Mercy for None (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

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- [man whistling]
- [pensive music playing]
[Yeong-do] Damn.
[sighs]
Oh. [chuckles]
[sighs]
I really like this place
because it's got this…
[clicks tongue]
…beautiful view, right?
For no good reason, though.
- [chuckling]
- There are too many eyes up here, though.
All right.
Forgive me
if this makes you uncomfortable, yeah.
I was here visiting
another young friend of mine, so…
[chuckling]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales] Now Bongsan
is finally over and done with.
Chairman Lee made a tough decision
this time.
So now I'm thinking that you should
finally come to a decision yourself.
I need a little more time.
Your father is not an easy mark
by any means.
If you drag your feet,
you'll lose the opportunity.
Well, the choice is yours.
Do you want to stay an outsider, a misfit,
who doesn't belong anywhere?
Huh?
Or maybe…
[sighs]
…do you wanna be
the new ruler of the square?
[music pulsates intensely]
[opening theme music playing]
MERCY FOR NONE
[Yeong-do humming]
[car beeps]
[unsettling music playing]
[footsteps approaching]
Oh, for fuck's sake.
I thought you were dead.
Wow, Lee Ju-woon,
that fucking bastard. Huh?
Hey, wait, wait.
You're not thinking clearly
because of your brother-- [grunts]
[Yeong-do groaning]
Damn it!
[choking]
- [running footsteps approach]
- [blow thuds]
[grunts, pants]
[Gi-jun grunts, groans]
[winces]
[panting]
[dark music playing]
It's been a while.
[vehicle approaching]
[vehicle departing]
- [music intensifies]
- [both grunting]
[car alarm chirps]
[police radio beeps]
[attacker sighs]
[indistinct police radio chatter]
See you later.
[attacker sighs]
[chuckles softly]
- [police radio beeps]
- [officer 1 on radio] On your way?
[officer 2] We're ten minutes out.
- [police radio beeps]
- [indistinct police radio chatter]
[exhales heavily]
[tense music playing]
Holy shit.
I almost went to be
with the Lord Jesus fuckin' Christ.
[laughing]
[sighs]
Nam Gi-jun. Oh…
So that bastard
is as crazy as they say, huh?
[laughing]
DIRECTOR LEE JU-WOON
Why did you do that,
you silly motherfucker?
[Seong-won] So, you want me to track down
the guy who took off in this car?
- [clicking mouse]
- Is that it?
This is the last one.
Then you'll never see me again.
[taps phone on desk]
[blows air]
Listen, Gi-jun.
[inhales]
You know how this fucking loser
managed to survive this long?
[pensive music playing]
I possess a talent
for knowing which job to take
and which to pass, hm?
Look, this is a terrible idea.
There's no way I'm doing this.
You said the guy's a cop.
You'll be in deep shit
if you mess with all of that.
But when it was Gi-seok,
you decided to take that job, right?
PLANNING AND BUDGET DEPARTMEN
SUPERINTENDENT CHA YEONG-DO
[sighs]
[knocking on door]
Yeah?
- Aren't you heading out?
- I've still got some work to catch up on.
Go on ahead.
- Yes, sir. See you tomorrow.
- Mm, have a good night.
[line ringing]
[Yeong-do] Hey. I got to meet Nam Gi-jun,
thanks to you.
[sighs] Well, I've gotta say,
this isn't like you,
pulling this kind of bullshit thing
behind my back.
[sighs] We should meet sometime soon.
[phone beeps]
[automated voice]
To play the message again…
[exhales heavily]
Aren't you working?
I heard you called for a board meeting.
That's where I'm going, instead of you.
Can you repeat that? You're going?
[inhales] I don't even know
where to begin with all this.
[tense music playing]
When I first met Mr. Kim,
and we said we'd change
the whole game together?
Or maybe
the moment I decided that I'm taking over?
Are you out of your goddamn mind?
Cha Yeong-do is a crazy bastard.
You don't even know!
Why are you blaming him?
All of this happened
because you pushed me out.
You idiot! This position? This life?
It's a nightmare every single day!
Everything I've done, I did it for you!
No, my son shouldn't have
to live like this, you bastard!
[scoffs]
That's what you want.
Not what I want.
You know,
I've always wanted to be like you.
I wanted to take your place.
I've been working toward my vision.
But you?
You were just planning
to hand it over to someone else.
[paper rustling]
[ominous music playing]
NAME: LEE JU-WOON
SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRAN
APPLICATION
- [paper thuds]
- You little shit!
You think you can stop me
with that goddamn warrant?
You think that Shin and Park
are gonna pay attention to you?
If they won't…
[exhales shakily]
…I'll make them pay attention.
Just watch me.
[Seong-cheol] We should get going.
