-[beeps] -[Dong-ho] I was the one
who tried to assassinate the president.
[Yeon-sook] Wha… wha… Prime Minister Park!
[Dong-ho] If I could, I would've stopped his heart with my own two hands.
[clicks, beeps]
[Su-jin] I think, perhaps your time is
coming to an end, so enjoy it while you still can.
[mysterious music playing]
What are you going to do now?
Well, like I said,
if you can't get rid of your enemy,
then simply rule over them.
[Dong-ho] The only person who can rule over me
is myself.
[ticking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[beeping]
[door buzzes]
[man] Daejin Group's Chairman Kang Yeong-ik
was released from Anyang Prison this morning.
Chairman Kang was sentenced to 12 years in prison
under the Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes Act.
He was released after President Park Dong-ho
granted him a special pardon.
He only served just two of the 12-year sentence.
Chairman Kang was admitted to Daejin Medical Center
right after his release, due to his ongoing chronic illness,
which has progressively worsened over the course of his incarceration.
[Yeong-ik chuckles]
Whoever found a way to get rid of the doenjang smell, I hate them.
Cheonggukjang is supposed to smell!
[groans]
[chuckles]
I need the reins you put on President Park.
[beeps]
Park Dong-ho's a dangerous animal that even President Jang couldn't tame.
-His reins should stay with me. -We're running out of time.
May I remind you my brother is on trial for something--
[Su-jin] If you try to prove he didn't do it,
you'll end up exposing everything that he actually did.
He embezzled company funds,
formed a private equity fund for high-ranking officials,
made an absurd amount of money by stealing national business information,
then used that to lure Jang Hyeon-Su in,
before framing Seo Gi-tae just for investigating President Jang.
[Yeong-ik] Oh boy.
Sang-un's been keeping busy, it seems.
I'll give you the reins… if you're willing to protect your son
over your beloved company, Chairman.
I think that's your job. There's no need for me to get involved.
[Su-jin sighs]
I will compose a list of names
for cabinet and ministerial positions. How does that sound?
Now you shouldn't get involved. That's my job.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Yeong-ik] They are good people. Put them to use.
PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
We can't fill the cabinet with only your people. It's too--
You've got the reins, and you can keep them.
In that case, I can hold the whip.
PRIME MINISTER JEONG SU-JIN
[opening theme music playing]
THE WHIRLWIND
EPISODE 6
[Su-jin] There are 25,000 positions under your authority.
You can appoint 3,000 of those. We'll fill those spots.
We'll leave some for you to appoint yourself, however.
Like chief of staff and your personal assistant
and so forth.
[Yeon-sook] Lee Ji-hun was involved in a sex scandal.
And as for Baek Jong-su, his morals are questionable.
[Su-jin] Questionable morals?
You are one to talk about morals after assisting
the president's assassin.
[mysterious music playing]
Just turn a blind eye to their flaws…
and we will turn a blind eye to yours as well.
Jeong Su-jin--
Power is far more important than morals in politics, I'm sure you know.
So by the end of this week, I'll send you a list of the people we're--
[Dong-ho] Send it to me by the end of the day.
I'm sure all the people on the list were on Daejin Group's payroll.
Lawyers, politicians, academics, whatever.
A list of names quite familiar to you. You don't need a week to do it.
It must be humiliating for you,
having to appoint everyone that you despise onto your team.
That's why I'm asking you to make it quick.
It's less humiliating if we get it over with.
[mysterious music continues]
29 DAYS EARLIER THE FIRST DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN
[cameras clicking]
ON THE SAME NIGHT
[buzzing]
Jeong Su-jin has been listening to us.
All our conversations, our campaign strategies…
-We have to destroy the watch. -[Yeon-sook] No.
If we decide to destroy the watch,
Jeong Su-jin will know and stop helping our campaign.
If we want to win, then we have to keep her by our side.
But this time you told me you'd trust the people this election.
Your brother
trusted the people.
