7.5/10128 votesLoading...#1 - Thirty, 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: Yoo Young-a
7.9/1037 votesLoading...#2 - When 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: Yoo Young-a
8.0/1042 votesLoading...#3 - Something 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: Yoo Young-a
8.0/1033 votesLoading...#4 - He 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: Yoo Young-a
8.1/1050 votesLoading...#5 - One 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: Yoo Young-a
8.1/1031 votesLoading...#6 - A 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: Yoo Young-a
8.2/1036 votesLoading...#7 - The 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: Yoo Young-a
8.2/1030 votesLoading...#8 - About 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: Yoo Young-a
8.3/1039 votesLoading...#9 - Rachmaninoff 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: Yoo Young-a
8.4/1043 votesLoading...#10 - Choice
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: Yoo Young-a
8.4/1039 votesLoading...#11 - Conviction
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: Yoo Young-a
9.1/1051 votesLoading...#12 - Samseong-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: Yoo Young-a
The Worst 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...
Genre:Drama
Network:JTBC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Thirty, Nine" is the worst rated episode of "Thirty-Nine". It scored 7.5/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Kim Sang-ho and written by Yoo Young-a, it aired on 2/16/2022. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "When You Think It's the End".