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What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

★ 8.0 27K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 16 episodes Ended tvN
K-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: 9/10Banter chemistryRelationships built on verbal spark.This show: 8/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 8/10Feel-goodReliably uplifting television that leaves you lighter than it found you.This show: 7/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Park Min-youngPark Seo-joonLee Tae-HwanKim Byeong-OkKim Hye-OkKang Ki-young
Starring
Park Min-youngPark Seo-joonLee Tae-HwanKim Byeong-OkKim Hye-OkKang Ki-young
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
075150225300

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About

"Rom-com fluff that hides a real mystery"

A brilliant but insufferably narcissistic vice chairman relies completely on his devoted secretary of nine years, until she announces she's quitting to finally live for herself. Thrown into panic, he scrambles to keep her close, and slowly realizes his feelings run deeper than convenience. What starts as breezy office-romance comedy gradually threads in a darker mystery from the secretary's childhood. The tone stays light and funny for most of the runtime, carried by sharp chemistry and comic timing, before shifting into more suspenseful, emotional territory in its back half.

Watch it for

the effortless lead chemistry that turns a bratty-boss trope into genuine, funny romance.

Maybe skip if

you want consistent tone throughout, since the mystery subplot shifts things noticeably darker.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12018
7.94K1618h 24m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1I Want to Pick Up My Life Now7.7
28469 min
▶2She Just Doesn't Want to Get Married7.6
23669 min
▶3Go on a Date8.0
23369 min
▶4I Come Back to Forgive You7.8
21669 min
▶5Ordinary Relationships7.8
21669 min
▶6What's Wrong with Vice Chairman Lee?7.9
22069 min
▶7Memories Should Stay Buried7.6
20869 min
▶8I Like You Too8.0
21469 min
▶9Let's Make It Official8.2
23669 min
▶10It Was You All Along8.1
20769 min
▶11Why Hold Back the Truth?8.0
20769 min
▶12I Don't Want to Waste Away Tonight8.1
20269 min
▶13Nothing Can Stop Us7.8
19869 min
▶14I Will Always Stay with You7.9
19569 min
▶15Wedding Bells7.9
18669 min
▶16What's Wrong with You, Kim Mi So?8.1
24269 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Park Min-young Kim Mi-so
Park Seo-joon Lee Yeong-joon
Lee Tae-Hwan Lee Sung Yeon
Kim Byeong-Ok Chairman Lee
Kim Hye-Ok Madame Choi
Kang Ki-young Park Yoo-sik
Hwang Chan-sung Go Gwi-nam
Pyo Ye-jin Kim Ji-ah
Lee Yoo-Joon Jung Chi In
Hwang Bo-ra Bong Se-ra

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