Hellbound

November 19, 2021

A chairman of a new religious movement (Yoo Ah-in) claims that the supernatural executions — beings appearing to drag sinners to hell — are divine judgment. Detective Jin Kyeong-hoon (Yang Ik-june) investigates a decree delivered to a father of young children. The Jung-gu streets of central Seoul are disrupted by the impossible.

November 19, 2021

The New Truth Society's militant youth wing the Arrowhead — livestreaming executions and targeting anyone who questions the religious narrative — is introduced. Society begins to fracture.

November 19, 2021

A scheduled execution — a woman who has been given a decree — is livestreamed to millions. The drama's most disturbing episode, and the moment that broke Squid Game's global Netflix record.

November 19, 2021

Three years later. The New Truth controls Korean society. A baby is given a decree — an impossibility within the movement's theology. Lawyer Min Hye-jin (Kim Hyun-joo) tries to protect the family.

November 19, 2021

An underground movement — the Sodo — works to record the truth about executions without the New Truth's mediation. The Mapo new truth headquarters is the target of exposure.

November 19, 2021

The finale. What happens when the New Truth's theological certainty is shaken by an impossible event. The drama's conclusion is not resolution but rupture — a new chapter of social chaos beginning where the first ended.