You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 21

별에서 온 그대: 제21회

As Song-Yi wishes upon a star, Min-Joon says his parting words, vanishing into thin air before she could even say goodbye. This will cause her severe depression in the years to come despite everyone’s attempt to console her. Once in a while she will see him, a similar occurrence which lawyer Jang and Hwi-Kyeong’s brother will also report, but will summarily be dismissed as stress-induced hallucinations. Three years later, Song-Yi will have regained the spot she vacated in the biz by virtue of Hwi-Kyeong’s backing. On the night of the Korean Film Awards, she will work the red carpet and pose for the paparazzi, when all of a sudden everything in motion will stop except for her, and Min-Joon, who will walk up the flight of stairs and plant a kiss right on her lips, before he disappears again, much to everyone’s bewilderment. His apparitions will turn out to be real after all. Discovering a wormhole and banking on his ability to stop time, he will be able to come back for a longer period each time, their love story continuing as such with him suddenly disappearing and her patiently waiting when he would be back again, spending every time they have together as if it is going to be their last.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 20

별에서 온 그대: 제20회

Min-Joon and Song-Yi return safely to Seoul, ready to face the throng of reporters waiting in front of their apartment. There seems to be no serious repercussions for their actions, though, as he is not even charged for anything in particular. He even becomes some sort of celebrity himself, gaining the admiration of kids and women alike. She, on the other hand, becomes hot property again after getting vindicated from all the Han Yoo-Ra brouhaha. This is all just a temporary relief, though, as the comet which signals the time for his return to his home planet comes closer and closer as he gets weaker and weaker. After successfully getting the approval of her family, they strive to make his last week on Earth meaningful. Song-Yi has asked him to go back to his home planet instead of dying in her arms, a thought which she thinks she could not bear. On his last night on Earth, she gives him a USB containing a video of her dancing to Bruno Mars’ Marry You, ending it with a proposal for them to get married before he goes.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 19

별에서 온 그대: 제19회

Min-Joon drops Song-Yi off at his apartment and asks her to wait there as he is just going to meet someone for an urgent matter. Finding his diary, she reads his last entry where he confesses that he has chosen to stay on this planet for her even if it could mean his death. The person he is meeting is actually Hwi-Kyeong, who asks for his help to set his brother up. Everything works according to plan, with Hwi-Kyeong almost getting shot. Recorded on CCTV, his brother gets arrested right on the spot. Facing a throng of reporters who have been alerted for the arrest, he then reveals how he has just covertly invited Song-Yi to a restaurant to have her drink her favorite wine laced with fatal poison, which she would be doing right at that very moment. He then dares Min-Joon to choose between saving her and protecting his secret. He chooses her, and a media chaos ensues with the revelation of his powers in public in an all-out attempt to save her life, which he eventually does. They then teleport to a beautiful secluded island where they spend time together without a single worry in mind. Their impromptu vacation ends with a proposal, which she accepts and rejects, asking him to leave and live instead.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 18

별에서 온 그대: 제18회

Distressed, Song-Yi calls out Min-Joon’s name out loud in fear that he has gone away for good, but he assures her that he is not going anywhere and that he has decided to stay on the planet, with her. Yet her tight embrace comes with a premonition of him lying motionless on the floor, watching his own body disappear into nothingness. He also discovers how his powers start to wane whenever he is with her, having spent the night together in each other’s arms. Talks of marriage between him and her are brought up, with the former getting the approval of both her brother and father. Going home drunk, he unwittingly shows off his powers to Song-Yi’s brother, teleporting them back home through a phone booth. Amazed, he promises to keep it a secret. Hwi-Kyeong’s brother flatly denies every allegation thrown at him, bringing up his ex-wife’s mental condition as a shield. To make matters worse, their father seems to turn a blind eye on everything he does, taking the family’s reputation into consideration first, and ending up disowning Hwi-Kyeong for what he has done. He, on the other hand, discovers a ball pen/recorder implicating his brother in their oldest brother's death.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 17

