The Trunk (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

[gunshot]
[mysterious music playing]
[music fades]
[wind whistling]
[opening theme music playing]
THE TRUNK
5 MONTHS AGO
[breathing slowly]
[monitor beeping]
[man] What did he
"I lived a good life, thanks to you."
[monitor beeping rapidly]
[flatline tone]
[man] He's gone. I'm sorry.
3:10 p.m.
[man] Uh, that'd be 15
It's fine. I already announced it.
[man] I'm deeply sorry
for your loss, ma'am.
Would you contact his next of kin, please?
But aren't you his wife?
Where are you going?
I'm not his wife anymore. He's dead now.
[pensive string music playing]
[music continues]
[phone chimes]
PROCEED TO YOUR NEXT MARRIAGE?
YES OR NO
[music continues]
Hello, Ms. Noh.
Hope you enjoyed your assignment.
DIVORCE CONFIRMATION
FIELD WIFE TASK COMPLETION REPOR
NOH IN-JI
[music fades]
[woman] So, Deputy Manager Noh,
how was your marriage this time?
NOH IN-JI
I'm sure you could use a vacation.
I'm ready for another assignment.
Okay.
This one is not
a match made in heaven, Ms. Noh.
It's going to be very different
from your other marriages.
NM MEMBER PROFILE
HAN JEONG-WON
[man 1] I heard that prick Han Jeong-won
is writing movie scores.
He's supposed to be running the company.
[man 2] Dude is asleep at the wheel.
[man 1] I saw him earlier,
blitzed out of his mind.
[man 2] Probably getting
high as a kite, man.
[man 1] No shit.
Man, I coulda told you that. Wait.
You think that's why he got divorced?
'Cause of the drugs?
How the fuck would I know?
Hey, tell me what you heard. I wanna know!
[man 2] I don't know!
[man 1] Come on.
You know something, so spill it.
[man 2] Man, just shut up!
[muffled electronic dance music playing]
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
[exhales sharply]
[exhales sharply]
[music resumes]
[muffled music playing]
[music fades]
[high-pitched ringing]
[disorienting music playing]
[chandelier tinkling]
[music swells]
[music subsides]
[ethereal music playing]
[music fades]
[moans]
[sighs]
[connect tone]
[phone line ringing]
[sighs]
[female voice] The number you have dialed
is not available.
At the tone, please record your message.
WIFE
[man 1] Taking sleeping pills
in the bathroom again?
What are you, a zombie?
Who the hell does that at a club anyway?
Word on the street is
you're turning into a pill-popper.
So what's up?
Why are you dicking around at a club
when you could be at home in bed?
[man 2] I can't sleep at home.
That makes no sense. Your house is huge.
You tried hopping between rooms?
I'm sure you'll find one
that gets the job done.
This is what's wrong with rich guys.
You wanna be cavalier and independent.
Go to a hospital!
I've been going to one for 20 years, dude.
They're about to write me a prescription,
actually. See ya.
[disconnect tone]
[connect tone]
[phone line ringing]
[female voice] The number you have dialed
is not available.
[disconnect tone]
[uneasy music playing]
[phone buzzing]
WIFE
Please take down that chandelier thing.
It's hideous.
[woman] It's not a chandelier.
It's a work of art.
Besides, your dad loved that thing.
That's why I don't want it.
We can't just hang anything up there.
I'm looking for a different piece
in France, so hold off. Leave it alone.
[disconnect tone]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[car engine starts]
[intriguing music playing]
[shower water running]
[music fades]
[man 1] Han Jeong-won.
It's been a while, huh?
Oh, uh, I've found that
it tends to put people at ease
if I approach them like this.
You don't have to play ball, you know.
Then again,
you probably don't wanna catch a warrant.
That, uh, wouldn't be fun.
All right, who was it?
[man 1] You know Jay Yoong, right?
It was Yoong, wasn't it? Or was it Young?
Mm.
Last night at the club,
Mr. Jay, uh uh, whatever,
was taken into custody.
Caught red-handed.
And you were hanging out there.
Look at that. Thank you very much.
- Okay. Here.
- Why do you pick on me so much?
Why?
You're loaded from selling
all those shares.
You got plenty of free time.
Oh, and your history.
"History"? I was just a kid. Come on.
Seventeen basically makes you an adult.
You knew it was wrong.
You knew the consequences.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[water running]
[loud thud]
- [Jeong-won] Piece of shit.
- Whoa!
[man 1] Whoa! Hey, hey, stop!
- Hyung, Hyung, Hyung, Hyung, Hyung.
- [Jeong-won] You son of a bitch!
- [man 2] What the hell?
- Get the hell off me!
[grunting]
Stop!
- [Jeong-won] You piece of shit!
- Relax!
