Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) (Season 1)

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Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) (Season 1)

결혼작사 이혼작곡 (Gyeolhonjaksa Ihonjakgok) · 2021 · South Korea

WriterIm Sung-han

DirectorYoo Jung-joon, Lee Seung-hoon

Episodes16 eps · ~70 min each

Where to Watch✅ Netflix

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Binge Time18h 40m

AiredJan 23 – Mar 14, 2021

GenreDrama · Romance · Melodrama

Content Rating15+

Netflix

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Everything that matters, at a glance.

The three couples, and the people who come between them.

Sung Hoon

Pan Sa-hyeon

Lead

Lee Ga-ryeong

Boo Hye-ryung

Lead

Lee Tae-gon

Shin Yu-sin

Supporting

Park Joo-mi

Sa Pi-young

Supporting

Jeon No-min

Park Hae-ryun

Supporting

Jeon Soo-kyeong

Lee Si-eun

Supporting

Kim Eung-soo

Pan Mun-ho

Supporting

Kim Bo-yeon

Kim Dong-mi

Supporting

Noh Joo-hyun

Shin Gi-rim

Supporting

Jeon Hye-won

Park Hyang-gi

Supporting

Lee Min-young

Song Won

Supporting

Song Ji-in

A-mi

Supporting

Spoiler-light recaps — enough to remember where you left off, nothing that ruins the ride.

EP 01

Exit Orders

Jan 23, 2021

The season opens mid-collapse: Sa Pi-young demands that Mo Seo-hyang leave the country, and Park Hae-ryun blindsides Lee Si-eun by asking to end their marriage. Neither conversation is staged as a big confrontation, which is what makes the first hour sting.

EP 02

The Last-Ditch Effort

Jan 24, 2021

Si-eun makes a final attempt to save her marriage. Elsewhere, Pan Sa-hyeon’s late night at the office raises suspicion, and Boo Hye-ryung turns up to check on him herself.

EP 03

Demands for Answers

Jan 30, 2021

Hye-ryung wants answers from an unfaithful Sa-hyeon, while Park Hyang-gi’s plea tugs at her father Hae-ryun. Pan Mun-ho reunites with Kim Dong-mi, a meeting that opens a new thread in the season.

EP 04

A Sonogram for a Divorce

Jan 31, 2021

Sa-hyeon brings a sonogram to his parents, hoping it will win them over to the idea of his divorce. Dong-mi, meanwhile, turns a cold shoulder to Shin Gi-rim’s call for help.

EP 05

Crocodile Tears

Feb 6, 2021

At a funeral, Dong-mi’s crocodile tears fool kith and kin alike, Shin Yu-sin most of all. Hye-ryung refuses to grant Sa-hyeon a divorce.

EP 06

Keep It From the Kids

Feb 7, 2021

Si-eun warns Hae-ryun to keep his affair a secret from their children. Pi-young notices Yu-sin’s growing devotion toward Dong-mi.

EP 07

The Confrontation

Feb 13, 2021

After a change of heart, Hyang-gi boldly confronts her father. A sudden emergency-room visit by Hye-ryung jolts Sa-hyeon back to reality.

EP 08

Putting On the Brakes

Feb 14, 2021

Pi-young has seen enough and puts the brakes on the close bond between Yu-sin and Dong-mi. Mun-ho spends the episode waiting for a text message that never arrives.

EP 09

A Familiar Face on the Plane

Feb 20, 2021

A run-in on a flight reminds Yu-sin of his first encounter with an aspiring model, and Sa-hyeon is captivated by an attractive gym-goer. Two men, two new distractions.

EP 10

Packed Bags

Feb 21, 2021

Yu-sin lies about who sat next to him on the plane. Hurt by Mun-ho’s apathy, So Ye-jeong packs her bags in a huff, and a new professor dazzles Hae-ryun.

EP 11

Breakfast Numbers

Feb 27, 2021

Worried about A-mi’s hangover, Yu-sin drops off food before work. Sa-hyeon and Song Won exchange numbers over breakfast.

EP 12

A-mi’s Confession

Feb 28, 2021

A-mi confesses her feelings for Yu-sin before a trip back home. Sa-hyeon treats Won to dinner, where she tearfully opens up about her hardships.

EP 13

A Birthday Alone

Mar 6, 2021

A-mi’s lonely birthday turns into a romantic night with Yu-sin. Sa-hyeon finds himself comparing Won’s warm personality with Hye-ryung’s cold attitude.

EP 14

Comfort and Compare

Mar 7, 2021

Sa-hyeon and Won comfort each other about past and present marital problems. Hae-ryun accompanies Nam Ga-bin to the hospital.

EP 15

A New Kind of Relationship

Mar 13, 2021

Sa-hyeon promises to stay by Won’s side and proposes a new kind of relationship. Hae-ryun, for his part, jumps at the chance to make a house call for Ga-bin.

EP 16

Hold Me, Professor

Mar 14, 2021

Ga-bin asks Hae-ryun to hold her, and the night ends with the two of them together while his family celebrates Hyang-gi’s birthday. Sa-hyeon tells Won he wants to end his marriage, but learns that Hye-ryung’s father has cancer, which puts divorce off the table for now. The closing scene points straight at season 2: a woman tells a doctor she did not have an abortion.

Everything that happens in the finale, explained in full — spoilers ahead.

The short answer: nothing is settled Season 1 does not end so much as pause. No marriage in the cast is formally over by the final credits, and the one decision the finale does complete is an affair. Nam Ga-bin announces she will leave her teaching post when the semester ends, saying her head is in the clouds, then asks Park Hae-ryun to hold her. He hesitates when she asks how happy he is with his wife, and the night ends with the two of them in bed together.

Sa-hyeon and Song Won Sa-hyeon drives to Song Won and tells her he wants to end his marriage, then says he loves her. She answers with a warning that a divorce would bring grief to both of their families. They sleep together anyway. He calls her afterwards and she does not pick up, which leaves their situation as open as it was before the night.

Hye-ryung’s father changes the math Back at home, Sa-hyeon learns that Boo Hye-ryung’s father has been diagnosed with cancer. Any conversation about divorce is off the table for now. That news arrives only after he has already told Song Won he wants out, so the finale leaves him committed to a decision he cannot act on. The ending explained in one line: the marriage survives because of a diagnosis, not because anything between the couple improved.

The younger couple drifts The youngest storyline also stalls. Yu-shin’s dinner date with A-mi falls through, and he ends the night drinking with Sa Pi-young instead. Nothing is confirmed about where either pairing is headed. It is a small scene, but it matches the finale’s method: every couple is moved one step further from where it started, and none of them is allowed to arrive.

What season 2 inherits If you were hoping for a verdict on any of these relationships, the finale does not provide one. Ga-bin’s affair is ongoing, Sa-hyeon’s divorce is postponed, Hye-ryung’s family is facing a health crisis, and the episode closes by pointing toward a second season. Season 2 and season 3 pick up these threads. Treat this finale as the end of the first act, and judge the series on whether you want to see the second.