Yoo Seung Ho
Lee Se Young
Jo Sung Ha
Ko Chang Seok
Yoon Ji On Jun Hyo Seong
Memorist
This drama is fictional and all characters, names of places, organizations, religions, etc. in this show are not real.
Timing and Subtitles by The Memorists Team @ Viki
Knock knock.
Are you scared of thunder?
It's nothing to be scared of.
The sky is just showing off about letting the rain down.
On the day mom went to heaven, there was thunder.
Even on the day we left her at the cemetery.
Come to me.
You miss her a lot? Yeah.
What did mom say? When you miss her,
pray.
Because mom is Somi's guardian angel, when you're tired or scared,
pray.
Let's pray together. Okay.
Oh holy angel,
who protects me at all times.
To whom my gracious Lord
commit me to you,
so please protect me
from the sword of evil.
The 41st International Mathematics Olympiad (Year 2000)
Before we begin the test, let me do a roll check.
We have Sinai from Israel?
Here.
Simon Parker from US?
Here.
Okay.
Tomas Jager from Germany.
It's pronounced as "Yager", not J sound.
Sorry.
Thomas Jager (in Y sound) from Germany, okay.
Next is...
Somi Kim from Korea.
Somi Kim?
Oh holy angel, who protects me at all times.
To whom my gracious Lord commit me to you,
so please protect me from the sword of evil.
and shows me the light in the deep dark,
so my soul can only be led to the light.
Amen.
Dad.
Mom, I won a gold medal!
Oh holy angel,
who protects me at all times. To whom my gracious Lord
commit me to you,
so please protect me
from the sword of evil.
and shows me the light in the deep dark,
so my soul can only be led to the light.
What brings you here?
Geez, I came because I was worried.
This is a live bullet. How did you come here?
They told me from the situation room.
Even faster than the support division? Almost like you were lying in wait.
You, seriously-!
Be careful, even just slightly pulling it triggers the bullet.
The number in front of the corpse.
After looking into that number, a nearby elderly home popped up.
Professor Nam Young Moon.
Kim So Mi from 20 years ago. Probably changed her name.
To Han Seon Mi.
You stole my memories.
You stole my memory and reenacted the murder.
That's crazy-
Explain yourself.
Wait, calm down. My memory scanning
doesn't immediately absorb everything as soon as we touch.
When you grabbed me,
I was too busy reading Park Gi Dan's memories to notice anything else.
Who knows.
Okay. I did see a very vague image.
Because normally the trauma comes in first.
It was just a black object. Like a vase. I had no idea what it was.
So? I saw it through Professor Nam.
So Mi drew the exact same shape.
The murder scene she saw through a key hole of the built-in closet.
That's when I knew.
That So Mi is you.
Your logic jumps. A lot.
I have good instincts.
The criminal has thrown a terrible prank to us.
Using my past. Who could've done that?
You're right. He's spitting as offers the challenge.
But you're not the only one who was spat on.
He has equally insulted my past.
What past?
The criminal is targeting both of us.
Tell me what past it is.
Otherwise, the bullet goes first.
This is the painting delivered to Park Gi Dan.
So what?
I'm not sure if you've heard but I don't have any childhood memories.
Get to the point.
Actually I remember just one thing.
A girl's face.
The face of a dying girl.
It was exactly the same. The way she was sprawled underneath the picture of the angel, and her face.
Even the sad expression.
Quite probably, it was my mom.
He was mocking my one and only memory.
And to us, the same enemy has appeared to us.
— It's locked. — Let's go this way.
Team Chief.
M-me?
— It's locked. — Move.
Team Chief.
Why didn't you open the door for us when you guys were inside?
Everybody leave. We have to start with forensics first.
A dead body?
It's a human being?
It's a masterpiece that the criminal made.
Masterpiece?
By the looks of the stab wounds on the arms, they attacked each other.
Each other?
The criminal probably told them to do it. That anyone who killed the other would be spared.
Forensic Investigation
Memorist
Episode Six. Second Man
Kyungki Investigation Unit Year 2006
You are Kim So Mi?
The girl from six years ago?
— What is that? — Profiling.
— Profiling? — I did an analysis on the murderer.
— Analysis? — I have qualifications to do so.
