Mercy for None (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

1
[rain pouring]
[thunder rumbling]
[foreboding music playing]
[man 1] I'm sorry, sir.
But I don't think I can take on this job.
Why? Is the money not good enough?
No, I'm not good enough.
Doesn't matter how much money you offer.
I can't do it.
You're still afraid of Nam Gi-jun, huh?
Yeah.
I was there that day.
I was there 11 years ago.
[car door opens]
[car door closes]
[knocking on window]
[man 1] Do you really believe it?
That it was just
some kids who killed Nam Gi-seok?
What are the chances
that something like that is even possible?
[scoffs]
- [man 2] Oh, hello, Pastor.
- Oh, hello there!
- Good evening. Let's go inside.
- [woman] Good evening.
[man 2] Yeah. The rain, huh?
[Bong-san] Where's Jun-mo now?
Right now, he's with Kim Chun-seok.
[Bong-san] Tell him to take Jun-mo
to the safe house in Yangpyeong.
Better yet,
I want you to take him there yourself.
Oh, also… this investigation…
I wanna know what they expect.
Should I investigate the cops?
The police, yeah.
The ones who found Nam Gi-seok.
The ones handling the case.
I wanna know if those kids did it.
Find out for me.
Yes, sir.
[opening theme music playing]
MERCY FOR NONE
[club music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
Sir, excuse me.
I'm sorry, but we have to leave.
There's a safe house in Yangpyeong.
We need to go there now.
The chairman has ordered it.
We'd better get moving. It's not safe.
I'm just supposed to go
wherever my father tells me?
Listen to me.
Nam Gi-jun is coming after you.
[sighs]
So what?!
So you're telling me we all have to leave
because everyone's afraid of one guy?
We have to leave.
You have no idea what this guy can do.
- Nam Gi-jun is--
- Why is everyone so freaked out?
[sighs]
Why are we so worried
about this one loser? Huh?!
[music stops]
Hey, what the hell?
[clubbers muttering indistinctly]
All of you, out.
[Chun-seok] What're you doing here?
Let's go. We're losing time, sir.
Huh? What's that?
Right now. I'm taking you to Yangpyeong.
[scoffs]
[gang member] How much longer
do we have to babysit Jun-mo?
- Oh.
- Sir, this way's off-limits.
Jun-mo, your father ordered me to.
Would you prefer to be handcuffed
and dragged out of here?
I got this. I don't need your help.
I'm doing this
because you are incompetent.
[Jun-mo sighs]
[yelling] Get the fuck outta here!
Gu Jun-mo… He upstairs?
- [gang members grunting]
- Oh, shit!
[body thuds]
Shit.
- Get your fucking hands off me!
- I'll take him. Let him go!
- [Jun-mo] Have you lost your mind?
- [Chun-seok] Hey, asshole! Get off him!
[women screaming]
[ominous music playing]
[women screaming]
[clubbers clamoring]
Oh, son of a bitch.
Sir, we've gotta go now, okay?
You have to get out of here. Now!
Just chill, bro.
Damn it. Sir, can you please listen to me
just this once? Please!
- No way. I'm saying right here.
- [Chun-seok] Mr. Gu, I'm serious.
This asshole is finally here.
[Chun-seok] Please just get up.
Sir, listen to me!
[weapons clicking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[gang member 1 shouts]
- [women screaming]
- [gang member 2 grunting]
- [gang member 3] Motherfucker!
- [blow thuds]
Gi-jun! Stop this, please, okay?
Do it for me, Gi-jun.
Please! Stop!
You can walk better than I thought.
- [blow thuds]
- [grunts]
[grunts]
[chokes]
[moaning]
[cries, gasps]
- [blow thuds]
- [Gi-jun grunts]
[glass shattering]
[Gi-jun grunts, gasps]
[Chun-seok] Mr. Gu, are you all right?
Get up. Come on! Get up!
- Get him out.
- Get up! Let's go!
[Jun-mo grunts weakly]
- [suspenseful music continues]
- [both grunting]
Let's move! Come on! Move!
- [footsteps running]
- [man grunts]
[grunts]
- [electricity crackles]
- [man grunts]
[groaning]
[panting]
- [thrilling music playing]
- [both grunting]
[man cries out]
Son of a bitch.
I tried to tell you,
but you wouldn't listen to me!
- Someone else is after us. Goddammit!
- [tires screeching]
Oh, shit.
It's Cheon Hae-beom, that asshole.
- [Hae-beom] Gu Jun-mo! Hey!
- [Chun-seok] Get off the car.
