While waiting to hear on a teaching position, Jong-hwan falls in love with Su-kyeong who, in turn, loves his poetry. They marry but, because Jong-hwan is caught up in his work and taking care of his mother and siblings, he fails to notice his wife's hardships or the fact that her health is getting progressively worse

A man struggling to make ends meet, becomes involved with a woman who owns a nightclub in Seoul. They are instantly attracted to each other. She offers him a job to help him and so they can be together however, she neglects to mention that her club is a front for a powerful crimelord.

Nan-hee and Min-hee are best friends who also went to the same college. Nan-hee came from a poor family while Min-hee comes from a wealthy background. But their friendship overcomes these obvious difference. Nan-hee begins to work in the fashion industry shortly after graduation and soon goes to Paris to study while Min-hee marries Jae-min who was once supposed to have a blind date with Nan-hee. Nan-hee spends poor but passionate days in Paris. Jae-min stops by Paris on a business trip and the two begin to fall for each other. When Nan-hee returns to Seoul, Jae-min supports her business wholeheartedly. Min-hee is shocked beyond words when she finds out about the relations between the two. When Jae-min is in a car accident, they begin to consider divorce. Realizing that her best friend's life is in ruins because of her, Nan-hee gives up her business and marries an artist. Min-hee picks up Nan-hee's business from where she left off.

SBS剧集《七人的逃脱》将季播，预计拍摄第二季。

1979年10月，韩国总统朴正熙被韩国中央情报部部长金载圭枪杀的事件，触发了全斗焕的军事政变，而后发展为南韩最动荡的时期。MBC电视剧大作《第五共和国》就是有关当年朴总统被行刺，以及全斗焕发动军事政变而令第十届总统崔圭夏下台的经过。剧中还涉及民主党与军人政府的权力竞争 ，更讲述全斗焕成立第五共和国政府，至1988年汉城奥运会的开幕，至后来由直接选举选出的第13届总统卢泰愚鲜为人知的幕后一面。