My name is Kyung-ja Kim.
Oh-nam Ju's mother,
Kyung-ja Kim.
[theme tune playing]
MASK GIRL
KYUNG-JA KIM
I grew up with nothing.
So I've always thought dating was a luxury.
I met my husband through a matchmaker.
I didn't care about looks. That never mattered to me.
He told me he had a steady job,
and that was enough for me to marry him.
Plus, he didn't seem like the type to have an affair.
But even though he barely made any money,
that fucking bastard shacked up with some bitch
right after we got married.
So, after just three years, our marriage came to an end.
[baby crying]
But do you know what?
I was okay.
Because I had my son, Oh-nam.
I could do everything and anything because I had him.
[jaunty music playing]
Stand closer to the urinals.
Don't miss, y'all.
Hold it in.
H-- Hold it in, hold it in, hold it in! Get out!
Out, out, out, get out, come on.
[man retches]
[Kyung-ja] Ugh.
What did you eat, buddy? Damn.
[patting] Sighs.
After working my fingers to the bone,
I was finally able to open a small restaurant.
I have seats available, this way, c'mon, let's go.
Cheonggukjang? Sure, I can make that. Whatever, you name it.
Hey! Hey! Hey you! Wait-- You think you're the only one running a business here?
[gasps] You just took the custom--
- I didn't drag them here, did I? - Yeah, but--
If they don't like your food, they eat mine.
If they don't like my food, they can eat yours.
- So stop bitching about it for a second. - How dare--
- Just a minute-- - You bitch! [groans]
I had no choice but to be like that, so that I could put food on the table
and raise my child properly.
- Get off me! - Hey, stop!
[both groaning]
- Get your dirty hands off me! - Ow! Let go!
But raising a kid was harder than I thought.
When Oh-nam was little,
some of his things would go missing.
What do you mean, you lost it? No way. I bought it two days ago.
He would sometimes come home with bruises.
What happened here?
I fell when I was playing.
[sighs] Why are you so clumsy and careless?
He even came home with gum in his hair one day.
Oh my-- What is this?
[Oh-nam] I don't even know when it got stuck there.
[scoffs] Oh my goodness. Come with me!
Whenever something happened,
I would think, "Maybe I'm not taking care of him well enough."
[man] Even in pitch darkness, may he learn to hear your voice!
[Kyung-ja] Amen, Lord.
[man] Oh Lord, may you be the light that guides him through his sorrow.
Under your authority, Lord,
may he live a life of spreading your word and praise with joy.
May sister Kyung-ja Kim's son, Oh-nam Ju,
receive your love
and be guided into the wonders of the path you created for him.
Amen.
I don't know if it's because God answered our prayers,
but it turned out my son's grades were good.
Even though I couldn't send him to a good private school.
Hey, Oh-nam, are you studying?
[Oh-nam] Yeah.
Good. Study hard. You're going to medical school, my son.
[Oh-nam sighs] C'mon, Mom, I can do it myself.
- [gasps] - Hey, wait. Are you embarrassed?
Hmm, baby? [chuckles]
My son is... all grown up now.
You're all grown up. [chuckles]
My son got accepted
into a four-year college in Seoul, just like that.
It wasn't medical school, like I wanted, but still.
Oh my God, my baby!
Would you look at that! [gasps]
Oh, man!
You look so handsome. So, so handsome, right?
- Don't you agree? - Oh yes.
- [quietly] Mom! - He looks so handsome.
Then one day, he suddenly wasn't my little boy anymore.
Once he got a job.
- [sniffs] - Is this the colonial era?!
What do you mean, "independence"?
Hey, listen.
Just because you're earning money doesn't mean you should waste it.
You do know that living by yourself's expensive, right?
You're not getting married or anything, I mean, why would you wanna move out?
[grunting awkwardly] I just wanna live on my own.
You're saying,
you don't wanna live with me.
That's not it, no. [sighs softly]
- It's just that I'm too far from work-- -"Far from work"? That's bullshit! C'mon!
It takes me two hours to get there and two hours to get home.
That's-- [stifling sobs]
Listen, when I was raising you,
I'd make my way to work through storms or even typhoons, and I wouldn't complain.
You, on the other hand... Four hours, really?
Oh my.
[poignant music playing]
[Kyung-ja sighs]
I thought that if I put my foot down, he'd change his mind.
But he left anyway.
Not only did he leave,
he wouldn't even let me anywhere near his house.
[panting]
Oh-nam, my son, I made some side dishes for you.
Are you home?