[Dong-ho scoffs]
And so did I, actually.
Someway, somehow, I need to find a way to convince the people that Park Dong-ho
is the heir to President Jang.
[suspenseful music playing]
Tell Jeong Su-jin to join us tomorrow on our visit to President Jang's hometown.
[cheering and applause]
[crowd chanting] Park Dong-ho! Park Dong-ho!
[Dong-ho] She'll stand beside me on the campaign trail and at every rally.
We have to win
this presidential election.
[Yeon-sook] Here's Jeong Su-jin's list of recommendations
for the heads of public institutions.
She recommended around 200 of her people
to run the FSS, NTS, BAI, and KHNP.
Daejin Group's rats have finally decided to emerge from the sewers.
I'll make them regret that choice soon enough.
And this is all
thanks to Jang Il-jun's little watch.
I feel grateful for him.
Surprisingly.
Hey, Su-jin.
[grunts]
Look, I told Cheol-min about your, uh, tonsil issue,
and he was nice enough to send you some bellflower root extract.
[chuckles]
He's crazy. I heard he's working with horseback riders.
What?
You recommended your friend to the Racing Authority board,
when he lost everything because of his addiction to horse racing.
What are people going to think?
Hey, don't say that.
If it weren't for him, I would be in prison right now.
So that's your reasoning, then?
Su-jin, listen.
He went to jail because of me so I owe…
-He deserves to get something-- -[Su-jin] What about us?
What did we get for suffering in our 20s?
-Su-jin. -[door beeps]
Uh, ma'am. Ma'am.
[door closes]
This is a list of the first cabinet nominees
for President Park's administration.
[suspenseful music playing]
For his prime minster,
Park Chang-sik from the Korean Liberal Party.
JEONG SU-JIN
For Deputy Prime Minister of Economic Affairs,
Lee Jun-il, Director of the KDI.
Minister of Education, Ahn Il-sang, President of Wonil University.
Minister of Unification,
Min Hyo-seong, the former Vice Minister.
Minister of Justice,
Assemblyman Kang Jun-seong.
Minister of National Defense, Song Tae-min,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
For Minister of the Interior and Safety, Choi Young-man,
former Police Commissioner General.
So out of the 200 nominees appointed none of them were ours.
It seems they didn't take a single one of our recommendations.
[suspenseful music continues]
He's waiting for you upstairs.
BLUE HOUSE - SANGCHUNJAE
-About ten years ago, I won an election. -[door closes]
All thanks to you.
We celebrated by eating some delicious anchovy.
Sit and eat.
Eat up.
That will be your last meal here at the Blue House.
I'm sending this pen
over to YTV news station later.
The National Assembly will discuss everything
regarding your impeachment today.
It shouldn't take long.
And once you're arrested,
I'll make sure to say goodbye.
-[beep] -[Su-jin] I sent President Jang away.
[foreboding music playing]
I used the red handkerchief he gave me to send him out of this world.
-I felt him take his last breath. -[gasps]
[gasps]
Listen to me, Man-gil.
It's my responsibility
to finish his work.
Now I finally understand why Jesus allowed Judas to be at the last supper.
He let Judas sit with the disciples
so that they could all see he was right about him.
[sighs]
Sit down.
[breathes shakily]
Jeong Su-jin must've lost her grip on the reins.
[tutting]
[sighs]
If she can't control Park Dong-ho,
then what use do I have for her?
I wrote a novel when I was younger.
And I was told that the best way to learn was by mimicking someone else's work.
Imitation is the best form of flattery.
Five years is a long time to be together.
I'll return all of your things.
The wedding ring
from our broken-off engagement.
I'll see if there's anything else that belongs to you.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[beeping] -Let's take Jeongbal Interchange route.
But that's the long way around.
Is it because you don't wanna drive by the Capital Hospital?
[Dong-ho] What was it like?
It must still haunt you.
Do you still remember President Jang's last moments?
