Touch Your Heart

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Touch Your Heart

진심이 닿다 (Jinsimi Dadda) · 2019 · South Korea

WriterChoi Bo-rim, Lee Myung-sook

DirectorPark Joon-hwa

Episodes16 eps · ~70 min each

Where to Watch✅ Viki, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Netflix

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Binge Time18h 40m

AiredFeb 6 – Mar 28, 2019

GenreRomantic Comedy · Law · Drama

Content Rating15+

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One box. Everything you need to decide.

The duo that convinced viewers the Goblin chemistry was just getting started.

Lee Dong-wook

Kwon Jung-rok

Lead

Yoo In-na

Oh Yoon-seo

Lead

Lee Sang-woo

Yoo Yeo-reum

Supporting

Son Sung-yoon

Choi Yoon-hyuk

Supporting

Park Ji-hwan

Dan Moon-hee

Supporting

Oh Jung-se

Yeon Joon-kyu

Supporting

Shim Hyung-tak

Kim Joon-sang

Supporting

Park Kyung-hye

Choi Soo-hyun

Supporting

Jang So-yeon

Kim Se-won

Supporting

Kim Hee-jung

Han Ae-ra

Supporting

Lee Jun-hyeok

Kong Hyuk-joon

Supporting

Oh Eui-sik

Lee Kang-joon

Supporting

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

EP 01

The Undercover Brief

Feb 6, 2019

Oh Yoon-seo has played queens and villains, but walking into a law firm as someone else’s secretary might be her greatest performance yet. The immediate problem: Kwon Jung-rok doesn’t care who she is outside — he cares only that she is competent, and she isn’t, not yet. The episode earns its rom-com setup by refusing to let Jin-shim coast on celebrity — the professional humiliation is real, which makes everything that follows matter more.

EP 02

Wrongfully Accused

Feb 7, 2019

Jung-rok blames Jin-shim for missing documents, discovers he was wrong, and delivers an apology that is technically correct and emotionally inadequate — which tells us everything about who he is. Jin-shim’s refusal to simply accept it and move on reveals the character underneath the actress: she has pride, and she’s not performing it. The incident lands the show’s central dynamic more cleanly than any amount of meet-cute construction could.

EP 03

The Lying Student

Feb 13, 2019

A fraud case involving a teenager who won’t stop lying puts Jin-shim in the unfamiliar position of watching legal work from the inside — and discovering it’s harder and more interesting than she expected. Jung-rok’s methodical patience with the case reads not as coldness but precision, and Jin-shim begins to notice the difference. The case itself is almost beside the point; the episode is really tracking a shift in how she sees him.

EP 04

Campus, Jealousy, Prosecutor

Feb 14, 2019

A weekend law lesson at Jung-rok’s alma mater turns complicated when prosecutor Yoo Yeo-reum appears. Jin-shim’s jealousy is instant and specific — it isn’t that she dislikes Yeo-reum, it’s that Jung-rok smiles differently around her. That distinction makes Jin-shim’s feelings believable rather than reflexive, and the episode doesn’t rush past it.

EP 05

Two Cases, One Feeling

Feb 20, 2019

As the Im Yun-hee case draws Jung-rok and Yeo-reum into the same professional orbit, Jin-shim navigates jealousy she hasn’t admitted to anyone, including herself. The drama is doing something deliberate here: it lets the love triangle develop without forcing a confrontation, which keeps the tension alive longer than the genre usually allows. Jin-shim’s restraint is more interesting than any outburst would be.

EP 06

Elevator

Feb 21, 2019

Getting trapped in a lift is the oldest rom-com setup in Korean television, but this episode earns it. The forced proximity finally strips away the professional distance Jung-rok hides behind — and what surfaces isn’t warmth exactly, but something close enough to unsettle him. When Jin-shim’s male friend arrives afterward and Jung-rok feels it, neither of them is ready to name what that reaction means.

EP 07

Dating in Secret

Feb 27, 2019

Jung-rok and Jin-shim go from colleagues to a couple in a single episode, which would feel rushed if the show hadn’t spent six hours laying the groundwork. The joy is brief: Lee Kang-joon, Jin-shim’s former stalker, resurfaces and reframes the stakes. Their romance now carries risk beyond office gossip.

EP 08

Same Roof

Feb 28, 2019

Moving Jin-shim into his apartment to protect her is the most Jung-rok solution possible — protective, pragmatic, and completely blind to what proximity will do to both of them. The episode leans into cohabitation comedy while keeping the stalker threat real enough to prevent the whole thing from going frothy. It’s the drama at its most comfortable.

EP 09

Yeo-reum’s Shadow

Mar 6, 2019

Jung-rok’s history with Yeo-reum gets its fullest examination, and what emerges is less a rival storyline than a character study in why Jung-rok built the walls he did. Jin-shim’s insecurity doesn’t vanish because he reassures her — but she sits with it rather than acting out, which is a more sophisticated emotional choice than most rom-coms make for their leads.