- [Jeong-won] You son of a bitch!
- Stop! What the
Bastard! Get back here!
Look, he ratted me out, dude!
Just take it.
The whole thing.
You could buy me out.
Run the place yourself.
No, I like being your employee.
Look, the whole Lee Seo-yeon thing,
I I take back what I said.
She's not a fucking bitch.
But I don't get why she dumped you.
The way I see it, you've been
in a downward spiral without her,
so just do whatever it takes
to get her back.
Hell, get down on your knees.
Stop bothering us peasants.
Ride off into the sunset with her
and live happily ever after.
- I just can't.
- Can't do it? Why the hell not?
With your bank account,
anything's possible!
You're a moron. God.
[woman 1] I'm so grateful that you offered
to take care of all the renovations.
I kept telling my husband we should sell
that run-down building and move,
but he lets his pride
get the better of him.
So what's it like
having a younger husband? How is it?
Hey, you know me.
I know how to keep a secret.
He's never gonna find out you married
somebody else. Don't worry, all right?
[phone buzzing]
HAN JEONG-WON
Oh, how's Jeong-won doing now?
I guess you haven't heard.
He was arrested for drug
I mean, word on the street is
he allegedly got in trouble
and started a fight at the label.
[phone buzzing]
Hi, yeah,
let's let's have dinner tonight.
I'll be there at seven o'clock.
[disconnect tone]
Oh, by the way,
you guys are divorced, right?
I was just wondering
if you got remarried before the divorce.
I'm just kidding. [laughs]
You think you'd be able
to live with a shell of a man?
I was messing with you.
Jeong-won's getting hitched.
Don't get the wrong idea.
We're having dinner
'cause he's getting married.
Are you for real?
Wait. Who is he, uh
Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!
Jeong-won's getting married!
Married! Is he crazy?
I guess he saw Seo-yeon's
getting remarried and lost his mind.
Did you know about this? Who could it be?
Maybe someone from a club.
Do you think
that asshole is really on drugs?
[gasps]
Hi, how are you?
I do pills, too, from the doctor.
Right.
Hey, I gotta go.
[man] Okay.
[door opens]
- [groans]
- [door closes]
[soft jazz music playing]
And your table is right over here, ma'am.
It's been a while.
We saw each other
at your office last week.
Right, that's my point.
'Cause we were supposed to
see each other every day.
Well, the reason we're not doing that
isn't because we're divorced.
It's 'cause I remarried.
And soon, you'll do the same.
[waitress] Are you two ready to order?
- [Seo-yeon] What's the chef's special?
- [waitress] It's a prix-fixe menu.
The first course is
mini caprese with yukhoe and truffle oil,
followed by tomato risotto
and arancini with cream cheese.
The next course is beef tenderloin
with a side of prosciutto
and pesto made with minced shrimp
and aralia elata.
[Seo-yeon] I'll do the cod steak.
Can you do no tomatoes?
Someone really doesn't like tomatoes.
That's all, okay?
[waitress] Of course.
I'll pass that on to the kitchen.
[Jeong-won] I've been carrying it around
for a week.
I know you like that style.
They're pretty.
Try them on.
I'll do that later.
Your marriage will be fine. Don't worry.
I don't know why you're doing this.
It's just a year.
Think of it like an arranged marriage.
It's easier.
[sighs] Seo-yeon.
I don't wanna be without you.
I've known you since kindergarten.
I didn't study abroad
so I could be with you.
You know I literally won't be able
to function without you. I'll go nuts.
Come on, you've never even tried.
You think it's a good
you think it's a good idea?
A temporary marriage?
Look, you already signed.
Yeah, because you wouldn't
see me anymore if I didn't.
I know you're trying to punish me,
but you you're taking this too far.
Jeong-won.
I'm punishing you?
[somber music playing]
I'm the one that's being punished here.
I'm alive
and sitting in front of you, right?
If you don't do
the temporary marriage, Jeong-won,
we're done.
[phone buzzing]
No, we're finished. I can go.
Let's just eat at home.
[disconnect tone]
My husband's outside.
I'm leaving, yeah?
[car engine starting]
[intriguing music playing]
Ah shit.
[phone line ringing]
[female voice] The number you have dialed
is not available.
[disconnect tone]
[connect tone]
[phone line ringing]
HAN JEONG-WON
[phone line ringing]
[sighs]
[Seo-yeon moans]
[phone line ringing]
[moans]
[moans]
[phone line ringing]
[female voice] The number you have dialed
is not available.
At the tone, please record your message.
[sighs]
[music fades]
[pants]
- [alarm wailing]
- [dog barking]
[police siren chirps]
[police siren wails]
[man 1] Jesus. Come on.
You don't have any ID on you?
Really?
Who's this?
