Second to Last Love (South Korean TV series)

For the original Japanese TV series of the same title, see Second to Last Love.

Second to Last Love^[1] (Korean: 끝에서 두번째 사랑; RR: Kkeuteseo dubeonjjae sarang) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hee-ae, Ji Jin-hee and Kwak Si-yang.^[2][3] It is a Korean drama remake of the Japanese television drama series Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi. It replaced Beautiful Gong Shim and aired on SBS on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:00 (KST) for 20 episodes from July 30 to October 16, 2016.

Second to Last Love
Promotional poster
Also known as	The Second Last Love My Second Last Love
Genre	Romance
Based on	Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi by Yoshikazu Okada
Written by	Choi Yoon-jeong
Directed by	Choi Young-hoon
Starring	Kim Hee-ae Ji Jin-hee Kwak Si-yang
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	Lee Yong-seok
Producer	Lee Gwang-soon
Cinematography	Seo Deuk-won Park Sung-jin
Editors	Park In-cheol Shin Sook
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Salt Light Media Linus Pictures
Original release
Network	SBS
Release	July 30 (2016-07-30) – October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16)

Cast

Main cast

• Kim Hee-ae as Kang Min-joo^[4]

A 46-year-old woman, she is a SBC Broadcasting's executive producer and the leader of drama division's team 1.

• Ji Jin-hee as Go Sang-sik^[5]

A 46-year-old man, he is a grade 5 official and the head of Woori City Hall's regional tourism section.

• Kwak Si-yang as Park Joon-woo^[6]

A 35-year-old man, he is the owner of healing cafe "Rest".

Go Sang-sik's family

• Kim Seul-gi as Go Mi-rye^[7]

A 35-year-old woman, she is Sang-sik youngest sister and an unknown webtoon writer.

• Jung Soo-young as Go Sang-hee^[8]

A 42-year-old woman, she is Sang-sik's first younger sister and Cheon-soo's wife.

• Lee Soo-min as Go Ye-ji^[9]

A 15-year-old girl, she is Sang-sik's only daughter.

• Lee Hyung-chul as Park Cheon-soo^[10]

A 45-year-old man, he is Sang-sik's brother-in-law, Sang-hee's husband and a middle school's math teacher.

• Hong Tae-eui [ko] as Park Hoon

An 18-year-old boy, he is Sang-sik's nephew, Sang-hee and Cheon-soo's only son.

• Sung Ji-ru as Dok Go-bong

A 62-year-old man, he is owner of the bar where Sang-sik is a customer.

• Stephanie Lee as Min Ji-seon ^[11]

A 29-year-old woman, she is a Canadian-born Korean model.

Kang Min-joo's friends

• Kim Na-young as Shin Ae-kyung

A 46-year-old woman, she is Min-joo's friend and a 2nd year divorced woman.

• Seo Jeong-yeon as Goo Tae-yeon

A 46-year-old woman, she is Min-joo's friend, a single lady, and a writing teacher.

People of Woori City Hall

• Moon Hee-kyung as Na Choon-woo

A 55-year-old woman, she is the Deputy Mayor.

• Kim Kwon as Cha Soo-hyuk^[12]

A 35-year-old man, he is a grade 7 official and a competent of the regional tourism section.

• Go Bo-gyeol as Han Song-yi^[13]

A 28-year-old woman, she is a female contract employee of the regional tourism section.

• Do Gi-seok [ko] as Shin Seok-gi

A 43-year-old man, he is the Economic and Cultural director.

SBC Broadcasting Bureau

• Park Sung-geun [ko] as Han Jeong-sik

A 49-year-old man, he is an executive producer and the leader of drama division's team 2.

• Yang Hyung-wook [ko] as Gook Young-soo

A 52-year-old man, he is the head of drama division.

• Lee Hye-eun [ko] as Oh Young-ae^[14]

A 43-year-old woman, she is the production PD of drama division and Min-joo's right arm.

• Jang Seok-hyun [ko] as Nam Gi-cheol

A 35-year-old man, he is a 5th year assistant director and Min-joo's left arm

• Han Soo-jin [ko] as Na Ae-ri

A 33-year-old woman, she is a new drama writer.