Sir, I'm sorry.
[door closes]
[Yeong-do] Mm.
Hey, Mr. An. Yeah.
I'm sorry I kept you waiting.
Are you prepared to even the score
with Nam Gi-jun now?
[intriguing music playing]
You should take my car there.
[engine revving]
Nam Gi-jun will find you on his own.
AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY
[computers beeping]
[Graveyard operator]
Huh? Ma'am, come take a look!
[cell phone vibrates]
[sighs]
[Seong-won] Hey, I found the cop.
I just texted you the address.
Yeah, all right.
But Gi-jun,
how far are you gonna go with this?
It needs to end.
Completely.
[music fades out]
- [executive 1] What's he doing here?
- [executives murmuring]
JUWOON
[sighs]
[executives continue murmuring]
[Geum-son sighs]
Gentlemen… I look forward
to working with you from now on.
[pensive music playing]
[executive slams table]
[exhales incredulously]
I see what's happening here now.
You thought you'd get
Seong-cheol on your side
and start a coup or something.
Listen here, sir.
You're wasting your time.
While you were sitting at your desk
reading your little books,
we were out there staring death
in the face with Chairman Lee.
No one here even considers you…
as one of us.
Anybody who cannot accept this
is welcome to leave.
[executive 2] What are you all doing?
Let's go.
[door opens]
[executives murmuring in displeasure]
[Director Park, faintly] What do you think
you're doing? Get outta my way!
Bastards.
[Director Park screaming]
[executives murmur worriedly]
I'm not like my father.
My father never wanted
to get his old hands dirty.
It's really not a problem for me.
I'm not afraid
to get my hands dirty
if that's what it takes.
[ominous music playing]
[safe beeping, lock releases]
[music intensifies, fades]
[footsteps approaching]
Oh, Tae-hwan.
Why did you do it?
Eleven years ago…
Why didn't you just kill me then?
[dark music playing]
Fuck.
This is humiliating.
- [music intensifies]
- [both grunting]
[both panting]
[blade clatters]
We should end this.
- [blades slicing]
- [both grunting]
[blade clatters]
[Tae-hwan panting]
Pick it up.
- [blades resume slicing]
- [both grunting]
[Tae-hwan panting]
- [blades slicing]
- [both grunting]
- [flesh squelches]
- [Tae-hwan panting]
- [flesh squelches]
- [Tae-hwan groans]
- [moaning]
- [blades clank]
[both straining]
[Tae-hwan groans]
[grunting]
[panting]
[blade slices]
- [blows thudding]
- [Tae-hwan grunts]
[panting]
- [grunts]
- [blow thuds]
[Tae-hwan breathing weakly]
Can we end this?
[laughs softly]
[grunts]
[both grunt]
Don't you see?
You should've killed me then.
- [Gi-jun choking]
- [Tae-hwan grunts]
[both straining]
[blade scrapes floor]
- [blade thrusts]
- [Tae-hwan groaning]
[blade thrusts]
[Tae-hwan panting]
[Tae-hwan moans]
Son of a bitch.
Humiliated to the very end.
[blood squelches]
[blood trickling]
[breathing weakly]
Gi-jun.
In this world…
it never ends
until we're all dead.
[somber music playing]
I know.
[Tae-hwan groaning weakly]
Go and…
[line ringing]
…find him.
MR. KIM
CALLING…
[door opens]
[door closes]
[ominous music playing]
Welcome in.
So this is how it ends.
Certainly looks like it.
So then,
do you regret it?
Doing what you've done?
[scoffs]
[chuckles softly]
Your selfishness is impressive,
you know that? Hm?
You had chances to make things right.
But you never did, even though
you knew everything.
Why?
Because it was too sweet.
Because you didn't want
to lose everything you had.
[unsheathes blade]
You're bloodying your own hands?
Well, you know,
this wasn't part of the plan.
But letting you draw breath is a risk
I'm not willing to take.
You get it.
Oh, and don't worry about
your prosecutor son.
I'll take good care of him.
You've made an awfully huge mistake
bringing Geum-son into this.
Have I?
- Well, I'm not so sure about--
- [gun cocks]
Yeah.
Just calm down.
You fucker.
[coughs]
- [gun fires]
- [Ju-woon coughing]
You little…
[Ju-woon choking]
[gun cocking]
[both straining]
- [gun fires]
- [both groaning]
[both grunting]
[yells]
[tires screech]
- [engine turns off]
- [door opens]
[panting]
[suspenseful music playing]
[music fades out]
You all right, sir?
[unsettling music playing]
[ominous sting]
[man, faintly] Don't move!
[sounds muffle]
- [sounds resume]
- [officer on radio] We're on our way.
