Goodbye to Goodbye

Goodbye to Goodbye (Korean: 이별이 떠났다; RR: Ibyeor-i Tteonatda) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Chae Shi-ra, Jo Bo-ah, Lee Sung-jae, and Lee Jun-young. It is based on the web novel of the same name written by So Jae-won and illustrated by Sal Goo, which was first published in 2017 by Naver.^[3] The series aired every Saturday from May 2018 on MBC TV from 8:45 p.m. to 11:10 p.m. (KST) with 4 episodes a day.^[4][5]

Goodbye to Goodbye
Promotional poster
Hangul	이별이 떠났다
Literal meaning	Parting Left
Revised Romanization	Ibyeor-i Tteonatda
Genre	Romance Melodrama
Based on	Parting Left by So Jae-won [ko] and Sal Goo
Developed by	Kim Sung-mo (MBC)
Written by	So Jae-won
Directed by	Kim Min-sik
Starring	Chae Shi-ra Jo Bo-ah Lee Sung-jae Lee Jun-young
Composer	Park Se-joon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	40[a]
Production
Executive producers	Chae Young-woong Kim Chang-suk Shin In-soo Yoo Hong-gu
Running time	35 minutes[a]
Production companies	PF Entertainment [ko][2] Super Moon Pictures[2]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	May 26 (2018-05-26) – August 4, 2018 (2018-08-04)

Synopsis

This series is about two women who came to live together following the betrayals of their partners.

Cast

Main

• Chae Shi-ra as Seo Young-hee^[6]

A woman who separated from her husband after his affair. She is Han Min Soo's mother.

• Jo Bo-ah as Jung Hyo^[7][8]

A woman whose boyfriend wants her to have an abortion, and chooses to stay at her boyfriend's mother's house.

• Lee Sung-jae as Han Sang-jin^[9]

Young-hee's husband who is a pilot.

• Lee Jun-young as Han Min-soo^[10]

Young-hee's son and Jung Hyo's boyfriend.

Supporting

• Jung Hye-young as Kim Se-young^[11]
• Jung Woong-in as Jung Soo-chul, Jung Hyo's father^[12]
• Yang Hee-kyung as Kim Ok-ja, Kim Se-young's mother
• Kim San-ho as Moon Jong-won, Han Sang-jin's workplace junior^[13]
• Ha Si-eun as Han Hee-jin, Han Sang-jin's sister^[14]
• Oh Ha-nee as Lee Ah-in, Jung Hyo's friend^[15]
• Yoo Su-bin as Woo Nam-sik, Min-soo's friend^[16]
• Joel Roberts as Bikilla^[17]
• Shin Bi as Han Yoo-yeon

Production

• Jung Joon-ho was originally cast in the leading role of Han Sang-jin, but left the drama prior to filming due to schedule clashes.^[18][19]
• The first script reading took place March 30, 2018 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.

Ratings

• In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
• TNmS stop publishing their report from June 2018.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[20]		AGB Nielsen[21]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 26, 2018	5.9% (18th)	6.0%	5.6% (19th)	5.7% (19th)
2		7.5% (8th)	7.6%	7.4% (6th)	8.0% (4th)
3		7.1% (10th)	7.5%	7.0% (8th)	7.4% (6th)
4		6.9% (13th)	7.4%	7.5% (5th)	7.5% (5th)
5	June 2, 2018	3.6%	3.7%	3.4% (NR)	3.5% (NR)
6		9.1%	9.9%	8.2% (6th)	9.0% (4th)
7		7.5%	8.1%	8.0% (7th)	8.6% (6th)
8		8.2%	9.4%	9.0% (3rd)	10.2% (3rd)
9	June 9, 2018	4.4%	4.5%	4.2% (NR)	4.3% (NR)
10		9.9%	10.7%	10.0% (4th)	10.8% (3rd)
11		8.9%	10.0%	9.8% (5th)	10.7% (4th)
12		9.6%	10.5%	10.3% (3rd)	11.3% (2nd)
13	June 23, 2018	5.9%	6.1%	5.5% (NR)	5.7% (NR)
14		8.0%	8.8%	8.5% (8th)	9.3% (7th)
15		6.9%	7.3%	7.4% (13th)	7.8% (12th)
16		7.7%	8.1%	8.2% (11th)	8.5% (9th)
17	June 30, 2018	4.5%	4.7%	4.9% (NR)	5.1% (NR)
18		10.0%	10.2%	10.0% (5th)	10.3% (5th)
19		8.8%	9.6%	9.5% (6th)
20		9.2%	10.4%	10.6% (4th)	11.8% (4th)
21	July 7, 2018	2.6%	2.8%	3.0% (NR)	3.2% (NR)
22		7.8%	8.3%	8.2% (6th)	8.7% (5th)
23		6.7%	7.0%	7.2% (13th)	7.5% (11th)
24		9.5%	9.8%	9.9% (4th)	10.2% (4th)
25	July 14, 2018	3.8%	3.9%	4.2% (NR)	4.3% (NR)
26		8.6%	8.7%	8.4% (6th)	8.5% (6th)
27		8.1%	8.3%	8.2% (7th)	8.4% (7th)
28		8.9%	9.4%	9.5% (3rd)	10.0% (2nd)
29	July 21, 2018	3.2%	3.3%	3.6% (NR)	3.8% (NR)
30		7.7%	8.2%	8.1% (7th)	8.6% (5th)
31		7.4%	7.8%	8.5% (4th)	8.9% (3rd)
32		8.8%	9.5%	9.4% (2nd)	10.1% (2nd)
33	July 28, 2018	3.0%	3.1%	3.4% (NR)	3.5% (NR)
34		7.8%	8.2%	8.3% (7th)	8.8% (7th)
35		7.3%	7.7%	7.5% (12th)	7.9% (9th)
36		8.0%	8.6%	8.5% (5th)	9.1% (5th)
37	August 4, 2018	2.3%	2.4%	2.7% (NR)	2.8% (NR)
38		7.2%	7.8%	7.6% (11th)	7.9% (10th)
39		7.0%	7.5%	7.9% (9th)	8.4% (6th)
40		8.5%	9.2%	9.8% (2nd)	10.5% (2nd)
Average		7.4%	7.8%	7.5%	8.4%

• Episodes 13-16 did not air on June 16 due to the coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2018	6th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Lee Sung-jae	Nominated	[22][23]
			Jung Woong-in	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Chae Shi-ra	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Jo Bo-ah	Won
	2nd The Seoul Awards	Best New Actress		Won	[24]
	26th Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards	Best New Actor	Lee Jun-young	Won	[25]
	2018 MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Chae Si-ra	Nominated	[26]
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama		Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project	Lee Sung-jae	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Special Project	Jung Woong-in	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Drama	Jo Bo-ah	Won
		Best Supporting Actress in a Weekend Drama	Jung Hye-young	Won
		Best New Actor	Lee Jun-young	Won
		Best Child Actress	Shin Bi	Won

Notes

1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[1]