Now, We Are Breaking Up

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20211h 4m

Production

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Will tell stories of emotional love and breakups. Ha Young-eun, a manager of the design team at a fashion label who is a trendy and intelligent realist. Yoon Jae-guk, a wealthy and popular freelancer photographer who also has the brains and looks. Hwang Chi-sook is a director of the fashion label’s design team who attended high school with Ha Young-eun and Seok Do-hoon is a skilled PR company CEO.

Seasons

16 Episodes • Premiered 2021

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1. Blind Date

9.5

Young-eun is working hard to win a contract with a famous fashion designer’s brand. However, things aren’t working out as planned, and now she should go on a blind date in place of her friend Chi-sook. There, she gets to meet a guy named Jae-guk, a photographer. At first, she doesn’t even bother to show the slightest interest in him because she’s preoccupied with her work. But she soon realizes that she needs his help.

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2. Mysterious Photo Buyer in Paris

9.5

The One’s 30th anniversary event is only a few days away. To make the event a success, Young-eun and her team members work hard and try to invite Hye-rin, a popular influencer, as the model of their new clothes. However, things aren’t going well as Hye-rin is being very picky and uncooperative. Only one day is left until the event, and Young-eun comes to make a big decision. Meanwhile, Jae-guk finds out who bought his photo in Paris ten years ago.

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3. How Young-eun Broke Up with Soo-wan

10.0

Young-eun wants to know about the relationship between Jae-guk and Soo-wan. She shares with Jae-guk her memories of how she first met and broke up with Soo-wan. She soon hears about the news of Soo-wan from Jae-guk. Meanwhile, everyone at The One is shocked by the news that the main design of Sono’s new collection has been copied, and is already on sale in the market.

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4. Young-eun Having a Hard Time

10.0

Young-eun lives in grief and remorse after finding out the fact that Soo-wan died on his way to meet her ten years ago. On top of it, due to the decline in sales of Sono, Young-eun gets transferred to a team that deals with a new licensing brand. Chi-hyung, Chi-sook’s younger brother, comes back from studying abroad and joins Young-eun’s team. Meanwhile, Chi-sook starts to think that Do-hoon has a crush on Young-eun.

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5. Surprise Encounter at the Police Station

8.0

Young-eun gets extremely busy finding new factories her team can work with. Then, she hears that her father is in the police station. When she gets to the station, she becomes surprised to see a man who is sitting next to her father. Meanwhile, Chi-hyung finds out that another team at The One is trying to have Sono’s team member leak Young-eun’s business plan in exchange for offering her a better position.

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6. Yoo-jung’s Memories of Soo-wan

10.0

Young-eun decides to stop pushing Jae-guk away, and he becomes a great help in promoting Sono’s new collection. Mi-sook wishes that she was misdiagnosed earlier and goes to see the doctor again. Chi-sook, who thought she had found out about Do-hoon’s secret, gets to realize that she’s been mistaken. Meanwhile, Yoo-jung recollects her memories of how she tried to separate Soo-wan and Young-eun ten years ago.

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7. Do-hoon Acting Strange

9.0

Do-hoon starts to act strange when Chi-sook is around him or when she sends text messages to him. Chi-sook wants to know why and decides to ask Do-hoon herself. Mi-sook withdraws all the money from her bank accounts and starts to buy whatever she wants to have just for her and her mother. Meanwhile, Young-eun gets to find out the fact that Soo-wan and Yoo-jung were engaged even when Soo-wan was seeing Young-eun.

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8. The Cancellation Notice from Hills

9.0

Jae-guk receives offers from several global brands, and he decides to work with a Parisian company called DPHP. Meanwhile, Young-eun’s team is shaken up when Hills Department Store calls and says they want to cancel the deal with Sono. As Young-eun tries to make things work out with President Choi of Hills, Mi-sook calls Young-eun with an emergency.

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9. Invitation

10.0

Soo-ho quits working to look after Mi-sook. However, Min-kyung, with whom Soo-ho has secretly been having an affair, comes to Soo-ho and Mi-sook’s place unannounced. Chi-sook also finds out that Mi-sook is ill and starts to persuade Mi-sook to get hospitalized and receive treatment. Unexpectedly, Jae-guk’s mother tells Jae-guk that she wants to cook a meal for Young-eun. Without knowing that she had an ulterior motive, Jae-guk invites Young-eun with joy.

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10. Young-eun Waiting for Jae-guk’s Call

9.0

Young-eun’s mother finds out that Soo-wan died ten years ago and that Jae-guk was born out of wedlock. She starts trying to strongly stop Young-eun from seeing Jae-guk. She even barges into Jae-guk’s photo studio and causes a scene. Young-eun waits for Jae-guk’s call, but she doesn’t get any from him. Meanwhile, Chi-sook starts to feel confused with Do-hoon after seeing his new style and hearing something surprising from him.

