Light Shop (2024) s01e08 Episode Script
Light
1
[theme music playing]
Light Shop
5 YEARS AGO
Sleep well?
Is it morning now?
Mmm, it's morning.
[Youngji groans]
This is the hospital, huh?
So I was always here then?
Actually, for a month,
you were over in the ICU.
[inhales deeply]
It feels like
it's been way longer than that.
Just think of it this way.
Dreams can feel eternal,
even if you only sleep a little while.
I see.
[inhales] It's different,
the time in that place.
What place?
You know, I can't tell
what time it is, or where we are.
Delirium, that's why.
Don't worry too much.
Those in the ICU
often face this after surgery.
Keep up with treatment
after you're discharged.
Only then will it get easier.
But the light was really pretty.
[Jeongwon] Merry Christmas.
Ms. Heo? I plan to transfer schools.
So I can dream a different dream.
Thank you for this.
You take it.
A Christmas present.
[weakly] Thanks.
[Jeongwon] Jesus rose too, you know,
after three days.
An event like this warrants a gift.
COME BACK TO US
COME ON, YOUNGJI
Hmm, it seems you like it.
One day, I wanna be like you.
[indistinct conversation]
[loud beeping sound]
[gasps] It's bed one!
-[rapid beeping sound]
-[Jeongwon] Oh, shoot.
Why does the ventilator keep falling out?
Hey, page the doctor now!
[Youngji panting]
[inhales deeply]
[both gasp]
[Jeongwon] This is a good sign.
[exhales] Oh.
[shudders]
[Youngji sighs]
[breathes deeply]
[Youngji sighs, shudders]
-[man exclaims]
-[tires screeching]
[sighs]
[seatbelt unbuckles]
[engine whirring]
[sighs in exasperation]
-[door closes]
-[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
I must be seeing things.
[seatbelt buckles]
[engine accelerating]
DO NOT CROSS, POLICE LINE
UNDER INVESTIGATION
[woman shudders]
[eerie music playing]
-[swishes]
-[Hyunmin groans]
[Jiyoung shudders]
-[swishes]
-[Hyunmin groans]
[groans softly]
[grunting]
[groaning] Where am I?
[coroner] Huh, it still won't open.
What do we do?
Let's wait one more day.
[sighs wearily] Okay.
-[door unlocks]
-[door creaks]
[door closes]
[woman shuddering]
NAME: LEE JIYOUNG
NOTE: FUNERAL SCHEDULED
[shuddering]
[sighs]
Episode 8: Light
[exhales]
[shudders]
[gasps]
[tires screech]
[passengers exclaim]
-[man] Seriously?
-[door hisses]
NOT IN SERVICE
[driver] Sorry about that.
[man] Ugh. Sir, please be careful.
[engine starts, accelerates]
[Jiyoung] Kim Hyunmin
You still don't know me?
[shudders] You really don't know?
Huh?
How long are you going to stay like this?
[crying] How long
are you going to stay like this?
[crying] Why don't you know me?
-Why don't you recognize me?
-Wait What's wrong?
-Huh? Huh?
-Did you even love me? Huh?
Did you even love me at all? [crying]
-Uh? Huh?
-[Jiyoung continues crying]
What the hell? What should I do?
[Jiyoung sobbing] These people
can't see us right now.
[sniffles] You're the only one
who can see me.
What do you mean they can't Hello?
-Hello?
-[sniffles]
Excuse me, can't you hear me?
[Jiyoung] How long will it take for you
to remember me?
-Now there's no more time!
-What do you
[screams] What!
What is [whimpering] No
-[Jiyoung] Wake up. Please wake up now.
-[grunting]
[screams hysterically] You have to wake up
right now!
-[Jiyoung crying]
-[breath shuddering]
[Hyunmin shudders]
[crying] I'm sorry.
Why didn't I recognize you?
Why didn't I recognize you?
[sobbing]
CHECK-IN
CHECK-OU
-[doorknob rattles]
-[grunts]
It's still not budging.
-[grunting]
-[rattles]
-[sighs]
-Wow.
We can't afford to wait.
Let's go ahead and rip it open.
-Okay.
-[sighs]
[Hyunmin sobbing]
-Stop crying.
-[Hyunmin sniffles]
[exhales] What are we
[sniffles] What are we gonna do now?
[breathing heavily, sniffles]
[breathing heavily, sniffles]
What should I do now?
-[crying]
-[sighs]
[Hyunmin continues crying]
-[sniffles]
-[Hyunmin sighs]
I have a favor to ask you.
[breathing heavily]
Favor?
Oh, well, tell me what you want me
to do for you.
Will you do anything I say?
Oh, I swear I'll do anything.
[Hyunmin breathing heavily]
[sighs deeply]
Go to the light shop then.
What?
Tell them
that you need something there.
You need a light that glows
when you start getting closer to it.
You have to use your will to find it.
[exhale] When I start getting
[shudders] What does that even
[stutters] I don't get it.
[Jiyoung] Find your light, no matter what.
[panting, grunts]
[panting, grunts]
[grunting]
[panting]
[sighs]
[window slides]
I'm so sorry.
Did you also die, sir?
[gulps]
I'm dead, too.
I'm so sorry.
[voice shaking] It was all my fault.
I'm sorry. [shudders]
I noticed [shudders]
The brakes weren't working
like they should.
But people were already waiting.
[gulps]
I made excuses.
Wanted the company to handle it.
I didn't want to pay if I didn't have to.
I'm sorry.
[crying] I know it's all my fault.
[continues crying]
If I had known that this would happen
It is your fault.
-[Seungwon crying]
-This is all because of you.
[Seungwon continues crying]
Yet, it's a relief
to hear that you're truly sorry.
I am sorry.
I'm really sorry. [crying]
An accident
isn't something one can avoid.
-[crying]
-[Hyewon] We're unfortunate.
You're unfortunate, too.
But don't blame yourself for all of this.
Misfortune is what was meant to be.
[crying]
Where will you go now?
I'm not sure, but
[inhales] I need to keep looking.
[shudders] There's no time left.
I'm going to find those who are alive
and take them to the light shop.
[Hyewon] So you're trying
to send them back.
I am, too.
They'll all forget their pain.
[Seungwon crying]
And that's why you shouldn't give up.
[crying]
Go to the Somang Apartments.
[Hyewon] Where do you live?
[Hyunju] The Somang Apartments.
[crying]
[footsteps receding]
[shudders]
[man panting]
[Seungwon grunts, pants]
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. [panting, sniffles]
It's all my fault.
[sniffles]
I've been looking for you everywhere.
I'll bring you to the light shop now.
[shudders]
[mumbling]
[crying]
[groans]
[crying] I'm so sorry.
[mumbling]
-[Seungwon crying] I'm so sorry.
-[mumbles]
[Seungwon continues crying]
[exhales deeply]
[sniffles]
[door closes]
Mom?
Mom?
[exhales]
[bell dinging]
[mumbles]
-[mumbling]
-What brings you here?
[Wonyoung] You can't come back here.
Did you not hear me just now?
[mumbling]
[desperate murmur]
You're already dead, huh?
[Yuhui mumbles, shudders]
JOO HYUNJU
[Wonyoung] You live with your mom?
Yeah, it's just the two of us.
[Yuhui mumbles, shudders]
Hyunju is still alive.