[flatline beep]
[gasps]
[Dong-ho] Can you still hear him struggling
even when you cover your ears?
When you stood over him,
do you still remember what sound he made in the end?
How can you sit there and justify what you did?
Do you still feel any guilt for what happened?
[Su-jin] I swear to you now
I'll defend your honor…
[flatline tone ringing]
…and I'll protect your… [sniffles]
I'll protect your family.
[Dong-ho] I think I know,
what lives inside of me lives inside of you.
[Su-jin] I sent President Jang away.
I used the red handkerchief he gave me to send him out of this world.
I felt him
take his last breath.
Listen to me, Man-gil.
It's my responsibility
to finish his work.
None of this would've happened if you had gotten rid of those few bad apples
when Seo Gi-tae was investigating the case.
I couldn't. The president's son was involved.
The administration would've collapsed entirely.
You shouldn't cut a big tree down just because of a couple of bad apples.
A seemingly insignificant pest can spell disaster for a giant tree.
Don't be so overly dramatic, okay? There's a little bit of rot in every--
You can never recover what is rotten.
If Jo Sang-cheon was judged by those standards, so should we!
[Su-jin breathing shakily]
I'm sure you were
quite disappointed
when President Jang met with Kang Sang-un behind your back.
It probably made you
more angry when he tried to throw you in jail after serving him for ten years.
[scoffs]
Sometimes, I do wonder
what would've happened if
he had decided to discuss his son's issues with you first.
After all, it was you who tampered with his campaign books
to make his problems go away.
And you even ran several smear campaigns in order to weaken his competition,
so just maybe, then…
you could've ended up in this seat instead of me.
And you know that as well as I do.
[Dong-ho sighs]
I'm curious.
What was it that fueled your anger towards me?
Was it a sense of justice? Or, hmm…
do you just want revenge on all your peers for abandoning you for President Jang?
It could be a little bit of both, right?
Humans are complex creatures, after all.
[somber music playing]
[Yeon-sook sighs]
Prepare for the upcoming impeachment proceedings.
The prime minister hasn't been sworn in yet.
Find out what happens if the president were ever to die or be impeached
in circumstances like these.
Park Dong-ho, Jeong Su-jin, Kang Sang-un, and Jang Hyeon-su
will all be subjected to a special investigation.
The president didn't tell you?
Both his and Jeong Su-jin's recorded confessions
will be revealed to the public today.
[sighs] President Park Dong-ho
is prepared to risk everything now.
He told me to prepare a trip next month to the United States.
He also asked me to write the first draft of his UN speech.
He told me that this morning.
[suspenseful music playing]
So I hold the reigns in my hands,
and with that recording, you hold the whip.
[Dong-ho inhales deeply]
My hands are dirty from trying to assassinate President Jang,
and yours are tainted for actually pulling it off.
What you did got you where you are right now,
and what I did got me the Blue House.
But the only way out of this mess for you is to turn over that recording.
I've always thought of you…
as the type of man who'd throw himself off a cliff just to win.
But you're throwing everyone else off
and staying on top all by yourself, aren't you?
[suspenseful music continues]
[tense suspenseful music playing]
[Dong-ho] On that rainy night, when I went to see President Jang,
I wanted to cleanse our country.
If I leave the Blue House,
then Jo Sang-cheon will likely take over as president.
Chairman Kang will still be free,
and I can't allow that.
[door closes]
I won't leave the Blue House until I've taken out all the trash.
I'm going to remain the president until I've cleared
every speck of corruption within.
[blender whirring]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[mumbles indistinctly]
[Dong-ho] Madame Chief of Staff,
I need you to resign from your position as soon as the new office is ready to go.
Mr. President?
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Chang-sik] Thank you for nominating me as the prime minister.
I will do my best, sir.
Park Chang-sik, the nine-tailed fox of Yeouido.
You changed party affiliations 15 times and withdrew eight times in total.
You founded six new parties.
