Goodbye Earth

When an unstoppable asteroid is tracked on a collision course with Earth, former teacher Jin Se-kyung refuses to accept the inevitability of the end. Instead of staying put, she moves through a country unraveling at the edges, hunting down the students she once taught and trying to keep them together and safe. Along the way she crosses paths with Ha Yoon-sang, a man whose motives are slippery, and Priest Damiano, a figure who mixes faith with practical survival. The series follows their tense choices, alliances and sacrifices as social order frays and personal loyalties are tested without promising a neat resolution.

Released in 2024, Goodbye Earth is a South Korean drama created by Kotaro Isaka, starring Ahn Eun-jin, Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Seong-woo, Kim Yoon-hye and Kim Yeo-jin. The show adapts Isaka's sensibility for moral puzzles to a televised, character-driven disaster setting.

Critical reaction has been mixed, reflected in a 6.0/10 average from early viewers. Many reviews single out strong performances, particularly by Ahn Eun-jin and Yoo Ah-in, while others note uneven pacing and tonal shifts between intimate drama and large-scale crisis. Major themes include the ethics of care under pressure, the cost of devotion, questions of faith and authority, and how personal history shapes choices when time runs out.

Goodbye Earth has prompted conversation about how societies reckon with imminent catastrophe and about the responsibilities teachers hold beyond the classroom. Viewers have discussed its bleak moral dilemmas and the way it frames hope, duty and survival, and it has renewed interest in stories that blend personal drama with existential threats.

As of its initial release there are no widely reported major awards or high-profile nominations tied to the series, though individual performances and its adaptation of Isaka's work have been noted in commentary and season-end roundups.