[mumbles, cries]
One has to come here on their own.
[muffled scream, crying]
[Wonyoung] You can't bring her here?
[crying]
[sighs wearily]
That won't work.
[muffled crying, straining]
[crying continues]
[crying stops]
[groans]
-[thuds]
-[Yuhui groans]
[breath shudders]
[groans]
[muffled grunting]
[sobbing]
[muffled grunting continues]
[muffled whimpering]
[whimpers]
[muffled crying]
-[grunts]
-[object falls]
[Yuhui whimpering]
[wrappers rustling]
[breathing heavily]
[muffled whimpering]
[muffled crying]
[dramatic music playing]
[shuddering]
Wait right here.
[both crying]
[panting]
Yuhui. Yuhui.
[grunts] Yuhui. Yuhui.
Yuhui.
-[faintly] Papa
-Papa's here.
Sorry I took so long.
You okay?
[electrical buzzing]
[door chimes]
[door chimes]
-[sighs softly]
-[elevator dings]
What the
[elevator door closes]
[man panting]
[gasps]
[panting, grunting]
Don't go.
I came to find you.
What?
On the way here, I met your mother.
You mean you know her?
Your mom can't speak right now.
[Seungwon panting]
I'm here to tell you
what it is that she can't say.
Will you listen to me?
Oh, what's wrong? Are you okay, sir?
[panting]
Don't you know what's going on?
[stutters]
No.
You and I have met once already.
Do you remember?
[stutters] Uh, well I
[Seungwon] You probably have no idea
what happened
and no idea where we are right now.
Uh, what do you mean by that?
-[coughing]
-Oh, sir!
Sir, are you okay?
Uh Excuse me? Uh
[Seungwon] She can't see us.
Huh?
I know it's confusing.
You just think about it.
The moment you're aware of it,
you'll know.
[stutters] What do you
SELF-STUDY
Did I call everyone?
Okay then. Get to studying.
Uhm
Whatever. I'm hungry.
Should we go to the store after class?
I have to run an errand.
[Eutteum and Bobae] Cool.
[gasps, shudders]
Hey, are you gonna pay?
Aw, seriously? I'm still in here.
Good evening.
[gasps, stutters] Uh
[stuttering] Uh, sir?
What's going on?
I'm so sorry.
[stuttering]
For what?
I'm sorry.
I really wanted to apologize.
Uh, no, wait, wait a minute.
-[stuttering] What are you
-[Seungwon] I guess I can't.
I can't take you
to the light shop myself, can I?
The light shop?
[Seungwon] Your mother wanted
to tell you something, but couldn't.
Your mother is
frantic, really.
Trying to send you back, even now.
[shudders, breathing heavily]
[digital beeping]
[door chimes, unlocks]
-[door closes]
-[digital beeps]
[grunts] Uh-uh, no.
I don't wanna Mom.
[crying] No. Mom!
No! Mom!
Can't can't I just stay with you?
I wanna stay with you, Mom, please.
[sniffles] Mom, please. [shudders]
I don't wanna go.
[crying]
I just wanna stay with you.
-[both crying]
-No
Mom, no
I wanna stay with you!
[Yuhui muffled screams, mumbles]
-[Yuhui mumbles]
-[Hyunju sobbing]
-[Hyunju crying] No. No.
-[Yuhui mumbles]
-[Hyunju continues crying]
-[Yuhui groans]
[Hyunju crying] Ah, no! I don't
Mom, you're here!
I said I don't wanna!
Please, let me stay here with you, Mom.
Please, let me stay.
Mom, I don't wanna leave you.
[crying hysterically]
Mom
Mom
[whimpering]
[muffled] Your dad
is waiting.
No!
No!
[both crying]
[Hyunju crying hysterically]
Mom!
Please, Mom!
I don't wanna go!
[both crying]
I wanna stay with you.
Please!
Can't I just stay with you?
[Hyunju crying, screams] No!
[shudders]
-[chuckles]
-[exhales]
[exhales]
[sniffles]
-[Sunhae] Don't cry.
-[Hyewon] Hmm.
[shudders]
Hyewon.
[shaky] Mmm-hmm.
[door creaks]
-[door closes]
-[shudders]
[footsteps receding]
[breathing heavily, sobbing]
[breath shuddering]
[crying]
[gasps for air]
[crying]
[sniffles]
LIGHT SHOP
[exhales sharply]
[sighs]
[bell dinging]
[breath shudders]
What brings you here?
[breathing heavily]
[electrical buzzing]
You looking for something?
-[electrical buzzing]
-[sighs]
So this is it.
[electrical buzzing intensifies]
[heart rate monitor beeping]
[Jeongwon] This is a good sign.
Page the doctor now.
The patient regained consciousness.
-[footsteps approaching]
-[door opens]
[beeping in background]
-[door closes]
-Hyewon.
[beeping continues]
I'm back.
[beeping intensifies]
[flatline beep sound]
[somber music playing]
[sighs]
[shudders]
[Sunhae] I was right.
I hope we don't ever meet again.
[inhales deeply]
If I drop it, then what?
Do I get to live here?
Take it.
It will make it easier for one to move on.
[scoffs]
[sighs wearily]
[breath shudders]
I want the world
where we can live together.
[breath trembling]
[soft music playing]
[silence]
-[Youngji] You okay?
-[Eunjeong] Mmm-hmm.
Thinking about how she woke up
and then just died right after.
Terminal lucidity?
Terminal lucidity -
Waking up just before dying.
Meaning the light returns.
She must have seen the light.
Let's go.
[sad music playing]
[Hyunmin breathing heavily]
[breath shudders]
Do what I told you.
[breathing heavily]
All right. [breathing heavily]
[breath shuddering]
Now, go.
[crying]
[sniffles]
I'll follow you.
[Jiyoung crying]
[Hyunmin crying]
Find your light.
No matter what, find it.
[sniffles, sobbing]
[sobbing]
[sniffles]
[breath trembling]
[breath trembling]
-[door opens]
-[bell dinging]
[door closes]
What brings you here?
[stuttering] I came
because I needed something.
[breathing heavily]
[Jiyoung] You have to use your will
to find it.
[footsteps thudding]
[Jiyoung] You need a light that glows
when you start getting closer to it.
Please do not touch that.
Will you please not touch anything.
Looks like it's not your will.
[breathing heavily]
-[electrical buzzing]
-[breathing heavily]
[loud electrical buzzing]
[shouts] Hyunmin!
[panting]
[somber music playing]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[sobbing]
[sobbing continues]
[music fades]
EUGENE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
THREE MONTHS LATER
[door opens]
[Youngji] See you all later.
[door closes]
[whispers] Good work.
-[woman] Ms. Heo. Thank you for today.
-Wait.
How come you always volunteer
to do the night shift?
Mmm
'Cause it was always night over there.
-[Buyeong] Huh?
-[Jeongwon chuckles]
[Youngji] See you.
[chuckles softly]
-[Youngji] I'm heading out.
-Mmm-hmm.
-Get home safe.
-[Youngji] Mmm-hmm.
[sighs]
Getting discharged today, right?
Oh, hey.
You'll have to return
to get treatment for your leg.
Your delirium, how is it?
It's better by a lot.
Hmm. And it should continue to improve.
It's still quite hazy though.
Like, where are we?
What time is it?
[sighs deeply]
Are you sleeping well?
