Cashero (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

1
[coin jingles]
[register dings]
[tense rock music playing]
[coins jingling]
[sizzling]
[sizzling]
- [music fades]
- [sizzling]
Hope the water's not too cold.
[tense music playing]
[Sang-ung] This is my last chance.
[tense rock music playing]
[grunts]
[yells]
- [music stops]
- [water burbling]
[grunts]
[cracking]
[tense music playing]
[grunts]
[tense string music playing]
[Sang-ung] Why is it
when you need money the most,
it's never around?
[muffled grunt]
It happens to me all the time,
but that doesn't mean
it's still not depressing.
[tense music continues]
[music swells]
[music subsides]
[stirring music playing]
[water burbling]
[gasps]
[laughs]
[water burbling]
[high-pitched tone]
[tense rock music playing]
[yells]
[coins jingling]
I can't believe how strong he is.
[music fades]
Nothing's stronger than money.
[breathing heavily]
Well, shit.
[breathing heavily]
[tense ethereal music playing]
You know, that's the same look
every super has.
Like you really believe
you're something unique.
I love it.
It makes the look I see
in your corpses' eyes
so much more invigorating.
It's for you.
I said it's for you.
[music fades]
[Won-do] You must know this
better than anyone by now,
but money is power.
Don't you agree?
[intriguing pensive music playing]
Who is this?
[Won-do] I'm the chairman
of the Mundane Vanguard.
In all fights where money is concerned,
whoever has more of it will win.
I don't think I have to tell you
who that is.
How about we end the fighting
here and now?
All you have to do
is sell your power to us.
Take some time
to come up with an offer for the sale.
Whatever it is, I'll pay.
In the meantime,
let's call a temporary truce.
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
[Sang-ung] Since that day,
the Mundane Vanguard
has been eerily quiet.
MY MIN-SUK
[phone buzzes]
Hey.
TREAT DEBTORS LIKE FAMILY
[Min-suk] Are you almost there?
Yes. I'm pretty close now.
Remember to ask them
about the formal meeting with my parents.
Mm-hmm.
How's work?
[sighs]
I'm looking over their books now.
[indistinct chattering]
It's a total mess.
You sure about this job?
With what they're paying,
of course I'm sure about it.
Hang on.
Did something happen?
You're freaking me out.
Nah, nothing has happened.
I'll call you again later.
- Okay. Bye.
- Mm-hmm.
[sighs]
[wistful string music playing]
NO ENTRY
FORENSICS
FIRE INVESTIGATION
- [music fades]
- [camera shutter clicking]
[man 1] We'll gather all the evidence
You there. Make sure
to check the bottom of the pond too.
- Yes, sir.
- Be careful now.
Go deeper out.
- Well, Detective?
- Sir?
Aren't you getting in?
- [woman] There you are.
- Oh, hey.
- What time is it?
- It's just before 9:00, sir.
Maybe it's time
you replaced that old watch.
And throw out a family heirloom? No way!
- Then at least get it fixed.
- [laughs]
The parts are impossible to find.
[intriguing music playing]
[man 2] Team leader Hwang!
Come look at this!
Right there. Look.
LOAN AGREEMEN
- A loan agreement?
- Yes.
But look. There's a name written here.
Kang Sang.
That says "Sang," doesn't it? Or--
That woman from the hotel fire.
She had a husband named Kang Sang-ung.
KANG SANG
[mother] You're engaged?
- Yep.
- Oh!
This is such wonderful news!
And I was so worried
you'd end up living alone till you died!
[exclaims happily]
Living alone doesn't kill you.
That darling Min-suk is such an angel!
I could just die. [laughs]
Dad, how about you?
[inhales] I think--
Since when does it matter what Dad thinks?
Congratulations.
That's right. My opinion is worthless.
- [mother laughs]
- [jaunty music playing]
Ah, so then we should get dinner,
make introductions.
Oh, sure!
We're flexible, honey. You know us.
Just tell her parents to pick a date,
and we're there.
You think maybe we're rushing into things?
Oh, put a sock in it already!
All right. I'll find a day that works,
and I'll let you know.
Oh, I've never been so excited!
[mother laughs]
I'll go get the rice started.
You're staying for dinner, aren't you?
- Okay.
- [mother] Good.
[exclaims happily]
[exhales sharply]
[music fades]
[exhales sharply]
You need to fill me in.
[Dong-gi groans] Easy.
What is it?
Is there something I forgot to tell you?
I can make cash selling.
What do you mean?
The powers I inherited.
The Mundane Vanguard.
I have a chance to sell my powers.
- Sell 'em?
- Yeah.
How would you do that?
