Something in the Rain

Something in the Rain (Korean: 밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나; RR: Bap Jal Sajuneun Yeppeun Nuna; lit. Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food) is a 2018 South Korean television series directed by Ahn Pan-seok and starring Son Ye-jin and Jung Hae-in. The series marks Son Ye-jin's small screen comeback after five years. It was broadcast on JTBC every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST) from March 30 to May 19, 2018. It was also aired on the subscription service Netflix with subtitles.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Something in the Rain
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food
  • Pretty Sister Who Treats Me to Meals
Hangul밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나
GenreRomance
Created byJTBC
Written byKim Eun
Directed byAhn Pan-seok
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producers
  • Choi Kwan-yong
  • Ma Jung-hoon
  • Park Joon-seo
Camera setupSingle-camera
Production companies
Distributor
Release
Original networkJTBC
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseMarch 30 (2018-03-30) –
May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)
External links
Website

Plot

The series explores the relationship of two people as they go from being "just acquaintances" to "a genuine couple". Jin-ah (Son Ye-jin) is a district supervisor in her thirties at the coffeehouse franchise Coffee Bay (an actual Korean chain) and Joon-hee (Jung Hae-in) is an animator in his twenties at video game developer Smilegate Entertainment. When he returns from working abroad, he reconnects with Jin-ah — who also happens to be the best friend with Joon-hee's sister since childhood. The episodes give an intimate look into how they fall in love, struggle with their age differences (considered to be Taboo in some circles), and find the courage to go public with their relationship to everyone around them.

A secondary storyline follows the struggles that female employees face in the company Jin-ah works for as they try to climb the corporate ladder amidst severe sexual harassment from male managers. A culture considered to be normal but unspoken among South Korean companies.

Themes of Taboos

The driving narrative around the story centers around South Korean taboos concerning relationships:

  • Dating Taboos - An older female dating a younger male is considered scandalous.
  • Familial Taboos - People who grow up without parents or present parental figures are considered "unfit" for marriage.
  • Job Taboos - People should only associate with people who are of a certain educational background, occupational position, or wealthy class status.
  • Career Taboos - Women are expected to go out and be flirtatious during team dinners to show that they value "team unity".
  • Drinking Taboos - It is customary to pour your colleague's glass first before and vice versa. If you pour for yourself, it indicates a fractured relationship.
  • Food Taboos - Usually if an older woman buys a younger male food frequently, it's because of a brother-sister relationship.

Cast

Main
A single woman aged 35 who works as a store supervisor in a coffee franchise. Despite being an easygoing person, she lives a rather hollow life. After being dumped by her boyfriend, she suddenly feels romantic feelings towards her best friend's younger brother Joon-hee.[7]
Kyung-seon's younger brother who is a character designer at a computer video game company. He has returned to the country from his work in the USA after three years. While getting reacquainted with his older sister's best friend Jin-ah, he protects her a couple times and falls in love with her.[8][9]

Supporting
  • Jang So-yeon as Seo Kyung-seon
Joon-hee's older sister aged 35 and Jin-ah's best friend who runs a coffee shop.[10]
Jin-ah's younger brother and Joon-hee's best friend.[11]
Jin-ah's mother, who is obsessed with finding Jin-ah a husband from a well-regarded family.[11]
  • Oh Man-suk as Yoon Sang-ki
Jin-ah's father.[11]
  • Yoon Jong-suk as Kim Seung-chul
Joon-hee's colleague and university friend.[12]
  • Jung Yoo-jin as Kang Se-young, the youngest and most ambitious colleague of Jin-ah, she requests to supervise Kyung-seon's store as a result of having a crush on Joon-hee
  • Cho Soo-hyang as Joon Hee's friend
  • Joo Min-kyung as Geum Bo-ra, a veteran colleague that Jin-ah can confide in
  • Lee Joo-young as Lee Ye-eun, another veteran colleague of Jin-ah
  • Lee Hwa-ryong as Gong Cheol-goo, deputy chief who manages Jin-ah and other store supervisors, unpopular among female subordinates due to his behavior
  • Seo Jeong-yeon as Jung Young-in, vice president & marketing director of the coffee franchise
  • Lee Chang-hoon as Choi Joong-mo, deputy chief
  • Park Hyuk-kwon as Nam Ho-gyun, vice president & director of the coffee franchise, whom Gong Cheol-goo reports to
  • Kim Jong-tae as Jo Kyung-sik, president & CEO of the coffee franchise
  • Oh Ryong as Lee Gyu-min, ex-boyfriend of Jin-ah, lawyer from well respected family
  • Jang Won-hyung as Kim Dong-woo

Production
  • The first script reading of the cast was held on January 25, 2018 at JTBC building in Sangam-dong.[13]
  • As a result of the drama receiving high viewership ratings, a three-day reward vacation to Japan was awarded for the cast and the crew which was scheduled from May 29 to 31, 2018.[14][15]

Original soundtrack
Something In The Rain OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean, English
LabelSony Music
Drama House

"Stand by Your Man" sung by Tammy Wynette, and Save the Last Dance for Me are played frequently in the series.

Part 1
Released on April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Something in the Rain"Rachael YamagataLee Nam-yeon (이남연)Rachael Yamagata4:56

Part 2
Released on April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."La La La"Lee Nam-yeon (이남연)Lee Nam-yeon (이남연)Rachael Yamagata3:40

Ratings
Something in the Rain : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213141516
10.8310.8130.8901.1331.2101.3701.2811.1711.4871.3891.1661.2421.1411.6821.2921.6001.231
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[16]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[17] TNmS[18]
NationwideSeoulNationwide
1 March 30, 2018 4.008% 4.239% 3.8%
2 March 31, 2018 3.752% 4.177% 4.8%
3 April 6, 2018 4.222% 4.621% 4.4%
4 April 7, 2018 4.756% 5.434% 5.9%
5 April 13, 2018 5.134% 6.001% 5.4%
6 April 14, 2018 6.187% 7.069% 6.5%
7 April 20, 2018 5.322% 6.202% 6.4%
8 April 21, 2018 5.499% 5.936% 5.7%
9 April 27, 2018 6.177% 6.769% 5.9%
10 April 28, 2018 5.757% 6.713% 6.6%
11 May 4, 2018 5.637% 7.018% 5.9%
12 May 5, 2018 5.520% 6.320% 6.1%
13 May 11, 2018 5.564% 6.598% 5.4%
14 May 12, 2018 7.281% 8.313% 6.3%
15 May 18, 2018 5.883% 6.486% 5.7%
16 May 19, 2018 6.787% 7.661% 7.1%
Average 5.468% 6.222% 5.7%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This drama aired 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).

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2018 11th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Wi Ha-joon Nominated [19]
13th Seoul International Drama Awards Excellence Award for Korean Drama Something in the Rain Won [20][21]
Outstanding Korean Actress Son Ye-jin Won
6th APAN Star Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Nominated [22][23]
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Jung Hae-in Won
Best Supporting Actress Jang So-yeon Won
K-Star Award, Actor Jung Hae-in Won
2nd The Seoul Awards Best Actress Son Ye-jin Nominated [24]
Best New Actor Jung Hae-in Nominated
Popularity Award, Actor Won
Hallyu Artist Award Won
Korea Contents Awards Presidential Commendation Something in the Rain Won
2019 23rd Asian Television Awards Best Drama Series Won [25][26]
Best Director Ahn Pan-seok Nominated
Best Actress Son Ye-jin Nominated

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