Episode guide
Marriage Contract: Season 1
16 episodes · premiered Mar 5, 2016
A poor, widowed woman desperate to support her 7-year-old daughter and a wealthy business executive with a sick mother enter into a contract marriage.
- Episode 1: Episode 1 Mar 5, 2016 · 1h 6m On the day that Hye-soo goes to apply for a job at a restaurant named The Promise, she saves her daughter Eun-seong from getting hit by a car.
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Mar 6, 2016 · 1h 5m Hye-soo volunteers herself for marriage after overhearing Ji-hoon's conversation. Chaos breaks loose when loan sharks show up at the restaurant.
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Mar 12, 2016 · 1h 4m Hye-soo decides to marry Ji-hoon in exchange for money to take care of Eun-seong. The new couple starts prepping to prove their relationship is real.
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Mar 13, 2016 · 1h 2m Hye-soo gets interviewed at the hospital with Ji-hoon, but their caseworker wants to see Eun-seong. Grudgingly, Ji-hoon tries to win Eun-seong over.
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Mar 19, 2016 · 1h 2m Na-yoon shows up at Ji-hoon's place while Hye-soo is visiting. Ji-hoon rejects her advances and introduces Hye-soo to her as his fiancée.
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Mar 20, 2016 · 1h 4m Hye-soo goes out to eat with Seong-gook and Ji-hoon. Keeping their story straight, Hye-soo tells Seong-gook that Ji-hoon is really a warmhearted man.
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Mar 26, 2016 · 1h 4m Ji-hoon takes Hye-soo to the hospital for her fever, but Hye-soo goes home without treatment out of fear of having her illness found out.
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Mar 27, 2016 · 1h 3m Seong-gook has put a stop to the surgery after learning about Ji-hoon's plans. Mi-ran gets harshly criticized for possibly ruining her son's future.
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Apr 2, 2016 · 1h 4m Mi-ran decides to spend the rest of her natural life in her hometown. Ji-hoon sets out to find Mi-ran with Hye-soo and Eun-seong at his side.
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Apr 3, 2016 · 1h 4m Hye-soo visits the hospital and decides to receive treatment after going back to Seoul without Ji-hoon. Ji-hoon acknowledges his feelings for Hye-soo.
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Apr 9, 2016 · 1h 4m Ji-hoon is shocked to hear from Hye-soo that she accepted the remaining money from Seong-gook. Hye-soo decides to stop working at the restaurant.
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Apr 10, 2016 · 1h 3m Ji-hoon apologizes to Hye-soo and tells her that he wants her to stay by his side. Eun-seong cries and begs for Hye-soo not to leave Ji-hoon's place.
- Episode 13: Episode 13 Apr 16, 2016 · 1h 4m Hye-soo turns Ji-hoon down when he tries to convince her not to divorce him. Ji-hoon declares to Seong-gook that he will not give up on Hye-soo.
- Episode 14: Episode 14 Apr 17, 2016 · 1h 4m Ji-hoon offers Hye-soo the ring again after their blissful moment together. A rumor spreads about Ji-hoon being involved in illegal organ-trading.
- Episode 15: Episode 15 Apr 23, 2016 · 1h 3m Ji-hoon talks to Hye-soo and Eun-seong about looking for a place for them to all live together. Hye-soo's tumor has grown faster than expected.
- Episode 16: Episode 16 Apr 24, 2016 · 1h 3m Hye-soo collapses on the way to her new place. She undergoes surgery, but could still faint at any moment. Ji-hoon prepares to look after Hye-soo.