Signal (시그널)

EPISODE 8

Does this make any sense?

How could someone dead be alive?

Then, who died 20 years ago?

Perhaps they made a mistake in the investigation at the time.

I don't think so.

They found her ID card at the site of the drowning.

No way it happened by coincidence.

You're saying someone made it look like Shin Da-hye on purpose?

If that's true...

it's probably not a simple suicide.

I told you. This is not a suicide case.

No need to be so emotional.

We have no evidence to prove either a suicide or a murder.

There's only one person who can answer all these questions.

That's Shin Da-hye herself.

If we find her,

we'll know what happened 20 years ago.

How are we going to find someone hiding for 20 years?

She was able to hide because no one knew.

But we know...

that she is alive.

A living person...

will leave a trail somewhere.

We just need to find that trail.

Oh, my...

The most suspicious part of all is her family.

Shin Jung-hye was telling the truth. Her mother has liver cancer.

She's had a transplant surgery and now she’s in ICU.

I looked into their bank records, credit cards and spoke to neighbors.

I don’t see anything suspicious.

Still, keep an eye on her.

What about the fiancé?

He was the closest person to Shin Da-hye.

Thank you.

Did you find Da-hye?

We're still investigating.

We need your cooperation.

I need information on her from 20 years ago.

I want to know...

what kind of person she was.

These are the things Da-hye was practicing.

Her voice is recorded on them.

EQUUS / HAMLET / SEAGULL

It's okay. If you cry...

It's okay.

Crying will make you feel better.

"It's okay..."

All she cared about was acting.

"...feel better."

Hello, a new restaurant just opened.

If you order four servings, you'd get four for free.

Please make sure to come!

Order four servings and you get another four servings for free!

Apart from times spent on work to make ends meet

she spent all her time on acting.

Do you know anyone...

who had a grudge against her?

No.

She’d never do anything wrong to anyone.

But...

she did have issues with her agency.

Her agency?

You ran an entertainment agency in 1995.

Do you remember an actress named Shin Da-hye?

Shin Da-hye?

I represented hundreds of people. How would I remember her?

Fraud, embezzling, and assault...

It doesn't look too good.

You specialize in...

living off vulnerable and young celebrity wannabes.

What are you playing at?

What is this crap?

Sit down if you don't want to add illegal gambling to the list.

People don't change, do they?

And you haven’t changed.

You must have done something to her

to deny knowing her.

I didn't do anything wrong.

What I did was all for them.

Where else would they meet such rich guys?

Clients are happy playing with pretty girls.

The girls are happy to get some money in return.

It was mutually beneficial.

Da-hye played hard to get, but she was just like everyone else.

She was so stubborn and refused to drink.

But that's what he liked about her.

Who?

Han Se-kyu at HK law firm?

Sir, please!

Sir, help! Sir!

Was it the place...

where Han Se-kyu hid stolen items from thefts?

-The one near Mikang Lake? -How did you know?

Did it go on during the larceny case too?

That'd be September of 1995. Think carefully.

It was 20 years ago. I don’t remember.

Shall I handcuff you to help you remember?

That group fell apart before that.

They fell out over some issue.

Your dads are the ones who took bribes.

Tell your dad, not me.

He talked to him, but it didn’t work.

-What? -Well...

When do you want me to send the girls in?

Forget it. Send them back.

Okay.

My dad doesn't listen to me either.

Then...

I'll hand over the video to the cops.

What about it? Drinking with some girls?

We all did that.

We didn't do drugs.

It’s up to you.

Get your dad to stop the investigation.

Or you can go to jail.

The Chief Prosecutor's son, Han Se-kyu.

and sons of Chaebols and Congressmen

who threatened him...

and the sex tape used to blackmail him.

In order to steal the tape,

Han Se-kyu broke into his friends' homes.

He didn't know which of the three had the tape.

He had to break in to all three.

To make it look like burglaries

he took all the other valuables.

-It was Han Se-kyu. - What do you mean?

Shin Da-hye had the diamond necklace and it was all because of that.

Han Se-kyu, that scumbag.

He thought he could get away with all the crap, because of his father.

And he’s been living a good life.

That punk...

I won't let him get away with it.

Hey, what about the necklace?

Oh, I'm sorry.

-I have to go. -Okay.

By the way…

the necklace...

Was it ever found afterwards?

I told you I've never seen such a thing.

Anyone who might hold onto something like that for her?

You sound like the other detective.

I mean Detective Lee Jae-han.

He contacted me again after the funeral.

-He did? -Yes.

He came to Da-hye's place late at night.

Like I told you, there isn't much here.

Yes.

After it happened,

her sister came and took her belongings.

Anyone who might hold onto that necklace for her?

No.

Was there a floppy disk among her belongings?

No. Da-hye didn't know how to use computers.

Okay.

Where did...

that disk go?

Hold on.

It's a picture.

This isn't her.

-Who is it? -That's Ji-hee.

Ji-hee? Who is that?

-It was cold, right? -I feel bad.

She's an aspiring actress and her hometown friend.

I have an audition.

She’d come and sleep over when she had auditions.

When she came to Seoul, she stayed here?

Yes.

-Has she come up recently? -She came a week ago.

Do you have her phone number or her address?

She took her photos at our studio.

I got her number at the time.

It's from 20 years ago. I'm not sure if that helps.

Did she...

come to the funeral?

The funeral?

No.

We probably forgot to call her.

Or...

It was impossible for her to come.

Name, Kim Ji-hee.

Born in 1976.

Both her parents passed away before the year 1995.

She had no siblings either.

In December of 1995,

she left the country for Germany.

She’s been living there since.

She returned through Incheon Airport two weeks ago.

You're sure it's Germany?

Yes, I am.

Check with the immigration office to find out her address in Korea.

Ms. Kim Ji-hee checked out last week.

Did she leave anything behind or her contact number?

No, she didn't.

We clean rooms every day, so there won’t be anything left.

She hid for 20 years and came back all of a sudden.

Why would she do that?

Why?

YEONMI HOSPITAL

The hospital.