When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025) s01e10 Episode Script

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[opening theme music playing]
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU TANGERINES
I want you to listen to me.
I'm gonna say this again.
I did not have sexual relations
with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.
I never told anybody
[Geum-myeong] The strongest wind
is the one that blows within one's heart.
No power on earth can overcome it.
[Sang-gil] I'm completely innocent
in all this.
Absolutely guilt-free.
-No guilt whatsoever.
-[door opens]
So then, why?
Why am I no longer the chief
and just put out to pasture?
Hey, Park Yeong-ran.
Come here.
[jaunty music playing]
[music fades]
You disrespect me too, huh?
I said to come over here.
What the hell do you do at home, huh?
You get to eat white rice
with the money I make for you,
and you can't even watch our kid?!
She behaves like that
because she takes after you.
-I know everything!
-[door slams]
Go to sleep if you're drunk!
What, little jerk? Whose kid are you?
Whose side are you on?
Father, do you even know how old I am?
Ha! [chuckles]
[laughs]
-Oh! Hey.
-[scoffs]
Hey. Hey, you punk!
Maybe you never came to see me
on sports day
because I'm not your kid, after all.
While you hauled ass to see spring flowers
or mountains in the winter
"Hauled ass," really?
Mom hasn't ever missed a day
fixing us a hot lunch.
Hey!
And who brought you
your stepmom here, huh?
I can always get you a new stepmom,
but I'm your genitor!
If you guys are gonna break up,
I'm going with her.
What boy?
I'm treating you like a dad
only because she lives with you, you know.
Bring the broom here.
Where's the broom?
-Huh? Where's the Where's the
-Oh-seong, go to your room.
-[thud]
-Ow!
You shouldn't be like that to your dad.
Split up with him already!
Come on! What's there to lose?
-But I
-[Sang-gil] Who put this here?
I am staying with your father.
-Who put this year? Oh, ow.
-I'm staying with him.
[Oh-seong sighs]
[Sang-gil groans]
[Oh-seong] My God! Jeez!
[groans]
I knew it.
You'd never survive without me.
You get to put food on the table
thanks to the money I earn.
Huh?
The food I bring to our house.
I'll stay.
I will stay.
How dare [groans]
We'll grow old together.
Then, I'll see you in paradise.
[exhales]
KNOCK
YOU BETTER KNOCK
[intriguing music playing]
Oh shit.
[music fades]
[sighs]
Get out.
[scoffs] You little
God, I wish I could knock you out
with a damn flying kick now.
I said, get out!
Good God.
God, God, God.
[Hyeon-suk grunts, screams]
Mom!
Listen, if you were Han-eum,
I would've given you a beating.
You know that?
You have a boyfriend, and you look like
you're a battle-worn soldier?
Why why do you have a photo
of Hwang Shin-hye?
If you wanna look like her,
you'll need a different body.
Why can't you just leave me alone?
Of all people,
how could you be involved with their son?
You idiot. His mother and our, our
-Damn it.
-What about her?
[scoffs] Don't worry about it.
You're gonna be embarrassed
when you find out.
Stop this bullshit
while I'm still being nice.
[pop music playing]
Let me think about it, then.
[Oh-seong sighs]
You go and tell the guy
that I'll kill him
if I ever see him again.
[Hyeon-suk crying]
[Eum-myeong crying]
Let's just end it, okay?
No, I don't want to!
Is this because of those bastards
Oh-seong and Han-eum?
Or is it because of my father?
I am me, and my father is my father.
And I don't listen to my dad anyway.
Look, don't tell anyone
that we're together anymore.
Don't cut in line at the store
and expect me to serve you.
If you're going to the roller rink,
please go to Ssangbong.
No, I'm gonna be your girlfriend.
I won't let you date
anyone else but me. No way.
If you do, I'm gonna beat up those girls.
You don't believe I will?
You don't believe I will?!
Oh, I think you will.
I won't let you end us.
I can't.
-One more thing, Bu Hyeon-suk.
