Boys Over Flowers
Poor girl Jan Di attends elite Shin Hwa High, where she's bullied by Joon Pyo, leader of F4 (the four richest and most gorgeous boys). Joon Pyo becomes attracted to Jan Di, but she has a crush on Yoon Ji Hoo, Joon Pyo's best friend. This is a Cinderella story about the F4 friends and the normal girl who manages to break into their clique and win their friendship along with the romantic affections of two of the four.
- 2009-2009
- 1 season
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-14
Poor girl Jan Di attends elite Shin Hwa High, where she's bullied by Joon Pyo, leader of F4 (the four richest and most gorgeous boys). Joon Pyo becomes attracted to Jan Di, but she has a crush on Yoon Ji Hoo, Joon Pyo's best friend. This is a Cinderella story about the F4 friends and the normal girl who manages to break into their clique and win their friendship along with the romantic affections of two of the four.
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 2009
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
Sun, Apr 3, 2022 70 mins
While on a dry cleaning delivery run to prestigious Shin-Hwa High, Jan Di saves Min Ha (her client) from suicide, his act of desperation brought on by severe bullying due to targeted ostracism from F4, four bored cream-of-the-crop student boys. The act sparks a public fire storm and boycot against the company that built the school, so Jan Di - a sudden media darling - soon finds herself accepted into the restricted school to quell the public outcries. She balks against enrolling, but her thrilled family pushes her into it, unaware they're shoving their plucky daughter into the disdainfully cruel hands of Flower Four (F4), the school's four über-elite boys who rule the roost.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
69 mins
An Internet story breaks about a Shin Hwa student, known only as 'K', getting pregnant. It's hard for the elite to believe it would be one of their own class, therefore it becomes an easy assumption that it's commoner Jan Di. The story (later naming Jan Di directly) seems to have originated wholly from Joon Pyo, who waits smugly in the senior lounge for her to come crawling in apology. Jan Di confronts him, but Joon Pyo, believing girl actions run opposite of their true inner feelings, takes Jan Di's protestations of hatred as a declaration of deep affection for him. Self-assured, he has her roughly abducted, cleaned and redressed for a private presentation to him - totally at a loss over her later vehement reaction. By contrast, her interest in Ji Hoo increases as she learns more about him through Seo Hyun, a famous model whom Ji Hoo's treats as a surrogate mother/lover. Seo Hyun also sheds light on the reason behind Joon Pyo's over all cruelty.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
67 mins
Jealous of seeing Ji Hoo with Jan Di, Joon Pyo absents himself from Seo Hyun's party to the swimming pool area where his fear of insects lands him in the drink. Jan Di, being a swimmer, rescues him, but to her further disgust Joon Pyo looks upon her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as having taken her first kiss. Happy now, he continues to pursue her. Meanwhile, Seo Hyun's party is a set-up to announce her permanent departure from South Korea, leaving Ji Hoo depressed. Also, Hee Soo (Joon Pyo's domineering mother) returns to host an auction and casts a disapproving eye on Jan Di.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
65 mins
Ji Hoo decides to follow Seo Hyun when she leaves Korea for good. Joon Pye's outing with Jan Di turns more serious than expected: first he stands hours in the snow waiting for her; then they get locked outside on an observation tower in winter's cold. He develops a high fever, and Jan Di must watch over him through the night. Word gets out of their "night together," and the student body becomes remarkably kind and attentive toward Jan Di, believing that she's Joon Pye's official girlfriend--all but the Mean Girls Trio and, surprisingly, school chum Min Ji, who harbors a secret crush on Joon Pye and plots Jan Di's downfall.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
64 mins
