8.5/1029 votes#1 - Mysterious Package
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2017
Han Sejoo is a popular writer who needs nothing but more time to write his novels that are recognized and loved by the public. Jeon Seol, the legendary girl being good at everything, is a big fan of Sejoo and she would give anything to meet with Sejoo. And one day, she is asked to deliver a mysterious box to Sejoo.
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8.3/1020 votes#2 - Feeling the Past
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2017
Seol subdues the intruder that tries to harm Sejoo. While grabbing the gun, she sees her past life. The police arrive and the stalker gets arrested. Apparently, the intruder is the culprit of another shooting incident. However, he suddenly commits suicide while being locked up in his prison cell. The public goes on a spree with rumors of how Sejoo’s writing is tightly connected with the crimes of the culprit.
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8.4/1020 votes#3 - Just a Dream?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/14/2017
Sejoo is unable to write anything while he’s in his slump. He almost gets himself killed in an accident. At the detrimental moment, Seol comes to help. She takes Sejoo to her father’s cabin. Sejoo keeps an eye out for any kind of danger and coincidently saves Seol from harm. Sejoo keeps on having weird dreams and Seol always appears in them.
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8.4/1018 votes#4 - Ghost Writer
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/2017
Sejoo is confused as Yoo Jino keeps following him and saying he is Sejoo’s ghost writer. Sejoo finally finds out that Seol has tried to be helpful while they get caught and reported as lovers. Jino finds out that Sejoo was a ghost writer for Baek Taemin before. Sejoo finds out that there were encounters between Seol and Taemin. He starts to feel a bit jealous.
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8.8/1017 votes#5 - A Ghost Writer
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/2017
Sejoo and Seol are highlighted by the media and public mistaken for having a relationship. Seol keeps on getting phone calls from Sejoo’s fans every day, who threaten her welfare. Still having the writer’s block, Sejoo is unable to write out any good quality episodes for his serial material. In the end, he decides to hold a conference to make an announce about his ghost writer.
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8.8/1019 votes#6 - The Words Perhaps I Want to Hear the Most
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2017
Sejoo finally finds out Jino is an actual ghost, and Jino explains that he, Sejoo, and Seol were friends in the past. However, no one believes Sejoo sees Jino, the ghost. Jino tries to persuade Sejoo to finish the novel “Chicago Typewriter” together saying that the novel was actually written by Sejoo 80 years ago.
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8.8/1015 votes#7 - One Condition
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2017
Sejoo rejects the idea of continuing with his writing but gets concerned that it might ruin his career forever. Seol brings Gyeonwoo to Taemin, but Sejoo takes Gyeonwoo away. Sejoo finally accepts the idea of writing with Jino under one condition: Sejoo must keep men away from Seol.
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9.2/1014 votes#8 - The Contract
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/29/2017
Sejoo is torn between just pretending to like Seol or really having a feeling for her. The dilemma all starts because Jino asks Sejoo to be around her to protect and care for her. Sejoo needs a story to write, and Jino wants to get closer to Seol. They end up writing a contract to settle their needs. Sejoo feels awkward because he does not know how to act around Seol and makes her upset by saying the wrong things.
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9.0/1015 votes#9 - The New Novel
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/12/2017
Jino gets amazed at how much Seoul has changed and asks Sejoo to go on a tour around the city. They bring Seol along with them. When Jino sees that Seoul has finally gained the independence he longed for, he wishes to live his youth again in 2017. Meanwhile, Baek Doha tells Taemin that Sejoo has the original copy of “Fate”. Doha suggests Taemin to start anew, but Taemin refuses.
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9.2/1018 votes#10 - The Ill Fate
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2017
As Jino and Sejoo continue writing the novel, Sejoo remembers the past more. Seol’s mother comes back and tells Seol not to cross paths with the ill-fated people. She also confesses that she can see the past life as well. Meanwhile, Taemin visits Sejoo and begs for the first draft of “Fate”.
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8.9/1016 votes#11 - The Accident
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/19/2017
Seol decides to leave Sejoo because she believes that they are ill-fated. However, Sejoo doesn’t let her go easily. Seol tells Taemin that she can’t help with his work and Taemin gets furious. Meanwhile, Sejoo gets invited by Ms. Hong Sohee to have dinner at her house. There, Sejoo meets Doha and tells him that he gave Taemin the first draft of “Fate”.
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9.1/1017 votes#12 - I Can See You
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/20/2017
Seol decides to leave Sejoo because she believes that they are ill-fated. However, Sejoo doesn’t let her go easily. Seol tells Taemin that she can’t help with his work and Taemin gets furious. Meanwhile, Sejoo gets invited by Ms. Hong Sohee to have dinner at her house. There, Sejoo meets Doha and tells him that he gave Taemin the first draft of “Fate”.
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8.9/1015 votes#13 - The Secret Agent
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/26/2017
Seol and Sejoo travel to the past and meet their past selves. After escaping the gunfight that broke out in Gyeongseong, Seol and Sejoo find out that there is a secret agent hiding among Joseon Youth Alliance. Meanwhile, Jo Sangmi continues her plot against Seol, and Sejoo finds out that Sangmi’s target is Seol, not him.
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8.9/1019 votes#14 - The Mission
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/27/2017
Seol’s first morning at Sejoo’s house turns into a fierce competition between Jino and Sejoo. They try their best to win Seol’s heart. Meanwhile, Taemin makes Sangmi to lure Seol into her house and makes Seol a hostage. Sejoo runs to rescue Seol but finds Taemin waiting for him.
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8.9/1028 votes#15 - The Separate Ways
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 6/2/2017
Ryu Soohyeon is captured and tortured by Heo Youngmin. When Shin Yool finds out that Soohyeon had been captured, he decides to go and save her. However, Seo Hwiyoung does not allow him to go. Meanwhile, Taemin flees from the scene and leaves Sejoo injured. The police break into Sangmi’s house and finds Seol tied up to a chair.
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9.2/1023 votes#16 - The End and Beginning
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 6/3/2017
When Soohyeon learns that Hwiyoung was captured and killed, she goes her own ways to execute the wrongdoers. She assassinates every betrayer, including Shin Yool. In the present time, Jino finds out how he was killed in his past life and gets shocked. Jino’s body keeps flickering, signaling that it’s almost time for him to leave.
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The Best Episodes of Chicago Typewriter Season 1
Every episode of Chicago Typewriter Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Chicago Typewriter Season 1!
Writers that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930's are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter and an...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Mysterious Package" is the best rated episode of "Chicago Typewriter" season 1. It scored 8.5/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/7/2017. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Feeling the Past".