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00:00Armed troops descend upon a snow-covered, deserted apartment complex
00:04as strange, distorted creatures snarl at the heavens.
00:07From the ruins of this structure, a lone human figure emerges.
00:10Blood-smeared and stumbling through the snow, a helicopter above tracks his every step
00:15as soldiers on the bridge get ready to fire.
00:17Despite numerous shots to his chest, he casually brushes them off and keeps moving.
00:22We then rewind a month to a world transformed, verdant greens envelop the landscape,
00:26and distant crickets chirp.
00:28Our main character, Cha Hyun-Soo, arrives in the town.
00:31He lives alone and appears withdrawn, keeping a distance from the maintenance man mowing the lawn.
00:36Inside his darkened apartment, he sits in solitude as curtains flutter and police sirens wail outside.
00:42Wrestling with thoughts of ending his life, Hyun-Soo eventually climbs to the rooftop and peers over the edge.
00:48He's interrupted by a girl across the building, Lee Eun-Yoo, practicing ballet moves.
00:52She steps in chewing gum and, after questioning Hyun-Soo about his actions,
00:56advises him against ending his life, noting it would cause significant trouble for everyone else in the building.
01:02Downstairs, the security guard is reprimanded by his superior for setting up a bed in the office.
01:07He receives a food package, claiming the fish inside is for a resident.
01:10As he opens the container, his nose begins to bleed profusely, and he clutches it in pain.
01:15After tending to his wound, he greets Hyun-Soo, who returns to his apartment,
01:19but not before handing him a beer as a peace offering.
01:22Something seems off about this man, and Hyun-Soo senses it, peeking through the peephole to see what he's up to.
01:27Meanwhile, Ji-Soo sits in her room, smoking before heading out to work.
01:31With a bass guitar slung on her back, she waits for the elevator and encounters another resident,
01:36a peculiar woman pushing an empty pram.
01:38Ji-Soo soon discovers that the woman is dealing with grief as Jung Jae-Hoon introduces himself in the hallway.
01:43A Korean language teacher with strong religious beliefs, Jae-Hoon is one of the building's more intriguing residents.
01:49Other residents include the shady Pyeon Sang-Wook,
01:51who smokes in his room while torturing someone bound in tape on the floor.
01:55Sang-Wook extinguishes his cigarette in the man's mouth as he struggles to breathe.
01:59Hyun-Soo learns he's been chosen to test an upcoming game remake,
02:02and is instructed to go to G Tower on August 25th.
02:05Coincidentally, that's the date marked in his calendar.
02:08That evening, Hyun-Soo heads out to collect his package,
02:10but finds a trail of blood and ramyeon noodles leading to a woman crying for help.
02:15Disconcerned, Hyun-Soo retreats to his room, but eventually interacts with his neighbor at the door.
02:19She insists her cat is missing and begs him to open up.
02:22When he asks to see her arms, she becomes hysterical and flees, with blood streaming from her nose.
02:27As Hyun-Soo steps outside, he discovers the girl is gone.
02:30He collapses in front of Sang-Wook, who was outside Ji-Soo's door, and manages to bend the metal.
02:35Ji-Soo, unsure of what else to do, grabs a baseball bat.
02:38With a security guard absent, doors locked, and a killer on the loose,
02:42the residents converge in the main atrium to devise a plan.
02:45They eventually break into the manager's office,
02:47where firefighter Yi-Kyung tries to call emergency services, but finds them overwhelmed.
02:52With phone lines down and emergency lights unintentionally turned on,
02:55they inadvertently open the main gates.
02:57This proves disastrous, as they encounter a bizarre creature outside.
03:02With its mouth wide open and a twisting tentacle smashing through the glass,
03:06it evokes memories of Resident Evil's monsters as it goes on a rampage.
03:10Eun-Hyuk seizes a fire extinguisher and takes charge,
03:13directing everyone to close the shutters and fend off the creature.
03:16It's a tense moment as Ji-Kyung pushes the creature back just in time.
03:20As the residents regroup, they realize the outside world has been overrun by these creatures.
03:25When one of the creatures growls,
03:27the residents inside the apartment complex understand that their world has irrevocably changed.
03:32Back in his room, Hyun-Soo starts bleeding heavily from his nose.
03:36We begin Episode 2 with a look at 19-year-old Hyun-Soo back at home,
03:40with scars up his arm seemingly hinting at self-harming.
03:43He continues to play video games and disregards his mother's pleas to head out for a family trip.
03:48His behavior is clearly dividing the family,
03:50but as they argue in the car, his father starts bleeding profusely from the nose
03:54and passes out, subsequently crashing the car.
03:56As the only one of his family to survive, Hyun-Soo is given 30 million won,
04:00but berates the trivial amount of money he's left with.
04:03This catches us up to the present as Sang-Wook is attacked on the stairwell
04:06by the deranged girl from before.
04:08After biting a chunk out of his back, he beats the girl down,
04:11leaving her in a bloody mess.
04:13Meanwhile, Soo-Eun helps Ji-Kyung move the corpse from the hallway
04:16and eventually sends a picture of him to his family.