[man 1 sighs]
He tried to steal a car
and smashed a window.
I was on my way back here.
I caught him in the act.
[man 2] Who's the owner?
[man 1] I've been trying to reach them,
but no answer yet.
Huh.
[man 1] Listen, stonewalling isn't
gonna get you out of this, buddy.
Wanna spend the night in a cell?
[sighs]
[man 3] Right, right, sure.
Who are you?
Han Jeong-won is my husband.
[man 1] Oh, so his name is Han Jeong-won.
Uh, I just got through to the car owner.
She knew all about it.
She lost her keys and told him to do it.
[man 1] Wait. She knew
he was smashing the window?
[In-ji] Can we go now, Officers?
Uh
- Uh
- Honey, let's go home now.
[electronic music playing]
[music continues]
[man 1] Owner said
the boat was missing in the morning,
then they found it like this.
That, and a local fisherman told me
he thought he heard a gunshot
around one o'clock.
[man 2] But he didn't bother
to call the police?
Maybe he thought it was a firework.
- Any casings?
- Not yet.
CCTV?
There's one at the kayak house,
but that's it.
Someone cut the wires.
[man 2] So there's no body,
just a trunk, huh?
Sir, do do you you know
how much that's worth?
It's over 50 million won.
Five-zero. Swear to God.
It's a rare,
limited-edition designer trunk.
There are only three of them in Korea.
[man 2 sighs]
Do me a favor. Call the store,
give 'em the serial number,
and find out who bought it, okay?
They don't sell these to random people.
They'll have a record.
But how the hell would you know that?
This thing is Prada.
You got a problem with that?
Is it fake?
Oh, no? Sure.
Okay. Get that.
Should I be thanking you?
Oh, no. You're working. I forgot.
No need for that.
Sorry, I couldn't bring my car
because they took me right to the station.
I guess I'll have to take a taxi.
You'll find your way, right?
[distant siren wailing]
Let's go.
Hey, isn't this my car?
Yeah, get in already.
So I think you owe me an explanation.
Go ahead.
It was Mr. Kim.
You said you didn't want arbitration.
Question for you.
Yeah?
It's your job to get married, right?
Do you enjoy your work?
[pensive music playing]
It depends.
[Jeong-won] I'll take that one.
[woman] Oh, a man with great taste!
I'm sure the bride-to-be
is going to love it.
I have a good eye.
It's number two for me, so
- Let's do it.
- [woman] Oh, right.
It looks like your ex-wife referred you.
[music fades]
Isn't that how you get all your clients?
What I'd really like to know is
why you are running this kind of business?
You're matchmaking on the down-low
'cause the wedding stuff
isn't bringing enough cash, huh?
[chuckles]
About how long do you think your marriage
is going to last with your current wife?
As our lifespans get longer and longer,
we might have one partner
for a hundred years. Who knows?
Pretty long.
Could you do that?
We're looking for
the model of a happy marriage.
You could say
we're staying ahead of the curve.
So consider yourself a lucky man.
I figured you didn't eat.
It's pine nut soup with vegetables.
I'm in the empty bedroom
on the second floor.
I can always move to another room
if you want.
So do I refer to you as my wife?
Is that the typical arrangement?
Yeah.
[Jeong-won scoffs]
It's weird to call you my wife since
our relationship is so unofficial.
Well, other marriages are different.
You wanted a more discrete situation.
Isn't that right?
I guess.
I'm going to continue our arrangement
for now, then.
But I'm really not sure what I should
and shouldn't do with all this
You should check the manual.
Good night.
[sighs]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales]
[distant clattering]
[clattering continues]
[uneasy music playing]
I understand.
Come on, Mom.
[sobs] No, Mom.
[sobs] No, Mom.
[Jeong-won crying]
Mom.
[music fades]
[shower water running]
[In-ji] You're up a lot earlier
than I thought you'd be.
You don't need to make me breakfast.
I almost never eat my meals here.
Well, I just thought I'd try
to do something nice for you.
Sit down.
Humor me. It's our first day together.
So halibut has lots of collagen.
I know you really like fish.
Well, there's something
I like even more than fish.
[chuckles]
I'm not in the mood for that right now.
I have a weak stomach, you know.
It smells a bit too fishy.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[rock music playing]
[music stops]
[electric guitar plays]
[rock music resumes]
- [music stops]
- Uh, once more.
[rock music resumes]
[music stops]
[keypad beeping]
[doorbell rings]
How long you gonna keep that here?
Wait, whose is it?
Well, it's not mine. Go ahead.
[woman] Is this what they sent your friend
when she got stiffed?
What was her name again?
Si-jeong or Bang-jeong? I forget.
Ah.
You know, it's not half bad.
Don't let them die, okay?
Well, ya know,
that's not really up to me, huh?
