Butterfly (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Previously on Butterfly…
I have a job for you if you're interested.
Who is the target?
[Juno] David Jung, my old partner.
[exciting music playing]
I should call Juno.
Just tell me where you are
and I'll send a team.
S-Something's wrong.
Why haven't we found him?!
- [Hollis] Sayavong has eyes.
- Take him out.
[grunts]
[speaking Korean] Daddy, you're hurt.
[speaking English] You have a daughter?
[train accelerating]
[David groans]
[inhales deeply]
[groans softly]
- [entry bell jingles]
- [phone ringing]
[Choi speaking Korean] Hello?
It's me.
I need my order as soon as possible.
You ordered a lot of food.
I'm still making it.
You can pick it up in a few days.
No, I need it by tomorrow. Delivery.
Delivery?
I can't. I need more time.
We're starving here.
We can't wait that long.
It's customers like you
that make me want to retire.
If you can't help me, then
I'll have to order from Jagalchi Market.
No, no. I will make it work.
Is 8:00 p.m. good?
Yes. See you then.
And hey, Yong-Shik.
We're even now.
No. Never.
20:00PM Jagalchi Market
[reading in Korean]
[speaking English] So…
do I call you Mom?
If that's what you want.
You look like my daughter.
I look nothing like her.
He didn't tell you about Minhee?
[sighs]
Oh, my God, David.
[Minhee reading aloud in Korean]
What are you reading?
In English, it's The Secret Garden.
Do you like it?
[speaking Korean] Unni wants to know
if you like your book.
[speaking English] I like it.
Well, it's about a little girl
whose parents never wanted her.
That's kind of dark, don't you think?
What are you, like, five?
I'm seven. Today's my birthday.
My dad disappeared nine years ago,
and now he has a seven-year-old?
Were you two together when he left?
No, of course not.
I met him here when he was in hiding.
We… It happened fast.
Minhee was born a year later.
How do you meet a man
who's supposed to be dead?
Is there an app for that?
He needed a new identity.
A new life. I helped him.
By fucking him?
[speaking Korean]
I know what you're doing, Rebecca.
But I'm not your enemy.
[Minhee reading aloud in Korean]
Poor girl.
I give her ten years tops,
she's gonna be a psycho
like the rest of us.
Why didn't you tell me
you had a fucking kid?
For some reason,
I thought you might take it badly.
You replaced me and my dead mom
with Korean replicas.
I didn't replace anybody.
Look, it took everything I had
to find you.
I didn't want to drive you away.
Now we're all stuck together.
One big happy family.
Look, let's just get to the safe house
and regroup.
All right? I've got weapons,
cash, medical supplies.
We can stay there tonight
and then we'll take a ferry to Fukuoka
first thing in the morning.
- I need a passport. Mine's burned.
- They're in the works.
They'll be delivered to us
tonight in Busan.
We're never gonna make it to Busan.
Juno is gonna have a team of operatives
ready to storm the train at the next stop.
I'm working on that.
[line ringing]
You let him get away.
[Gun] I didn't know he'd have help.
- That woman, who is she?
- His daughter.
Ah. He taught her how to fight?
He had nothing to do with it.
I made Rebecca everything she is.
Should I congratulate you?
You should do your fucking job.
Or did I make a mistake hiring you?
There's no mistake.
We'll see.
You know what train he's on
and what direction it's headed in.
I've got a team en route
to the next station.
I suggest you be there.
[alarm beeping]
Don't disappoint me again.
What happened?
Commissioner General Hwang is furious
about the incident at Dongdaegu station.
His office has been flooded
with 119 calls from panicked commuters.
- So he cut our access to the feeds?
- More than that.
He knows Rebecca's Caddis.
He's saying this
is an internal company issue
and is cutting us off completely.
Okay, well, let's just lean on
our contacts and go over his head.
No. How long until the train
is at the station?
[Oliver] Nine minutes.
[exciting music playing]
[speaks Korean]
Tell Minhee to get ready.
We're getting off the train.
But we are not at the station.
Hurry. We don't have much time.
Hurry.
[speaking Korean]
Okay. We'll stand outside.
Brace yourself. Hold on to something.
[speaking Korean]
Everybody ready?
[screeching]
The train's just made an emergency stop
two kilometers away from the station.
That's David.
Get our team out there, now.
[train alarm wailing]
Eunju.
- You're okay?
- Yeah.
