Chapter 1: Delicacies of the Land and Sea Dosirak

Told by Madame Yeom, a retired schoolteacher in her seventies who operates an ALWAYS convenience store

Madame Yeom discovers that she has lost her pouch of valuables, and a man with a halting voice calls, saying that he is at Seoul Station with her belongings. The man politely asks to get a dosirak lunchbox from a convenience store with her cash. Later, she realises that the man is homeless. Madame Yeom rewards him with cash, but sympathising with his plight, she brings him to her store and offers him free dosiraks anytime he wants. Madame Yeom has a good-for-nothing son who wants her money and a married daughter who is a chronic guilt-tripper. When a part-timer quits, Madame Yeom’s son tries to manipulate her into selling the store when she asks for his help. She takes on the shift herself and gets into a brawl with drunken teen customers. Dokgo arrives in time to help, and Madame Yeom offers him the job. Dokgo also promises to become sober.

Chapter 2: JS of JSes

Told by Si-hyeon, a recent graduate who is working part-time at the store while studying for the civil service entrance examination

Chapter 3: The Uses of a Triangle Kimbap

Told by Madame Oh, a middle-aged part-timer who has a difficult relationship with her son

Chapter 4: Two for the Price of One

Told by Kyeong-man, a medical equipment salesman who visits the store daily after work for a late-night drink

Chapter 5: The Uncanny convenience Store

Told by In-kyeong, a quick-tempered has-been theatre actress-turned playwright in her 30s who moves into the neighbourhood for a final attempt to write

Chapter 6: Four Cans for 10,000 won

Told by Min-sik, Madame Yeom’s son, who wants his mother to sell the convenience store to fund his business ideas

Chapter 7: It’s Expired but it’s Okay

Told by Kwak, an ex-policeman in his sixties who becomes a private investigator after being fired for taking bribes.

Chapter 8: ALWAYS

Told by Dokgo as his memories of being a famed plastic surgeon returns and he leaves to confront his past