After administering to Jan Di's injuries from the student-body attack, Joon Pyo lets Min Ji explain her betrayal; afterward, unable to set things right, she leaves Shin Hwa High for good. As his staff strives to restore everything that was ruined in Jan Di's attack, Joon Pyo visits her family to bestow expensive gifts before taking Jan Di, her co-worker/friend Ga Eul, and the F4 gang (including Ji Hoo, back from Europe) on vacation to his private island, where his despotic manner (though meant kindly) makes Jan Di feel a bit shanghaied.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
64 mins
Doing whatever he wants in all things continues to spook Jan Di into thinking Joon Pyo might force himself upon her. (Reminding her how much he's paying for her comfort doesn't help.) She recalls the words of the fortuneteller in her dream: She'll lose something as a woman, and that she is currently with both her soulmate and her future husband--but what will she lose, and who is which? Tensions mount when Joon Pyo suspects infidelity behind the loss of a personal gift, and coming upon an intimate scene brings Joon Pyo to make an announcement at school.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
64 mins
Since a true friend is rare for the rich, Joon Pyo's older sister Joon Hee--hearing of Jan Di and the rift between Joon Pyo and Ji Hoo--takes matters in hand to bring her smarting brother to his senses. She instigates a series of three contests drawn randomly for Joon Pyo and Ji Hoo to compete against each other. Hell-bent on victory, Joon Pyo can't fathom how much he stands to lose by winning.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
64 mins
With the competition at an end and neither Ji Hoo nor Jan Di suffering any actions from Joon Pyo, Ji Hoo asks Jan Di for a date. Because of Seo Hyun's past influence on them, the two find they can each let go of their first loves (Seo Hyun for Ji Hoo, Ji Hoo for Jan Di). Noticing that Joon Pyo is stalking them presents Ji Hoo with a further task for the night: goading Joon Pyo into admitting his regard for Jan Di. That mission's success brings about two actions: Joon Pyo takes Jan Di out to dinner and a movie, then asks Jan Di's family if he can spend the night, leaving Jan Di aghast.
Episode 9
Episode #1.9
64 mins
Kang Hee Soo is not pleased at finding son Joon Pyo away from home. Having invited himself to stay overnight with Jan Di's family, Joon Pyo experiences the "commoner's" lifestyle and finds he likes it. Specifically, it's the close, cluttered experiences of family, which have sorely lacked in his own upbringing. He finds the commoner practice of double dating far less enjoyable, where Ga Eul's date (Gong Soo Pyo) doesn't realize whom he's facing and treats Joon Pyo without any of the due respect to which he's accustomed. An altercation comes of it, which puts Jan Di at odds with Joon Pyo, but it also presents a situation for bonds to strengthen between Ga Eul and Yi Jung.
Episode 10
Episode #1.10
62 mins
It's Valentine's Day, when girls give boys chocolates, but all does not go well for Jan Di or Ga Eul. For Ga Eul, Yi Jung fortifies his position that his public declarations of love were just playacting for her to save face before the ungentlemanly Gong Soo Pyo. For Jan Di, Kang Hee Soo hauls Joon Pyo home after finding the pair together in a silly contest to win a free cell phone. She offers Jan Di's family a bribe to keep the couple permanently separated. When that doesn't work, she initiates means to send Jan Di's struggling working-class family into poverty.
Episode 11
Episode #1.11
64 mins
Needing work to support her family (thanks to Hee Soo's machinations), Jan Di unwittingly falls within grasp of exploitative pornographers. Fortunately, an unnamed rescuer appears just in time. Back at school, new student Jae Ha introduces himself to Jan Di as her fan and supplies her with part-time work at a proper modeling studio. There she learns that student Jae Ha and the mysterious supermodel Haje (her earlier rescuer) are one and the same. Concealing her need for employment from Joon Pyo causes her to lie to him, frustrating Joon Pyo and leading to their breakup. While both Jae Ha and Ji Hoo stand ready to become her boyfriend, Jan Di gets an F4 red card. It's the first time a student ever got selected twice to be hazed, but the new attacks become life threatening. It turns out there's a serpent at work behind most of these recent doings, and both Jan Di and Joon Pyo are at risk.