[Oh-nam] Mom, I told you I didn't need any.
I don't even have time to make food and eat at home these days.
You little punk!
Why are you like this, huh?
What, do I have to beg you to eat these side dishes, huh?
This is not how I raised you, you get it?
This-- This is just--
Mom, it's not like that. I'm eating well, and I'm just--
Enough is enough, ungrateful jerk.
[Oh-nam sighing in exasperation]
Wait, you know what?
You know what? I'm never coming here ever again.
This time, let's just cut ties for good, Oh-nam!
You... take care!
Damn rascal. I--
Damn it, damn it... Argh!
[breathing emotionally]
[music fades out]
MY SON ♥
[sighs]
He only called once after that.
OHNAM RESTAURANT
Is that how you treat your mother? You don't call me anymore?
I missed the call, okay?
Would it kill you to try calling me again?
You know what? Forget it.
[sighs]
[plate bangs]
Only one bottle today, okay?
[sighs]
So frustrating. This is too much, too much.
That little punk.
How will he find someone?
Despite everything,
I had faith he would come back to me to be the good son I know he is.
I never thought he would just disappear.
[flies buzzing]
[metal rattling]
[metallic crash]
- [man] Here you go, ma'am. - [Kyung-ja] Thank you.
- [officer 1] Thank you, sir. - [Kyung-ja] Oh-nam? Oh-nam!
[officer 1] Oh! [sniffs] What's that smell?
[Kyung-ja] What's that smell? It smells rotten in here. Ugh!
[officer 1] Okay, this is the bathroom. [sighs]
[Kyung-ja] Oh my God!
Have a look at this place.
Goodness.
[gasps] Oh my! That's scary, uh?
Oh God, who is that?!
Hey, who are you?
[sighs] It's a life-size doll.
Is that... not a... a person?
[officer 1] No, it's a doll.
A doll?
[officer 1] Yeah.
Oh boy.
What the hell?
It looks so much like a human.
[sighs] That weird kid.
Why would he have a doll on his bed like th--
Jesus, oh my goodness!
- [loud thudding] - Damn it.
- [officer 2 grunts] - [officer 1] Huh? What's wrong?!
What is it?
- [officer 2 groaning] - [officer 1 panting]
- [liquid sloshes] - [officer 1] Ugh!
[Kyung-ja] Why are you so surprised? Huh? [cries out]
[officer 1 retches]
[Kyung-ja groans]
[officer 1 panting]
No! Not my son!
Oh-nam!
- My-- - No, don't touch it!
[Kyung-ja moaning]
Oh! Ma'am? Ma'am!
Are you okay? Ma'am!
Officer Park!
Hey! Call an ambulance. Hurry!
- [Officer Park] Yes, sir! - [Officer 1] Ma'am! Are you okay?
A dismembered body has been found in the house
of a recently missing office worker, Oh-nam Ju.
To identify the body, an autopsy is being conducted.
[anchor] Police are currently investigating Ju's whereabouts,
who was last seen leaving work in October.
And also trying to find a connection between Ju and the victim.
According to a police official, the DNA analysis...
[man] Um, excuse me.
Uh, which one of you is Ms. Kyung-ja Kim?
[anchor] ...as they are investigating, all possibilities are open.
SEOUL YONGCHEON POLICE YONG-JIN SEO / JONG-HUN CHOI
[Kyung-ja] What are you saying right now?
- [gasps] It's not my son?! - Correct.
[hyperventilating]
Oh my God!
Oh my God. It's not my son, they're saying it's not my son.
- It's not my son! - That's wonderful news.
- I'm so glad. - [Kyung-ja] Then who--
Who was in that, uh, black bag?
Well, at this moment, we don't have enough to identify him.
We just know it's a man.
[hyperventilating] Well, that's fine.
As long as it's not my son.
Oh my God!
[gasps] Oh, oh!
Uh, can, uh, can-- can you get me some water?
Water.
[Kyung-ja breathing raggedly]
[Jong-hun] So, um, ma'am...
when was the, uh, last time you talked to your son,
by the way?
About two weeks ago. [chuckling with relief]
Take notes.
On my birthday.
- [Jong-hun] Oh. - [Yong-jin] "Birthday."
Um, did your son have problems with anybody, by chance?
[snivelling] Problems? What problems?
He always got along with his co-workers and everyone.
Wait.
Why are you asking me about him?
Oh, well...
What is it?
Do you think
my son killed that man? Is that what you think?!
Well, ma'am, there's a chance he did, there's a chance he didn't.
