All Episodes of Thirty-Nine
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Leaning on each other through thick and thin, a trio of best friends stand together as they experience life, love and loss on the brink of turning 40.
Season 1
6.7/10189 votesThirty, Nine
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2022
Cha Mi-jo announces her sabbatical to her two best friends. Chance encounters and sweet-scented peonies draw Kim Seon-u and Mi-jo together.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
5.1/10104 votesOne Absurd Day
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/2022
Unable to let her go, Kim Jin-seok asks Jeong Chan-young to rethink their breakup. Mi-jo receives a heart-racing confession... and heartbreaking news.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.7/1096 votesSomething I Had Never Thought Of
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2022
Jin-seok's wife confronts Chan-young. Lacking the courage to tell Chan-young the diagnosis, Mi-jo takes her anger out on someone else.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.9/1097 votesChoice
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/2022
Chan-young and Jin-seok tearfully reveal their secrets to each other. A friend's sighting of Kim So-won at an unlikely place rattles Seon-u.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.9/1091 votesRachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/2022
Chan-young creates a bucket list of her to-do items for loved ones. Mi-jo consoles a guilt-ridden Seon-u, who blames himself for So-won's sorrows.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.8/1091 votesConviction
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2022
At an impromptu dinner for four, Seon-u's dad shows his affinity for Mi-jo and aversion for So-won. Chan-young's mom stops by while Jin-seok is over.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.7/1089 votesThe Inconvenient Truth
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2022
Chan-young finds information on Mi-jo's birth mother and auditions to achieve a long-awaited dream. So-won moves into the orphanage.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.8/1090 votesWhen You Think It's the End
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2022
Seon-u asks his father to apologize to So-won. Chan-young's mom demands answers from the trio. Mi-jo learns of her biological mother.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.3/1085 votesA Thousand Nights Over and Over Again
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/23/2022
Mi-jo's conversation with her birth mother leaves her distraught. Chan-young excitedly plans her mom's birthday, but nearly misses the celebration.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.5/1088 votesHe Who Dances Must Pay the Piper
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/24/2022
When a strange man comes looking for Mi-jo at her clinic, she seeks answers from her adoptive mother. Jang Joo-hee expresses her frustration and fear.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
4.3/1083 votesAbout Romance
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/30/2022
Joo-hee and Mi-jo take Chan-young out to capture her smile after hearing she's taken her funeral photo. Mi-jo's parents invite Seon-u over for a meal.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah
7.4/10108 votesSamseong-dong, Hyochang-dong and Gocheok-dong
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/31/2022
Chan-young gets the chance to say goodbye to loved ones at an unforgettable brunch. Worried about Mi-jo, she leaves behind a surprise gift.
Director: Kim Sang-ho
Writer: Yu Young-ah