Birth of a Beauty
Have you heard the term wave of plastic surgery?
I'm talking about the phenomenon of many Asian countries coming to Korea for cosmetic surgery.
Due to this wave, 100 plastic surgery experts
through face research have revealed Asia's representative face of beauty.
The beauty revealed doesn't just have beautiful facial features.
but a mysterious aura and a virtuous image.
The perfect face.
Wow, were there this many shops here?
It's really changed.
Did you come from the States?
You seem different.
Yeah.
I worked at the ABC broadcasting in the US.
I returned after HBS was founded.
Manager, I'll get out here.
I want to look around. I'll meet you at the event.
Don't you think I should open up my eyes?
Her eyes are bigger than mine.
This is a computer-generated beauty.
She doesn't really exist.
- Oh? - What?
Over there.
- She's beautiful. - Really beautiful.
Wow.
So pretty.
So gorgeous.
Look over there.
Her proportions...
are 1 to 1.618.
The golden ratio.
She's a goddess.
Something like this.
Thank you.
Miss.
Are you a celebrity?
Yes.
I started a new program at HBS awhile ago.
Wow.
I've never seen a face like yours.
Me?
What do you think?
Like Cleopatra, Seo Shi and Hwang Jin Hee. You're a rare beauty of a hundred years.
But it's weird.
Like Generals Lee Soon Shin and Kim Jwa Jin,
you also have the face of a general.
A beauty with...
the face of a general?
It's not a normal face. It's a face to save a nation.
The nation will soon focus on you.
But you're too compassionate.
Your nosiness is the problem.
Men chase you. I guess it's obvious since you're beautiful.
The problem is getting involved with a bad guy.
Be careful of your nosiness. Be wary of bad men.
If you watch out for these two things,
you'll accomplish something big.
Stop!
You're mine.
Goodness, I guess celebrities are born.
How can she be so pretty?
Her face is tiny. I'm envious.
I'll bring these colors in a C-cup.
Okay. So big. Hurry up.
Beautiful.
Pink is best, right?
Pink, pink.
I like pink the best.
Pinks gather to me.
It's always fun.
Charming pink. Pink is the best.
Stop!
You're mine.
Did you follow me?
Stalker?
Be careful of your nosiness. Be wary of bad men.
A bad man.
We're alone now, huh?
I got you.
Who are you?
Why are you doing this?
Let's discuss why I'm doing this.
Stop!
He's a stalker!
He followed me earlier.
You're in the palm of my hand.
Move!
Come here.
Come here!
Ow.
My back.
Did I do that?
[Ahjumma - middle-aged woman.]
- Even a mouse bites when cornered. - This ahjumma...
I must have had a burst of strength.
Hold on.
Ahjumma!
Are you okay? Were you shocked?
Yes.
Gently.
The department store public relations is coming. The security team will be here, too.
Can you wait 15 minutes?
Okay, I will.
Okay.
Thank you.
What on earth?
- How will she live? - Really.
Sa Geum Ran's circumstances are really regrettable.
- You're here. - Yes.
- Your arm. - It's okay.
Are you okay?
What is it?
Change.
Oh, Change? The show that does complete physical makeovers?
I know it.
It's fun.
- Come again. - Thank you.
- Bye. - Hello.
She looks familiar.
Do I know her?
Fresh crab! Fish, too!
Hello!
Welcome.
It should be a female fish to go on the ritual table.
This one looks male.
Open it up then. You can tell right away.
Shall I?
Oh, my.
Oh, no!
Are you okay?
I'm okay.
I want to lose weight.
Why?
If I'm fat,
it's hard to control my body.
There's...
another reason.
[Ahjusshi - middle-aged man.]
Ahjusshi!
Hold on, ahjusshi!
Ahjusshi!
Stop!
Thank you.
Um...
Ahjusshi.
Did you call me?
Hurry up and pick up your things.
Okay.
Oh, my!
I know very well...
nobody will help me.
I'd rather they laugh.
Ridicule is...
better than pity.
Moving is hard when you're fat.
But...
hurt feelings are harder.
Oh, it's so good.
I'm back.
You're home.
Let's stop eating.
Wanna be like her?
That's true.
