The BEST episodes of Reborn Rookie
Every episode of Reborn Rookie ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Reborn Rookie!
The lives of Choiseong Group chairman Kang Yong Ho and newly signed Choiseong FC soccer player Hwang Jun Hyeon are forever intertwined when Jae Seong, the chairman’s son, hits Jun Hyeon with his father’s car while trying to cover up evidence of his and his twin sister Jae Gyeong’s embezzlement. The subsequent injury ends Jun Hyeon’s soccer career before it starts, and he’s expected to pay back a 400 million won penalty fee. Furious, he confronts the chairman, but in a horrific twist, both of them fall down the stairs—and when Chairman Kang wakes up, he’s inhabiting Jun Hyeon’s body. Faced with this unprecedented situation, the chairman decides to shake up the company and expose his children’s misdeeds by posing as a genius new employee, with help from Bang Geul, his youngest daughter.
#1 - Putting a Price Tag on a Dream
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/30/2026
Chairman Kang Yong-ho announces that he’ll step down and choose his successor. His twins, Kang Jae-gyeong and Kang Jae-seong, instantly switch into competition mode. Jun-hyeon finally signs with Choiseong FC. On the way to celebrate it with his grandma, he gets hit by a car. After finding out he can’t continue his career, he focuses on the hit-and-run driver of the accident.
#2 - The Reborn Chairman
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2026
After hearing about the accident Yong-ho was in, Bang-geul rushes to the hospital and runs into Yong-ho in Jun-hyeon’s body. Yong-ho is accused of being the hit-and-run driver and faces a fierce public backlash, while Jae-gyeong seizes the opportunity to force him out of the chairman position for good. Jun-hyeon joins Choiseong Group as an intern.
#3 - Proving Your Competency
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/6/2026
Determined to help Bang-geul, Yong-ho sets out in Jun-hyeon's body to uncover the twins' hidden stash of illicit funds. As the twins compete for the position of the next Chairman, they quietly carry out their own schemes behind the scenes. Jun-hyeon's grandmother sets off for Seoul to find her grandson. When Bang-geul learns of her disappearance by chance, she joins the search and helps track her down.
#4 - A Divide and Conquer Strategy
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/7/2026
The disappearance of Managing Director Song becomes the subject of a police investigation, putting Jae-seong in a difficult position. Yong-ho realises that Jae-seong intends to sabotage the port project for Tae-ha's benefit, his father-in-law's company. Yong-ho sides with Jae-gyeong and shares everything he knows, deepening the twins' mistrust of one another.
#5 - A Self-Destructive Battle
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/13/2026
Chairman Na insists that GF Solution must be acquired and assures Jae Seong that Taeha will back the deal financially if needed. Yong Ho manipulates both Jae Gyeong and Jae Seong into driving up the acquisition price to an absurd level. Meanwhile, Yong Ho reveals to Sang Jae that he is Yong Ho, now living inside Jun Hyeon's body.
#6 - The Claws Are Out At Last
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/14/2026
Yong Ho, Bang Geul, and Bong Gi travel to Yulivia to steal the mining project Taeha has been working on. They figure out Chairman Na’s scheme against Yulivia’s government. Seon Hee finds out that Jae Gyeong and her husband have been sedating Yong Ho to keep him from waking up. After learning about this, Yong Ho and Bang Geul decide to reveal themselves to the board of directors.
#7 - War is Declared
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/20/2026
Determined to stand by Bang Geul, Seon Hee declares war on Jae Gyeong and the family, pledging to support her with all her might. Jae Gyeong figures out that Bang Geul and Jun Hyeon are behind Smile Investment. Meanwhile, Chairman Na meets Jae Gyeong and suggests getting rid of Bang Geul for her.
#8 - Making Another Sacrifice
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/21/2026
After successfully getting rid of Jae Seong, Jae Gyeong sets Managing Director Lee up and accuses him of trying to take over Choiseong. She calls an emergency board meeting and makes Bang Geul and Jun Hyeon fire 20 percent of the staff. In the meantime, she also makes a secret deal with Chairman Na.
#9 - Deep in Enemy Territory
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/27/2026
After Chairman Kang’s death, Jae Gyeong openly moves to take over Choiseong Group. She also frames Seon Hee and Bang Geul for Chairman Kang’s alleged creation of slush funds. Determined to take Jae Gyeong down, Yong Ho pretends to betray Bang Geul and joins Jae Gyeong’s side.
#10 - Betrayal Upon Betrayal
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/28/2026
Jae-gyeong finds herself on the verge of losing the Daesan Hydrogen Complex to Chairman Na under highly unfavourable terms. Realising that Jae-gyeong is being blackmailed by Chairman Na, Yong-ho pretends to join forces with Chairman Na and ultimately discovers that Jae-gyeong was not the one who killed him. Meanwhile, Bang-geul learns that Yong-ho has sided with Taeha and begins following him to uncover the truth.
#11 - Getting Proper Revenge
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/4/2026
Bang Geul finds out who actually killed her dad and swears to take revenge on them. Yong Ho gives the CCTV footage from the hospital to Jae Gyeong, and she uses it to blackmail Chairman Na. Eun Se flies to Singapore to get Chairman Na’s slush fund, but unexpected news hits her while she’s there.
#12 - The Final Punishment
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/5/2026
Yong Ho finally wakes up in his body and saves Jun Hyeon, who was in danger because of Chairman Na. Yong Ho asks Jae Gyeong to make things right with him, but she refuses. Jae Seong turns himself in and reveals everything he did with Jae Gyeong.