Sometimes
I have this dream I'm wandering.
[chuckles] It's okay though.
When I wake up,
my body is drenched in sweat.
Yet it's comforting, weirdly enough.
Wait
Hold on.
A present.
-For me?
-Mmm-hmm.
You're getting discharged.
Gotta celebrate.
Oh.
[both chuckle]
These are for kids, you know?
Hey.
Just watch.
Ta-da.
You won't get lost in the dark now.
[sighs] I'm off.
I'll see you around.
Hey! What do you mean?
You gonna get hurt again?
Forget it. This is farewell.
I hope we don't meet again.
Okay.
Wait a second.
Hmm?
[Jiung] I feel like
I've heard that before.
Heard what?
"I hope we don't meet again"?
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, that guy is blunt on the outside,
kind on the inside.
Huh?
[Youngji] Bye.
[Jiung] Bye.
[sighs in relief]
[pleasant music playing]
[Youngji] The light is nice.
[sighs]
[indistinct conversation]
-[woman] Good morning.
-Oh.
[music continues]
[muffled] You have to find the light!
-[yelps, screams]
-[Hyewon] Save her!
[Youngji] You have to find the light!
You have to find the light.
You have to find the light.
[sighs contentedly]
[sighing]
-[door opens]
-[bell dinging]
Hey! You got a dog?
Just ended up with one.
[dog panting]
[man] Guess there's been another accident.
Got quite a few residents.
[faint electric buzzing]
Who knows
if they'll be residents
or if they'll only stay a little while?
[vehicle approaching]
[tires screeching]
[door hisses]
[beeping sound]
[announcement]
Please exit to the rear of the bus.
Please exit to the rear of the bus.
[engine whirring]
-[door hisses]
-Departing now.
[gear shifter clunks]
[bus accelerates]
[thuds, clunks]
[pleasant music playing]
[man] Hyunju.
Hyunju. Hyunju.
[groans]
We're here. You have to wake up.
Huh?
We home now?
Um, no.
You're at school.
Oh. Right. School.
You okay?
[sighs] Hm.
You're really okay?
You sure
you're up to going to school today?
Hmm.
It's not like I have delirium anymore.
Um Whose daughter is this?
You know I'm your daughter.
I should go back to school,
even though I couldn't take the C-SAT.
I wanna see my friends, too.
All right. Done.
But I'll be right here
to pick you up, okay?
It's okay.
'Cause it's only a few stops, so
The bus is fine.
No, no, no.
I'll be here, waiting for you
over at the school gate.
Hm.
[seatbelt unbuckles]
Hyunju.
Good luck.
Come on.
You're my daughter. Right?
Hm.
JOO HYUNJU
I got this.
[grunts]
Now
The C-SATs are over.
So the group projects are our focus, okay?
Hyunju was away,
so she's the only one
who hasn't been able to join a group
Which group should she join, huh?
Actually, um
Can I skip the group project instead?
Huh? What for?
It's just
'Cause I haven't been here.
[teacher] Oh, no, no.
Don't say that. It's okay.
Come on, girls, she can join in,
isn't that right?
You can work with us.
We'll take you!
-Yeah, you can join our group.
-[indistinct chatter]
[student 1] You can join our group.
[student 2] Over here.
[breathing heavily]
Uh
can I go to the nurse's office to rest?
Oh why? Uh
Something wrong? You unwell?
Yes.
[teacher] Oh, all right then. You can go.
Feel better.
[student 3] Rest up.
[student 1] Hey, when you're done,
come join my group, okay?
[teacher] All right, everyone,
let's get to work.
Split into your groups
and prepare for your presentations.
[class] Yes.
NURSE'S OFFICE
[eerie music playing]
[gasps]
[sighs] It's freezing cold.
[sighs deeply]
That place was real.
[blows]
Mom, I remember.
I didn't get treated for delirium
'cause I wanted to remember you.
[exhales, shudders]
It's a relief that place exists, Mom.
LIGHT SHOP
[water boiling]
[grunts]
[teaspoon clinks]
-[door opens]
-[bell dinging]
[breathing heavily]
[pleasant music playing]
-Dad, I'm here.
-Oh.
[Yuhui] It's so cold.
It's snowing so much outside. Hey.
[sighs deeply] Ugh, it's freezing.
My ears are going to fall off.
Dad, what time are you done working?
Well, when the sun rises.
I work until it's light out.
Ah, that must be hard.
-You should finish early.
-Ah, it's okay.
-Hm?
-Take a seat.
[Yuhui exhales]
-You want some candy?
-[laughs] Do I look like a kid?
Hey To me, you do.
[laughing]
-Here. I'll do it. [chuckles]
-[dog whimpers, barks]
Max, what do you think?
-[slurps]
-[sighs]
I always love it when it snows.
It's not special.
The snow never changes.
[both laughing]
[Wonyoung sighs]
LIGHT SHOP
[pleasant music crescendos]
[music fades]
FINAL EPISODE
[sighs]
[Hyunju] Huh?
Aren't you cold?
You'll get sick.
Thank you.
For talking to me like this.
No big deal.
Are you in my class?
You don't remember meeting me?
Did you forget?
But you waved at me from the window.
Did I?
[student] You even talked to me once.
Oh, sorry.
I thought I was alone.
[clicks]
[student] I've never had
any friends before.
Then you saw me and said hi to me.
But after you left,
I was all alone again.
So I followed you here.
PARK SEONU
I could really use a friend.
I'm keeping a secret too.
[sighs]
[grunts]
[sighs]
Get out here.
I heard that there's a ghost in the area.
That you?
Do I sound too impolite?
Mr. Kim.
Come out, please.
You're here.
I knew it.
You knew I would be here?
When I said "see you again,"
you said "that's right,"
didn't you? [chuckles]
[sighs]
Let's just
talk naturally.
Get me coffee then.
[inhales sharply, sighs] Let me see.
I only have instant coffee.
[Sungsik] So do you only drink
instant coffee, sir?
Why so polite?
It's just that we're face to face now.
Being this casual feels awkward.
I don't even know your age.
[Sanghoon chuckles]
That didn't bother you before.
[Sungsik] Not knowing you at all
was easier.
Come to think of it.
I don't even
I don't know your name, huh?
Yang Sungsik.
Hmm.
[Sanghoon sighs deeply]
A toast? Really?
Because it's our first.
You're not actually supposed
to toast at a funeral.
Shouldn't the dead person
make that decision?
I couldn't even go to your funeral.
'Cause I was in a coma.
[grunts] You asshole!
What's with your eyes?
[tires screeching]
[both grunt]
I wanted to check something.
I heard about it after I was discharged.
That you saved me.
[inhales deeply]
Well, it was an emergency, that's why.
Thank you.
And I'm sorry.
Really?
The light shop
You were luring me there.
I know that now.
You finally found it, but
walked out and wandered away.
Thank you again.
You saved me.
No. I just did my job, that's all.
And what is your job, by the way?
[inhales deeply]
Well, it's my job to send people
who shouldn't be here to the other world.
Either here to there, or there to here.
Like the woman who died in that fire.
Is that why you were chasing her?
[eerie music playing]
She already died.
She had no idea.
I got in the way of your work.
No. You were doing your job, that's all.
And the old man in Seongnae-dong?
I was just being nosy. [chuckles]
And because of that,
I ended up being traced by the police.
