Great First Episodes

Sometimes you need a Drama that’s good right away.  That Captivates you at the get go. Pick and choose!

NiceandWise Jan 8, 2020
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  • While You Were Sleeping

    1. While You Were Sleeping

    Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
    8.7
    1,573 points by 16 voters
    Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. ...more
  • W

    2. W

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.5
    1,472 points by 15 voters
    O Seong Mu, the father of cardiothoracic surgeon O Yeon Ju, mysteriously goes missing while writing the last chapter of his webtoon "W". Yeon Ju goes to his office looking, but a ...more
  • Crash Landing on You

    3. Crash Landing on You

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    9.0
    1,279 points by 13 voters
    After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yun Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jeong Hyeok, who agrees to help her ...more
  • Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

    4. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    1,181 points by 12 voters
    Bok Joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a woman ...more
  • Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    5. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.7
    1,160 points by 12 voters
    Do Bong Sun is a petite, unemployed woman who is honest and kind. She appears little and sweet on the outside, but she is, in fact, very, very strong. For generations in ...more
  • Romance Is a Bonus Book

    6. Romance Is a Bonus Book

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    989 points by 10 voters
    Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He has a calm demeanor and remains reasonable at work. He then ...more
  • Healer

    7. Healer

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    8.8
    787 points by 8 voters
    Seo Jeong Hu is a special kind of night courier, known only as "Healer" by his clients. For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he gets his ...more
  • Goblin

    8. Goblin

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.8
    771 points by 8 voters
    Kim Sin was once an unbeatable general in Goryeo's military who died tragically. He now possesses immortality but is tired of living while everyone else around him dies. For 900 years, Kim ...more
  • Signal

    9. Signal

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.9
    768 points by 8 voters
    Fifteen years ago, a young girl was kidnapped on the way from school, and Park Hae Yeong, who was an elementary school student at that time, witnessed the crime. A few days ...more
  • Search: WWW

    10. Search: WWW

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.3
    667 points by 7 voters
    This drama delves into the challenges and triumphs of modern women who have chosen career over traditional family roles. Bae Ta Mi, a competitive director at a major web portal company in ...more
  • Memories of the Alhambra

    11. Memories of the Alhambra

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.0
    580 points by 6 voters
    Yoo Jin U, a competitive CEO and video game developer, visits Granada, Spain, seeking the inventor of a groundbreaking augmented-reality game. Staying at a hostel owned by Jung Hui Ju, a former ...more
  • Vagabond

    12. Vagabond

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.5
    579 points by 6 voters
    Cha Dal Gun, devastated by his nephew’s death in a mysterious plane crash, embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind a massive cover-up. Go Hae Ri, the eldest daughter of ...more
  • Suspicious Partner

    13. Suspicious Partner

    Korean Drama - 2017, 40 episodes
    8.2
    555 points by 6 voters
    Noh Ji Wook, a brilliant prosecutor, and Eun Bong Hee, a rookie intern prone to embarrassing situations, become entangled when Bong Hee is falsely accused of murder, and Ji Wook risks his ...more
  • What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    14. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.5
    477 points by 5 voters
    The series revolves around the narcissistic Lee Young Joon, the vice president of a company run by his family. He is very self-absorbed and thinks highly of himself, so much that he ...more
  • Mr. Sunshine

    15. Mr. Sunshine

    Korean Drama - 2018, 24 episodes
    8.8
    378 points by 4 voters
    Mr. Sunshine centers on a young boy born into a house servant's family who travels to the United States during the 1871 Shinmiyangyo (U.S. expedition to Korea). He returns to his homeland ...more
  • Descendants of the Sun

    16. Descendants of the Sun

    Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
    8.6
    294 points by 3 voters
    A love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer. Kang Mo Yeon is a pretty and assertive woman who works as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Haesung Hospital. She ...more
  • Thirty but Seventeen

    17. Thirty but Seventeen

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.4
    289 points by 3 voters
    Woo Seo Ri, a violin prodigy at seventeen who was about to study in Germany, got into a bus accident and fell into a coma, waking up thirteen years later. Mentally, she ...more
  • Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

    18. Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

    Japanese Drama - 2007, 12 episodes
    8.2
    286 points by 3 voters
    This hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles, and friendship at a boys' boarding school after a girl disguised as a boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California ...more
  • A Love So Beautiful