-What?
[pop music continues]
You be well.
[Hyeon-suk crying]
[both crying]
[Gyeong-ja] They're crying.
You son of a bitch!
[music ends]
Don't ever let me see you again.
I'll kill you dead!
You're breaking up
because you got your ass kicked?
Great! So I'll tell my brothers
to keep doing it!
To beat you up each time they see you!
They ever beat you, huh?
Okay, fine. Let's run away.
Make sure they don't catch us.
The arcade, the rolling skating rink,
Chilseongtong. I can't go anywhere.
Your brothers' friends
are just everywhere.
I got on the bus yesterday,
and the bus driver
was one of their friends.
He told me to stay on
until the end of the line.
[crying continues]
How can I live here now, huh?
I need to live too.
Then we'll run.
Let's run away.
-What?
-I can't live like this either.
My father even broke off my bedroom door.
Do you wanna run away together?
You know, he even said
that if I keep seeing you,
he would shave my head
and send me to a monastery.
You believe he'll do it?
So then, all of your friends
would be monks and nuns.
Are we gonna run or not?
Answer me. Are you or not?
I don't know. [sobs]
[pop music playing]
[both crying]
[car horn honking]
[Gyeong-ja] Honk. Honk. Keep honking.
Keep honking the horn.
Keep honking.
They look like
the center of the Korean flag.
[laughs] They're having
the time of their lives there.
This is their springtime right now.
I mean, is it springtime that's
the problem, or is it their bloodline?
-[Eun-myeong] I love you.
-[Hyeon-suk] I love you too.
[middle-aged Ae-sun] In retrospect,
one realizes springtime was a celebration.
[woman] Come in, son.
But to new growing buds,
spring feels like war.
Hello.
You come to my son's too?
Like when new buds push their heads
through the concrete.
[thunder rumbling]
[grunts]
[sighs]
You don't even know how to ladle soup.
-[sighs] Did your mother not teach you?
-Ah, it's, uh, the seaweed is all tangled.
Hey, keep your hands out!
We don't do that in our home.
The two of you are here. Oh.
This is a great birthday. [chuckles]
[sighs]
[thunder rumbling]
This kimchi is is so, so good.
It's hard to find good kimchi in Seoul.
I mean, uh,
I don't mean kimchi in Seoul is all bad
I bought it.
[Geum-myeong] Mm. Mm.
[sniffles]
It's been a while
since I've had homemade food.
It feels like I could eat two bowls.
We value portion control.
[sighs]
Do your parents know
you come to a boy's apartment?
[chuckles] She's not here a lot.
I invited her since it's my birthday.
That wasn't a question for you.
[Yeong-beom sighs]
So, Geum-myeong.
This isn't Yeong-beom's apartment.
This is my place.
I got this for him.
I don't want you
frequenting my apartment.
-Mother.
-I don't want Geum-myeong in my apartment.
Of course, continue dating.
Learn how romance works.
Mom, I told you. I'm dating Geum-myeong
'cause I plan on marrying her.
[chopsticks clatter]
You asked for a place near school,
and this is so
so
You are my pride.
And now my pride is damaged.
[middle-aged Ae-sun] Love in our hearts
was a wind that made each of us waver.
And that wind felt like a typhoon.
Is your family a conglomerate?
Like Samsung or Hyundai?
Is your family really
so much wealthier than mine?
[sighs]
We go to the same school.
My parents care about me
as much as yours care about you.
Why should I feel ashamed
that I can't ladle soup, huh?
Do you ladle well?
Did your mother teach you?
[sighs] I'm terrible at that.
[sighs] It's so unfair.
[sighs] Everything just feels so wrong.
I I just I just feel like a cheap clown,
dancing for a lady who won't like me,
no matter what I'm doing.
I can't stand being treated like this.
You get that?
I despise that feeling.
[siren wailing]
[Geum-myeong crying]
DIGESTIVE DRINK
Why did you have so much food?
I wanted to try and impress your mother.
That's why I ate so much.