You should be called the "migratory bird of Yeouido" instead,
for always flip-flopping sides.
Seventy percent of the people on the public polls
agreed you're an obsolete politician.
[chuckles]
For a day of celebration, your jokes are a little bit harsh. [chuckles]
In your 30-year political career, I wonder how much dirt you've accumulated.
It's time for a new suit.
The people on this list are on Chairman Kang's payroll.
I want them out of the legal sphere, politics, and wherever else.
Blacklisting a specific group of people could be problematic.
Legally speaking.
[Dong-ho] "A leader of reform and the eradication of corruption."
That seems like a great new suit to wear in your next election.
[foreboding music playing]
Madame Chief of Staff,
I'd like you to take over Chairman Park's vacant seat
when he becomes the prime minister.
The general elections are in six months. We need to secure nominations.
I'll bring in new people
to help revolutionize our party.
Chairman Park will do work here,
and you will work over in Yeouido instead.
During that time, do you mind if I postpone my promise?
I'm going to remain the president
until I've cleared every speck of corruption within.
As you wish.
You should prepare yourself for the hearing.
-Especially when-- -[phone vibrating]
[Chang-sik clears throat]
Uh… [chuckles]
[clears throat]
-Yes? -[man] Dad.
[voice breaking] Dad, please help me, please.
These people will kill me if I don't give them money, Dad.
[suspenseful music playing]
[phone beeps]
[chuckles]
To pass the confirmation hearing, we need to make sure you're spotless.
So no issues with your kids' school records, enlisting, or employment.
Can I trust you with that?
Uh, absolutely.
[chuckles]
[phone vibrating]
DAEJIN MEDICAL CENTER
[Su-jin] Didn't I tell you?
All the world's problems exist because people are trusting and generous.
[Su-jin] I believe that I am no longer useful to you.
So you won't be seeing me around anymore, Chairman Kang.
I wish you a speedy recovery.
Please tell me you're not threatening an old man.
I'm simply taking responsibility for my failures and stepping aside.
The list of all the people on my payroll ended up in Park Dong-ho's hands.
Now they're becoming paranoid. They sleep with one eye open.
[groans]
I don't have enough hands as is.
I guess for the time being,
you could be of use even without the reins.
[mysterious music playing]
So you're saying that you're giving me another chance for now?
You know, even the cleaning ladies at my company have full time jobs.
You've been cleaning up your husband's mess for how many years now?
It's only fair you get the same chance.
[chuckles]
It appears Park Dong-ho is planning to use Park Chang-Sik to go after our people.
He needs to be stopped. You can help with that, ma'am.
We don't want them investigating our investments in Macao.
[knock on door]
Come in.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Sir, we've received some new intelligence.
You know it's against protocol
to interact with an individual under government inspection.
Feel free to send that info to the first deputy chief prosecutor.
[Pil-gyu inhales sharply]
A high-ranking official's son was involved in an overseas-gambling case.
He's racked up a debt of 500 million won.
He's currently being held in the casino basement
because he can't pay back his debt.
[sighs] I'd be jumping on this opportunity right away
if it weren't for the audit. [chuckles]
I entrust this case to you.
After all, you're the brightest star of our team.
We're all sure you'll do an amazing job.
Hmm.
[sighs]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[clock ticking]
[inhales sharply] Mm.
[line ringing]
Ooh, cool.
[chuckles]
-Seriously -Uh-huh.
Well, it's been delivered.
[inhales sharply]
Listen, Su-jin. [sighs]
My wife found a place. And it's by the Blue House.
Perfect for my new post as senior secretary, don't you think?
You know what? I think she signed the contract already.
Ah. Mm. Got it.
Mm-hmm.
[phone beeps]
[sighs]
That was… bitter.
[exhales sharply]
I've heard rumors that Choi Yeon-sook might be going back to Yeouido.
The senior party members are saying that she already reached out to them.
We need to be one step ahead.
First, we need to find a way to break Park Dong-ho's left arm.
