Despite initial roadblocks in salary negotiations, the Dreams and various players work out their differences and negotiate their contracts. Meanwhile, the controversy surrounding Chang Ju's interview on TV and Yeong Su's employment leads to Seung Su receiving some bad news.
After hearing that total funds for the Dreams will be cut by 30 percent in comparison to the previous year, Seung Su and the management team go into salary negotiations with a determined attitude. They change their way of calculating the salary of each player, to the dismay of some.
The Dreams has an open recruitment process to fill an opening in the strategy and performance analysis division. Despite Seung Su being unaware, his brother Yeong Su applies for the position, displaying a high level of understanding in statistics and receiving a divided response from the panel of interviewers.
The Dreams is a frail baseball team continuously landing the last place. In order to have better results the following season, the team finds a new general manager, Seung Su, who, despite having little experience with baseball, has a track record of winning with other sports.
Jaehwan collapses and the regular board meeting is just around the corner. When everyone is gathered together, Ije tells them that this is the last chance to get Jaejun.
Ije tells everyone that he intends to get Jaehwan a stay of execution by getting him diagnosed with Huntington's disease, an illness that Lee Deokseong had. When Jaejun begins to threaten Minsk's family, Minsik reaches out to Ije. Uisik finds out a suspicious connection to Taegang while looking into Jeonghui's case.
Jaejun tries to stop Jaehwan's stay of execution by planting Doctor Choi Donghun in the West Seoul Prison. Meanwhile, Jeonghui gives Uisik the video of Jaejun trying to kidnap Bit.
Jaejun goes into the chairman's hospital room and tries to take the ventilator off of his father, but Ije stops him just in time. Uisik receives a video of Yeongcheol from Ije. He arrests Yeongcheol for the attempted murder of Congressman Jung. Ije figures out that Minseok has been hiding a chronic illness.
Ije goes to Uisik, dragging Hong Nampyo with him, and hands in an official complaint against Jaejun. Meanwhile, Jaejun tells Sogeum about his childhood.
Jaejun goes to the front of Ije's house to catch Bit, and Sogeum goes to stop him. Meanwhile, Ije gets a call saying that Congressman Jung collapsed.
Ije plans to get Seokwoo released by making it seem like he has Wilson's disease. Meanwhile, Uisik goes to Jeonghui, suspecting collusion between her and Ije.
Minsik tries to use Sangchun to cut off Ije's hand, but Ije persuades Sangchun, saying that he will help Sangchun meet his daughter. Meanwhile, Sogeum finds out that Ije injected a drug into Bit before he disappeared.
Ije tells Sogeum of his plans to gain power through the VIPs in the prison's Special Sector. Sogeum, however, is unimpressed with Ije's intentions. Minsik and Ije each attempt to get the list of investors before the other does.
Minsik accuses Sangchun of helping Ije plan Jaehwan's car accident and gives him an overdose of insulin. Ije saves Sangchun after arriving at the prison. Meanwhile, Ije continues to put pressure on Minsik to give up his position as the prison's chief medical officer.
Ije meets Jaehwan after the latter gets into a car accident while being transferred to prison. Ije takes him to Haeun Hospital and taunts Jaehwan as his condition becomes critical.
Ije tells Jeonghui what to do so that she can fake an illness to get her out of prison. Ije, in turn, asks for a recommendation letter to a prison so that he can meet Jaehwan. Their relationship between the two men goes back to three years ago, when Jaehwan causes a car accident on a rainy day.
Lee Shin's ominous words foretelling death shock the resetters. Amid the confusion over who will be next, a new truth begins to emerge.
Hye-in's death takes Hyung-joo and Ga-hyun's investigation into a new phase. Meanwhile, Lee Shin's hidden past slowly comes to light.
Hyung-joo and Ga-hyun track down who sent the mysterious flower basket and why. Along the way, they stumble upon an unexpected clue that shocks them.
The tangled relationships among the resetters begin to unravel, and Ga-hyun and Hyung-joo join forces to uncover the truth behind the series of deaths.