My Dearest

August 4, 2023

The Manchu invasion begins. Yoo Gil-chae (An Eun-jin), a spirited aristocrat's daughter with too much opinion for the era, encounters the mysterious Jang Hyun (Nam Goong-min) under chaotic circumstances.

August 5, 2023

Jang Hyun's identity — part nobleman, part outsider — is established. He moves through Joseon society with the freedom of someone who has nothing to lose.

August 12, 2023

The Manchu army advances. The court debates flight to Namhansanseong Fortress. Gil-chae and Jang Hyun are separated for the first time.

August 25, 2023

Jang Hyun makes a decision that will cost him everything to save Gil-chae. Neither character knows it yet.

August 26, 2023

The invasion ends on devastating terms for Joseon. Jang Hyun and Gil-chae are separated by the war's aftermath.

September 1, 2023

Gil-chae waits. Jang Hyun has been taken — where and whether he is alive is unknown. The drama's patience with grief is one of its finest qualities.

September 2, 2023

The midpoint. A partial reunion that is both more and less than what either character needed. MBC's most-watched drama of 2023.

September 16, 2023

The political enemies who separated them in war pursue them in peace. Joseon's internal politics are as dangerous as its external ones.

September 23, 2023

The full truth of Jang Hyun's past — what he was doing in Joseon and who sent him — is revealed.

October 6, 2023

The drama's final antagonist is revealed. The threat is personal and political simultaneously.

October 7, 2023

The last confrontation. Jang Hyun and Gil-chae on the same side of everything, finally.

October 13, 2023

What the struggle cost — honestly counted. The drama does not pretend the happy ending comes for free.

October 14, 2023

The finale. One of MBC's highest-rated dramas of 2023 — a sweeping historical romance that used the 1627 invasion to ask what love costs when the world is actively hostile to it.