PRESIDENT PARK DONG-HO NOMINATES PARK CHANG-SIK FOR PRIME MINISTER
THE BLUE HOUSE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
[mysterious music playing]
[Chang-sik] Those bastards sent them.
My wife collapsed yesterday.
She's in the hospital.
Even when I lost the elections, she never lost her smile.
But this is too much for a mother.
You can't send them the money.
Your son is an adult. He chose to gamble illegally.
This is a bad look.
But you can still pass the confirmation hearing.
If you pay the ransom, you'll be violating the Foreign Exchange Act
and breaking the law.
You won't become prime minister.
You're saying I should abandon my son to save my neck?
I'm sure prosecutors are monitoring your bank accounts.
If anyone in your family sends money, they'll see it.
Be careful because they'll be watching your every move from now on.
We should get the local police to cooperate.
We have to do this by the books.
That'll take way too long.
My wife is already at her limit.
Just stop the prosecution from investigating.
Lee Jang-seok is leading them.
You're the only one who can stop him.
Aren't you?
GAMBLING INVESTIGATION RESULTS
As prime minister, I'll be your right hand.
And all of the men who support me in the assembly will be your shield.
[sighs]
Please help rescue my son.
I'm asking you as a father.
[sighs]
GRAVE OF ASSEMBLYMAN SEO GI-TAE
The prosecutor general submitted his resignation.
It's a formality, a way of asking for the new president's trust.
But I'm planning on accepting it.
There have been many problems in the past decades,
such as abuse of power, special treatments,
and even prosecutorial monopoly.
Jang-seok, listen.
I want you to take that position.
Build a new prosecutors' office that stands up against injustice.
Leave all the cases you're currently investigating.
Don't make any more enemies for now.
[Jang-seok] Chairman Park Chang-sik reached out to me.
He told me you'd give me a new order today,
that you'd want to slow down the investigation.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Jang-seok] On the way here, I was wondering…
whether or not you'd ask me for a favor
or threaten me.
Now I see…
what a real friend you are,
offering me jobs and all.
Jang-seok, take a step back
just this once.
What kind of prosecutor would I be?
-I'm using him, so just listen. -[Jang-seok] Dong-ho.
So you don't want me to perform my duties as a prosecutor?
[sighs]
[Jang-seok] I don't remember you taking a step back from investigating
President Jang Il-Jun's son.
You should've opened an investigation on your son
as soon as you heard of the PE fund.
[Jang-seok] I'm sure President Jang
asked you to do what you're asking me now.
I would like you to step down from your position.
I can't stand by and watch you destroy the future of this country.
[Jang-seok] You didn't step back.
So don't ask that of me.
[Dong-ho sighs]
Here. I wrote this earlier.
I'm gonna do my job with or without you.
If what you need is a loyal hound to take my place,
the Prosecutors' Office has plenty.
I can even recommend you some.
RESIGNATION LETTER
[cameras clicking]
[Chang-sik] I, Park Chang-sik, as prime minister nominee,
swear that I will
speak the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
at this Assembly confirmation hearing.
My testimony today is truthful.
Apparently, he's planning to confirm the rumors
of his son's gambling problem,
but he'll say he never wired any money.
Well, his plan will fall through.
[man] We will now begin the confirmation hearing
for the prime minister candidate Park Chang-sik.
Min Byeong-il, from the Korean Liberal Party,
will be asking the questions.
TWO DAYS BEFORE CONFIRMATION HEARING
[suspenseful music playing]
Province disintegration is a serious issue.
I heard they're merging your constituency, Mr. Min.
MIN BYEONG-IL KOREAN LIBERAL PARTY ASSEMBLYMAN
I'll save your constituency for you
because if you lose it, you'll no longer be able to come to Yeouido.
A casino manager stated that he released your son
upon receiving 500 million won.
Was it you who paid off your son's gambling debt?
Well, that, for sure, is not true.
