7.5/10125 votes#1 - What Do We Do About the People We Hate?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.1/1096 votes#2 - When I Fall in Love With You
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.3/1087 votes#3 - Let It Go
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.3/1080 votes#4 - Her Double Life
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.3/1079 votes#5 - I'm Happy Because I'm a Woman
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.5/1084 votes#6 - Long Tails Either Get Caught or Get Stepped on
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.5/1083 votes#7 - Happy Birthday To
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.7/1083 votes#8 - The Wind is Blowing
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/8/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.8/1082 votes#9 - The Merits of a Secret Crush
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/14/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.3/1078 votes#10 - A Comma or a Period
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
9.0/1085 votes#11 - It's the End, It's Not the End
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
9.0/1092 votes#12 - Her Bucket List
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
8.9/1081 votes#13 - Round off Love, and It Becomes Jealousy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2016
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
9.1/1095 votes#14 - This Girl Is Mine
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/2017
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
9.0/1087 votes#15 - That's How You Become an Adult
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/2017
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
9.2/10106 votes#16 - Spring, Youth and Us Again
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/2017
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.
Director: Oh Hyun-jong
Writer: Yang Hui-seung
The Best Episodes of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo Season 1
Every episode of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo Season 1!
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.
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:MBC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"What Do We Do About the People We Hate?" is the best rated episode of "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 125 votes. Directed by Oh Hyun-jong and written by Yang Hui-seung, it aired on 11/16/2016. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "When I Fall in Love With You".