Born Again (본 어게인)

Mr. Gong,

do you believe in reincarnation?

A death-row convict who was on his way to confess his love...

is born as a psychopath who cannot feel love.

This would be an appealing material for a novel.

Don't you think so?

Why do you say that man is Ji Chul?

The eyes that I saw yesterday...

were not those of Chun Jong Bum.

Chun Jong Bum's eyes are as cold as ice,

but the ones I saw yesterday seemed...

to be crying even as he was outraged.

He...

remembered vividly what happened 30 years ago.

I'm sure...

the two people coexist in him.

I do. I was there...

when Gong In Woo killed your stepfather.

Then the world would know that it was...

Jang Hye Mi who helped Gong In Woo commit a murder.

He came to know too many things.

He was special to me in many ways.

Why is this so hard to do?

Geez. I'm calling it a day.

I leave you to take care of the rest.

To Yuhon gallery at 11 p.m.

Come if you want to know who Gong In Woo really is.

It's been such a long time, Mr. Gong.

I see that you've been protecting my precious paintings well.

Aren't they beautiful?

The paintings were completed by someone shedding blood.

Every artwork comes with sacrifice.

So much for art and sacrifice.

It's an excuse of a filthy murderer.

You!

Are you Ji Chul?

Do not interrupt. It's the last time for the father and son to meet.

Why do you say you're my father?

Hye Mi was right indeed.

Those weak eyes,

your laughable outrage.

You haven't changed.

Hwang Seo Yeon in 1979.

Cho In Young in 1980.

Lee Jung Sun and Yoon Eun Jung in 1981.

You're the one who killed...

those ten women, Gong In Woo.

Since I was 17, people called me a genius...

and I held exhibitions.

I have been painting all my life.

Do you think they're the only ones I killed?

I want to ask you something.

You could've lived as an evil being...

but why did you want to involve me?

You knew that I loved Jung Ha Eun,

and yet you tried to kill her.

That's right.

That woman whom you loved to death,

Jung Ha Eun.

She was not meant to be with you anyway.

You tried to love someone recklessly.

Isn't love itself reckless?

So did you plan...

to kill...

Jung Ha Eun when you got the chance?

Until the moment those women died,

I looked at their eyes.

That moment from life to death...

when the lights leave from your eyes...

is...

so beautiful.

I only wanted to...

give that light to Jung Ha Eun too.

All my life, I have thought...

the world was cruel to me.

But I realized today...

that it gives me an opportunity.

You can fight it.

Fight the monster in you.

Paint my face on top of the person...

you want to kill.

Imagine the blood-covered hands stabbing me are yours.

Imagine what it would feel like to stab me.

If you still think you can kill someone...

I think it's time we ended the talk between father and son.

We have a guest,

Ji Chul.

Jong Bum.

No!

No!

Since I was 17, people called me a genius...

and I held exhibitions.

I have been painting all my life.

Do you think they're the only ones I killed?

In the signature of Gong's painting found in the museum storage,

they got a luminol reaction.

The signature with slanted eyes...

at the lower-left corner of the painting...

is found to be bloodstain.

The signature is painted with bloodstain?

It's Gong In Woo's blood.

He signs with his blood.

This is the recording of Gong In Woo admitting his crime.

Take your time to check it.

And catch the murderer you missed 30 years ago...

properly this time.

Detective Cha Hyung Bin.

I guess I wasn't the only one who knew you were Detective Cha.

Wait a minute.

Who are you, really?

What happened to you 30 years ago?

I recognize you,

so how come you don't recognize me?

Gong Ji Chul.

Until the moment those women died,

I looked at their eyes.

That moment from life to death...

when the lights leave from your eyes...

is so beautiful.

I only wanted to...

give that light to Jung Ha Eun too.

I'm different from you.

You never loved a woman.

She'll die soon even if you don't kill her.

I can do it for you if you want.

You knew that I loved Jung Ha Eun, and yet you tried to kill her.

You tried to love someone recklessly.

Isn't love itself reckless?

Let's have a drink since we're family now.

Were you...

worried about me?

If he was a death-row convict,

why did he die...

by the sea?

It's because he had to meet...

the person he loved.

Something big happened.

What's the fuss?

I finally made it after spending a ton of time on this.

- Come here. - Now?

Hurry. This is amazing.

I restored the convict's bones. Look.

Do you see this?

He looks exactly like your stalker, Jong Bum.

Stop joking around. I'm not in the mood.

What's wrong? Are you okay?

Are you shocked he looks exactly like your favorite student?

What do you mean they look alike?

You just put the face you hate...

after you got lazy from staying up a lot.

No, that's not it.

I didn't do this, the program did.

They do kind of look alike.

Their faces...

and their unfortunate lives.

I had another nightmare of you getting shot.

You're okay, right?

(I can't trust your family. This all happened because of me.)

(I can still hear your voice. I miss you. Are you in Korea?)

Hello, Jong Bum.

Jong Bum.

Is everything okay?

Can you come here...

right now?

Here? Where are you?

I'm on my way to my place.

But I have a huge headache.

I don't know what to do.

Your head hurts?

Where does it hurt exactly? Be specific.

Are you kidding me?

You called me as if you were on your death bed...

and you're just sitting there?

Geez.

My head did hurt...

but it got okay after seeing you.

Are you really okay?

I have a question.

Can you show me the text...

you received on the day...

I got shot?

If Jong Bum kills someone for the first time...

who will be his target?

I wanted to tell you something...

as soon as I woke up from the gunshot.

I thought everything would end...

if I died.

I was born again after death,

I was born again after being shot,

and I didn't know what kept bringing me back.

But now I know.

It's because I wanted to tell you something.

What is it?

I...

I'm not...

I'm...

I'm not a beast.

I'm glad I could be...

born this way.

I don't have to lose anything...