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Lovely Horribly

TV·2018–2018·1 season, 32 episodes·KBS2·Comedy, Drama·35m

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Philip and Eul Soon are bound by an unusual fate: one’s happiness always results in the other’s misfortune. The two start writing a drama together, and the events in the screenplay mysteriously begin occurring in real life.

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  1. 01Lovely Horribly S01E01Shared FateS01E01 · 9.0Eul Chook and Eul Soon are born on the same day and time. Because of this, they have a shared destiny. But because of that shared destiny, Eul Chook becomes a successful actor as You Philip while Eul Soon lives an unfortunate miserable life. Meanwhile, they cross paths with each other as adults by coincidence.
  2. 02Lovely Horribly S01E02LandslideS01E02 · 9.0Philip doesn’t get stabbed and gets rescued. Eul Soon realizes that Eun Young has been fooling her, but it’s too late. This makes Eul Soon visit her mom’s grave and try to bury her script. Meanwhile, Philip happens to come to the same area to participate in a variety show.
  3. 03Lovely Horribly S01E03My Misery, Your HappinessS01E03 · 9.0Eul Soon finds that there was a landslide on her way back home. She manages to rescue Philip and Yong Man, but she gets back home as soon as the ambulance arrives. Later, she gets a meeting with Philip and gets her chance to explain that she is the original writer of “A Ghost’s Love Story”.

Castfull cast & details

Park Si-hooPark Si-hooPhilip YooSong Ji-hyoSong Ji-hyoOh Eul-SoonLee Gi-kwangLee Gi-kwangLee Sung-JoongHam Eun-jungHam Eun-jungShin Yoon-AChoi Yeo-jinChoi Yeo-jinKi Eun-YoungJang Hyuk-jinJang Hyuk-jinKang Tae-SikHwang Sun-heeHwang Sun-heeKim Ra-YeonJang Young-namJang Young-namKim Ok-Hee