- We just-- - You're fucking kidding me, c'mon!
My son's not the kind of person to hurt anyone!
He pretty much faints at the sight of blood!
How the hell could you even think he'd kill someone?
[grunts] Get lost, you jerks!
Later that day, the police went to Oh-nam's workplace.
So I can't think of anyone who was noticeably, uh,
or particularly close to Mr. Ju.
If there's anything I can say about him,
it's that, uh, when, um, things didn't go his way,
he'd blow up, all of a sudden.
So that would, uh, startle me every once in a while.
The last time I saw him was when Mo-mi Kim quit.
He came to me to get her address to deliver her things.
- Why did Ms. Mo-mi Kim quit? - I don't really know.
She gave me her resignation letter out of nowhere.
You're asking me if Mr. Ju liked Mo-mi?
Uh, you know what, I'm not really sure.
He wasn't a man of many words, you know?
Mo-mi did say something once.
Something like, how she felt Mr. Ju was keeping an eye on her.
[chuckling] However, I thought she was overreacting.
She does, um, overreact often, you know?
[woman] Oh dear, the things I go through. Come on in.
The police searched Mo-mi Kim's place too.
She threw everything away before she left.
She said she was going abroad or something.
Was there anything unusual about her when she left?
- [woman] Unusual? - [Yong-jin] Yeah.
[woman] Oh. Uh, she looked like she got plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery?
Yeah. I mean, you know how after plastic surgery,
they wrap the person's face with white gauze?
Her face was like that.
At first I thought someone beat her up or something,
I was thrown off, you know?
[Jong-hun] Was she
with a man, by any chance?
A man?
No. She lived alone.
I mean, did she ever come home with a man before?
Nah, never, she never did.
Every once in a while she'd put on really loud music
and sing and dance like crazy, but nothing else.
[sighs] All right. Thanks a lot.
- Are you done? - [Jong-hun] Yes, we're done.
The police thought that my Oh-nam and that girl
had run off somewhere together.
We have received information
that a colleague of Oh-nam Ju's disappeared as well.
On the same night he went missing himself.
We went to her hometown, Daesan, and tried to talk with her family.
Excuse me, when did you last speak with Ms. Mo-mi Kim, your daughter?
[presenter] The corpse was found in a studio in Yongcheon-gu,
the home of the missing Oh-nam Ju.
There were over 2,000 illegal adult videos saved on his computer.
A sex doll, as well as several adult toys, were found at the scene of the crime.
His apartment was filled with pornographic toys,
and that could point to psychological issues.
Chances are his perception of sex was abnormal.
The problem here is that the expression of his desire
would become twisted
and found in the form of stalking and obsession.
[Kyung-ja] Hey, you piece of shit. I told you to find my son,
but instead, you make him out to be a pervert, stalker, and murderer?!
I should just shred all of you bastards to pieces or something!
My son is a gentleman! He's a good person!
There's no fucking way
my baby did such a thing, you fuckers!
- Damn you, bastards! - [phone clatters]
That's when I decided
that I have to find my son myself.
NEW BEGINNING
[gentle guitar music playing]
Does it work now?
Uh-- Yes.
Thank you, mister.
Hello. What's this?
Uh, and what's this?
Where'd the pointer go? Huh?
[mouse clicking]
Oh, damn it.
What the heck is all of this?
If I wanted to find my son, I needed to know more about him.
So I started taking computer lessons.
[tutor] Typing is one of the basics of learning how to use a computer.
It's not easy typing with both hands right off the bat,
so you'll learn to type with each hand separat--
If you're having a hard time with it, I would recommend practicing at home.
Today, we're going to look at the basics of browsing the Internet.
If you look at the desktop screen, there should be--
Today, we'll learn how to send an email.
So an email is basically like a home address to receive electronic mail.
Your online home address!
[whimsical music playing]
MASK GIRL
FAN CAFÉ FOR MASK GIRL LOVERS
If I wanted to find my son, I had to learn more about that girl.
HOT POST UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT MASK GIRL
HER REAL NAME IS MO-MI KIM DAEHAN INSURANCE
Mo-mi Kim.
MASK GIRL AT A COMPANY DINNER
So she's a college graduate.
HANMI UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY DEPT WELCOME PARTY
OH SHIT, TOTAL UGGO NO WONDER SHE WORE A MASK
"Uggo"?
"She's like an orc. A real-life orc."
Did they mean an orca? But she's so skinny.
Damn it, I don't understand any of this.
[music ends]
To get any information from this,
I had to learn the words young people use.
