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The World of the Married

★ 7.9 5K votes 2020–2020 1 season · 16 episodes Ended JTBC
Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 10/10RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 9/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Kim Hee-aePark Hae-joonHan So-heeKim Young-minChae Gook-heePark Seon-yeong
Starring
Kim Hee-aePark Hae-joonHan So-heeKim Young-minChae Gook-heePark Seon-yeong
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
050100150200

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About

"Betrayal turned into a slow, ruthless chess match"

A respected doctor's seemingly perfect marriage collapses when she discovers her husband's affair, setting off a slow-burn descent into betrayal, obsession, and calculated revenge. Based on a premise familiar from British TV, this Korean melodrama trades subtlety for operatic intensity: sharp editing, simmering close-ups, and plot twists that escalate almost every episode. It's soapy in the best sense, propelled by a magnetic lead performance and a script that keeps raising the emotional stakes. Expect long, dialogue-heavy confrontations and a tone that shifts from quiet dread to full-blown melodrama fast.

Watch it for

the lead actress's ferocious, controlled performance as a woman rebuilding herself through revenge.

Maybe skip if

you find prolonged marital conflict and melodrama-heavy pacing emotionally exhausting.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12020
7.62K1621h 47m
A turbulent twister of lies, betrayals and revenge tears apart the seemingly picture-perfect marriage between a doctor and a filmmaker.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Infidelity7.9
15688 min
▶2Episode #1.27.6
11484 min
▶3Episode #1.37.4
10078 min
▶4Episode #1.47.4
9981 min
▶5Episode #1.58.2
10587 min
▶6Episode #1.67.8
9480 min
▶7Episode #1.77.4
9180 min
▶8Episode #1.87.6
8874 min
▶9Episode #1.97.5
8481 min
▶10Episode #1.107.6
8486 min
▶11Episode #1.117.4
8777 min
▶12Episode #1.127.4
9183 min
▶13Episode #1.137.6
8075 min
▶14Episode #1.148.1
9082 min
▶15Episode #1.157.7
8192 min
▶16Episode #1.167.1
8879 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kim Hee-ae Ji Seon-woo
Park Hae-joon Lee Tae-oh
Han So-hee Yeo Da-kyeong
Kim Young-min Son Je-hyeok
Chae Gook-hee Seol Myeong-sook
Park Seon-yeong Go Ye-rim
Lee Kyoung-young Yeo Byeong-gyoo
Shim Eun-woo Min Hyun-seo
Kim Sun-kyung Uhm Hyo-jeong
Jun Jin-seo Lee Joon Young

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