Snowdrop is set in 1987 during South Korea's Democracy Movement, which was a mass protest that lead to the end of authoritarian rule, and the establishment of South Korea's present-day democratic government.
The show follows Im Soo-ho, a graduate st...
Dorm room 207 is home to the first years Eun Young-ro and Yoon Seol-hui, as well as senior students Ko Hye-ryeong and Yeo Jeong-min. The dorm's phone desk is operated by Kye Bun-ok, who is around the same age as the senior students. Chang-su outlines a plan to abduct Professor Han I-seop, the brains behind the opposition party, and make it seem like the opposition party operates with the support of North Korea. That night, a few graduate students, including Im Soo-ho and Oh Gwang-tae, have a rooftop barbeque.
With only 15 minutes left until roll call at the Hosu dorm, Young-ro runs back with a wave of equally frantic students. As the container of rice balls roll away, Hye-ryeong tells her to leave it and keeps running. Young-ro doesn't listen and the caretaker, Kim Man-dong, is forced to shut the dorm's door and hand over the key to the matron before Young-ro makes it back. As she inches her way to 207's window, Bun-ok helps to distract the matron from catching sight of her.
In 207, Jeong-min berates Hye-ryeong for abandoning Yeong-ro since she won't be able to afford a room if she gets kicked out. According to Jeong-min, Young-ro's family owns a humble rice cake shop and she relies on scholarships and assisting Bun-ok with the phones to stay at the dorm. Seol-hui spots Young-ro at the window at the same time Bun-ok does. With the matron closing in, Bun-ok cries "rat!" sending the dorm residents into a frenzy.
At the dorm, Young-ro vents about the lack of correspondence from her brother while helping Bun-ok with the phones. Young-ro picks up a call from Gwang-tae who introduces himself and arranges a group date with the girls of 207, though it's mostly an excuse for him to meet Hye-ryeong. Gwang-tae, being one boy short of the four needed to pair up with the four girls of 207, begs Soo-ho to join the date. Soo-ho only agrees when Gwang-tae threatens not to introduce him to Professor Han.
Meanwhile, Young-ro laments that Jeong-min is unlikely to go and Bun-ok eagerly takes her place. When the girls from 207 arrive Gwang-tae jolts out of his seat to greet them, bumping the table and sending the matchstick tower Soo-ho was building crashing. Bun-ok joins the 207 girls and throws herself into the seat opposite Soo-ho before anyone else can, introducing herself as a Hosu student named Gye-seong. The girls close their eyes while each of the boys place a token on the table.
Hye-ryeong is the first to pick from the tokens and chooses an exam certificate, thinking it belongs to Soo-ho until Gwang-tae reveals that it's his. Bun-ok, who overheard Soo-ho and Gwang-tae discussing their tokens earlier, swipes the plane before Young-ro has a chance to pick it up.
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