Hi Everyone,


I am looking for a very specific kind of second chance drama......where the ML and FL  get married and then due to some misunderstandings they get divorced. Then years later they meet and they hate each other. But they have to to keep their relationship a secret.  Then as they spend time together, they fight their feelings and there is tons of angst. Ideally someone will find out about their previous relationship and they will have to navigate it. Maybe they fight over something or custody of the kids or something. Finally after tons of angst, they fall back in love and there is a happy ending. 

Any language or country of origin works but I am looking for dramas with tons of angst.  I have seen the following dramas that have this theme and am looking for some other dramas:

Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar - Indian drama where the husband and wife get divorced and have to spend time together after 10+ years for their daughters wedding. Tons of angst and happy ending. This one fit the bill.

Phoenix- Korean drama where the ML and FL divorce and then she becomes a maid in his household after 10 years. Tons of angst but was an ambiguous ending  so I was a bit disappointed.

Cunning Single Lady - Korean drama where the ex-spouses meet in the workplace after some years. I like this drama but its mostly comedy so I am discounting it.

Emergency Couple - Korean drama where the ex-spouses are doctors meeting at the workplace.  This one also fit the bill.


Any other drama suggestions?


Thank you!

The only other divorced couples i know of are:

  • Alone in Love
  • Love Now - technically and vaguelu they did get married, the divorced part also is vague in my memory, but everything elde happens as with they hate each other when they meet again, fall in love and live happily ever after. 
  • The Wind Blows - the narrative is very different from what you are looking for, and this was not a happy ending
  • My secret Hotel - started interesting but fell through midway of the drama
  • Single Wife - sadly this was disappointing 
  • Paradise Farm - sadly the acting was nails on a chalkboard
  • Familiar Wife - parallel world/time Travel element
  • I Do2 - havent watched this
 jiminasha:

cunning single lady

I already saw cunning single lady

 Jiya:

Go Back Couple 

It seems like this drama has a time travel element....Do they get divorced in present timeline and then go back to the past? Is that correct?

 Czakhareina:

The only other divorced couples i know of are:

  • Alone in Love
  • Love Now - technically and vague they did get married, the divorced part also is vague in my memory, but everything elde happens as with they hate each other when they meet again, fall in love and live happily ever after. 
  • The Wind Blows - the narrative is very different from what you are looking for, and this was not a happy ending
  • My secret Hotel - started interesting but fell through midway through
  • Single Wife - sadly this was disappointing 
  • Paradise Farm - sadly the acting was nails on a chalkboard
  • Familiar Wife - parallel world/time Travel element
  • I Do2 - havent watched this

Yes, I was excited about both My secret Hotel and Paradise Farm...but you are right about both. I couldn't even finish episode 1 in Paradise Farm and had to give up My Secret Hotel midway......Thank you for the other suggestions though

Single Wife looks very interesting.... a bit like the movie Sweet Home Alabama...what went wrong with it?

 sam das:

Yes, I was excited about both My secret Hotel and Paradise Farm...but you are right about both. I couldn't even finish episode 1 in Paradise Farm and had to give up My Secret Hotel midway......Thank you for the other suggestions though

Single Wife looks very interesting.... a bit like the movie Sweet Home Alabama...what went wrong with it?

Yup. It really is like sweet home alabama. But there is a catch, the guy has amnesia and doesnt remember their fall out and divorce.. And the US movie was waaaay better... Haha

Also wanna add these dramas:

  • Beautiful world, wonderful life - this one i liked despite watching to bash the guy's head for most of the drama. He is your cliche standard first husband turned ex-husband stalker with baggage of evil mom in tow, and usually in any other drama he is hateful but at some point, i rooted for him.
  • Fated to love you/you are my destiny - all versions and remakes
  • Blue white duel - this is purely medical drama and the romance is a very sidelined story. Plus very mature take on divorce couple, no hatong or fighting, just civil interactions between them

Some other dramas i know are more of couple dated, and broke up/got sepadated, then gets reunited. So its stil second chance love but never got married or divorced. Or others are more of couple are married but on the verge og getting divorced... But somehow patch thibgs up

I really like this topic too but sadly you will not find a lot of dramas in drama-land.  So what comes to my mind is;
- Paradise Ranch 

- The Time We Were Not in Love (this is basically not them being married but they used to date and broke up)

- Ex-girlfriend club (no married couple but they used to be together) 

old HK drama: Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love, I watched this twice before on TV long time ago when I was a kid. After some misunderstandings in the beginning of the drama they met again years later and hated each other, and there's another guy that gets in the way of their relationship later (ML knows he's a bad guy trying to trick the FL into marrying him) Now that I think about it, it gives me that old k-drama vibe.. I thought it used to be on Viki (?) but it's gone now. 

Once again (2020) family drama - 3 sister and one brother all get divorced almost at the same time.  Everyone  got their happy ending or partners. Last few episodes are amazing full of love,Romance, laughter and kids .. must watch