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Iris Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 14, 2009 60 mins
Present day, Hyun Joon is assigned to assassinate a North Korean official. Flashback and Hyun Joon and Sa Woo are hotshot army trainees who meet Seung Hee on different occasions.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Thu, Oct 15, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon and Sa Woo join NSS and discover their superiors are Seung Hee and Sang Hyun. Their first assignment is a known terrorist, a Japanese man with Syrian citizenship named Yamamoto Takashi.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 21, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon and Seung Hee affirm their relationship with a trip to Japan. They are then sent with Sa Woo to Hungary to bring in a North Korean refugee into protective custody.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Thu, Oct 22, 2009 60 mins
Now back in the present day, Hyun Joon assassinates a North Korean official, only to have North Korean agents Sun Hwa and Chul Young on his tail. Sa Woo makes the ultimate betrayal.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 28, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon becomes a rogue agent and is hunted down separately by Sa Woo, and Chul Young and Sun Hwa.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Thu, Oct 29, 2009 60 mins
Although everyone thinks he is dead, Hyun Joon survives thanks to a mysterious benefactor, and escapes to Japan. Sun Hwa follows him with the intent of killing him.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 4, 2009 60 mins
Seung Hee trails Sun Hwa, knowing the latter will lead her to Hyun Joon. The mysterious Vic continues his search for Hyun Joon.
Episode 8
Episode 8
Thu, Nov 5, 2009 60 mins
Everyone around Hyun Joon starts to suffer because of the shadowy organization IRIS, of whom NSS director Baek San and Sa Woo are a part of.
Episode 9
Episode 9
Wed, Nov 11, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon forms an alliance with Chul Young and Sun Hwa, and joins other North Korean agents for a terrorist mission in South Korea.
Episode 10
Episode 10
Thu, Nov 12, 2009 60 mins
Sa Woo is the first to realize that Hyun Joon is actually alive. The North Korean terrorists and Hyun Joon infiltrate NSS.
Episode 11
Episode 11
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 60 mins
After a close encounter with Seung Hee, the terrorists leave NSS with a detonation device to set up a nuclear bomb. Hyun Joon learns more about his past and the deaths of his parents.
Episode 12
Episode 12
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon and Sun Hwa meet his mysterious benefactor and learns more about IRIS. Seung Hee makes her own investigation into the terrorists.
Episode 13
Episode 13
Wed, Nov 25, 2009 60 mins
Seung Hee is caught by the North Korean terrorists and brought before Hyun Joon for questioning. Meanwhile, Baek San and Sa Woo take action against the one person who can give answers to Hyun Joon.
Episode 14
Episode 14
Thu, Nov 26, 2009 60 mins
A clue brings Hyun Joon to the President of South Korea, whom he informs about IRIS and of Baek San's betrayal. Chul Young struggles between his loyalty to his Director or loyalty to his country.
Episode 15
Episode 15
Wed, Dec 2, 2009 60 mins
Time is ticking before the nuclear bomb is detonated within the middle of Seoul, bringing Hyun Joon face to face against Sa Woo.
Episode 16
Episode 16
Thu, Dec 3, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon and NSS try to bring down Baek San and IRIS as they search for the location of the nuclear bomb.
Episode 17
Episode 17
Wed, Dec 9, 2009 60 mins
Finally cleared, Hyun Joon returns to NSS and is formally reunited with Seung Hee. Sa Woo and Baek San are arrested and held by the National Assembly.
Episode 18
Episode 18
Thu, Dec 10, 2009 60 mins
Before Hyun Joon and Sun Hwa can retire, Sa Woo and Baek San are freed by IRIS mercenaries, threatening the upcoming North-South Korean summit.
Episode 19
Episode 19
Wed, Dec 16, 2009 60 mins
Hyun Joon manages to avenge numerous deaths by eliminating Vic. Sa Woo leads an IRIS operation that takes numerous Koreans hostage in a mall.
Episode 20
Episode 20
Thu, Dec 17, 2009 60 mins
IRIS mercenaries appear at the North-South Korean summit, and Hyun Joon manages to take down ringleaders of IRIS.
