It’s finally fall and we’ve now closed Q3, but don’t worry! There are plenty of good dramas coming out to keep us entertained before the end of the year. We start with the October releases that mark the reunion of two iconic duos: Kim Woo Bin and Suzy (previously in Uncontrollably Fond) and Kim Se Jeong and Kang Tae Oh (previously in Business Proposal). So, what are you going to watch this month?
October 3
Genie Make a Wish
Cast: Kim Woo Bin & Bae Suzy
Plot: Genie (Kim Woo Bin) is a spirit who lives in a lamp and comes out when summoned. He’s experiencing a good number of different emotions and goes back and forth between them. Ki Ka Young (Bae Suzy) lacks emotions. One day, she happens to call Genie out of his lamp and is granted 3 wishes to make.
Episodes: 13
Channel: Netflix
The Story of Bi Hyeong
Cast: Hwang Jae Wook, Lee Cha Min & Kang Chan Woo
Plot: Geum Bok is an aspiring actor who gets kissed by the goblin king Bi Hyeong. He’s then forced to cohabitate with him and his bodyguard Gil Dal. Later on, Geum Bok visits doctor Ji Gwi’s clinic. He’s a gumiho who reconnects with his ancient love Gil Dal thanks to Geum Bok. The latter now must navigate the obsessive desires of these three supernatural beings.
Episodes: 12
Channel: Heavenly, TVING, GagaOOlala
October 10
Would You Marry Me
Cast: Choi Woo Sik & Jung So Min
Plot: Kim Woo Joo (Choi Woo Sik) works at his family bakery as a marketing team leader. One day, he gets entangled with his colleague Yoo Me Ri (Jung So Min). Her ex-boyfriend broke off their engagement, but she receives news that she’s won a newlywed house. So, she asks Kim Woo Joo, who has the same name as her ex-fiance, to marry her for 90 days.
Episodes: 12
Channel: SBS, Disney+
October 11
Typhoon Family
Cast: Lee Jun Ho & Kim Min Ha
Plot: In 1997, Kang Tae Poong’s (Lee Joon Ho) father passes away and his company is hit by the IMF crisis. Determined not to let the company go bankrupt, he steps in as the CEO. To save the company, he’s helped by his family and his employees, like bookkeeper Oh Mi Sun (Kim Min Ha). She dreams of becoming a career woman.
Episodes: 16
Channel: tvN, Netflix
October 13
Marie and Her Three Daddies
Cast: Ha Seung Ri & Hyun Woo
Plot: Ma Ri’s (Ha Seung Ri) goes on a tumultuous journey in order to find her biological father. By doing so, the young woman surrounds herself with people who become her new family, proving that sometimes blood and DNA are not what makes a true family.
Episodes: 120
Channel: KBS1, Wavve
October 16
Romantics Anonymous
Cast: Han Hyo Joo & Shun Oguri
Plot: Sosuke Fujiwara (Shun Oguri) is the son of a confectionery manufacturer owner, who becomes the CEO of a chocolate store. Due to a trauma in his past, he suffers from mysophobia. Ha Na (Han Hyo Joo) is a genius chocolatier, but has a phobia of making eye contact with people. Both meet by chance through chocolate and develop feelings for each other.
Episodes: 8
Channel: Netflix
October 25
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim
Cast: Ryu Seung Ryong
Plot: Kim Nam Su (Ryu Seung Ryong) has worked tirelessly for the company and his family since the day he joined. Thanks to his hard work, he is now a department manager and owns his own home, but he faces a turning point of his life. He loses everything that he considered valuable in a blink of an eye. Due to that, he finally discovers his true self.
Episodes: 12
Channel: JTBC, Netflix
October 29
Spirit Fingers
Cast: Park Ji Ju, Joo Joon Young, Park Yoo Na & Choi Bo Min
Plot: Song Woo Yeon (Park Ji Hu) is an ordinary high school student. She has low self-esteem and rarely expresses herself. One day, Koo Sun Ho (Choi Bo Min) asks her to pose as a model for a group of people who are members of sketch club Spirit Fingers. Woo Yeon enjoys the company of the group and so decides to join them. She starts to grow as a person.
Episodes: 12
Channel: TVING
September 31
Moon River
Cast: Kang Tae Oh & Kim Se Jeong
Plot: Crown Prince Lee Kang (Kang Tae Oh) bears a deep wound after losing his crown princess and secretly hopes for revenge. Park Dal Yi (Kim Se Jeong) is a witty and eloquent peddler who looks like the crown princess. But, she’s lost some of her memories. One day, Lee Kang and Park Dal Yi somehow have their souls swapped with each other.
Episodes: 14
Channel: MBC
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