
[chatter in the background]
I saw her daughter. I think she's deaf.
[sighs]
She's had quite a hard life, it seems.
It's okay. Invite her
to my restaurant when you're free.
Han.
You should say hello to her. Huh?
[curious music playing]
Ta-da!
-[music intensifies]
-[all applaud]
[grandma 1] Oh!
-[grandma 2] Oh gosh, dear. It's ancient.
-So old-fashioned.
You look like an old man. Old man Wang!
[grandmas laugh]
[male ghost] You look dashing,
young man! Very classy.
[laughter]
They're all getting along.
[grandmas laugh]
Ms. Lo's good for the old man.
[poignant music playing]
[Yeh Tzu] Did their families die
in that fire too?
[Han Chieh] Mmm.
Ms. Lo's younger brother
and the old man's son and grandson,
they all want their families around them.
That's why I'm helping.
I never knew why
Ms. Lo's younger brother never reconciled.
-[all laugh]
-I hope soon she can move on.
[poignant music continues]
You know, even though you frown a lot,
underneath, you're really a good guy.
You're never at home, always here.
You take medicines?
Of course.
Hey. Smile!
[camera clicks]
What?
[phone chimes]
MESSAGE FROM CHANG MIN
Gangsters from Heilung Hall
were massacred last night.
The way they were killed was very strange.
I need your help.
[tense music playing]
SAFETY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
[coughing]
She's had quite a hard life, it seems.
You should say hello to her. Huh?
I'm Han.
I live next door.
You're the agent from above
Ms. Lo mentioned, right?
[exhales]
Everyone's at a gathering on the rooftop.
Ms. Lo hoped you'd bring your daughter.
Oh. Yuan-yuan is deaf and mute.
I don't want to trouble everyone.
-Yes, I saw her.
-[somber music playing]
She's very lively.
She likes drawing.
-[eerie music playing]
-[heavy breathing]
[door opens]
[melancholy music playing]
[Han Chieh] I'll leave you be.
Um… Master Han.
I've been very sick for years,
and my daughter needs your help.
I don't do that.
I'm just an ordinary person.
-[sighs]
-I'm sorry.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[melancholy music continues]
LINGERING SPIRI
[camera clicking]
SHEN-LUNG CROWN PRINCE
BEWITCHED BY OCCULTIST TO COMMIT CRIME
[music fades]
TEMPLE FIRE, TWO DEATHS
FENGYUAN TEMPLE
[dramatic music playing]
TEMPLE HOLDOUT RESIDENTS GET MURDERED
LIU KUAN-FU REFUTES:
"IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME"
ARSON LINKED TO LAND DISPUTE?
LIU KUAN-FU RETORTS:
"WHERE'S THE PROOF?"
"WHERE'S THE PROOF?"
[phone buzzing]
CHANG MIN CALLING
[knocking on the door]
I was calling you.
You never have good news.
-[door closes]
-Hey.
Look. Hmm.
-[dramatic music playing]
-[Han Chieh] Vasavatti?
Heilung Hall.
Eleven people died, all very strange.
[Han Chieh] That's Chi-sha.
We can't rule out
that this was a paid hit.
They had many enemies.
He doesn't kill for money.
This is the work of Vasavatti.
This is no gangster fight.
[dramatic music continues]
WUMENG OCCULTIST COLLUDES WITH GANGSTERS
[the Crown Prince] It's what I expect from
my agent from above. Naturally rebellious.
[dramatic music continues]
There's a gangster at the temple.
I'll ask him. Maybe he'll know something.
Her… Here through here.
-A-Fu.
-Have a seat.
You must be rich now.
-Huh?
-This big temple.
Have you returned to your old ways?
Oh, no. No way.
I'm not like that. Hey, Han.
[chuckling] Hey.
I don't scam people
with fake lottery numbers anymore.
At this temple,
after the management fees,
I donate everything
we make from offerings to charity.
-[intriguing music playing]
-I feed the homeless.
And do beach cleanups.
[tuts] Look, I'll show you the accounts--
-Forget it.
-[music stops]
I'm not here for that.
Have you looked into what I asked of you?
Well, I have heard back from a friend,
that Heilung Hall has won
a government construction project
worth over 100 million.
Apparently Kuan-fu
and Heilung Hall had a deal.
Heilung Hall subcontracted the work
to Kuan-fu.
Later on, I don't know
if they had a fight,
but Heilung Hall took all the money.
[tense music playing]
[exhales deeply]
[tuts] Yeah, well, we've always known
those two didn't get along,
and we thought something bad might happen.
I just didn't expect
that Kuan-fu would be so ruthless.
-Huh?
-[tense music continues]
Of course he is.
He set fire to
our family temple back then.
He wanted my family's land.
His people forced me into drug addiction,
so I'd owe him a big debt.
FENGYUAN TEMPLE
He said if I put up the title
to the temple as collateral,
I could pay him back slowly.