Episode 12
Episode #1.12
64 mins
Per instructions, Joon Pyo appears alone for kidnapped Jan Di's sake, but the other members of F4 arrive in time to spare him being beaten to death. Loan sharks take away Jan Di's father, forcing Gong Joo to supplicate and demean herself before Hee Soo to end the attack on their family. Even so, Jan Di returns the bribe with reasons of her own. F4, Jan Di and Ga Eul visit a mountain lodge for some skiing, where Joon Pyo presents Jan Di with a personally designed pendant. The Mean Girls Trio, thinking Jan Di undeserving of such a gift, steal it away, leaving Joon Pyo to think Jan Di lost it and feeling that she regards him lightly. As Hee Soo's latest goon squad hauls Joon Pyo away, the Mean Girls Trio further tricks Jan Di out into a life-threatening blizzard to look for the missing pendant.
Episode 13
Episode #1.13
64 mins
With the passing of Chairman Goo, Joon Pyo takes over Shin Hwa Group's latest resort project in Macau, China. Time has passed, putting the F4 boys at the college level, but still without word from Joon Pyo. In the interim, Ji Hoo becomes a secret benefactor to Jan Di's struggling family, getting them custodial jobs. Concerned over her ailing shoulder, Ji Hoo takes Jan Di to the hospital where they discover that an untreated injury sustained from protecting Joon Pyo at her kidnapping has ended her ability to swim. The boys cheer her spirits and help her raise money to go see Joon Pyo in Macau, but the trip proves to be not an entirely welcoming experience.
Episode 14
Episode #1.14
64 mins
Still in Macau, China, Ji Hoo, Yi Jung and Woo Bin finally contrive to see Joon Pyo, who firmly makes it plain he's outgrown them and Jan Di. As a favor to a friend, Ji Hoo privately asks that he meet Jan Di one last time. He does, but their reunion is cold. It would seem their relationship has run its course, but in private Joon Pyo chafes badly. His undisclosed Devil's bargain with Hee Soo, for Jan Di's sake, leaves him deprived of love and friends, and festering. Unaware of Joon Pyo's severe personal sacrifice, Ji Hoo revitalizes Jan Di with a day-long tour of city pleasures. At its end, he encounters old childhood friend Ming, who encourages the pair to stay at his place (but who has obvious eyes for Hi Joo alone).
Episode 15
Episode #1.15
64 mins
With Joon Pyo apparently out of the picture, Ji Hoo continues to woo Jan Di through lots of personal time together, but what exactly is up with Joon Pyo remains a question. Jan Di herself carries mixed feelings over what to do or how to feel about him (which emotionally influences her time with Ji Hoo). Invitations to Joon Pyo's formal birthday party come suddenly from multiple directions, all aiming to get Jan Di to attend in order to force the issue and gauge Joon Pyo's reactions. Of all people, Hee Soo affords Jan Di the manner by which to release her remnant feelings for Joon Pyo at his party, but Hee Soo then stuns the entire gathering with a surprising announcement.
Episode 16
Episode #1.16
64 mins
In his isolation Joon Pyo turns to Ji Hoo but can't articulate his position, yet the action rights the shaken F4 friendships at least for now. Jae Kyung, a new student at Shin Hwa University, invites herself to overnight at Jan Di's (unknowingly copying Joon Pyo's past action). Since "little sister" Jan Di is the first friend she's ever made, Jae Kyung asks her to be her romantic advisor in strengthening ties with Joon Pyo, whom she's decided she's meant to marry someday. Yi Jung and Woo Bin resolve to step in before this arranged marriage becomes permanent, and they link up with Ga Eul to trick Joon Pyo and Jan Di back together by making it seem Yi Jung has targeted Ga Eul for his latest sexual conquest. Fate intervenes at the worst possible moment by bringing Hee Soo into the picture. Meanwhile, Jan Di also becomes aware of the relationship and estrangement between Ji Hoo and Dr. Yoon.