The liver spots I saw were
jajang sauce.
There's no way for ghosts
to eat jjajangmyeon though.
For a long time, he had lived all alone.
And he was starving
'cause he couldn't leave his house.
His legs were too weak.
So I went there ahead of time
to treat him to a bowl of jjajangmyeon
as his last meal before he died.
[woman on tv] Boiling it
made it very tender,
which is exactly what we want because
[knock on door]
[indistinct chatter on TV]
[sighs wearily]
[sighs]
WORLD THEME TRAVEL
He didn't die alone at least.
[Sanghoon] He was fortunate.
What happened?
Once he got to that place.
Somehow
Life always starts again.
[sighs]
So complicated.
[both slurp]
Anyway
What exactly are you even doing here?
Just passing through.
-And I won't return.
-[Sungsik] Why not?
[inhales deeply] Gotta leave.
Everyone can eventually move on.
By the way
you have unique eyes, don't you?
A keen eye as well.
You can see what other people can't.
Like you saw the woman,
the night of the accident.
Not everyone can see ghosts, you know.
Is that so?
Right now?
You're seeing me too.
That's right.
What should I do?
[inhales deeply] I was in an accident,
so it seems there's a vacancy here.
So then what?
I can't do my work.
I have to go over there.
[sighs in exasperation]
Take these. [chuckles]
They're yours now.
[Sungsik sighs]
Now you'll really have a lot to solve.
Many unsolved cases.
[sighs in relief]
I'll continue with my work then.
[mysterious music playing]
[door opens]
SANGIL-MYEONGA
BUSINESS SUSPENDED
[lighter lid flicks open]
[lighter lid closes]
[inhales, exhales]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[engine stops]
Ugh, I'm so sore.
I wonder what kinds of good things
will happen at work today?
Hmm?
[man] Excuse me.
That's mine.
[stutters] Oh. Here.
Ah
You're the nurse. That's right.
Do we know each other?
How long have I been looking for you?
Who are you, sir?
-Why did you do that to me?
-[Youngji] What?
I was in so much pain, you know?
Why did you turn your back on me?
What are you talking about, sir?
-[screams]
-[tires screeching]
-Could you help me, please?
-Oh.
It's my chest
Can you wait over there?
[man] Only you could see me.
Why did you do that?
Why are you angry? [shudders]
Don't know?
[shuddering]
Why don't you know? Fuck!
[glass breaking]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gasps]
[music intensifies]
[breathing heavily]
[elevator dings]
[breathing heavily]
Oh, Nurse Kwon. Long time no see.
[gasps] Yang Sungsik?
I already have my hands full.
Cooperate and make this easy.
[doctor] Sleep disorders, hallucinations,
and clouding of consciousness
are all symptoms of delirium.
About 20 percent of ICU patients
experience delirium.
It's better during the day
and is worse at night.
You are currently taking
medication for it.
But this environ--
Are you listening?
Kim Hyunmin?
Ah, yes.
[doctor] Did you hear what I said?
Yes.
You know, Doctor
I've already heard all of that before,
many times, over and over.
So I'm begging you,
please help me, I'm going crazy.
But it's like [inhale]
The sun is out and yet,
to me, it feels like night.
It's all in my mind, you see.
And then when all of you explain it,
every doctor says the same thing.
Please listen to me.
I've been told I have a girlfriend,
but she's dead.
And I, uh
I don't remember anything.
I just can't remember.
Oh, I don't know.
Damn it!
[grunts, breathing heavily]
So what now? I'm fucking screwed.
I'm crippled now too.
Why do you always say
the same things to me, Doctor?
You're making great progress though, sir.
Doctor, I don't even feel sane.
[doctor sighs] I told you
That's just a common symptom of delirium.
Damn it, stop!
Stop saying that and help me!
[crying]
[door closes]
[doctor] Let's try this then.
Remove certain environmental factors.
Doing that will reduce
your confusion and anxiety.
Clean up your surroundings.
Only keep objects you need,
and get rid of unhealthy relationships.
This ensures what you perceive around you
is as clear as possible.
That goes for your emotions, too.
Reduce unnecessary stimulation.
Be sure to keep only what you need.
As for the rest,
you should throw it all away.
Be sure to keep only what I need.
Okay.
[doctor] Take my advice
into consideration.
I'll see you next session.
[Hyunmin sighs]
[motor whirring]
[motor whirring]
[grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[sad piano music playing]
[sighs]
[groans]
[breath shudders]
I'LL GO WHERE YOU ARE
HYUNMIN DIDN'T DIE
HYUNMIN IS ALIVE
HE'S STILL ALIVE
[breath trembling]
[sobbing]
[sniffles, breath shudders]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[breathing heavily, groans]
[sobbing]
[breathing heavily]
[crying]
[breathing heavily]
[deep exhale]
ARE WE HAVING A GET-TOGETHER
TO CELEBRATE HIS RETURN TOMORROW?
WE'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!
WE SHOULD HAVE DINNER
EVERYONE MUST COME
TO CELEBRATE HYUNMIN'S RETURN
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME
THANK YOU
[sighs]
3 MONTHS AGO
[woman] Is this the end for me?
[Seokhui] You are going to a better place.
It's a world
where everybody can eventually move on.
[woman] I've already been there.
But why
Why couldn't he remember me?
In that place
other people were able
to remember each other.
Why was it different for us?
I tried so hard,
but I still couldn't get him to remember.
Could it be
he didn't actually love me?
What you're feeling
is lingering attachment.
But you should move on.
[Jiyoung] I'm disappointed.
I'm sad.
And upset.
I miss him.
[eerie music playing]
[exhales]
I really hope
that he remembers me
and calls my name again.
[motor whirring]
[digital beeping]
-[sighs]
-[door opens]
[digital beeping]
[sighs deeply]
[scoffs]
[bag zips open]
[eerie music playing]
[Jiyoung] I really hope
that he remembers me
and calls my name again.
[clicking]
I'll follow you.
[theme music playing]
SOLVED
MISSING PARK SEONU CASE
INVESTIGATION RECORD
[sighs]
What's this?
[Kiyeol] Oh, well.
You know how Jungwon High School
collapsed a few days ago?
I was told to report
the accident in writing.
Why a written report? Gotta investigate.
The higher-ups stopped it.
Huh? Who?
And what is this kid doing here anyway?
[Giyeol] Well, she's here to testify.
She barged in to the scene
of the accident that night.
Are you hurt, young lady?
No.
I don't get hurt.
[lighter clicking]
[lighter clicking]
[Sungsik sighs]
Which apartment is it this time?
[mysterious music playing]
Young man, stop.
What?
You live here?
-[man] No, I don't.
-Then leave.
Why're you talking to me like that? Shit.
[Sungsik] Don't go in there.
[chuckles] Ah-ha, and why not? Tell me.
Well, because it's dangerous, of course.
What?
What's so dangerous?
Huh? What?
What's in this building?
Is it a ghost?
[Sungsik] Who are you?
Hold up, why do you care?
Who the hell are you?
Gangdong Police.
Detective. Yang Sungsik.
Gangdong resident.
Unemployed. Kim Youngtak.
What'd you say about ghosts?
You see something?
Do you see something, Detective?
Just answer my question.
Are you interrogating me or what?
Dead people.
They have nothing to do
with how time passes.
What?
I see them, yeah.
