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I'll give you what you want.
-Don't you dare. Stop! -I'll
make you happy, okay?
-Stop it. -Stay still.
-Let go. -Stay still!
Stop!
What are you doing here?
Do you want to die?
One call to the cops,
and your life is over too.
That's right.
Not just your life,
but her life will be over too.
That would be a great sight.
One call to the cops,
and my life is over.
-And her life is ruined too. -Yes.
Sure. If you can do it, do it.
But the moment you leave this house,
you'll disappear without a trace.
[Final Episode: The Truth Behind the Case 2]
"Dice the carrots, onions, and bell peppers"
"then stir-fry. Season with salt."
Goodness. How am I supposed to cut this and make it look good?
Mother, are you sure you washed this?
I did. Why?
It's dirty.
I can just cut that part off.
Yu-bin, have you ever cut bell peppers?
No.
What are these?
Those are...
I went to the supermarket, and they had these on sale.
So I just picked it up.
I bought everything to make healthy food for you.
Dad's home. Dad!
Yu-bin!
You're home.
Mom is really bad at cooking.
Compared to what I thought, this is
fairly easy.
Come and help me.
Mom isn't that good.
My goodness.
All right, then. Let's do this, Yu-bin.
Honey.
Are you really coming?
Of course.
Okay, let's go.
Okay.
[Coach]
My coach is calling.
I need to take this. You two should talk.
Yes, Coach.
I can
never accept you as my son's girlfriend, Ae-ra.
I see.
Instead, I'll think of you as my daughter.
I can forgive my daughter no matter what kind of mistakes she makes.
I came up with this idea for my own sake,
so don't be too touched.
Just...
call me Mom.
Then even if you break up with Ji-uk, we can still be mom and daughter.
I've never called anyone that before.
I've never called anyone Mom.
You can call me Mom as much as you want.
I always wanted to have a daughter call me her mom too.
Mom, what did you say to Ae-ra this time?
My gosh.
I told you that it's fine, but you wanted her to come.
No, Ji-uk. It's not like that.
I'm sorry, Ae-ra.
Let me apologize on her behalf.
Don't cry, Ae-ra.
Goodness.
Sweetie. There is absolutely no use in giving birth to a son, sweetie.
You should have a daughter, you punk.
Ladies.
For our next film, you will be a little bolder,
a little sexier. All right?
Okay?
Hey, Director Cho. Say hello.
They weren't as famous as your wife,
but these are the famous three who ruled the adult film industry
back in the 90s.
They're called the Voluminous Trio.
Hello.
Grab a seat.
What are you doing? Sit down.
Okay.
This is Director Cho Hyeong-u.
He is the husband of your role model,
Ms. Kang Gyeong-ja.
You're Gyeong-ja's husband?
My goodness, this is a huge honor.
You're practically my brother-in-law!
Anyway, Director Cho. Why are you sitting here?
Aren't you directing a huge film with a 10-billion-won budget?
-What? -Gyeong-ja and we caught
that Park Si-o or whatever he's called and taught him a good lesson.
Wait, what do you mean?
[Memorandum]
Happy?
Okay, then. Shall we begin?
Mr. Park. Actually,
I hate everything that's boring.
That's why I prepared another event.
Will you play along?
Yes. Of course, I'll play along.
Gyeong-ja, you're really the best.
The gifts, please.
Choose whatever you want.
Open your mouth.
Gosh, it's great to just stare at you
without doing any work.
Si-o.
Isn't it awfully fun to play like this for once?
Mr. Park, I'm not going to repeat myself.
If you don't do everything that's written on this oath,
you and I will drink some poison and die in the middle of downtown.
-Do you understand? -Yes.
-And! -And.
Don't you dare use your dirty mouth
to call my husband an idiot
or a wuss
one more time.
Then I will come to you
and before anyone in your family, my family, or anyone else finds out,
I will break your neck in half.
Do you understand?
-Do you? -Do you?
Yes, I understand. I understand, ma'am.
Darn it.
