The Heirs Episodes
Season 1
The Romance Begins
Cha Eun-sung, the 17-year-old daughter of a mute housemaid, meets Kim Tan, the son of a wealthy household, while she is looking for a sister in the US.
A Love Encounter
Cha Eun-sung has a hard time in the US after her sister leaves her stranded and the police take away her passport. She takes up Kim Tan's offer to stay with him.
Romantic Relationships and Emotional Entanglements
Kim Tan takes Eun-sung to meet his half-brother, who is in the States for a business trip. Eun-sung's mother hears her employer's mistress talking about getting rid of his second wife.
Meeting Under the Same Roof
Eun-sung returns to Korea with Tan's fiancee, who comes to visit him. She learns that her mother has shifted because of eviction. Tan returns to Korea as he misses his family.
Eun Sang Transfers to Imperial High School
Tan is shocked to discover that Eun-sung lives in his house. He follows her around as she helps her mother with her duties. Eun-sung gets a scholarship to study at Jeguk High School.
A Tense Situation Between Young Do and Kim Tan
On the first day of school, Eun-sung gets introduced to the social class system. Tan clashes with Young-do. Tan and his brother's relationship worsens.
The Bossy Young Do and The Warm Kim Tan
Young-do is suspicious of Eun-sung's social background and relationship with Tan. He gets into a fight with Tan and threatens to reveal his secret if he doesn't transfer to another school.
A Romantic Kiss on the Rooftop
Tan confesses his feelings for Eun-sung, but she is worried about their social differences. Her best friend advises her against revealing her background. Young-do disrupts his family's photo shoot.
Fight For Love
Tan and Young-do get into a fight when Young-do misbehaves with Eun-sung. She skips school. Ki-ae pretends to be Eun-sung's mother for a parents' meeting at school.
The Plan To Save Love
Young-do meets Ki-ae, Tan's real mother and is surprised to see Eun-sung enter Tan's home after school. Rachel asks her parents to end her engagement with Tan.
Twist and Turns
Tan arrives at the school camp to see Eun-sung, much to Young-do's annoyance. Won gets warned by his stepmother that Tan will become a majority shareholder in the company.
True Love in Silence
Eun-sung leaves the Kim residence. Young-do discovers her secret about her mother's job. Tan reveals his birth secret in front of Rachel's parents, breaking their engagement.
Out With Their Romance
Tan leaves his home. As the students of Jeguk come to know of Tan and Eun-sung's relationship, he decides to put an end to the social system in the school. Young-do confesses.
The Continuity of Sweet Love
Yet another fight brings Young-do and Tan face to face with their past. Rachel meets Tan's mother and discovers Eun-sung's secret. She decides to expose her at a party.
The Engagement is Dissolved
Eun-sung deals with the aftermath of her background being revealed to the students. Ki-ae blackmails Rachel's mother to cancel the children's engagement. Rumours spread about Kim Tan at school.
Forced To Be Apart
To Tan's frustration, Eun-sung accepts his father's ultimatum. Young-do is upset with the Eun-sung' treatment at school. Tan's father calls for a vote among the company's stockholders.
A New Kind of Love
Eun-sung's disappearance shocks everyone except Tan's father. Eun-sung and her mother settle down at Gangwon-do and start a new life. Tan and Young-do try to track her in their own ways.
Reunions Are Difficult
Young-do and Tan's family are shocked at Tan's behaviour. Ki-ae and Tan's father argue, leading to her decision to leave him. Won helps Eun-sung.
The War Between Heirs
Eun-sung is Tan's date for his 18th birthday party, much to his father's disappointment. Young-do finds his mother as authorities prepare to prosecute his father. Tan's father falls into a coma.
A Happy Ending
Won and Tan's stepmother tries to vote their father out of the company. To help his father, Won chooses an arranged marriage. Young-do reunites with his mother. Tan and Eun-sung reflect on the past.