Like this.
[theme music playing]
Light Shop
5 YEARS AGO
Sleep well?
Is it morning now?
Mmm, it's morning.
[Youngji groans]
This is the hospital, huh?
So I was always here then?
Actually, for a month,
you were over in the ICU.
[inhales deeply]
It feels like
it's been way longer than that.
Just think of it this way.
Dreams can feel eternal,
even if you only sleep a little while.
I see.
[inhales] It's different,
the time in that place.
What place?
You know, I can't tell
what time it is, or where we are.
Delirium, that's why.
Don't worry too much.
Those in the ICU
often face this after surgery.
Keep up with treatment
after you're discharged.
Only then will it get easier.
But the light was really pretty.
[Jeongwon] Merry Christmas.
Ms. Heo? I plan to transfer schools.
So I can dream a different dream.
Thank you for this.
You take it.
A Christmas present.
[weakly] Thanks.
[Jeongwon] Jesus rose too, you know,
after three days.
An event like this warrants a gift.
COME BACK TO US
COME ON, YOUNGJI
Hmm, it seems you like it.
One day, I wanna be like you.
[indistinct conversation]
[loud beeping sound]
[gasps] It's bed one!
-[rapid beeping sound]
-[Jeongwon] Oh, shoot.
Why does the ventilator keep falling out?
Hey, page the doctor now!
[Youngji panting]
[inhales deeply]
[both gasp]
[Jeongwon] This is a good sign.
[exhales] Oh.
[shudders]
[Youngji sighs]
[breathes deeply]
[Youngji sighs, shudders]
-[man exclaims]
-[tires screeching]
[sighs]
[seatbelt unbuckles]
[engine whirring]
[sighs in exasperation]
-[door closes]
-[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
I must be seeing things.
[seatbelt buckles]
[engine accelerating]
DO NOT CROSS, POLICE LINE
UNDER INVESTIGATION
[woman shudders]
[eerie music playing]
-[swishes]
-[Hyunmin groans]
[Jiyoung shudders]
-[swishes]
-[Hyunmin groans]
[groans softly]
[grunting]
[groaning] Where am I?
[coroner] Huh, it still won't open.
What do we do?
Let's wait one more day.
[sighs wearily] Okay.
-[door unlocks]
-[door creaks]
[door closes]
[woman shuddering]
NAME: LEE JIYOUNG
NOTE: FUNERAL SCHEDULED
[shuddering]
[sighs]
Episode 8: Light
[exhales]
[shudders]
[gasps]
[tires screech]
[passengers exclaim]
-[man] Seriously?
-[door hisses]
NOT IN SERVICE
[driver] Sorry about that.
[man] Ugh. Sir, please be careful.
[engine starts, accelerates]
[Jiyoung] Kim Hyunmin
You still don't know me?
[shudders] You really don't know?
Huh?
How long are you going to stay like this?
[crying] How long
are you going to stay like this?
[crying] Why don't you know me?
-Why don't you recognize me?
-Wait What's wrong?
-Huh? Huh?
-Did you even love me? Huh?
Did you even love me at all? [crying]
-Uh? Huh?
-[Jiyoung continues crying]
What the hell? What should I do?
[Jiyoung sobbing] These people
can't see us right now.
[sniffles] You're the only one
who can see me.
What do you mean they can't Hello?
-Hello?
-[sniffles]
Excuse me, can't you hear me?
[Jiyoung] How long will it take for you
to remember me?
-Now there's no more time!
-What do you
[screams] What!
What is [whimpering] No
-[Jiyoung] Wake up. Please wake up now.
-[grunting]
[screams hysterically] You have to wake up
right now!
-[Jiyoung crying]
-[breath shuddering]
[Hyunmin shudders]
[crying] I'm sorry.
Why didn't I recognize you?
Why didn't I recognize you?
[sobbing]
CHECK-IN
CHECK-OU
-[doorknob rattles]
-[grunts]
It's still not budging.
-[grunting]
-[rattles]
-[sighs]
-Wow.
We can't afford to wait.
Let's go ahead and rip it open.
-Okay.
-[sighs]
[Hyunmin sobbing]
-Stop crying.
-[Hyunmin sniffles]
[exhales] What are we
[sniffles] What are we gonna do now?
[breathing heavily, sniffles]
[breathing heavily, sniffles]
What should I do now?
-[crying]
-[sighs]
[Hyunmin continues crying]
-[sniffles]
-[Hyunmin sighs]
I have a favor to ask you.
[breathing heavily]
Favor?
Oh, well, tell me what you want me
to do for you.
Will you do anything I say?
Oh, I swear I'll do anything.
[Hyunmin breathing heavily]
[sighs deeply]
Go to the light shop then.
What?
Tell them
that you need something there.
You need a light that glows
when you start getting closer to it.
You have to use your will to find it.
[exhale] When I start getting
[shudders] What does that even
[stutters] I don't get it.
[Jiyoung] Find your light, no matter what.
[panting, grunts]
[panting, grunts]
[grunting]
[panting]
[sighs]
[window slides]
I'm so sorry.
Did you also die, sir?
[gulps]
I'm dead, too.
I'm so sorry.
[voice shaking] It was all my fault.
I'm sorry. [shudders]
I noticed [shudders]
The brakes weren't working
like they should.
But people were already waiting.
[gulps]
I made excuses.
Wanted the company to handle it.
I didn't want to pay if I didn't have to.
I'm sorry.
[crying] I know it's all my fault.
[continues crying]
If I had known that this would happen
It is your fault.
-[Seungwon crying]
-This is all because of you.
[Seungwon continues crying]
Yet, it's a relief
to hear that you're truly sorry.
I am sorry.
I'm really sorry. [crying]
An accident
isn't something one can avoid.
-[crying]
-[Hyewon] We're unfortunate.
You're unfortunate, too.
But don't blame yourself for all of this.
Misfortune is what was meant to be.
[crying]
Where will you go now?
I'm not sure, but
[inhales] I need to keep looking.
[shudders] There's no time left.
I'm going to find those who are alive
and take them to the light shop.
[Hyewon] So you're trying
to send them back.
I am, too.
They'll all forget their pain.
[Seungwon crying]
And that's why you shouldn't give up.
[crying]
Go to the Somang Apartments.
[Hyewon] Where do you live?
[Hyunju] The Somang Apartments.
[crying]
[footsteps receding]
[shudders]
[man panting]
[Seungwon grunts, pants]
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry. [panting, sniffles]
It's all my fault.
[sniffles]
I've been looking for you everywhere.
I'll bring you to the light shop now.
[shudders]
[mumbling]
[crying]
[groans]
[crying] I'm so sorry.
[mumbling]
-[Seungwon crying] I'm so sorry.
-[mumbles]
[Seungwon continues crying]
[exhales deeply]
[sniffles]
[door closes]
Mom?
Mom?
[exhales]
[bell dinging]
[mumbles]
-[mumbling]
-What brings you here?
[Wonyoung] You can't come back here.
Did you not hear me just now?
[mumbling]
[desperate murmur]
You're already dead, huh?
[Yuhui mumbles, shudders]
JOO HYUNJU
[Wonyoung] You live with your mom?
Yeah, it's just the two of us.
[Yuhui mumbles, shudders]
Hyunju is still alive.
[mumbles, cries]
One has to come here on their own.
