The Legend of the Blue Sea (푸른 바다의 전설)

AUGUST, 1598 HEUPGOK-HYUN, GANGWON-DO

Hurry!

Hold tight!

No, please!

EPISODE 1

What is all this?

What's this?

Just pick it up quickly.

Yes!

Oh, my!

Wow! It's a full harvest! A year of abundance, right?

I've never seen anything like this.

This is exciting.

-Hurry and put it in the basket. -Yes.

What is this?

Come quickly.

Is it a human or a fish?

Move away!

Where's the mermaid?

This way.

It's a real mermaid.

Here, here...

-Be careful, sir! -You startled me!

What?

They say that If you touch a mermaid,

the mermaid will take your soul and erase your memory.

What nonsense are you talking about?

I heard...

that is how mermaids defend themselves from humans.

I also heard there are some seamen

who went crazy from touching mermaids.

Well, that doesn't matter.

I'm not touching the mermaid with my hands

but with my sword.

Did she understand?

Anyway, I plan on giving you people a big treat today.

Thank you!

Seong, are the feast preparations going well?

Yes, sir.

When is the newly appointed town leader arriving?

Sir, many town leaders have come and gone,

but we've never seen someone with such great features.

-Is that so? -Yes.

Ever since I studied at Sungkyunkwan, I'm not sure about the academics,

but I've never lost first place in looks.

"Head and shoulders above the rest," or "high and lofty," shall I say.

Bullshit.

It's a pity that such a great person became a widower so early in life.

You must be melting the hearts of all the ladies in the village.

That's right.

Sir...

did you happen to hear about the mermaid?

-Mermaid? -Yes.

The seamen say that when mermaids step on land, they gain human legs.

There was even one who married a human.

Those are just folktales.

There are rumors about mermaids, but no one has ever seen one.

How is it different from a ghost story that scares people?

Is that so?

Today is a happy day where a new town leader has come.

I am thinking of showing everyone a very rare sight.

Sir...

it's a real mermaid.

Not the kind of mermaid we hear about in folktales,

but a real mermaid that I caught myself.

So...

what do you plan to do with the mermaid?

At the tomb of Qin Shi Huang,

there's supposed to be an eternal flame.

Do you know what its secret is? Mermaid oil.

They say the oil extracted from a mermaid is of incredible quality.

Even whale oil, which is considered the best,

does not compare to it.

It doesn't get stale, even if you leave it for a long time.

So its priceless.

Since I do my duties and live with compassion,

this kind of fortune comes.

To someone like you who does his duties and lives with compassion...

I'm very sorry to say this, but...

What are you saying?

I privately checked before coming here.

Checked what?

Well, you prepaid over 1000 nyangs worth of ocean taxes

to acquire a government position and collected over three times that amount

from the fishermen.

That's a really bad crime.

And times are even worse.

Recently, His Majesty declared that those who profit from taxes

and make the citizens suffer shall be severely punished.

Normally, they would be punished with just 100 lashes.

But now, it seems the price to pay is one's life.

Then, sir,

can you please tell me what I have to do?

I mean, if there's something you desire...

Anything.

Anything?

Yes, anything.

Anything it is.

How dare he come to my land and cause me disgrace.

We'll see what happens.

A mermaid cannot survive out of the sea.

I will definitely get my hands on that mermaid again.

Fisherman, I'm going to get rid of that naive town leader

with my own hands.

Oh, look over there.

What is that thing doing?

Is it trying to drag the town leader into the ocean,

take his soul, and erase his memory?

They say mermaids only erase memories that they want to erase.

However, he shouldn't take her hand.

The worlds that humans and mermaids live in are clearly different.

Whether it's a good or bad destiny...

what use is it to form ties with it?

It's time to get off.

Mum, I'll press it.

-Seo-yeon, are you going to press it? -Yes.

Okay.

I'm Kim Myung-hoon. I'm a lawyer.

I'm Nam In-joong. I called earlier.

I won't get caught buying stolen goods, will I?

Oh, what's this?

Oh, my!

Ta-da!

For you.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

You're like the Harry Potter of con artists.

No, better than Harry Potter. You're more handsome.

Exactly.

This is the public prosecutors office. Our elevators are broken, so...

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yes, we're just outside. We'll be right there.

Okay?

Okay, let's go.

Hey, wake up.

Let's go. Get going!

-You came quickly, just like you said. -Yes.

Please take care of it.

Just a moment.

Chief Go didn't come?

He always comes.

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Chief Go?

Yes.

He did come.

He's right...

over there.

I didn't recognize him with those glasses.

Okay then.

It's out of order.

You should take the stairs.

ELEVATOR OUT OF ORDER WORK IN PROGRESS

PROSECUTOR YOO SI-JOON

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PROSECUTOR YOO

Jeez, I'm telling you that can't prove his identity!

Don't you know Judge Lee's style?

-Ah, Mr. Han Seong-tae. -Yes.

I'll call you back. You came with the lady.

Please have a seat.

-Want some tea? -I'm fine.

-Have a seat. -Yes.

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You look even better now!

Mr. Prosecutor, I told you about him before.

This is Mr. Han, who brought this work to us.

-This is Myeong Dong Capital's lady. -Myeong Dong Capital?

I told you about him before.

In Gangnam Jeil High School,

a student committed suicide.

The suicide note had her son's name written on it.

He's a crazy idiot. If he's going to kill himself, he should fall and die.

Why write my son's name on a note?

HOKKAIDO

My son is a good kid.

Why does he have to go through this because a crazy idiot died?

My son will take a college entrance exam soon.

Now is a crucial time to take care of his mental health.

You have one minute. The office owner is coming.

Should we go for some lunch?

Ah, I'm hungry.

What do you like, ma'am?

What the heck?

It's all good, but I can't really do much for you.

Just get my son cleared.

Our secret account is in the Virgin Islands.

I'm not very excited.

-Excuse me? -Virgin Islands is not that exciting.

Pardon?

It's a tax haven.

What kind of tax haven is so famous? Can you even hide there?

It makes sense.

Why don't you move it and then hide?

I know a good place.

Where?