Key takeaways
- After learning her husband buried their child's ashes and carried silent grief for years, Baek Mi Young reconciles with Ji Won Ho through a church confession and tearful breakthrough.
- Ji Won Ho attempts a second proposal with Baek Mi Young, but his co-planner Kang Kyung Tae holds secrets about her past miscarriage and keeps a lost brooch of hers, raising questions about potential interference.
- Baek Mi Young's response to Ji Won Ho's heartfelt proposal—where he sings and expresses his desire to reconcile—reveals conflicted emotions, moving from touched to uncertain as tears fill her eyes.
“OK, Let’s Get Divorced” explores what happens when a marriage reaches its end. The drama centers on a couple—Ji Won Ho, played by Kim Ji Seok, and Baek Mi Young, played by Lee Min Jung—who built a wedding dress shop together but found themselves unable to continue building their relationship. The series traces their divorce process with an unflinching look at how two people can grow apart while living under the same roof.
A Couple at the Crossroads
The premise is unsentimental. A married couple who operate a bridal business—arguably the most optimistic kind of retail—decide to end their marriage. The irony is woven in but not hammered; what matters is that they have reached a point where staying together costs more than separating.
The Weight of Unspoken Grief
The turning point of the drama emerges from something neither character has been able to articulate: the death of their child. Their paths to coping with this loss diverged completely.
How They Survived Separately
Ji Won Ho and Baek Mi Young responded to their grief in opposite ways. When a court-ordered home investigation was scheduled, Ji Won Ho did not appear. Instead, he went fishing. For years, Baek Mi Young understood only that he had chosen an ordinary activity over a legal obligation. What she eventually discovered was that the fishing spot held something else—a gravesite, in a way. Beneath an azalea tree at that location, he had buried their child’s ashes.
The Confession That Changed Everything
Baek Mi Young’s breaking point arrived at church. Unable to carry the weight alone, she confessed her lingering resentment toward her husband—the anger born from years of believing he had not grieved as she did, that he had moved on or abandoned the memory of their child. What she did not know was that Ji Won Ho was present when she made this confession. He listened as she named the pain she had been holding.
The moment fractured something in him. He broke down, and the two of them began to dismantle the walls they had constructed over years of misunderstanding. A tearful kiss followed—not a resolution, but an acknowledgment. They had each been carrying the loss; they had simply been unable to show it to each other.
A Second Beginning
That breakthrough does not end the divorce. Instead, it opens a different possibility. In the upcoming episode, Ji Won Ho makes a new choice: he attempts to propose to Baek Mi Young a second time. This is not a return to the beginning. This is a proposal made by two people who now understand what they have carried together.
The proposal requires planning. Ji Won Ho teams up with Kang Kyung Tae (Jung Eui Jae) and Song Ari (Wang Bit Na) to orchestrate the event. The energy around the preparation is notably uneven. Song Ari and Ji Won Ho share visible excitement. Kang Kyung Tae’s expression tells a different story. His face remains tense, carrying something unresolved.
An Unexpected Complication
The tension in Kang Kyung Tae’s demeanor is not arbitrary. He holds knowledge that others do not.
His Hidden Knowledge
Three years prior, Baek Mi Young suffered a miscarriage. Kang Kyung Tae knows the details of this event—details he has not shared. Beyond that, he keeps a physical artifact in his drawer: a brooch that Baek Mi Young once lost and never found. He has held onto it.
Unanswered Questions
These facts raise questions viewers cannot yet answer. Does Kang Kyung Tae harbor feelings for Baek Mi Young? Does he believe Ji Won Ho’s proposal will fail, and if so, does he hope to be there when it does? Or is there another explanation entirely? What is certain is that his presence at this proposal carries unspoken stakes.
The Moment of Truth
When the proposal finally occurs, Ji Won Ho is visibly nervous. He takes the microphone and speaks from genuine emotion. He does not simply express a desire to reconcile. He sings for her—a choice that communicates something words alone cannot. Through the singing, he makes his intent clear: he wants to be together again, not as people who have forgotten their pain but as people who have learned to acknowledge it together.
Her Answer Remains Unwritten
Baek Mi Young’s face during this moment is difficult to read. The proposal moves her; there is no doubt of that. But as she listens—as tears gather in her eyes—her expression shifts. The softness hardens. The movement that seemed like acceptance pauses and becomes something else: uncertainty, ambivalence, or perhaps recognition of a problem that a second proposal cannot solve.
Episode 10 of “OK, Let’s Get Divorced” airs on September 17 at 11 p.m. KST. The answer to what Baek Mi Young is thinking in that moment will come then. Until then, viewers are left with the image of a woman whose pain has been heard, but who has not yet decided whether being heard is enough.
Frequently Asked Questions
What caused the deep misunderstanding between Ji Won Ho and Baek Mi Young?
After their child's death, the couple coped with grief in different ways without communicating. Ji Won Ho buried the child's ashes beneath an azalea tree at a fishing spot while Baek Mi Young remained unaware of his private grief. When he failed to appear for a court-ordered home investigation, her resentment grew, creating years of distance between them.
How did the couple finally reconnect emotionally?
When Baek Mi Young confessed her lingering resentment toward Ji Won Ho at church, he overheard her confession and broke down. The two then acknowledged their shared pain together with a tearful kiss, beginning to dismantle the walls they had built over years of misunderstanding.
What secrets does Kang Kyung Tae hold about Baek Mi Young?
Kang Kyung Tae knows details about Baek Mi Young's miscarriage that occurred three years ago, information he has not shared with others. He also keeps a brooch that she once lost in his drawer, raising questions about whether these secrets could complicate Ji Won Ho's proposal.
