Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo: Season 1

2016 · 16 episodes · ★ 8.7

What Season 1 of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

Kim Bok-joo is a weightlifting student at Haneul Sports University who trains to represent her country. Raised by her father, a former weightlifter, she seems tough on the outside, but hides a vulnerability she tries to conceal. On campus she crosses paths with Song Si-ho, a rhythmic gymnast weighed down by the pressure on her career, and Jung Joon-hyung, a swimmer who shares a childhood memory with her. Bok-joo secretly visits a weight-loss clinic and worries about what it costs. She also starts to develop a secret crush on Joon-hyung's cousin. Lee Sung-kyung and Nam Joo-hyuk star in this MBC series created by Yang Hui-seung.

16episodes

Nov 16, 2016Aired

Jan 11, 2017Latest episode

16 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 What Do We Do About the People We Hate?
Nov 16, 2016 · 61 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x02 When I Fall in Love With You
Nov 17, 2016 · 60 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung · Starring: Lee Jong-suk
1x03 Let It Go
Nov 23, 2016 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x04 Her Double Life
Nov 24, 2016 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x05 I'm Happy Because I'm a Woman
Nov 30, 2016 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x06 Long Tails Either Get Caught or Get Stepped on
Dec 1, 2016 · 63 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x07 Happy Birthday To
Dec 7, 2016 · 60 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x08 The Wind is Blowing
Dec 8, 2016 · 61 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x09 The Merits of a Secret Crush
Dec 14, 2016 · 60 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x10 A Comma or a Period
Dec 15, 2016 · 60 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x11 It's the End, It's Not the End
Dec 21, 2016 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x12 Her Bucket List
Dec 22, 2016 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x13 Round off Love, and It Becomes Jealousy
Dec 28, 2016 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x14 This Girl Is Mine
Jan 4, 2017 · 62 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x15 That's How You Become an Adult
Jan 5, 2017 · 62 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung
1x16 Spring, Youth and Us Again Season Finale
Jan 11, 2017 · 59 min
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.
Directing: Oh Hyun-jong · Writing: Yang Hui-seung · Starring: Byeon Woo-seok