Huh?
Do you know how it works?
How much did they offer?
They said they'd give me
whatever I wanted.
Well, these powers aren't
all that great, I suppose.
Anyway,
what will you do?
[sighs] I don't know. Jeez.
Keep in mind,
they're dangerous people.
If you're not careful,
they can hurt you really bad.
Listen, Dad,
I need to get something through to you.
I was hurting as a kid.
And the one person who caused
all that pain when I was younger,
the person who hurt me,
do you have any clue who that is?
Who is it?
[sighs]
Forget about it.
If you don't know, you never will.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[sighs]
They applied for it,
so we can get that done for them.
WELFARE COUNSELING
[indistinct chattering]
[man 1] I don't have my ID,
but could I get a copy
[Sang-ung] Maybe my Dad's onto something,
and the Vanguard can't be trusted.
What if all this is just a mind game?
- [tense music plays]
- [clamoring]
That's my place.
[entry bell chimes]
[music fades]
ALCOHOLIC ATTORNEY
[Sang-ung] Should I ask Attorney Byeon?
Trust me, I know it's tough,
but only you can take them on.
[Sang-ung] No way. He'd chew me out
for even considering it.
What about Chairwoman Park?
[Jeong-ja] Including the cost of the test,
it's 3 billion, 5 million won.
- [phone buzzing]
- [gasps]
[phone buzzing]
DEBT JEONG-JA
[lively rock music playing]
[Sang-ung] That's it.
Out of everyone in my life,
there's just one person left to ask.
[music fades]
[pop music playing on speakers]
[entry bell chimes]
[Bun-mi] Welcome. Come in.
[groans]
[sighs]
[chuckles] Guess you started dinner.
Here. In case you're still hungry.
I heard they only bake 200 loaves a day.
I went to the mall
on my lunch break earlier
and waited forever in line to buy it.
You think I like bread?
Where'd you get that idea?
I just thought
Forget it.
You can save them for later
if you need to fight anyone.
So I'm supposed to drag
this giant thing around?
Not the whole bag,
I had them wrapped individually
so you could
[sighs]
[clears throat]
Honestly, there's something
I'm curious about.
What's going on?
Uh, has anyone sold
superpowers for cash?
Who told you that?
[pensive music playing]
Huh?
Come on, don't play stupid. Who told you?
The Vanguard.
[Hwa-jin] That's what those bastards
told me.
Everyone except us has sold.
What are you saying?
That our friend, Attorney Byeon
he's known all along.
[Bun-mi sighs]
[music fades]
[Sang-ung] What are we doing here?
[Bun-mi] You said you were curious
about selling our superpowers.
[Sang-ung] Well, I just wanna know.
Is it even possible to sell them?
Is something like that dangerous?
I know for sure, powers can be extracted.
That guy had Hwa-jin's somehow.
Huh.
And who is she, Hwa-jin?
[sighs] Are you selling or not?
[Sang-ung sighs]
[Sang-ung] Okay.
You're positive
the answers are in the safe?
- [loud bang]
- [intriguing music playing]
[coins jingling]
[Sang-ung sighs] Every cent counts.
[Sang-ung sighs]
BEOMHA GROUP
MISSING SUPERHUMANS LIS
SOLD FOR 400 MILLION WON
PERSUASION HIGHLY UNLIKELY
SUPERPOWER GENE
DISCOVERY AND INHERITANCE
SOLD FOR 70 MILLION
SOLD FOR 20 MILLION
SOLD FOR 30 MILLION WON
"Even if not bequeathed,
powers are inherited by children
after death."
Wait a minute.
Does that mean I'll pass it down
to my children, no matter what?
Yeah. Just like any inheritance.
It's a superpower, not a savings account.
LEE HWA-JIN
A SUDDEN BURST OF FIRE
AND EXPLOSIVE COMBAT POWER
SOLD FOR ABOUT 80 MILLION WON
- [music fades]
- [sighs]
I thought she was dead.
[wistful music playing]
I wonder
how come none of them stayed in touch.
If I had just barely got out like her,
I wouldn't wanna talk either.
[exhales shakily] Shit.
[breathes deeply]
KANG SANG-UNG, 35, CIVIL SERVAN
POWER: STRENGTH, HEALING
SON OF KANG DONG-GI
WORTH 1.3 BILLION WON
[Ho-in] Low income paired with a desire
to move up in the world.
Prevent contact with the Vanguard
at all costs.
High likelihood of betrayal.
[exhales]
[train horn blast]
[melancholy music playing]
BYEON HO-IN
DIAGNOSIS: HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
[doctor] You have to
stop drinking immediately.
The chances for recovery are very low.