04:19Down in the basement, however, Ji-Soo finds a security guard laughing and calling out for manager Han.
04:24As blood gushes down his face,
04:26she instinctively smacks the man before Yoon-Hyuk saves her from her ordeal.
04:30In the midst of all this chaos, the residents all receive an emergency message
04:34confirming what's happening outside.
04:36As they check the news, they realize that this disease is nationwide
04:40and right now they're in damage control mode.
04:42The creature on the stairs stands back up again,
04:44twisting and contorting as it begins ascending the stairs toward the other residents.
04:49In the main atrium, the group gathers to try to figure out what to do
04:53and contemplate whether they should all reconvene on the 7th floor or not.
04:57Fighting inevitably breaks out as everyone begins disagreeing over the best course of action.
05:02The arrival of Sang-Wook soon changes the dynamic of the room.
05:05Given he's been bitten, the other residents cower away from him
05:09before he's eventually tasered and knocked out on the ground.
05:12Eight hours later, Yoon-Soo struggles to keep his nose from bleeding.
05:15He heads online and sees numerous people talking about this disease
05:18and how they're calling it a curse.
05:20No one seems to know where it originated from and given the rate it's spreading,
05:24it seems unlikely they'll find a solution that won't result in many people dying.
05:28Unfortunately, the internet connection is severed
05:30and goes down before he can get a chance to research further.
05:33Yoon-Soo accidentally lets the creature into his room,
05:35which looks more like an overgrown gremlin now.
05:38It seems to have heightened hearing and is missing half its head.
05:41It's a tense affair, to say the least,
05:43as it stumbles around the room while Yoon-Soo holds his nerve long enough
05:47to see this creature eventually stumble away.
05:49With Sang-Wook tied up and held behind shutters,
05:52Sang-Won turns to Suk-Hyun for answers,
05:54given he's their makeshift leader now.
05:56Armed with a knife and a gas mask,
05:58he heads in intending to stab Sang-Wook but hesitates.
06:01It's a long enough pause for Sang-Wook to headbutt Suk-Hyun square in the face.
06:05Meanwhile, Jae-Hoon and Ji-Soo find the beaten man in the elevator.
06:08The former obviously knows he's the captive of Sang-Wook
06:11but for now decides against saying anything.
06:14Armed with a hammer, he joins them on the hunt.
06:16Elsewhere, the rest of the group contemplates
06:18whether to leave and head for the daycare center
06:20or stay there for the time being.
06:22Although the director, Jin-Ok, is against the idea,
06:25Yoon-Hyuk coolly shuts down her argument and eventually walks away.
06:29Up in one of the rooms, a resident hangs himself,
06:31which brings back bad memories for Ji-Soo,
06:33who remembers seeing a face from her past doing the exact same thing.
06:37Whoever it was, they left a post-it note
06:39telling her that the guitar is hers now.
06:41Hyun-Soo makes a bold decision to help out a resident in the apartment block below.
06:45A giant eyeball attached to a tentacle
06:47heads up the building and wraps around, squeezing him tightly.
06:50This happens to give his neighbor Do-Sik enough time to sever the eyeball
06:54and save Hyun-Soo's life before it's too late.
06:57Together, they decide to team up and save the kids.
06:59Knowing that his phone can attract the monsters,
07:02he prepares to head out and meets Do-Sik at his apartment.
07:05It turns out he's in a wheelchair
07:07and has a pretty nifty set of tools to use too.
07:09However, he warns Hyun-Soo about taking the monsters face-to-face
07:13and encourages him to play more tactically.
07:15This plays out in the form of a bouncy ball
07:17used as a distraction for the half-headed gremlin creature.
07:20Hyun-Soo manages to sneak up behind the creature
07:23and electrocute it with his makeshift spear.
07:25Suk-Hyun, meanwhile, makes his way into the convenience store
07:28where Yi-Kyung happens to be too.
07:29The food inside this store is literally all they have left
07:32and both Yi Yi-Kyung and Yoon Hyuk are well aware of that.
07:35In fact, both of them start to work out exactly how to ration the food
07:38and make it last if they're going to be stuck in there for a while.
07:41Suk-Hyun, though, is not willing to share anything.
07:44Meanwhile, Hyun-Soo charges down the hallway
07:46and manages to make it to the two kids
07:48as they realize their father has passed away.
07:50Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worse
07:53when Hyun-Soo's condition worsens
07:55and he begins bleeding profusely from the nose again.
07:57Only this time his eyes are blackened.
07:59Episode 3 starts with a repeat of the family trip from before
08:03but this time Hyun-Soo is in the car
08:05telling his parents they should die.
08:07All of this is a bad dream, of course,
08:09and as the shadow version of himself
08:11stares back menacingly in a mirror,
08:13Hyun-Soo awakens with a start.
08:15However, he still has darkened eyes.
08:17This is only made worse by another monster
08:19showing up at the apartment,
08:21smashing the walls to bits and trying to get to the kids.
08:23Ji-Soo and Jae-Hoon overhear the commotion
08:26and arrive behind Hyun-Soo to try and take down the behemoth.
