W-Two Worlds Apart

episode 14

Kang Chul runs to the hospital in tears, and finds Yeon-joo surrounded by doctors trying to resuscitate her. They shock her twice and manage to get a heartbeat, but she’s lying so still…

Back in the manhwa world, Assemblyman Han arrives at the crime scene and puts on a pair of gloves before digging around for any evidence that might link him to New-Face Killer. He retrieves the warehouse address he wrote down at gunpoint in Chul’s car, and then he roots around on New-Face’s dead body for the phone containing that incriminating recording between them.

He opens the trunk of New-Face’s car too, and whatever he finds inside, it’s something of interest. He’s annoyed to find his hired henchmen dead, all but one, and confused when he discovers the spot where Yeon-joo was shot, but no body.

Out in the real world, Dad’s no-face slowly disintegrates… revealing his original face underneath. Oh thank ye drama gods—are we done with the faceless portion of our programming?

New-Face must really be dead-dead, because Dad wakes up in full control of his faculties, and looks stunned to be holding a hammer in front of his smashed tablet. And magically, he seems rather fine for someone who hasn’t breathed or eaten in a while. He calls out for Su-bong and Yeon-joo, but the workshop is empty.

Dad picks up the phone to call Yeon-joo, but then he starts having memory flashes of kidnapping Yeon-joo and holding her up at gunpoint. Gack, is he having New-Face’s memories? Dad’s face twists up in horror as he realizes what’s happened.

Su-bong is still crouched outside the front gate where Kang Chul told him to stay, like a good puppy. He calls Yeon-joo repeatedly, on the verge of another breakdown, when finally someone picks up—it’s Dad.

They rush out of the workshop together, with Dad getting behind the wheel despite Su-bong’s flailing protests. Su-bong deduces that Dad is using New-Face’s memories to track Yeon-joo, and he keeps glancing over at Dad to double-check that he’s still him.

Dad drives to the warehouse where he remembers New-Face shooting Yeon-joo, and the construction worker who found her tells them that she was taken to the hospital. Dad is beside himself and expecting the worst, and Su-bong tries to tell him that she’ll be okay. It doesn’t do much good.

Kang Chul paces outside the intensive care unit, ignoring Su-bong’s calls. His hand continues to flicker in and out, but he just hides it behind his back when the doctor comes out. Chul’s face falls to hear the news that Yeon-joo isn’t waking up despite the surgery going well; the doctor tells him to prepare for the possibility that she won’t pull through.

Dad and Su-bong arrive at the emergency room, where the nurse tells them that Yeon-joo is brain-dead. Dad collapses to the floor and demands to know where she is, and the nurse looks troubled.

Chul sits by Yeon-joo’s bedside, quietly spilling tears. He reaches out to hold her hand, but then he sees his hand turn into a manhwa drawing and threaten to disappear again. Outside, he hears the police officer come by to ask questions about the shooting, and when he comes in, both Chul and Yeon-joo are gone.

Ah, this turns out to be a flashback, and the nurse tells Dad and Su-bong that both Yeon-joo and her husband disappeared without a trace.

Yeon-joo’s mom is worried that she hasn’t come home yet, and Su-bong grimaces when Mom calls. Dad tells him to lie that he doesn’t know anything, and Su-bong’s voice trembles as he tells Mom that Yeon-joo was called to the hospital and left her phone here.

The only person who looks more distressed than Su-bong is Dad, who slumps down in his chair and reaches for a bottle of pills, and downs it with scotch. Oh noooooo, Dad! This is not the time to incapacitate yourself!