Iris

October 14, 2009

Kim Hyun-jun is sent on a mission to assassinate a political figure in Hungary; injured while escaping, he fights his way through a string of close calls as enemies close in.

October 15, 2009

Back at a mysterious facility, Hyun-jun breaks free to confront his friend Sa-woo — only to learn the entire ordeal was a test staged by the National Security Service. The story then jumps ahead six months.

October 21, 2009

Hyun-jun and Sa-woo meet the president at the Blue House, where a photograph stirs buried memories of Hyun-jun's childhood.

October 22, 2009

The story circles back to the Hungary runway where a North Korean scientist was murdered, as Hyun-jun is handed a solo mission and Sa-woo's jealousy begins to simmer.

October 28, 2009

Left to fend for himself and hunted by both friend and foe, Hyun-jun survives a gauntlet of fights, car chases, and explosions.

October 29, 2009

Back at the NSS, Sa-woo and Baek-san regroup as Seung-hee leaves the agency and the president moves to overhaul the organization, while Hyun-jun surfaces in a Hungarian medical facility.

November 4, 2009

As each character presses forward with their own plan, Hyun-jun is blocked by Japanese intelligence while Sun-hwa goes on the run from both Koreas.

November 5, 2009

South Korea's president secretly meets with North Korean officials without NSS's knowledge, while Hyun-jun is delayed in Japan just as he prepares to head home.

November 11, 2009

Hyun-jun passes a series of tests and is allowed to join Cheol-young's terrorist cell, preparing for an attack the NSS is only beginning to detect.

November 12, 2009

Arriving late to the NSS, Seung-hee encounters a masked Hyun-jun; in the chaos of protecting her from terrorists, she ends up shooting him.

November 18, 2009

Stunned to learn Seung-hee is alive, Hyun-jun discovers from a stolen NSS file that Baek-san was behind his parents' assassination.

November 19, 2009

After a priest is killed, Hyun-jun and Sun-hwa flee the church, where a mysterious "voice" reveals the truth about his parents and warns of an approaching attack.

November 25, 2009

Sa-woo learns Seung-hee has vanished with the terrorists and pleads with Baek-san to help her, unaware Hyun-jun has been forced to interrogate her himself.

November 26, 2009

A clue buried in the voice's final words leads Hyun-jun to warn the president about the coming attack and a shadowy group called IRIS, arousing Sang-hyun's suspicion.

December 2, 2009

Hyun-jun kidnaps Cheol-young, who agrees to help stop the looming war and reveals the truth behind Gi-hoon's larger plan.

December 3, 2009

Hyun-jun and Sun-hwa track down the bunker where nuclear warheads were being assembled, where Seung-hee risks her own life to save him.

December 9, 2009

After thwarting a terror attack, Hyun-jun and Sun-hwa are interrogated; pressed to dig up intel on IRIS, Hyun-jun refuses to return to the NSS.

December 10, 2009

Sa-woo and Baek-san make a clean escape, with Baek-san revealing an operation already underway to sabotage the upcoming summit.

December 16, 2009

Following a lead to a bottle of wine at Mi-jung's apartment, Hyun-jun locates IRIS's secret headquarters and infiltrates it, finally coming face to face with Baek-san.

December 17, 2009

As the leaders of both Koreas take the podium together, Seung-hee opens fire on hidden snipers — and in the chaos that follows, Sun-hwa is shot.