08:29Together they drag Hyun-Soo to safety
08:31but notice his darkened eyes, which suddenly fade.
08:34He asks them both for help as blood stains his mouth.
08:37Unfortunately, the blind gremlin monster from before returns
08:40but the two kids manage to make it to safety
08:42before it reaches them.
08:44Both monsters start attacking one another
08:46and with them distracted, the kids hurry up to room 1408.
08:49Unfortunately, they're not alone
08:51as the giant beast chases after them,
08:54stalking ever closer.
08:56However, an unlikely ally comes in the form of Myung-Sook
08:59who shows up with her empty pram.
09:01She quickly receives a swift punch to the face for her troubles.
09:04With Myung-Sook on the ground,
09:06a sweet moment of acceptance washes over her
09:08as she sees her smiling baby on the floor next to her.
09:11As she smiles weakly,
09:12this monster smashes a fist down into her body.
09:15The group works together
09:16and manages to distract the monster long enough
09:19to make it to Doo-Sik's apartment.
09:21A seemingly recovered Myung-Sook makes it too
09:23and also recovers from the same dark-eyed infection Hyun-Soo had.
09:27Ye-Hoon leads the large monster to the window
09:30where it lunges at him and falls out to its doom.
09:32Presumably anyway, Sang-Wook patches his shoulder
09:35as he checks the news and sees a broadcast
09:37about the current monster outbreak.
09:39Bleeding from the mouth,
09:40the president tries to keep order
09:42but when he stumbles over and begins incoherently rambling,
09:45gunshots end the broadcast.
09:47Of course, this just causes more chaos.
09:49That chaos manifests itself in Suk-Hyun
09:52locking himself inside the convenience store
09:54and refusing to let anyone else in.
09:56Well, the resident from room 802,
09:59the one beaten down by Sang-Wook,
10:01shows up with a suitcase packed full of food.
10:03He distributes it to everyone
10:04but bloodstaining the lining raises alarm bells
10:07for some of those he hands food to.
10:09In room 1408,
10:10the team has a brief respite
10:12and reflects on their time together
10:13wondering exactly what they'll do next.
10:15Eventually, Hyun-Soo admits that he's infected
10:17and makes a pact with Ji-Soo
10:19that if either of them turns,
10:20they'll kill the other.
10:21They all survive the night
10:22as Eun-Hyeok gets on the tannoy in the morning
10:24and tells them to head up to the first floor
10:26where it's safe.
10:27Only Jin-Ok sees her daughter running for the apartment block
10:30which sends all the residents into a frenzy
10:32over what to do by the front doors.
10:34Soo-Wong rushes outside
10:36but unfortunately,
10:37a whipping tentacle protrudes and impales
10:39both him and Jin-Ok's daughter
10:41draining their life force
10:42as they're left in a bloody heap in the group.
10:44With two people dead
10:45and the residents in turmoil,
10:47episode 4 begins with a grieving Jin-Ok
10:49blaming Eun-Hyeok for what's happened.
10:51He's clearly stunned too
10:52and struggles to keep the residents under control.
10:55Meanwhile, Ji-Soo and Jae-Hoon head out in the morning
10:57armed with a makeshift shield
10:59made from a cupboard door to protect them.
11:01Just before they leave,
11:02Hyun-Soo decides to join them
11:03as the two kids thank him for rescuing them.
11:06The date is August 18th
11:07and it's officially day 4 of confinement.
11:09The various residents all begin working together
11:12to bring makeshift boards and barricades
11:14for the doorways downstairs.
11:15Ji-Kyung has a close encounter
11:17with a creature in the vents
11:18reminiscent of the liquor in Resident Evil.
11:21She manages to free herself
11:22from its monstrous tentacle
11:24but finds herself stuck
11:25and away from her phone as Sang-Won calls.
11:27She does make it back to Eun-Hyeok
11:29but berates him
11:30for knowing there was a monster lurking around.
11:32As she staggers away, air raid sirens wail
11:35as we hear more about what's happening around Korea.
11:37A news report confirms
11:39that the military will be in charge
11:40of all security and civil affairs from here on out.
11:43They're not quite sure
11:44how this infection has been spreading
11:46but they do know some key details.
11:48These creatures have excellent regenerative capabilities
11:50but the soldiers confirm
11:52there's a moment dubbed Golden Hour
11:53where these creatures can be killed
11:55by incinerating them.
11:56Right now, this seems to be the only solution
11:58to stopping their threat.
11:59Survive!
12:00Good luck!
12:01The soldier remarks before the broadcast ends.
12:03Hyun-Soo continues to have disturbing dreams
12:06before awakening in Eun-Hyeok's room.
12:08Eun-Hyeok's there too
12:09and he warns Hyun-Soo
12:10that things are going to be tough from here on out.
12:12That difficulty is compounded
12:13when he heads out to the main atrium
12:15where the rest of the residents are.
12:16Suk-Hyun wants to expel Hyun-Soo
12:19seeing him as a threat to their survival
12:21but they all eventually decide to vote on his fate.
12:23It goes right down to the wire
12:25until the final vote is declared invalid.