Have you informed your family
about the results?
Uh,
I haven't. Not yet.
[doctor] You don't have much time left.
You should get your affairs in order.
[phone buzzing]
BANG EUN-MI
[phone buzzing]
[phone buzzing]
With food
you eventually eat your fill.
With drink, you eventually get drunk.
There are always limits
to everything.
All things, except for one.
Do you know what that is?
It's money.
No matter how much money you have,
you'll never have enough.
You reach for it,
but it's always beyond your grasp.
This world we've built
is overflowing with cash,
which means
his powers are potentially infinite,
and soon, he'll figure that out.
And so?
So, it's better to buy it now,
even if it costs billions to get it.
Look, Dad, I made a mistake.
But if you give me a few more days,
I'll be able--
I made a call to the US.
[stirring music playing]
He'll be in town by next week.
[sighs]
I trust you can handle the final sale
by yourself?
Earn your meal at least.
[ominous music playing]
Thanks for dinner.
[music swells]
[music fades]
[Sang-ung] Everyone's dealing
with their own issues.
Everyone,
which explains why they do
whatever the hell they want.
[intriguing music playing]
My dad does it.
So does Attorney Byeon.
Bun-mi, Chairwoman Park,
even the Mundane Vanguard.
[connect tone]
[phone line ringing]
[Won-do] Have you made a decision?
I'm ready to sell.
[music fades]
How much would you like?
[intriguing music resumes]
PRIVATE LOAN, MOM'S POOL, DEPOSI
TOTAL
4,001,650,000 WON
If you're unsure,
I can give you an offer--
- 4,001,650,000.
- [music swells]
[silence]
[Sang-ung] Shit. Did I ask for too much?
[inhales sharply]
- Done.
- [Sang-ung] I should've asked for more!
[intriguing music resumes]
[Won-do] As soon as
we've prepared everything,
I'll give you a time and place.
[music fades]
[lively rock music playing]
Ha!
Min-suk!
Min-suk! I did it!
Thank you.
[music fades]
Hey, Min-suk. I have a surprise.
- We just had dinner.
- Ta-da!
[gasps] Hey. Don't be crazy.
Why would you buy this?
- Are you a millionaire all of a sudden?
- I know this ice cream is your favorite.
Every now and then,
you have to throw your money around.
- Here. Have some--
- Okay, but this
This is the expensive brand!
[satisfied sigh]
What's going on?
So good. Oh my God, it's delicious.
You lost your mind.
Come on now, eat up.
We're going somewhere.
[Min-suk groans] I'm so tired.
Where are we going?
So what's this surprise?
You've been acting weird all day.
[grunts] What? Are you crazy?
Save it for our place, stud.
It's not what you think.
- Just follow my lead.
- [gasps]
- Hold on to me.
- Huh?
- [screams]
- You know I'm by your side ♪
When everybody turns their back to you ♪
- You know where to turn to ♪
- [screams]
I won't ever let you down ♪
[screaming continues]
- Take my hand ♪
- [man] Huh?
[Sang-ung laughs]
- You and I together ♪
- [Min-suk screaming]
- Through the fire ♪
- [Sang-ung] I got you.
- Through the thick and thin ♪
- [laughing]
- We'll get over, you'll be fine ♪
- [Min-suk screaming]
- 'Cause I'll always be here ♪
- [Sang-ung laughing]
You okay?
- And if somebody ever lets you down ♪
- [Sang-ung sighs happily]
I'll run to you to calm you down ♪
I swear, as long as I'm with you ♪
You know you're safe and sound ♪
Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- You see all those apartments?
- Hmm?
Those and the stars in the sky.
Know what they have in common?
[laughs]
[Min-suk] I don't know. What?
- I'm gonna get them all for you.
- [both chuckle]
Sure you are.
How about we start
by getting you one of these stars?
I have a little spare cash.
From here to there would be
- Let me see.
- Sang-ung.
- All right.
- Sang-ung, don't.
One.
Hang on. Sang-ung, this is crazy!
- You're just kidding, right?
- Get out of the blast zone. Two.
Sang-ung, it's too far!
You're gonna kill yourself!
- Three!
- [screams]
[music stops]
[tender music playing]
I proposed without getting a ring.
I hope this one works.
Perfect.
Promise you like it?
- Wait.
- What's wrong?
There's something going on.
It's all right. You can tell me.
I feel like the hard times are over now.
This has all been a crazy adventure.
But it's time to face reality.
Hey.
You're making me nervous.
What's going on?
I've decided to start over.
I'm right here.
Just tell me what's really going on.
Once things clear up,
I can tell you everything.
You think you can wait?