You won't find another woman like her in this day and age.
What woman would do something so dangerous for her husband?
Gyeong-ja should receive a Presidential Award.
She totally should.
Anyway, why aren't you filming that 10-billion-won movie?
Why are you here instead?
Right?
Sorry,
but I'll see you later.
Hyeong-u.
What about the movie?
I love you.
Even after I die,
I'll love only you, Kang Gyeong-ja.
Stop... Seriously.
What's wrong with you?
You caused trouble, didn't you?
Honey.
Please kill me.
Don't ask any questions,
and just kill me.
-Please? -What?
What's wrong?
You're scaring me!
Why didn't you tell me
you made Park Si-o
sign an oath?
Why didn't you tell me?
I didn't know that's what it was.
Why didn't you tell me?
Darn it.
Get up. Your legs will fall asleep.
Who told you?
Your actor friends.
I met with them today in Hong-ryeol's office.
So it was your movie that they mentioned.
Hey, Hyeong-u. Let me ask you something.
If you thought I had slept with Park Si-o,
why did you stay with me?
Didn't that infuriate you?
Well...
I was enraged at the fact that you slept with that rat,
but I knew that's how much you loved me to do that.
That's why I just lived with it.
Sweetie.
Thank you so much for staying with...
a loser like me.
And I'm so sorry
for jumping to conclusions.
I'm glad you know.
Jump to conclusions like that again,
and I'll do exactly what you think I did.
I love you, honey.
Keep tomorrow free. We have to go somewhere.
We have to go somewhere? Where?
Does she want to buy me another suit?
Okay.
Since Yu-bin likes japchae more than anything in the world,
you should learn this first.
Okay.
Don't you regret taking a break from work?
You worked hard to make professor. You should've continued.
Being a mom is more urgent to me.
You've been both a mom and a dad until now,
so it's my turn.
It won't be easy.
You have to realize
you can't master it in a few days, Jeong-hae.
That's why you're helping.
Sure. Ask for help whenever you need it.
I'll be on standby 24-7, 365 days a year.
I wonder if Yu-bin's tired.
He has been sleeping all day.
He must be tired
from helping his mom who can't cook.
Still, I'm glad you have Yu-bin by your side.
Not that Yu-bin has me by his side?
No.
Of all the...
Forget it.
One, two, three, four.
One, two.
Three, four.
Turn.
That was good. You're so good.
Shall we try again?
He's a big boy now.
He is.
You mature more with suffering.
I'll go now.
Okay.
Thanks.
No need. Make sure to eat regularly.
Don't skip any meals.
Make sure to eat properly even if you're eating alone.
Of course. I'm just worried that I'll eat too well.
I'll get going now.
Okay. Bye.
If anything happens,
I'll run right over.
Okay. Get going.
I'm really going.
Get back safely.
I will.
Sweetie. Why are we going to a temple?
Please.
It's chrysanthemum tea.
It clarifies the blood and calms the soul.
Stop messing with me.
I know you hate me,
but this is wrong.
Take that off. Let's go home.
This is my home.
Please drink it and go.
Mom.
There was a time when I resented you.
Because you didn't appreciate my love for you
although you were my entire world.
Because things didn't go my way.
However,
I realized that all of the resentment and hatred
were childishness originating from my selfishness.
Once I let it all go,
my heart is comfortable and at peace.
Mom!
So,
do not worry and go back.
Your wife is waiting for you.
How can I go?
How can I go when you're here?
Take this off! Let's go home!
Whereas our relationship as mother and son has ended,
I'm sure we will meet again someday with a different relationship.
Get home safely.
Mom.
Mom! No...
♫ The woman who left me after I gave her ♫
["That Man, That Woman" playing]
♫ Everything ♫
♫ The woman who took everything ♫
♫ I had ♫
♫ The woman that I had truly loved ♫
♫ Before ♫
♫ I had believed everything she said, like a food ♫
♫ All women must be the same ♫
Our little puppy must be dating.
How do you sing a love song with such emotion?