I'll gain weight.
You're a perfect warning sign.
Sis.
Eat all this.
Okay.
After you finish, clean up and air out.
Dad will get mad if he finds out we ate junk food.
Okay, sis.
I'll finish it all.
Rest up.
- Geum Ran. - Grandmother.
I'm hungry.
Let's eat rice together.
Okay, Grandmother.
- Let's eat mixed rice. - Okay.
- Rest a little. - Okay.
Honey.
My only blessing...
is a good appetite.
Now, I'd like to refuse that blessing.
I want...
to lose weight.
How many in-laws does she have? It must be hard.
Of course.
If you manage a big house like that,
you'll gain over 200 lbs easily.
There's no time to take care of yourself.
Did they show her husband? Do they live together?
He's doing business in the US. They've lived apart for seven years.
All alone...
she lives at her mother-in-law's house taking care of the elders.
Along with her sick...
Hello.
I heard there was an accident.
I regret it.
Me?
That's right.
What was I thinking?
I forgot watching that ahjumma.
What happened to that man?
Don't worry. He was turned over to police.
Let's go.
Indeed, the total makeover...
Too bad.
I wanted to watch more.
You can watch a rerun.
Oh, yeah.
Rerun.
You're here.
I was just leaving.
Ahjumma.
I met a stalker at the department store today.
His eyes looked mean like an alligator.
It was frightening.
Lock the windows before you leave since you never know.
And close the curtains.
I should change the front door passcode.
Input your passcode.
What happened to Sa Geum Ran ahjumma?
She looks more and more familiar.
Honey.
Hi.
Honey.
How do you like my dress?
I made it myself.
My hairpin, too.
Ta-da.
I matched colors.
Sorry I didn't sent a video yesterday.
I was too busy with Grandfather's ancestral ritual.
You must be busy, too.
You haven't checked your chats for several months.
I'm sure you're busy.
It's not easy doing business in the US.
Right?
Sis.
What, sis?
Continue.
It's fun to watch.
Go ahead.
She's playing dress up with a flower in her hair.
Is she crazy?
I was shocked.
Kang Joon went to the US, and she's lived alone for seven years.
It's about time she went crazy.
Geum Ran.
Let's eat rice balls together.
It's tasty. Try it.
I want to...
...lose weight.
I understand.
I hope she wins Change and gets surgery.
She has to live happily with her husband.
Now then.
I'll reveal the results.
Change.
Episode 45.
Winner of the total body makeover.
Who will it be?
The housewife of eight years, Sa Geum Ran?
Or unemployed for five years, Lee So Hee?
One of these two will be the winner.
Who will it be?
Who is it?
Who?
Change, episode 45.
Today's...
winner is...
that person...
is...
Lee So Hee!
Congratulations!
Unfortunately, Sa Geum Ran...
Elimination?
How can she be eliminated?
That's killing her twice.
It's so sad!
It's so sad no matter how I think of it. I feel sorry for her.
Fine.
I should help her out.
Are you the producer for Change?
I'm an important viewer.
Sa Geum Ran from episode 45.
You know she lives with a demented grandmother and no husband.
How can you hurt a kind person?
Everyone watching was rooting for her.
Select Sa Geum Ran as the winner or I'll file a complaint on the Blue House website.
What?
Sa Geum Ran...
gave up on surgery?
Why?
I can't tell you the details.
You can read up on the show's website.
[Viewer bulletin]
19326...
Eun Kyung Joo.
Relieve my poor friend Geum Ran's injustice.
I'm Geum Ran's friend Eun Kyung Joo.
I'm writing her story because I'm so angry.
Why are you answering my husband's phone?
Did you go to the US?
Seoul?
My husband is in Seoul, too?
He's back?
He didn't come home.
Where is...
my husband?
Honey!
It's me.
Are you...
...here?
Hello.
Honey.
It's really you.
What happened?
Kang Joon.
Will you keep teasing me?
You're so naughty.
What's this?
I can't move.
I'm sorry you found out like that.
[Unni - older sister or older female.]
I didn't want to hurt you, unni.
Unni?
Hurt?
I wondered what I should call you.
"You" seems rude and "hey" seems confrontational.
I know nothing I say will be a consolation.