12:27And just like that, Suk-Hyun gets infected
12:30and begins bleeding profusely from the nose.
12:32When he wakes up,
12:33he finds himself in isolation with Hyun-Soo.
12:36Ji-Kyung, meanwhile, suffers from an upset stomach.
12:39While she tries to make sense of what's been happening,
12:41Ji-Soo comforts Jin-Ok
12:43who mourns the death of her daughter.
12:44Ji-Soo heads into the bathroom
12:46and notices a baseball bat resting against the wall.
12:48This triggers memories of the past
12:50as we see that the boy lending her a helping hand
12:52is also the owner of the guitar.
12:54Back in the present,
12:55Sang-Wook goes on the hunt
12:57and finds the room 802 resident he was torturing before.
13:01Sang-Wook beats him down until the boy escapes
13:03convincing the others to keep him locked up for now.
13:06This places him in the same room as Hyun-Soo and Suk-Hyun.
13:09He confronts Hyun-Soo
13:10and asks him how he can transform into a monster like him
13:13as Hyun-Soo begins to show signs of concern himself.
13:16Up in the apartments,
13:17Doo-Sik opens the bathroom door
13:19but finds a massive sack
13:20that seems to be holding a child inside.
13:22With his gun in hand,
13:23he remains shocked by what he's seen
13:25and deliberates over his next move.
13:27The fifth episode begins with Eun-Hyuk
13:29calling for Hyun-Soo
13:30and taking him out of isolation.
13:32It turns out that he's going to be doing
13:34all the dangerous work from now on
13:36and that includes finding Doo-Sik
13:37and saving him from his predicament.
13:39As we cut back to Doo-Sik,
13:41he deliberates with the bathroom,
13:42a task made more difficult
13:44when he remembers Myung-Suk's story about her daughter.
13:46Eventually, he decides to shut the door
13:48and stay put for now.
13:49Eun-Hyuk eventually backs up Sang-Woon
13:51as he remains determined to head back
13:53into the main area of the apartment building.
13:55Opening the locked door,
13:56Hyun-Soo holds back
13:57while Sang-Wook goes on ahead.
13:59Eun-Hyuk's words weigh heavily on him,
14:01especially as he tells Hyun-Soo to rescue Doo-Sik
14:03and that the kids are secondary.
14:05It's pretty cold
14:06but something that he collaborates with Yoon-Yoo over,
14:08telling her that Hyun-Soo
14:09may be their strongest weapon
14:11to use in this coming fight.
14:12It also turns out
14:13that the votes from before
14:15were completely legit
14:16and not at all staged
14:17like he initially intended to do.
14:19As they talk,
14:20Eun-Suk mentions
14:21the Kru Kru blog he saw online,
14:23specifically a post about how
14:25this isn't really a disease
14:27but actually a curse.
14:28Upstairs, Sang-Wook and Hyun-Soo
14:30work together to navigate through the burning rooms
14:32as a lightning-quick monster
14:34with a pulsing orange heart arrives
14:36and begins chasing them.
14:37Thankfully, our two new characters
14:39are on hand and enter the fray.
14:41A crossbow-wielding girl called Yuri
14:43and her elderly patient.
14:44Sang-Wook heads up to room 802
14:46and begins sifting through
14:48Sung-Jae's belongings.
14:49Using the keys he swiped in the last episode,
14:51Sang-Wook sees numerous pictures
14:53of different kids beaten
14:54and pictures of them up on the wall,
14:56a disgusting, twisted trophy cabinet.
14:58Now it becomes apparent
15:00exactly why this man was beaten
15:01as badly as he was.
15:02Hyun-Soo, Ji-Soo, and the old man
15:04make it to the apartment holding Doo-Sik.
15:06Inside, Hyun-Sook sees the sack
15:08in the bathroom for himself
15:09and contemplates what to do next.
15:11Meanwhile, Sang-Wook heads down to the basement
15:14but is blindsided by Sung-Jae
15:16who bashes him over the head
15:17with a hammer several times.
15:18Eventually, Sung-Jae gets his just desserts
15:21as Sang-Wook beats this man down to a pulp.
15:23Dragging his lifeless body to the front,
15:25he lifts up the shutters,
15:26drops the hammer,
15:27and proceeds to drag Sung-Jae outside.
15:30He closes the shutters
15:31but Yoon-Hyuk is there
15:33holding them back up to keep him in.
15:35In this courageous act,
15:36Sang-Wook drags both Min-Joo and Soo-Wong inside.
15:39There, the pair are given a proper burial
15:41as the residents join together
15:43and pay their respects.
15:44On the back of this,
15:45Yi-Kyung decides to deal with her demons
15:47alone.
15:48As she heads out,
15:49the rest of the residents
15:50contemplate what it means to be human
15:52and whether this curse
15:53is just the next step in evolution.
15:55Episode 6 begins with a flashback
15:57to Sang-Wook's past,
15:58specifically the moments he was hired
16:00to deal with Sung-Jae.
16:01Although he initially refused,
16:03a photograph of a young girl
16:04and an impassioned, grief-stricken father
16:06were enough to sway his decision.