KFM
KEEP FOR MYSELF
"No cap."
That means "not lying."
"S P O
N"
"Suddenly
Popping Out of Nowhere"
Argh, damn it.
This is ridiculous.
CLOSED
[man] What? Are you closing?
Oh, goodness. Why would you SPON like that?
[man] "SPON"?
Just forget it.
You're closing down?
- What will you do now? - What else? I'm going to find my son.
[engine starts]
[quirky music playing]
Over the last few decades, I've saved up a lot of money.
Will you be withdrawing it all?
Why? Is the bank low on cash?
No, it's not that.
There was another person who was looking for that bitch as desperately as I was.
It was Teddy, the online fan café manager.
Mr. Manager,
hey, what's up, sport?
MG LOVE: HIYA-HI. TEDDY.
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: HAHA HELLO GOOD 2 SEE U AGAIN
It's my daily check-in.
Teddy,
you have
worked hard.
Goodness, not like that, no.
Teddy,
I think
you're really diligent.
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: HAHA THX
Have you
found
anything,
uh, cool?
I FOUND SOMETHING FREAKING COOL
Oh, what is it, what is it?
Oh.
What is it?
I FOUND A WOMAN WHO I THINK IS MASK GIRL
[solemn tone plays]
BUT I'M NOT TOTALLY CERTAIN...
SO I HAVEN'T UPLOADED ANYTHING YET
TAKE A LOOK
[pop music playing]
[woman] Hi there, ladies and gentlemen. Today, here at Gangcheon Plus Mart,
we are having a sale to celebrate our third year since opening.
We'll be holding a big event during the sales period. Come on in!
So that's
Mask Girl. You think so?
I can't really tell. Her face looks totally different.
SHE PROBABLY GOT PLASTIC SURGERY
Plastic surgery?
BUT HOW SHE DANCES AND HER BODY ARE SIMILAR TO MASK GIRL'S!
THE WOMAN IN THE BACK SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PLUS MART
JINCHEON? GANGCHEON? SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LOL
SHOULDN'T WE CALL THE POLICE?
I DID. BUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A PRANK CALL
The bastards, they're useless.
BUT I'M A BIT CONFUSED HER BOOBS LOOK FAKE IN THE VIDEO
Her boobs?
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SURE CUZ MASK GIRL'S ARE ALL NATURAL
[gasps softly]
YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE?
OF COURSE HAHA MY NICKNAME IS BOOB CONNOISSEUR
Oh my...
I TOLD U I BECAME MASK GIRL'S FAN
ALL BECAUSE OF HER BOOBS
SUCH PERFECT BOOBS ARE RARE
[scoffs] You pervert.
I guess I'm crazy for believing ya.
[sighs]
[thunder rumbling]
[adult Oh-nam] Mom?
[sinister music playing]
Mom, wake up.
[gasps]
[breathing shakily]
[gasps]
Oh my God.
Sweetie, are you here?
Where are you?
[gasps]
- [Oh-nam] Mom? - [gasps]
- [poignant music playing] - [shakily] Oh-nam!
[Oh-nam] Mom.
Mom, I'm so cold.
It's ok-- It's okay, sweetie.
[breathing shakily] Get in here. Huh?
Come to me.
[feet squelching]
[gasping] Sweetheart.
Where have you been, honey?
Where were you, sweetie? [sobbing]
I missed you so much, you have no idea.
[Kyung-ja sobbing]
Let me have a look... [inhales shakily]
...at your face, son.
[unsettling crunch]
[gasps]
[sinister music fades in]
[music intensifies, fades out]
[gasps]
[hyperventilating]
[sobbing]
[gasps]
[inhales shakily]
Dear Lord...
[melancholy music playing]
No! No!
Lord!
[wailing] Oh-nam, no!
My son!
It's all because of her.
It's her fault, she did this to him!
She turned my son into this, that whore!
Oh-nam-- Oh-nam, no, no!
[Jong-hun] Ms. Kim.
- Ms. Kim. - Oh no, no, no, no, no!
Why is this happening, Lord, dear Lord?!
Around 8 a.m. today, a man's dismembered body was found
in a suitcase by a hiker.
The victim is Oh-nam Ju,
the missing person and resident of the studio
where another dismembered corpse was found five months ago.
The investigation is focused on finding Mo-mi Kim,
who is presumed to be deeply involved in the case.
[funereal music playing]
[Kyung-ja] My son
has never done anyone harm.
Even the thought of killing a bug scared him.
He was such a kind person.
[inhales deeply]
I've prayed.
