TV Series2022 · 1 season · 12 episodes · Ended

Thirty-Nine

Name: Thirty-Nine
Genre: Drama
Cast: Son Ye-jin, Jeon Mi-do, Kim Ji-hyun, Yeon Woo-jin, Lee Moo-saeng

Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeStirring and heavy: a wholesome drama series, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

8.4 /10

TMDB · 40 votes

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Where to watch

NetflixSubscription · Season 1Watch on Netflix ↗

Streaming data: JustWatch

Season

Season 1

· 2022 · 12 episodes

Episodes (12)

1Thirty, Nine16 Feb 2022
Cha Mi-jo announces her sabbatical to her two best friends. Chance encounters and sweet-scented peonies draw Kim Seon-u and Mi-jo together.
2One Absurd Day17 Feb 2022
Unable to let her go, Kim Jin-seok asks Jeong Chan-young to rethink their breakup. Mi-jo receives a heart-racing confession... and heartbreaking news.
3Something I Had Never Thought Of23 Feb 2022
Jin-seok's wife confronts Chan-young. Lacking the courage to tell Chan-young the diagnosis, Mi-jo takes her anger out on someone else.
4Choice24 Feb 2022
Chan-young and Jin-seok tearfully reveal their secrets to each other. A friend's sighting of Kim So-won at an unlikely place rattles Seon-u.
5Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 22 Mar 2022
Chan-young creates a bucket list of her to-do items for loved ones. Mi-jo consoles a guilt-ridden Seon-u, who blames himself for So-won's sorrows.
6Conviction3 Mar 2022
At an impromptu dinner for four, Seon-u's dad shows his affinity for Mi-jo and aversion for So-won. Chan-young's mom stops by while Jin-seok is over.
7The Inconvenient Truth16 Mar 2022
Chan-young finds information on Mi-jo's birth mother and auditions to achieve a long-awaited dream. So-won moves into the orphanage.
8When You Think It's the End17 Mar 2022
Seon-u asks his father to apologize to So-won. Chan-young's mom demands answers from the trio. Mi-jo learns of her biological mother.
9A Thousand Nights Over and Over Again23 Mar 2022
Mi-jo's conversation with her birth mother leaves her distraught. Chan-young excitedly plans her mom's birthday, but nearly misses the celebration.
10He Who Dances Must Pay the Piper24 Mar 2022
When a strange man comes looking for Mi-jo at her clinic, she seeks answers from her adoptive mother. Jang Joo-hee expresses her frustration and fear.
11About Romance30 Mar 2022
Joo-hee and Mi-jo take Chan-young out to capture her smile after hearing she's taken her funeral photo. Mi-jo's parents invite Seon-u over for a meal.
12Samseong-dong, Hyochang-dong and Gocheok-dong31 Mar 2022
Chan-young gets the chance to say goodbye to loved ones at an unforgettable brunch. Worried about Mi-jo, she leaves behind a surprise gift.

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40.

Synopsis: TMDB