Unmasked (트리거)

You think this is "a nice place for a glass of wine"?

Actually, places like this are considered really hip nowadays.

Wow, pretty hip ambiance out here, huh?

Of all our stores, this one has the best vibe.

Hey, move your phone, bro, come on.

Cheers.

And just for you, Mr. Han, I'm gonna throw in a little mood lighting. Ta-da!

Here you go…

One last thing.

A pair of hearts, in your honor.

Enjoy your evening. You've got this. Fighting!

So why me?

Why do you have to keep bugging me instead of Oh Soryong?

Producer Oh Soryong

"Kidnapped. Convenience store near Han River if you wanna save him."

You must not know her very well.

She's not coming, she doesn't play games like this.

Seems like you're the one who doesn't know her well.

You've only met her once.

You think you know her better than I do?

If she leaves right now,

she'll be here in half an hour.

That was a fake tip you gave, right?

I'm not here to be interrogated.

I came to give a tip.

That night, someone came to see him before I did.

A woman with burgundy nails

who reeked of this perfume called Reine.

You only got a brief look at her. And it was late at night.

So how could you possibly tell

whether her nails were burgundy or black?

Do you have night vision?

You said the mystery woman wore a perfume that was quite strong…

but was that just you?

That's pretty good.

What's your goal?

You disappeared for 20 years, so why show up now?

For the past two decades…

my father's been giving me an allowance, but recently, he stopped all of a sudden.

No more powerful motivator than money, is there?

This is Hanju.

The people over there detest the media.

I'd like to…

let them know I'm here.

That's where Trigger comes in.

I once spiked a glass of 50-million-won wine.

Destroying someone's easier than I'd thought.

What are you saying?

I'm saying I killed him.

What did you--

Uh, I'll go get tissues.

Lunatic Han!

What happened? Huh?

Oh, what are you doing here?

I received a ransom note!

So you seriously thought Cho Haewon managed to abduct me,

a full-grown man?

I was worried you might start talking nonsense like that.

Where is she?

She's gone?

Why here?

How'd you end up here?

She just told me she once killed a man by spiking his wine.

She what?

The Vanished Witness

You flatter me, Chief Prosecutor.

Me? The mayor of Seoul?

We both know the nominations are just a popularity contest.

I wouldn't dream of it.

Choi Hoseong's dead now anyway.

Oh, about the Mr. Lee matter… I'll smooth things over with Ms. Oh.

Oh Soryong just killed a father and son.

I wonder how she'll deal with all that bad karma.

Well, the public seems to think

they got off easy without having to pay for what they did.

I gotta hand it to you. You've got an eye for talent.

Sir?

Han Do,

turns out he's a real go-getter.

"VVIP Koo Hyeongtae, KNS"

I don't think I'm being compensated enough…

for helping with the Cha Seongwook case.

So the money isn't enough for you.

As soon as the story's done…

I'd like to transfer to Animal Kingdom.

Ms. Oh would be disappointed to hear that.

I mean, my coworkers aside…

I don't feel good about working on a show based around people's pain and misery.

I don't have any sense of duty, like certain people.

I hear you. The show can be soul-crushing.

I mistook you for a cynic, but you're more of an idealist.

"Cho Haewon: This is my number. Save it, and I'll be in touch."

"Loved the show tonight. How's work? Busy again? Just checking in."

"I'm free right now. Wanna go out for dinner?"

Okay then…

Is there any information you'd like me to give…

in exchange for Animal Kingdom?

What were you discussing with Han Do, sir?

Go find Oh Soryong,

and tell her she needs to stop snooping around the prosecutor

who granted a stay of execution for Choi Hoseong.

Wow.

Wow, bro, you really cover all your bases, huh?

Come on, I know you drew her out there so you could get her on CCTV.

Like I always say, you guys at Trigger are so hardcore. Yeah!

You know who she is?

No, who? Is she famous?

I'll tell you who. She's the person who stole your lamp.

-Oh! -Cha Seongwook, does that ring a bell?

Cha Seongwook…

-No, I don't know. -He was a celebrity 20 years ago.

He was in a commercial and broke into movies.

Still no?

Come on, bro, you expect me to know some celebrity from 20 years ago?

I barely remember 20 minutes ago.

Right.

Well, I guess we need to jog people's memories then.

"Violinist Choi Geon Kills Son And Commits Suicide"

So this is how that whole thing ended.

My God.

Hey, did you hear?

That prosecutor has a habit of letting people off easy, hmm?

He let off the Gogwang Group and Chairman Park of DOQ Industries,

- just to name a few. - I know.

Why even lock them up,

if the prosecutor's just gonna let them back out?

Yeah, exactly.

Giho, what are you up to?

I'm just thinking.

Thinking, huh?

Oh, you poor, inexperienced little thing.

- Stop it. Cut it out. - I know what this is about.

It's 'cause Exclusives 24 aired the story you'd been working on.

Villa King, right? I heard they even caught the guy.

You know, their guys really put in the work.

All right, come on, quit it.

- You're gonna make him cry. - No, no.

This is the perfect time to whip him into shape, for his own good.

Giho, wrap up whatever you were doing

and go ask Ms. Oh to assign you the Choi Hoseong follow-up.

Listen, you gotta do what you gotta do for a good story.

Why be so loyal to her?

Utilize that leverage to--

Oh, my God, dude. Just let me handle it, okay?

Leave me alone. Stop it. Sheesh…

- Stop it. - Okay, fine.

Can everybody stop bullying me?

Current Affairs Department Hong Sunnam

Current Affairs Department Hong Nahee

I was so young back then.

"March 2004."

Goodbye party for the main writer?

Wow, we had Hyeongtae, and even the famous Mr. Ma.

Hey, what's up?

Thank you.

Oh, Ms. Hong.

I guess you two were out having a lunch meeting?

Yup, first time in a while.

On your way to meet Mr. Park?

Goodness, no. I'm headed to check on ratings.

Mr. Han?

Mr. Han?

Mr. Han?

You're here.

The… the lights…

Uh, can you wait three seconds before turning them on?

Okay.

One.

Two.

Three.

Now, question for you, what color are my nails?

Huh?

I… couldn't possibly tell the color in the dark.

Right?

Just like I told her.

Come on.

Go to Songi or someone else with that kind of question.

I'm busy, you know?

But I heard Songi's on leave this week.

Thank you.

God, why's that weirdo… wearing nail polish anyway?

Was he… flirting with me?

Songi shouldn't be taking so much time off.

We don't have any newbies to cover for her. Sheesh.

Don't you want to know why Ms. Oh showed up at the convenience store?

Not the obvious reason. What she's really thinking.

Help us find Cha Seongwook!

Him at 22 / Him now

You really think just adding wrinkles will make people recognize him?

I don't.

How else can we improve this photo though? I'm stumped.

"Episode 1,802: DeepFakes' Crosshairs."

It was your story. You should remember it.

Look at you, memorizing stuff.

You're proposing we alter it?

In a recent episode, Mr. Choi used AI

to come up with a facial composite… of a missing child.

Keeping tabs on other people's episodes, way to show initiation.

Kang Giho, we can hear you.

I'm sorry they screwed you, but don't take it out on us.