"Lord, what have I done wrong
to deserve this punishment?"
"Why would you give me sorrow that I cannot endure?"
"Is this truly your will, Lord?"
"If you give me such sorrow now,
how happy will you make me tomorrow?"
"What will you have me do
in your name on this earth, my Lord?"
Only then,
did I hear the voice of our Lord.
"Daughter,
my beloved daughter."
"Go your way."
"Even though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will protect you, and I will be with you always."
"No person will ever be able to stand in your way!"
"You are mine."
"You're a soldier!"
[music fades out]
- [intercom clicks] - [woman] Who is it?
Is this
that bitch Mo-mi Kim's house?
[woman] What?!
Sorry, who is this?
I'm the mother of the victim she murdered.
Open the door.
[intercom clicks]
What the-- [sighs]
Hello?
Bunch of soulless assholes!
Open the door.
[yelling] Open the door!
You guys call yourselves human, huh?
You're no better than animals! Open the door!
- Open it, now! - [gate banging]
- [growling] You little bi-- - I am a housekeeper here, ma'am.
My employer says she'll call the cops if you don't leave right now.
That little...
[gasping] She should be out here begging on her knees for my forgiveness.
- Ma'am. Please. - [gate rattles]
Woman, does she know her daughter's a murderer?
That hasn't been confirmed yet, you know? And besides,
my employer cut ties with her daughter a long time ago.
She doesn't know anything about her daughter,
and she doesn't even care to know.
I'll tell you something else,
I didn't even know she had a daughter until this incident happened.
[Kyung-ja] Don't lie to me.
Tell me where to find her, and I'll leave right now.
Oh dear, if I knew, I would've told the police by now.
[Kyung-ja sighs]
What the... [gasps]
That...
You fucking slut! You look like an owl!
Come down here!
Oh my God, look at that cold bitch.
Even if she was begging for forgiveness, I wouldn't be happy.
That damn bitch is acting like she's above me.
[Mo-mi's mother] How vulgar!
[Kyung-ja] Where do you think you're going, you bitch?!
Hey, ma'am! If you keep this up, I'll have to call the cops, you hear me?
- Oh my God! - [Kyung-ja] You didn't call them yet?
[woman] Oh my God!
I'll call them myself! Come out right now, you fucking bitch! Argh!
Ma'am, you came a long way. Here, have some coffee.
Here.
The lady you harassed said this time she'll let it go.
But she said she won't let it slide if you ever decide to come back.
[Kyung-ja] And the...
What about the father, was he not home?
Her husband?
He killed himself a long time ago.
[Kyung-ja scoffs]
[keyboard tapping]
MG LOVE: ANY NEWS TODAY, BY ANY CHANCE?
[sighs]
[mouse clicks]
GUN SMUGGLING
CRACKDOWN ON HOMEMADE FIREARMS
ONLINE CRACKDOWN BY POLICE
MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO KILL EX-GIRLFRIEND'S FATHER...
[computer beeps]
...GETS REDUCED SENTENCE ON APPEAL
A MESSAGE FROM MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY ACCEPT/DECLINE
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: NONE TODAY
[keyboard clicking]
MG LOVE: WHAT IF SHE FLED THE COUNTRY?
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: POSSIBLE
IT'LL BE HARD TO FIND HER THEN
[somber tone plays]
♪ With the King of Glory ♪
♪ Shall reign eternally ♪
♪ Amen ♪
Amen.
Thank you for praying for my son.
[woman 1] Sure.
You know, he was a pretty smart kid, Oh-nam.
He could've totally gone to medical school,
but he threw a fit, saying he didn't like the sight of blood, so he didn't want to.
He was a great son.
He really was the best son ever.
He would insist on sending me money whenever I wanted to travel.
[soft chuckles]
Plus, whenever I made him food, he'd be so grateful.
Wow! It's hard to find sons like him, you know?
- [chuckles] You're right. - [woman 2] Mm-hmm.
[Kyung-ja] And the girls were all crazy about him.
Well, he was so polite and smart, so of course they were.
But none of them were enough for him in my eyes. If I knew this would happen,
I would've let him date anyone he liked.
- Oh, sweetie... - Oh my!
[Kyung-ja sobs]
- It's okay. - Hey, it's okay. Don't cry. Oh.
Aw. [sighs]
Oh, go ahead and eat.
- Go ahead, c'mon. - That reminds me.
- Did you hear? - [woman 2] Hmm?
That uh-- That dentist over at Jeil Plaza, have you heard?
