Jirisan

October 23, 2021

Veteran ranger Seo Yi-gang (Jun Ji-hyun) patrols Jirisan — Korea's largest and most dramatic national park. Rookie Kang Hyun-jo (Ju Ji-hoon) arrives and immediately struggles with the mountain's demands. The Nogodan peak landscapes establish a visual scale unprecedented in Korean drama.

October 24, 2021

Their first rescue operation together. The mountain's terrain — forests, ridgelines, rivers — becomes a character in itself.

October 30, 2021

A hiker dies in circumstances that don't match the official account. Yi-gang's instincts, sharpened by years on the mountain, tell her something is wrong.

October 31, 2021

Hyun-jo discovers he can see things on the mountain that others cannot — the drama's supernatural element, introduced carefully within the realistic ranger framework.

November 6, 2021

The ranger station at the mountain's base — its team, its equipment, its institutional culture — is fully established. Yi-gang's authority within this world.

November 7, 2021

A disappearance that connects to the drama's central mystery. The mountain search sequences are the drama's most spectacular.

November 13, 2021

The mystery's shape is becoming clearer. The mountain in winter — its beauty and its danger amplified by snow.

November 14, 2021

The drama introduces a future timeline alongside the present. Hyun-jo's ability is connected to something that has not yet happened.

November 20, 2021

Extended sequences on the Jirisan peak in winter conditions. The drama's most visually arresting episode.

November 21, 2021

The link between the mysterious deaths and the drama's central supernatural thread becomes clear.

November 27, 2021

Yi-gang's history on the mountain — what she has seen, what she carries — is examined.

November 28, 2021

The human villain responsible for the deaths on the mountain is identified.

December 4, 2021

A rescue operation conducted while the drama's thriller and mystery elements are simultaneously in crisis.

December 5, 2021

What the mountain takes. Yi-gang and Hyun-jo's relationship in its most strained state.

December 11, 2021

The drama's climactic mountain sequence. The Nogodan peak and the park's most dramatic terrain.

December 12, 2021

The finale. The most expensive Korean drama of 2021, shot entirely on location on the mountain itself — a commitment to environmental authenticity rarely seen in Korean television.