Strangers Again (Can We Be Strangers? / Can I Be Someone Else? / Nami Doel Su Isseulkka? / 남이 될 수 있을까?)

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[Locales, organizations, characters, agencies, and incidents in this drama are not real. This is a work of fiction.]

Why are you not answering me?

Hey, don't you need to answer Kim Ga Eun over there?

Why does she keep doing this? It's not like she's going to hire me.

Hello. Yes, Ga Eun.

Sorry?

What did you say?

Arrested by the police?

Wait, why...

You stabbed that man with a knife?

Hello? Kim Ga Eun?

What did you do to Oh Dae Hwan? You stabbed him?

Oh Dae Hwan?

No, the one I stabbed is my kid's father...

Kim Eui Cheol...

Who are you, by the way?

Please let me talk to Attorney Oh.

One moment, please.

She wants to talk to you.

Why does my dad's name come out there?

Whose name? Wh-What are you talking about?

No, you heard wrong.

Yes, Ga Eun...

Well, I'll go to the station, so just say you'll wait for your lawyer.

And say you'll remain silent until then.

Yes.

What are you doing? Get up.

Come with me.

We'll talk on the way.

I just heard shocking news from my ex-husband, whom I had divorced more than two years ago,

that my father has had another family over a long period of time.

On top of that...

I even have a half-sister, apparently.

And now, I'm on my way to the police station

to defend a scary woman who tried to stab

and kill a cowardly man,

who's just too much like my father.

Could this be a twist of fate, perhaps?

It's probably my ex-husband's joke, right?

This guy was always pulling jokes.

You're joking, right?

I mean, does that even make sense?

Your joke went too far.

Tell me you're joking.

It's red light, red light!

No, wait, wait.

Wait-

After scheming with my ex-father-in-law and my ex-mother-in-law...

to fool my ex-wife...

I'm tasting the moment of going to hell.

Please be careful next time.

Okay. I'm sorry. I'll watch out. Please take care.

- What do you want to do? - About what?

Kim Ga Eun is a matter, too, but shouldn't you go to your dad right now?

Father-in-law's situation seemed pretty bad as well.

"Father-in-Law?"

It's funny how you call him father-in-law after doing this to me.

Whether it's Ahjussi or Father-in-law-

What do I do then? Kim Ga Eun is probably waiting for me right now.

Just tell her you can't come because something came up.

So irresponsibly?

Then you think I should go?

You're telling me to go?

Just go there for now and...

look into what happened.

Geez.

Okay, get in the passenger seat.

You can't drive right now.

I'll go to the police station after dropping you off.

So get in.

The tteokbokki will be so delicious.

Let's hurry up and go.

I don't know. I just can't reach him lately.

Even if he's preparing for graduation...

- He must be studying. - No, he isn't.

You know how he's not that bright.

I'm a little brighter because I take after you?

Hey, did you hear about Professor Oh Dae Hwan?

Yes. It's so daebak, isn't it?

He's seriously insane.

Isn't he even ashamed?

Seriously, how embarrassing.

I explained so you can understand, but...

you just had to go and shame me like this?

Just wait and see! I'll sue you for defamation!

Ha Ra, you...

Oh, wh-what brings you h-here?

Defamation?

Are you going to sue someone, Dad?

O-Oh, oh...

N-No, it's n-nothing.

M-More than that, wh-what brings you here without a call?

What do you mean it's nothing? It was something.

The rumor is all over the school that my dad is the scum of the earth.

That's nothing to you?

You don't plan to ask me to take that litigation, do you?

I'm sorry, but find another lawyer since I don't think I can.

I need to help my mom with her divorce lawsuit, so I'll be busy.

H-Ha Ra...

[Oh Ha Ra: I might not make it. Please take care of things with Kim Ga Eun. I'm sorry, Attorney Goo.]

Attorney Oh just told me she might not make it.

But she said she'll come.

She can't come because of a personal matter.

What about me, then?

I trusted her and waited for Attorney Oh because she said she'd come.

Are there any other lawyers you know?

You don't, huh.

I came for now since I work at the same law firm, but...

I don't think I should take this case and proceed with it.

I'll introduce you to other lawyers who specialize in criminal law.

Oh, this guy is okay.

Oh, and this guy...

is capable but also affordable.

He opened his office recently.

Please get me Attorney Oh.

I...

I can't do without Attorney Oh.

I told you she can't because of a personal matter.

How bad is her personal matter? Is it more urgent than mine?

Of course, it is. If it wasn't urgent...

she would've come.

In that case...

let me talk to her on the phone. I'll try talking to her.

Do you have to have Attorney Oh take this case?

Yes...

I think I'll be relieved only if...

Attorney Oh takes the case.

Instead of Attorney Oh,

what will you do if a skilled lawyer with a 100% winning rate on

criminal cases said he'll take your case?

Who would that be?

Please cut it out.

You won two out of two cases by luck.

Won 100% of cases?

What a blatant lie.

How is that a lie?

It isn't false, is it?

I got it. Did you already sign the contract?

Yes, right here.

By the way, why are you into criminal law all of a sudden?

Well, I just thought...

I should try at least one attempted murder case as a lawyer.

Bullshit. You're watching American dramas lately, aren't you?

Aigoo...

He's not entirely wrong.

A lawyer in an American drama I watched said this yesterday.

"Where blood, money, and affair exist...

that is the place a true lawyer belongs."

That's what I'm talking about.

Attempted murder, huh?

- Sounds like it'll be interesting. - Right?

CEO Seo...

do you want to do a joint defense with me on this?

Pow, pow, pow!

Pow, pow, pow, pow!

Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh.

Bring me the file.

Okay.

Like this...

She stabbed him once and froze.

Then someone just arrived at the elevator, and...

started screaming like this, so...

she ran away because she was startled.

- She ran away? - Yes.

The evidence, the witness, and the black boxes were all there at the scene anyway,

She should've turned herself in instead of running.

You can't understand, can you?

She was arrested not too far from the scene?

Yes.

She couldn't deny it because of the victim's blood on her clothes.

The guy was taken to the hospital, but since the wound wasn't deep,

it doesn't seem life-threatening.

Yes.

What the heck? This is anti-climatic.

Hey, it's not even a question of pleading guilty or not.

It's either attempted murder or assault with a deadly weapon.

But we'll claim there was no murderous intent.

In that case, it's a first offense...

the criminal motivation will be taken into account.

After showing enough signs of remorse and...

convince the victim to settle on an agreement...

it'll be anywhere from a mere probation

to three or four years, at most.

You get the picture just from reading the statement.

Gosh, how disappointing.

- I'm not doing it. - Huh?

Should there have been more of it?

- Of what? - Blood.

Gosh...

I'm not doing it. Get out.

How ridiculous.

Aigoo.

What are you doing? Pack your clothes.

Just for the time being.

I'm not getting a divorce. I told you over the phone.

Why won't you get a divorce?

Are you crazy?

You want to live under the same roof as that brute?

There's a limit to how nice you can be.