There was a girl that he liked, but it didn't work out.
Her name is Ga-yeon...
Mother.
I'm sorry.
I didn't even know that Yu-bin was so badly hurt.
Why are you sorry?
And he's fine now.
He is not.
He usually eats three bowls of rice, but he ate only two today.
Gosh. That's enough already.
Two bowls are plenty.
Are you trying to make him pop?
I was trying not to let it show.
What's wrong with me?
Are you okay?
I'll bring you some water.
Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
[Yeongang University]
Do you still have that?
How can I throw it out?
My knight in shining armor gave it to me.
Gosh. You and your knight.
Is your knight a rabbit? What's with the four-leaf clover?
If I die before you,
bury this umbrella with me.
Don't worry. I promise
I'll find the punk who gave you that umbrella and beat him to death
and bury him with you as well. Okay?
Did you find it?
What is this?
This?
My mom embroidered these as a gift when I started college.
She embroidered everything from my shoes, bag, umbrella, everything.
I was so embarrassed back then.
I took them all out without my mom knowing,
and took off with just the umbrella.
Then the person who gave me the umbrella
at the bus stop...
Was that you?
Didn't I tell you
that it was me?
What?
[This stop is Yeongang University.]
[The following stop is Yeongang University Station Gate 2.]
That day,
a girl I had never seen before
was crying in front of me.
I started tearing up too before I knew it.
So I made a decision right then and there
to make her laugh for the rest of her life.
But I made her cry more because of me instead.
I'm really sorry, Jeong-hae.
I...
I had no idea.
You're really terrible.
Since I'm a jerk anyway...
Let me confess something,
although it is a little late.
Jeong-hae.
My first love was you.
Seriously.
Oh my gosh.
Goodness.
Forget it.
Should we go back up?
When did you find out?
Do you remember that day I went to stay overnight at a hot spring?
That was the day she joined the temple.
[Are you sleeping there?]
[Yes, I'm staying here tonight.]
My gosh, you surprised me.
Finally. My wife is spending the night at the hot spring.
I thought she was sleeping over. She reeks.
She must have drunk with Auntie Chun-ja on Bukhansan.
Why did they go to Bukhansan? Weren't they going to a hot spring?
I begged and tried to stop her, but it was no use.
I'm sorry.
Why are you sorry?
It's all because of me.
When I was going through that with Ji-uk,
I understood her so well
and I hated myself so much,
that I wanted to shave my head and join the temple.
Why you...
I stopped myself because I remembered her holding my hands and telling me...
Telling you what?
"Hyeong-u is your son now."
"Take care of him for me."
So when people asked me about my family
I'd say, "I have no husband,"
"just two sons."
Thank you so much.
And I love you.
I love you too.
I was completely betrayed
by my closest friend,
I was forced to resign from my job,
then my mother passed away during surgery.
I couldn't bear to live with a sober mind.
I'd drink as soon as I woke up,
yell at your mother for nothing,
and destroy everything in the house.
Back then, I thought
that was the last piece of pride I had left as a man,
and kept doing that on purpose.
Come to think of it now,
I don't know why I did something so crazy.
I'm sorry.
Don't apologize.
I'll keep living my life blaming you for everything.
So don't apologize to me and say you're sorry.
I was
never a father to you.
That's what I regret the most.
I'm sorry, Gung-cheol.
I said don't do that.
Keep shouting
and getting angry at people like you used to.
You don't have to be a dad to me.
So please don't do this, Father. Please don't.
[When a man begins to mature, it means he has grown old,]
[and it might mean he's dying.]
[You realize the precious truth of life only after you've lived it.]
[The layers of our life and the thickness of our pain]
[helps us experience the power and depth of life.]
[Once I turn my father's age,]
[what other meanings of life will I come to know?]
[Somewhere in our 40s,]
[we stop following someone else's journey]
[and begin to create our own journey of life.]
[Celebrating the grand opening!]
[The Rise of the Male]
-Where should I put this? -Over there.
