LATER that evening, the seventh episode of Boys Odyssey aired right on schedule.
The episode opened with a text announcement appearing on screen: [The Argo sets sail for Jeju Island.] Then the shot cut to a wide view of the ship cutting through the blue ocean, the sun hanging low in the sky behind it. The camera slowly panned across the water until the coastline of Jeju Island came into view in the distance, green and sprawling against the horizon.
The scene switched to inside the ship. Contestants were shown moving through the hallways, heading up to the deck. One by one they emerged into the open air. Some of them stopped at the railing and looked out at the island getting closer. A few talked quietly to the person next to them, nodding toward the land ahead. Others just stood there watching, their faces lit by the late afternoon light. But all of them showed unmistakable excitement.
