Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

November 16, 2016

Kim Bok-joo (Lee Sung-kyung), a student weightlifter at Haneol Sports University, is passionate about her sport, her friends, and food. Jung Joon-hyung (Nam Joo-hyuk), a swimmer she knew as a child, has just returned from suspension. The Incheon campus establishes the sports university world.

November 16, 2016

Joon-hyung's return to competitive swimming after suspension — the specific dynamics of an athlete rebuilding trust with coaches and teammates.

November 23, 2016

Bok-joo's crush on a doctor at the university clinic — her first romantic interest, handled with the same directness she applies to lifting.

November 23, 2016

Joon-hyung's growing awareness of Bok-joo as someone other than his childhood acquaintance.

November 30, 2016

The training sequences — the specific physicality of weightlifting and swimming as disciplines, their demands and their satisfactions.

November 30, 2016

The Incheon swimming pool sequences — Joon-hyung's world, where he is most fully himself.

December 7, 2016

Bok-joo's friend group and the specific warmth of female friendship in a sports university environment.

December 7, 2016

Bok-joo and Joon-hyung's relationship at its midpoint — the playful teasing becoming something more serious.

December 14, 2016

The drama's most important episode — Bok-joo's relationship with her body as an athlete whose sport is judged on strength rather than appearance.

December 14, 2016

Joon-hyung's feelings for Bok-joo stated — with the directness of someone who has learned what silence costs.

December 21, 2016

Bok-joo and Joon-hyung's relationship in the open — the sports university's response.

December 21, 2016

A weightlifting competition that tests Bok-joo's preparation and her confidence in her own body.

January 4, 2017

A physical setback that threatens Bok-joo's competitive season.

January 4, 2017

Joon-hyung's support for Bok-joo — the drama's most emotionally generous sequences.

January 11, 2017

The national championship — both athletes at their peak.

January 11, 2017

The finale. One of 2016-2017's most beloved youth dramas — Lee Sung-kyung and Nam Joo-hyuk's warmth and the drama's joyful celebration of athletic bodies at their strongest.