[dramatic music playing]
LAND OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE
[man] Kneel!
Try explaining this to the Crown Prince.
The construction company claims
that the temple's land is theirs.
-[mom] Enough!
-What have you done, you unfilial son?
[mom] Please. Please! Stop!
[dad] What did we ever do
to deserve a son like you?
[breathes heavily]
My father would not give in.
But Kuan-Fu burned the temple
to the ground.
[neighbor 1] How did this happen?
-Is anyone still in there?
-[neighbor 2] All my stuff is gone.
[neighbor 1] It's an inferno in there.
How did it start so quick?
Where did it come from? Hey. Hey!
-[neighbor 2] Hey, calm down.
-Wait. Don't go!
[dramatic music continues]
[Han Chieh] In the end,
my mother and father died in that fire.
[crying]
To this day, they're in hell,
suffering because of what I did.
[music turns more somber]
I kill evil spirits.
If that person is truly evil,
then I'm not committing
a violation, am I?
[music fades]
[slurps]
I get how you must feel.
The Crown Prince knows
what happened to you,
so he wants to give you a second chance.
Hey, you better not waste it.
You assume a lot.
Hmm?
You don't get it? Hey.
It's like in Marvel.
Imagine Iron Man just killing anyone.
Iron Man became a hero
after changing his ways.
You're also a superhero.
Hey! With great power
comes great responsibility.
If you just kill anyone,
then you're no different from Kuan-fu.
If I'm a superhero,
what does that make you?
Well…
[funky music playing]
I'm him.
Truck driver?
[horn honks]
Not a truck driver. I'm Doctor Strange.
Get it now? Doctor Strange.
Get it? You get it?
I mean, I look just like him.
Hey, wait for me.
[music ends]
[man] Boss.
[door closes]
Boss, why did Chi-sha ask us
to come out here,
in the middle of nowhere?
-[Chi-sha] Mr. Liu.
-[gasps]
[tense music playing]
Uh… the money's all here.
I'd do this even if you didn't pay me.
Heilung Hall members are perfect prey
for testing my malicious spirits. [laughs]
And they died so tragically.
-[chuckles]
-[Liu] The money's all there.
From now on, we have no more business.
So now you want to dispense
with me, do you?
But when you guys approached me,
you said you admired me.
[tense music continues]
-Don't contact me again.
-[man] Boss.
-Give it, give it! Just give it to him!
-Boss! Here.
[theme music playing]
[chuckles menacingly]
[techno music playing]
[people cheering]
[techno music continues in the background]
You came.
So, it's settled then.
I'm old. My skills are fading.
[chuckling]
You're too modest.
Those who are chosen
by Vasavatti aren't ordinary people.
[tense music playing]
Heilung Hall is now terrified
after your little performance.
[tutting] Hmm?
[tense music builds]
I was working with Vasavatti for revenge.
Gangsters killed my family.
They don't deserve to live.
But this is different.
You and Vasavatti are colluding
to control me, to force me to kill.
I know that I cannot be saved.
But I've never killed anyone innocent.
As an evil person myself,
I know that evil comes in different forms.
So you and I, we're different.
[tense music intensifies]
So what next?
What else do you want me to do?
[music fades]
CHIANG HUA-CHIH
Based on your daughter's horoscope,
your illness and her condition
are intertwined.
Please. Can we change our fate?
A person's fate is…
set in stone.
[low growling in the background]
However, you may eliminate karmic aura.
Really?
[eerie music playing]
I'll do anything.
[Chi-sha] You're wasting your talent.
[screaming]
Indulging in these religious scams.
If you work for me,
I'll give you everything
you ever dreamed of.
[suspenseful music playing]
What should I do?
[chanting]
Have you brought your daughter?
[woman] Yes, Master.
I have.
I didn't tell you last time, but…
your house always had an ominous aura.
[tense music playing]
It's likely someone's
creating negative karma.
When was your daughter born?
In 2009, March 17.
LUNAR FEBRUARY 21ST, YEAR OF THE OX
-That was the Year of the Ox.
-[tense music builds]
I'm gathering malicious spirits
refined from vital spirits.
Find me people with these birth details.
LUNAR FEBRUARY 21ST, YEAR OF THE OX
And kill them.
[music fades]
I see now your daughter
is responsible for this karma.
Your fates clash.
She with you, and you with her.
This is why she's mute,
and you've been unwell.
But it can't be due to my daughter.
I'm certain of her aura.
-[tense music playing]
-Then what should I do?
Go outside. Leave her here.
-Go outside.
-Wait.
-Go! Now!
-Master, wait. What are you going to do?
-Go out.
-Yuan-yuan, come here.
-Get out! Go!
-Come here! Get off her! Yuan-yuan!
[music stops]
Mr. Han? Here's the lighter.
[lighter clicking]
[bird chirping]
[intriguing music playing]
SHEN-LUNG CROWN PRINCE HARMS PEOPLE
-There it is again.