- [panting]
- [sirens approaching]
[man] You're under arrest
on suspicion of Lee Ju-woon's murder.
Ju-woon.
[man] Anything you say can and will
be used against you in a court of law.
You have the right
to speak to an attorney.
[Yeong-do] And you have the right
to remain silent.
- [man] Wait outside.
- [Yeong-do] Boy, what happened here?
[handcuffs clicking]
Why did you do this? Huh?
So we meet again, and so soon.
Hm?
What is it?
Feel wronged?
[breathing heavily]
[quietly] Yeah.
[pensive music playing]
[siren wailing]
[yells]
- [gun fires]
- [blood squelches]
[panting]
[groans heavily, panting]
[grunting] Oh shit.
[breathing shakily]
Ugh, he's so strong for an old man.
Shit. [grunts]
[panting] You see what happened?
Why did you have to do this?
Huh?
Why couldn't you just look the other way?
[grunts]
You could've… just turned a blind eye.
[grunts angrily]
That's what you've been doing
for the last ten years! Goddamn it.
[strained grunting]
All because of your damn kid.
[panting]
That's it, then.
Don't worry about…
[through headphones] …your little boy.
[panting]
For fuck's sake.
[foreboding music playing]
And our plan
simply wouldn't have been possible
without you.
Eleven years ago,
and now.
Is that why you did it?
[Yeong-do inhales]
Did you kill
Gi-seok…
to get to me?
[scoffs]
[chuckles, clicks tongue]
Well, that's certainly how it played out.
But even without our plan,
your brother would've died anyway.
Why?
Because once Lee Ju-woon picked him
as his successor,
Nam Gi-seok would've
only had two choices then.
Either die,
or take the throne.
[laughs]
You haven't asked.
When I said "our plan,"
I dropped a little hint for you.
Hm?
Don't you wanna know?
The second person…
Who that could be?
[dark tones play, fade out slowly]
Sir. SIU.
Here. Nam Gi-jun's case.
We're taking it over,
and we'd appreciate your cooperation.
[uneasy music playing]
[tires screech]
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
NO ENTRY
Is this where I die?
[music intensifies]
- [handcuffs rattle]
- [men grunting, shouting]
[tires screeching]
- [men shouting, clamoring]
- [blows thudding]
You little shit!
[gun cocks]
[gun firing]
[tires screech]
[men grunting]
[gun fires]
- [gun fires]
- [tires screeching]
[man grunts]
[grunting continues]
Let go!
Let go!
- [tires screech]
- [engine revving]
[metal crashing]
[Gi-jun groans]
[grunts weakly]
[moaning in pain]
[groans]
[man grunting]
Bastard. [groans]
You're so dead, you piece of shit.
- [engine revving]
- [body thuds]
[vehicles approaching]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Seong-won grunts]
[exhales]
[scoffs] Come on,
can't you at least act surprised?
How did you find me here?
Cha Yeong-do called
and asked us to clean this place up.
He said something like
if I took care of you,
there'd be something in it for me.
Shit, I don't know.
So then,
why are you helping me?
[Seong-won sighs]
Sim Seong-won just called.
He says Nam Gi-jun
is confirmed dead at the scene.
What's the angle?
A car accident happened
during the transfer.
Okay.
You're dismissed.
[sighs] Son of a bitch.
Making a living is damn hard. [laughing]
Cha Yeong-do is a manager
in the Planning and Budget Department.
Quite a cushy position.
CHA YEONG-DO, MANAGER
What's unusual is
that when someone reaches that level,
they usually either move up
or get reassigned within a few years.
But this clown?
He's been stuck in that spot
for 11 years now.
[chuckles] Well, he didn't
go to the National Police University,
so he probably
just decided to stay where he is.
So he's been covering
for Juwoon and Bongsan
for the last 11 years.
[Seong-won] Mm-hmm.
You haven't answered my question yet.
Why are you helping me?
[Yang-sik] Guys, we'll be here all night
at this rate. Pick up that pace.
You could get yourself killed.
You're right. [laughing]
Oh, right.
Here.
Take this burner. It's safe to use.
And…
[plastic crinkling]
Here. It's Lee Ju-woon's pipe.
It means something to you, right?
Listen.
I'm leaving the country
before I get caught up in this shit.
You know what I mean, right?
Well, go on.
[exhales heavily]
[gun fires]
[Yeong-do panting]
[panting heard through phone]
That's it, then.
Don't worry about your little boy.
- [unsettling music playing]
- [breathing shakily]
I'll take care of it, right away.
No, not yet.
Cha Yeong-do's got
confidential information
on the organization.
It's important we get to it first.
[inhales]
SEIZE AND SEARCH WARRAN
CHA YEONG-DO
[music darkens ominously]
SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY
[investigators chattering indistinctly]
All right, let's go.
