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Season 1 – Love Alarm

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In a world in which an app alerts people if someone in the vicinity likes them, Kim Jojo experiences young love while coping with personal adversities.
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Love Alarm — Season 1

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Joly Herman Common Sense Media 02/08/2024
Teens will like this the most, though adults might sit in to see what the buzz is about. Go to Full Review
Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim 07/29/2023
3/4
As a young woman passes by two men, an app on her phone goes off. "There is one person who loves you," it says. The app is called JoAlarm (좋알람), which alerts users if there is someone within 10 meters who loves them. Go to Full Review
Richard Yu Cinema Escapist 08/27/2019
While Love Alarm comes up short in plot, it shines in social commentary that's increasingly necessary as we realize social media damages our mental health Go to Full Review
Joel Keller Decider 08/23/2019
The love triangle aspect of Love Alarm will keep you watching, even if most of the performances are flat and the whole idea of the Love Alarm doesn't make a lot of sense. Go to Full Review
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Robert M @DK-Orion Apr 25 Waste of time. Starts out okay if you can accept the ridiculous app that confirms your feelings for someone else. I made it to episode 6 before bailing. I knew something was off when they fell for each other so fast and Sun-oh was a perfect boyfriend... and then its over? For no good reason. The story gets confusing when they start flashing forward without much explanation. Story is bad, script is bad, characters are mostly badly developed, and the ending (according to what I read) is just as bad. Skip it. See more Laura H @RT77627533 Mar 4 Stopped watching as it was just a mess. An app that tells you when someone is in love with you but then proceeds to go off when a hot man simply walks by for every girl? Utter garbage. If its HR based it would go off when anyone of any gender lies near you or exercises in your 10m radius. There are some interesting ideas covered by such a system that allows for bullying and outing of gay people but honestly this fell flat because how on earth was this not considered before the app was released let alone allowed to be used in schools and classrooms! This makes Korea looks bad. The rest just was a mess and when i realised there was another season of the mess i gave up on the show. Far better shows to spend my time on out there See more cham c @RT74510431 06/04/2025 I love it at first then end up hating it so much. I wanna cry for my wasted time. See more Gloresthry r @RT70189168 02/15/2025 It's waste of time... Heroine may stick to hero ... But it's making disappointed to audience.. try to change the end... See more Lila P @RT02795957 01/17/2025 what was the director thinking... i watched this because of song kang mainly.. but bro. i hate this show so much i swore talking about how bad it was. (i usually don't swear so me and my friend were shocked. it was so bad i swore) but a kiss on THE FIRST EPISODE... sigh. it's not that bad but.. it's not that good. See more 06/20/2022 I want my 14 hours back. Let me see if I have this right; Girl meets Boy, Girl and Boy fall in love. Girl decides she can't date Boy she loves (they never even come close to explaining why) so instead dates Boys best friend, who she likes (not loves). Girl ends up with Boy she likes instead of Boy she loves. Yeah, okay, that makes sense. What a waste of time. Zero stars. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 22, 2019 The Flash of Lightning Before It Thunders Unlike her friends, Kim Jojo has more pressing things on her mind than dating; after returning from abroad, Hwang Sun-oh goes to see Lee Hye-yeong. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 22, 2019 There's Nothing Anyone Can Do When You Like Someone Sun-oh wants to know whether Hye-yeong has feelings for Jojo and tells him what he did; Jang Il-sik gets involved in a fight with Sun-oh and Hye-yeong. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 22, 2019 The Miracle of Two People Liking Each Other Jojo confronts Sun-oh about the photos; as rumors spread at school, Jang-go gets upset at Jojo for lying; Il-sik confronts Jang-go about what she did. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 22, 2019 The Best Feeling in the World Is Knowing There's Someone on My Side Sun-oh asks Jojo about the school trip and realizes there is not much he can do for her; Il-sik tells Jang-go something she doesn't want to hear. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 22, 2019 The Gravity of Liking Someone Jojo tells Sun-oh about her parents and makes a surprising suggestion; she confronts Jang-go after overhearing something. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 22, 2019 Your Heart Is Safe Now News of the tragedy hits the airwaves; Hye-yeong finds Jojo at the library and tells her that he plans to court her the old-fashioned way. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 22, 2019 Something I've Been Holding Back and Can Only Say to You Jojo tries to put a shield around herself and tells Hye-yeong she does not need his help, but he offers to take her somewhere special. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 22, 2019 One Is Bigger Than Any Other Number in the World Jojo ponders what it means to like someone and realizes a shield may not be necessary; Sun-oh wants to know if she still has feelings for him. Details
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Season Info

Director
Lee Na-jeong
Creator
Chon Kye-young
Screenwriter
Seo Bora, Lee Ah-yeon
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
Korean
Release Date
Aug 22, 2019