[muffled scream, crying]
[Wonyoung] You can't bring her here?
[crying]
[sighs wearily]
That won't work.
[muffled crying, straining]
[crying continues]
[crying stops]
[groans]
-[thuds]
-[Yuhui groans]
[breath shudders]
[groans]
[muffled grunting]
[sobbing]
[muffled grunting continues]
[muffled whimpering]
[whimpers]
[muffled crying]
-[grunts]
-[object falls]
[Yuhui whimpering]
[wrappers rustling]
[breathing heavily]
[muffled whimpering]
[muffled crying]
[dramatic music playing]
[shuddering]
Wait right here.
[both crying]
[panting]
Yuhui. Yuhui.
[grunts] Yuhui. Yuhui.
Yuhui.
-[faintly] Papa
-Papa's here.
Sorry I took so long.
You okay?
[electrical buzzing]
[door chimes]
[door chimes]
-[sighs softly]
-[elevator dings]
What the
[elevator door closes]
[man panting]
[gasps]
[panting, grunting]
Don't go.
I came to find you.
What?
On the way here, I met your mother.
You mean you know her?
Your mom can't speak right now.
[Seungwon panting]
I'm here to tell you
what it is that she can't say.
Will you listen to me?
Oh, what's wrong? Are you okay, sir?
[panting]
Don't you know what's going on?
[stutters]
No.
You and I have met once already.
Do you remember?
[stutters] Uh, well I
[Seungwon] You probably have no idea
what happened
and no idea where we are right now.
Uh, what do you mean by that?
-[coughing]
-Oh, sir!
Sir, are you okay?
Uh Excuse me? Uh
[Seungwon] She can't see us.
Huh?
I know it's confusing.
You just think about it.
The moment you're aware of it,
you'll know.
[stutters] What do you
SELF-STUDY
Did I call everyone?
Okay then. Get to studying.
Uhm
Whatever. I'm hungry.
Should we go to the store after class?
I have to run an errand.
[Eutteum and Bobae] Cool.
[gasps, shudders]
Hey, are you gonna pay?
Aw, seriously? I'm still in here.
Good evening.
[gasps, stutters] Uh
[stuttering] Uh, sir?
What's going on?
I'm so sorry.
[stuttering]
For what?
I'm sorry.
I really wanted to apologize.
Uh, no, wait, wait a minute.
-[stuttering] What are you
-[Seungwon] I guess I can't.
I can't take you
to the light shop myself, can I?
The light shop?
[Seungwon] Your mother wanted
to tell you something, but couldn't.
Your mother is
frantic, really.
Trying to send you back, even now.
[shudders, breathing heavily]
[digital beeping]
[door chimes, unlocks]
-[door closes]
-[digital beeps]
[grunts] Uh-uh, no.
I don't wanna Mom.
[crying] No. Mom!
No! Mom!
Can't can't I just stay with you?
I wanna stay with you, Mom, please.
[sniffles] Mom, please. [shudders]
I don't wanna go.
[crying]
I just wanna stay with you.
-[both crying]
-No
Mom, no
I wanna stay with you!
[Yuhui muffled screams, mumbles]
-[Yuhui mumbles]
-[Hyunju sobbing]
-[Hyunju crying] No. No.
-[Yuhui mumbles]
-[Hyunju continues crying]
-[Yuhui groans]
[Hyunju crying] Ah, no! I don't
Mom, you're here!
I said I don't wanna!
Please, let me stay here with you, Mom.
Please, let me stay.
Mom, I don't wanna leave you.
[crying hysterically]
Mom
Mom
[whimpering]
[muffled] Your dad
is waiting.
No!
No!
[both crying]
[Hyunju crying hysterically]
Mom!
Please, Mom!
I don't wanna go!
[both crying]
I wanna stay with you.
Please!
Can't I just stay with you?
[Hyunju crying, screams] No!
[shudders]
-[chuckles]
-[exhales]
[exhales]
[sniffles]
-[Sunhae] Don't cry.
-[Hyewon] Hmm.
[shudders]
Hyewon.
[shaky] Mmm-hmm.
[door creaks]
-[door closes]
-[shudders]
[footsteps receding]
[breathing heavily, sobbing]
[breath shuddering]
[crying]
[gasps for air]
[crying]
[sniffles]
LIGHT SHOP
[exhales sharply]
[sighs]
[bell dinging]
[breath shudders]
What brings you here?
[breathing heavily]
[electrical buzzing]
You looking for something?
-[electrical buzzing]
-[sighs]
So this is it.
[electrical buzzing intensifies]
[heart rate monitor beeping]
[Jeongwon] This is a good sign.
Page the doctor now.
The patient regained consciousness.
-[footsteps approaching]
-[door opens]
[beeping in background]
-[door closes]
-Hyewon.
[beeping continues]
I'm back.
[beeping intensifies]
[flatline beep sound]
[somber music playing]
[sighs]
[shudders]
[Sunhae] I was right.
I hope we don't ever meet again.
[inhales deeply]
If I drop it, then what?
Do I get to live here?
Take it.
It will make it easier for one to move on.
[scoffs]
[sighs wearily]
[breath shudders]
I want the world
where we can live together.
[breath trembling]
[soft music playing]
[silence]
-[Youngji] You okay?
-[Eunjeong] Mmm-hmm.
Thinking about how she woke up
and then just died right after.
Terminal lucidity?
Terminal lucidity -
Waking up just before dying.
Meaning the light returns.
She must have seen the light.
Let's go.
[sad music playing]
[Hyunmin breathing heavily]
[breath shudders]
Do what I told you.
[breathing heavily]
All right. [breathing heavily]
[breath shuddering]
Now, go.
[crying]
[sniffles]
I'll follow you.
[Jiyoung crying]
[Hyunmin crying]
Find your light.
No matter what, find it.
[sniffles, sobbing]
[sobbing]
[sniffles]
[breath trembling]
[breath trembling]
-[door opens]
-[bell dinging]
[door closes]
What brings you here?
[stuttering] I came
because I needed something.
[breathing heavily]
[Jiyoung] You have to use your will
to find it.
[footsteps thudding]
[Jiyoung] You need a light that glows
when you start getting closer to it.
Please do not touch that.
Will you please not touch anything.
Looks like it's not your will.
[breathing heavily]
-[electrical buzzing]
-[breathing heavily]
[loud electrical buzzing]
[shouts] Hyunmin!
[panting]
[somber music playing]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[sobbing]
[sobbing continues]
[music fades]
EUGENE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
THREE MONTHS LATER
[door opens]
[Youngji] See you all later.
[door closes]
[whispers] Good work.
-[woman] Ms. Heo. Thank you for today.
-Wait.
How come you always volunteer
to do the night shift?
Mmm
'Cause it was always night over there.
-[Buyeong] Huh?
-[Jeongwon chuckles]
[Youngji] See you.
[chuckles softly]
-[Youngji] I'm heading out.
-Mmm-hmm.
-Get home safe.
-[Youngji] Mmm-hmm.
[sighs]
Getting discharged today, right?
Oh, hey.
You'll have to return
to get treatment for your leg.
Your delirium, how is it?
It's better by a lot.
Hmm. And it should continue to improve.
It's still quite hazy though.
Like, where are we?
What time is it?
[sighs deeply]
Are you sleeping well?
Sometimes
I have this dream I'm wandering.