[David grunts]
[chuckles softly]
[sighs]
Here. Come on. [grunts]
[speaking Korean]
[Juno] David just got off the train
north of the station.
There's a truck depot nearby.
I bet he's headed there to escape.
Got it.
[intense music playing]
[engine roaring]
[David] Hey.
[speaking Korean] Excuse me,
but are you going to Busan?
Yes, I am.
Thank God.
Is there any way you can give us a lift?
We can pay.
We're so sorry, but our car broke down.
We can't call a taxi,
and it's our daughter's birthday.
Can you please help us?
Come up on that side.
Thank you so much.
[nearby engine turns on]
[suspenseful music playing]
[speaking English] Everyone get down.
[line ringing]
He's in the shipping truck
with the white cab.
License plate 8052.
White cab. License 8052.
[Hollis] White cab, 8052. Move in.
[tires squealing]
[guard shouting in Korean]
[brakes hiss]
[speaking Korean]
[speaking Korean] Get out!
Open it, now!
[exciting music playing]
[somber music playing]
[brakes hiss]
[suspenseful music playing]
[beeping]
[speaking English] Okay, let's go.
Come on.
[chuckles] Unni.
You need to take off your shoes.
[sighs]
[speaking Korean] Daddy, are we having
my birthday party here?
No, we're just spending the night.
[speaking English] Then we're
gonna take a ferry.
And then we're gonna take a plane
to a very special place.
[speaking Korean] Minhee,
let's go wash our hands
- and change into some clean clothes.
- Okay.
[David speaking English] Upstairs.
Does anyone know about this place?
No, it's clean.
Are you sure?
Caddis always finds a way.
I started Caddis.
Don't forget that.
Never.
[clattering nearby]
Window.
[beeping]
[gun cocks]
Stay here.
[clanging nearby]
Jin-Soo?
[speaking Korean] Oh, sir.
I wasn't expecting you.
If I'd known you were coming…
[speaking English] I thought you said
this place is clean?
It is.
Yeah?
Then who was that?
That's Mr. Kwon.
He looks after the place for me.
Don't worry, I use an alias
and I pay him in cash.
Is he going to be a problem?
Is who going to be a problem?
Nobody.
Where's Minhee?
She's taking a bath.
Who are you talking about?
You don't need to worry about it.
[speaking Korean] Let's talk for a second.
I know why you need to do this,
for you and for Rebecca.
But you pulled me and Minhee into it, too.
[speaking English] You're right.
[speaking Korean] I'm sorry.
[sighs]
[speaking English] I don't need you
to be sorry.
But if we are going to be a family,
let's be a family.
[speaking Korean] It's not you and Rebecca
against the world.
Thank you.
I know this is hard for you.
[speaking English] And I know Rebecca's
not making it any easier.
Why would she?
I can't even imagine
what she must be going through.
[gentle music playing]
[speaking Korean] I love you.
[sighs]
[speaking English] What's wrong?
Rebecca.
She's, uh…
She's what?
Different.
[Juno] How's the Karpov investigation
going, George?
[Dawson] Actually,
that's not why I'm here.
Oliver's grown since I last saw him.
Not as much as we'd hoped.
Between his father's height and mine,
I thought he'd be at least six-two.
He's inherited
his mother's taste for nightlife.
I seem to recall you
shutting down O'Shea's
on a regular basis.
You took all the first-year analysts out
and got us wasted.
Called team building.
- [laughs]
- He's also inherited
your ability
to attract interesting people.
You know the guy next to him, right?
No, I don't recognize him.
Jae-Hun Lee.
Educated in the U.S.
His family owns half the buildings
in Gangnam.
You must have heard
about his murder last week.
It was all over the news.
Yeah.
Oliver was so upset.
They'd become friends
over the last few months.
[sighs]
Juno.
I know Mikhail Karpov did more
for Caddis than you're willing to admit.
But now you're being cagey about
what I know is a close friendship between
your son and a CIA asset.
Is the CIA spying on my son, George?
Let's say they are.
If he's done nothing wrong,
there's nothing to worry about.
The best way to prove that
is to just play ball.
How would I do that?
You can start by letting me
talk to Oliver.
I don't control him.
Well, let him know where to find me.
[dramatic music playing]
[Juno] You know what makes a great archer?
Attention to form.
To perfection in the smallest details.
I just saw Senator Dawson.
He has a photo of you and Jae-Hun
from the night he died.
What?
It was on social media.
You miss anything else from that night?
- No.
