Episode
Kairos: The Cost of Happiness
Overview
Seo Jin struggles mentally and physically after what he considers a kidnapping attempt by Ae Ri. At the same time, Ae Ri questions herself whether she should continue to help Seo Jin. While both are on the verge of losing mutual trust, Hyun Chae goes through Seo Jin’s belongings.
Details
- Series
- Kairos
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2020-11-30
- Runtime
- 68 min
Episode context
The Cost of Happiness is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Kairos. It aired on 2020-11-30. The runtime is 68 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 16: The Arrest
Ae Ri is arrested as a kidnapper, and Seo Jin from the same timeline misunderstands her as a threat. Feeling frustrated, Ae Ri regrets the fact she gave it all to help Seo Jin. Not knowing this, Seo Jin refuses her request for leniency. However, his memories begin to surface.
Episode 18: The Only Hope
Despite the misleading, discouraging happening with Seo Jin, Ae Ri admits that only Seo Jin can help her find her mother. At the memorial park, while Seo Jin is making a presentation regarding the Taejung New Town Project, Ae Ri runs into Seo Do Kyun, who later hears his own voice over Ae Ri’s phone call.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: The Gap
Ae Ri waits for the phone call, but it never reaches her. Worried that something might have happened to Seo Jin, Ae Ri does everything she can to keep Da Bin from getting kidnapped. In the end, Ae Ri, Geon Wook, and Soo Jung plan to sneak into the charity event in order to protect Da Bin. While doing so, Ae Ri gets into trouble.
Episode 19: Victim's Message
Seo Jin visits Taejung Town Collapse Victim’s Association. He finds out that his father is not the kind of person who would commit suicide and leave his son alone. He decides to investigate the collapse incident further for himself.
Episode 14: The Clues
While Do Kyun is dissatisfied by the fact that Taek Gyu killed Kim Jin Ho, Seo Jin stumbles upon a clue that connects the dots between Do Kyun and Taek Gyu. With the help from Ae Ri, Seo Jin continues with his investigation and tracks down Da Bin’s teddy bear with a location tracker.
Episode 20: Ae Ri's Guess
Ae Ri feels perplexed at Seo Jin’s unfamiliar reactions. She feels something fishy and tries to confirm that the person with the phone is Seo Jin. Hyun Chae also feels strange at Seo Jin’s different behavior.
Episode 13: Kim Jin Ho Takes His Life
Kim Seo Jin hears about Kim Jin Ho’s suicide but goes on to further investigate the situation. Meanwhile, Ae Ri’s mother disappears again. Frustrated and desperate, Ae Ri decides to eliminate what might harm her mother, Lee Taek Gyu.
Episode 21: The Assistance
When Seo Jin wakes up in the hospital after the accident, he realizes that he’s being investigated by the police. That’s when Seo Jin receives a secret note that asks him to come out to the hospital parking lot. At the parking lot, Seo Jin encounters an unexpected visitor.
Episode 12: The Murder
Although he realizes that the dead body is of Ae Ri’s mother, Seo Jin decides to keep his mouth shut, but instead, he informs Ae Ri about the time and place of her death. Meanwhile, Seo Jin gets surrounded by a group of policemen under the suspicion of Kwak Song Ja’s murder.
Episode 22: Seo Jin's Plan
Seo Jin cooks up a scheme so that he can grasp the situation better. While doing so, Seo Jin lets Ae Ri from her timeline know that there has been an accident in which he lost Da Bin and Hyun Chae. After figuring out a crucial piece of the puzzle, Seo Jin heads straight to Ae Ri’s mother, only to see the police carrying someone's dead body out of her house.
Episode 11: The Dead Body
After tracking down Lee Taek Gyu with a secretly planted GPS device, Seo Jin is shocked when he confronts a dead body hanging from some bars. After the incident, Seo Jin continues to look for Kwak Song Ja, Ae Ri’s mother, without realizing that he has already found her.
Episode 23: Ae Ri's Death
The dead body turns out to be Ae Ri's. Seo Jin is taken aback when he sees her. Meanwhile, Ae Ri from her timeline realizes that she will die after a month. Knowing her future death, she asks her mother a favor regarding what’s about to happen.