What girl does not want to impress
her boyfriend's mother?
I won't get engaged to Mom's pride.
Do you understand me?
Now you have to decide.
Choose if you wanna be
a good husband or a good son.
You can only be one.
Please, I really don't want a man
who needs to please everyone.
Before you think about proposing,
you must choose one or the other.
Well, who who could pick one
over the other though? I
-No man would ever
-Some men would.
What?
My father did it.
Oh.
Let me make myself clear in this.
I won't marry your mother's son, okay?
[Geum-myeong sobs]
[middle-aged Ae-sun] I don't know why
she was emotional
about everything at the time.
She was like an owl
that screeched all night
at the slightest sound of a breeze.
[radio news music alert playing]
This is Kim Gi-deok on Two O'Clock Date.
So I believe the '90s is indeed
the renaissance of mainstream culture.
You could say it's the roaring '90s.
[chuckles]
[man] I love this painting.
[woman] I guess he doesn't wanna be
Picasso anymore.
See? You can do your job right.
It's so clear.
You can tell what this movie is about.
Just looking at it makes me
wanna perform the Lambada. Yeah?
[man laughs]
Good job.
[woman] Oh, that lady's back again.
She always figures out
when it's opening night.
[sighs] Where does she get
the resale tickets?
I've never sold her any tickets before.
Do you think they might be counterfeit?
[pop music playing on radio]
-[traffic noise]
-[car horn honking]
[customer] We're not interested.
[woman 2] Okay, listen.
-[customer] We don't want resale tickets.
-[woman 2] No, I just have a question.
Does that look like Choi Jin-sil?
Maybe it doesn't look like her?
-I think it looks like her.
-Oh, that means this one is well-drawn.
-Sorry?
-[woman 2] Or not. I don't know.
Oh, no. I'm sure. I'm sure, yes.
I heard that was drawn by an art student.
[customer 2] Ah.
Why won't people ever look at
that piece of art before they walk in?
Maybe they're busy, but it makes me sad
that they won't look at
the painting even once.
It really breaks my heart.
[Geum-myeong] A Picasso lived in
the basement floor of the Cannes Theater,
and to someone,
this theater was their Louvre.
Stop! Don't resell tickets!
Not in my theater!
Scalping is a societal menace! You hear?
No selling resale tickets!
Stop it, I said!
Does that man really think I'm a scalper?
[pop music playing]
[music fades]
Since you're already here,
you may as well watch a movie.
This one coming out in two days
is really good, I hear.
We're showing it again
because it was so popular.
Oh, no. You really shouldn't
give out free tickets.
Ah, sure, but you're not just anyone.
This is an employee benefit
offered by the owner himself.
[chuckles]
Come at 2:00 p.m. on Monday.
It's normally empty then,
so it'll feel like
you rented the theater for yourself.
Thank you.
By the way,
could you please not tell my son
that I come here to look at his paintings?
Chung-seob doesn't know I come here.
He packs his lunch when he leaves home
and comes back fully covered in paint.
Maybe he feels embarrassed,
but he doesn't tell me where he paints.
Not everyone gets to paint big pictures.
-If they paint, they're painters.
-Of course. Yes.
That painting is so good,
and all I want is to see his work.
I've seen every one of my son's drawings
since elementary school.
It's one of life's joys.
I look forward to film premieres
for that reason.
[Geum-myeong] Hmm.
Uh, our theater
would be ruined without "Park-casso."
[feel-good music playing]
[Geum-myeong]
Sir, you're not from Seoul, are you?
[Geum-myeong chuckles]
-Wow!
-[giggles]
[woman 5] What is it this time?
Did Eun-myeong sell something
at school again?
Eun-myeong's mom.
Don't call me that anymore, please.
Should we call you
Geum-myeong's mom, then?
Did I get a call from Seoul?
Geum-myeong has a boyfriend.
Of course she's not thinking about
Mom and Dad.
[sighs] It's unfair.
It's as if calling us first
is a difficult burden.
