Stairway to Heaven

December 3, 2003

When Professor Han remarries actress Tae-mi-ra, his daughter Jung-seo begins living with her new stepsiblings Yu-ri and Tae-hwa — and Yu-ri and her mother make Jung-seo's life miserable from the start.

December 4, 2003

Yu-ri and Mi-ra go so far as to lock Jung-seo in the attic to keep her from studying abroad on the very day Song-joo leaves, and Yu-ri begins intercepting the letters he sends her.

December 10, 2003

Jung-seo goes to meet Song-joo upon his return to Korea, but Yu-ri hits her with her father's car while intoxicated, then turns to her biological father for help covering it up using Jung-seo's ID.

December 11, 2003

Back in Korea, Song-joo becomes president of a Global Corporation affiliate, and he and Yu-ri plan to announce their engagement at the company's founding ceremony.

December 17, 2003

When Song-joo fails to appear at the engagement ceremony, a distraught Yu-ri attempts to drown herself in a river after leaving him a note.

December 18, 2003

Jung-seo discovers Song-joo is president of the company she now works for; he brings her to her childhood home, where she reunites with her real father.

December 24, 2003

Song-joo urges Jung-seo to meet her birth family and see if they recognize her, despite Cheol-su's efforts to stop her; she also unveils a newly designed piece of clothing at work.

December 31, 2003

Jung-seo delivers a well-received presentation on her new product, as Song-joo unexpectedly holds a company dinner with the brand team at a club.

January 7, 2004

Now with her memory restored, Jung-seo tries to reach Song-joo, but Yu-ri pulls him away; Tae-hwa considers finally confessing the truth to Jung-seo.

January 8, 2004

Jung-seo returns home to find Tae-hwa passed out; she leaves for the inn where she's staying, where Song-joo visits and the two share drinks and confide in each other.

January 14, 2004

Jung-seo returns to her family and insists on her true identity before going back to work; Song-joo tells her to come to his engagement, claiming he'll marry the woman he loves.

January 15, 2004

Just as Song-joo is about to place a ring on Jung-seo's finger, Tae-hwa arrives and she runs after him; the ceremony continues without her.

January 21, 2004

At dinner, Mi-ra suggests marrying Jung-seo off to Cheol-su; a drunk Song-joo finds Jung-seo on his way home and insists she stay with him.

January 22, 2004

Song-joo publicly declares his love for Jung-seo and his intent to marry her in front of both families, then resigns as president to live in a modest motel.

January 28, 2004

Jung-seo's vision starts blurring, prompting a trip to the optician, who urges her to see an ophthalmologist as trouble brews at Global Corporation.

January 29, 2004

Tae-hwa comes clean to his family about the accident that hurt Jung-seo; doctors reveal her odds of survival after eye-removal surgery are grim.

February 4, 2004

Grieving and missing Song-joo, Jung-seo stays at the beach house as Tae-hwa warns him she'll soon lose her sight entirely and considers selling forged paintings to help her.

February 4, 2004

As Tae-hwa is taken away by police, Song-joo goes to the beach house, where Jung-seo — now blind — mistakes him for Tae-hwa; he brings her to Seoul in hopes she can see him again.

February 5, 2004

Song-joo gathers everyone to announce his marriage to Jung-seo; a furious Mi-ra causes a scene as Tae-hwa and his father arrive to reveal the full truth.

February 5, 2004

Tae-hwa tells Jung-seo he's leaving to study art in France, then takes his own life so his corneas can restore her sight — and after the transplant, she begins to see again.