별에서 온 그대: 제17회

Hwi-Kyeong delves deeper into his older brother’s affairs and goes as far as to conclude that he was also responsible for their older brother’s death eons ago, which was also declared as a suicide but shows uncanny similarities with that of Han Yoo-Ra in terms of chemicals found in the body as per autopsy reports. He enlists the help of Min-Joon to get his sister-in-law out of the mental hospital and arrange a meeting with her, his older brother, and the prosecutor. Min-Joon and Song-Yi deal with their star-cross lovers’ dilemma differently, with him getting drunk on soju as per lawyer Jang’s prodding and her trying to avoid him even if she really could not. He ends up accidentally causing a Gangnam-wide blackout, while she gives in and agrees to spend the last month he has on Earth meaningfully. After some thinking, though, he tells her at last that he would never ever leave her and that he is here to stay, not admitting the consequences of such action, which could very well include his death.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 16

별에서 온 그대: 제16회
As expected, Min-Joon immediately falls ill after stealing another kiss from Song-Yi, who then had to lug him around to get to his car, drive him home, and fall asleep with him in his bed. She asks him whether it was her he kissed or the young Joseon widow. “CHEON SONG-YI,” he answers. Her brother catches her sneaking out of his apartment the next morning. Playing the protective sibling, he invites himself over in an attempt to find out if he is just playing around with his sister, but he is easily won over with a tetra pack of chocolate milk, access to his telescopes, and some high definition photos of Chile’s Atacama Desert. While Song-Yi obsesses with her youth, the inevitable consequence of dating someone who would never age, and preparations for their 100th 1000th day anniversaries, Min-Joon reminds her that, with tears in his eyes, that he would have to leave for good after a month to go back to the star where he originally came from.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 15

별에서 온 그대: 제15회

Min-Joon apologizes for his sudden disappearance the day before, and changes his sworn statement off the record telling the prosecutor and the detective that he could teleport and that it is Hwi-Kyeong’s brother who is responsible for Yoo-Ra’s death. He then hands them a USB containing a video recording of the contents of Yoo-Ra’s copy-protected USB. Rumors that Song-Yi is engaged to Hwi-Kyeong leaves him in a delusional state, with him imagining the two lounging around his apartment in married splendor while he tries his best to stay sane. He even goes as far as to shoulder the exorbitant cancellation fee as stipulated on her contract with Hwi-Kyeong’s brother, although this is more of a move to protect her from him. Hwi-Kyeong’s brother tries a different approach by convincing Min-Joon to join forces with him after nonchalantly admitting some of his crimes while in Hwi-Kyeong’s hospital room, not knowing that his brother is just feigning his coma at that point, hearing everything that has been revealed. Se-Mi begs Song-Yi to accept Hwi-Kyeong after conceding defeat, but a confused Song-Yi is still busy dealing with Min-Joon, who has been following her around since she has recovered.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 14

별에서 온 그대: 제14회

Min-Joon cannot kill anyone because doing so would also mean his death. This Hwi-Kyeong’s brother knows about because a week before Song-Yi’s leap of death, one of his goons bugged lawyer Jang’s bag which allowed them to monitor his conversations with the extra-terrestrial. This is why despite hovering in mid-air right after being telekinetically hurled by Min-Joon off the top of a very high building, he still has the guts to taunt him and bargain for his life. Min-Joon grants him less than a minute of free fall before cutting what otherwise could have been a gruesome death brought about by gravity. Before all this, Min-Joon confesses his perfect lie to Se-Mi’s brother at the prosecutor’s office, but he and his colleague could not get themselves to believe him, especially right after he bolts out the door and disappears into thin air after hearing about Song-Yi’s unfortunate accident. Her harness snaps, as expected, but Hwi-Kyeong breaks her fall, landing both of them in the emergency room. Song-Yi’s father comes to the rescue to donate the rare blood type he shares with his daughter. Hwi-Kyeong, on the other hand, remains in critical condition.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 13