[chuckles softly]
I'll let it slide today.
It's so pretty.
[exhales]
I guess that superpower
is not so useless after all.
You're right.
[Sang-ung] That was the first moment
of real peace I'd felt
since gaining my superpowers.
[tender music continues]
CHANGIL-DONG
ADMINISTRATIVE WELFARE CENTER
[music fades]
[feel-good music playing]
Good morning, everybody.
- Thanks.
- Come on in.
Hi there. Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Good morning. Good to see you.
- Hello.
- [woman] Thanks.
- [man] Hi, good morning.
Hello.
Hi, good morning.
- [feel-good music continues]
- [woman grunting]
Heavy, right?
I really appreciate it.
I see you're back to your old self.
I wanna start over.
I'll have a new attitude from now on.
[Sang-ung] The nice guy in the office
is officially back!
[sighs]
[music fades]
[Sang-ung] Hello.
I'm registering an address.
- Have you filled out the change request?
- Yeah.
Here you go.
[Sang-ung] All right.
I've never seen that name before.
It's really cool.
Jo Nathan's the name.
[chuckles]
NAME: JO NATHAN
And may I have your previous address?
I just recently returned from the States.
Oh, of course. Right on.
[mouse clicking]
Previous residence
You know, I see all that you do.
Helping all those people,
always in secret.
[brooding music playing]
That's the kind of hero
we need in the world.
Sorry?
The thing is,
I'm also working on a secret plan
that will change the world.
[music intensifies]
I signed up for the civil service.
[music fades]
[exhales]
Oh, you're a civil servant.
I thought you meant Oh, man.
Hey, I wish you all the best.
I really appreciate it.
[exhales sharply]
Mr. Kang.
Yeah?
Is everything okay?
There are police outside looking for you.
CHANGIL-DONG
ADMINISTRATIVE WELFARE CENTER
[intriguing music playing]
- You two, cover the back!
- Yes, sir.
[Sang-ung] I haven't committed a crime.
Should I just walk out?
No.
What if that leads me
to getting arrested again?
I have to sell my superpower
no matter what.
Then they'll have nothing to pin on me.
Sorry. Can you finish
this customer's address change?
It turns out I'm urgently needed
outside the office.
- Hey, Mr. Kang.
- [Sang-ung] Bye.
Officer Hyeon-gi.
Kang Sang-ung. Is he around?
- [employee] Mr. Kang!
- Sh!
- Oh no.
- [tense music playing]
- [radio beeps]
- [officer] He's headed out the back!
[Sang-ung] Oh shit!
[man] Hey, man! Are you okay?
- I need the truck!
- Where are you taking it?
Hey, hey!
[tires squealing]
[music fades]
BASTARD CHAIRMAN
OF THE MUNDANE VANGUARD
[phone line ringing]
Yes?
Hello, sir.
Sorry for calling out of nowhere,
but it's urgent.
Can I sell what we talked about now?
[stirring music playing]
You mean today?
BEOMHA RANCH
[man 1] What the hell is he doing?
BEOMHA RANCH
- [Ho-in] Kang Sang-ung.
- [groans]
[music fades]
You came out of nowhere.
Shouldn't you be at work right now?
I'm working outside the office.
What about you, Attorney Byeon?
Shouldn't you
be at your office right now too?
It's being repaired.
It was damaged after somebody broke in.
Ah
You holding any cash?
You bring any alcohol?
[unsettling music swells]
SOJU
[dramatic music playing]
I wonder what these guys are up to.
Just let me go.
- Please. I don't like hurting my friends.
- It's a betrayal to sell it.
Oh, yeah? According to who?
That's for me to decide.
[Hi-in groans]
[dramatic music continues]
[music stops]
Huh?
[stirring music playing]
How could you do this to me?
You knew about this all along
and kept me in the dark.
It's not important to know everything.
[scoffs] Why not?
It can cause weakness.
And you decide what makes me weak?
[sighs]
[thrumming music sting]
BEOMHA RANCH
[dramatic music continues]
I like these.
I thought you would.
[music subsides]
- [dramatic music playing]
- [rumbling]
[loud clattering]
[music intensifies]
[music swells]
- Whoa!
- Oh, come on.
[gasps]
[Ho-in screams]
[groaning]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[dramatic electronic music playing]
[grunts]
[screaming]
[Ho-in screams]
[Bun-mi pants]
[Ho-in straining]
- [screaming]
- Knock it off!
[Sang-ung grunts]
- He's not playing around.
- [screams]
- [pants]
- [Ho-in screams]
[Ho-in grunting]
[rumbling]
[pulsing dramatic music playing]
This is too much.