I got a Master's degree of Crime Psychology in the States.
— How old are you? — Seventeen. In Korean age.
Seob Island Family Espionage - Found Not Guilty At Retrial, 14 years After The Execution
So who is it? The criminal?
The one who has a scar on the left ear.
That was said a long time ago too.
Look at the profiling I did.
Then the one who has the scar will get caught. Absolutely.
Why does it have to be a secret?
He will be close. He may be the same criminal who murdered our parents.
— Of course- — But what if on the other hand, our past history just happened to fall into this person's hands?
— A different person? — He must be close.
In a very high position.
So if he's close, he's a police officer?
Your cautiousness makes sense but, he's definitely the same criminal from twenty years ago.
In your case, somebody could have figured out what happened based on some records, but I'm different.
Because nobody knows.
Nobody?
I've said it once, but it was a secret between the two of us.
Who is it?
If you don't tell me, then our list of suspects won't decrease.
But, do you usually investigate all over the place?
With that good brain of yours, do you not have the good option of intuition installed into you?
Intuition is just to comfort you.
Leaving important decisions to fate, what lacking people like you love to do.
So, did you save your life thanks to that lacking person?
— What do you mean... — Han Man Pyeong.
— That? — 'Ah, that?'
I would've taken care of it anyway without your help.
I was a bit thankful for taking me out of the list of suspects but...
Who took you out?
— Did you not? — Of course not!
You're still a usual suspect.
You're trying to cooperate with a usual suspect?
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
It's the famous line from "The Godfather".
Keep this in mind.
That all of this has to be a secret. Between the two of us.
What are you doing? Is this your first time at a woman's house?
What do you mean?
I'm always in and out of women's houses.
Come in the room.
What is all of this?
My cases. That I've updated for twenty years.
Practicing safety together! Kyungki Police Station The place where it is safe and happy
Do you know how much I lost?
You told me to buy! You said you were certain!
Doesn't that mean to buy it?
Wow, you're funny.
Hey, you think the Team Leader of MIU Violent Crime Team is chasing after murderers only?
Alright, you will find how the frauds like you would be ground to dust.
If you can't recover the loss of my account, your life will never be recovered as well!
Leave!
— What about the investigation? — Don't you need to study?
I've already been accepted at Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University.
Good for you, geez.
— Did you confirm the suspect? — Please, please!
Do you know how many cases there are? There is a whole pile of suspects we have to catch!
There's nothing more important than a murderer! Why are you making excuses!
This little thing...
If you just assign one person to the case then I will-
Are you not going to go?
I'll do it on my own. I'm going to find the culprit and drag him here with my own two hands!
Hey, you-!
The murderer of our parents - why could he have returned?
Hasty prejudication. That's what we call intuition.
What I'm focusing on is the culprit's motivations. What motivations?
Serial killing holds a very high level of difficulty to execute.
And yet he is using corpses to throw out hints, all the while mocking our past.
What could it be? What is to gain from killing and mockery?
To flaunt the absolute crime he pulled off 20 years ago?
It doesn't add up.
Isn't the premise faulty to begin with? What logic do you expect from a crazy bastard?
With that kind of attitude we'll never catch him. At the very least, we need to acknowledge that he is above us,
in order to find the blind spots underneath him.
That's what profilers are like. They often exaggerate the culprit's powers and end up leading the case in weird directions.
He has unearthed 20-year-old murders. So for now, we should play along and find blind-
Be careful of the camera angle.
Yes, Senior Superintendent. The victims' identities are out - females in their twenties. Do you happen to know the juvenile double jeopardy case?
The juvenile- Those little-!
Six years ago, an orphan was killed, and the culprits were two middle school girls.
They had been visiting the orphanage for volunteer points. The girls killed the orphan out of jealousy, since apparently their crush had found the orphan cute.
The problem was after the arrest. Since they were both 13, under the juvenile act they were seen as minors, and received no punishment.
Trash. After five years something else is now in the limelight. Screenshots of their chat history made it on the internet.
They had been mocking the dead girl this whole time. "How excited when she died..." Damn.
There has been strong public outcry to put them in court again, but because of double jeopardy...
They managed to get law firms to talk about claims for suit towards the negative internet comments.
Does this make sense-!
