She Was Pretty: Season 1
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "She Was Pretty" Season 1. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points (within the overview, but the primer is an array of strings). Output valid JSON only. Content: overvi
Season overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "She Was Pretty" Season 1.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points (within the overview, but the primer is an array of strings). Output valid JSON only.
Content:
overview: Factual summary of the narrative arc.
primer: 4 concise bullet points (as array elements) summarizing essential previous lore, character positions, and stakes.
Synopsis: Kim Hye-jin was a cute girl with wealthy parents. In her teens, her looks and fortune changed. Now lives rent-free with a friend, works part-time at a convenience store. Childhood friend Ji Sung-joon contacts her to meet. He doesn't know she changed; she knows he is handsome/fit. She sends her pretty best friend instead. She gets a full-time job and finds Sung-joon is her boss. He treats her with disdain/contempt. She hides her identity.
Source 1: Comedy and Drama. Finding sweet, thrilling, hidden first love of four men and women.
Source 3: Starring Hwang Jung-eum, Park Seo-joon, Go Joon-hee, and Choi Si-won. Aired on MBC from September 16 to November 11, 2015.
Source 5: 16 episodes.
Overview (Drafting):
Kim Hye-jin was once a very cute young girl living a comfortable life with wealthy parents, but her appearance and financial situation changed drastically during her teenage years. Now living rent-free with a friend and working as a part-time convenience store clerk, her life takes an unexpected turn when her childhood friend, Ji Sung-joon, contacts her to suggest a meeting. Unaware of how much Hye-jin's looks have changed, Sung-joon seeks the girl he once knew. To avoid disappointing him, Hye-jin sends her pretty best friend to meet him in her place. The situation becomes complicated when Hye-jin secures a full-time job and discovers that Sung-joon is her boss. Rather than being the friend she remembers, he treats her with disdain and contempt. Consequently, Hye-jin must navigate her professional life while attempting to hide her true identity from him. This comedy and drama series follows the search for hidden first loves among four men and women as a case of false identities backfires.
*Word Count Check (Overview):
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 16, 2015 · 63 min
Hye-jin’s old friend Sung-joon wants to meet up with her. When he shows up looking unexpectedly handsome, Hye-jin asks Ha-ri to pretend to be her.
Episode 2
Sep 17, 2015 · 64 min
Hye-jin sees Sung-joon again when he joins her team as an editor at The Most magazine. Sung-joon scolds her harshly for her clumsiness.
Episode 3
Sep 23, 2015 · 61 min
Shin-hyuk notices there’s something going on between Hye-jin and Sung-joon. Tired of being looked down on, Hye-jin starts learning all about fashion.
Episode 4
Sep 24, 2015 · 62 min
Hye-jin calls Sung-joon after drinking to deal with his treatment of her. Ha-ri starts falling for Sung-joon as she continues meeting him as Hye-jin.
Episode 5
Sep 30, 2015 · 58 min
On her day off, Hye-jin overhears Sung-joon talking on the phone about how The Most could cease publication unless performances improve.
Episode 6
Oct 1, 2015 · 62 min
Hye-jin worries about Sung-joon’s health. As he gets to know Ha-ri better, Sung-joon starts to notice that she is different from the Hye-jin he knew.
Episode 7
Oct 7, 2015 · 61 min
Sung-joon forgets his wallet when he gets lunch with Hye-jin while on assignment. They are put to work to earn back what they owe the restaurant.
Episode 8
Oct 8, 2015 · 61 min
Shin-hyuk tries to convince Ha-ri to stop pretending to be Hye-jin. Sung-joon struggles to deal with the feelings he has for both Hye-jin and Ha-ri.
Episode 9
Oct 15, 2015 · 60 min
Hye-jin’s colleagues marvel at her transformation when she returns to work. Shin-hyuk continues to tease Hye-jin as she and Sung-joon get closer.
Episode 10
Oct 21, 2015 · 59 min
Sung-joon rushes to Hye-jin’s side after her car breaks down. As he holds her tightly, he realizes just how much he cares about her.
Episode 11
Oct 22, 2015 · 59 min
Hye-jin and Sung-joon meet and catch up on all the things that have happened between them. Ha-ri’s mother comes to see her.
Episode 12
Oct 28, 2015 · 58 min
Sung-joon convinces Shin-hyuk to stay at The Most. Shin-hyuk returns back to work, but his feelings for Hye-jin remain unchanged.
Episode 13
Oct 29, 2015 · 58 min
Hye-jin starts seeing Sung-joon but his completely different attitude at work makes her worry that their colleagues will figure out what is happening.
Episode 14
Nov 4, 2015 · 57 min
The Most’s big interview gets canceled at the last minute, but Poong-ho makes a brilliant suggestion of interviewing the famous writer Ten.
Episode 15
Nov 5, 2015 · 57 min
Sung-joon is shocked to learn Ten’s true identity. As Hye-jin prepares to move to America, a children’s book author invites her to work with her.
Episode 16
Nov 11, 2015 · 57 min
Sung-joon talks to Hye-jin every day since moving to America, while she starts writing children’s books. One day, Sung-joon stops answering his phone.