Episode 17
Episode #1.17
64 mins
With Gong Joo (mother) sick and Il Bong (father) looking after her, Jan Di takes over their cleaning duties at the art gallery. Spotting her at work, Ji Hoo lends a hand, fortunately able to aid her when she blacks out from exhaustion and malnutrition. Meanwhile, Joon Pyo finds himself at the center of a family row, where Hee Soo berates him for his foolish love affair while Joon Hee berates Hee Soo for treating her kids as commodities. Once again, Joon Pyo turns to Ji Hoo for support, just in time to catch him kissing Jan Di's hand as she sleeps. Considering all things said, Joon Pyo finally takes Jae Kyung out. Excited by this, she rushes to tell Jan Di (not realizing the pain this news brings). While Joon Pyo remains cold and members of F4 remain resentfully aloof (knowing the situation is not Jae Kyung's fault), Jae Kyung remains resolute and undaunted. Winning a contest at a serendipitous meeting, Jae Kyung forces Joon Pyo, Ji Hoo, and Jan Di into taking a double-date weekend together. At their hotel, Jan Di drops Joon Pyo's special pendant in a pool and nearly drowns retrieving it. Joon Pyo (having taken swimming lessons over summer) saves her, but Jan Di loses her pendant again. Jae Kyung finds it, along with its inscription "J loves J." Meanwhile, as Yi Jung visits family problems afresh with his philandering father and estranged brother, Ga Eul takes a pottery class to learn more of Yi Jung's world, not knowing that the instructor is Yi Jung's childhood sweetheart and first love Eun Jae.
Episode 18
Episode #1.18
63 mins
Joon Pyo admits to liking someone else; Jae Kyung refuses to hear directly who but rightly surmises it's "little sister" Jan Di. That doesn't stop her efforts to win Joon Pyo over with a home-cooked feast (which he grudgingly accepts) and presentation of matching engagement rings (which he does not). Under the continued glare of financial hardship, Jan Di's parents make a hard decision to leave, putting Jan Di in charge of little brother Kang San. To lighten their burden further, the siblings move into a smaller apartment where they meet a familiar new neighbor / benefactor. Meanwhile, as Sang Rok walks a fine line between serving Joon Pyo and Hee Soo, Woo Bin and Yi Jung both fall into self-pity; but, while Woo Bin privately loathes being the son of a hoodlum, Yi Jung becomes an unclassy public nuisance and sustains a possibly career-threatening injury. Under Eun Jae's encouragement, Ga Eul declares her interest in and to Yi Jung, which he promptly and cool-headedly discourages.
Episode 19
Episode #1.19
64 mins
Jan Di and Ga Eul come to the aid of Ji Hoo and Yi Jung, respectively, as both boys suffer, one from an emotional confrontation and the other from overindulgence. Losing a bet, Joon Pyo becomes Jae Kyung's servant for a day, which entails grocery shopping for Jan Di. As Jan Di's return isn't till well past dawn, Joon Pyo berates her, which prompts her to stand up to his scolding by confronting his lame "play" at independence. Hee Soo, meanwhile, discovering her son's been with Jan Di again, has her goons manhandle him back home, but she's not done. As Ji Hoo, upon learning that Jan Di's taken a smaller apartment, visits along with Yi Jung, Woo Bin and Ga Eul to give her a proper housewarming, Hee Soo arrives to browbeat Jan Di with another personal downgrading, additionally telling them all to leave her son alone. Now a virtual prisoner in his own mansion, Joon Pyo finds reprieve through Jae Kyung taking him along on a visit to Jan Di's. With all friends on hand, a game of Truth of Dare crops up, bringing underlying issues toward the surface, but a malicious act soon comes to shatter Jan Di's world even further.
