The Most Beautiful Goodbye

The Most Beautiful Goodbye^[1] (Korean: 세상에서 가장 아름다운 이별; lit. The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Won Mi-kyung, Choi Ji-woo, Kim Young-ok and Choi Min-ho. It is a remake of the drama of the same name by Noh Hee-kyung that aired in 1996 on MBC. The series aired on tvN every Saturdays and Sundays at 21:00 (KST) for 4 episodes.

The Most Beautiful Goodbye
Promotional poster
Hangul	세상에서 가장 아름다운 이별
RR	Sesangeseo gajang areumdaun ibyeol
MR	Sesangesŏ kajang arŭmdaun ibyŏl
Genre	Family Melodrama
Developed by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Noh Hee-kyung
Directed by	Hong Jong-chan
Starring	Won Mi-kyung Choi Ji-woo Kim Young-ok Choi Min-ho
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Kim Kyu-tae
Production company	GTist
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	December 9 (2017-12-09) – December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)
Related
The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (MBC, 1996)

Synopsis

A self-sacrificing mother who receives a terminal cancer diagnosis and prepares to say goodbye to her family. Her illness brings her family together for the first time, to support her at the very end of her life.^[2]

Cast

• Won Mi-kyung as Kim In-hee

A wife and mother diagnosed with late-stage terminal cancer who has devoted her entire adult life to her ungrateful family.

• Choi Ji-woo as Yeon-soo^[3][4]

In-hee's daughter.

• Yoo Dong-geun as Jung Cheol

In-hee's husband.

• Kim Young-ok as Grandma

In-hee's mother-in-law who has Alzheimer.

• Choi Min-ho as Jung-soo^[3]

In-hee's rebellious son.

• Son Na-eun as Chae-young^[5]

Jung-soo love interest.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

• Yeom Hye-ran as Shin Yang-soon, Kim Geun-deok's wife
• Yoo Jae-myung as Kim Geun-deok, In Hee's brother

Production

• The series was originally scheduled to air on MBC in commemoration of the original series, but due to a strike of the former's employees, it was transferred to tvN.^[7]
• It is directed by Hong Jong-chan, who also directed Noh's Dear My Friends.

Original soundtrack

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Angel"	Gummy (거미)	3:45

Ratings

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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[8]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	December 9, 2017	3.248%	4.047%	3.2%
2	December 10, 2017	3.888%	4.101%	3.7%
3	December 16, 2017	3.346%	3.713%	3.7%
4	December 17, 2017	6.176%	6.214%	6.0%
Average		4.164%	4.519%	4.2%

• This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).