It's Okay, That's Love
Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 10/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sung Dong-ilLee Kwang-sooJin KyungKong Hyo-jinZo In-sungDo Kyung-soo
Starring
Sung Dong-ilLee Kwang-sooJin KyungKong Hyo-jinZo In-sungDo Kyung-soo
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It's Okay, That's Love Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | ||
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| S1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.6 |
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About
"Romance that treats mental illness with real care"
A Korean drama about a bestselling novelist and radio host with a fear of commitment who ends up sharing a house with a psychiatry resident, along with the resident's brother, who lives with a mental health condition. As they cohabit, prickly banter gives way to something gentler, while the show quietly digs into trauma, family wounds, and mental illness without turning maudlin. It moves at a relaxed, conversational pace, leaning on warm chemistry between leads and a script that treats therapy and healing as ongoing work rather than a tidy fix.
Watch it for
the way it folds mental health and trauma into a romance without flattening either.
Maybe skip if
you want a breezy rom-com, since this one sits with grief and illness at length.
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Season 12014
8.55471615h 38m
Jang Jae Yeol is a writer of bestselling mystery novels and a radio DJ. Playful and a bit arrogant, he also suffers from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Ji Hae Soo is a psychiatrist on her first year of fellowship. Driven and ambitious with her career yet compassionate towards her patients, Hae Soo has a negative attitude towards love and relationships in her personal life. Once Jae Yeol and Hae Soo meet, there is much contention between them caused by their strong personalities and refusal to give in to each other. But slowly their bickering turns into love, and they begin to learn how compatible they are. Jae Yeol and Hae Soo attempt to heal each other's deep-seated wounds, but their fledgling relationship takes a blow when they learn that Jae Yeol's mental health issues are more serious than they initially suspected.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 8.2 | 53 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 8.3 | 39 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 8.4 | 36 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 8.8 | 38 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Episode #1.5 | 8.6 | 38 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | 8.3 | 33 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Episode #1.7 | 8.4 | 31 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Episode #1.8 | 8.9 | 35 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Episode #1.9 | 8.4 | 32 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Episode #1.10 | 8.4 | 32 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Episode #1.11 | 8.4 | 31 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Episode #1.12 | 8.5 | 30 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Episode #1.13 | 8.3 | 32 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Episode #1.14 | 8.3 | 28 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Episode #1.15 | 8.7 | 28 | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Episode #1.16 | 8.6 | 31 | 58 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Sung Dong-il Jo Dong-min
Lee Kwang-soo Park Soo-gwang
Jin Kyung Lee Yeong-jin
Kong Hyo-jin Ji Hae-soo
Zo In-sung Jang Jae-Yeol
Do Kyung-soo Han Gang-woo
Yang Ik-joon Jang Jae Beom
Do Sang-woo Choi Ho
Park Soo-young Doctor Im
Cha Hwa-yeon Jae-yeol's mother
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