별에서 온 그대: 제13회

Song-Yi continues to pursue Min-Joon despite his confession that he is an alien. He then recalls the many instances in the past when he admitted the truth to friends and acquaintances alike, all of which ended up shunning him, with the significant exception of lawyer Jang. Making an agreement with Hwi-Kyeong’s brother to get all the blame for his crimes in exchange for Song-Yi’s safety, he successfully drives her away. She is heartbroken at first, but bounces back rather quickly in preparation for her comeback movie in which she would be playing support to Se-Mi. She is not the only one to get to know Min-Joon’s secrets, though, as Se-Mi’s brother the prosecutor does some digging and discovers that Min-Joon and the supposedly dead owner of the pen found at the crime site where he was attacked are one and the same. Hwi-Kyeong’s brother’s goon sabotages the harness Song-Yi would use for a stunt. As Min-Joon prepares to confess a crime he did not commit, Song-Yi leaps, apparently to her death.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 12

별에서 온 그대: 제12회

Just before an ambulance arrives at the scene, Min-Joon manages to teleport back to his apartment, albeit still bloodied and weak. Song-Yi rebukes Se-Mi and dismisses her tirades as rants of jealousy. She then breaks into Min-Joon’s apartment and finds him on the floor unconscious and drenched in his own blood. Lawyer Jang immediately comes to the rescue and warns her that Min-Joon only has two months left, after which he would be leaving for good. As he recovers, Min-Joon dreams about happy moments with Song-Yi, them as a couple, and her carrying his child. On the other hand, Hwi-Kyeong is having more and more doubts about his brother after overhearing his conversation regarding Min-Joon, and then finding out that he just established a one-man agency for Song-Yi. He then begins to investigate. Song-Yi tells the detective who comes to question her that Hwi-Kyeong’s brother is the guy Han Yoo-Ra was secretly seeing before her death. Fully recovered, Min-Joon arranges a date with Song-Yi and brings her to the museum where the hair accessory of the young Joseon widow is displayed. There he tells her all the truth there is about him, concluding it by shattering glass to show her his power.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 11

별에서 온 그대: 제11회

Min-Joon renders Hwi-Kyeong’s brother unconscious but not without revealing his abilities and getting hit with a tranquilizer. Song-Yi sneaks into his house only to sneak out again after almost being attacked by one of Hwi-Kyeong’s brother’s goons. Distressed, she calls Min-Joon, who immediately teleports at her doorstep to make sure she’s alright, but then he collapses right there. Infatuated, Song-Yi continues to badger him with attention, but he ends up rebuffing her saying that he does not love her and is only helping her because she is pitiful. Not used to the idea of being rejected, Song-Yi breaks down, leaves, and is fetched by Hwi-Kyeong, whom Min-Joon called to pick her up. Apparently, the two guys had a short talk; Hwi-Kyeong insists that Min-Joon is the same guy who saved Song-Yi 12 years ago, but he brushes this off and warns him instead to protect her against his brother, who has found a new way to coerce them into handing over the USB by using her mom. Se-Mi pays Song-Yi a visit and drops clues here and there that Min-Joon is that guy from 12 years ago, just right as he lays motionless on the street on a pool of blood after being run over by one of Hwi-Kyeong’s brother's goons.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 10

별에서 온 그대: 제10회

Both Song-Yi and Hwi-Kyeong confront Min-Joon about their suspicions about him but he obviously denies any involvement, and convincingly so because the circumstances simply do not add up to make any logical sense. Hwi-Kyeong’s brother is also hot on his trail, exhausting all the possibilities as to how he could have got down from the 23rd to the 1st floor in less than a minute without using an elevator. Song-Yi is losing money fast, which leads her to sell her luxury apparel and giving Min-Joon’s number for contact. She does not stop there, however, as she drags him around to play her manager and legal counsel. She then starts making excuses to go to his place and realizes that she is falling for him. She eventually admits it to him, but he says nothing. He contacts the prosecutor to hand over Yoo-Ra’s USB, but Hwi-Kyeong’s goons get to him first. Provoked, they end up in a car chase where Alien is lead to a cliff for his orchestrated death. As Hwi-Kyeong’s brother pulls the trigger, though, Min-Joon suddenly disappears only to reappear behind him, telling him once again that he could not kill him.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 9

