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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay

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Year2020Episodes16NetworktvN

“Beauty and the Beast meets a psychiatric-ward fairy tale”

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

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Quick verdict

Should you watch?

A gorgeous, dark fairy tale about healing and found family.

Story
8.7
Acting
9.2
OST
8.3
Pacing
7.9
8.5+
7–8.4
<7

✓Fans of visually striking romance, trauma-and-healing stories, and complex leads

✗Themes of abuse and mental illness, handled frankly, are hard for you

Story

What is it really about

A caregiver in a psychiatric hospital and a coldly antisocial children's author with a dark past collide and slowly heal each other — and the autistic brother at the center of both their lives. A visually lush story about trauma and love.

Dark fairy taleHealingVisually lushBittersweetRomance

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Trivia & facts

Kim Soo-hyun and Seo Ye-ji lead, with Oh Jung-se as the autistic older brother.
Oh Jung-se won a Baeksang Best Supporting Actor award for his performance.
Original illustrated 'fairy tales' written for the show are woven through the story.
The 16-episode drama aired on tvN in 2020 and streamed worldwide on Netflix.
Its storybook production design and gothic costumes became widely admired.

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