Memorist

Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Dong Baek has a supernatural power that he can read other people's memories with a touch. He soon became famous with his ability.  He decided to become a cop. However, he was being suspension for violent of people's privacy. He faced disciplinary act from the high management.

One day, one of the students went missing and her mother came to police station to beg Dong Baek for help. He hesitated because he was suspended from all the duty at the moment. However, he sneaked out of his office to find the criminal.

Han Sun Mi also investigated the same case secretly with the permission from Lee Shin-Woong. Lee Shin-Woong warned her that never let Dong Baek involved in this case. Coincidently, they managed to find the series criminal cases. However, they wasted a lot of time to find the real culprit. Han Sun Mi made her analysis to find the culprit whereas Dong Baek used his supernatural to read their memories.

They realised that the murderer was in connection with their past experience. Han Sun Mi experienced a trauma whereby she witnessed the murderer who killed her father. Dong Baek also experienced the same that was related to his mother’s death. Upon finding the true culprit, they found out that when every case happened, Jo Sung-Dong’s TV van was the first to arrive before the police.

Han Sun Mi suspected him to the real culprit. However, Dong Baek suspected that higher ranked officer in the police station was the murderer who covered up the case. Koo Kyung-Tan and Oh Se-Hoon found out that the detective who investigated the case at that time was Lee Shin-Woong.

Dong Baek felt that something strange about their findings. He decided to scan Han Sun Mi's memory again. He found out that Jo Sung-Dong was not the only one arrive at the scene. The other person was that the scene too and he was a photographer, named Jin Jae-Gyu. They checked his background and discovered that he was also good at making silicon mask. Dong Baek and Han Sun Mi went to his house to look for him. Han Sun Mi issued a warrant to find the evident in his house. Dong Baek found a secret pathway in his house which leaded him to his prayer location. They also found the bones at the scene. The forensic came by and took the sample for lab testing. It turned out that they were belong to animals.

Jin Jae-Gyu believed to have psycho-spiritual. However, Dong Baek and Han Sun Mi did not believe him. They suspected that he has the ability to erase other people's memory. They kept track on him. He was also able to tell them how many people will die in the end of the month. Dong Baek and Han Sun Mi managed to find his secret whereabouts as well as the weapon he used to kill people. In the end, they captured him. But, something was strange. Dong Baek realised that Jin Jae-Gyu was trying to protect his daughter and grandson. The culprit was another person.

Dong Baek scanned Jin Jae-Gyu's memory while he hospitalised. He found that that the real culprit was The Eraser who can eraser other people's memory. However, no matter how hard Dong Baek scanned, he was unable to find him, because The Eraser removed all their memory about him. Dong Baek and his team looked for the survival in 20 years ago. He also unable to find anything about him.

When Han Sun Mi and Dong Baek talked to one another at Jin Jae-Gyu's daughter house, they discovered that his grandson saw The Eraser. He was hiding under Jin Jae-Gyu's drain. Han Sun Mi and Dong Baek went to the drain to look for him. They found his secret hideout. Han Sun Mi saw the Eraser in one of the room. She shoot at him. However, he turned out to be Jin Jae-Gyu's daughter-in-law. He has lost all his memory and he was unable to speak like normal people.

Dong Baek and his team lost the culprit again. They tried to find other lead. They checked everyone whether they were allies with The Eraser. Han Sun Min and Dong Baek suspected that The Eraser was a cop. They planned to bait the Eraser.

Jin Jae-Gyu made a scene at the court. He also harmed himself. Under the protection of Han Sun Mi, he was being protected by the cop. They knew that The Eraser will be coming to the hospital to kill someone. Suddenly, the power supply shutdown. Han Sun Mi ordered her subordinate to remove the patient to other place. They switched the body with Jin Jae-Gyu. Dong Baek was stand by to catch the Eraser. But it turned out that Jin Jae-Gyu's daughter came over. Dong Baek knew that it was a trick. He quickly went to save Han Sun Mi.

Jin Jae-Gyu realised that the cop standing behind him was the Eraser. He tried to save Han Sun Mi. Unfortunately, he was being murdered and the Eraser managed to run away. Dong Baek shoot him a few gun shoot and nearly got him. However, he still managed to escape. His teammate found some useful information regarding the case happened in 20 years ago. They were going to meet the detective who in charge of the case.

The Eraser deleted the detective's memory. Luckily, the detective kept a button of the Eraser. He handled it to Dong Baek. They discovered that the button was belongs to the firefighters' uniform. Dong Baek and his team went to the fire station to ask a few question. They realised that it was a trick made by the Eraser. One of the firefighter was the witness for the case happened in 20 years. The Eraser tried to kill him while he was rescuing people who caught in the building. Dong Baek rescued him and scanned his memory. He found out that the Eraser has a large scar on his arm.

The murderer left some notes for them. He will kill those innocent people rather than guilty person. After a series of investigations, it turned out that their boss Lee Shin-Woong is the real murderer. Dong Baek confronted with them and read his memory. Based on his memory, Dong Baek was the murderer. He was shocked and insisted that he was not the murderer. Lee Shin-Woong accused him and issued warrant to catch him. Dong Baek felt that the murderer wasn't Lee Shin-Woong. He was someone else. He also wondered why he was at the scene on that day since he lost his memories.

