The WONDERfools (원더풀스)

Definitely a bit of a train wreck

with a limited education.

Getting a job is nearly impossible.

And to top it all off…

- What if I get another surgery? - Hm?

Would that not work?

Well, it's just…

Uh…

Due to the severity of your heart failure,

your body wouldn't be able to handle it.

So, am I…

really gonna die?

that could stop at any second.

If you don't believe in God, you will receive the mark of the beast.

If you receive the mark of the beast, you will go to hell.

Seek salvation, everyone!

Nothing about my sad little life is ever gonna change.

A life with an all-too-predictable ending.

Find your salvation.

Find your salvation.

Once you receive your salvation, you'll be granted eternal life.

You must receive salvation.

The apocalypse will happen on December 31st, 1999.

By "the apocalypse…"

…you mean the end of the world, don't ya?

Yes, that's right. But don't you worry about it.

The blessed will be granted eternal life.

So, God, as powerful as he is, can't just save everyone beforehand?

Pardon?

All the people who had the nerve to die before the apocalypse are screwed now?

Why can't God

bless all those people in advance?

Or is that not how it works because God doesn't do advances?

Or, I don't know, he can move the apocalypse later?

Uh, well, my dear, there isn't anything we can do about God's will.

So what do I do, huh?

I actually really wanna see the apocalypse. How about that?

How can I die without seeing it? It's not fair!

How am I supposed to close my eyes now, huh?

- Hm. - Take it!

You have a blessed day.

What, am I asking too much? Huh?

What, did I ask to live forever? Huh?

I just want to live long enough so I can see the end of the world!

Is that too much to ask for?

It's not!

I want to see it! Show me! Show me! Show…

I just want to be able to see…

humanity's downfall.

Why is it

you won't let me see that?

You could at least do me that favor.

Did you eat a Jaws bar, too, lady?

Mm.

I have now.

Don't cry. Shh.

Here you go. Have this instead.

Jin-seo!

What are you doing here?

Are you okay? Mommy's been looking for you.

They call her the train wreck of Haeseong-si, you know?

It's coming, so I hope you're prepared.

She's the granddaughter of the owner of Hearty House.

She's completely lost her mind.

Be healthy so you can…

I'd stay away from her if you ask me.

You'll get hurt.

Come on, hurry up! Let's get moving. Come on, come on, let's go!

Jeez, this kind of thing, I swear!

Ugh, why even go about your business, huh?

Just go on vacation, everyone!

Go travel! See the whole goddamn world before it ends!

WARNING THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY

TRESPASSING, LITTERING, AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ARE PROHIBITED

What's this?

Hey, this looks perfect right there.

Do people just have money to burn?

Oh, jeez. It's really stuck in there.

Jeez, it feels like something's pulling it down!

What is this?

Ugh!

Huh?

THE WONDERFOOLS

EPISODE 1 EVERY LIFE COMES WITH A SURPRISE TWIST

I'm telling you, this was a serial killer.

Huh?

Listen to this. Two weeks ago, Park Yong-sik here disappeared

when I stopped hearing from him,

and… and last week, Kim Bong-pal also vanished without a trace.

Ah. Stop fighting, maybe?

No one likes a guy who starts picking fights after he's had a few.

If I were them, I'd also cut you off.

Kim Bong-pal had just spotted me 5,000 won.

He's not the type of guy to take off without what he's owed.

Unless he was murdered.

Then you shouldn't be talking to me.

You should go to the police and file an official report right now.

Oh, like the police would… Come on!

You people always say that you're the ones who actually listen to us.

- Oh, jeez, uh… You gotta-- - It's in the law too.

"Article 7, Clause 1. Civil servants are obliged to serve all citizens."

Okay. All right. Now, which one is 40?

Hey, you. You didn't get a call. You're lying! Where are you going?

- I don't even have a computer. - I can't do this. This is bad.

I can't do this. Where is he?

Lee Un-jeong!

Right here! Right over here, yeah.

-Here, here! Right over here. -Oh. Yeah?

Come, come, come.

Ah, okay.

Oh, you can go. Uh, we'll take care of it. We'll look for him, yes.

Oh brother. Okay.

Shit.

Here, I got it, I got it.

-Uh, I… I can do it. -Okay.

I guess now's as good a time as any for you to go through the rite of passage.

He's a regular around here, that one.

Are you calling me a liar?

I'm telling you, the carp was abnormally long!

You don't get it. The thing was at least as tall as me sitting on a chair!

It had to be altered genetically. You see?

Someone must be dumping phenol into the water!

You remember

Yeah, that show about the aliens that ate vermin.

Yeah, well, the birds blinked like them. How else do you explain that?

Just more proof that it's phenol!

I'm telling you, you need to go out there and inspect it! Just listen to me!

So either there's a corpse slowly rotting,

or its phenol and you need to stop wasting time!

You have to go through that to become a true customer complaint representative.

Strangely enough, my stomach's starting to hurt, so I'll leave you to it.

Uh… Uh…

Look at that, right there, huh? It's a total garbage dump. Right?

-You see that? Now-- -One moment, please.

Oh.

Yes, here.

So, according to our records,

we did, in fact, already do an inspection of that area.

And we installed a sign prohibiting illegal dumping.

Yeah, this one, right? This isn't enough!

Who's gonna be afraid of a sign with zero legal repercussions?

-Now-- -One moment, please.

Unfortunately, sir, the land is private property,

so there isn't anything that can be done.

Without the owner's consent, our hands are pretty much tied.

There's nothing we can do about it.

I guess my words don't mean anything

because I'm just some random who takes a number and waits to be called up?

Mr. Lee Un-jeong? Okay.

Should I go above your head to Section Chief Kim and get you in serious trouble?

Or should I go upstairs and take this straight to your director, huh?

Huh?

People these days.

Huh.

There are a total of 11 Section Chief Kims and four Director Lees

at Haeseong City Hall.

Which one would you like me to call?

Sir?

What now?

Hm.

Ooh, you're a real oddball, you know that?

Oh.

Next, please!

"Next, please?!"

I'd be careful.

From here, this place probably looks like some quiet and peaceful town, doesn't it?

But it isn't. Trust me.

If you look at its underbelly,

no place on Earth is more screwed up than here.

Mm.

And now people are disappearing.

Just like 20 years ago.

Back then,

it was dozens of people, both children and adults,

just up and vanished.

So be careful.

I figured you may not know the history since you're not from around here.

Well, thank you.

But I saw it.

With my own eyes, I saw it 20 years ago.

You need saving.

Man, don't you people have anything better to do? You're so annoying.

Go!

I told you to go!

Oh!

Huh?

Wh… wh… what the hell is this? What's going on here?

Wh… wh… what are you trying to pull, huh?

Believe.

And seek eternal salvation.

I wanna go on vacation.

Ah, stop it.

No, I really need to. Just give me a little bit of that.

No.

-Why? -Give me a break!

Grandma, are you gonna take all that money with you when you die?

You donate hundreds of millions to other places.

Just think of me as a donation!

Giving you money right now would just be wasting it.

Money in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to spend it