-What?
[music builds]
Shen-Lung Crown Prince has appeared
three times this month.
This one warned about scams,
and the second one
about him being bewitched.
You didn't pay much attention to this,
and now things are worse.
I'm to blame?
I have a ton of work still to do.
There's only one of me.
[intriguing music continues]
There are so many religious scammers.
I can't capture them all.
And now there's this Demon King invasion.
Why must I bother with that trivial stuff?
Fuck.
Mr. Han? Where are you going?
[music fades]
[knocking]
[eerie music playing]
Yuan?
Mr. Han.
What's she…
[demonic breathing]
[eerie music continues]
Who was it?
Who did this to you?
Where's your mom?
I'm going down to hell. Help me.
How?
[dramatic music playing]
I've done this before.
I used the pogs
to make myself unconscious.
[music builds]
Three minutes after I pass out, play this.
Then shock me with this.
[exhaling]
I'm counting on you.
[dramatic music intensifies]
[muffled groaning]
[watch ticking]
-[gasps]
-[music subsides]
[exclaims]
WES
[eerie music playing]
[sobbing]
[Han Chieh] Ms. Chiang.
What happened?
I can't find her.
I can't find my daughter anywhere.
She died before me.
I can't find her.
Where's her spirit?
[eerie music continues]
I don't know.
She can't be here without her spirit.
Who did this?
Shen-Lung.
Open the door! Yuan-yuan! Yuan-yuan!
Open the door! Please, Master.
Yuan-yuan!
[yelps]
[suspenseful music playing]
-[gasps]
-[Yuan-yuan groaning]
[screams]
[suspenseful music continues]
I got my daughter killed.
I got myself killed.
-Where is he?
-He's in the temple.
[mysterious music playing]
["The Maiden's Prayer"
playing over headphones]
WES
[Han Chieh] Time's up.
-Where are you going?
-To deal with that garbage.
[clock ticking]
[Chiang Hua-Chih] How? What will you do?
-Are you still alive?
-Strictly speaking, I'm dead.
[mysterious music continues]
Who exactly really?
I serve the Third Crown Prince.
-[coughing]
-[music fades]
Why did you shock me so hard?
You didn't tell me
how high the setting should be.
[groans] My clothes.
[coughing]
And the lotus.
There's lotus in the fridge.
Tell Chang Min there'll be a murder
in Shen-Lung Temple.
And you?
I'm settling a score.
[theme music playing]
QIANKUN HOOP
SHEN-LUNG TEMPLE
[theme music continues]
Go!
[women clamoring]
The Third Crown Prince's agent.
I'm humbled.
I'll give you a chance.
Give me the girl's spirit,
and I'll spare you.
[laughs] The Third Crown Prince is a brat.
I see that's passed on to you.
Okay. I won't only beat you to a pulp,
you'll lose bladder control.
[tense music playing]
[music becomes eerie]
[grunts]
[action music playing]
Third Crown Prince, huh?
-This is all he's got?
-[groans]
Tell the old fool
to come collect your corpse.
[music distorts]
[theme music playing]
[the Crown Prince] You're very arrogant,
aren't you? Shouting at me like that.
You can't beat a scammer?
Even a simple task like that--
You think I want this?
[coughs]
-Where are the pogs I gave you?
-I've used them all.
Didn't you see?
[action music continues]
The pogs you gave me,
they're like toys to him.
[Crown Prince] You're always
complaining, aren't you?
I don't smoke, I don't drink.
It's dirty work.
Can't I have any fun at all?
I told you, you mustn't smoke or drink.
Yet you used the loop
to light your cigarette.
Have you forgotten?
The tools I give you
cause you pain after their use.
[sighs] Do I look scared?
[low action music continues]
[blows]
I'll give you one more.
[grunting]
I told you, it's useless on him.
I've especially blessed this one.
[music stops abruptly]
Are you quite finished?
[sputters]
My turn now.
["Royal Progress of the Gods"
by JhenYueTang playing]
[groaning]
["Royal Progress of the Gods" continues]
[groans]
[grunts]
[song ends]
[breathing heavily]
[poignant music playing]
[siren wailing]
We've been looking for the scammer,
but never been able
to pin anything on him.
This is the end of his reign of terror.
Lucky the Crown Prince
alerted you when he did.
I should have noticed.
[poignant music continues]
SHEN-LUNG TEMPLE
DONGFENG MARKE
[music fades]
[groans softly]
[poignant music playing]
Okay. Go find your mom.
[groans softly]
QIAN, XUN, KAN
[eerie music playing]
[low chants]
[music intensifies]
DAD: EXAM OVER YET?
ARE YOU COMING HOME NOW?
I'M ALMOST HOME
[music fades]
[eerie music continues]
[screaming]
[music fades]
[theme music playing]
[music continues]
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[music ends]