Amazon Prime K-drama No Gain No Love midseason recap: Kim Young-dae, Shin Min-a get closer

This office romance K-drama is heating up as the leads’ sham marriage turns into more. Can they be honest with each other and everyone else?

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Shin Min-a and Kim Young-dae as sham newlyweds Son Hae-young and Kim Ji-wook in a still from No Gain No Love. Things are getting serious between the main characters in this unusual office romance K-drama, as they find themselves at closer quarters than expected.

Pierce Conran

Published: 7:15pm, 20 Sep 2024

This article contains mild spoilers.

Lead cast: Shin Min-a, Kim Young-dae, Lee Sang-yi, Han Ji-hyun

Latest Nielsen rating: 2.9 per cent

Things have been moving very fast for Son Hae-young (Shin Min-a, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kim Ji-wook (Kim Young-dae, The Penthouse) in the romantic comedy-drama No Gain No Love, currently airing.

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Starting the series as quasi-strangers – Hae-young was a regular customer in the convenience store Ji-wook worked at – the pair had tied the knot by episode three.

Granted, this is a marriage of convenience for Hae-young, who is sick of seeing her married colleagues receive benefits and opportunities seemingly not available to single employees.

Some time passes after their sham marriage and honeymoon, but by episode four their unusual relationship takes a strange turn when Ji-wook winds up as a new recruit in Hae-young’s company.

Hae-young tries her best to hide him but, given most of her colleagues attended her wedding, it is not a ruse she can keep up for long.

Shin Min-a as Son Hae-young and Kim Young-dae as Kim Ji-wook in a still from No Gain No Love.