Well, they're only kids
while you're raising them.
Once they leave the nest,
they're busier than the president.
Children don't have time for parents
once they leave home.
[sighs]
What, did you have another bad dream?
[middle-aged Ae-sun sighs]
Anyway, why did the school call you?
Eun-myeong last in his class?
He's not last.
Because Cheol-yong is in that class.
[chuckles]
It's about cigarettes.
You promised you wouldn't spill it.
So does that
sneaky little punk smoke, now?
He doesn't smoke.
[Gyeong-ja] He sold them.
He sold some cigarettes.
[laughs]
AUNTIES' SEAFOOD HOUSE
He's something else.
Well, I suppose it's better
to sell them than to smoke them.
He goes to the general store,
lies to the old man
about the cigarettes being for us,
and he basically acts like
a cigarette delivery man.
He even adds a markup on resale.
Honestly, I'm more curious about what
Eun-myeong will become than Geum-myeong.
Have you asked him why he does that?
What do you mean why? He's a teenage boy.
He thinks he knows it all.
I mean, you've never asked the boy
why he feels the need
to earn cash of his own?
Oh, I'm not sure
why he's always out to make cash.
Well, that's why you have to ask.
You may have birthed him,
but you can't read his mind.
You know, I noticed you never raise
your voice at Geum-myeong,
yet you're only tough
on Eun-myeong, right?
Geum-myeong's a tough cookie,
but you're way too overly careful
with her, like Jell-O.
Eun-myeong's a laid-back boy,
but you're so hard on him.
Geum-myeong is a sensitive
and emotional girl like me,
and Eun-myeong is
-Well
-A pushover.
-Is that it?
-Come on, I never thought that.
If you keep hammering tough shells,
maybe they'll seem unaffected at first,
but eventually, you will start to see
cracks on the surface.
Don't show your children favoritism, ever.
'Cause they will
always remember.
Well, it's 'cause
this is just so irritating.
Oh, but I can't change
that he does things that are so awful.
It's not because Geum-myeong is a child
you can gloat about
and Eun-myeong is one
that you're embarrassed of?
So what? I'm no saint.
So what?
So what?
[sighs]
[man in movie]
may be the star of tomorrow.
A forward-thinking choice.
High-performance Elantra.
So
I'm indebted to you again.
How can I repay you?
Ah
Don't worry about it.
See, I would love to
Mm
If you, uh
Could you do a painting for me?
That way, I might get a high price for it.
Picasso's work got valuable
after he died, I heard.
Is there any form of guarantee
you'll live longer?
Uh
-Were you joking?
-Uh, yeah, yeah.
Ah.
-I'll go back to the box office now.
-Well
Yes?
Thanks so much, really.
No. It's not like I paid or anything.
No, I mean, my mother, uh
[uplifting string music playing in movie]
It's her first time watching
a movie in a theater.
[laughing]
Oh no. You have to run.
No, you have to run. Have to run.
[gasps]
[indistinct dialogue in movie]
[sobs]
[Chung-seob] She watches This Weekend's
Classic Movie on TV every week.
I guess I've been too focused
on living my own life.
[Geum-myeong] Our loved ones
who sway our hearts.
You know, son?
I started crying from the moment
the projectionist with glasses
walked in the room.
Alfredo?
Uh-huh.
How come there was no fire extinguisher
in the projection room?
Why did he have to put out the fire?
He should've saved himself.
He should've jumped out the window.
Then he would've only broken his legs.
Hmm.
I wonder what he did
for a living after he lost his job.
Maybe Toto sent him money
because he's a nice boy.
Did you cry because
Alfredo couldn't make a living anymore?
[chuckles] You know, Toto is
like you, my son.
Toto reminds me of you.
Ah, so, uh,
what did you wanna give to Ms. Yang?
I'll give it to her.
Ms. Yang, your major's English lit?
Yes. [chuckles]
PHOTOCOPY, PRINTING, BINDING
[Chung-seob's mom]
You can rely on me until you graduate.