- Did you wipe the security camera footage
- from your building's servers?
- Yes. I'm not an idiot.
- Were you ID'd anywhere else you went?
- Mum!
I was careful.
The CIA was surveilling you for weeks
and you didn't know.
And now they think
you've killed their asset.
So your idea of careful isn't good enough.
It wasn't my idea to use Karpov
- to sell intelligence to the Russians.
- No.
But it might be your fault
Dawson takes me down for it.
I know I fucked up.
You remind me of that every day.
But David Jung is the one
trying to destroy Caddis.
Not me. You just treat me like this
because you think I'm an easy target.
I'm not targeting you,
I'm trying to protect you.
I don't want to be protected.
I want to help.
I want you to trust me
like you trusted Rebecca.
[scoffs]
You're not Rebecca.
No.
I'm not.
She left you.
Look, I can fix this.
Let me be useful.
I know Rebecca.
I know how she thinks.
If we find her, this all goes away.
Send me out after her,
and I will prove it to you.
And when it's all the way full,
you slide this…
in here.
Push. [speaks Korean]
[speaks Korean]
And then you take this,
and you slide it back
until the round goes into the chamber.
Go ahead.
[speaking Korean] Show me.
[speaking English] I can't.
Don't you want to be the kind of girl
who can do hard things?
English is hard.
[speaking Korean] But you're good at it.
[speaking English] Appa helps me.
But you don't want
to always have to depend on Appa.
[speaking Korean] Do it.
[speaking English] Pull.
Good girl.
You want to aim?
Like that…
Bow! Yeah.
Bang.
- [Minhee] Bang.
- [Rebecca] Bang.
Minhee. Minhee.
What the hell are you doing?
It's not loaded.
You think that makes it okay?
To let a little girl play with a gun?
[speaking Korean] Are you
out of your mind?
[speaking English] What's going on?
She was letting Minhee play with a gun.
- Not loaded.
- [gun clicks]
- That's not the point!
- [speaks Korean] Please, please.
[exhales sharply]
She gave our seven-year-old a gun.
[sighs]
What is wrong with you?
There she is.
I knew the sweet stepmom shit was an act.
- Rebecca.
- You taught me how to use a gun
when I was her age, didn't you?
- That was different.
- You mean I'm different.
That's what you said to her, right?
No. That's not what I meant.
Look, I know this is hard, okay?
But if we can just make it to tomorrow,
we'll be out of here in the morning
to a new country, a new life.
But can we just get along
until then? Please.
Where's Minhee?
[door opens]
- [door closes]
- Minhee?
Minhee?
[sighs]
[speaking Korean] Where is our Minhee?
[singing in English] Where is Minhee?
Where is Minhee… ♪
[speaking Korean] Found you!
I found our little princess.
- [speaking English] Where were you hiding, huh?
- [Minhee giggles]
Where were you hiding?
You bad girl. [chuckles]
Okay, look.
I know you want to play…
[speaking Korean] but we have to stay
inside the house.
Go to Mom.
[speaking English] We used to play
like that.
- You were never that easy to catch.
- [door opens]
You remember when you were little,
I used to throw you up in the air.
Over and over and over again.
And then when I stopped,
you would scream so loud…
[chuckles] until I did it again.
You remember what we used to call that?
[takes deep breath]
Do you?
No.
[entry bell jingles]
[tense music playing]
[speaking Korean] We're on break
right now.
Come back later, please.
[exclaims]
Where's Yong-Shik Choi?
He's not here.
[breathing shakily]
[panting]
- Mr. Choi? Mr. Choi?
- What?
Can I just talk to you for a second?
Why?
Can I just talk to you for a second?
[exclaims in Korean]
What is it?
- [gags]
- I'm busy…
[intense music playing]
[grunting]
[grunts, gasps]
- [grunts]
- [blade slices]
[pained groaning]
[Choi grunts weakly]
- [blade slices]
- [moans]
Where's David Jung?
In my day, I would've gutted you
like a fish.
Where is David Jung?
- [Choi grunts]
- [phone shatters]
You'd trade your life for his?
You know nothing about loyalty, you scum.
[moans weakly]
[groans]
[dark music playing]
[muffled chatter]
[phone ringing]
[speaking English] Tell me something
I want to hear.
David's in Busan.
He's planning to leave the country.
How do you know?
He's supposed to meet his contact
at Jagalchi Market tonight
to pick up passports.
Did you find one for Rebecca?
