The BEST episodes of L.U.C.A: The Beginning season 1
Every episode of L.U.C.A: The Beginning season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of L.U.C.A: The Beginning season 1!
A mysterious man with strange powers and no memory of his past crosses paths with a relentless detective searching for her missing parents, and their intertwined hunts for the truth pull them into a dangerous conspiracy.
#1 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/2021
Ji-Oh gets admitted to the ICU after suffering extensive injuries from the fall. Goo-Reum also ends up in the hospital where she suddenly remembers seeing Ji-Oh during her childhood. Feeling confused, she starts to look into Ji-Oh’s identity. Meanwhile, the researchers from the Human Tech lab continue trying to bring Ji-Oh in.
#2 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2021
Ji-Oh takes Goo-Reum somewhere safe to heal her injuries. Goo-Reum asks Ji-Oh questions about her parents, but he doesn’t remember anything about them. Goo-Reum takes him to a church to help him regain his memories. Meanwhile, Chul-Soo scolds Son for losing Ji-Oh. Son makes desperate efforts to find Ji-Oh and Goo-Reum.
#3 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/15/2021
Goo-Reum brings Ji-Oh home since he has nowhere else to go or anyone to depend on. There, Ji-Oh comes to understand just how desperate and lonely Goo-Reum has been while searching for her parents. Meanwhile, Lee Son is furious that he let Ji-Oh go yet again. He decides to take a big risk in order to capture Ji-Oh once and for all.
#4 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/2021
Ji-Oh remembers that he burned down the orphanage as a child and is in a state of shock. Goo-Reum takes him to Jong-Hwan at the NFS where he undergoes a number of tests to find out about himself. However, Ji-Oh recalls more horrific memories while being poked and prodded. He runs away and ends up going to see an old friend.
#5 - Episode 9
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2021
Captain Choi shows up at the place where Goo-Reum and her baby are being held captive. He tells Goo-Reum something she finds hard to believe, and doesn’t know what to think. Meanwhile, Ji-Oh asks Won-Yi to meet him in a remote place. The two of them plan to tail Captain Choi to find Goo-Reum.
#6 - Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/2/2021
Ji-Oh falls into despair when his only friend, Won-Yi, faces danger because of him. He becomes more desperate to find Goo-Reum and their baby and makes riskier moves. Meanwhile, a group of men raids the hotel where Goo-Reum was being held captive. After she is dragged off to another place, Goo-Reum must fight against her captors to protect her child.
#7 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/2021
Ji-Oh returns to the lab where he lived as a child. An unexpected someone comes to meet Ji-Oh and tells him a shocking truth. Meanwhile, Goo-Reum finds a new lead on her search for her parents and continues her investigation. When she follows the lead, she winds up at a place she once visited before.
#8 - Episode 7
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2021
Goo-Reum and Ji-Oh are reunited in the fiery mess of Human Tech’s secret lab. Goo-Reum tries to stop him, but Ji-Oh loses control while fighting Lee Son. Ji-Oh takes Goo-Reum to the hospital, blaming himself for hurting her again. Meanwhile, a rift begins to appear between the members of the L.U.C.A. Project.
#9 - Episode 8
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2021
In order to protect Goo-Reum, Ji-Oh takes her to a ranch where he used to work years ago. As the two spend their days together, Ji-Oh enjoys the happiness of a normal person for the first time in his life. However, Goo-Reum wants to return to her old life instead of living as a fugitive forever. Meanwhile, the L.U.C.A. project proceeds with implanting the embryos into the surrogates.
#10 - Episode 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/1/2021
Ji-Oh wakes up from losing his consciousness and has no clue where he is. In fact, he isn’t sure who he is either. He just knows that he has a body covered in wounds and there are fallen people all around him. One man walks up to him with a knife in his hands. A year goes by and Goo-Reum, a police officer, finds out that the man she was searching for is dead.
#11 - Episode 11
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/8/2021
Ji-Oh feels a sense of emptiness as the cult followers cheer for him, believing that he is an angel from above. He then decides to cross the line, for Goo-Reum and their child’s sake. Goo-Reum tries to stop him, and they keep disagreeing. Meanwhile, Kim Chul-Soo, feeling backed into a corner, plans his final attack.
#12 - Episode 12
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/9/2021
Ji-Oh dreams of creating a new world for Goo-Reum and their baby, but Goo-Reum wishes Ji-Oh would come back to being more human, as he was before. Meanwhile, Goo-Reum decides to pursue Kim Chul-Soo, but she still faces danger at every turn. Can Ji-Oh and Goo-Reum, who have chosen different paths, reunite once more?