But I worried about the little details.
I genuinely...
think it's regrettable.
About what?
All of it.
Yes.
Then break up with my husband.
End things with him.
I waited seven years for him while taking care of my in-laws.
You're young and pretty, Gyo Chae Yeon.
It doesn't have to be my husband.
But I can't live without him.
I only thought of him everyday.
To me,
he's my first and last love.
He's my entire life.
If I break up with him,
do you think you'll stay married?
Why not?
We're married.
In the beginning,
I felt sorry for you, unni.
After meeting you,
now I feel sorry for him.
What do you mean?
I know he was average when you married him.
I know he was able to study abroad due to your support.
Kang Joon is grateful for that, too.
But...
things changed in the US.
He's become successful enough to be in Newsweek after taking over a newspaper.
He's been...
formally invited as the CEO of HBS.
Do you think you and him
fit with each other?
Do you...
ever look in the mirror?
No.
I can't let her go like this.
Gyo Chae Yeon.
Promise you'll break up with my husband.
You can't go unless you promise.
Let go. I'm finished talking.
Gyo Chae Yeon, please!
Gyo Chae Yeon.
Are you okay?
Get up!
Gyo Chae Yeon.
Gyo Chae Yeon!
You can't enter.
I'm Gyo Chae Yeon's manager.
Huh?
So?
I brought a detective since it's celebrity assault.
Assault?
It's not assault.
What assault?
You pushed her.
People saw. What are you talking about?
I'm from Gangnam Station.
Detective Kim Ji Ho.
I have a few questions.
Detective.
I didn't do anything.
I just wanted to talk.
Come this way.
- Hurry up. - No.
Hurry.
No. I really didn't!
Let go of her!
I'm Lee Kang Joon from HBS.
She's my wife.
I'll guarantee her identity.
She won't run away, so let her go.
If you send a summons to appear,
I'll have her go with a lawyer.
I was...
so scared.
I'm so happy you came, honey.
Honey.
I missed you so much.
This is the last time I protect you as a husband.
We're finished as a married couple.
Honey.
I'll do better.
If you don't like something,
I'll fix it.
I'll take better care of your parents and grandmother. I'll be nicer to your sisters, okay?
Come home.
I'll cook and iron your shirts for you.
I'll support your work.
It's not that.
I just want...
to be in love.
Yes, Mother.
I'm at the hospital.
Chae Yeon's okay.
My wife...
is with me.
Mother.
Did you know?
That he returned?
That he had another woman?
Did you know?
Hey.
Your eye makeup is smeared.
What's with your hair?
You look terrible.
Kang Joon may be set to become HBS CEO but it's not confirmed.
You're ruining everything.
Mother!
Floundering and poking around.
You're just not classy.
How can you do this?
How can you trick me?
You should have told me!
Honestly, how could we tell you?
You always sent him videos and stuff.
How could we say anything?
We were in a tough spot.
On top of that,
[Oppa - older brother or older male.]
I understand how oppa feels.
You both knew, too?
All of you?
Chae Yeon...
went to high school with me.
How could I not know?
You can't do this to me.
Someone has to help me.
Don't cry. It's ugly.
When our citizen movement to be thrifty and cut spending sent a food truck,
even the homeless from Yongsangu came.
It was a big success.
It's been three years since we began. But it's going better than a ten year old organization.
Yes.
But...
why is everyone gathered?
Did something happen?
Of course not.
We were about to go in.
Hey, go clean up your rooms.
Okay.
What are you doing?
Did you cry?
Did you get in trouble?
When I come home from doing important work,
is this what greets me?
Don't make me worry.
Take care of yourself.
Go to your room.
Do you...
ever look in the mirror?
Geum Ran, you're putting on makeup.
I'll make you pretty.
If you do this,
your husband will like it.
What do I do?
I feel so sorry for ahjumma.
Are you crying?
What's wrong?
There's a pitiful ahjumma.
But no one takes pity on her.
It hurts me so much.
This was in the mailbox.
I'll let you meet Sa Geum Ran.
Come to this place.
What did you say?
What happened to Sa Geum Ran?
Geum Ran...
...died.
She doesn't live in this world anymore.
