TV series
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
Overview
A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.
Details
- First air date
- 2016-11-16
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 16 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Network
- MBC
- Production
- Chorokbaem Media
- Country
- KR
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Lee Sung-kyung as Kim Bok-joo
- Nam Joo-hyuk as Jung Joon-hyung
- Lee Jae-yoon as Jung Jae-yi
- Kyung Soo-jin as Song Shi-ho
- Choi Woong as Kim Ki-seok
- Ji Il-ju as Tae-kwon
- Cho Soo-hyang as Soo-bin
- Cho Hye-jeong as Jung Nan-hee
- Oh Eui-sik as Bang Woon-ki
- Lee Joo-young as Lee Sun-ok
- Choi Mu-sung as Yoon Duk-man
- Jang Young-nam as Choi Sung-eun
Creators and crew
- Yang Hui-seung - Creator
- Oh Hyun-jong - Creator
- Kim Soo-jin - Creator
- Han Hee - Producer
- Oh Hyun-jong - Director
- Kim Soo-jin - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1: What Do We Do About the People We Hate?
One day Bok-joo, the star of the weightlifting club at her sports university, runs into Joon-hyung, a swimmer who is weak under pressure.
Episode 2: When I Fall in Love With You
After Joon-hyung saves Bok-joo when she falls into the pool, they realize they were friends in childhood. Joon-hyung comments on Bok-joo's weight.
Episode 3: Let It Go
Bok-joo visits Jae-yi's weight loss clinic but worries about the price. She then hears about a mountain climbing contest with a big prize.
Episode 4: Her Double Life
Bok-joo pays the clinic fees and gets an examination, but is warned not to overdo it. Bok-joo wants to thank Jae-yi for lending her his umbrella.
Episode 5: I'm Happy Because I'm a Woman
Joon-hyung runs into Bok-joo when he visits Jae-yi at the clinic. Bok-joo hides the truth from Jae-yi and explains that they are just old classmates.
Episode 6: Long Tails Either Get Caught or Get Stepped on
Bok-joo is delighted to get a ride from Jae-yi after the concert. While Joon-hyung is in counseling he recalls an incident from his childhood.
Episode 7: Happy Birthday To
Bok-joo's coach and manager find out she is going to a weight loss clinic and tell her father, who is furious. Bok-joo tries to apologize.
Episode 8: The Wind is Blowing
Shi-ho snatches Bok-joo's phone away while she is speaking with Joon-hyung. Bok-joo sleeps in a different room after finding out about the diary.
Episode 9: The Merits of a Secret Crush
Jae-yi sees Bok-joo while he is at the university. Joon-hyung tries to cover for her, but Bok-joo confesses to Jae-yi that she is a weightlifter.
Episode 10: A Comma or a Period
Joon-hyung criticizes Jae-yi after he shows up at a weightlifting competition to cheer Bok-joo on, not knowing she doesn't want to be seen like that.
Episode 11: It's the End, It's Not the End
After Bok-joo's disappearance in the aftermath of Coach Choi's firing, she shows up and tells her father she wants to quit weightlifting.
Episode 12: Her Bucket List
Bok-joo is taken aback at the sight of Shi-ho stuffing her face but keeps it from Joon-hyung. Joon-hyung invites Bok-joo to an amusement park.
Episode 13: Round off Love, and It Becomes Jealousy
Joon-hyung and Bok-joo are now a couple after letting each other know how they feel. Joon-hyung doesn't notice a call from Shi-ho.
Episode 14: This Girl Is Mine
Love is in the air as another secret relationship comes out into the open. Bok-joo is nervous after Nan-hee's stern warning to her friends.
Episode 15: That's How You Become an Adult
Joon-hyung is reunited with his mother. The next day he goes back home to retrieve some childhood photos and overhears something that shocks him.
Episode 16: Spring, Youth and Us Again
Joon-hyung goes to the hospital to see Chang-gul, who asks him to hide the operation from Bok-joo so she can focus on her training.
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