These are all in English.
People just won't pick them up.
The total price of these books
is quite a lot.
English books are more expensive.
Some of these even have notes in them.
I don't know if I can accept all of these.
This has to be why some prefer daughters.
I'm here all day, 365 days a year.
Seeing my son's work at movie premieres
is as much excitement as I can get.
But today, I was absolutely happy.
All thanks to you.
You know, I think
I'll remember this day until I die.
[sighs happily]
[Geum-myeong] Uh, well,
now that you've said that,
I feel like, maybe,
I did an incredible thing.
Oh, Mother, stop adding to the box.
How is she supposed to carry them all?
[Chung-seob's mom]
She can't lift this by herself.
Not by herself.
[chuckles]
[feel-good pop music playing]
[music continues on radio]
Want a drink?
Dri dri dri dri
Drink?
-No drinks, then?
-[woman] Your order.
-[Chung-seob] Yeah.
-Go on. Take it.
-Thank you.
-I don't think so.
-Uh, so, yeah.
-Okay.
[Geum-myeong] So
[clears throat] Um, yes?
If you're thankful, instead of noodles,
um, could you help me
Oh.
Your girlfriend keeps knocking my shoes
out of the way at my front door.
She's aware that there's nothing
going on between us.
I think it's her way of
processing guilt before she gets married.
Oh, so you're letting
your girlfriend marry another man?
[Chung-seob coughs, clears throat]
Wow. How laid-back of you.
Mm. The man she's marrying
is a noodle shop owner's son.
Are they rich because of noodles?
Pildong Noodles.
Really a perfect family to marry into.
She's hesitant
for some reason, but
So convince her not to marry him.
If she lets go of Picasso
for the noodles guy, that's her choice.
You can say to her face,
"You can marry that guy if you want.
Not my loss."
Or give her family a gift and say,
"May I ask for
your daughter's hand in marriage?"
At least try so you don't
have regrets afterwards.
How would you know if I'm better than him?
You don't know me that well.
Your mom loves you a lot.
So that's why you paint whatever you want.
You have
a deep-seated stubbornness in you.
See, I'm precious to my parents too.
I'd like to think that having my chin up
is how I'm the pride
of my mother and father.
I'd like to think that. I would.
[clears throat] So
You don't have to take my side.
You don't even know me at all.
What do you mean?
You befriend folks
and realize life is life.
No, we're different.
If you get to know them,
there's wickedness in all people.
There is.
[Geum-myeong] There was a time
when showing kindness to strangers
was dangerous.
[reporter on TV] Less than three months
after a 13-year-old was murdered
in the Hwaseong serial killings
Oh my. I am so sorry again.
Yes, please let me know.
Please.
[Ae-sun's uncle] Those bastards deserve
to be beaten to death.
We have the phrase
"beat to death" for a reason.
How can a man be that evil?
Oh, is that right? [chuckles]
Oh, okay.
Oh, please, please tell Geum-myeong to
to call me when she gets home
if you could
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
Thanks.
[Ae-sun's uncle] When you kidnap a child,
you're not taking one life.
You snuff out
three of them at the same time.
How can parents cope with losing a child?
Losing a child is devastating for anyone,
but if that's how you lose your child
Goodness.
Why? Is Geum-myeong out late again?
I can't figure out
what she's up to so late.
I told her to stay home once the sun sets.
Why? You're still having bad dreams?
About what?
It could relate to
the ancestral rite coming up.
As a child, on that rites day,
you had something happen.
You mean Aegi Hill?
That hill you and I climbed together,
remember?
[groans] Just thinking about it
gives me chills.
I still recall the smells
on the hill that day.
[girl humming]
[sighs]
Hurry up, now.
There's meat on the ancestral rite table.
My dad will give it all to my brother.
You see that black dragonfly?
It's only visible to people
but not to other dragonflies.
[girl] Why not?
It's the Grim Reaper for dragonflies.
It's the same for us.
We can't see our Reaper either.
[intriguing music playing]
What is it? Are you gonna catch it?