[Middle-aged men's playground]
[The Rise of the Male Grand Opening Special]
-Did you wash your hands? -Yes of course.
Hyeong-u, can you put up the menu?
And wash the utensils.
-Chun-bok, put up the balloons. -Yes?
-Okay. -And blow up a lot of those.
-Do we need more? -Blow up about 100 of those.
You want me to blow up 100 balloons?
You must really love balloons.
Isn't this way too cheap? We should've raised it by 2,000 won.
No.
-You didn't put that up right. -What?
-It's crooked. Make it look good. -It's okay.
My gosh! You shocked me!
Darn it. You jerk.
[The Rise of the Male]
-Hello. -Excuse me!
-One more bottle of soju, please. -All right, one second!
One more soju over there.
-All right. Enjoy your drinks. -Thank you.
-Excuse me, another round. -Okay, I'll bring it.
Eun-sil, eat up. Enjoy.
-Excuse me! -Yes, coming.
Which table?
-What? -I called him here for this occasion.
-It's good. -Excuse me, Mr. Ahn.
-Over here! -Yes?
-Mr. Ahn, join us! -Join us!
-Come on over. -Over here, Mr. Ahn!
Come here, Mr. Ahn.
I knew our chief director would end up doing this.
Right, honey?
He's not the chief director anymore. He's the CEO.
You're the boss.
I mean,
this is much better than High-Five Chicken.
Mr. Ahn, I knew you'd be the best.
This is by far the best fried chicken I ever had.
If you say it's delicious, then it must be true.
Of course.
I can lie about everything else,
but I don't lie when it comes to food.
How can I say this isn't good when it is?
You really shouldn't do that as a human being.
You're right.
This chicken is amazing.
Anyway, don't you need a model?
I can do it at a discounted price if we can talk it out.
What about High-Five Chicken?
They let him go last week.
They did, didn't they?
Anyway, my youngest is in his second year in preschool,
but my eldest is a high school senior next year.
So you know,
I have no idea what I'll do with my future.
But I'm not saying that to make you feel burdened, Mr. Ahn.
Do consider it. This is great.
Anyway, thank you all for coming.
Let me know whenever you need something else.
-Sure. -And everything is on the house tonight.
-Eat up! -All right!
You even took off your jacket now.
I need to show him what I can do.
-I'll take that. -Show him!
-What's that? -Go barefoot too.
Here.
Hae-suk left behind a lot of things for me before she left.
How am I going to pay her back?
She never gave me a chance to do that.
This is why
people say friendship is greater than love.
I knew I felt like something is missing.
Come to think about it, Jae-hun isn't here.
He should be here on a day like this.
Did something happen?
Why?
[Know something?]
What Hae-suk took
was an empty suitcase.
An empty suitcase.
[Did you just put on a show]
knowing that the evidence was gone?
Fine. I don't care if you put on a show or not.
That's not what's important.
What's important is that those things are
now gone from the face of the earth.
My gosh.
All right!
-Goodness. -Gosh, this is killing me.
My gosh, it's killing me.
Man, running a business isn't easy.
Nothing in life is easy.
I definitely lived my life in vain.
Chun-bok, are you okay?
Keep this to yourselves.
My thighs are like that of a horse. They're still going strong.
Chun-bok, completely agreed. You were running around all night long.
He isn't just a regular horse. He's a horse in heat.
Maybe it's because I started dancing, but I became much healthier.
It's really effective.
I might end up having a second kid soon.
-Really? -It's really that effective?
It is.
I didn't know Chun-bok was like that, but he's very strong.
He ran around everywhere carrying beer mugs in both hands.
I never show off about him,
but my husband is awfully strong.
There's the answer.
That's why you kept saying your husband is the most handsome.
Goodness, Gyeong-ja.
He is handsome regardless of his strength.
Sure, let's say he is.
If I call him ugly, you'll end up crying and throwing a fit.
How is everything for you, Jeong-hae?
Yes, everything is great.
Even if every single married couple got a divorce,
I thought your couple wouldn't.
It feels weird.
Not all divorces are bad.