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11. Chi-sook Finds Out That Soo-ho Is Having an Affair

9.0

Young-eun is extremely busy and tired of working with Sono’s new partner company because they keep asking for unreasonable demands and being very fickle-minded. Meanwhile, Chi-sook accidentally hears the secret conversation between Soo-ho and Min-kyung and learns that Soo-ho is cheating on Mi-sook. Feeling upset and betrayed, she goes straight to Mi-sook’s place to share what she found out.

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12. Mi-sook’s Dream Coming True

10.0

Everyone working for The One hears a rumour that the company might be sold off. Although most of the employees are tormented by the sense of insecurity and anxiety, Young-eun decides to continue to work on the project she’s been working on. She plans to hold an online fashion show and send out invitations to globally influential buyers. She also asks someone who always wanted to be a fashion model to be a model for her show.

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13. Young-eun’s Interview

10.0

Sono gets an offer from Olivier and Nouvelle Vague meets Young-eun saying they want to do an interview. At first Young-eun agrees, but when she sees the questions, she refuses saying that none of the questions are about Sono. Mi-sook prepares to say goodbye by making kimchi with her friends and sharing it with them. Meanwhile, Jae-guk tells Young-eun he’s planning to go to Paris.

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14. Young-eun Turns Down Olivier

10.0

After much consideration, Young-eun turns down the offer from Olivier. Instead, President Hwang offers Young-eun to start a separate business with Sono and gives her time to think about it. Meanwhile, Jae-guk starts getting ready to go to Paris and buys two tickets. He then asks Young-eun to come with him.

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15. Mi-sook Prepares to Say Goodbye

10.0

As Mi-sook’s disease spreads, she prepares to say goodbye to her friends and family. Chi-sook’s misunderstanding against Do-hoon is resolved when she hears from her father that the reason he hired Do-hoon wasn’t her. After contemplating, Young-eun decides to quit Sono and start her own brand.

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16. Young-eun Starts Her Own Business

10.0

After Young-eun quits Sono, she starts her own brand, but it’s proving more difficult than she thought. Do-hoon and Chi-sook start to live together and Chi-sook helps Young-eun start her own brand. Jae-guk comes back from Paris for a fashion show in Busan and meets Young-eun.

Cast

Photo of Song Hye-kyo

Song Hye-kyo

Ha Youg-eun

Photo of Jang Ki-yong

Jang Ki-yong

Yoon Jae-guk

Photo of Choi Hee-seo

Choi Hee-seo

Hwang Chi-sook

Photo of Kim Ju-hun

Kim Ju-hun

Seok Do-hoon

Photo of Park Hyo-ju

Park Hyo-ju

Jeon Mi-sook

Photo of Yoon Na-moo

Yoon Na-moo

Kwak Soo-ho

Photo of Nam Kee-ae

Nam Kee-ae

Kang Jeong-ja

Photo of Choi Hong-il

Choi Hong-il

Ha Taek-soo

Photo of Cha Hwa-yeon

Cha Hwa-yeon

Min Hye-Ok

Photo of Moon Joo-yeon

Moon Joo-yeon

Ahn Sun-joo

Photo of Ju Jin-mo

Ju Jin-mo

CEO Hwang

Photo of Jang Hyuk-jin

Jang Hyuk-jin

Go Gwang-soo

Photo of Yoon Jung-hee

Yoon Jung-hee

Shin Yoo-jung

Photo of Sehun

Sehun

Hwang Chi-hyung

Photo of Kim Bo-jeong

Kim Bo-jeong

Nam Na-ri

Photo of Ahn Ha-young

Ahn Ha-young

Jung So-young

Photo of Shin Dong-wook

Shin Dong-wook

Yoon Soo-Wan

Photo of Yura

Yura

Hye-Rin

Photo of Shin Seung-hwan

Shin Seung-hwan

Hye-Rin's agent

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Reviews

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ParkMin

1/10

There was something to be said along the lines of "it's about the journey not the destination" but there was no journey or destination to speak of here. At first, it seemed to be a worse version of Encounter (2018) but it turned out to be much worse than that with a stinky trashy tag engraved to its title. Usually Song Hye Kyo doesn't step this low but this proved to be otherwise, it was undeniably her worst project ever. The genius writer shamelessly adapted the deplorable trope of constant interruptions with any hints of a real conversation or dialogue at sight. I have no respect for creators who pull such moves. The drama was filled with the type of dialogue and cheesy one-liners that you would read in a fanfic, it was even filmed from the point of view of a one. Anyway, the drama was an unwatchable junk from a modern lens. Now, I'm Breaking Up With This Drama!

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