2023
12 eps
JTBC
Romance Drama Comedy
Two people who both want a divorce are forced to navigate the process together — except they're not each other's spouses. Kang Yoon-woo is trying to divorce his wife, and Choi Jung…
If you loved Emergency Couple's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Can We Be Strangers? delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — divorce — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2025
16 eps
Netflix
Medical Drama Romance
Five medical interns navigate the intense pressures of residency at a Seoul hospital, forming bonds and rivalries as they discover who they really are under extreme professional an…
The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2020
18 eps
JTBC
Romance Fantasy Comedy
A middle-aged man on the verge of divorce wakes up 18 again and must decide if he wants to reclaim his past.
If you loved Emergency Couple's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, 18 Again delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances and regret — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2016
20 eps
MBC
Medical Romance Drama
A delinquent girl transformed by a dedicated teacher's belief in her becomes a top neurosurgeon — then faces her former mentor again as a colleague, reopening every wound and possi…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2025
12 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
Two ex-colleagues who had a brief, unspoken almost-relationship years ago find themselves unexpectedly working together again. Neither has moved on as thoroughly as they pretended.…
If you loved Emergency Couple's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Optional Romance delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
2023
16 eps
MBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Yoo Hye-young and her adult daughter Noh Ji-young find themselves divorced and dating again at the same time — which is complicated enough before they discover they are both seeing…
If you loved Emergency Couple's second-chance romance carrying the weight of everything they couldn't say before, Not Others delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — second chances — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2021
12 eps
SBS
Romance Comedy Drama
Lee Ho-joon is Korea's top idol — handsome, famous, and accustomed to adoration. Choi Geun-young is a tabloid reporter and one of his most vocal anti-fans, known for writing unflat…
If you loved Emergency Couple's two people stuck together long enough for every wall to come down, So I Married an Anti-Fan delivers exactly that. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2024
16 eps
tvN
Romance Comedy Drama
A chaebol heiress and her seemingly incompatible husband rediscover their love when life-threatening events reunite them.
The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2009
25 eps
KBS
Romance Comedy Drama
A poor girl attends an elite school and clashes with the leader of the school's most powerful group of boys.
The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2024
16 eps
JTBC
Romance Comedy Drama
Two childhood best friends who went separate ways reconnect in adulthood and discover their feelings run deeper than friendship.
Both navigate the same emotional territory: second chances. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.