At a live launch, director Wang Yi‑da presents Leco Beauty Research Institute's Goddess Project, a "special makeover service" that brings experts together to create a goddess. He introduces three team members: trainer Yoon Tae‑san (brusque but top), nutritionist Kim Shin‑bi (promises tasty help and rewards for sticking to diets), and stylist Yu yu, who freezes and refuses to be approached, still scared of women. The team hypes the service and urges the audience to volunteer: "Please become our goddess!" The plea energizes the pitch but leaves Yu's fear unresolved, stalling the project's first step.
With the makeover project launching tomorrow, the organizing team has no applicants—one walked out because their beauty director keeps fleeing women and even photos. Panic grows when Team Gold announces a participant: Kim Gyu-hee, a high-profile influencer, making the rest feel defeated. The leader orders, 'Bring me a goddess, no matter what; until then, don't dream of coming back.' Suddenly a member recognizes a name she never forgot from school—Joo Ah-in (Yu yu). A strong goddess candidate stands before them, and they must recruit her or face being locked out.
Yu remembers being bullied at school, labeled a pig, and confessing to Joo Ah-in only to be rejected—her sister then transfers her away. Years later they unexpectedly meet; the reunion is polite but awkward, reopening old, unresolved feelings. The conversation is abruptly interrupted when Yu answers a phone call and hears, "My apartment is on fire?" Faced with an immediate emergency, she must cut the meeting short, leaving their unfinished history and the sudden crisis unresolved as Joo Ah-in watches her go.
Ah-in loses her job and tells a friend she has nowhere to go. The friend says, 'come to my place,' offering shelter rather than money. Ah-in has secretly fetishized Yu's hands; after Gyu-hee's rebuke she hid it but the fixation grew. When Yu says, 'I like you,' they reciprocate, yet Ah-in admits she is drawn to his hands, not him, and panics when he touches her. She tries to suppress the urge but fails. The friend ends by promising a place 'where you won't feel like a burden,' forcing Ah-in to decide.
Late at night in a beauty shop, a woman invited to spend the night is shown around and offered makeup. The staffer tests a new overnight skin product on herself before using it on clients, praising its hydrating, "revitalizing" effect. At first it seems to work—"so pretty"—but minutes later the staffer's nose starts bleeding and she cries, "What's wrong with me?" A bystander shouts, "Watch out!" A man then appears and moves uncomfortably close. The episode closes with the bleeding continuing and the man's close approach unresolved, leaving immediate danger.
Joo Ah-in, who says she and Yu are just high-school friends and whose apartment recently burned down, is pressed to join a 'Goddess Project.' Organizers promise food, housing and that everything will be handled before head office approval, plus a 100 million won reward if the project succeeds. She refuses, calling herself mediocre and insisting she’s job-hunting and won't be a burden, but the team keeps pushing. The situation escalates from offers to pressure, and the episode's pivot comes when someone directly asks her, "Be my goddess." The request hangs as she must decide.
Ah-in hesitates to join a beauty project because she has no confidence and fears she'll cause trouble. A teammate insists they won't 'make you pretty' but will teach the world she's beautiful and pleads, 'I need you.' Ah-in reluctantly agrees: 'I'll try.' The group celebrates, vows to sleep there and work harder after a late start, then scrambles into preparations; a food quarrel over ramyeon exposes stress. In the key turn they force her to face a mirror; she resists until someone says, 'You're pretty.' The episode ends with her committed but the group's public push still pending.
Filming opens on a makeover reality show as a worried female participant frets she’s “too flawed” to take part. The crew teases that every member has faults, then reveals a bigger problem: beauty director Yu has become afraid of women. Producers point out she’s the only woman he isn’t scared of. On set she hears the blunt reason: Yu doesn’t see her as a woman because she’s “ugly.” The team pushes her to trust the process while she reels from the remark. The episode ends with her confronting that truth and facing whether to stay in the project or leave.
At a recruitment for an exercise routine, organizers finally secure a hesitant participant when a teenage boy greets an older woman and awkwardly says, 'I'll call you Noona.' Joo Ah-in and others gasp when someone reveals he's seventeen — 'This is a crime' — and worry he might cause trouble or make someone fall in love. Playful reactions sour: peers insult his weight, he lashes out with threats, and crude taunts about being hit by 'a piece of fat' escalate. An instructor snaps, ordering better manners before exercises. The episode ends with a bystander's question, 'Is she a bulldozer?' — confrontation pending.
Once bullied for her weight, Yuyu rebuilt her life through grit and craft. Now a celebrated beauty director, she commands respect, applause, and a thriving career. Success healed her body but not entirely her scars. Then Joo A-in—her first love—suddenly reappears. His return cracks open memories she sealed away: humiliation, longing, and the question of worth. Is he the same person who once hurt her, or is fate offering closure? Yuyu must decide whether to lower her guard and risk old pain, or remain the confident woman who remade herself. Tension rises as past and present collide, and every choice could redefine who she truly is.