Playful Kiss Season 1

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Playful Kiss Season 1 is available on and right now. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 430 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Kim Hyun-joong's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Playful Kiss Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Sharp writing and a well-matched ensemble are what separate Playful Kiss Season 1 from the crowd. Oh Ha-ni is a clumsy student who falls for the perfectionist, Baek Seung-jo. However, Seung-jo is indifferent towards her and rejects her love. When Ha-ni's house collapses, she and her father moves into his long-time friend's house. Kim Hyun-joong and Jung So-min lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2010. What keeps Playful Kiss Season 1 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

For viewers who want something light without wanting something stupid, Playful Kiss Season 1 respects your intelligence. It has built its own audience without needing a direct comparison. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Kim Hyun-joong sets the tone, but the supporting cast is where a lot of the best moments come from. A reliable pick for any night you want quality comedy without the homework.

🎬 Playful Kiss Season 1 — Episode Guide

Episode 1

2010-09-01

A high school girl in the bottom of her class dreams of romance with the boy at the top of her class. He reject and humiliates her but fate brings them together.

Episode 2

2010-09-02

As Ha-ni endures nothing but disdain from both Seung-jo and his little brother Eun-jo, their mom, Hwang Geum-hee, gets what she always wanted - a companion daughter to pamper.

Episode 3

2010-09-08

With the lower classes away, the school pits the senior honor students and senior losers against each other in physical challenges to prove which group is better.

Episode 4

2010-09-09

While Oh Ha-ni's friends intrude on Baek Seung-jo's home, a family trip to the beach brings about desperation, a chance drowning, two sand burials, and uninvited guests.

Episode 5

2010-09-15

Indirectly influenced by Ha-ni, Baek Seung-jo acknowledges his total lack of interest in anything and stuns the family by announcing his decision to forgo college.

Episode 6

2010-09-16

With high school graduation looming, Ha-ni secretly picks up a few part-time jobs to get Seung-jo a nifty graduation gift but keeps running into him in the course of her duties.

Episode 7

2010-09-22

Now at college, Ha-ni still follows Seung-jo around, but he's just as cold to her as before. Oh Ki-dong decides it's time they moved out from Baek Soo-chang's home and hospitality. Meanwhile, Eun-jo has a crush.

Episode 8

2010-09-23

Inept player Ha-ni gets stuck playing tennis doubles with Seung-jo against Yoon He-ra and Wang Kyeong-Su.

Episode 9

2010-09-29

Seung-jo considers having grown up always at the center of things, while Ha-ni decides to believe that she's the center of everything that goes wrong. Espied giving Kyeong-su lessons in romance, Ha-ni, indeed, becomes the center of gossip.

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Episode 10

2010-09-30

Ha-ni finds Seung-jo working as a waiter alongside He-ra and jumps to the conclusion that they're living together. Solution: she should spend every moment at the restaurant to keep them apart.

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Episode 11

2010-10-06

As Hwang Geum-hee continues scheming to get her son and Ha-ni together, a new boy enters Ha-ni's life, interested in her, friendly and patient.

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Episode 12

2010-10-07

An outburst of anger sends Baek Soo-chang to the hospital, forcing Seung-jo to forgo his selected future in order to take over and rescue his ailing father's ailing company.

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Episode 13

2010-10-13

Devastating news: As the young head of his father's company, Seung-jo may have to marry the sponsor's granddaughter to keep the business afloat. Predictably, Ha-ni mopes, but unpredictably she allows Joon-gu to finally date her.

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Episode 14

2010-10-14

Seung-jo and Ha-ni agree to marry. Now they must inform those most adversely affected by this decision - He-ra, Joon-gu, and Chairman Yoon.

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Episode 15

2010-10-20

Shoved into his own wedding, Seung-jo wants to reconsider but marries anyway. Now if he and Ha-ni can just avoid a pair of unpleasant newlyweds on their Honeymoon.

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Episode 16

2010-10-21

Seung-jo won't register his marriage till Ha-ni passes her nurse's exam, leaving Ha-ni to feel put-upon in an unfair world.

🎭 Cast of Playful Kiss Season 1