Episode 20
Episode #1.20
64 mins
Joon Hee takes the homeless Jan Di off the streets by making her a guest of the mansion. Since Jan Di insists in earning her keep, Joon Hee (with designs on helping Joon Pyo escape the predictable fate of their mother's characteristic machinations) gets Jan Di hired on as a maid. The formidable Head Maid, in turn, makes Jan Di the personal servant of Joon Pyo. As first stunned by this development, Joon Pyo soon takes advantage of it, making Jan Di apt to react in un-maidly-like manners. Yi Jung, inadvertently through Ga Eul, reconnects with first love Eun Jae, for which Ga Eul has a few choice words for him. Noticing Dr. Yoon's health issues, Jan Di works to bring reconciliation between him and Ji Hoo by moving Dr. Yoon into Ji Hoo's house.
Episode 21
Episode #1.21
63 mins
It should be the last straw when Soo Hee catches Jan Di dressed as a maid in Joon Pyo's bedroom, but rescue comes from an unexpected source able to stand up to Hee Soo. Jae Kyung by now knows full well the relationship between fiancé Joon Pyo and best-friend Jan Di. She meets with Hee Soo to dissuade her from retaliating against Jan Di but, adamant about marrying Joon Pyo, conspires to step up the wedding date, leaving Joon Pyo without breathing room for figuring a way out of it.
Episode 22
Episode #1.22
64 mins
With the Joon Pyo / Jae Kyung wedding derailed, F4 and friends enjoy an unexpected day of bliss, but it isn't long before Hee Soo's retaliation is felt. Promptly exiling Jan Di from the mansion, Hee Soo threatens her anew but finds her shielded by yet another guardian - Dr. Yoon - who announces his approval of Jan Di for his grandson, Ji Hoo. The extended F4 group agrees that Jan Di living in Ji Hoo's house is currently the safest place for her. Due to the "warmth" of her spirit, Sang Rok approaches Jan Di for a favor: to secretly care for an unnamed comatose man (which she accepts). Meanwhile, as Ga Eul searches for a way to help Yi Jung regain the use of his hand, Woo Bin schemes to bust Joon Pyo from his bedroom prison.
Episode 23
Episode #1.23
63 mins
After spending a greatly satisfying day with Jan Di babysitting a toddler son of one of Dr. Yoon's patients, Joon Pyo makes a deal with Hee Soo to take all she has to throw at him in exchange for leaving Jan Di alone. Hee Soo easily agrees to this, not sharing that she's already redirected her vindictive energies onto Jan Di's friends and their families. With Ga Eun's tenured father suddenly dismissed from his company, and Dr. Yoon's Foundation coming under attack (the stress of which sends him to the hospital with chest pains), Jan Di meets Hee Soo to strike a deal of her own. Soon she is gone from everyone's life, leaving all to wonder what happened and what's become of her.
Episode 24
Episode #1.24
63 mins
True to her word, Jan Di abandons Joon Pyo, ShinHwa High and all - and Gong Joo (though glad to have her back) can't get her to say why. At the mansion, Joon Hee learns of, and recognizes, the comatose man and is infuriated with the scope of Soo Hee's deceit. When, by luck, Ji Hoo locates Jan Di, Joon Pyo refuses to join him in seeing her, disgusted by his genetic ties to Soo Hee (though ending up secretly tagging along in his car). A vengeance-minded homeless executive, mistaking Ji Hoo for the ShinHwa heir, intends to strike back at those who ruined his life and manages to shatter more than just the Joon Pyo/Jan Di/Ji Hoo love triangle.
Episode 25
Episode #1.25
63 mins
Recollections slowly start to return to Joon Pyo, but Yoo Mi (figuring out it's Jan Di whom Joon Pyo's trying to recall) seizes the opportunity to claim them to herself in order to hang on to him. Unable to endure the pain of this latest development any further, Jan Di makes one last effort to trigger Joon Pyo's memories or die in the attempt.