• Kim Dong-gyun [ko] as PD

Extended cast

• Jung Yoo-an as Kim Hyun-seok
• Ho Hyo-hoon [ko]
• Seo Yang-won
• Kwon Eun-soo as Miss Kim
• Lee Eun-hyung [ko]
• Kang Jae-joon [ko]
• Choi Yoon-joon
• Jung Young-joo as writer Hwang
• Jung Hyun-seok [ko]
• Lee Hyun-jin as Jang Eun-ho
• Lee Jeong-sung [ko] as teacher Ma
• In Sung-ho [ko]
• Jeon Heon-tae [ko]
• Han So-young [ko] as Na Joo-yeon
• Bang Eun-hee
• Kang Dong-yeop [ko]

Cameo appearances

• Go Doo-shim as Kang Min-joo's mother
• Yoon Joo-sang as Kang Min-joo's father

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[15]		AGB Nielsen Ratings[16]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	July 30, 2016	7.5%	9.1%	8.7%	10.4%
2	July 31, 2016	8.3%	9.8%	9.3%	10.9%
3	August 7, 2016	8.3%	9.0%	9.9%	11.1%
4	August 14, 2016	8.9%	9.2%	11.8%	12.8%
5	August 21, 2016	7.8%	8.5%	8.4%	9.5%
6	August 27, 2016	6.7%	7.3%	7.8%	8.9%
7	August 28, 2016	8.0%	8.7%	8.9%	9.9%
8	September 3, 2016	6.3%	6.7%	7.9%	9.3%
9	September 4, 2016	7.6%	9.4%	8.1%	8.9%
10	September 10, 2016	6.7%	7.3%	8.1%	9.5%
11	September 11, 2016	6.8%	6.8%	9.0%	10.1%
12	September 24, 2016	5.9%	6.8%	7.5%	8.0%
13	September 25, 2016	5.9%	6.7%	8.2%	8.5%
14	October 1, 2016	6.5%	7.8%	7.2%	8.2%
15	October 2, 2016	7.1%	8.1%	7.4%	8.0%
16	October 8, 2016	5.8%	6.1%	7.3%	8.3%
17	October 9, 2016	6.8%	7.7%	7.8%	8.6%
18	October 15, 2016	5.5%	6.6%	7.2%	8.2%
19		5.6%	6.4%	6.4%	7.1%
20	October 16, 2016	7.0%	8.2%	8.4%	9.6%
Average		6.95%	7.81%	8.27%	9.29%

Notes

• Episode 3 wasn't aired on Saturday August 6 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Sunday August 7, 2016.^[17]
• Episode 4 wasn't aired on Saturday August 13 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Sunday August 14, 2016.^[18]
• Episode 5 wasn't aired on Saturday August 20 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Sunday August 21, 2016.^[19]
• Episode 12 wasn't aired on September 17 and 18 due to broadcast of Assassination and The Beauty Inside in the SBS's Chuseok programs. This episode was aired on Saturday September 24, 2016.^[20][21]
• Two episodes 18 and 19 were aired consecutively on Saturday October 15.^[22]

Original soundtrack

Second to Last Love Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Genre	Soundtrack, Ballad, Pop
Label	Donuts Culture, KT Music

Part 1

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Summer Picnic (쉼표)"	Bae Soo-jeong (배수정)	3:52
2.	"Summer Picnic (쉼표)" (English Ver.)	Bae Soo-jeong (배수정)	3:52
3.	"Summer Picnic (쉼표)" (Inst.)		3:52
Total length:			11:36

Part 2

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Clean (오늘도 맑음)"	Ryu Su-jeong and Baby Soul (Lovelyz)	3:19
2.	"Clean (오늘도 맑음)" (Inst.)		3:19
Total length:			6:38

Part 3

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"My Window"	Riot Kidz	3:23
2.	"My Window" (Inst.)		3:23
Total length:			6:46

Part 4

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Heart to Heart"	Jisun [ko] (Loveholics)	3:48
2.	"Heart to Heart" (Inst.)		3:48
Total length:			7:36

Part 5

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Meaning of You (그대가 내게)"	Hong Dae-kwang [ko]	3:17
2.	"Meaning of You (그대가 내게)" (Inst.)		3:17
Total length:			6:34

Part 6

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"My All"	Ben	3:52
2.	"My All" (Inst.)		3:52
Total length:			7:44

Part 7

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Do You Know (알고 있나요)"	Gemini (제미니)	3:47
2.	"Do You Know (알고 있나요)" (Inst.)		3:47
Total length:			7:34

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2016	5th APAN Star Awards	Best New Actor	Kwak Si-yang	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Romantic-Comedy Drama	Kim Hee-ae	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Romantic-Comedy Drama	Ji Jin-hee	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Romantic-Comedy Drama	Kim Seul-gi	Nominated
		Special Award, Actor in a Romantic-Comedy Drama	Sung Ji-ru	Nominated
		Special Award, Actress in a Romantic-Comedy Drama	Jung Soo-young	Nominated
		New Star Award	Kwak Si-yang	Won