- [Hae-beom] Stop!
- [Chun-seok] Let go of the car!
Hey! Get your fucking hands off the car!
Goddammit, you moron!
So is… is Jun-mo all right?
[Chun-seok] Yes, sir.
He's a bit rattled, but he's fine.
I'm taking him to Yangpyeong right now.
No one can know.
And keep security tight. Got that?
Yes, sir. Don't worry.
[tense music playing]
[Chun-seok] Shit, man, how much further?
Sir.
We've arrived.
[music fades]
[employee] Sir, you wanna shred this too?
[man] Don't ask me. I don't know.
[Seong-won] Can't you figure things out
on your own?
Look, when they finally catch us,
they'll beat the shit out of us again.
Is that what you really want?
You sure it's okay
to just leave like this?
How 'bout you drop
the whole wise-guy routine?
Now, finish packing
the rest of this stuff.
You spent 40 minutes just taking a shit.
We have to run…
while we still can.
- Bong-san's tied up with Nam Gi-jun.
- Mr. Sim…
So if we wanna run,
this right here is our only shot.
[laughs nervously]
Let me get you some coffee.
Going somewhere?
Uh… Uh, no! No, not at all!
I just arrived. Today.
I, uh… I went away for work.
I'm exhausted.
Gu Jun-mo. Do you know where he is?
[laughs nervously] Uh…
Where is he? I've been out.
Like I said, it was for work.
He probably went into hiding
for real this time.
I can't find him, even with the Graveyard.
Get on it.
You have one day.
[breathing heavily]
[dark music playing]
[Geum-son] I wanted to ask
what your take is.
Do you really think
you'll lose more than you gain?
[device beeping]
[eerie music playing]
[jazz record playing]
[music not heard]
[jazz music heard through headphones]
[car beeps]
[Seong-cheol] Sir.
[blows air]
[Seong-cheol sighs]
Just tell me why.
Why what?
The tap.
I want to know why you let on about it.
[tense music playing]
[Geum-son chuckles]
[inhales]
All right…
As a prosecutor
with a mob boss for a father,
I've learned that lawyers and gangsters,
they actually have a lot in common.
They both hold the interests
of the group over the individual.
Wouldn't you agree, Mr. Choi?
I mean, Nam Gi-seok was murdered.
Do you really think
that we should turn a blind eye to that?
[Seong-cheol sighs]
It's the chairman's decision.
I'll stand with him either way.
I understand my father. I do.
I understand
why he hasn't had Gu Jun-mo killed.
It would mean open war,
which would risk destroying
everything that he's built.
But to me, this seems like an opportunity…
for us to crush Bongsan once and for all.
And after that,
we could do anything we wanted.
[Chun-seok] Babe, can you just-- [grunts]
Can you just handle the recycling
yourself this week?
No, I can't come home for a few days,
so you should--
[Jun-mo] Mr. Kim!
Just a minute.
Listen, honey,
let me call you back. I've gotta go, okay?
[Jun-mo] Kim Chun-seok!
Uh, everything all right?
[fist slams]
Let's finish our conversation
from last night.
Which one, sir?
Nam Gi-jun.
Tell me more about him.
Gi-jun?
Uh-huh.
Uh…
[chuckles] Ah, so you've finally
gotten curious about Nam Gi-jun.
[laughs] All right…
[sighs] Jun-mo,
I'm gonna tell you
the truth about Nam Gi-jun.
Back in the day,
he was like a god to us.
[dramatic music playing]
Understand that without him,
Juwoon and Bongsan
wouldn't be what they are today.
[door opens]
Hey, Boss! It's the Busan gang!
[Chun-seok] Back when
Lee Ju-woon and Gu Bong-san
were working under Chairman Oh,
they clashed
with the biggest gang in Busan.
Chairman Oh wanted to expand
his business into Japan,
but he had to take control
of Busan Port first.
[tires screeching]
His plan was to send both of them
to knock the Busan gang off.
Unfortunately, he was too late.
The Busan gang struck first.
[gang members clamoring]
[intense music playing]
- [gang members grunting]
- [blade slicing]
[Chun-seok] Held out as long as we could,
but we didn't stand a chance.
We knew the end was near.
Let's kill these fuckers!
[Chun-seok] But then,
that's when Nam Gi-jun showed up.
- [both grunting]
- [blood squelching]
[Busan members shouting]
- [Busan member 1 yells, moans]
- [blood squelches]
[choking]
[body thuds]
- Let's go!
- [Busan members clamoring]
[screaming]
- [Busan members grunting]
- [blades slicing]
[Busan member 2] Motherfucker!