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode32Episodes2018Aired 8.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Lovely Horribly S01E01Season's bestShared FateAugust 13, 2018 9.0Eul Chook and Eul Soon are born on the same day and time. Because of this, they have a shared destiny. But because of that shared destiny, E
  2. S01E02Lovely Horribly S01E02LandslideAugust 13, 2018 9.0Philip doesn’t get stabbed and gets rescued. Eul Soon realizes that Eun Young has been fooling her, but it’s too late. This makes Eul Soon v
  3. S01E03Lovely Horribly S01E03My Misery, Your HappinessAugust 14, 2018 9.0Eul Soon finds that there was a landslide on her way back home. She manages to rescue Philip and Yong Man, but she gets back home as soon as
  4. S01E04Lovely Horribly S01E04RedAugust 14, 2018 9.0Philip gets furious as he sees that the script for “A Ghost’s Love Story” was written as if Eul Soon has seen what he has gone through. He r
  5. S01E05Lovely Horribly S01E05Switched DestiniesAugust 20, 2018 9.0Philip and Eul Soon are terrified as they hear the news about Ki Eun Young’s body being found from the landslide. Eul Soon receives a text t
  6. S01E06Lovely Horribly S01E06The One Protecting the EarthAugust 20, 2018 9.0Philip is saved again by Eul Soon, but he’s upset to see that it’s her again. Tae Shik and Yong Man visit a shaman and are told that bad thi
  7. S01E07Lovely Horribly S01E07I'll Do ItAugust 21, 2018 9.0Philip gets angry at Eul Soon as he finds out that she didn’t tell him what she wrote even when she wrote about what would happen. Sung Joon
  8. S01E08Lovely Horribly S01E08LandlordAugust 21, 2018 9.0Sung Joon gets very upset as he hears that Philip agreed to do the drama if Eul Soon moves into Philip’s house. Because of Sung Joon’s compl
  9. S01E09Lovely Horribly S01E09Don't Trust HerAugust 27, 2018 9.0Eul Soon panics as she sees a vision of Philip getting shot, so she tries whatever that came to her mind first to change the flow. She sees
  10. S01E10Lovely Horribly S01E10I'm Sure All of That Is FakeAugust 27, 2018 9.0Yong Man and Tae Shik go to the fifth floor of Gyeongkwang Hotel to check the security camera there, but they get shocked to find something
  11. S01E11Lovely Horribly S01E11Never Go HomeAugust 28, 2018 9.0Eul Soon gets questioned at the police station, but Philip comes to her rescue. As they get out of the police station, they meet an old frie
  12. S01E12Lovely Horribly S01E12The Next ChoiceAugust 28, 2018 9.0Sung Joon tells Eul Soon to give up on “A Ghost’s Love Story”, and Eul Soon gets shocked to hear this. As Eul Soon takes a bath, she sees th
  13. S01E13Lovely Horribly S01E13If Only One May LiveSeptember 3, 2018 8.0Philip receives a surgery after being shot, and meets his mother in his dream while recovering from the surgery. Meanwhile, Eul Soon visits
  14. S01E14Lovely Horribly S01E14Philip, Thank You for EverythingSeptember 3, 2018 8.0Philip wakes up but asks Tae Shik and Yong Man to keep it a secret from Eul Soon as he does not wish to hurt her again. Eul Soon visits Phil
  15. S01E15Lovely Horribly S01E15There Must Be Another WaySeptember 4, 2018 9.0Philip starts shooting the drama and asks Sung Joong to hire Eul Soon again. Eul Soon starts working at Philip’s home but Philip asks her to
  16. S01E16Lovely Horribly S01E16The Original Writer of “A Ghost’s Love Story” finalSeptember 4, 2018 9.0Eun Young appears on a TV program, saying that she is the original writer of “A Ghost’s Love Story”. Eun Young tells the story behind Philip
  17. S01E17Lovely Horribly S01E17Because It's YouSeptember 10, 2018 8.0Eul Soon decides to throw away the necklace into the ocean and make her own fortune. Things don’t seem to go as she planned as she and Phili
  18. S01E18Lovely Horribly S01E18I Like HerSeptember 10, 2018 9.0Sung Joong tells Philip that he likes Eul Soon. Philip waits for Eul Soon to come for work. When he hears someone typing the keyboard in the
  19. S01E19Lovely Horribly S01E19I’m BackSeptember 11, 2018 9.0Eul Soon gets scared that she might get abandoned by somebody as Philip makes his move. The private investigator Yoon Ah has sent gets caugh
  20. S01E20Lovely Horribly S01E20Was It This Woman?September 11, 2018 9.0The first episode of “A Ghost’s Love Story” gets aired. Eun Young and Eul Soon agreed to be co-writers, but Eul Soon senses that something i
  21. S01E21Lovely Horribly S01E21Why Did You Come Back?September 17, 2018 9.0Philip sees the ghost of his mother at the old dumpling shop and hears her say something strange. Sung Joong reveals that he has been seeing
  22. S01E22Lovely Horribly S01E22I Want to Run AwaySeptember 17, 2018 9.0Philip gives Eul Soon’s mom a ride home and tells Eul Soon that she should go write the next script. As they speak, Philip realizes that his
  23. S01E23Lovely Horribly S01E23Giving BackSeptember 18, 2018 9.0Eul Soon realizes that she and Philip met for a reason and decides to break up with him out of fear. Eun Young gets horrified after seeing w
  24. S01E24Lovely Horribly S01E24I Saw YouSeptember 18, 2018 9.0Philip decides to move out and let Eul Soon return to her old house. They keep their distance after their breakup, but Eul Soon’s mom asks E
  25. S01E25Lovely Horribly S01E25He Really Wronged HerSeptember 24, 2018 9.0Sung Joong visits Eun Young’s apartment after receiving a call from her, but he finds strange things there. Eul Soon tries to avoid telling
  26. S01E26Lovely Horribly S01E26You Should've Died That DaySeptember 24, 2018 9.0Philip wants Eul Soon to be honest to him, so he keeps asking her about what she heard from his mom. Eul Soon and Sung Joong look for the sc
  27. S01E27Lovely Horribly S01E27I've Decided Not to Hate or Avoid HerSeptember 25, 2018 8.0Philip tries to knock down Eul Soon’s old house. Eul Soon stops Philip and tells him that his mom tried to save him even until the end from
  28. S01E28Lovely Horribly S01E28Why Can't You See Me?September 25, 2018 8.0Eul Soon and Sung Joong visit a shaman for advice about their drama storyline. However, he sees that Eul Soon has nothing in her destiny aft
  29. S01E29Lovely Horribly S01E29It's Too LateOctober 1, 2018 9.0Eul Soon’s truck rolls down the hill, and Sung Joong barely manages to stop her. Sung Joong tells Philip and Eul Soon that he saw a ghost ma
  30. S01E30Lovely Horribly S01E30Our Drama's DoneOctober 1, 2018 9.0Philip’s mom persuades Ra Yun’s spirit to calm down and leave with her. The drama, “A Ghost’s Love Story” finishes filming the last episode.
  31. S01E31Lovely Horribly S01E31You Promised to Pay for ItOctober 2, 2018 8.0Philip and Eul Soon come across each other again. Philip is heartbroken, but Eul Soon seems to be fine. Sa Dong Chul is seen at Soo Jung’s m
  32. S01E32Lovely Horribly S01E32I'm Already PreparedOctober 2, 2018 9.0Philip comes to talk with Eul Soon, but he waits outside her house all night in vain. Eul Soon tries to find the fortune teller that told he

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