16:08In the present,
16:09Sang-Wook wakes up with a start,
16:11holding Yuri by the neck.
16:12He soon lets go
16:13but it's clear the team is divided
16:15on whether he should remain
16:16in the apartment block.
16:17Jin-Ok expresses her gratitude,
16:19giving him a necklace as thanks.
16:21Sang-Wook's final act
16:22to rid himself of Sung-Jae's memory
16:24involves burying his keys in the dirt
16:26next to the two graves.
16:27Stricken with guilt
16:28for being paid to find the girl,
16:30Sang-Wook even asks Jae-Hoon
16:31to pray on his behalf.
16:33As most of the residents
16:34start building traps,
16:35Yi-Kyung heads off alone.
16:37We flashback to June 2020
16:39where she is seen working
16:40and flirting with chief physician,
16:42Sang-Won, who is her fiancé.
16:44Another flashback to July that same year
16:46shows Yi-Kyung begging to re-enter a fire
16:48to search for victims.
16:49Denied, she resigns,
16:51handing in her badge.
16:52In the present,
16:53Yi-Kyung races off on her bike
16:55while Yoon-Hyuk and Jae-Hoon sit and chat.
16:57Jae-Hoon reveals he was once an alcoholic
17:00but turned to religion,
17:01which helped him through dark times
17:02and more challenges lie ahead.
17:04The residents establish
17:05three survival rules.
17:07Moving in pairs,
17:08checking temperatures every night at 8pm
17:10and using Hyun-Soo for errands.
17:12Do-Sik is unhappy with how Hyun-Soo
17:14is being exploited as a weapon.
17:16Suk-Hyun starts transforming into a monster,
17:18his hair growing down to the floor.
17:20He shuffles forward,
17:21asking his wife, Sun-Young,
17:23to kill him.
17:24She complies,
17:25attacking him with an iron pipe
17:27releasing years of pent-up rage
17:29and abuse in a bloody act of revenge.
17:31Yi-Kyung reaches Sang-Won's office
17:33only to discover
17:34that the Cru-Cru blog belongs to him.
17:36He has been documenting the curse
17:38but before she can delve further,
17:40soldiers arrive,
17:41capturing her and taking her away.
17:43Back at the apartment,
17:44Hyun-Soo continues to battle the demons within.
17:47When he wakes,
17:48Yoon-Yoo is watching over him,
17:49noticing the scars on his arms.
17:51She helps him patch up
17:52and leaves him with plasters
17:54to finish the job himself.
17:55Yoon-Hyuk speaks to Hyun-Soo
17:57about the monster situation,
17:58trying to figure out
17:59how long it takes
18:00to fully turn into a monster.
18:02Based on the Cru-Cru post,
18:03it appears to be 15 days.
18:05Meanwhile,
18:06Yi-Kyung is suspended from the ceiling
18:08by soldiers who question her
18:09about what she read.
18:11She tries to negotiate,
18:12promising to show them someone
18:14resisting the transformation into a monster.
18:17Back in the apartment,
18:18Hyun-Soo is losing his fight
18:19against the infection,
18:20transforming into a strange,
18:22oozing cocoon
18:23while hanging from the ceiling.
18:24The residents manage to knock him down
18:26but their troubles are far from over.
18:28The lightning-fast,
18:29glowing creature from earlier
18:31escapes the traps
18:32and attacks the group in the basement.
18:34The liquor-like creature
18:35from previous episodes
18:36makes a return,
18:37chasing one of the kids
18:38through the hallways.
18:39Doo-Sik arrives,
18:40ready to fire with his weapon.
18:42Episode 7 wastes absolutely no time
18:44as we kick off
18:45right where we left off.
18:46Two exciting action set pieces ensue,
18:48one featuring the group
18:49in the parking lot
18:50and another with Doo-Sik upstairs.
18:52Downstairs,
18:53the group bundle into a car
18:54and take off
18:55as numerous creatures surround them.
18:57Jae-Hoon and Ji-Soo work together
18:58while Yoon-Hyuk drives.
19:00Gil-Seob and his flamethrower
19:01are enough to thwart the threat though
19:03as the place ignites
19:04into a fiery tomb
19:05of screaming monsters.
19:06Upstairs,
19:07Yoon-Yoo rallies the troops
19:08and tells them
19:09they need to work together
19:10and use traps
19:11to try and thwart the threat.
19:13While they do,
19:14Doo-Sik does his best
19:15to hold off the creature
19:16on top of him
19:17which sees a sharp tentacle
19:18impale his leg
19:19for his troubles.
19:20With a flaming Molotov in hand,
19:22the group burns the creature
19:23long enough
19:24for Doo-Sik to crawl away to safety
19:26and Hyun-Soo
19:27to jump in
19:28and electrocute the creature
19:29with his spear.
19:30After saving their lives,
19:31the group are a bit more appreciative
19:32of Hyun-Soo,
19:33apologizing for locking him up initially.
19:36Meanwhile,
19:37Yuri speaks to Sang-Wook
19:38who eventually swallows his pride
19:40and allows her to tend to his wounds.
