Winter Sonata

January 14, 2002

Jun-sang transfers to Yu-jin's high school, and the two grow close as they spend time together outside of class.

January 15, 2002

Yu-jin gets lost on a mountain during an outing with friends, and Jun-sang sets out to find her.

January 21, 2002

As Jun-sang and Yu-jin grow closer, tension surfaces between them and Yu-jin's close friend Sang-hyuk.

January 22, 2002

A misunderstanding drives a wedge between the three friends, setting in motion the events that will separate Jun-sang and Yu-jin for a decade.

January 28, 2002

Jun-sang leaves after a painful misunderstanding and is involved in a serious accident, believed by those who love him to have taken his life.

January 29, 2002

Ten years pass; Yu-jin, now an interior designer, is engaged to Sang-hyuk, who has remained steadily by her side ever since.

February 4, 2002

Yu-jin and Jun-sang — now working together on a ski resort renovation — are stranded on a mountain when the aerial tramway shuts down in a fierce wind.

February 5, 2002

Min-hyung, the resort's director who looks exactly like the presumed-dead Jun-sang, declares his love for Yu-jin in front of Sang-hyuk.

February 11, 2002

Determined to win Yu-jin back at any cost, Sang-hyuk unilaterally announces a wedding date of his own choosing.

February 12, 2002

Yu-jin finally ends things with Sang-hyuk for Min-hyung; heartbroken, Sang-hyuk watches as Min-hyung, in turn, decides to let her go.

February 18, 2002

Yu-jin tells Sang-hyuk about Min-hyung's mother, prompting him to dig through old high school records for answers.

February 19, 2002

Min-hyung comes to realize he really is Jun-sang and tells Yu-jin the truth — but she can't bring herself to believe him.

February 25, 2002

Convinced he can't be with Yu-jin until he recovers his full memory, Min-hyung resolves to leave her behind.

February 26, 2002

Once Yu-jin realizes Min-hyung truly is Jun-sang, she begs him not to go — but he leaves anyway.

March 4, 2002

With some of his memories finally returning, Jun-sang and Yu-jin set off on a trip together in search of the rest.

March 5, 2002

Yu-jin nearly believes Jun-sang's claim about his identity is only a ploy to win her back — until Kang Mi-hee, his mother, confirms the truth herself.

March 11, 2002

Unable to win her mother's approval, Yu-jin and Jun-sang attempt a quiet wedding of their own — only for Sang-hyuk to track them down and stop it.

March 12, 2002

Yu-jin uncovers a painful secret from Kang Mi-hee, prompting Jun-sang to pull away from her out of a sense of duty.

March 18, 2002

Jin-woo finally learns that Jun-sang is the son he lost long ago, as the truth of the past comes fully into the light.

March 19, 2002

Though Jun-sang is revealed to be Jin-woo's son, Yu-jin chooses to study abroad while Jun-sang travels to the United States for eye surgery.