[gasps] Apparently, he's having an affair with his nurse!
[women exclaim]
People who do perverted things like that should really get a death penalty.
- I agree. - You're right.
Wait, do you know how they both got caught, though?
[Kyung-ja] How?
The fortune-teller, Ms. Park, mentioned it, do you remember that?
- Well, apparently, she foresaw it all. - [woman 2] What?!
- [woman 1] What? - She saw the husband.
And saw the mistress too.
- Oh my God! - What?!
- A churchgoer going to a fortune-teller? - Relax, that fortune-teller's different.
I've been there too, to tell the truth.
[Kyung-ja] Hmm.
She's great. The real deal.
- Really? - Yeah!
- [woman 2 gasps] - And... where is it?
- Huh? - I might wanna go too.
Yeah! Let's go together.
Jesus, don't be ridiculous.
- The Lord is watching! - [woman 2] You startled me!
[women sighing, chuckling]
Hmm.
[rice scattering]
[woman] Hmmmm.
[woman inhales, exhales deeply]
Jesus, you're making me anxious.
Can you not see where she is?
Hold on tight.
[suspenseful music playing]
[woman] West.
She went west.
I would die of old age looking for her through "the west."
I need you to give me her exact location.
[sinister music playing]
Here. I'll give you all the money you want.
[sighs]
- [bells jingling] - [quirky music playing]
[woman chanting]
Oh my Lord, please help me...
Please, dear God, help me.
[music stops]
[woman sighs, gasps]
[sinister music playing]
[woman] It's here.
Wh-- What's there? What is it?
I see a river.
And a piece of cloth.
[music fades out]
Gangcheon.
[music reprises]
Gangcheon?
- [woman] Mm-hmm. - Gangcheon, are you sure about it?
This is it. This is the place.
She's the girl dancing outside.
Here.
I'm not sure who she is. Maybe you should ask someone there.
- Sorry to bother, I just have a question. - [man] Oh, sure.
By any chance, do you know this girl?
[man] Hmm. Uh, Won-ju, take a look.
[Won-ju] Oh, this girl. She promotes events for us.
- [breathes shakily] Is that so? - But she hasn't been here in a while.
Well, is, uh-- Is there something else you could tell me? Like--
Like her number?
Uh-- She is-- She's my daughter.
I haven't seen her since she left home. After completing high school.
Um, we have her agency's number, don't we?
Uh, give her that number, would you?
- Oh, thank you, sir. - [man] Uh, sure.
Thank you. Thanks a lot.
- I can sleep in peace now. - [man] Yep.
[music ends]
SEONGSAN BUILDING ROOM 208 PYEONGSAN-DONG
OHBITNA AGENCY
[woman] Oh, excuse me.
- [man 1] Damn it, another flush. - [cards thrum]
[man 1] This bastard's crushing me today. Jesus.
[man 2] Guess it's one of those lucky days for me.
- [man 1 sighs] - [playing cards thrum]
Looking for somethin'?
Actually, I'm looking for someone.
[man 1] Who?
I think you got the wrong place.
I heard this girl used to work here.
Ah... Yu-mi.
Yu-mi?
She quit, ma'am.
Really? Are you sure?
[man 1] She said she was gonna find a better-paying job, so she quit.
- Crazy chick. - Did she say what kinda job?
What do you think a girl
with her face, body, and figure would do to make good money?
Goddamn it! I fold.
[inhales sharply]
[apprehensive music playing]
No, I've never seen her.
Wait, just have a better look at her, c'mon.
Uh, no, I've never seen her before.
STAR NIGHTCLUB
KARAOKE BAR
[sighs]
[customer] Five thousand won, right?
- Here it is. - Mm-hmm.
- There you go, ma'am. Enjoy your food. - Thank you.
Mm-hmm. Welcome. What can I get you?
- Can I get some sliced soondae? - Sure.
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
[server] Hello, sir. Yes, I'll be right there.
Sure.
[church organ music playing]
- [server] Enjoy your food. - Thank you.
[server] Sure thing, have a good one!
[breathing shakily]
Just leave it.
[car door shuts]
[engine running]
Two boxes of whiskey. Yeah, beer too.
Beer, three boxes of beer, dry snacks... Yeah. Great.
- Take care of this. - Yes, sir.
Hey, Chun-ja, c'mon. I can see your panties!
[women chatting]
You drank again yesterday, didn't you? I told you not to drink!
Whoa, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am!
- [dance music plays in distance] - Who are you? You can't go in there!
[Kyung-ja] Uh, you see, I--
I just saw my daughter. She was walking that way.