19:42He's in a really bad way too,
19:43especially when he lifts his shirt
19:45to show the crimson mess of blood
19:47and green tape.
19:48Afterward,
19:49the group all sit down to eat
19:50but tellingly,
19:51Hyun-Soo and Sang-Wook
19:52take themselves away
19:53from the main rabble of residents.
19:55Gil-Seob joins them,
19:56though.
19:57He shows off the scar
19:58across his stomach
19:59and tries to find
20:00common ground with the duo.
20:01It seems to do the trick
20:02as the pair sit cross-legged and eat.
20:04With the water tank contaminated,
20:06the group realize
20:07they've got some serious problems.
20:09Down in the basement,
20:10Yoon-Hyuk and Do-Seek
20:12examine the damage to their car
20:13and try to concoct a plan
20:15to venture outside
20:16and grab resources
20:17before it's too late.
20:18Unfortunately,
20:19panic and fear consume Seung-Hwan
20:21as he begins maniacally screaming
20:23and despairing about their situation.
20:25Thankfully,
20:26Gil-Seob manages to talk
20:27some sense into him
20:28followed by a swift punch
20:29from Sang-Wook too.
20:31While all this is going on,
20:32Ji-Kyung is cut loose
20:33from her ordeal by the soldiers.
20:35She's told that those
20:36who survived the monster infection
20:38are known as
20:39Special Infectees.
20:40Back in the apartment complex,
20:42the group band together
20:43and put their plan into action.
20:45It's the proverbial calm
20:46before the storm though
20:47as all our residents
20:48prepare to head outside.
20:50Ji-Soo plays her guitar
20:51while Hyun-Soo listens.
20:53Jae-Hun drinks soju
20:54while Sang-Wook apologizes
20:56to Seung-Hwan for hitting him.
20:58Unfortunately,
20:59Ji-Soo takes a turn for the worse
21:00not long after
21:01and collapses.
21:02It turns out
21:03that she has appendicitis.
21:05She needs surgery
21:06and with very little
21:07in the way of sterile equipment
21:08or a doctor on scene,
21:09things look bleak.
21:10Yuri volunteers to help though
21:12as the group prepares for surgery.
21:14Outside the room,
21:15Yoon-Hyuk warns Hyun-Soo
21:16that if things go sideways
21:18then he's to head off
21:19and get the resources they need.
21:21The group is essentially
21:22now split into two
21:23with most of the residents
21:24hanging back
21:25to try and save Ji-Soo.
21:27As Hyun-Soo bundles
21:28in the reinforced car,
21:29he remembers key moments
21:30from his past.
21:31A childhood
21:32full of bullying
21:33and regret.
21:34Despite the bullying stopping
21:35when his father got involved,
21:37his old friend blamed him
21:38for his woes
21:39which is why Hyun-Soo
21:40took a Stanley knife
21:41to his wrist.
21:42He was racked with guilt
21:43and believed he had
21:44nothing to live for.
21:45In the present,
21:46Hyun-Soo readies himself
21:47to face the outside world
21:49but a giant creature
21:50slams into the side of the car
21:52and knocks it over.
21:53Realizing their plan is a bust,
21:55Episode 8 begins
21:56with Hyun-Soo awakening
21:58to find the towering behemoth
21:59back and angrier than ever.
22:01Gil-Seob does his best
22:02to help,
22:03throwing a Molotov
22:04at the creature
22:05until he begins
22:06bleeding from the nose.
22:07This creature towers
22:08over them both
22:09as Gil-Seob looks set
22:10to meet a grizzly end.
22:11Thankfully he survives
22:12courtesy of Ji-Kyung
22:13ramming it with a fire truck.
22:15That's not the end of it though
22:16as the creature tries
22:17to tip the truck over
22:18and crush her.
22:19Sang-Wook does his best
22:20to free Yuri from the car
22:21while Ji-Kyung serves
22:22as the distraction
22:23needed to save the others
22:24to scramble to safety.
22:26With the creature
22:27suffering serious burns,
22:28Ji-Kyung rams it repeatedly
22:30with the fire engine
22:31and manages to save the day.
22:33Back inside,
22:34Jae-Hun keeps watch
22:35while Yoon-Hyuk
22:36completes his surgery
22:37and leaves her fate
22:38up to Ji-Soo herself.
22:39With the threat outside gone,
22:41the team head back in
22:42as Ji-Kyung's fire truck
22:43supplies crucial fresh water
22:45for the group.
22:46Gil-Seob berates Yuri
22:47for heading out
22:48although thanks to Ji-Kyung
22:49she now has an inhaler.
22:51Jae-Hun meanwhile
22:52slips back into old habits
22:53and continues to drink.
22:54Sang-Wook knows
22:55all about demons though
22:56and sits opposite to him
22:57convincing Jae-Hun
22:58not to give up hope.
22:59When Hyun-Soo awakens,
23:00Ji-Kyung confronts him
23:01and asks exactly
23:02when his first symptoms occurred.
23:04He tells her
23:05he just wanted to live.
23:06It's certainly ironic
23:07given what he's been through
23:08and his desire
23:09to voluntarily leave
23:10his life in the past.