Mm-hmm.
I'm sending a team to meet up with you.
My son Oliver will be with them.
[opens car door]
Your son?
He knows Rebecca.
He could be helpful.
Keep him safe behind you, understand?
Your son…
and his daughter.
Wow.
Is there anything else?
Rebecca.
She got in my way last time.
If she does it again?
Kill her.
[seagulls cawing]
[speaking Korean] Unni,
are you still in trouble?
Mommy, why aren't you talking?
[David speaking English] I can't
believe this. [sighs]
But we actually have
everything we need for this recipe.
Minhee, I know this hasn't been
the birthday you were expecting…
but what's the best part of a birthday?
- Presents!
- Presents. Yes, I know.
[speaking Korean] And after that?
- [speaking English] Cake!
- Cake.
- [vocalizes]
- [gasps]
[speaking Korean] Do you want
to make a cake together?
- [Minhee] Mm!
- [David] Mm!
Minhee, do you want to make a cake?
I want to make it with Unni.
I don't know if Unni likes to bake…
[speaking English] No guns this time.
Please. I can't do this without you.
[sighs]
We don't even have eggs.
That's okay.
I know a recipe without them.
[gentle music playing]
[David] More?
Good job. Okay.
[David speaking Korean] Okay,
now give it to Mom.
This too. Put it in here.
[speaking English] Okay.
Just eye it.
And now, we mix it.
Mix it up.
Keep mixing. Okay.
- There's too many. Oh.
- Here, here, let me help you.
Let me help you.
Mm, mm, mmm. Look what I have.
[chuckles]
Minhee, you want to try this?
Mm. Okay, grab a spoon.
Thank you. Oop, hold on.
[vocalizing]
- [squeaks]
- [David chuckles]
Ready?
[speaking Korean] How is it?
Does it taste good?
- [speaking English] Yummy!
- Good.
Want more?
[Minhee] You try.
[chuckles]
- Mm, mm. Yum.
- [David laughs]
[laughs]
Butterfly.
The game we used to play.
It took me a minute but I remembered.
[crying]
Rebecca.
Wait!
You selfish fucking dick.
You said that you abandoned me
for my own protection, right?
Because you wanted to put distance
between your beloved daughter
and your dangerous fucked-up life.
Yes, I told you…
And then you went
and had another daughter.
You're a spy and a killer.
You can't have this life
without fucking up your family.
You're right. People like me,
we shouldn't have children.
But that's exactly why I'm trying
- to leave it all behind.
- You're trying?
You haven't left shit behind.
How can I ever regret having you,
or Minhee, in my life?
[sighs] Look, I'm so sorry.
Can we continue this conversation later?
I have to go get our passports.
Without them, we can't leave the country.
I'll be back in a half hour.
I'm sorry.
[sighs]
- Welcome.
- Thanks.
What's this?
The Caddis operative who killed Karpov.
She's a sociopath who went rogue,
and I'm not going to pay the consequences.
That's her psychological profile,
personnel file,
all the evidence you need
to link her to the Karpov murder.
Rebecca Jung?
Any relation to your
not-so-dead former partner?
She's his daughter.
And she's working for you?
Not for some time.
What the fuck is going on here, Juno?
A former operative
went off the reservation.
Her father came out of hiding
to help her escape.
That's it.
And what about Jae-hun Lee?
I told you,
I don't know anything about him
and neither does my son.
Are we good, George?
If this checks out.
Okay.
[Korean pop music playing]
[busy chatter]
[music continues faintly over speakers]
[speaking Korean] This is Choi Yong Shik.
Leave a message after the beep.
[line ringing]
[woman over phone] Hello?
Hello. Is this Soyeon Noodle House?
Yes, but we're closed.
Something's happened.
[dramatic music playing]
[woman screams]
[shouting in Korean]
[line ringing]
[speaking English] He's on foot,
headed west.
Get the team back to the vehicles.
I'll follow him.
[sighs]
[Minhee] Appa, we've been waiting for you.
[David] We have to go. Now.
- Why? What happened?
- Caddis is here.
They found Choi.
He was my contact.
I don't know
if they know about this place,
but I know we're
no longer safe here, okay?
Now, without passports,
I think Geoje Island is our best option.
- What do you think?
- How do we get there?
I think I can pay a fisherman
to take us there, but we need to move.
Let's go.
[tires squeal]
[vehicle door closes]
Where is he?
The house at the end of the block.
- Is Rebecca with him?
