Season 1
When you can't control yourself, count to three.
Synopsis
It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020), Season 1 — watch all 16 episodes online on iFILM. South Korea's tvN romantic drama, also available on Netflix, centers on three people bonded by wounds they never learned to name.
Moon Gang-tae (Kim Soo-hyun) works nights in a psychiatric ward. Every hour he isn't there goes to his older brother Sang-tae, who has autism and an extraordinary talent for drawing — which means Gang-tae stopped having a life of his own a long time ago. Ko Mun-yeong (Seo Ye-ji) writes fairy tales for children. She finds people difficult and doesn't try very hard to hide it. They meet at Gang-tae's hospital, she follows him when he transfers, and before long the three of them are sharing a house none of them planned for. As they circle each other, the pieces of their connected histories begin to surface: what happened to the brothers' mother, where Mun-yeong's mother disappeared to, and what Sang-tae has been drawing in secret.
Every episode takes its title from a fairy tale, and the show earns that structure — Mun-yeong's stories-within-the-story act as a sideways mirror for the main plot. It's a gentler, stranger approach than most Korean dramas attempt. Stream It's Okay to Not Be Okay Season 1 online on iFILM.
16 episodes
S1·E1The Boy Who Fed On Nightmares
Moon Gang-tae has a striking run-in with his brother's favorite author, Ko Mun-yeong, when she comes to his hospital to read to the children.
S1·E2The Lady in Red Shoes
Mun-yeong invites Moon Sang-tae to a book signing event that ends with a nasty commotion. Gang-tae hears about a job opening in his hometown.
S1·E3Sleeping Witch
Having followed Gang-tae, Mun-yeong begins teaching literature classes at his new hospital. Chaos breaks out when a VIP patient runs away.
S1·E4Zombie Kid
The VIP patient's incident triggers childhood memories for Gang-tae, who remains an emotional puzzle to Mun-yeong. Lee Sang-in arrives in town.
S1·E5Rapunzel and The Cursed Castle
With nowhere else to take Mun-yeong, Gang-tae brings her back to his place. Discovering her there surprises everyone, most of all Nam Ju-ri.
S1·E6Bluebeard's Secret
When Mun-yeong offers an opportunity to Sang-tae, Gang-tae is forced to bend to their will. A patient at the hospital rattles Mun-yeong.
S1·E7The Cheerful Dog
Gang-tae takes a day off from work to spend time with Mun-yeong, who seems to need a distraction. While drinking alone, Ju-ri encounters Sang-in.
S1·E8Beauty and The Beast
Seeing Mun-yeong with something that belongs to him upsets Sang-tae. When a belligerent visitor shows up at the hospital, Gang-tae snaps.
S1·E9King Donkey Ears
Gang-tae and Mun-yeong decide to go on a day trip together. During their mountain getaway, an unforeseen situation crops up.
S1·E10The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Refusing to go home, Sang-tae coops himself up in a room. Gang-tae wrestles with the demons of his past and the constraints of his present.
S1·E11The Ugly Duckling
An escaped patient shows up at the mansion. Mun-yeong makes an effort to change Sang-tae's mind about allowing her a place in the brothers' lives.
S1·E12Romeo and Juliet
Wanting to overcome his trauma, Sang-tae opens up about his darkest memory. A cruel twist of fate threatens Gang-tae's newfound happiness.
S1·E13The Father of the Two Sisters
Sang-tae shows Gang-tae that he's been practicing drawing his greatest fear. Mun-yeong receives word about her father's worsening condition.
S1·E14The Hand, the Monkfish
The identity of the vandal who ruined Sang-tae's mural sends everyone into a state of shock. Mun-yeong struggles to process a devastating truth.
S1·E15A Tale of Two Brothers
After a chilling phone call, Gang-tae rushes over to the mansion. Later, Mun-yeong asks the brothers to leave her — but they refuse to listen.
S1·E16Finding the Real Face
Mun-yeong decides she's going to publish the new fairy tale after all. Everyone comes together at the hospital for a reading of the book.
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