- Your daughter? - She, uh-- She just walked in.
She-- She was wearing a denim skirt
and long shoes that come up to here, you know?
[man] Denim?
- Ah, Mi-ae. -"Mi-ae"?
Uh-huh. When she's out, I'll tell her you came by. She's busy at the moment.
Not right now. Bye now. Here.
- Wait. Wait a minute. - Huh?
Please don't tell her
that I came by, is that okay?
I-- If she finds out I came here, my-- my daughter will be furious.
- You know her. - Right.
How would she feel knowing that her mom knows she works here?
- Okay, ma'am, I understand. Go now! - Right.
Uh-huh. Go on.
- Not a word. - Of course, not a word. [sighs]
- Mi-ae. - Yeah, Mi-ae, Mi-ae. Uh-huh.
Bye now, ma'am. Bye. Goodbye! [chuckling]
[car horn blares]
[man] Hey! What are you doing?!
[car horn tooting]
[car retreating]
[sound becomes muffled]
- [sinister whooshing] - [Oh-nam gasping shakily]
[whimpering]
[groans]
Mom! Save me, please!
[groans, shrieks]
Oh-nam!
- [Oh-nam groaning] - [sickening squelching]
Oh-nam!
[unsettling music playing]
[Kyung-ja groans]
[music intensifies]
[grunting] Oh-nam!
[gasping shakily]
[Oh-nam] Mom.
[Kyung-ja breathing shakily]
You didn't save me. Why didn't you, huh?
[Kyung-ja gasping shakily]
[quavering] I'm sorry.
You were embarrassed of me, weren't you?
[shakily] What are you saying?
[Oh-nam sighs]
I couldn't get into medical school,
and I never dated anyone, so you were embarrassed of me!
You actually wanted me to die!
No! No! [gagging]
- [Oh-nam growling] - That's not true.
[bone creaking]
You're glad I'm dead!
- [Oh-nam groaning] - I'm sorry, son--
I'm sorry...
[gagging]
- [car horn blaring] - [window knocking]
[man] Scuse me.
[window tapping]
Are you all right?
[Kyung-ja sobbing]
- [window knocking] - Ma-am, hey!
[whimpering]
[sobbing continues]
[sobbing abates]
[panting]
[tense music playing]
[man and woman talking indistinctly]
[music intensifies]
[music fades out]
[suspenseful music fades in]
[music intensifies]
- [woman chuckling] - You're always being judgmental. Hmm?
- Welcome! - Welcome!
- [woman] How can I help you? - I'm here to, uh, get my hair done.
Oh. Are you looking for a specific hairdresser?
What dresser? Just do my hair.
- Yeah, so he went home, just like that. - Oh my gosh, that's crazy. [laughs]
[client] Wow, he's such a jerk! Like, just, wow!
[hairdresser] He's gotta be crazy, I mean... You know what?
I think that jerk is ghosting you.
[client groans] I'm the crazy one.
He's so annoying! Why did I ever agree to this?
Let's go wash your hair, shall we?
[client] He said he was a genius, and I totally fell for it. Damn it.
[hairdresser] Oh, forget him.
[footsteps approaching]
Hello, ma'am. What look are you going for?
I, uh, wanna wash my hair first.
Sure.
Please have a seat over here.
Hold on just a sec.
All right, you can lie down, please.
I think I've seen that necklace before.
Where did I see it?
USB DEVICE RECOGNIZED
MASK GIRL
[tense music playing]
Found it.
I finally found it.
[sighs]
[computer beeps]
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY REQUESTS A 1:1 CHAT
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: MG LOVE, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
What do you think?
[keyboard clicking]
MG LOVE: JUST SO-SO.
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: DON'T BE FREAKED OUT!
I'M IN GANGCHEON
Hm?
[indistinct chatter]
[computer beeps]
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: I'VE BEEN THINKING...
I THINK THAT WOMAN REALLY IS MASK GIRL!
MG LOVE: REALLY?
MASK GIRL ♥ TEDDY: I WENT TO THE SUPERMARKET IN THE VIDEO
APPARENTLY, HER MOM
WAS LOOKING FOR HER IN GANGCHEON!
CONSIDERING ALL THAT
I THINK SHE'S REALLY MASK GIRL, BUT...
What does he think he is, a detective?
[music intensifies, ends]
TAXICAB DRIVER'S LICENSE KYUNG-JA KIM
[man] Wow! You got this license a long time ago, huh?
Are you sure you can handle it?