EP 10

The Clock Runs Out

Mar 7, 2019

Jin-shim’s acting career begins to revive, which should be good news. Instead it’s the first sign of the structural problem their relationship can’t quite solve: her professional comeback and her continued presence at the firm are on a collision course. The episode sits with that tension honestly instead of resolving it prematurely.

EP 11

Long Distance

Mar 13, 2019

Three months end and Jin-shim leaves the firm, which means the show now has to work harder to keep its two leads in the same room. Phone calls and stolen dates carry the romance through this episode — the logistical separation is thin as a conflict driver, but the performances keep it from feeling like filler. What’s being measured here isn’t distance; it’s how much they’re willing to inconvenience themselves for each other.

EP 12

The Manager’s Terms

Mar 14, 2019

Kong Hyuk-joon, Jin-shim’s manager, lays out the professional calculation clearly: a dating scandal at this stage of her comeback could undo everything. His request to Jung-rok isn’t villainous — it’s the entertainment industry’s unspoken contract, made explicit. Jung-rok listening to it is the most worrying moment the show has produced.

EP 13

The Wrong Sacrifice

Mar 20, 2019

Jung-rok does the wrong thing for the right reason, which is the most painful kind of wrong thing to watch. Jin-shim doesn’t understand why — the episode is careful to keep her in the dark — and her devastation is proportional to how much she trusted him. The sacrifice reads as self-punishing rather than noble, which is exactly the right note.

EP 14

The Truth Reaches Her

Mar 21, 2019

The full picture finally reaches Jin-shim, and her response is decisive: she confronts her manager, then goes after Jung-rok. His simultaneous resignation from the firm amid damaging press coverage gives the reconciliation real stakes — he isn’t just emotionally bruised, he’s professionally exposed. Jin-shim choosing him anyway, publicly, is the episode’s earned moment.

EP 15

Back Together

Mar 27, 2019

The reconciliation lands as well as the original getting-together did, partly because the show doesn’t let it be frictionless — Jung-rok still has to reckon with what the breakup cost Jin-shim, not just himself. His new role as an advisory lawyer on her drama production is the kind of plot resolution that sounds contrived but works because both characters want it. They’ve earned their way back to each other.

EP 16

The Script Ends, The Story Continues

Mar 28, 2019

Jin-shim’s comeback is complete; Jung-rok’s professional chapter is closed and reopened on better terms. The finale spends time on the supporting ensemble too — the Always Law Firm team and their individual resolutions — which is generous in a way final episodes often aren’t. Touch Your Heart closes the way it ran: unhurried, warm, and without a single twist left in its pocket.

Full spoilers ahead — everything that happens in the finale and what it all means.

How it ends Oh Jin-shim’s acting comeback succeeds. The drama she filmed — the very role she went undercover to prepare for — receives critical attention, and her reputation is fully restored. Kwon Jung-rok, having left Always Law Firm after the negative press coverage tied to their relationship, finds a new footing as an advisory lawyer, choosing meaningful work over the prestige of his old firm. The final scenes show them openly together, no longer hiding — two people who chose each other at professional cost and found that cost was worth it.

What it means Touch Your Heart is, at its core, a story about performing versus being. Jin-shim arrived at the law firm playing a character — the competent secretary — and discovered that doing the work for real, being seen for who she is rather than what she projects, was more satisfying than any role she’d taken. Jung-rok’s arc runs parallel: a man so controlled by professional persona that letting someone in felt like exposure. Their relationship worked because it stripped both of them of their armor, one small scene at a time.

The ensemble’s endings The Always Law Firm team gets its own grace notes in the finale. Yeon Joon-kyu, Choi Yoon-hyuk, and Dan Moon-hee each find professional and personal resolution — the show is careful not to use its supporting cast as pure furniture. Yoo Yeo-reum and Kim Se-won address their past tension, moving toward something cleaner. Kong Hyuk-joon, the manager who pressured Jung-rok into the breakup, faces the natural consequences of prioritizing image over people.

The stalker arc revisited Lee Kang-joon’s reappearance in the middle episodes served a specific function beyond plot mechanics — it was the first moment Jin-shim’s past actively endangered her present, and it required Jung-rok to choose action over his professional instinct to stay detached. The resolution of that threat, handled quietly by episode eight, was less a climax than a demonstration: Jung-rok would protect this person. The finale doesn’t revisit it, because it doesn’t have to.

The KDW verdict Touch Your Heart doesn’t reinvent anything about the genre and doesn’t try to. It identifies exactly what it is — a warm, well-cast workplace romance with two leads who have genuine shorthand — and delivers on that promise without hedging. The law firm setting adds texture beyond a typical office backdrop, and the show’s willingness to let small emotional beats breathe is what separates it from disposable comfort content. It earns its score by being good at what it set out to do.