[chuckles] It's okay though.
When I wake up,
my body is drenched in sweat.
Yet it's comforting, weirdly enough.
Wait
Hold on.
A present.
-For me?
-Mmm-hmm.
You're getting discharged.
Gotta celebrate.
Oh.
[both chuckle]
These are for kids, you know?
Hey.
Just watch.
Ta-da.
You won't get lost in the dark now.
[sighs] I'm off.
I'll see you around.
Hey! What do you mean?
You gonna get hurt again?
Forget it. This is farewell.
I hope we don't meet again.
Okay.
Wait a second.
Hmm?
[Jiung] I feel like
I've heard that before.
Heard what?
"I hope we don't meet again"?
[chuckles softly]
Yeah, that guy is blunt on the outside,
kind on the inside.
Huh?
[Youngji] Bye.
[Jiung] Bye.
[sighs in relief]
[pleasant music playing]
[Youngji] The light is nice.
[sighs]
[indistinct conversation]
-[woman] Good morning.
-Oh.
[music continues]
[muffled] You have to find the light!
-[yelps, screams]
-[Hyewon] Save her!
[Youngji] You have to find the light!
You have to find the light.
You have to find the light.
[sighs contentedly]
[sighing]
-[door opens]
-[bell dinging]
Hey! You got a dog?
Just ended up with one.
[dog panting]
[man] Guess there's been another accident.
Got quite a few residents.
[faint electric buzzing]
Who knows
if they'll be residents
or if they'll only stay a little while?
[vehicle approaching]
[tires screeching]
[door hisses]
[beeping sound]
[announcement]
Please exit to the rear of the bus.
Please exit to the rear of the bus.
[engine whirring]
-[door hisses]
-Departing now.
[gear shifter clunks]
[bus accelerates]
[thuds, clunks]
[pleasant music playing]
[man] Hyunju.
Hyunju. Hyunju.
[groans]
We're here. You have to wake up.
Huh?
We home now?
Um, no.
You're at school.
Oh. Right. School.
You okay?
[sighs] Hm.
You're really okay?
You sure
you're up to going to school today?
Hmm.
It's not like I have delirium anymore.
Um Whose daughter is this?
You know I'm your daughter.
I should go back to school,
even though I couldn't take the C-SAT.
I wanna see my friends, too.
All right. Done.
But I'll be right here
to pick you up, okay?
It's okay.
'Cause it's only a few stops, so
The bus is fine.
No, no, no.
I'll be here, waiting for you
over at the school gate.
Hm.
[seatbelt unbuckles]
Hyunju.
Good luck.
Come on.
You're my daughter. Right?
Hm.
JOO HYUNJU
I got this.
[grunts]
Now
The C-SATs are over.
So the group projects are our focus, okay?
Hyunju was away,
so she's the only one
who hasn't been able to join a group
Which group should she join, huh?
Actually, um
Can I skip the group project instead?
Huh? What for?
It's just
'Cause I haven't been here.
[teacher] Oh, no, no.
Don't say that. It's okay.
Come on, girls, she can join in,
isn't that right?
You can work with us.
We'll take you!
-Yeah, you can join our group.
-[indistinct chatter]
[student 1] You can join our group.
[student 2] Over here.
[breathing heavily]
Uh
can I go to the nurse's office to rest?
Oh why? Uh
Something wrong? You unwell?
Yes.
[teacher] Oh, all right then. You can go.
Feel better.
[student 3] Rest up.
[student 1] Hey, when you're done,
come join my group, okay?
[teacher] All right, everyone,
let's get to work.
Split into your groups
and prepare for your presentations.
[class] Yes.
NURSE'S OFFICE
[eerie music playing]
[gasps]
[sighs] It's freezing cold.
[sighs deeply]
That place was real.
[blows]
Mom, I remember.
I didn't get treated for delirium
'cause I wanted to remember you.
[exhales, shudders]
It's a relief that place exists, Mom.
LIGHT SHOP
[water boiling]
[grunts]
[teaspoon clinks]
-[door opens]
-[bell dinging]
[breathing heavily]
[pleasant music playing]
-Dad, I'm here.
-Oh.
[Yuhui] It's so cold.
It's snowing so much outside. Hey.
[sighs deeply] Ugh, it's freezing.
My ears are going to fall off.
Dad, what time are you done working?
Well, when the sun rises.
I work until it's light out.
Ah, that must be hard.
-You should finish early.
-Ah, it's okay.
-Hm?
-Take a seat.
[Yuhui exhales]
-You want some candy?
-[laughs] Do I look like a kid?
Hey To me, you do.
[laughing]
-Here. I'll do it. [chuckles]
-[dog whimpers, barks]
Max, what do you think?
-[slurps]
-[sighs]
I always love it when it snows.
It's not special.
The snow never changes.
[both laughing]
[Wonyoung sighs]
LIGHT SHOP
[pleasant music crescendos]
[music fades]
FINAL EPISODE
[sighs]
[Hyunju] Huh?
Aren't you cold?
You'll get sick.
Thank you.
For talking to me like this.
No big deal.
Are you in my class?
You don't remember meeting me?
Did you forget?
But you waved at me from the window.
Did I?
[student] You even talked to me once.
Oh, sorry.
I thought I was alone.
[clicks]
[student] I've never had
any friends before.
Then you saw me and said hi to me.
But after you left,
I was all alone again.
So I followed you here.
PARK SEONU
I could really use a friend.
I'm keeping a secret too.
[sighs]
[grunts]
[sighs]
Get out here.
I heard that there's a ghost in the area.
That you?
Do I sound too impolite?
Mr. Kim.
Come out, please.
You're here.
I knew it.
You knew I would be here?
When I said "see you again,"
you said "that's right,"
didn't you? [chuckles]
[sighs]
Let's just
talk naturally.
Get me coffee then.
[inhales sharply, sighs] Let me see.
I only have instant coffee.
[Sungsik] So do you only drink
instant coffee, sir?
Why so polite?
It's just that we're face to face now.
Being this casual feels awkward.
I don't even know your age.
[Sanghoon chuckles]
That didn't bother you before.
[Sungsik] Not knowing you at all
was easier.
Come to think of it.
I don't even
I don't know your name, huh?
Yang Sungsik.
Hmm.
[Sanghoon sighs deeply]
A toast? Really?
Because it's our first.
You're not actually supposed
to toast at a funeral.
Shouldn't the dead person
make that decision?
I couldn't even go to your funeral.
'Cause I was in a coma.
[grunts] You asshole!
What's with your eyes?
[tires screeching]
[both grunt]
I wanted to check something.
I heard about it after I was discharged.
That you saved me.
[inhales deeply]
Well, it was an emergency, that's why.
Thank you.
And I'm sorry.
Really?
The light shop
You were luring me there.
I know that now.
You finally found it, but
walked out and wandered away.
Thank you again.
You saved me.
No. I just did my job, that's all.
And what is your job, by the way?
[inhales deeply]
Well, it's my job to send people
who shouldn't be here to the other world.
Either here to there, or there to here.
Like the woman who died in that fire.
Is that why you were chasing her?
[eerie music playing]
She already died.
She had no idea.
I got in the way of your work.
No. You were doing your job, that's all.
And the old man in Seongnae-dong?
I was just being nosy. [chuckles]
And because of that,
I ended up being traced by the police.