— Who's next to you? — What about the autopsy report?
Are you with a man? In the middle of the night?
— Like you said, it seems like they were attacking each other. — It was a man's voice, though...
— Report back to me as updates come. — Understood.
— It's a man, right? — If it is?
That's dangerous! If he makes a move at her like a bad guy.
— If they're alone together and he doesn't make a move, isn't that a bad guy? — Professor Han is not that kind of person!
Dream on! She will stop teaching at Police Academy sooner or later, so how long will you keep playing a little boy's crush?
— What crush? It's respect. — Oh, respect?
Your summer break is almost over so just prepare to go back to Police Academy. Stop deluding yourself.
— That's really not it... — It might be a celebrity.
— Oh, the sound of a TV? — No, a real celebrity!
With our senior superintendent's beauty, celebrities would be lining up to meet her.
— Wasn't his voice nice? — He had a sexy tone. I'm positive that he's handsome.
Using the devil's method to punish devils. Truly an unforeseen crazy bastard.
Not the first. There was one twenty years ago too.
"The Executioner Murder."
The executioner?
Editing Team / Politics Team / Economic Team...
— Excuse me, where is Reporter Jo Sung Dong's seat? — There.
Report Jo Sung Dong Tae Book Newspaper
So what?
Please confirm a few things for me. It will help me narrow down qualities of the culprit.
I'm a reporter, not a cop.
I know. It's because you covered my father's case.
Reporter, there are more murders than that of my dad. Those murders-
Hey! Go get some counseling. Stop fantasizing and go to a psychiatric ward!
If you look at the pattern, there's a high chance that it's the same culprit-
Just you try bothering me again.
Why don't you just help her?
— For what? You don't even know what it's about. — She's still a child.
— Don't you know who her father is? She's not even embarrassed. How brazen she is, saying that she's wronged. — She can hear you!
I'm saying it for her to hear! How can she act this way after all those people who have been hurt by her father?
What? Who's the culprit?
Jo Sung Dong
Does this make sense? A star reporter like Jo Sung Dong?
There were five more cases of similar murders. Those hated by the public were killed.
Jeolla Namdo Mutilation Murder... Hey, this has a totally different composite sketch to begin with.
It was thought to be a middle aged woman. Every detail was different except for the fact that the culprit wasn't arrested. You know nothing, girl.
There is one thing in common. The same person broke a scoop for all these cases.
Jo Sung Dong did?
But, so what? That's simply a reporter's job.
He was the first to arrive at the crime scene each time.
Hey, if you're a star reporter, you have connections- No, even faster than that.
Dad! Dad!
Dad. Dad!
Jo Sung Dong was definitely faster.
Faster than the police car that was called for.
Child, are you alright? Hurry up, hurry!
At the time I was too young to take it into account.
You're still young.
— It's impossible if he's not the culprit. — Damn, it's not like I'm bewitched by this kid...
So you should've investigated from the beginning, according to the profiling.
You suspected Jo Sung Dong from the beginning?
— I checked it. — Checked what?
He asked me out for a drink, even suggesting to go to karaoke afterwards.
— I used to make him pay me to go. — Well, it's good to get some money out of it, then.
— It's certainly a problem. — Argh, it's really tiresome.
As long as his drinking habit doesn't surface...
The "Executioner"... Who named it?
I did.
You have a good sense at naming at least. Executing the people who deserve to die...
Except for your father.
You're right. They were all criticized by the public.
The first case was at the hiking trail, Year 1999.
Sister Welfare Center?
Devil's welfare center, kidnapped and killed perfectly healthy people just to get the government funding.
If it's Year 1999, it was already after the crime was revealed to the public, no?
They didn't pay for their sins fully, as they were released in 2 years.
— Wait a second, just 2 years for killing hundreds of people? — At that time, it was under Military Regime.
These scums should've been killed first!
Their bodies were severely mutilated.
— Why mutilating the dead bodies...? — No, mutilated when they were alive.
The reason why I connected these cases together was not the motive to kill. It was the way he killed.
The way?
Punishing (the victims) when they were alive.
For a long time until the last breath.
This person didn't go to prison as the statute of limitation was expired, but instead got cut in pieces, alive.
Exactly the amount of victims. Thirteen times.
He surely revenged meticulously.
