[Sarah] Detective Park,
I'm Kim Mi-jeong.
I impersonated Sarah Kim.
And I murdered her, so I could take her place.
I'm sorry, come again?
[Sarah] My name
is Kim Mi-jeong.
Did she say her name was Kim Mi-jeong and not Sarah Kim?
Wait, but she's Sarah Kim. What the hell?
For sure she is.
I've been impersonating Sarah Kim the whole time, Detective.
It was in order to receive official recognition
through an investigative organization.
I disfigured Sarah Kim's face and then left her for dead.
So Sarah would die as me,
and I would then be free to live in her place.
[stirring music playing]
I confess to all my wrongdoings,
and I also willingly accept due punishment.
I do not feel remorse.
And for that, I am sorry.
You're doing this for Boudoir?
She's trying to exploit the fact that we can't tell the victim from her.
'Cause, if Sarah Kim becomes the innocent murder victim,
Boudoir's fraud case will be closed due to lack of prosecutorial authority.
[sighs]
The issue is proving who she is, not proving the murder.
How is it that you're making a choice
to sacrifice it all just to save one thing?
[button beeps]
[Mu-gyeong sighs]
Anyone connected to the case could take one look at you
and know that you're not her.
If you wanted to be Kim Mi-jeong, you should've destroyed your face
before coming here!
What? Couldn't bear to do it?
Then why would you do it to the victim?
[Sarah] Detective.
There are some people in this world who are better off dead.
And Sarah Kim was that kind of person.
That's how those people felt
and how I felt too.
Nobody would want Sarah Kim to still be alive.
[music intensifies]
You've set things in motion, I see.
I merely pass on the news of her death.
I just need to make one call.
[phone buzzes]
-Hello? -[music fades]
Hello?
[music resumes]
Why did you call?
[Sarah] With the death of Sarah Kim,
Boudoir's management rights will be transferred
to the top shareholder, which is Nox.
[phone clatters on cradle]
[music fades]
[Mu-gyeong sighs]
That doesn't change anything.
You are Sarah Kim.
You murdered Kim Mi-jeong.
But you can't prove it.
You had surgery and donated a kidney.
Fortunately, the hospital in question
kept a tissue sample, and we're testing it.
Our investigators are probably already at the hospital.
Ah, I'll get to the hospital.
One hour left now.
If the call comes by then, I win.
And if it doesn't, you do.
[mysterious music playing]
INTERROGATION IN PROGRESS
[exhales sharply]
[door opens]
[door closes]
You know, Detective…
I did confess,
although I didn't even tell you guys the full story just yet.
I haven't told you how I committed the murder,
nor how I disposed of her body that night.
I know you wanna hear that story.
I'd happily tell you now.
So tell them to stop with the fruitless poking around
and just come back.
No, thanks. I already know all there is to know about the case.
All speculative and circumstantial.
Sure, but what if it's all plausible?
Shall I let you in on it?
That day,
it was snowing very heavily.
[clock ticking]
[electronic music playing in distance]
[Mu-gyeong] That day marked the celebration
of Boudoir's new collection,
but it was also the day of Boudoir's downfall.
Because all the people who despised you were in attendance.
[indistinct chattering]
Sarah.
Have you already started without me?
I didn't think you'd actually come.
We should finish our discussion.
[Mu-gyeong] Jung Yeo-jin stated that she met and spoke with you
as the second part of the event was starting.
That was really just the prelude to what was coming.
Because misfortunes tend to come all at once.
[mysterious music continues]
[Mu-gyeong] Choi Chae-u arrived at the Boudoir party at around 10:40.
In her statement, she said she had attended alone
without secretarial staff, but that wasn't the truth.
She had someone accompanying her.
-Go find Sarah Kim. -Okay.
[Mu-gyeong] I wonder why she hid that fact from me.
[music fades]
Choi Chae-u stated that she was not at all aware
of your relationship with Kang Ji-hwon.
But in fact, she knew all about it.
[tapping on glass]
I'd like you to meet someone.
[Sarah] I'm coming.
Okay.
You just couldn't wait that short while and had to create a whole mess of things.
I'll reimburse the investment funds by tomorrow,
so just go back to where you came from.
Don't think stupid thoughts.
I'm capable of paying people off too.
I just met a really awesome person.
-[chuckles] -Who is it?
They're an Oxford graduate who manages private equity funds now.
Big surprise.
They say they studied the exact same thing as you
and graduated the same year.