별에서 온 그대: 제9회

30 years ago, Min-Joon saved Lawyer Jang from jumping off a building and since then, he has been his only friend. That was also the time when a jealous co-worker spat in his coffee. After drinking it, he was sick for a week. The fact that his saliva could not mix with that of human beings, as it could quickly take a toll on his health, is exactly the reason why he literally gets sick after kissing Song-Yi. Hwi-Kyeong’s older brother is now certain that he is protecting her and a confrontation ensues between the two men when the former is caught by the latter sneaking out of her apartment. Hwi-Kyeong’s brother decides to drop all pretenses and threatens Min-Joon upfront telling him to hand over the USB and that the only reason he and Song-Yi are still alive is because he is letting them live. 23 floors down as the elevator door opens, he finds Min-Joon in front of him despite not coming along for the ride; the latter threatening him back, saying that he could never kill him and that he will expose his identity to the world if he does not leave them alone. Hwi-Kyeong tells Se-Mi that he could not love her, but he wants her to remain as his friend. Se-Mi shows him the photo of Min-Joon saving Song-Yi 12 years ago.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 8

별에서 온 그대: 제8회

Song-Yi could not shake off the image of Min-Joon stopping her car from falling down the cliff. Coming back from the hospital, she finds her apartment in shambles, which leads him to let her stay in his apartment for a while. She then recalls various instances in which she thinks she saw him save her: seeing him in the car before coming out of nowhere to dodge the falling fishbowl; saving her from falling off the cruise ship. To her, all these instances don’t make any sense to be true, yet they seem so real to be dismissed as a dream. She consults a psychiatrist, who tells her that she could be suffering from visual hallucinations brought about by stress, as well as her subconscious dependence on him. Min-Joon has developed feelings for Song-Yi, even though he does his best to hide this. Curious as to why he does not seem attracted to her, she subjects him to the 15-second test, owing to her charm as a bankable endorser who needs just 15 seconds to make any guy fall for her. She sets the timer on her smartphone. Before the fifteen seconds run out, Min-Joon pulls her closer, ending with their lips locked in a kiss.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 7

별에서 온 그대: 제7회

Song-Yi turns down Hwi-Kyeong’s marriage proposal and convinces Min-Joon not just to be her manager, but also to replace his beeper with the latest mobile phone model. The ratings of the drama where she is replaced by Se-Mi skyrockets, prompting the latter to admit her true feelings of hatred towards her, confessing that she never really considered her as a friend. A demented Yoo-Ra fan drops a fish bowl on Song-Yi from above as she leaves the tailor shop where this conversation happened, but she is saved by a teleporting Min-Joon. Se-Mi sees them afterwards and recognizes him as the same man who saved her friend 12 years ago. Min-Joon leaves Song-Yi at the hospital to interrogate the suspect at the police station. The guy admits that he has been responsible for sending the death threats, but not the bear with an embedded camera, which was actually sent by Hwi-Kyeong’s brother, who sends one of his henchmen to the hospital to render Song-Yi unconscious. The next thing she knows, she is in a car rolling down a cliff. As she helplessly sets her gaze at the cliff which would witness her life’s end, she shouts Min-Joon’s name, right as he falls down from the sky to stop the car.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 6

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A young Se-Mi watches in horror, and later amazement, as she witnesses her friend Song-Yi get saved by a young man from a speeding truck. Camera at hand, she snaps a photo. 12 years later, she sneaks into his brother’s (the prosecutor) room and sees the Yoo-Ra case files, along with a picture of the same guy aboard the cruise ship. Min-Joon is invited by a police officer for questioning regarding his appearance on the cruise ship, but had to flee after sensing that Song-Yi is in trouble. Hwi-Kyeong’s brother pays her a visit, but no harm comes her way because he is just probing what she knows, and she appears to know too much. A few days after, she receives a birthday present, a photo of her with her eyes gouged out. To make matters worse, her agency has decided to postpone her contract renewal days before her birthday. En route to class, Min-Joon saves her again from the paparazzi. Later, she asks him to be her manager. Hwi-Kyeong rents out an entire amusement park to surprise her for her birthday, and later proposes, again, while on the Ferris Wheel. Eavesdropping from down below, Min-Joon temporarily stops motion and walks away, not wanting to hear her answer.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 5