They're all the same.
Until the death, they were tortured cruelly.
— Why were they not connected as serial murder? — Because the suspect was different each time.
There was a witness?
Out of six times, three times.
He was an older man.
At Jeolla Namdo, there was a CCTV of a woman.
And the last?
Me.
Your father was... How...?
He was stabbed seventeen times, all on non-vital spots.
Seventeen times.
The number of dead people, whose deaths were caused by my dad, whether directly or indirectly.
So what about the conclusion? After twenty years of investigating.
I showed you so it's good now, right? Now leave.
I'll stay here.
Look at you. Do you think this is a play ground?
I can tell whether he is lying or not. I've mastered psychology too-
Go and wait outside. The result will come out soon.
These kind of men just spill everything if you poke at their self-esteem. Leave!
You are such a fierce kid.
This is interesting, very much.
- Aish, I'm the crazy one.
— What happened? — What do you mean what happened?
I just became an idiot, bewitched by a little girl.
— Why? — All his alibis are confirmed.
Even with your dad's case, he was with other people!
Alibi's don't matter.
If he planned ahead with accomplices for the scoops...
Hey! Who would commit such murders just for the sake of scoops? How childish you are...
That's why he is a murderer!
For now, if you check those accomplices first...
It's all done already. History of calls, where he's been, it's all been checked!
This little bastard is making an adult work so hard!
There's no way. The scar. What about the scar on the ear?
He got hurt when he did military service.
— Liar. — I checked even all his medical history!
What happened after that? You're not the type to just end it there.
I believed there was always a trick but there was nothing.
I investigated all possibilities but I always end up at square one.
What if that trick is superpower?
Whether it's Jo Sung Dong or anyone else, what if this culprit can manipulate others' memories?
Just like those witnesses at the oratory.
It was sleeping gas.
Doesn't that seem more like a trick?
Everyone has no memory, including the security guards outside.
On the other hand, what if he's not a psychic criminal?
It must be a person who sees through everything.
With amazing information.
And that,
could have been a police officer.
The executioner from twenty years ago,
I wonder why he disappeared? After quitting as a murderer.
He came back anyways.
He came back?
And yet, you gave me a hard time about prejudice.
Because there is a clear line between prejudging with intuition and analysing with data.
Isn't this Yeom Hwa Ran's villa and its neighborhood?
This is from not too long ago.
A criminal comes back to the scene. That's why we leave video footage.
Did he come?
No.
There were not even a lot of spectators.
— But? — A different guest not welcomed.
Guest not welcomed?
A car from the news station.
A news car is here even before the police.
It's being repeated again. With the pattern from twenty years ago.
— What do you mean... — I want to ask how your outside broadcast van got to the scene of murder.
We never broke the embargo...
The van was dispatched to prepare for whatever may happen.
— Do you guys not understand (the question), or are you pretending to not understand it? — Pardon?
It's the job of a news station to go to the scene if something happens.
How did you know?
That there was an incident.
Is it weird for a reporter to smell something fishy?
It's of course weird. You guys were faster than the police.
It's not just once, but it was repeated.
Faster than the police who were dispatched.
Where did you get the information?
It's an anonymous tip
Even if we know the name, it's our basic rule to protect our source.
Anonymous...
Have you ever thought of this?
That the anonymous source is the murderer?
We were in the middle of fact checking.
Since its credibility wasn't fully confirmed, so we also...
The fact check was not even done but a news van was sent?
— What is it that you want? — The identity of your source.
It's our basic ethic to protect the source.
It was the source within your company, wasn't it?
It was probably sent down here from above.
From the highest level,
the President's office.
He's asking that only the two from the police station can come in.
— What about me? — You are to wait as well.
The chief of legal team should attend though. He's a lawyer after all.
No. Just the two of them.
This is interesting, very much.
Wow, I'm really glad to meet you.
I've always nagged at teams as I'm a huge fan of yours.
Asking for a special broadcast program with you. At least twenty episodes.
That would be great.
Let's sit.
But, as I'm at the lowest rank, I can't do anything on my own.
Whether it's appearing on TV or arresting criminals.
You're Senior Superintendent Han, right?
My name is Han Seon Mi.
I know, of course.