    19. A Love So Beautiful

    Chinese Drama - 2017, 23 episodes
    8.3
    278 points by 3 voters
    It starts off with high school classmates Chen Xiao Xi and Jiang Chen who are also neighbors. Xiao Xi, a cheerful girl who doesn't study much, is expressive about her admiration towards ...more
  • Another Miss Oh

    20. Another Miss Oh

    Korean Drama - 2016, 18 episodes
    8.1
    273 points by 3 voters
    Two women, both named O Hae Yeong, find themselves constantly mixed up in each other’s lives because of their shared name. From confusion over boys and grades in high school to ending ...more
  • Life on Mars

    21. Life on Mars

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.7
    269 points by 3 voters
    As the leader of a crime investigation team, Han Tae Joo has propelled his career and risen through the ranks by trusting data over all else. One day, while investigating a serial ...more
  • The Tale of Nokdu

    22. The Tale of Nokdu

    Korean Drama - 2019, 32 episodes
    8.3
    260 points by 3 voters
    Jeon Nok Du lives on an island with his father and older brother. He is smart and a good swordsman. Since he was little, his father did not let him study or ...more
  • Encounter

    23. Encounter

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.1
    197 points by 2 voters
    What happens when an encounter between a man and a woman who seem to have nothing in common develops into a complicated love story? Cha Soo Hyun is the daughter of a ...more
  • Flower Boy Next Door

    24. Flower Boy Next Door

    Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
    7.6
    192 points by 2 voters
    This is a drama about a girl, Ko Dok Mi, who is a shut-in Miss Lonelyhearts type, who spends her days spying on the man living in the next building. She is ...more
  • Hwarang

    25. Hwarang

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.0
    192 points by 2 voters
    The names of just a few Hwarangs are recorded in history. Not many people these days truly know about Hwarangs. How did they start? How did beautiful looking young men become at ...more
  • Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

    26. Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung

    Korean Drama - 2019, 40 episodes
    8.2
    186 points by 2 voters
    The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae Ryung is an intern to become a palace historian. However, it was not acceptable for women to write historical ...more
  • Chocolate

    27. Chocolate

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.1
    177 points by 2 voters
    The story of a man who became a neurosurgeon, though he dreamed of becoming a cook, and a woman who became a cook because of him. Lee Kang is a neurosurgeon who ...more
  • Kill Me, Heal Me

    28. Kill Me, Heal Me

    Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
    8.7
    174 points by 2 voters
    A traumatic childhood experience leaves Cha Do Hyeon, suffering from memory loss and dissociation. The latter has resulted in the creation of seven distinct personalities. Wanting to regain control over his life, ...more
  • Just Between Lovers

    29. Just Between Lovers

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.5
    170 points by 2 voters
    A tragic accident kills 48 people, leaving the survivors and those connected to the event forever changed. Lee Gang Du, once a hopeful soccer player, now struggles with physical and emotional pain ...more
  • Good Manager

    30. Good Manager

    Korean Drama - 2017, 20 episodes
    8.5
    170 points by 2 voters
    Can corporate politics turn a bad person into a good person? Kim Sung Ryong is a skilled accountant who works for gangsters. He makes his way into a company called TQ Group ...more
  • Jealousy Incarnate

    31. Jealousy Incarnate

    Korean Drama - 2016, 24 episodes
    8.1
    168 points by 2 voters
    Lee Hwa Shin is a talented, handsome anchor from a well-off family, known for his fierce competitiveness in the newsroom. His rivalry with meteorologist Pyo Na Ri, a hardworking but less accomplished ...more
  • Chicago Typewriter

    32. Chicago Typewriter

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    8.6
    166 points by 2 voters
    Set in the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea and the 21st century. Han Se Ju, a bestselling author in the present, struggles with writer’s block, while Yoo Jin O, a talented ghostwriter ...more
  • My Strange Hero

    33. My Strange Hero

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
    8.0
    100 points by 1 voters
    When Kang Bok Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing acts of violence and ended up expelled from school. Those who brought the accusations against him were ...more
  • Doctor Stranger