The words of a random casino manager
against the words of an individual
who is currently on track to becoming the prime minister.
Where's your evidence?
Words aren't enough. We need documents, so let's see them.
Accusations of this nature have heavy implications
and require a legal foundation.
So what you're implying should be supported with facts.
Mr. Min has the files from the Macao Police investigation.
I gave them to him myself.
If you have evidence, please share it with us. Bring it forward.
[suspenseful music continues]
ONE DAY BEFORE THE CONFIRMATION HEARING
[Chang-sik] How did the man who wrote the Political Fund Act
end up with that kind of money?
I get it. Nobody can do politics without using the citizens' money.
I understand. I really do.
But I don't know if the CIO
would think the same.
[cameras clicking]
Which do you want to save here?
Your whole future or your constituency?
[cameras clicking]
I have no more questions.
[foreboding music playing]
Looks like Mr. Min went over to the other side, ma'am.
[scoffs]
RESIGNATION LETTER
Will you keep lying in the sacred halls of the National Assembly?
[pounds table]
[Jang-seok] You didn't step back.
So don't ask that of me.
[suspenseful music playing]
So you want to start a war?
[Su-jin] I think
perhaps your time is coming to an end,
so enjoy it while you still can.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[phone vibrating]
Yes, what?
[Dong-ho] Jang-seok.
Never change.
And you?
I am going to change
the world.
[mysterious music playing]
[man] Breaking news.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office has made an arrest.
The suspect made an illegal wire transfer to an overseas casino in Macao.
The suspect has been revealed to be the brother-in-law of Mr. Kim,
secretary to prime minister nominee Park Chang-sik.
Prosecutors believe he transferred money
to the casino at the request of his brother-in-law, Mr. Kim,
whose whereabouts remain unknown
despite the prosecution's efforts to find him.
Authorities say he's gone radio silent ever since the suspect's arrest.
The investigation has widened to include
examining possible involvement by Park Chang-sik.
[foreboding music playing]
MR. PARK WITHDRAWS
It appears former chairmen Yoo Hong-man and Lee Jae-cheon
reject their nominations for prime minister.
The administration'll be fragile without a prime minister.
Jeong Su-jin will continue to use the press to make you look bad.
We need someone and fast.
Why don't we start running the government with a deputy pr--
No need.
I know who I should nominate in his place.
[Yeon-sook gasps]
No one wants to take it on. Not even members of your own party.
Even senior officials are refusing to be nominated.
There's somebody.
[suspenseful music playing]
They already submitted a consent form
and formally agreed to be nominated.
DAEJIN MEDICAL CENTER
[Su-jin] I'm sorry to make you worry about this when
you should be worrying about your health.
When you reach a certain age,
worrying's pretty much all you do.
[sighs]
I think it's time we take care of Park Dong-ho's right arm.
Choi Yeon-sook's Achilles' heel is--
[panting]
Father.
President Park's administration will nominate the Korean Liberal Party's
Assemblywoman Jeong Su-jin as the next prime minister.
Jeong Su-jin was the deputy prime minister for the last administration.
We believe that she will faithfully carry out the tasks
of the current government
and aid the administration in managing the country…
Chairman Park now knows
who first made the report on his son's gambling scandal.
JEONG PIL-GYU
I let him know how Jeong Su-jin used the press
and the Prosecutors' Office as her blade to butcher him and his son.
As for Jo Sang-cheon
he knows Jeong Su-jin was behind his defeat.
I let him know it was her
who revealed the information about his brother in North Korea.
And it was her who brought forth his downfall
in the last presidential election.
Chairman Park has influence on one side and Jo Sang-cheon on the other.
She will be pulled relentlessly between two raging leaders.
One will chop her up,
and the other will rip her apart.
Her family will be destroyed.
Her husband will be humiliated before the whole nation.
Do you think she can withstand it all?
This hearing…
will be Jeong Su-jin's execution.
[scoffs]
THE WHIRLWIND
[closing theme song playing]
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