Life is like home appliances that break down one after the other.
Once you fix your broken fridge, your washer breaks down.
Then when you fix your washer, your rice cooker dies.
You're right.
It'd be great if there were home appliances that never break down.
But you know, even people get broken here and there.
I'm heading in.
Jeong-hae, let's meet more often from now on.
-Okay. -I'll make delicious food
-and visit you often. -Okay.
-Goodbye. -Bye.
Bye.
I'm headed that way.
-See you around. -Goodbye.
Chun-bok.
Okay. I got it.
How can he not show up until the very end?
Jae-hun isn't even a friend.
I'm sure he couldn't come because he was busy.
Jae-hun.
When did you get here?
What's with your face?
Did you eat? Do you want some food?
It was you, wasn't it?
You took it.
If Hae-suk didn't take that, it has to be you.
Where did you hide those things?
Who knows?
Where did I hide those things?
Why are you doing this?
What's your intention, Ahn Gung-cheol?
You said you wanted to pay for your crime.
And the way you do that
is by punishing yourself.
Who can put a price on one's crime?
Getting locked up in prison for a few years?
That's not how you truly pay for what you did.
You know what?
Whenever I think of what you did,
I hate you to the point I want to kill you.
But when I think of how you saved Yu-bin,
I'm grateful to death.
I can't hate you or be grateful whenever I think of you.
Do you have any idea how awful that makes me feel?
Just hate me!
Don't thank me. Just hate me.
Just hate you?
No, I'll forgive you.
You, Jung Jae-hun. I will forgive
everything you did.
And I'm going to make you blame yourself.
I told you.
You can't be the killer
or turn yourself in.
So carry it with you all the days of your life.
As Man-sik did.
You should feel
that pain too.
What about you?
Do you think you can forget that and move on?
What about Hyeong-u or Chun-bok? And what about Jeong-hae?
They'll live the next few decades driven by guilt.
Wait, my phone.
Jung Jae-hun.
Long time no see.
Yes, it has been a while.
I heard Yu-bin got discharged.
Yes. It has been a week.
I'll get going.
Jae-hun.
Thank you
for saving Yu-bin.
Don't thank me.
I would've done the same even if it wasn't Yu-bin.
I'm a doctor.
Yes.
You were a doctor.
Then why did you kill him?
I heard you turned yourself in
for killing Joo Gang-san.
Did you
really kill him?
Yes, it was me.
I thought it might not be true.
How can you do that? How?
How can you kill someone, Jae-hun?
I was a doctor when I saved Yu-bin,
but I was just Jung Jae-hun when I killed him.
What?
It's all over anyway.
So you can forget it and move on.
How can I forget that? How?
You killed a person because of me.
A person died because of me.
Everything became a mess because of me!
I won't forget.
I'll feel as guilty as you. No.
I'll be more miserable than you.
But you know,
even if I could turn back time
and I knew you'd kill someone because of me,
I still...
won't choose you.
So Jae-hun,
please forget a worthless person like me.
Okay?
Okay. I will.
Bye then.
What's wrong?
I'm just a little tired, that's all.
-Jae-hun. -Don't come!
Don't come closer.
Don't come...
to me anymore.
[The Rise of the Male Grand Opening Special]
[The Rise of the Male]
Gung-cheol.
Then...
Hae-suk didn't take those things?
Just tell us everything.
Did you hide them?
[Middle-aged Men's Playground]
♫ It's raining quietly ♫
["Raindrop" playing]
♫ As if it's speaking of my memories ♫
♫ When it rains like this ♫
♫ I'm always reminded of that day ♫
♫ The one who pulled up my collar ♫
♫ And held an umbrella for me ♫
♫ I'm still unable to forget him today ♫
♫ As I walk down the rain alone ♫
♫ It feels like you're coming to me ♫
♫ While calling out to me ♫
This is for Gang-san.
And this is
for your sins.
I told you. You can't be the killer
or turn yourself in.
So carry it with you all the days of your life.
As Man-sik did.