It's been 49 days since Geum Ran's death.
When?
After she gave up the show,
she committed suicide.
Geum Ran...
saw something she shouldn't have.
She went to her parent's home to feel better.
And they brought that adulteress home.
After she saw that,
Geum Ran couldn't face her in-laws.
Nobody looked for her.
Geum Ran...
had nowhere to go.
Geum Ran's car...
was found in the ocean.
Oh, my God!
Without any happy memories,
it hurts me that she left with only painful memories.
But how could she die?
The adulterers are probably living happily.
Shh. You have to be quiet.
It's Geum Ran's mother.
She doesn't know about the affair.
Her only son-in-law didn't come to the 49th day ritual.
She couldn't live knowing about the affair, too.
Her mother can't find out.
I'll be going. I have to take care of Geum Ran's mother.
Even still, ahjumma.
You shouldn't have died.
Only the dead feel injustice.
A psychopath man in his thirties
viciously murdered the woman he stalked for eight years.
Her corpse was defiled.
The man stalked the woman since middle school.
When he couldn't reach her, he stabbed her in the abdomen numerous times.
Another kidnap and murder case that started with stalking has occurred.
On the 5th, the perpetrator attempted and failed to sexually assault "A" whom he knew.
He strangled her to death.
Using a boxcutter, he defiled the corpse.
he chopped up her body and discarded the remains in the mountains.
The stalker had followed the woman for a long time.
After giving her a drink mixed with sedative,
he kidnapped the woman.
That ahjumma is running away again.
Stop!
Ahjumma!
Stop!
Ahjumma!
Help!
Ahjumma!
Stop!
Ankle break!
No!
Arm break!
Let go.
My arm's going to break, you psycho!
Who are you calling a psycho, you stalker murderer?
The one trying to find herself is the psycho, ahjumma!
You're Sa Geum Ran!
I'm Sa Geum Ran?
Yeah.
You're Sa Geum Ran.
Ahjumma, you didn't die.
You couldn't die unjustly, I'm sure.
That ocean is famous for drowning sharks. You endured through sheer will.
After several days of unconsciousness, you were already declared dead.
Geum Ran.
What do I do?
Poor thing.
Geum Ran.
During the funeral,
your husband and in-laws didn't shed a tear.
They were stoic.
What do I do?
Who is it?
What the heck? Is this a dream?
Are you the doctor on Change?
Make me beautiful. Please?
I'm sorry. I can't.
What are you doing?
Why are you doing this to me?
I don't think I can do it. Let this go.
Please, Doctor.
I can't die like this.
I want revenge.
Help me, Doctor.
Please?
Help me, Doctor.
I understand.
Bye.
Doctor.
Help me.
Please.
Help me.
Help me, Doctor.
Implants should be shaped like teardrops.
Yeah.
Luxurious diamond belly button.
A little more.
Ahjumma, you risked your life to get plastic surgery from head to toe.
You even got hair implants.
Even...
your voice was enhanced with collagen implants to your larynx.
You're delusional, ahjumma.
You think you're a celebrity
because you had too much anesthesia.
Side effect of general anesthesia.
You're deliriously mistaking yourself for someone else. Delirium.
Delirium - severe confusion and changes in brain function when physical or mental illness occurs.
It's for delirium.
This happens if you don't take your medicine.
I've been chasing you to give you the medicine.
How dare you throw me aside and change your passcode?
That's my house!
Take your medicine.
How can I trust you?
What if it's bad medicine?
Didn't Sa Geum Ran look familiar when you saw her on TV?
Was it because you're nosy?
It's because it's personal.
And...
you threw me aside...
kicked my ankle and twisted my arm.
What's all that?
What?
Judo skills.
Sa Geum Ran did judo until high school.
You're delirious, but...
it was intuitive and your judo skills came out.
Hold on.
Hitting pressure points.
Kicking the ankle.
Twisting the arm.
It's true.
Think of why you're angry.
Make a fist and exhale.
With the thumb,
The front of the collarbone is where sadness lies.
The shoulders carry the weight of life.
Doctor.
I prepared food.
I'm sorry.
You operated on me and gave me a place to stay.
But I...
messed with you.
Messed with?