- Aren't you too old? - Don't worry about it.
I know the gas and brake pedal.
[suspenseful music playing]
I'm here to buy a gun.
You're the lady who called us?
[sucks air through teeth] Shit! Just my luck.
[engine starts]
I heard it's three million won.
Here's ten million.
[music intensifies]
This one. This is a Glock. Straight from Austria. Eh?
For a madam like you, though, this is too, uh--
Forget that.
I want the most powerful one.
[man] The most powerful one?
This one.
Hmm?
[man growls softly, chuckles]
- [Kyung-ja] Yeah. - [man] Yeah.
This is good enough.
[music ends]
- [car door opens] - [man groaning] In you go!
[woman drunkenly] Oh, come on.
Get in the taxi behind me. I'm not working tonight.
- [man] Damn it. What the hell, seriously?! - [woman] Come on!
- [man] Come on. - [car door shuts]
[man slurring] C'mon, let's go home.
VACANT
[suspenseful music fades in]
Uh, you must be exhausted from working so late, huh?
Oh. Yeah.
You know, you look about my daughter's age.
How old are you?
I'm 28.
Wow. You're the same age as her.
As my daughter.
[Kyung-ja chuckles]
[woman scoffs] Is that so?
[Kyung-ja] Excuse me, miss.
My phone fell under the seat in front you here.
Could you pick it up for me?
[sighs] Yeah.
I can't find it.
- Is it not there? - Where is it? [sighs]
- I don't see it. - Oh. It's right here. It's here.
[woman] What? [cries out]
[music intensifies]
[music fades out]
[insects buzzing]
[footsteps approaching]
[woman hyperventilating]
[muffled shrieking]
Awake, are you?
[muffled shrieking]
[cries out]
Somebody help! Help!
- Please, anyone! Help! - Help, please!
Help!
[silence]
[scoffs]
What's the matter with you? Why are you doing this? Who are you?
[gasping in pain]
[gasping abates]
You don't know who I am?
[quavering] I really don't.
I have no idea! Why the hell are you doing this?
[cries out]
[sobbing] Wait, ma'am, ma'am. Wait. Please, wait a minute.
I'm sorry.
[sobbing]
I don't know what I did wrong,
but I'll do anything you want.
You're back to your senses, apparently.
Who is that person?
You don't know him?
You little...
[wailing] Ma'am!
I don't know him, I swear to you!
I've never seen this man in my life! [sobbing]
[Kyung-ja] I do know who you are.
Your real name
is Mo-mi Kim.
[hyperventilating] Mo-mi Kim?
What do you mean? I'm Chun-ae Kim! You're wrong!
"Chun-ae Kim," huh? [chuckles]
What a tacky name.
So how many names do you have? [chuckles]
- [wailing] - Right...
Is this not you?
Yu-mi Choi?
[Chun-ae] How did you get this?
Do you still feel like lying?
- [Chun-ae] I'm telling the truth! - You damn bitch!
[Chun-ae sobbing hysterically]
Stay still or I'll stomp all over your face.
[sobbing stops]
[breathing shakily]
Wh-- What's the mask for?
Ma'am?
Why are you doing this?
It's really not me.
Please... Please don't do this.
I've never heard of the name Mo-mi Kim before.
[Kyung-ja] You lie every time you open your mouth, you bitch.
Now that I see you like this, I'm sure of it.
- [Chun-ae] It's really not me. - It's you. It is you!
[Chun-ae whimpering]
Ma'am, I'm telling you, it's really not me.
[crying, whimpering]
Why are you doing this?
You wore that mask
when you killed my son, didn't you?
Ma'am, why would I kill your son? It wasn't me! I swear it wasn't me!
I've never seen your son in my life, I swear to God!
I've looked at your photos
as many times as I've looked at my son's.
- [Chun-ae hyperventilating] - The necklace you're wearing,
it's the same as the one in the picture.
[Chun-ae] Necklace? [gasping]
[Chun-ae laughing]
- [laughter becomes hysterical] - Are you going crazy now, bitch?
[sighs]
[Chun-ae] I think-- I think I know who that girl is.
What?!
You said her name's Mo-mi Kim, didn't you?
[scoffs softly]
[tense music playing]
[fades into acoustic guitar music]
[music intensifies]
ALL CHARACTERS, LOCATIONS, COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS, NAMES, EVENTS, EPISODES
MENTIONED OR DESCRIBED IN THIS SHOW ARE ALL FICTIONAL
ANY RESEMBLANCE TO REAL LIFE IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL
[music fades out]