Dong Baek managed to escape with the help of Han Sun Mi. She asked him about Jin Jae-Gyu whether he was a real shaman. Dong Baek confirmed that he was since he read his memories. She wanted to confirm it because before Jin Jae-Gyu died, he left some words for her regarding the Eraser. Lee Shin-Woong brought his family to hotel and ordered some police to strengthen the security. Dong Baek and Han Sun Mi also came to the hotel as they knew that the next target was his son. They thought that they already found the murderer. It turned out that Moon Yong-Gang was the bait. The real murderer changed in firefighter suit to kill Lee Shin-Woong's son. When Dong Baek informed him about it, it was too late.

After looking that the pictures on Hwang Pil-Seon's father, Dong Baek suspected that the final target of the Eraser was Hwang Pil-Seon. Hwang Pil-Seon was Jin Jae-Gyu's half-sister. Bang Joon-Seok's wife has been kidnapped by the Eraser. Hwang Pil-Seon asked his son to give up on his wife. They held a press conference. Dong Baek scanned his memory. He discovered that there was another victim who was a woman. She was raped and killed by Bang Joon-Seok's. Her father was a fireman.

The Eraser was killing everyone that was involved in covering up the case of his daughter death. He also blackmailed Dong Baek perhaps he did not want him to involve in his business. Hwang Pil-Seon ordered Lee Shin-Woong to kill the Eraser and Dong Baek so that her son can be safe from trouble. Lee Shin-Woong told the Chun Ki-Soo that Dong Baek was the murderer. He then hit him with his car. However, Koo Kyung-Tan pushed Dong Baek into the car. Dong Baek and Kang Ji-Eun escaped to their hideout. Dong Baek was exhausted and he fell asleep on the bed. Koo Kyung-Tan was sent to the hospital and Oh Se-Hoon stayed at the hospital.

Dong Baek made a statement and recorded it in the pen drive. He requested Kang Ji-Eun to release it in the press. Kang Ji-Eun went to the office and asked her manager to release his statement. They refused to do it. With the help of Oh Se-Hoon, Kang Ji-Eun released the news in foreign server so that people cannot take down the news. The news was widely spread. Dong Baek revealed the scandal that involving Lee Shin-Woong, Im Joong-Yeon, Woo Seok-Do, Hwang Pil-Seon and Bang Joon-Seok. They covered the crime committed by Bang Joon-Seok who killed Yoo Ah-Young and Moon Yong-Gang’s brother. Yoo Ah-Young was Sung Ju-Ran’s best friend. She was hurt that her friend was being raped by Bang Joon-Seok. She decided to take revenge against those who killed her mom and her friend.

Han Sun-Mi and Dong Baek went to the abandoned building. They found the firefighter whose daughter was being tortured by Bang Joon-Seok.  He was frustrated and angry towards Bang Joon-Seok whom he kidnapped his pregnant wife. He was on top of the building waiting for them to come. Han Sun-Mi felt that something was strange. She believed that his wife was not the bag. Dong Baek scanned his memory and told her that his wife was in the building. While they were struggled with one another, Chun Ki-Soo shoot that firefighter and Dong Baek. Chun Ki-Soo was then being surrounded by the policeman. He killed himself in front of them. Dong Baek was seriously injured and sent to the hospital for treatment. The firefighter was collapsed from the building and passed away.

Dong Baek was on the bed for several days. People thought that he was dying. Han Sun-Mi paid a visit to him. She was surprised that he was awake. They talked to one another outside his ward. By the time he came back, the officer stood outside his ward was asleep. He knew that The Eraser has stopped by. The Eraser left a note for him and asked him to come to the stated address.

People from NIS told Han Sun-Mi about another person who has the same ability as Dong Baek. She was Sung Ju-Ran. They kept her for 20 years under their monitoring. They found her condition has worsen when she used her ability.

The Eraser was Sung Ju-Ran who happened to be Dong Baek older sister. She let Dong Baek to scan her memory. Sung Ju-Ran told him that both of them has the same ability to scan and erase others memory. Based on her sister memory, their mother was being killed by another person who sneaked into Sung Ju-Ran’s room to steal the recorded tape by Yoo Ah-Young. Dong Baek gained back his memory and urged his sister to stop murdering people. When NIS and Han Sun-Mi arrived at the scene, they shoot her because she attempted to kill Dong Baek with her gun. Sung Ju-Ran was sent to the hospital for treatment. NIS told Dong Baek that her condition was bad. Dong Baek erased her bad memory and also put everything back in place.

When the case was over, Han Sun-Mi resigned from her position and became the attorney. Dong Baek, Koo Kyung-Tan and Oh Se-Hoon still worked as a detective. When she opened her new office, everyone came to her office to congratulate her. Hwang Pil-Seon received her punishment in prison whereas Bang Joon-Seok committed suicide in the prison.

Source: https://www.soompi.com/article/1385076wpp/yoo-seung-ho-and-lee-se-young-have-clashing-styles-of-work-in-new-memorist-poster