Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo’s grandson. Their relation is proven via DNA tests by Hyeon-soo’s brother. This leads to Hyeon-soo attempting to avoid a scandal concerning him having children “unknown” to the media.

Set in 1969 at the end of the Vietnam War, elite officer and war hero Colonel Kim Jin-pyeong is about to get promoted to general. He is a constant subject of jealousy, with the commander for a father-in-law and a beautiful wife. But in truth, his affection for his wife has subsided and he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the war. One day, Jin-pyeong encounters Ga-heun, the wife of one of his captains, and falls into a fatal and obsessive love affair that forces him to give up everything he had achieved.

In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties are changed by student activist Park Jin-woo. When Jin-Woo is brutally tortured and put on trial for his activism, Woo-seok decides to defend Jin-woo as his client.

Korea’s biggest network marketing scam reveals a far greater network of corruption and conspiracy lurking underneath.