[both chuckle]
Oh, I wasn't the most diligent of students,
so they probably don't know me.
They remember you though.
They do?
Yeah.
I think they said you were always special or something like that?
[chuckles]
I just have so much to deal with right now,
so introduce me later.
It'll be real quick though.
Go on.
Get reunited, girl! [laughs]
Go, go.
[lighter clicks]
[Sarah scoffs]
[Sarah] Since when did you start calling yourself an Oxford graduate?
When did you start?
[Sarah] Start what?
Start hustling me.
I went to Sinwol-dong and saw everything.
Fuck the scheming. Just answer me.
How much do you know?
God damn it!
No way. This isn't right. You should be denying everything, Sarah!
So how much do you know?
You know something?
I was ready to kill for you. Do you realize that?
Because of you, I even sold my body to a goddamn woman
who's older than my mom, and now you're using that to threaten me?
[sighs]
[Sarah] Seriously?
Why is everyone doing this to me today?
You should be saying it's not true.
Would you even believe me if I did?
If I weren't a socialite or a businesswoman,
would you have given me a second glance?
If I weren't Kim Eun-jae or Sarah Kim,
would you have stolen my car keys?
Are you saying I'm the reason you're like this?
Is that what you're trying to say to me?
[Sarah scoffs]
I'm saying…
if you weren't a materialistic person,
would I have even deceived you?
So the one who made you like this?
That's all you.
What'll it take for you to stop?
-Would you stop if I expose what you did? -Can you even expose anything?
If Choi Chae-u finds out, you're done.
If you just leave like this, you're gonna regret it.
I wouldn't have started this whole thing if that were true.
Everyone believes we're just strangers anyway.
So you don't have a clue about anything.
[electronic music playing faintly]
Choi Chae-U, when did you arrive?
Right now.
I would've come to greet you if I knew you were coming.
Oh, is that so?
Did you really believe that I wouldn't catch on, Sarah?
Kang Ji-hwon filled me in.
He said that you were both actually in cahoots
and were plotting to ruin me.
I only met him a few times
because I was hoping to learn more about you.
It's true that I overstepped to secure more favorable contract terms.
I'm sorry.
Why would you apologize?
I'm not the one who was betrayed. You are.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Chae-u] Kang Ji-hwon may be on my side now,
but you're still gonna pay the price for planting a mole on my team.
A 30% commission.
This is Samwol's final offer.
If I could ruminate on it?
Please, Chae-U.
The party's conclusion. You have till then.
[Mu-gyeong] When Choi Chae-u found out about your relationship with Kang Ji-hwon,
she pushed forward with the contract as a form of personal revenge.
It's likely she didn't want anyone anywhere to find out about it.
She probably would have found acknowledging her defeat
more humiliating than the damage inflicted on her store.
So, then?
Isn't this a lot more convincing
than Choi Chae-u's statement?
Well, I wouldn't know.
[Mu-gyeong] Ah, I see you don't remember.
[Hyo-eun] Your cheap bags suck shit!
Fuck your stupid brand!
Get fucked!
Oh shit!
[guard] Hey! Who the hell are you?
[music intensifies]
Uh, excuse me, but we ask that you please wait inside.
HOPE YOU CRASH AND BURN
And please enter in an orderly fashion.
We'd appreciate it if you could wait upstairs.
[Mu-gyeong] "Who would've done something like this?"
No way you could've known who it was.
There would've been too many faces flashing through your head.
[suspenseful music continues]
♪ Live in the blur between fake and real Like stealing a star ♪
♪ Never bow down I move with the haze when shadows chase… ♪
-[woman 1] Hello. -[woman 2] Oh, hello.
[Mu-gyeong] And at long last,
you would've been faced with the person you wanted to see the least.
[indistinct chattering]
[softly] Pathetic.
[grunts in disgust]
This bitch.
♪ Like smoke in the glass ♪
♪ Some of it’s real But I keep it masked ♪
♪ Let the moment pass ♪
♪ Smile like I… ♪
[music continues muffled]
[Sarah] So?
What happened next?
You would have no way of knowing.
I'm the only one who knows what happened in there.
[Mu-gyeong] No.
There was someone else in that room.
The victim, Kim Mi-jeong.
The autopsy was her final testimony.
And she had a weapon.
[tense music playing]
Probably a tool that was familiar to her.
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[tense music continues]
[breathing heavily]
[Mu-gyeong] The victim was the one who had planned the murder,
but you were just as filled with murderous intent.