[crying out]
[Busan member 3] Fucking asshole!
[all grunting]
- [grunts, chokes]
- [blade slicing]
[blood squelching]
[body thuds]
[Chun-seok] And we realized once again
that Nam Gi-jun would never back down,
no matter who was in front of him
or how many of them there were.
From that point on,
Lee Ju-woon and Gu Bong-san
gained the favor of Chairman Oh.
[men laughing]
Hey there, Seung-won.
[Chun-seok] Rumors spread that Oh
planned to hand the company over to them.
[Chairman Oh] What is it, son?
Did you have something to tell me?
[Bong-san laughing]
No, not really.
[Ju-woon clears throat] Thank you.
[Chun-seok] Those rumors became a problem.
They didn't sit well with Oh's son.
- [Seong-won screams, sobs]
- [blood squelches]
Are you sure
the order came from the chairman's son?
[breathing shakily] Yes.
I swear to you,
he's the one who gave me the order.
The only thing I can do now is beg!
Please forgive me! [sobbing]
Please, I beg you. Please.
[panting] Here…
Here you go! This is a recording!
Go ahead and listen to it!
Here, here. Yeah.
Just listen to it.
[Seung-won, on recording]
Don't make me repeat myself.
It's Lee Ju-woon and Gu Bong-san!
Now, go and kill them!
[Chun-seok] Now it was clear that
Chairman Oh's son had crossed the line.
He was trying
to have the two of them killed.
- [men laughing]
- [glasses clinking]
[Chun-seok] And that's when
it all went to hell.
[all muttering]
- [woman] A blackout? Who's that?
- [Seung-won] Who are you?
Who the hell are you?
- [blade rings]
- [Seung-won groans]
[blade thrusts]
- [somber music playing]
- [Chairman Oh breathing shakily]
Lee Ju-woon and Gu Bong-san.
Bring them to me.
[tires screeching]
[engine idling]
What is this?
[Gi-jun] Yes, I killed the chairman's son.
And I did it for the good of the company.
[exhales] You've put us all at risk!
Is that what you wanted?
- Now, you listen--
- Sir, you have to make a choice.
Either we let Chairman Oh kill us,
or… we kill him first.
Gi-jun.
Sir, Ju-woon… Ju-woon did all of this.
I didn't know anything about it.
I swear to you, Chairman.
- [ominous music playing]
- [blood squelches]
[body thuds]
[breathing heavily]
You protected the chairman
while I was away. I'm grateful for that.
But then why…
why would you do something like this?
I apologize, sir.
[sighs]
Gi-jun,
why'd you do it?
Help me understand
why you had to take it this far.
It was someone else.
You didn't kill his son.
[Gi-jun exhales wearily]
Does it really matter?
[intense music playing]
[music fades]
[Gi-jun] I was late.
I'm sorry.
[dark music playing]
[blade unsheathes]
[rope snaps]
[rope falls on floor]
[Chun-seok] One day. That's all it took
to take down Chairman Oh.
And then…
for Lee Ju-woon and Gu Bong-san
to take over everything.
[pensive music playing]
They'd finally won.
But to keep the peace,
they made a new rule.
If you cause trouble,
then you have to pay the price.
And the first victim of the rule
was Nam Gi-jun, of course.
He was the one who started it,
but he also won it for them.
Because of that,
they chose to let Gi-jun live.
[Jun-mo] I see.
Cutting his Achilles was a mercy, then.
Yeah.
Perhaps they were both afraid of him.
Lee Ju-woon…
and Chairman Gu.
[exhales] Okay.
You want me to hide out here
because of how scary this guy is?
It makes sense now.
[sighs] Well,
you wanna live in fear
of this guy forever? Suit yourself.
[Hae-beom] I'm sorry.
I should've done more to stop Gu Jun-mo.
It's all right. Don't worry about it.
[door opens]
[footsteps approaching]
[Byeong-ho] I heard Chairman Gu's son
got Gi-seok killed.
Is this true?
Gi-jun, we need to rethink this.
I'm aware of how you feel,
but we can't take on the Bongsan gang
by ourselves.
I can do it alone.
[sighs] No, I'm not saying that.
[mechanism clicking]
[Byeong-ho] I'm worried about you, Gi-jun.
Okay…
I'm gonna go speak with Chairman Lee, so--
[Hae-beom] He's not gonna do
anything about it.
What?
He knows it was Gu Jun-mo.
However, he told everyone
to forget the whole thing.
I guess it just goes to show
how little he cared for him.
