Prince Geumseon, Yi Gyeom, is suddenly accused of disgracing the state and is ordered arrested by the Crown Prince. Despite proclaiming his innocence and pleading injustice, Yi Gyeom is relentlessly pursued and eventually caught. He struggles to understand why his own brother is behind this betrayal, feeling trapped and desperate as he faces what seems like a wrongful downfall. The episode ends with Yi Gyeom confused and disoriented, waking up in an unfamiliar place, leaving his fate uncertain and the reason for his brother's betrayal unexplained.
After Yi Gyeom collapses from an arrow wound, the Crown Prince frantically orders a search for him, but Yi Gyeom mysteriously disappears. Meanwhile, Yi Gyeom awakens confused in a modern setting, questioning how he got there and suspecting someone tampered with his surroundings. He confronts an unseen person, accusing them of serving the Crown Prince and intruding on his privacy. As he tries to understand this strange place, he calls for help to fix a digital door lock, revealing his bewilderment and urgency. The episode ends with Yi Gyeom trapped between two worlds, unsure of his next move.
A man dressed like a Joseon prince arrives in modern Seoul, confusing locals with his old-fashioned appearance and ignorance of conveniences like rice balls and bathrooms. He asks a drama producer for help to reach the palace because he claims his father is the king. The producer suspects he's involved in cosplay or filming but soon faces hostility from others who view the man as an outsider and tell him to return to Joseon. The episode ends with the man firmly insisting that his bathtub is a gateway to Joseon, challenging the producer's disbelief and setting up further mystery about his true origin.
A man who claims to have traveled 600 years into the future wakes up in a bathtub, desperate to investigate how to return to his own time. He asks a woman to let him stay at her place, but she harshly rejects him after offering him a chance to serve royalty. Meanwhile, the woman faces pressure from her landlord over unpaid rent, who then makes unwanted advances, revealing his exploitative motive behind raising the rent. The episode ends with her resisting his inappropriate behavior, highlighting her vulnerable situation with no clear resolution.
The episode opens with a tense confrontation where a man aggressively demands a woman to identify another man present. The woman reluctantly admits the man is her boyfriend, someone she lives with, which shocks the man questioning her. He warns against interfering again, threatening harm through her boyfriend. Then, the power dynamic shifts as the woman proposes a surprising offer: she asks the man to be her boyfriend temporarily, explaining this would translate to a companion, lover, or paramour in old Korean. The man hesitates, leaving their uneasy arrangement unresolved and their true intentions unclear.
A woman facing harassment from her landlord convinces a handsome man, suddenly appearing in modern clothes and a new haircut, to pretend to be her boyfriend to gain shelter and protection. He agrees, offering food and a place to stay while helping her adjust to the present. Meanwhile, in a different time, a royal figure pressures a subordinate for failing to find a missing person named Geumseon, leading the subordinate to ask the prince to kill him out of despair. The prince ominously accepts the request, setting a tense tone for their unresolved fate.
A woman is desperate to save her brother Geumseon, accused of treason and marked for death. She brings a man claiming to be Prince Geumseon to shelter, but he is treated poorly, forced to sleep in a bathtub instead of a proper bed. Despite her urgent need to protect her brother, she questions the man's identity and doubts whether such a prince ever existed. Her conflicting emotions escalate as she struggles with trust and fear, leaving the true identity of the man and the fate of her brother uncertain by the episode's end.
Junhee hesitates while researching Prince Geumseon, preparing for a demanding role in an upcoming period drama. Meanwhile, she faces a harsh landlord who demands overdue rent and threatens eviction unless she pays with money or submission. As Junhee struggles with this threat, a bitter confrontation reveals her vulnerability and the pressure mounting on her personal life. Despite the landlord's cruelty, she resolves to endure the hardship, refusing to back down. The episode ends with Junhee determined to find a way through her financial and emotional crisis, setting up an uncertain and tense path ahead.
Prince Geumseon finds himself stranded in modern times, struggling to understand how to return to Joseon. A persistent man approaches him, urging the prince to adapt by entering the job market and earn money, even calling it becoming a 'modern slave.' Offended by the suggestion and clinging to his royal identity, Geumseon rejects the idea, insisting on his status as the kingdom's second prince. The man presses him for help, but Geumseon tries to dismiss him, leading to a tense standoff as the man refuses to leave without resolving their conflict.
The episode opens with a woman revealing her landlord's inappropriate behavior and the threat of eviction, leaving her homeless with no family to turn to. A man, who identifies himself as a prince, steps in to offer help, insisting that he cannot ignore the plight of his subject. As they try to recover from their tense encounter, the prince is suddenly assigned the role of an office assistant in a drama department, a task he is confused by but determined to handle with his intelligence. The episode ends with uncertainty about whether his new position will bring stability or further challenges.