23:11Eventually,
23:12Ji-Kyung admits
23:13she ran into soldiers
23:14and told them about Hyun-Soo too,
23:15hence the questions.
23:16Afterwards,
23:17she has a shower
23:18where guilt threatens
23:19to consume her.
23:20The soldiers promise
23:21to let her go
23:22and reveal more about Sang-Won
23:23in exchange for bringing
23:24Hyun-Soo to them.
23:25After giving her
23:26a tracker to hone in
23:27on their location,
23:28they allow her to leave
23:29given Hyun-Soo
23:30may be the key
23:31to their survival.
23:32When Sun-Young reveals
23:33that she's infected,
23:34the group unanimously votes
23:35to keep her inside.
23:36There's a sense of comradeship
23:37between these survivors now,
23:39but the residents
23:40do put her in isolation
23:41just to be on the safe side.
23:43With Sun-Young gone for now,
23:44the rest of the residents
23:45tell each other scary stories.
23:47Unfortunately,
23:48a runaway soldier
23:49shows up in the apartment block
23:50and begins convulsing
23:51and coughing up blood.
23:53Away from the drama though,
23:54Hyun-Soo talks openly
23:55to In-Yu,
23:56who admits
23:57she's given up ballet
23:58and teaches him
23:59how to do her hand gesture
24:00from before.
24:01This small act of kindness
24:02is enough for Hyun-Soo
24:03to begin cutting his hair.
24:05It's a symbolic gesture,
24:06one signifying him
24:07cutting away
24:08all the pain and grief
24:09he's felt over the years.
24:10Ji-Soo awakens
24:11from surgery,
24:12safe and sound,
24:13which is one positive
24:14to come from this situation.
24:15However,
24:16the group has a bigger fish to fry.
24:18The soldier wakes up
24:19and we learn
24:20he is called Joo-Sung.
24:21He's clearly in shock
24:22and as his radio
24:23crackles into life,
24:24he begins growing
24:25more and more erratic.
24:26Realizing that their SOS message
24:28may not be such a good idea,
24:30Sang-Wook and Hyun-Soo
24:31head up and cut it loose.
24:33On their way back down,
24:34they see the security guard
24:35in the elevator
24:36heading down
24:37with a weapon in hand.
24:38Hyun-Soo charges down too
24:39and tries to stop him
24:40as flies swarm
24:41all around his face.
24:42Thankfully,
24:43Jae-Hun is there
24:44to stop him
24:45as the two square off.
24:46Unfortunately,
24:47Jae-Hun loses his arm
24:48in the ensuing skirmish.
24:49With the blade
24:50of his sword severed too,
24:51Jae-Hun stumbles forward
24:53and grabs a security guard,
24:54stabbing him in the chest
24:56and holding him back
24:57from the others.
24:58Sacrificing himself,
24:59he grabs the guard
25:00and keeps it at bay
25:01in the lift,
25:02asking the others
25:03to throw the fire in.
25:04Eventually,
25:05Eun-Hyuk does just that
25:06as Jae-Hun dies in the fire.
25:07The ninth episode begins
25:09with Ji-Soo grappling
25:10with grief over Jae-Hun's death.
25:12His last words to her,
25:13expressing his feelings,
25:14weigh heavily on her.
25:16Yoon-Yoo tries to lift her spirits
25:17by bringing chocolates
25:18and offering encouragement.
25:20Ji-Soo's struggle
25:21highlights her vulnerability.
25:22And Yoon-Yoo's support
25:23becomes crucial
25:24in helping her move forward.
25:26As Ji-Soo begins
25:27to recover physically,
25:28Sun-Young counts down
25:29the remaining days
25:30until her infection worsens,
25:32indicating just how dire
25:33the situation is.
25:34Gil-Soo proposes finding
25:36an underground bunker,
25:37suggesting a possible escape
25:39from their current predicament.
25:40However, time passes
25:41and Ji-Kyung remains hesitant
25:43about using her tracker,
25:44which could lead them
25:45to safety or further danger.
25:47A truck crashes
25:48into the apartment complex,
25:49releasing armed men
25:51who begin hunting the residents.
25:53Gil-Sub is taken
25:54but manages to protect the kids
25:56by hiding them in the vents.
25:58The remaining residents
25:59are captured and imprisoned
26:00with a chilling reminder
26:01of the consequences
26:02for disobedience
26:03when Ji-Yoon is shot.
26:05Yoon-Sub,
26:06the leader of the invaders,
26:07reveals his twisted perspective
26:08on humanity.
26:09His recounting
26:10of finding a church
26:11full of bodies
26:12underscores his belief
26:13that humans are the real monsters.
26:15His cruel actions
26:16reinforce his malevolent nature
26:18and set the stage
26:19for a confrontation.
26:20Ji-Kyung and Sang-Wook
26:21take a stand
26:22against the soldiers,
26:23managing to kill a few
26:24and arm themselves.
26:25They orchestrate
26:26a daring escape
26:27with the residents
26:28fighting back
26:29against their captors.
26:30Hyun-Soo leads a charge
26:31but faces a critical moment
26:32when Yong-Sub
26:33holds Yoon-Hyuk at gunpoint.