Even while smashing down countless times, you didn't hesitate at all.
Look directly at it.
Look at what you did to her.
[tense music continues]
[panting]
[faucet water running]
[Mu-gyeong] And then you immediately concocted a plan
to hide the body.
The plan was something that you never could have executed alone.
You needed someone who'd take care of everything from behind the scenes.
You already knew through prior experiences that Choi Chae-u was,
shall we say, perfectly capable of making something that occurred
into something that didn't.
Your answer?
I'll sign the contract.
I knew that you would, so we've already started construction.
Having vacant stores in the luxury goods department
is problematic, so move in quickly.
I think I might move in today, in fact.
[man 1] Hey, come over here.
Why aren't you coming?
[man 2] Lift it up.
-Take these too, please. -[man 3] We're all done.
[items clattering]
[man 1 grunts]
Are these also going to the Boudoir flagship store, ma'am?
Or somewhere else?
-Those have to go to Samwol. -[man 1] Ah, yes, ma'am.
[Mu-gyeong] You even had a location where the body wouldn't be found.
[melancholy music playing]
Once you were inside the Samwol Department Store,
there wouldn't have been any issues
because it was a place you knew inside and out, like your own home.
[music fades]
[machinery whirring]
[Sarah grunts]
[grunting, straining]
[grunts]
[Mu-gyeong] You thought you had pulled off the perfect crime.
[Sarah grunting]
[mysterious music playing]
[Mu-gyeong] But at the time,
the victim was still alive.
[woman on PA] Hello.
Welcome.
To all customers who have visited the Samwol Department Store today,
please be sure…
-[distant clatter] -[moans]
[strained breathing]
[groaning]
[Mu-gyeong] Following the light,
she crawled through the filthy sewer.
Hundreds of fingerprints belonging to the victim were found on the walls.
That's evidence that the victim made an effort to survive until the very end.
[labored breathing]
[car horns honking]
[siren wailing]
[Mu-gyeong] But by the time she was discovered,
it was already too late.
You knew the victim was still alive at the time.
But even so--
[phone buzzing]
HYEON JAE-HYEON, VIOLENT CRIMES TEAM 1
[phone buzzing]
After the results come out,
there's no going back.
[buzzing continues]
Do you wanna lose all chances of a reduced sentence?
Give up already.
[Sarah sighs]
How can I give up more than I already have?
I've come too far now.
[buzzing continues]
[Mu-gyeong scoffs]
So how'd it go?
I'm pretty sure she intervened. The tissue sample has disappeared.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Mu-gyeong] Who would do that?
[disconnect tone]
[sighs]
It looks like I've won.
Your inferences were logical.
I'm afraid it's just not the truth.
It's difficult to accept and also lacks plausibility.
This may be a hard pill to swallow,
but what I'm about to say is what actually happened that night.
[music fades]
[Sarah] Are you insane?
How did you even get in here?
Am I not allowed here?
Others here may not realize the truth, but I know you do.
Boudoir…
I created it with my own hands.
This was all my doing.
You don't even know what I've sacrificed to come all this way.
What the hell are you pretending you've done?
Shut yourself in here until the party clears out.
Any further and I swear…
When you said I reminded you of someone you know,
you were talking about you, huh?
[intriguing music playing]
'Course you were.
So then why are you pretending to be so high and mighty?
[blade rasps]
What do you plan to do with that thing?
You gonna kill me or something?
You will become me.
And I will now become you.
The fact that I'm Kim Mi-jeong
is something no one else knows but you.
Do me a favor and stop talking.
There are tons of cameras in here.
The security camera lights haven't been on.
Haven't you noticed?
I sent all the factory workers back to their hometowns too.
It was quite the effort cleaning that place
to get rid of all the fingerprints.
[scoffs]
There's hundreds of people right outside that know who I am, Mi-jeong.
Out of all the people in there,
is there even one person who truly knows you?
I mean, is there even a single person
who would come looking for you if you disappeared?
At the end of the day, a fake is still a fake.
If you can't tell it apart from the real thing,
how can you call it fake?
[music swells]
[dramatic music playing]
[both grunting]
[Mi-jeong] Sarah Kim.
The reason I'm trying to live as you
isn't because I'm a fake.
It's only possible because you are a fake.
[grunts]
[both scream]
[panting]
How dare you run your mouth. You don't know me at all.
[Sarah] I hadn't intended to kill her from the beginning.