You go ahead first.
Let's just go.
If I catch that one,
other dragonflies won't be killed.
Baby dragonflies probably want to live
with their parents too.
Ae-sun, my dad's gonna yell at you again.
[middle-aged Ae-sun]
Was that what people call being bewitched?
I don't know why I chased it.
AEGI HILL
BUS STOP
[sighs]
[music fades]
I need to ride the bus,
but I hurt my leg, so
could you go to that store
and change this coin to ten hwans?
[panting]
What did the shop owner say?
That he's not a local bank.
Did he yell at you?
No, but he did give me side-eye.
That is for your help.
You're a very sweet girl
and kind-hearted too.
Obedient as well, aren't you?
But you don't have to give me this.
Well, then will you help me
get more change?
Because I need to ride
two different buses.
[uneasy music playing]
Since the store owner
didn't like giving you change,
go find the cabbage truck vendor
in the alley behind the telephone pole.
Could you get some change from that man?
Then I'll give you another coin.
My legs hurt pretty badly, as you can see.
[panting]
-[screams]
-What are you doing here?
-Mom?
-What are you up to?
-What are you doing here, Mom?
-Who gave you this money?
[car engine starting]
-Sir!
-What?
-You know that guy?
-[sighs]
[young Ae-sun] Huh?
That lady was here just now.
[Yi-suk] Gwang-rye said
her heart was pounding out of her chest,
but she couldn't say anything
because she didn't want to scare you.
But, Mom, what are you doing here?
[middle-aged Ae-sun]
It was such an odd coincidence.
I was in a neighborhood
that I had never gone to,
and I met my mom, who would
never ever go to that neighborhood.
[Yi-suk] You still don't know, do you?
Your mother went out
looking for you that day.
I love that I don't have to get firewood,
thanks to you.
What's the big deal?
We still have plenty of the wood
you brought last time.
[Ae-sun's uncle]
This is the least she can do.
Her child's been living and eating here
for free for years.
She should do that much
for her child support at least.
Don't have Ae-sun carry firewood.
Get rid of jeongjong
and put makgeolli on the table.
That's what Han-gyu likes best.
Where is Ae-sun?
[Ae-sun's uncle] She doesn't care
that it's her dad's death anniversary.
She just wants to roam all around town.
Where's Ae-sun?
We have meat stew. Where is she?
She ran after a Grim Reaper dragonfly.
What?
[Yi-suk] A mother's instinct
is a powerful thing.
Apparently, she climbed up and down
a mountain that day.
You have to eat
the meat stew for your dad.
Why did you run off
instead of eating the stew?
Give it to me.
Why?
But this one is mine.
It's bad luck.
[uneasy music playing]
How did you know I was here?
I have eyes on the back of my head, dear.
That's what moms need.
Do you think that lady
will come to get her money?
-Ae-sun.
-Hmm?
Did the woman see your face?
She did.
Tell me.
What's she look like?
[young Ae-sun] Well, she had a pale face
and odd scratches on one wrist.
[Yi-suk] Can you imagine your mother
not going after someone
who'd laid a hand on her child?
[distant ship horn blaring]
[Gyeong-ja] Come see today's first catch!
Come take a look!
We'll give you a good rate.
Directly from haenyeos. Three for 50 hwan.
-Come on. It's a good deal.
-Fine. Give me one more. One more.
It's the price
for risking our lives diving for these.
[customer] Oh, forget it. I don't want it.
Goodness.
What are you doing?
[grunting]
Oh, enough!
Are you going to look at the wrist
of every woman in Jeju? Really?
[frustrated sigh]
You're driving all our customers away
by yanking their wrists.
Have you been here
trying to find the criminal?
That cow saw my daughter's face. Her face.
-I'm gonna get some conches.
-Ah.
Conch is basically free.
-Hurry up and eat.
-What's your price for these?
[Gyeong-ja laughs]
Well, how much are you offering?
Hey, I sent the boat away.
Why are you always after young girls?
