Idol I

I haven't seen him lately.

- Yes, thank you so much. - Yes.

What do we do?

If we don't find him before the investigation, we're screwed.

He has been off the grid for days.

He didn't just run off somewhere, right?

Hello, Mr. Do La-ik?

Police station speaking.

Sorry, what?

POLICE STATION

Are you his guardian?

I am his lawyer.

He refused to give his address

and yelled that he had nowhere to go.

Please take him home.

Let's just drop him home.

If we leave him nearby, he'll go in on his own.

They said he refuses to go home.

After all that, how could he return there?

It's his problem!

So you're taking him to your place?

There are plenty of motels or saunas around.

I'll take him somewhere…

If it's too much, hand him over. I'll carry him.

Forget it, no way you can carry this lump.

We are almost here, and you say that now.

Is he really an idol? Why is he so heavy?

What kind of torture is this?

This is not right. Let me just take him to my place.

How could he stay at your place?

You have wiretaps and all sorts of shady stuff there.

Come out, hurry.

- Still he is a guy, you are not… - Just go.

Fine, I'm going.

You don't even offer me a glass of water.

Is that the only reason?

What is with that disrespectful stare?

I just thought

it's the perfect excuse to unpack all those sticky personal feelings.

That's not an excuse.

If we dump him anywhere and he vanishes, we're done.

Seriously, aren't you scared at all?

Scared of what?

What?

You mean La-ik might be a killer?

Yes. Honestly, you don't know yet.

Aren't you scared?

I'm scared.

Right, so then...

Of course, I thought

what if he really did it.

What if all the support I poured into him helped turn him into a monster.

That is what really scares me.

But that's a different matter.

Right now, I'm his lawyer.

So I must protect my client to the end.

EP03 BECAUSE I CAN'T STOP FOR DEATH

I can't believe

La-ik is lying in my house,

in my room, on my bed.

Don't go.

Don't go.

Please don't go.

What?

Are you awake?

That is a relief. I thought you might not wake up.

What am I even saying? Get a grip, stay calm.

Nice to see you again.

Mr. Do La-ik,

welcome to my home.

Do you not remember?

The police called me last night about you.

You…

The police called me yesterday.

They said you were found drunk in a park.

I didn't know your door code,

and it felt wrong to drop you at some random motel.

So I brought you here first.

Wait a second!

Wait a second!

It's a summons from the prosecutors.

If you refuse again, they may request a warrant, and you might be detained.

You can go if you want, but you still need to take my calls.

If you vanish again, it will drag me down…

Where are you going?

Attorney Maeng!

You're letting him go just like that?

The direct cause of death

is massive blood loss from this stab wound to the chest.

There are no defensive wounds.

When he was attacked, the victim was totally unguarded.

So either he never sensed the attacker

or the attacker was someone he trusted.

I knew it.

I keep telling you it was someone he knew.

But here is the odd part.

The blade went cleanly between the fourth and fifth ribs,

piercing the heart.

That means one single strike caused a fatal wound.

Didn't you say his blood alcohol level was high at the time of his arrest?

Plus, he had anti-anxiety meds and sedatives in him.

How could someone in that state land such a precise attack?

Well, maybe he just swung here and it slid in.

It could sort of happen.

In general, it is very hard

to carry out something this exact, while completely drunk.

You're right.

You said the autopsy would give us something.

Yet we have nothing solid.

The suspect interview is coming up and we have no card to play.

I'm sure that lunatic did it though.

You said no weapon was found at the scene and Kang Woo-seong's phone is missing too.

If no one else went in or out, where did all that go?

None of this adds up.

We are widening the CCTV range and the time window right now.

It rained that day, so the footage is hard to secure,

but we will get something soon...

You know that in a case

where the suspect denies, evidence is everything, right?

Of course.

So bring me proof that ties him to the crime.

- Then we will force a confession. - Yes.

Execute Do La-ik!

- Execute him! - Execute him!

Bring Kang Woo-seong back to life!

- Bring him back! - Bring him back!

Execute Do La-ik!

- Execute him! - Execute him!

Bring Kang Woo-seong back to life!

It's like that every day.

Until recently, I was busy pulling off fans

who kept saying they loved La-ik.

Hello, I am Jang Han-go, La-ik's manager. We talked on the phone.

I'm Attorney Maeng representing Do La-ik.

Yes.

Please have a seat.

Jang Han-go,

he's been with Gold Boys from the start,

and fans know him for his bad reputation.

Out!

It must have been rough.

I heard you found the scene first that night.

Well, yes.

I still can't believe it.

There was someone else there too, right?

The housekeeper at Do La-ik's place.

Mrs. Cheongju?

I heard she is the only one with a key card to his place.

I'm wondering if she has ever lost it.

I don't think so, she's very thorough.

She has been working at La-ik's place

for nearly ten years and nothing like that has ever happened.

That's why he trusts her.

He's right. She's well-known among the fans too.

La-ik always mentioned her whenever he thanked people.

You can come in.

Sir, this is Attorney Maeng Se-na.

Hello.

Hello.

Geum Bo-sang, CEO of Goldie Entertainment.

He squeezed every last drop out of our boys with no days off,

and this is how luxuriously he lives.

And the second the scandal hit, he hurried to review the contract.

What a heartless bastard.

No, it's just a rumor.

We did review terminating our contract with La-ik,

but never carried it out.

Nothing has been proven yet.

But I saw a press release

saying you were canceling your exclusive contract with him.

Calming the shareholders had to come first.

We needed to show

the company was responding quickly to the incident, that's all it was.

The night it happened, you two were together right?

Yes.

We had to settle accounts after the concert.

Did anything else happen that day?

Anything like Do La-ik and Kang Woo-seong fighting or something…

No. They have never fought. Not once.

I even spoke with Woo-seong briefly that night,

and he sounded totally normal.

Around what time did you two talk?

I don't know.

What time was it? Let me check.

Yes.

You're here. Have a seat.

It's Jae-hee and Young-bin.

They're in Gold Boys with La-ik and Woo-seong.

This is Choi Jae-hee and Lee Young-bin.

No one knows those two better than they do.

So I called them in.

I am Attorney Maeng Se-na from Cheon-un Law Firm.

I am representing Do La-ik in this case.

Thank you for your time. I already had some questions.

To understand what happened,

we need a clear picture of before and after.

I heard you all met at La-ik's concert the day before the incident.

Could you tell me more about what happened then?

There was nothing special.

But I heard all the members were set to guest at his concert,