[suspenseful music playing]
Central District Prosecutors' Office.
All right, let's pick up the pace, people.
Don't leave anything on the floor.
No one can get in touch with him.
[investigator 1] Ugh.
Guess he's picked up on it.
All right, make sure to take everything.
- Leave nothing behind.
- [investigators clamoring]
Look,
if Cha Yeong-do doesn't turn up,
this is going to be on you.
[investigators chattering indistinctly]
What's going on here?
Come on, let's move!
- [investigator 2] Come on, that's enough.
- Ugh, you've gotta be fucking kidding me.
- [phone ringing]
- [whistling]
Hi, what's up?
[man] Sir, you can't come
into the office right now.
The prosecution is doing
a search and seizure.
- Sir? Sir?
- Oh, goddamn it.
[tires screeching]
[line ringing]
Hello, Mr. Lee.
What's going on? You went behind my back?
I told you before, I do what I have to do.
What the fu--
[exhales, laughs]
Listen.
I'm not sure what your endgame is here.
I just think it's best
to leave it alone, yeah?
Things have been going well.
The fuck are you doing right now?
Did you really think I wouldn't find out?
- [tires screech]
- [brake clicks]
My father
wasn't killed by Nam Gi-jun.
I told you I needed more time,
but you just couldn't wait, could you?
Uh… wait, Mr. Lee.
I think there's a little misunderstanding.
Oh, really?
That's how you must operate, I guess.
You make people misunderstand each other,
cause conflicts, and start fights.
Look, can we, uh, meet
and talk face-to-face? Huh?
Maybe next time.
If there is a next time.
[call ends]
[drops phone]
Shit.
[automated voice]
This phone is turned off.
You will be directed to voicemail
and charged at the beep.
[Yeong-do] Hey, asshole.
I told you to call me back.
You wanna get back
on the Interpol wanted list? Huh?
Get back to me right now.
[call ends]
[sighs] Is Mr. Cha upset about something?
Why don't we just cut to the chase?
It's not gonna do us any good
to keep meeting like this.
Kaneyama.
That's your real name, right?
You're a hitman from Shimane Prefecture.
Korean-Japanese also named Kim Gil-lok.
Interpol wanted you,
but Cha Yeong-do gave you a new identity,
and you've been working in tandem
ever since.
But I think the truth is,
he's using you for his means, right?
I'll help you settle down in Korea.
Not as Kaneyama or Shimane,
but as Kim Gil-lok.
And why
would you do that for me?
Because I need you to kill for me,
Mr. Kim Gil-lok.
[Seong-won, on phone]
I've tracked down Cha Yeong-do's men.
Follow their car,
and you'll be able to find him.
This is the last thing I can do for you.
[somber music playing]
[club hits golf ball]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Yeong-do] You got the stuff?
[man] I just picked it up. I'm on my way.
[Yeong-do] Keep an eye out for any tails.
[man] Yes, sir. I'll be there soon.
[cell phone clatters]
That goddamn little brat. Hm.
[plastic rustling]
JUWOON GROUP JW GALLERY
MONEY LAUNDERING REPOR
[plastic rustling]
[ominous music playing]
MERCY FOR NONE
[Yeong-do] You're Chairman Lee's son,
so how did you find me?
8 MONTHS EARLIER
No, better yet, why did you?
PLANNING AND BUDGET DEP
INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION PLAN
The internal affairs team is putting
together an investigation into you.
I can take care of it if you want.
Wow, you're playing hardball, huh?
So, go on.
What do you want?
A role.
A role?
I want to unite Juwoon and Bongsan
and sit at the top.
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
What's the plan?
You willing to do it my way?
Oh, no.
I have a plan.
We'll use Gu Jun-mo
and make him take out Nam Gi-seok.
You wanna start a war
between Juwoon and Bongsan
by killing Nam Gi-seok?
[sighs] That sounds pretty risky
to my ears, hm?
What worries me most is Nam Gi-jun.
I'm sure he'll retaliate in some way.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
There's something my father
would say to me all the time.
He'd say there are things
he wants but can't have.
However, there's no limit
to anything that I wanted.
The thing is,
he never even bothered to ask me
what I actually wanted.
So I'll say this again.
I want both Juwoon and Bongsan.
The two of them, understand?
[door opens]
[Geum-son, on recording]
We'll use Gu Jun-mo
and make him take out Nam Gi-seok.
[device rewinding]
So I'll say this again.
I want both Juwoon and Bongsan.
The two of them, understand?
LEE JU-WOON
GU BONG-SAN
LEE GEUM-SON
We'll be a team, won't we,
Mr. Prosecutor?
[briefcase shuts]
[dark music playing]
[music fades]