별에서 온 그대: 제5회

It is obvious that Hwi-Kyeong’s brother is responsible for Yoo-Ra’s “suicide” after Min-Joon overhears an ambiguous conversation between him and a hit man while on the cruise ship. If proven otherwise, then Older Brother gets away unscathed as Song-Yi is blamed for the depression that supposed to have prompted the suicide. Still hounded by reporters camping outside her door, she gets to spend more time with Min-Joon, and attempts to get to know him better despite his reluctance. She even gets to meet his lawyer friend who ends up pretending to be his father while they have a meal together. Having a talk at his balcony, she tells Min-Joon how she often stares at her billboard across the street, said to be the most expensive advertising spot in Seoul, to feel better every time she is down. The very same billboard is brought down, her endorsement deals back out one by one, and she is axed in her own drama, the lead role being passed on to her best friend Yoo Se Mi (유인나), who’s been playing support to her for the longest time. It also turns out that the new prosecutor in charge of Yoo-Ra’s case is Se Mi’s brother, and he is still hot on the tracks of Min-Joon after recognizing him in the salon CCTV footage.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 4

별에서 온 그대: 제4회

Yoo-Ra, Song-Yi’s fiercest rival, is found dead on the Han riverbank the morning after a high-profile event that both women attend. With no sign of resistance found on the corpse, the police force wants to declare it as an obvious suicide, but a new prosecutor is eager to prove otherwise. Reviewing the CCTV footage from that night, he sees something peculiar: Min-Joon is on the cruise ship despite not being on the official list of invited guests, and what is more, he disappears just as a tipsy Song-Yi is about to fall overboard, both of them vanishing into thin air altogether in the next frame. Min-Joon indeed saves Song-Yi, and by accident shares his first kiss with her as he lays her down on an empty cabin bed. However, the accident results in a media circus, blaming the “suicide” on Song-Yi for being harsh to Yoo-Ra, as evidenced by a viral video of the former berating the latter. Hounded by the paparazzi who storm the floor where she lives, she seeks refuge at Min-Joon’s place, discovering his collection of antique books and artifacts.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 3

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The in-laws of the young widow Min-Joon met during the Joseon era wanted her dead at all costs, too bad for them she had an extra-terrestrial to protect her. At present time, he dreams of a woman falling into the water, but could not recognize her except for her shoes, which he sees Song-Yi wearing. At 2 AM, she asks him to bring her to the hospital to undergo an emergency surgery to get rid of her appendicitis, and tells him to pretend that he is her manager in order to avoid intrigues. There he gets to witness how dysfunctional her family is: how her mother is only concerned about money; how her brother blames her for their family falling apart; and how her father had to abandon them. Hwi-Kyeong plays the part of the jealous boyfriend, with his persistence as a suitor dating back to middle school as shown in a flashback. His brother, on the other hand, is portrayed as a two-faced character who seems amiable on the surface but turns out to be a shady individual who resorts to murder to get what he wants; and yeah, he is dating Song-Yi’s fiercest rival. Despite Min-Joon stealing her shoes and warning her to avoid water, Song-Yi ends up buying a similar pair of shoes anyway to attend a friend’s wedding. On a cruise ship.

You Who Came from the Stars: Episode 2

별에서 온 그대: 제2회

When Min-Joon landed on Earth 400 years ago, he was accompanied by other extra-terrestrials. Using his power to stop motion, he was able to mix well with the locals, even helping some of them with their life problems. Even so, he has since concluded that human beings do not change at all even if you lend them a hand, and that their life span is not enough for them to mature. He also met a young widow who became his friend, and then meets her reincarnation again four centuries later by saving her from a speeding truck. Song-Yi stars in her very own TV special which chronicles her life in school as a “simple student” but everything backfires when Min-Joon scolds her on camera for submitting a plagiarized report. Depressed, she visits her high school friend and indulges in soju, mistakes Min-Joon’s apartment for her own, and passes out there. She is later fetched by Lee Hwi-Kyeong (박해진), a second generation chaebol who also happens to be her childhood friend and persistent suitor. She accidentally leaves her wallet behind and as Min-Joon finds it, he sees a family photo with a young Song-Yi who resembles that young widow from the Joseon Dynasty, as well as that young girl he saved 12 years ago.