Designated Survivor: 60 Days

July 3, 2019

The entire National Assembly is destroyed in a terrorist attack. Environment Minister Park Mu-jin (Ji Jin-hee) — the lowest-ranked cabinet member present at a separate ceremony — becomes Acting President of Korea for 60 days. The National Assembly building exterior.

July 3, 2019

Mu-jin's first day as acting president. His complete unpreparedness for the role and his fundamental decency are shown in the same episode.

July 10, 2019

The investigation into who bombed the National Assembly begins. Every institution with power over that investigation has reasons to obstruct it.

July 10, 2019

The Cheong Wa Dae area used for the acting president's official world — the machinery of Korean executive power that Mu-jin must learn to operate.

July 17, 2019

The bombing's connection to a political conspiracy becomes clear. Multiple factions had motivation.

July 17, 2019

The specific limits of an acting president's authority — what he can and cannot do in 60 days — used as genuine dramatic constraints.

July 24, 2019

The political survivors of the bombing and their agendas for the reconstruction of Korean government.

July 24, 2019

The investigation at its most dangerous. Mu-jin's position increasingly under threat from those who want the conspiracy buried.

July 31, 2019

Evidence connecting the bombing to specific political actors reaches Mu-jin.

July 31, 2019

Twenty days remaining. Mu-jin must act on the evidence before his authority expires.

August 7, 2019

The drama's most explicit examination of Korean institutional culture — who protects whom, and why.

August 7, 2019

Han Na-gyeong (Kang Han-na) — the acting president's most effective political ally — makes her decisive move.

August 14, 2019

Ten days remaining. The conspiracy's final protection is being dismantled.

August 14, 2019

The full evidence package assembled. The legal and political mechanism for accountability.

August 21, 2019

The final day approaches. Everything Mu-jin has built in 59 days depends on what happens next.

August 21, 2019

The finale. Widely considered superior to the American original — a drama that took its political premise seriously and used Korean institutional specifics rather than generic thriller mechanics.