26:35Sun-Young's unexpected return
26:36leads to a shocking twist
26:38as she stabs Hyun-Soo
26:39and is subsequently
26:40engulfed in flames.
26:41Hyun-Soo is then
26:42taken away in a lift,
26:43leaving the remaining residents
26:45to fend for themselves.
26:46Ji-Kyung's quick thinking
26:48helps free the others
26:49from captivity.
26:50Hyun-Soo finds himself
26:51on the rooftop
26:52only to be shot again
26:53by Yong-Sub.
26:54The true leader
26:55of the criminals emerges,
26:56revealing Yong-Sub
26:57as merely a pawn.
26:59This new antagonist,
27:00the Wolf,
27:01offers a deal to Hyun-Soo
27:02as a military helicopter
27:03flies overhead,
27:04signaling the possibility
27:05of external help.
27:07The episode ends
27:08with Hyun-Soo preparing
27:09to rejoin the rest
27:10of the residents
27:11as the lift descends,
27:12setting up a new phase
27:13of survival and conflict.
27:14The emergence
27:15of the true leader
27:16introduces a fresh dynamic
27:17to the ongoing struggle.
27:18The season finale
27:19kicks off with Hyun-Soo
27:20arriving with a hooded figure
27:21from the elevator.
27:22The standoff is tense,
27:23but Hyun-Soo's declaration
27:24that the criminal
27:25is the same as him
27:26helps diffuse
27:27immediate threats.
27:28Hyun-Soo inspects
27:29Sun-Young's body
27:30and reflects on
27:31the circumstances
27:32leading to her death,
27:33revealing that he
27:34fired the fatal shot.
27:35The conversation reveals
27:36a dire military plan
27:37known as Operation Golden Hour.
27:39If the military
27:40deems hope lost,
27:41they are authorized
27:42to eliminate everyone,
27:43both humans and monsters,
27:44on site.
27:46This grim strategy
27:47underscores the urgency
27:48and desperation
27:49of their situation.
27:50Eun-Hyeok and Yoon-Yeo-Ao
27:51grapple with whether
27:52to use the military leaflet
27:53to betray Hyun-Soo
27:54for their own survival.
27:55Eun-Hyeok suspects
27:56it's a trap
27:57and tries unsuccessfully
27:58to warn Hyun-Soo.
27:59Meanwhile,
28:00Yi-Kyung shows Eun-Hyeok
28:01the tracker
28:02she has been hesitating
28:03to use.
28:04Sang-Wook rushes
28:05Yuri to safety,
28:06but the hooded figure's
28:07escape attempt
28:08leads to chaos.
28:09A barrage of bullets
28:10and a convoy
28:11of soldiers
28:12rushes in
28:13to help Eun-Hyeok
28:14escape.
28:15The barrage of bullets
28:16and a confrontation
28:17with Byung-Il ensue,
28:18with Ji-Kyung's efforts
28:19to fight back
28:20proving only partially effective.
28:22Hyun-Soo,
28:23overwhelmed by the infection,
28:24transforms and battles
28:25the intruders.
28:26Do-Sik sacrifices himself
28:28to help Hyun-Soo
28:29regain control,
28:30leading to a poignant
28:31and emotional moment
28:32of reconciliation
28:33between them.
28:34With Do-Sik's death,
28:35Hyun-Soo's memories
28:36seem to fade,
28:37introducing the amnesia trope.
28:39The emotional impact
28:40is profound,
28:41especially as Ji-Soo
28:42and Sang-Wook
28:43face their own fates.
28:44Hyun-Soo's final act
28:45of kindness,
28:46bringing a gift
28:47to the children,
28:48is a touching moment.
28:49Yuri discovers Gil-Sob
28:50has passed away,
28:51adding to the sense of loss.
28:52As the snow
28:53turns into a blizzard,
28:54the army surrounds
28:55the apartment complex,
28:56intensifying the
28:57residents' struggle.
28:58Hyun-Soo chooses
28:59to head outside
29:00despite the group's
29:01attempts to keep him in.
29:02Eun-Hyeok makes
29:03a heroic sacrifice
29:04to help his sister
29:05and Hyun-Soo,
29:06a final act of defiance
29:07that underscores
29:08his commitment to family.
29:09In the underground bunker,
29:10the group faces
29:11new challenges
29:12as grenades are set off
29:13and the military
29:14begins firing.
29:15Bom leads the group
29:16to safety through the vents
29:17and they emerge
29:18into a changed world.
29:19The survivors
29:20face a new threat.
29:21The soldiers are poised
29:22to take them
29:23to a survival camp.
29:24Ji-Kyung remains behind
29:25to ensure the others' safety,
29:27leaving them
29:28with a message to survive.
29:29As the episode concludes,
29:30a battered Hyun-Soo
29:31awakens in a truck,
29:32facing a figure
29:33who appears to be
29:34Sang-Wook driving.
29:35The ambiguity
29:36of whether it is
29:37truly Sang-Wook
29:38or someone else
29:39adds a layer
29:40of suspense and intrigue.

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