The liver spots I saw were
jajang sauce.
There's no way for ghosts
to eat jjajangmyeon though.
For a long time, he had lived all alone.
And he was starving
'cause he couldn't leave his house.
His legs were too weak.
So I went there ahead of time
to treat him to a bowl of jjajangmyeon
as his last meal before he died.
[woman on tv] Boiling it
made it very tender,
which is exactly what we want because
[knock on door]
[indistinct chatter on TV]
[sighs wearily]
[sighs]
WORLD THEME TRAVEL
He didn't die alone at least.
[Sanghoon] He was fortunate.
What happened?
Once he got to that place.
Somehow
Life always starts again.
[sighs]
So complicated.
[both slurp]
Anyway
What exactly are you even doing here?
Just passing through.
-And I won't return.
-[Sungsik] Why not?
[inhales deeply] Gotta leave.
Everyone can eventually move on.
By the way
you have unique eyes, don't you?
A keen eye as well.
You can see what other people can't.
Like you saw the woman,
the night of the accident.
Not everyone can see ghosts, you know.
Is that so?
Right now?
You're seeing me too.
That's right.
What should I do?
[inhales deeply] I was in an accident,
so it seems there's a vacancy here.
So then what?
I can't do my work.
I have to go over there.
[sighs in exasperation]
Take these. [chuckles]
They're yours now.
[Sungsik sighs]
Now you'll really have a lot to solve.
Many unsolved cases.
[sighs in relief]
I'll continue with my work then.
[mysterious music playing]
[door opens]
SANGIL-MYEONGA
BUSINESS SUSPENDED
[lighter lid flicks open]
[lighter lid closes]
[inhales, exhales]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[engine stops]
Ugh, I'm so sore.
I wonder what kinds of good things
will happen at work today?
Hmm?
[man] Excuse me.
That's mine.
[stutters] Oh. Here.
Ah
You're the nurse. That's right.
Do we know each other?
How long have I been looking for you?
Who are you, sir?
-Why did you do that to me?
-[Youngji] What?
I was in so much pain, you know?
Why did you turn your back on me?
What are you talking about, sir?
-[screams]
-[tires screeching]
-Could you help me, please?
-Oh.
It's my chest
Can you wait over there?
[man] Only you could see me.
Why did you do that?
Why are you angry? [shudders]
Don't know?
[shuddering]
Why don't you know? Fuck!
[glass breaking]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gasps]
[music intensifies]
[breathing heavily]
[elevator dings]
[breathing heavily]
Oh, Nurse Kwon. Long time no see.
[gasps] Yang Sungsik?
I already have my hands full.
Cooperate and make this easy.
[doctor] Sleep disorders, hallucinations,
and clouding of consciousness
are all symptoms of delirium.
About 20 percent of ICU patients
experience delirium.
It's better during the day
and is worse at night.
You are currently taking
medication for it.
But this environ--
Are you listening?
Kim Hyunmin?
Ah, yes.
[doctor] Did you hear what I said?
Yes.
You know, Doctor
I've already heard all of that before,
many times, over and over.
So I'm begging you,
please help me, I'm going crazy.
But it's like [inhale]
The sun is out and yet,
to me, it feels like night.
It's all in my mind, you see.
And then when all of you explain it,
every doctor says the same thing.
Please listen to me.
I've been told I have a girlfriend,
but she's dead.
And I, uh
I don't remember anything.
I just can't remember.
Oh, I don't know.
Damn it!
[grunts, breathing heavily]
So what now? I'm fucking screwed.
I'm crippled now too.
Why do you always say
the same things to me, Doctor?
You're making great progress though, sir.
Doctor, I don't even feel sane.
[doctor sighs] I told you
That's just a common symptom of delirium.
Damn it, stop!
Stop saying that and help me!
[crying]
[door closes]
[doctor] Let's try this then.
Remove certain environmental factors.
Doing that will reduce
your confusion and anxiety.
Clean up your surroundings.
Only keep objects you need,
and get rid of unhealthy relationships.
This ensures what you perceive around you
is as clear as possible.
That goes for your emotions, too.
Reduce unnecessary stimulation.
Be sure to keep only what you need.
As for the rest,
you should throw it all away.
Be sure to keep only what I need.
Okay.
[doctor] Take my advice
into consideration.
I'll see you next session.
[Hyunmin sighs]
[motor whirring]
[motor whirring]
[grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[sad piano music playing]
[sighs]
[groans]
[breath shudders]
I'LL GO WHERE YOU ARE
HYUNMIN DIDN'T DIE
HYUNMIN IS ALIVE
HE'S STILL ALIVE
[breath trembling]
[sobbing]
[sniffles, breath shudders]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[breathing heavily, groans]
[sobbing]
[breathing heavily]
[crying]
[breathing heavily]
[deep exhale]
ARE WE HAVING A GET-TOGETHER
TO CELEBRATE HIS RETURN TOMORROW?
WE'VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!
WE SHOULD HAVE DINNER
EVERYONE MUST COME
TO CELEBRATE HYUNMIN'S RETURN
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME
THANK YOU
[sighs]
3 MONTHS AGO
[woman] Is this the end for me?
[Seokhui] You are going to a better place.
It's a world
where everybody can eventually move on.
[woman] I've already been there.
But why
Why couldn't he remember me?
In that place
other people were able
to remember each other.
Why was it different for us?
I tried so hard,
but I still couldn't get him to remember.
Could it be
he didn't actually love me?
What you're feeling
is lingering attachment.
But you should move on.
[Jiyoung] I'm disappointed.
I'm sad.
And upset.
I miss him.
[eerie music playing]
[exhales]
I really hope
that he remembers me
and calls my name again.
[motor whirring]
[digital beeping]
-[sighs]
-[door opens]
[digital beeping]
[sighs deeply]
[scoffs]
[bag zips open]
[eerie music playing]
[Jiyoung] I really hope
that he remembers me
and calls my name again.
[clicking]
I'll follow you.
[theme music playing]
SOLVED
MISSING PARK SEONU CASE
INVESTIGATION RECORD
[sighs]
What's this?
[Kiyeol] Oh, well.
You know how Jungwon High School
collapsed a few days ago?
I was told to report
the accident in writing.
Why a written report? Gotta investigate.
The higher-ups stopped it.
Huh? Who?
And what is this kid doing here anyway?
[Giyeol] Well, she's here to testify.
She barged in to the scene
of the accident that night.
Are you hurt, young lady?
No.
I don't get hurt.
[lighter clicking]
[lighter clicking]
[Sungsik sighs]
Which apartment is it this time?
[mysterious music playing]
Young man, stop.
What?
You live here?
-[man] No, I don't.
-Then leave.
Why're you talking to me like that? Shit.
[Sungsik] Don't go in there.
[chuckles] Ah-ha, and why not? Tell me.
Well, because it's dangerous, of course.
What?
What's so dangerous?
Huh? What?
What's in this building?
Is it a ghost?
[Sungsik] Who are you?
Hold up, why do you care?
Who the hell are you?
Gangdong Police.
Detective. Yang Sungsik.
Gangdong resident.
Unemployed. Kim Youngtak.
What'd you say about ghosts?
You see something?
Do you see something, Detective?
Just answer my question.
Are you interrogating me or what?
Dead people.
They have nothing to do
with how time passes.
What?
I see them, yeah.
Like this.