- I didn't see her.
Okay.
Hey.
I think you should stay behind.
No. I need to do this.
[quiet, tense music playing]
[speaks Korean]
They're here.
Okay, Rebecca, take point.
Head to the back. Let's go.
[speaking Korean] We have to hurry.
[speaking English] Minhee,
let's walk, okay?
All right, spread out,
search the neighborhood.
They can't have gone far.
This way.
[tense, dramatic music playing]
[speaking Korean] That's
a thousand dollars.
Take us to Geoje Island.
- Okay, okay!
- Thank you.
- Any fish you catch, it's all yours.
- [David laughs]
No fish, sir, we just want to leave
as soon as possible.
Go all the way to the back.
This is it. Can we go now?
We'll get going soon. But I need a few
minutes to get the engine primed.
[speaking English] We're not
gonna make it.
I want you to take Minhee down below.
Okay? Find a place to hide
and lock yourselves in and don't
open the door for anyone but me.
All right? Minhee?
[speaks Korean]
[speaking English] I'll be
right back, okay?
[speaking Korean] Do what
we tell you, okay?
[speaking English] If they come for you.
Okay.
Okay, I'll see you soon. Okay.
What do you need?
Time.
[dramatic music playing]
[speaks Korean]
[speaks Korean]
[laughs]
Rebecca.
[distant gunfire]
[fuel sloshing]
[gunfire]
Rebecca!
Fall back on my count.
Three, two.
One!
Go!
No.
Let 'em come closer.
Let's go. Come on.
Run!
[panting]
[grunting]
[yelling]
[screaming]
[tense, dramatic music playing]
Hey.
David is mine.
You go to the girl.
[clattering]
[grunting]
[gunshot]
[groaning]
[grunting]
[grunting]
[panting]
- [blade clinking]
- [grunting]
[grunting]
[groans]
[metal creaks]
[gasps sharply]
[singsongy] Olly olly oxen free.
[fisherman speaking Korean]
No, no, wait. Stop!
- [gunshot]
- [thud]
Mommy, what was that?
Minhee, we're going to play a game, okay?
I need you to hide and stay quiet
as long as you can. Can you do that?
Okay, Mommy.
Stay quiet, okay?
[dramatic music playing]
[both grunting]
[grunts]
[groans]
[groaning]
[clanks]
- [groaning]
- [speaking English] Do you know who I am?
They call me "Gun."
[David groans]
[Gun exhales]
[David groans, pants]
[grunts]
[groans]
[grunts]
[groans]
[panting]
- [grunting]
- [door rattling]
- [speaking Korean] Mommy?
- Minhee, stay there!
[door rattling]
[Rebecca speaking English] Come out.
I know you're scared.
Mommy can't help you this time.
- [Rebecca gasps]
- [Oliver gasps]
[panting softly]
[gun jamming]
- [Rebecca] Uh-oh.
- [softly] God.
You're in trouble now.
[grunts]
[dramatic music playing]
[laughing]
[grunts]
- [sighs]
- [David] Eunju, it's me!
[panting]
[sighs] Are you okay?
[sighs]
Minhee, you listened to Mommy so well.
Good girl. [laughs]
Good girl.
Where is Rebecca?
[slow, tense music playing]
[panting softly]
Come back, Olly!
Shit.
We're just getting started.
[panting]
[grunts]
- [Rebecca exhales sharply]
- [Oliver groans]
[Oliver gasps]
- My family!
- [groans]
You came after my fucking family!
I wish your mother were here
to watch you die.
This won't stop her
coming after you, you know?
She's wanted you gone for a long time.
- [gasps]
- Stop talking.
Oh, my God.
You haven't figured it out, have you?
David, Juno was the one who set you up.
[tense music playing]
- What?
- The Philippines?
Nine years ago?
That was her.
You better fucking
be telling me the truth!
I'm telling you the truth!
She gave you up to Maldonado.
She gave him your file,
gave him your identity, your home address,
everything about you.
Even Rebecca.
[phone ringing]
Oliver?
[David] It was you.
It was you all along.
I trusted you, and you betrayed me!
[Oliver] Mum!
[gasps] I'm sorry!
Oliver? D-David, please. I… Please.
[David] You took my daughter.
You took my life!
Please don't do this.
Tell me what you want.
[panting]
[tense music playing]
Now, it's my turn
to take something from you.
[grunting, panting]
[whimpering]
[gunshot echoes]
[exciting music playing]