[suspenseful music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
- [Jun-mo grunts] Shit.
- [metal bangs loudly]
- Let me out, you bastards!
- [metal continues banging]
Let me out!
[grunts angrily] Hey!
Hey!
This isn't a house, it's a prison!
You assholes!
Let me out!
You fucking assholes!
All right, I'm heading back to Seoul.
- Call me if anything comes up.
- Yes, sir.
[cell phone vibrating]
GU JUN-MO
[man] What's up, bro?
[Jun-mo] Hey, I got a job for you.
A big one.
Just to make it fucking clear,
this time,
this is an order.
Make sure you get it right.
[phone beeps, clatters]
Order?
Tonight. He'll call back for the location.
How many?
[laughs] Just one.
One? [scoffs]
[cell phone vibrating]
GU JUN-MO
MANAGING DIRECTOR
There a problem?
So, let me get this straight.
The problem is
Nam Gi-jun is still alive, right?
So, if we get rid of him, then…
our problem will disappear.
[scoffs] What?
Don't worry.
I'll take care of this.
[man] I looked into Nam Gi-seok's case,
and I noticed something off about it.
INITIAL DISCOVERY AND REPOR
BY: HAN SEOK-YUN
First at the scene was… Han Seok-yun.
[man] The officer handling the case
is Seok-yun.
He's also who discovered it.
INVESTIGATING OFFICERS
SEOK-YUN, JIN-HYEONG
Get him for me.
Get me
this detective right away.
[man] Yes, sir.
[Chun-seok] Hey, are you okay?
Did you get hurt last night?
[Gi-jun] It's been awhile.
Are you all right?
[Chun-seok exhales heavily]
Listen, Gi-jun,
Gu isn't going to surrender.
He doesn't care how good you are,
you know?
You've got the whole Bongsan family
chasing you.
You keep going,
you're gonna get yourself killed.
The whole Bongsan family…
Are you one of them?
[tense music playing]
[Chun-seok exhales heavily]
Oh, come on. Give me a break.
[sighs] You know what I'm thinking now?
Back when I used
to tag along with you… [chuckles]
That's when things were the best
at the square.
Everyone understood
that you have to take responsibility.
What're we doing here?
[Chun-seok sighs]
[paper rustling]
It's for you.
It's where you'll find Jun-mo.
Yeah? What?
I can't keep running, right?
Look, don't worry about me.
I'm out now.
I was gonna leave Bongsan anyways, so…
Gi-jun.
- Just go there.
- [thunder rumbling]
You can finally
just finish this whole thing.
[suspenseful music playing]
UNDER RENOVATION
10TH TO 13TH FLOORS CLOSED
[tires screech]
[breathing heavily]
Sorry, Gi-jun.
[Jun-mo] I want you to go see Nam Gi-jun.
When you see him, he'll probably
wanna know where I'm hiding.
When he does,
make him think that he's worn you down,
and then lead him
to the trap that I've set.
You told me that your daughter
is walking now.
Don't you wanna see her grow up?
Be smart about this, now.
Is Nam Gi-jun
really more important than your family?
If you really want to protect them,
Nam Gi-jun cannot survive.
[Chun-seok exhales shakily]
[sighs]
[rhythmic music pulsates tensely]
[music intensifies]
[crash]
[Gi-jun grunting]
- [thug 1 yells]
- [blade clangs]
- [both grunting]
- [blade slicing]
- [blood splattering]
- [thug 2 grunting]
[Gi-jun pants]
[all grunting]
- [blows thudding]
- [thugs grunting]
[thugs groaning]
[thug 2 groans]
[thug 1 grunts]
- [grunts]
- [items crashing]
[groans]
[thug 2 grunting]
[plastic rustling]
[choking]
[growls]
- [blade slices]
- [thug 2 choking]
- [neck crunches]
- [blood splattering]
[thug 1 grunts]
[panting]
[groaning weakly]
[music building]
- [blade slices]
- [thug grunts]
[Gi-jun panting]
[cell phone vibrating]
OKUR
[blows air nervously]
Did you finish the job?
Say it.
Just tell me that bastard's dead.
Sit tight.
I'll see you soon.
[call disconnects]
[epic music playing]
MERCY FOR NONE
[music fades]
11 YEARS EARLIER
[somber music playing]
- [blade slicing]
- [blood squelching]
[Seung-won groaning]
[choking]
[tires screeching]
[intense techno music playing]
[man] It was someone else.
You didn't kill his son.
[Gi-jun exhales wearily]
Does it really matter?
[intense music playing]
[music fades]