You're praised highly as the leader of next generation and everyone wants to scout you, I heard. Any contact from political parties...?
I like my current job though.
Well, it's worthwhile.
But as a competent person, you should also know how to take the burden, whether you like it or not.
You know that Park Gi Dan died, don't you?
Yes, but it's under embargo at the moment, right? Damn, our country loves embargo too much.
To step up to the advanced society, the transparent government is essential though.
That's also the duty of the media.
But where did that come from? The transparent murder information?
Huh? Was there such a thing?
Let's be honest, to be fit in the advanced society, transparently.
You can't bluntly ask like that, this is our trade secret.
Shall I take a guess?
It must be a murder tip from a serial killer.
It's not even your first.
Because all of your scoops 20 years ago were thanks to your collusion with a killer.
Ah, collusion, you say?
Or you ordered your accomplice to murder, to get scoops?
Your imagination went too far.
Please spill the truth.
If you don't confess all, you will be arrested for abetting murder.
Even if I got the information (from the killer), what's the problem here?
It's not a pre-announced murder, and we just ran to the murder site after it happened.
What kind of nonsense is it?
If you reported this serial killing, we could've stopped the murders 20 years ago!
It was already known to the police too.
I guess you wanted to get some information from me by threatening my previous reports, but you got it wrong.
If you reveal them, it's not me but you guys who will get hurt.
The police... knew?
The police back then weren't idiots either. They came to me, knowing all.
— Does it make sense? — What can you do, other than covering it up?
Who in the police would want to reveal the past serial murder when its murderer wasn't caught?
To ruin their own careers? No way, the police is always the same, now and then.
You colluded with a killer just to get those petty scoops, so how dare you!
Who said I colluded with a killer? Not at all.
The killer wanted the world to know.
That those who deserved to die were killed by him. But I didn't follow that.
Of course, if I revealed its serial murders, that scoop could've been even more amazing.
But to me, the spirit of journalism was more important.
I was different from you guys (the police) who were covering up the cases for the sake of promotion.
The spirit of journalism?
No, you were just waiting for the timing to connect it to the serial murders.
You just lost it because the police caught the sense of it.
Being a police must be nice, as you can say whatever you want to say.
That's the privilege of trash-like reporters such as yourself.
The guests are leaving.
Give me the detail about the informer!
How dare you demand our source! If you're that desperate, why don't you go digging the records?
At least, (the killer) was way smarter than you guys.
I was always wondering,
whether the media is trash because of this damned world, or the world is at this state because of the media.
Thanks to you, now I got the answer.
Yes?
There is no record left regarding Kim So Mi in Year 2000.
Never mind about the record, who was in charge of its investigation back then?
Old Codger
Well, back then, the team leader of MIU in Gyeonggi Provincial Police was Cheon Gi Soo, whom I know well.
Now he's working at the headquarter in Seoul, why?
It's not him.
— Then, please make a copy of all the personnel information of its investigation team then. — What for?
— Argh, just do it when I tell you to do... — You punk, I'm your superior, you brat!
I'm the commanding officer who monitors and controls you!
But you still order me around like your dog, not telling me any details!
You're starting it again, is it some sort of love quarrels?
Come on, I have something to ask those people in charge back then.
The case was transferred to S.I.U. (the Special Investigation Unit) later, do you need those information too?
— S.I.U? — Yes.
Not alone with Kim So Mi case, but other several cold cases were transferred to them for more investigation.
— Is that so? — I called Cheon Gi Soo, you know,
because there were not many records, but he blamed S.I.U.
Saying he doesn't know any because all details were sent to them.
— What about the records at S.I.U.? — There is none.
After the S.I.U. was disbanded, all files were sent back to their original jurisdictions.
Since this record archive was built, the re-collected records here were all we have, but you never know.
It was insufficient from the initial investigation, or the file boxes went missing somehow.
It was decades ago after all.
No records at all about the S.I.U...?
Only a handful of official documents, that's all.
The person in charge of the investigation was...
What...?
It was Deputy Department Head Lee.
Lee Sin Woong?
Yes, the number 2 at the headquarter.
Special Investigation Unit for Cold Cases
S. I. U - Chief - Senior Superintendent Kwon Sang Mo Vice Chief - Superintendent Lee Sin Woong
Deputy Department Head Lee Sin Woong
Chief, you borrowed some money from Dong Baek, didn't you?
