Itaewon Class

February 7, 2020

Sae-ro-yi opens Danbam in Itaewon — a tiny bar in the neighbourhood Jangga dominates. The real-life Undukjib location establishes the drama's primary setting.

February 7, 2020

Jo Yi-seo (Kim Da-mi), a famous food blogger, is hired as Danbam's manager after a catastrophic incident. Her intelligence and ruthlessness become the business's engine.

February 14, 2020

The pedestrian bridge above Noksapyeong Station with N Seoul Tower in the background — the drama's most used outdoor location, where Sae-ro-yi and the drama's relationships are repeatedly tested.

February 14, 2020

The Jangga Group uses its power to harass Danbam — health inspections, landlord pressure, social media attacks. Sae-ro-yi's team holds.

February 21, 2020

Danbam's eccentric, diverse team — each member with their own story — is fully established. The bar's real emotional appeal: the people who work there.

February 21, 2020

Danbam is gaining recognition. Chairman Jang (Yoo Jae-myung) begins to take the threat seriously. The Itaewon streets at their most cinematically charged.

February 28, 2020

Oh Soo-a (Kwon Na-ra) — Sae-ro-yi's first love who works for Jangga — is caught between her loyalty to her employer and her feelings. The drama's most morally complex character.

February 28, 2020

Yi-seo's feelings for Sae-ro-yi, which she has expressed without ceremony since Episode 4, are undeniable. He has not yet processed them.

March 6, 2020

Danbam and Jangga in direct commercial competition. Sae-ro-yi's plan enters its most active phase.

March 6, 2020

Jang Geun-won's continued attempts to destroy Danbam. The drama's central antagonism at its most personal.

March 13, 2020

Some Sevit's illuminated islands on the Han River — the drama's most cinematic non-Itaewon location, used for the relationship's turning point.

March 13, 2020

Jo Yi-seo's confession on the Some Sevit outdoor terrace — the scene used in nearly every promotional image for the drama. Sae-ro-yi's response is not immediate.

March 20, 2020

Sae-ro-yi's plan for Jangga Group enters its decisive phase. Everything he built since Episode 1 is deployed.

March 21, 2020

The finale. One of 2020's most binged K-dramas globally — a revenge story that worked because it made its hero's ordinary decency as compelling as his extraordinary grievance.