Is there an age limit
on who can be a beggar?
If you touch it, you gotta buy it.
They get disobedient if they're too old.
We need kind and sweet children.
That one was exactly right.
Goodness.
What the hell?
You can check her wrist
after we sell her something.
This lady must've lost her mind.
What the hell is wrong with you?
Let her go!
What the hell? She's strong as a boar.
You piece of shit. Were you going to have
my daughter beg for money?
What? You bitch!
Get them!
Get those people!
Get those damn infidels!
[Gwang-rye] Hey, get over here!
My daughter? How dare you!
[grunting]
[Gwang-rye] You bitch!
[screaming]
[middle-aged Ae-sun] So what happened?
[Yi-suk] So she beat her to death,
obviously.
[middle-aged Ae-sun] Beat her to death?
[Yi-suk] She and her partner
absolutely deserved to be beaten to death.
[woman screams] Get away, you crazy!
[Gwang-rye] Die, you bitch!
[soothing music playing]
In those days,
there was no proper legal system
in this country,
so the police didn't say a lot
if you killed someone who deserved it.
If you take a man
who's practically dead to the station,
the police would just phone it in.
[Yi-suk] They actually used to
beat people to death.
It happened to be
the day of his ancestral rite.
Your mother said
your father saved you that day.
I disagree.
Your mother saved her child that day.
Nothing beats a mother's instinct.
-[woman coughs]
-[Yi-suk] Oh.
Mama's up late tonight.
She may forget some things,
but she doesn't forget the day
we celebrate her elder son.
[moans] Nothing beats a mother's instinct.
My mother once said to me
[shrieks]
"I have eyes on the back of my head."
"That's what moms need."
[phone ringing]
[Bu-seon] Hey.
You have a call.
Okay.
[Bu-seon's dad] My goodness.
Do people in Jeju not watch
Eyes of Dawn or what?
She always calls when this show's on.
Yeah, everything's fine.
Anyway, what could happen in a day?
EYES OF DAWN
Are you going to call me
every time you have a dream?
Why are you home so late every night?
Where are you going every evening?
[sighs] You're acting kind of crazy.
Did they fix that street light
in that nearby alley?
It's a scary world out there.
You need to be home early.
Sleep at home.
Never outside.
'Cause I can feel it if you do.
Do you call each night
'cause you think I'll have too much fun?
You're not dating anyone, are you?
I won't be able to bear it
if you upset me too.
-[sighs]
-You are your mom and dad's pride.
My hopes are all in you, so if the pillar
of this home starts doing reckless things
That damn pillar of the home.
Um, why's your hope all in me?
Do you not have your own life?
Think about it.
Even if I sleep somewhere else,
what can you do from over there?
If I wanted to fool you,
I could do it a hundred times over, Mom.
Well, that's wonderful.
So stop worrying about it, okay?
Please.
You need to live your own life.
Try having a child.
Try having a child that's just like you.
You wear those hairpins every day,
and I keep looking for them all the time.
Why do I bother buying them for you?
You keep losing them anyway.
Thinks she's better than everyone,
am I right?
I got these at the hardware store,
so I just bought a set.
Go visit her in Seoul
and install them yourself.
I bet she can do it herself
since she's all that,
and I'm the only one who's worried.
Babies are only children
until they leave the nest.
Jeez.
She may have grown into an adult now,
but I see her the same way I always have.
Is this about that dream?
-[sighs]
-What is this dream you keep having?
Why won't you say anything?
You still having nightmares?
[middle-aged Ae-sun]
It's not a nightmare. It's nothing much.
[wind whistling]
[windows rattling]
[wistful piano music playing]
[thunder rumbling]
[hissing]
[windows rattling]
-[gasps]
-Oh, for goodness' sake.
I told you I'd give you candy
after your food was done, didn't I?
Give me a hug! Mommy!
-Give me a hug!
-[moaning]
Miss Oh! Miss Oh!
Geum-myeong is in trouble!
Is she bleeding? Tell me! Tell me!