You never know
what life's gonna throw at you.
Who knows?
I might end up dying before these guys.
I won't let 'em starve, that's for sure.
I'll switch out their water too.
Have you heard from
the punk who owns the place?
He left this empty house
like a snake shedding its skin.
Just remember
to take care of the fish tank.
Don't touch anything.
You kill him or something?
I mean, it's fine by me if you did.
That would make more sense.
More sense than some guy going AWOL
for years just before he gets married.
Basically vanishing.
Yeah. You're right. I did it.
Crazy bitch.
Get over him already, will ya?
Just live a normal life.
Get married and have kids like everyone.
Refill the coffee thing
so we don't run out.
[phone buzzing]
SI-JEONG
[In-ji] Mm-hmm?
Hey, In-ji, that bastard is out!
Uh, who?
Eom Tae-seong. Who do you think?
I was doing a delivery,
and I ran into him by accident.
How the hell did he get out?
Wasn't he supposed to rot
in a mental hospital for life?
Okay, tell me where he is.
[mysterious music playing]
[Si-jeong] Son of a bitch. Really?
Listen, don't do anything for now.
I'll look into it and call you back.
[disconnect tone]
[mysterious music continues]
[breathing heavily]
[music fades]
[sighs]
Uh, I saw the earrings in the car,
through the window.
I know. I heard. The police called.
Right. Thanks for smoothing things out
on my behalf.
I could get you a new car?
I forgot the case
'cause I put them on right away.
I wasn't getting rid of them.
They're beautiful. I said that.
[sighs]
[sighs] This is so embarrassing.
[chuckles]
[chuckles]
So tell me about the first night.
Oh. It was good.
Glad to hear that.
Mm.
[automated voice] Doors closing.
[sighs]
It's almost over.
You're with me. You're all right.
Oh, I left my keys at the office.
[Seo-yeon gasps]
I feel like
a dog that can't be separated
from its owner.
Let's try again.
We could just start all over.
This whole arrangement is stupid.
Sweetheart,
the thing is,
I just wish you'd die already.
[automated voice] Doors opening.
Doors closing.
[echoing thud]
[electronic music playing]
[music fades]
[phone buzzing]
[sighs]
Yeah, hello?
[In-ji] Come on out.
You can't just sit there.
You make good food?
I try.
[In-ji] Come on, now.
You don't have to overthink this.
Till death do us part, happily ever after.
All those vows
only last a year for us, you know.
Not bad, yeah.
The fish has all the taste.
I used your card to buy really nice fish,
just so you know.
So this is some kinda
super overpriced
housemaid service or something?
With sex included?
If it's not, I hope you don't mind
if your husband cheats.
I can't get enough action.
Well, is that what you want?
[pensive piano music playing]
Is that inappropriate?
We're married, aren't we?
If we're
in agreement.
This might take a little while, then.
See, the truth is I can be kind of shy.
Thanks for dinner. Oh
I guess I'm not sure I need to thank you.
I mean, I haven't read the manual.
Mm!
[distant clattering]
[unsettling music playing]
[TV] the other team have to start playing
football to get back into the game
Excuse me, uh
Oh, I'm sorry if I woke you up.
I just really have to watch this match.
Do you like soccer?
I don't.
Baseball?
Truth is, I think it's all ridiculous.
Of course. Team sports aren't your thing.
Buy a TV for your room.
As many as you want.
[TV turns off]
[In-ji] Does it bother you that much?
Your "system" clearly isn't all
it's cracked up to be, is it?
I mean, don't you know I have insomnia?
Pretty easy to tell.
I'm taking tons of pills.
I read your file.
And I'm aware that you can't sleep
and you're dependent on drugs.
You won't be out anytime soon,
so sit down.
- Stop it.
- Who knows?
Maybe you'll fall asleep
if you watch something boring on TV.
Look, In-ji
Yes, boo?
[scoffs]
Want a drink?
I'll get you a cold one.
Wait right here.
[groans]
[sighs]
[high-pitched ringing]
[chandelier tinkling]
[sighs]
[refrigerator door opens, closes]
Well, you have no brains whatsoever.
At least you're pretty spry and quick.
You know, you can live somewhere else.
If you don't have a place,
tell me what you want.
An apartment. A brand-new house.
I won't say anything.
Let's just
let the year go by
as quickly and quietly as poss
Jeong-won.
You're being so coy.
I don't need to lure you in
to get you to feel comfortable
around me, do I?
We're together. It's just us.
You know you
can just be yourself.
- [grunts]
- [In-ji screams]
[screams]
[ethereal music playing]
[chandelier rattling]
[melodic acoustic guitar music playing]
So how are you related to
the owner of the trunk to my left?
I'm her husband.
[melodic acoustic guitar music continues]
[music fades]