If Sarah Kim had uttered even one word of apology…
things wouldn't have turned out like this.
But a simple "I'm sorry"?
She absolutely refused to say those words.
[mysterious music playing]
[blood squelches]
[breathing shakily]
[elevator bell dings]
[whimpers]
Please help me. There's a person over there.
Help. Please help. There's a person over there that's--
[gasps]
Kim Eun-jae.
[breathing shakily]
Eun-jae.
[mystical ringing]
[music intensifies]
[whimpers]
You've got the wrong person, sir.
[elevator doors close]
[breathing shakily]
If you can't tell it apart from the real thing,
how can you call it fake?
[blood squelches]
[grunts]
[Sarah] Sarah Kim didn't know how to stop.
That is the reason Sarah Kim died.
-[microphone feedback] -[detectives groan]
Do you actually believe that you can become Kim Mi-jeong?
[Sarah] I believe in you.
Because you won't let me be released just like that.
I have confessed to everything as Kim Mi-jeong.
As Sarah Kim, I'll retract all confessions made
and refute everything.
It's your decision now, Detective.
What do you plan to do? It's not just your ass on the line.
We're all affected by this.
-So what's the plan? -[detective sighs]
[detective] Her confession aligns with all the details of the investigation.
She just admitted to everything, including the motive and act of murder.
Even if parts were distorted, it doesn't mean it was false.
Well, whoever that is in there, she is the culprit, right?
-[detective] Mm. -That woman is not Kim Mi-jeong.
We could release her, but once we verify her identity
and request a new warrant…
How can you verify the identity of someone without an identity?
Jesus Christ.
[door opens, closes]
It's six o'clock already.
[pensive music playing]
[Sarah] It's your decision now, Detective.
Whether you release me as innocent…
or lock me up right now as Kim Mi-jeong.
REQUEST FOR WARRANT NAME
[music fades]
NAME
KIM MI-JEONG
You don't have anything else?
[tense music playing]
[Jae-hyeon] Let's go.
-[reporter 1] They're coming out! -[reporter 2] Is that her?
SEOUL METROPOLITAN POLICE AGENCY REGIONAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
[reporter 3] Please, just say a few words.
[reporter 4] Was any part of the investigation coercive?
Please just give us a statement.
[reporters clamoring]
[judge] Considering the meticulous planning of the murder
prior to the incident
and the intentional abandonment of the victim
in what was a clearly life-threatening situation,
the defendant must be punished according to the severity of her crimes.
Considering these factors, along with other relevant sentencing conditions,
the sentence is determined as stated in the ruling.
The defendant, Kim Mi-jeong, is sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.
[tense music continues]
[indistinct chattering]
[music intensifies]
"Senior Inspector Park Mu-gyeong, in recognition of your service,
we present this commendation to set an example for the Korean police."
"Presented on August 5th, 2024, by Kim Ki-chul,
Commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency."
[applause continues]
Salute.
[music fades]
[phone buzzes]
[footsteps approaching]
Hey, boss.
Ah, I should be calling you chief now.
Heard you were asked to be in a local patrol.
Oh, wow, you heard?
-I meant to bring it up, and… -Hey.
I'm doing everything I can to try and stay here,
so why are you going there?
I thought it'd be fun, that's all.
[chuckles]
Hmm.
Go on.
Yes, sir.
-[sighs] -[door opens]
[door closes]
Fun? Really?
[scoffs]
[woman] Dogs tend to be sensitive,
so it's important to have a good hold before grooming gently.
[whispering indistinctly]
[guard] 2389.
Visitor.
I thought you said no one would ever visit her.
[door closes]
[Mu-gyeong] 2389.
So how's life in here?
You came here to ask me that?
No.
I came to tell you about what happened.
[pensive music playing]
[Mu-gyeong] Sarah Kim's funeral was conducted
as a case with no known next of kin.
DECEASED JANE DOE
And Boudoir
is just as successful as ever.
Without me there?
Yes.
That's a relief.
So how does it feel
to have conned the whole world?
You received a promotion for capturing me, and I was able to save Boudoir.
Kim Mi-jeong became Sarah Kim, like she wanted.
We have no victims, so how is this a con?
[scoffs]
And so
are you satisfied now?
The only satisfying thing in this world
is the actual word "satisfaction."
I have just one final question for you.
It's probably the easiest question to answer in the world.
The answer is also singular and simple.
Who are you?
[music fades]
THE ART OF SARAH
[stirring music playing]
[music fades]