[tense music playing]
[moans]
Oh! I told you I'd give you candy
after your food was done.
-Mommy.
-Why don't you ever listen to Mommy?
Mommy.
[moaning]
[music fades]
Another nightmare?
[groans]
What are you dreaming about these days?
[tense music playing]
[Ae-sun] I told you I'd give you candy
after your food was done.
-[girl] Ms. Oh!
-Is she bleeding? Tell me! Tell me!
[wistful piano music playing]
[music intensifies]
Darling.
Look, my darling.
I'll get your sister,
and I'll be right back.
Okay?
I'll be right back.
When I return,
I'll give you candy every day.
Hmm?
[Geum-myeong] Mom has suffered
so many great losses.
[wind whistling]
Maybe that's why she worried more.
She believed that always being vigilant
could stop misfortunes from happening.
[middle-aged Ae-sun]
Geum-myeong. Geum-myeong.
[coughing]
Honey?
Honey? Honey?
Honey?
Baby? Baby?
[panicked breathing]
Oh God. Oh no. Oh God.
Oh, honey. Darling.
Honey. Oh God.
[sobs]
Help me.
Help!
Baby. Baby.
What's wrong with you?
Baby.
We need
to call the doctor.
[melancholy music playing]
[sobbing] Somebody.
Somebody, call the the ambulance.
Call for an ambulance. Okay, Gwan-sik?
Why won't anyone call for the ambulance?
Geum-myeong. Geum-myeong.
Geum-myeong. Geum-myeong.
[music fades]
[wind whistling]
Help!
[sobs] Help! Ambulance!
Call an ambulance! Somebody!
[melancholy music resumes]
Baby!
[banging on door]
[panicked breathing]
[grunts]
Hey. Why why did you just just
walk in here like this, huh?
She's inhaled carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide!
Oh! Oh no!
Bongcheon.
Bongcheon 5-dong San-108.
108!
108! Yes!
No, no, you need to climb the stairs.
It's impossible to drive here.
Yes, yes.
[panting]
[Geum-myeong] In a time
when kindness was hard to find
Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.
Baby.
Baby. Mom's right here. Right here.
when all three major unsolved
crime cases took place in Korea,
Mom called me every night
after the nine o'clock news was over.
Here! We're here! Right here!
Her nerves would annoy me.
Here!
Here, here! Sir!
But it was her nerves
that saved me that day.
It's so quiet.
[music fades]
[Ae-sun] Honey.
[gasps] Oh, my dear.
Baby. [gasps] Oh!
Are you okay? Oh, goodness.
[Geum-myeong] Just like that,
she's saved me countless times.
[gentle pop music playing]
Oh. Oh my!
[gasps]
Oh no. Honey! Hey, babe!
Oh! Oh!
[relieved sigh]
[sighs]
[doctor] You better treat your parents
well when you grow up.
If you're so much trouble,
I hope it's because
you're gonna accomplish big things.
Will it leave a scar?
You're worried about her scar?
She's lucky it's not worse.
Who would believe that her dad caught her
when she fell off the roof?
-[young Geum-myeong] Mom.
-[Ae-sun] Oh.
-[young Geum-myeong] Dad. [sobs]
-[Ae-sun] Oh my.
[doctor] Why was she on the roof anyway?
She was a magpie, she kept saying.
[Ae-sun] Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Oh.
[young Geum-myeong crying]
Oh, you got stitches.
It must hurt so much.
You sweet little thing.
[Geum-myeong] Many moons later,
when I could no longer
speak to her on the phone,
I missed hearing her nervous voice.
-I'm so sorry. Mm?
-[sobs]
Sorry, honey.
Sorry.
It's okay. It's okay.
[Geum-myeong] Her heart sank
countless times.
I wish I could've shown her
how much I appreciated her.
When it's already too late,
regret catches up with us.
[gentle pop music continues]
"JUST GET READY AND GO,
RIDE THE MOMENT WITH ALL YOU HAVE."
[music fades]