The first collection of TotNT deleted scenes released by tvN. You can find the full video on their official YouTube channel here.
1) The text message that arranged for Yeon & Ji Ah’s first meeting
Ji Ah (VO): But, why does this show him leaving alone?
Jae Hwan (VO): I searched all the footage, but there’s no record of the bride leaving the hall.
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Headline: Everything the PD of In Search of Urban Legends Revealed about Gonjiam.*
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Rang (Text): I have something to report. The red umbrella.
*n.b. Gonjiam, a former psychiatric hospital located in Gwanju, Gyeonggi-do, is purportedly one of Korea’s most haunted locations. It’s also the title of a horror movie released in 2018.2) Now we can tell you! The source of the anesthetic
Shin Joo: What’s this about foxes?
Ji Ah: Apparently, the last reported sighting of wild foxes in Korea was in 1978. And the cause of extinction still remains an academic riddle.
Shin Joo: One explanation given is that it’s due to the afforestation projects in the 60s and the rat-catching activities in the 70s. Well, of course, that’s only a theory.
Ji Ah: Looking at these historic records, there’s one that goes like this: ‘Foxes, if they live to be over a hundred, can assume human form. If they live to be over a thousand, they commune with the Heavens and gain wondrous powers. And if they become indebted to a human, they must repay the debt without fail.’* What do you think?
Shin Joo: Your program has made a name for itself by basing its content on true stories, hasn’t it? That’s a bit much.
Ji Ah: Is it? ...Actually, my main reason for coming today wasn’t that. I’m going to borrow this, Director (lit. head of the vet clinic)!
Shin Joo: That’s animal anesthetic, why...? Why the animal anesthetic!?
Ji Ah: Thanks!
*n.b. Ji Ah is paraphrasing the segment of the Hyeon Joong Gi (玄中記) Taluipa narrated in VO at the start of EP01.3) A look into Gi Yoo Ri’s ‘unboxing life’
Father: Yoo Ri-ya!
Yoo Ri: ...Really? It seems like Lee Yeon took the bait? Ah but, do you really have to go that far? We can just kill him off.
Rang: Do that and you’ll die at my hand.
Yoo Ri: That’s harsh.
Rang: That guy’s family, after all.
Yoo Ri: I don’t have a family so I don’t really get it.
Rang: I gifted you a rich mom and dad, didn’t I?
Yoo Ri: Those things are human. (sigh) I want one, too. A real family.
Rang: Not all flesh and blood is family. Real family is completed by consistently hacking away at* each other over time. You have to put in effort, like me.
*n.b. Can also more figuratively mean ‘being awful to’ in general.4) A sibling relationship unknown to only-children
Ji Ah: I’m saying I turned him down, your younger brother. Since I bet on this fox.
Yeon: Let no one say you’re not a learned (clever) woman. Was that all?
Rang (VO): Don’t trust Lee Yeon too much.
Ji Ah: That’s all. But...you said you two are brothers?
Yeon: Yeah, we’re brothers.
Ji Ah: Why are you so hellbent on destroying each other?
Yeon: It seems you don’t know this since you’re an only child but, as a rule, sibling relationships are a lot like noir, just without the guns.
Ji Ah: There you go, deflecting again. Is that a secret, too?
Yeon: If you ever happen run into that guy, just the two of you again, no matter what, run away fast. That kid despises humans. Especially humans that look like you.
Ji Ah: Why do you keep taking cracks at people’s faces?
Yeon: ...I’m hungry.
Ji Ah: How about you take the opportunity to pack up and leave while you still can?
5) As it turns out, Lee Yeon is a contrary child*
Ji-Ah: Ah, seriously! He said to eat that after you finished your porridge!
Yeon: Ah, whatever~ Ah, actually, ah, no, but- Look, think about it: this and porridge have the same texture, this one’s just a bit colder. Um~~~~ ...Why? What?
*Literally: a ‘green frog’ (청개구리). The term is used to refer to a child that likes to do the opposite of what they’re told.Video credit and permissions belong to tvN.
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