You threw me, made me fall and almost broke my arm.
Just messed with?
Is that why I have bruises all over?
I did an ungrateful thing.
I won't do it again, Doctor.
Please eat.
It's all organic.
No MSG.
Raw oysters are full of minerals and good for fading bruises.
[Contract]
What...
is this, Doctor?
Your contract.
I'm super-sized first and foremost.
Ahjumma, you're a tiny...
nano-sized latter.
It's filled with unimaginable conditions.
It's a total of 50 pages with 99 clauses.
If I was to summarize this contract,
it's that...
you'll do whatever I ask.
After going through this absurdity,
I decided to make a contract.
What are you doing?
Read it.
What?
Don't want to stamp it?
No.
I won't be a burden to you.
Tell me, ahjumma.
How will you get revenge on your husband?
You must've thought of something.
I'm pretty.
I'm so pretty.
Why would I need a plan?
It's me.
Where are you?
Home?
I'm headed to you.
You just landed at the airport.
I'm almost done. The last segment is being taped soon.
I'll be there in 30 minutes.
[Lee Kang Joon]
It's the news on the Internet.
Announcer Gyo Chae Yeon's...
chic airport fashion.
With a nameless handsome man,
a trip abroad?
More important than the trip they took abroad
is...
...the date.
[11/01/14]
It's today.
Today's my 49th ritual.
They went on a trip today?
They don't care...
about the dead, fat wife.
Now.
[Lee Kang Joon's brain make up]
According to Lee Kang Joon's information on Big Data,
using your personal information
and cultural psychological statistics,
I analyzed his brain.
Look carefully.
Now.
"I will succeed."
That thought fills this much space.
50%.
Thoughts about the CEO inauguration.
Here.
10%.
And...
"I like...
Gyo..."
"I like Gyo Chae Yeon."
30%.
"I want to be a good son."
Here. Huh?
Jeez. That jerk.
Only 1%.
1%.
Thoughts about his fat, dead ex-wife Sa Geum Ran
...are here.
Do you see that little dot?
That little speck.
Do you see that dot? See it?
That's...
0.1%, huh?
0.1%?
See the dot next to it?
Here. It's slightly bigger. See it?
That's 0.2%.
0.2%.
These are the thoughts about the buzzing mosquito in his room last night.
So,
you're...
less than a mosquito to Lee Kang Joon.
If you show your pretty self to Lee Kang Joon who is preoccupied, you think
revenge will happen automatically?
What do I do, Doctor?
Help me.
Jeez.
That's right.
Regular people like you need a genius like me.
Fine.
Since you're my work of art,
I'll help you as after service.
To get revenge,
you have to become a different person.
You're different on the outside. But inside...
You're still the same inside.
Change down to your bones.
Make your husband fall for you. Then you can destroy him.
Throw Sa Geum Ran away.
Can you become a completely new person?
Good work.
Kang Joon.
I didn't think you'd come to the studio.
Our picture was on the Internet.
Is it okay when you're still not formally the CEO?
Congrats.
It's your first time as the main MC.
Isn't that CEO Lee Kang Joon?
What's going on?
Are they going out?
How shocking.
Let's go.
It's time to reveal our relationship.
This is so nice.
I'll bring a limo next time.
Thoughts of his dead ex-wife, 0.1%.
To you,
that's all I am.
But honey,
everything will change.
I'll make it so.
The clothes I wore when I was fat.
Good-bye to Sa Geum Ran.
I'll become a new person down to my bones.
We have Korea's top beauty...
and a genius mind.
Revenge?
Don't worry.
We can do it!
Birth of a Beauty
Seduce Lee Kang Joon with powerful physical affection. Lee Kang Joon is two-timing.
He threw his wife away. Create a scandal.
Plastic surgery, after service, diet, exercise and even my delirium. Why did you help me?
Is Gyo Chae Yeon your ex?
Your husband and Chae Yeon's marriage can't occur.
We're getting married in three weeks.
I'll stop them. I'll block it.
Three weeks until the wedding.
Life or death. Think like General Lee Soon Shin.
We can do anything.
Sara, right? Nice to meet you.
I'm Lee Kang Joon.
I'm Sara. Nice to meet you.