You should feel
that pain too.
But you know,
even if I could turn back time
and I knew you'd kill someone because of me,
I still...
won't choose you.
So Jae-hun,
please forget a worthless person like me.
Okay?
♫ It feels like ♫
♫ You're coming to me ♫
♫ While calling out to me ♫
♫ But when I look back ♫
♫ There's no one there ♫
♫ Just lonesome raindrops, raindrops ♫
♫ It's raining quietly ♫
♫ As if it's speaking of my memories ♫
♫ When it rains like this ♫
♫ I'm always reminded of him ♫
Jae-hun.
You're inside, aren't you?
Jae-hun. Let me in.
Jae-hun!
Jae-hun. Let me in! Jae-hun.
Jae-hun. Are you okay?
-Jae-hun. [-Go.]
-Jae-hun. Let me in! [-Don't come to me]
[ever again.]
Jae-hun!
♫ But when I look back ♫
♫ There's no one there ♫
♫ Just lonesome raindrops, raindrops ♫
Hyeong-u.
♫ I'm always reminded of him ♫
Hey. Come on, man.
-Want to see? -Hey.
Let's go.
New life, new hope.
Take that!
Give it back!
I got him!
[Middle-aged Men's Playground]
Jae-hun! Let me in! Are you okay?
Jae-hun!
Jae-hun, let me in.
Jae-hun!
Let me in, Jae-hun!
Jae-hun!
Congratulations on your retirement!
Gosh.
Sir.
Thank you for your service.
-Attention! -Salute!
Gosh, you punks.
Do you want to get rid of me that quickly?
I'm leaving at 6 o'clock on the dot,
so if we get a new case before then, be ready to go.
-Got that? -Yes, sir!
Blow it out!
-Hey! Why you... -Yes!
-Nice! -Did you blow it out?
Gosh.
Hello? Detective Cho Tae-uk speaking.
Someone stole Joo Gang-san's body last night.
What?
[3 years later]
Man-sik, how have you been?
[The Late Cheon Man-sik]
He looks the same
when we've all aged.
I miss you, Man-sik.
Why isn't Jae-hun with us?
Since when was he ever on time?
He'll come.
He'll come eventually.
The truth is...
Jae-hun...
Hey.
Here's the tardy one.
How have you been?
[The Late Cheon Man-sik]
They were badmouthing me, right?
Exactly! So you should come on time, you punk!
How have you been? How do you feel?
I'm fine, naturally.
Half of my blood is his. How could I be sick?
Pay it back already. I'm mad dizzy.
You little... Seriously. You little...
When I think about that night...
I thought you both had type O blood. What's with this AB stuff?
I know. Who lies about their blood type?
I mean... Jae-hun is one thing, but you too, Gung-cheol?
We thought both of you had type O until then.
Did I ever say my blood type was O?
I never explicitly said mine was O either.
Listen to them make stuff up.
Man-sik, did you hear them?
Don't ask him. His blood type is AB too.
What? Man-sik's is AB too?
Hey, you bum! Did you lie to me?
Get out here. Get out!
Tell me. Did you lie to me?
Man-sik, come out and explain.
-You bum! -Come out.
You said Jae-hun's was RH-minus-C!
I asked the nurse, and she said there's no such blood type. This punk.
Get out here.
Hey! Seriously. Look at me.
You punk.
Gosh.
Gung-cheol.
Let's play rock-paper-scissors. Loser buys dinner.
-Shall we? -Yes, let's play. Loser buys.
Everyone get in. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
Darn it. Again. Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!
[All of us]
[must carry a heavy burden in our heart all the days of our lives.]
[Even if our decision was wrong,]
[we have an obligation to protect that which is precious to us.]
[That is what it means to be a man.]
[That is the destiny of the male species.]
[When we were in our 20s, we were immature but confident.]
[In our 40s, we are mature but vulnerable.]
[Nonetheless, we must march onward.]
[For]
[those precious things that we must protect]
[once again.]
[Thank you for watching Graceful Friends.]
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