Or... He scanned your memories and now he's holding your dirty past.
What's this nonsense now?
You're crawling under him now, it's suspicious...
Hey, who's crawling?
If he says, "Old man, go find the cold case files!" and you run like a German shepherd going after a ball.
Well, a commanding officer is supposed to do that.
Like General Lee Soon Sin, do the work himself, setting the example.
I don't think General Lee ran an errand of copying the documents, though.
If there was a copying machine back then, he would've done it hundreds times.
I think you're that thing.
What is?
A slave.
"I made the copies, Madam!"
Stop it, or I'll kick you!
Special Investigation Unit for Cold Cases
Would Deputy Department Head Lee be the one, the one you talked about?
The one who sees through all with enormous amount of information. Highly possible.
On the other hand, what if he just covered it up due to the failure in the investigation?
That's also possible.
Back then, the S.I.U came to a deadlock. The serial murders stopped too.
Then, let's digging in Deputy Lee first.
— How? — We can go head to head, or secretly put a tail on him.
— Deputy Lee is using Intelligence Team as if they're his personal mercenary. — Intelligence Team?
Police Intelligence team has a wider range of information than NIS, at least within the country.
Even before grabbing his tail, we will get exposed.
Then, what are you suggesting?
We need to find a way.
Although we're back to square one, we're able to set the direction to the target, Lee Sin Woong.
You talk like we have time to spare again!
Right now, the serial killer keeps killing, but when are we going to find a way to check Deputy Lee,
and catch the serial killer?
Back to square one...
Square one!
We're forgetting about square one.
The very first moment we started to chase after the Executioner!
We have a witness, who saw the executioner clearly!
That's...?
That's right, you, Senior Superintendent.
My memories...?
My memories are already documented, so you don't have to scan me.
Do you know why I didn't close my eyes when my dad passed away?
To remember!
To put all those horrible moments in my eyes and remember all clearly!
Where did it go?
Your arrogant courage to let you ask me to handshake at the beginning.
Let's reconfirm again, if we missed any.
Senior Superintendent, I know you despise the psychic investigation.
You trust logic and rationality only.
But you know, I think sometimes you need intuition.
At the moment when somebody's life is screwed, it's often not caused by logic but by coincidence.
Just like when you witnessed that horrible murder scene.
What do I have to do?
Nothing.
Mask! Silicon Mask!
Special effect make up.
He made witnesses on purpose, in a different make up every time.
Let's start tracking down the special effect make up artists back then.
It will take long time though.
No, we will find some, 100% sure.
Wait... Why was it Jo Sung Dong?
Why only to Jo Sung Dong...?
As the Executioner, who has to inform the murder every time,
it should be only right if he contacted a different reporter every time.
But why...?
Why would that be?
Why did it have to be Jo Sung Dong...
Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on...
Judge Jung Jae Hyeong, acquitted from the charge of bribery charge, was murdered
Reporter Jo Sung Dong
These scoops... They weren't reported by him alone.
It's him.
The camera man, who arrived at the scene as second man.
He had worked with Jo Sung Dong for two years as a camera man.
His timing fits perfectly with the time period of serial murders.
Before that, he had worked as a special effect team staff for 4 movies.
Right after he left the newspaper company, he immigrated to China, but two months ago, he came back to Korea.
His current residence is 20 minutes walking distance from Yeom Hwa Ran's villa.
Timing and Subtitles by The Memorists Team @ Viki
♫ In my uneasy mind, ♫
♫ my memories are trapped ♫
♫ For them to awake again, ♫
♫ please let the rain fall non stop ♫
Memorist - Preview for Ep.07
As of now, we're conducting full search and seizure in your residence, Mr.Jin Jae Gyu.
Three more people will die.
We need to keep a watch on him, using all the manpower we can use.
Senior Superintendent, the notice of changing in personnel was announced...
Why did you do that?
By any chance, are you close with President Jo Sung Dong?
Among those people I touched, find the one whom he's targetting.
When the moon starts getting fuller, this person will die, gruesomely.
I found it, Jin Jae Gyu's trick.
Timing and Subtitles by The Memorists Team @ Viki