    34. Doctor Stranger

    Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
    7.9
    100 points by 1 voters
    As a child, Park Hoon and his father were kidnapped by North Korea. In North Korea, he was trained to become a doctor by his father who was already a doctor. Park ...more
  • The Package

    35. The Package

    Korean Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
    8.0
    99 points by 1 voters
    Yoon So So relocates to France with her college boyfriend, defying her parents' wishes. However, he heartlessly abandons her and returns to Korea. To remain in France for her Ph.D., So So ...more
  • Hotel del Luna

    36. Hotel del Luna

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes
    8.6
    97 points by 1 voters
    In the heart of Seoul stands a mysterious, ancient hotel, managed by the greedy and resentful Jang Man Wol, who has spent a thousand years running it. Bound by a deity to ...more
  • The Legend of the Blue Sea

    37. The Legend of the Blue Sea

    Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
    8.3
    95 points by 1 voters
    Shim Chung, a mermaid from the Joseon era, follows her true love, nobleman’s son Kim Ryung, to modern-day Seoul. Ryung’s doppelgänger, Heo Joon Jae, is a skilled scam artist who becomes intrigued ...more
  • The Innocent Man

    38. The Innocent Man

    Korean Drama - 2012, 20 episodes
    8.0
    92 points by 1 voters
    The drama is a melodrama which depicts the story of a man, Kang Ma Roo who has been betrayed by the love of his life, Han Jae Hee. Years after the incident, ...more
  • Papadol!

    39. Papadol!

    Japanese Drama - 2012, 10 episodes
    7.2
    90 points by 1 voters
    The story revolves around Ryo who secretly marries an older, single mom; a marriage that he has to keep as a secret or his idol career will come to an end. (Source: ...more
  • History of the Salaryman

    40. History of the Salaryman

    Korean Drama - 2012, 22 episodes
    8.2
    89 points by 1 voters
    At the funeral of Chunha Medical Group executive Jin Ho Hae, Yu Bang and Ho Hae's niece, Yeo Chi, are arrested for his murder. Flashing back three months, the story reveals the ...more
  • SKY Castle

    41. SKY Castle

    Korean Drama - 2018, 20 episodes
    8.7
    79 points by 1 voters
    Han Seo Jin, Noh Seung Hye, Jin Jin Hee, and Lee Myung Joo all live with their families in SKY Castle, a luxury private neighborhood hosting wealthy doctors and professors. All of ...more
  • Jugglers

    42. Jugglers

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.7
    77 points by 1 voters
    In this office romantic-comedy drama, a secretary with a passive and obedient personality meets a boss who is completely uninterested in others and has no consideration for them. (Source: KBS World)
  • Coffee Prince

    43. Coffee Prince

    Korean Drama - 2007, 17 episodes
    8.3
    69 points by 1 voters
    Choi Han Gyeol is the grandson of chairwoman Bang of Dong-in Foods, a company that has a thriving coffee business. He has never had a job and does not care for responsibility. ...more
  • Mother

    44. Mother

    Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
    8.9
    68 points by 1 voters
    Realizing one of her students is being abused, school teacher and bird researcher Soo Jin impulsively kidnaps the girl and acts as a substitute mother in an attempt to take care of ...more
  • My Holo Love

    45. My Holo Love

    Korean Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.1
    65 points by 1 voters
    Han So Yeon, a lonely assistant manager at a glasses company, excels in her career but struggles with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize faces. Her life changes when she encounters the AI ...more
  • The Liar and His Lover

    46. The Liar and His Lover

    Korean Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.4
    64 points by 1 voters
    A love story about a depressed genius music composer Kang Han Gyeol who meets the high school student Yoon So Rim when he’s living under a hidden identity. With her courageous honesty ...more
  • Rookie Cops

    47. Rookie Cops

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
    8.3
    63 points by 1 voters
    A coming-of-age story that captures the spirit, challenges and passion of youth as two students at the Korean National Police University experience life's charms and traumas whilst trying to become full-fledged cops. ...more
  • Castaway Diva

    48. Castaway Diva

    Korean Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
    8.4
    62 points by 1 voters
    Mok Ha has always dreamt of becoming a singer. During middle school, however, she ends up on a deserted island where she manages to survive alone for over fifteen years. When she's ...more