[all grunting]
[Sang-ung] Seriously?
Hey! Why are you attacking me?
[thrumming]
[screams]
[gasps]
[muffled scream]
[exclaims]
[Ho-in grunting]
[screams]
[music subsides]
[breathing heavily]
- [screams]
- [tense music playing]
[both grunting]
[crackling]
Beomha Ranch? Why is he there?
We don't know.
Do not let him go in there.
Do whatever it takes!
JEONGJA LOANS
CHAIRWOMAN PARK JEONG-JA
[dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[Ho-in sighs]
[Sang-ung sighs]
Come on, enough.
Can't you see it's part of their plan
to make us fight each other?
You're the one who lied to us
about being able to sell our powers.
Remember?
Was that their plan too?
That was for your own good!
Will you just grow up already?!
[grunts, groans]
[groans] Right.
You can't wait to give everyone a lecture
on the greater good,
but in the end,
you do exactly what you want,
just like every other boomer!
[Ho-in groans]
What? What?!
[exhales shakily]
We've talked about
controlling that anger, Bun-mi.
- [scoffs]
- Deep breaths.
You know why you hate
people selling their powers so much?
It's because you're jealous
no one tried to get yours!
Of course they did!
[intriguing music playing]
[scoffs] You're lying again.
Oh my God! You're lying again!
I can't trust a goddamn word you say!
That prick's going inside!
Go! Stop him!
[engine revs]
Go, go!
[dramatic music playing]
[music subsides]
[loud metallic bang]
[hissing]
[Bun-mi sighs]
Sang-ung, wait!
Oh. Is he okay?
- [unsettling music playing]
- [panting]
Is he going in?
No way. He made it to the entry.
[breathing heavily]
BEOMHA RANCH
[unsettling music continues]
[tense music playing]
[beeping]
[hissing]
[hissing]
[dramatic music playing]
[hissing]
[beeps]
[music subsides]
[dramatic music resumes]
[hissing]
[music subsides]
[hissing]
Did you miss me?
[uneasy music playing]
[clears throat]
First of all
the money.
Ah, the money.
Of course.
The bag.
[music intensifies]
And I thought
you were one of the principled ones.
I should've known a few pennies
would bring you crawling back.
Count it if you want.
[music swells]
No, I think I'm good.
[music fades]
[chuckles]
Have a seat.
[sighs]
[exhales]
[device beeps]
[beeps]
[whirring]
[uneasy music playing]
[chirping]
BEOMHA
BIO LOGICS
[dramatic rock music playing]
[music subsides]
[whirring]
[chirping]
[beeping]
[whirring]
[beeps]
[uneasy music playing]
[exhales sharply]
[music swells]
[dramatic music playing]
[music subsides]
[whooshing]
[silence]
- I can fly ♪
- Fly ♪
Supernatural ♪
I got the power ♪
Devils in the night ♪
- Try to fight ♪
- Fight ♪
Nothing can be stopped ♪
Follow you tonight ♪
This is all my life ♪
Power's mine ♪
Give me all the cash
I feel the fire now ♪
Try to punch you, smash
Devil is into your mind ♪
I am cynical, but I feel powerful ♪
I can crush you now
Time is done you better run ♪
Let me whisper to your mind
You will feel the burn ♪
Supernatural
I got the power on my mind ♪
I can give you all the pain
Till the break of dawn ♪
I can fly up the sky
Every day and night ♪
Drop it on the floor
Better listen now ♪
You got nothing
And I know that this is over now ♪
Chasing you around
Round merry-go-round ♪
Boo, I got you
You will never see the light ♪
Let me whisper to your mind
You will feel the burn ♪
Supernatural
I got the power on my mind ♪
I can give you all the pain
Till the break of dawn ♪
I can fly up the sky
Every day and night ♪
Burn the lonely eyes ♪
Crucify your lies ♪
Now you cry ♪
You better run
Run it speed of light ♪
You better run, run it till you fight ♪
Pain through your heart
Pain through your soul ♪
It's time ♪
- I can fly ♪
- Fly ♪
Supernatural ♪
I got the power ♪
Devils in the night ♪
- Try to fight ♪
- Fight ♪
Nothing can be stopped ♪
Follow you tonight ♪
This is all my life ♪
Power's mine ♪
No one else can find you now ♪
Only devils on your side ♪
You will see the darkest night ♪
- I can fly ♪
- Fly ♪
Supernatural ♪
I got the power ♪
Devils in the night ♪
- Try to fight ♪
- Fight ♪
Nothing can be stopped ♪
Follow you tonight ♪
This is all my life ♪
Power's mine ♪
[music fades]