The prison doors open, and two guards escort a tied-up prisoner, their footsteps echoing through the halls. At the site of the execution chamber, the prisoner tried to resist entrance, but he's dragged into the room
The noose(knot) is prepared, and the prisoner stares at it with fear and shock. His eyes meet those of a boy on the other side of the glass, and he runs frantically toward him. He pleads for his freedom, insisting that he's innocent. "Jin-woo ya, tell them I'm not the culprit! Jin -woo ya, you told me you would get me out! Get me out!" His father cried.
Getting on his knees, Jin-woo desperately begs the officials to save his father. They stare stoically( without showing any feelings) at the scene, while Jin-woo yells and bangs on the glass. The execution process continues, despite their hysteria, and the noose(knot) is wrapped around his neck. Time stands still in the moment the floor releases, and the innocent father is hung.
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Jin-woo wakes up from his nightmare in cold sweat, eyes wide with fear. He realizes his surroundings and breathes in sigh of relief ___ he's simply in his office on a late night. He looks intently at his calendar, which has December 9th circled.
It's the day of the prison visit. Jin-woo's father sits across from him and politely apologizes for his lack of recognition😪. The unfamiliarity seems normal to Jin woo, and he introduces himself. He's SEO JIN WOO, the defense attorney for SEO JAE HYUNK( Jin woo's father) in his retrial, four years after his initial tral.
Jae hyuk presumes that Jin woo knows his sentence and condition, and Jin woo begins to prepare his Father for their upcoming trial. But jae hyuk ponders aloud, "At the end of life, what remains is not your money or name, but your memory. But for me, even that memory does not remain."
He describes what others have told him about the horrible crime he committed: killing a young woman, a 20-year old college student. Whether it's good or bad fortune, he has no memory of it. He tells Jin woo that he'll decline the offer for his retrial.
Jin woo asks if it's because he doesn't trust a young lawyer like him. Jae hyuk smiles and explains the he trusts Jin woo's practice. But his lack of memory can't justify his innocence, so he's decide to stay in prison to repent.
Jae hyuk notes that Jin woo isn't surprised if they've had this conversation before. Jin woo recounts that he's refused an appeal 7 times, insisted on receiving punishment 9 times, and told Jin woo that he'd represent him well 10 times. They laugh at his stellar memory, but Jin woo quickly changes the mood by insisting on jae hyuk's innocence. Someone else deserves the punishment that jae hyuk has wrongfully received these past four years. Even if he can't remember, he must remember.
Suddenly, a flicker of Jae hyuk's memory comes back, and he asks Jin woo if he had a son. He encourages his crying father to keep digging into his memory, for he'll realize that his son may be closer then he thinks. Jin woo exits the prison, and he vows to get his father out.