Climax (클라이맥스)

Sang Ah.

Director Lee asked me to give you this.

("Shocking Video of Actress Chu Sang Ah Leaked")

("Is This The End of Bang Tae Seop's Political Career?")

("Creation Party to Release a Statement Soon")

(He can't manage his family and wants politics?)

The 22nd National Assembly General Election polls

closed a moment ago at 6pm.

The vote count begins shortly, and we'll see the public's choice.

Let's check in with our reporter at the ballot-counting station.

Reporter Jeon Min Soo, is everything for the count going smoothly?

Hey, Reporter Hwang, push the Son Guk Won story too.

This isn't the kind of story to be buried by cheap gossip!

Release a ton of articles. Plaster it everywhere.

Sir, this isn't "cheap gossip" right now.

Think about it. With a scandal of this magnitude breaking,

- who cares about politics now? - Hey, Reporter Hwang.

Besides,

maybe Son Guk Won's team blocked it. The higher-ups killed the story.

Anyway, this is as far as I can take it.

Hey.

You have your back channels. Since when do you follow the rules?

Hey!

Yes, Assemblyman Choi, I...

Is this election a joke to you? How could you do this to the party?

We were saving it for a key moment, and you threw it away on a whim?

So you don't care about the party, is that it?

No, sir. I'll explain everything and fix it.

- Later, I will... - Enough.

We'll brief the press. Clean it up. No party blowback.

Getting beaten by a woman? How pathetic.

Yes, Executive Director.

I'm going to need you to cover for me.

The phone is currently off. Leave a message after the tone.

Those jerks! You're all dead! I'll kill you all!

You're all dead!

We're pulling out.

Is Candidate Bang Tae Seop inside?

- How's Candidate Bang Tae Seop? - Let us through.

When can we expect an official statement?

Please explain what happened.

- Get out of the way! - A comment, please!

What are your thoughts, Assemblyman?

Things were looking so good for them.

I guess they never saw such a huge reversal coming.

Bang Tae Seop's camp popped the champagne way too early.

At this point, you have to assume his political career is over.

Yes. As the assemblyman said,

Bang Tae Seop's camp, once so sure, must feel like a funeral now.

It was the final nail in the coffin.

Before his camp could even figure out what was happening,

public opinion had completely turned against him.

What did I tell you?

Nothing trumps a good old-fashioned sex scandal.

Thanks to you, I've learned a valuable lesson.

Now you have a clear path to The Blue House.

- Have a drink. - Of course.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Now, let's turn to the dramatic race in Dongnam District A.

Candidate Park Hong Jip, with 63.5 percent of the vote

is the projected winner.

Who are you people?

Yes, sir. I'll put him on.

Hey, Bang Tae Seop.

Humiliating, isn't it?

Because I'm humiliated too.

CEO Jang...

I'll handle this. I'll fix everything...

Forget it. As of now, my investment is officially your debt.

And you'd better answer my calls.

And pay me back in full. In cash.

It's a one-way ticket for a flight out tomorrow.

I sent a box of cash to your house. It should've arrived by now.

It means your job is done, so get lost and never return.

If it wasn't for us, you'd be rotting in a cell for life.

So just shut it and get out.

I think you've got this all wrong.

You don't have anything on me. I was framed.

And you can tell Lee Yang Mi

that it's in her best interest to leave Chu Sang Ah alone.

What do you have up your sleeve?

You have something on us, don't you?

Sang Ah.

Hwang Jung Won was the mole.

Which means this was all a setup by Choi Ji Ho and Lee Yang Mi.

They were framing Hwang Jung Won for murder,

- so she... - Stop.

I'm hanging up.

Say something.

Anything at all.

At this point,

I know this sounds like an excuse,

but I wasn't in my right mind that night.

I think Hwang Jung Won put something in my drink.

And I don't remember anything after that.

Aren't you even going to say you're sorry?

I'm sorry.

So deep down,

you really think this is my fault, don't you?

You need to apologise to me too.

That tax evasion scandal Lee Yang Mi cooked up...

You knew about it, didn't you?

If you had just told me, I could've done something about it!

Did you really let that happen just to save your own skin?

Everything that's happened to me up until now...

I thought it was my punishment.

Punishment for trying to survive,

for refusing to let those jerks crush me.

I thought it was a price for not apologising to those I hurt,

and stepped on to get ahead.

I thought I was finally paying for it all.

And that's why it hurt so much.

But it turns out I was just being played all along.

When I hit rock bottom, hurt and broken,

couldn't you have told me once that it wasn't my fault?

Couldn't you have told me that I had paid my dues?

I'm sorry.

There. Are you happy now?

Go beg Lee Yang Mi for forgiveness.

We can't win against Lee Yang Mi. We can't! We just can't! Darn!

Go get on your knees and beg her, whatever it takes! Please!

It's your pathetic pride that's dragged us down this far!

Darn it!

Hey!

Do you know what I was protecting, going through all this nonsense?

By going through all this, just trying to survive?

Pathetic pride? You call this pathetic pride?

You think I sold you out just so I could get ahead alone...

That I let myself get trampled on to get to where I am now?

Hey. Hey!

It's not like I have you wrapped around my finger.

When I call out to you, do you even pretend to look back?

Do you?

I...

stayed by your side through all of that.

Do you have any idea what it took for me to just hang on?

How lonely I felt every time I looked at you...

Have you ever once stopped to think about that?

Have you?

You're blaming me?

But still, I...

I held on and on, and on, just to protect us.

I was just trying to hold on. And after all that...

After all that I've done!

How could you do this?

Fine.

Ultimately, you wanted to own me.

Am I wrong?

Let go.

Let go of me!

Let go!

Let go of me, you jerk!

Fine.

Let's just...

Let's just die.

Let's die together.

It's better this way.

My life

is unimaginable without Chu Sang Ah.

Our journey to get here was not an easy one.

I consider it the best choice and greatest challenge of my life.

(Actress Chu Sang Ah: Murder and tax evasion)

We made a promise to each other.

That we would be the best possible partners.

But that

was the worst choice and the biggest disaster of all.

Their marriage, presented as the fairy tale everyone dreams of,

was actually a complete sham hiding a twisted and ugly truth.

(Chu Sang Ah's surprise wedding: From first date to "I do")

I apologise.

This may sound like an excuse,

but that video was doctored.

To ensure this doesn't harm the party,

I will do everything in my power to contain this.

If you

- just give me one last chance... - We've already

explored every possible avenue to contain this on our end.

This is the only option.

Darn!

Due to my personal issues, I've caused the party, its members,

(Breaking news: "Candidate Bang Tae Seop...")

And all of those who have supported my campaign,

Great disappointment and turmoil.

For that, I offer my sincerest apologies.

The responsibility for all of this

lies with me and my personal issues alone.

(Breaking news: "Candidate Bang Tae Seop...")

(The Chu Sang Ah scandal and Hwang Jung Won)

For crying out loud! Will you just get out of here?

You're going to Chu Sang Ah's? How do you know her?

- The public has a right to know. - For goodness' sake.

- Gosh. I said, get out of here! - Careful!

- Unbelievable. - Just one comment, please.

Hey, you.