We meet (IU), a spirited, somewhat cynical 25-year-old woman living in modern-day Seoul. After a painful breakup and a series of job struggles, she feels like her life is a complete failure. During a freak solar eclipse, she tries to save a drowning boy at a lake — only to fall in herself. When she surfaces, the sky has changed. So has everything else.
The pacing is brisk — maybe too brisk for some — but the visual beauty, Lee Joon-gi’s magnetic intensity, and IU’s grounded performance hook you immediately. You finish the episode knowing: This is not a light time-travel rom-com. This is a tragedy waiting to happen. scarlet heart ryeo episode 1
Hae Soo accidentally gets caught up in a political trap and is saved at the last moment by , who hides her in his quarters. But as she breathes a sigh of relief, the camera cuts to Wang So standing in the shadows outside, having seen everything. His masked face reveals nothing — but the implication is clear: He knows she’s hiding something. And he’s not sure yet if she’s a pawn, a threat, or something else. We meet (IU), a spirited, somewhat cynical 25-year-old
Terrified and confused, she flees the scene and is eventually found by her maid, Chae Ryung. Ha-jin soon learns she is now inhabiting the body of , a 16-year-old noblewoman and cousin to the wife of the 8th Prince, Wang Wook . Because she has no memory of this life, her family and friends believe she is suffering from amnesia due to her near-drowning. Meeting the Princes When she surfaces, the sky has changed