The Lies Within (Everyone's Lie / Modooui Geojitmal / 모두의 거짓말)

THIS DRAMA IS A WORK OF FICTION. ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES,

ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIONS, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS

SEOUL POLICE AGENCY

Lieutenant Jo Tae-sik.

Why did you dig into a case from the past

without even receiving any approval from your superiors?

I thought the case was relevant to the case we're currently investigating.

How is it relevant?

How does the disappearance of JQ Group’s heir

have anything to do

with the suicide of a reporter?

I’d really like to know what made you carry out

such a reckless investigation.

Who made that judgment?

It's not like one person made that judgment on his or her own.

We all investigated the case together. It wasn't just one person.

Fine, let's just say I did it.

As I was investigating the case on Jeong Sang-hun,

I found out that his eye went to the newspaper agency.

And you're telling me that among all those employees,

you just happened to investigate Choe Su-hyeon?

Do you think that makes sense?

Why doesn't it make sense?

As we were going through Jeong Sang-hun's case,

we figured it had something to do with Choe Su-hyeon's case.

-That's why Tae-sik-- -That means he gave you

the orders.

-What? -You secretly

carried out an autopsy by forging the captain's approval

because Lieutenant Jo asked you to. Am I correct?

Why do you keep concluding it like that?

You're really making me feel flustered.

You know what? I get that you're trying to protect him.

But you need to tell me the truth.

Why can't you give me an answer?

Let me ask you one more time.

Do you admit that you illegally logged in with Detective Yu's user ID

and forged an official document?

Do you admit it or not?

Yes, I admit it.

You don't seem like you mean that.

I have to say, you must feel really upset about all this.

I heard you got transferred to this team against your will.

Look at what you're going through because of your superior.

He completely ruined your career.

But,

there is a way out of this.

You're pretty close

with Lieutenant Jo, right?

You worked together for quite a while.

Yes.

My gosh, it says here that you worked with him for ten years.

Is that a problem?

I'm not sure.

That depends on

what you decide to tell me.

Captain Yu.

You were totally unaware of what your teammates were doing

behind your back, right?

Yes, that's correct. Captain Yu knew nothing about this.

Jin-gyeong and Ho-gyu were also just following my orders.

They had no say or control over what they were doing.

Well,

that's what we already thought.

Lieutenant Jo, you know this is a serious issue, right?

Forging an official document is a criminal case.

The disciplinary committee will take this very seriously.

BOTTOMLESS PIT

INTERROGATION ROOM

KIM SEO-HUI

She called me so many times.

Why aren't you answering your phone?

I'll be on my way. See you at the police station.

I have something to tell you.

I guess she would've come and left.

KIM SEO-HUI

Hey, where are you?

What?

What happened?

-It's not a big deal. -What are you talking about?

I heard your car got destroyed.

Did you see the vehicle or the driver?

No.

What's wrong?

Are you looking for something?

Where did it go?

I'm sure I put it here.

What is it?

Seo-hui.

The flash drive.

What?

Didn't I tell you

not to hurt Seo-hui?

I went to the library and found the book that Choe Su-hyeon had hidden.

I took it home and opened it

and found a flash drive inside.

It seemed like she hid it there so no one could find it.

So I opened the file.

"Gu Jin-ju..."

-But my laptop suddenly froze. -What? What's going on?

I got really scared and wanted to see you.

So I took the flash drive and came out of my house.

And on my way to see you, I got into an accident.

I don't think the accident happened by coincidence.

The laptop suddenly froze, and I suddenly got into an accident.

None of that feels like a coincidence.

I think the culprit wanted to take the flash drive

after having found out that I had it.

What was in the flash drive?

I barely got to see the first page.

GO YEON-U, GU JIN-JU, GI HAN-YEONG, KIM YUN-JU

It looked like a list for something.

"A list"?

Choe Su-hyeon had left a copy of the file inside this flash drive.

Do you still think I shouldn't have done anything?

How are you going to deal with this?

I know you're very competent.

But we shouldn't let our guard down.

It seems like you're going easy on her because she's your friend.

But that might get you in trouble.

You should've just finished her.

Why did you spare her life?

It's because you know that we still need Seo-hui.

Isn't that why you didn't hurt her enough

to kill her?

IN DONG-GU

Mr. In.

From now on,

don't you dare

make a move without my consent.

You don't want to cause trouble before the bill gets passed.

I'm not as patient as the chairman.

It looked like a list of names.

There were people's names and addresses.

The file was named "List," but it didn't say what kind of list.

"Go..."

Okay, that's enough.

You should get some rest. You might remember it out of the blue.

Oh, I almost forgot.

I'll have someone investigate the hit-and-run case.

Who?

Why aren't you going to investigate it?

I should look into it as well.

Get some rest.

I, Lieutenant Jo Tae-sik, am here

to receive my penalty from the disciplinary committee.

We will now begin the meeting regarding Lieutenant Jo Tae-sik

who is suspected of having forged an official document.

Lieutenant Jo Tae-sik.

Do you admit that you've forcefully proceeded with investigating a case

without having reported it to your superiors?

Yes, I do.

You've neglected the hierarchical system of the police force

and forged an official document.

That is a violation of Article 227 of the Criminal Law

which could put you in jail for a maximum of seven years.

Therefore, the disciplinary committee has decided to demote you

and give you a suspension of six months.

Director In stepped up and did what he had to do.

He did the right thing by getting rid of Jo Tae-sik.

But he still shouldn't

have hurt Seo-hui.

Sir. I'm worried how Director In keeps crossing the line.

It will end up backfiring on us for sure.

He does tend to cross the line at times.

That also worries me.

But,

it's not like Seo-hui died.

I care about her

like my own child.

And we also need her

for next year's general election.

Dae-yong.

You fool.

I'm sorry.

You know what I mean, right?

Here's our next news.

Today, the police announced that they'll be

replacing the team that was in charge of investigating the disappearance

of JQ’s CEO, Jeong Sang-hun, with a whole new team.

According to an insider, they say it was an inevitable choice

due to the reckless investigation method carried out by the person

-They're replacing the team? -who was initially in charge

and that it won’t cause any troubles regarding the investigation.

JEONG SANG-HUN'S DISAPPEARANCE

JEONG SANG-HUN'S DISAPPEARANCE

How am I going to find you now?

PLEASE TURN OFF THE LIGHTS

I guess this is really the end.

I kind of liked this place.

I guess this is our last meal in Songju.

I was really annoyed when I first got dispatched to Songju.

I had no idea how I was going to live in the countryside.

What? You loved it here. It was as if this was your hometown.

Now that I got used to this place, I'm being sent back.

They really do everything as they please.

To be really honest,

I'm a little disappointed in Captain Yu.

They totally got rid of our team,

but he just stood there and watched.