Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestIRIS II: New Generation explores the aftermath events of IRIS as well as Athena: Goddess of War. The story explores the origins of the former Director of the NSS and IRIS agent, Baek San, and the protagonist Jung Yoo-gun.
Acting
Kim Yeong-cheol's Baek San: villain origin story done RIGHT.
Writing
Prequel connections that actually enrich, not just retread.
Direction
Chung Tae-won balances spy craft with operatic family tragedy.
Creator
Chung Tae-won
Jang Hyuk
Jung Yoo-gun
Lee Beom-soo
Yoo Joong-won
Lee Jeong-kil
Ex-President Jo Myeong-ho
Lee Da-hae
Ji Soo-yeon
Kim Yeong-cheol
Baek San
Yoon Doo-joon
Seo Hyun-woo
Kim Seung-woo
Park Cheol-yeong
Lee Joon
Yoon Shi-hyuk
Baek Sung-hyun
Kang Byung-jin
Yoon So-Yi
Park Tae-hee
David Lee McInnis
Ray
Yun Ju-sang
Oh Hyeon-kyu
Kim So-yeon
Kim Seon-hwa
Im Soo-hyang
Kim Yeon-hwa
Lee Bo-hee
Jung Soo-min / Jung Ji-young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
IRIS II arrived during the 2013 K-drama spy boom, competing with Athena and triggering fan debates about which prequel handled national security melodrama better.
Lee Beom-soo joined specifically to explore Yoo Joong-won's moral ambiguity, reportedly rewriting several scenes to deepen the character's conflicted loyalties to his daughter versus his nation.
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