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The Best Episodes of Don't Dare to Dream Season 1

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A weather girl reunites with her old crush, a haughty reporter at her TV station. But this time, she has her eyes on someone else -- his best friend.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode.1
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Episode.1

    S1:E1

    Pyo Nari works as a weathercaster at SBC's news division, dreaming of becoming a news anchor while handling daily menial tasks. Nari joins a filming crew for the TV station's public recruitment video and travels to Bangkok with them. There, she reunites with Lee Fasin, whom she once had a crush on. ©SBS

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  2. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 2 - Episode.2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Episode.2

    S1:E2

    Fasin, whose pride was hurt after Nari touched his chest and suggested he might have breast cancer, lashes out at her with harsh words. Hurt, Nari drinks with a junior colleague before the live broadcast. Completely drunk, she forgets about the recording and calls Jongwon. After ending the call, Nari realizes the program has started and rushes to the studio. ©SBS

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  3. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 3 - Episode.3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Episode.3

    S1:E3

    Nari makes a blunder on air and gets fired as the weathercaster. Just then, Jongwon appears before her and offers words of encouragement. Nari feels even emptier hearing Jongwon's warm words. Meanwhile, seeing Nari depressed, Fasin goes to the station manager to protest, insisting Nari should be recognized. That same Fasin heads to the hospital to hear his test results...©SBS

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  4. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 4 - Episode.4
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Episode.4

    S1:E4

    Nari and Fasin end up in the same room at the breast clinic. The night before surgery, unable to sleep, they spend time together. Nari reminisces about the time she had feelings for Fashin, while Fashin, unable to fully accept his breast cancer diagnosis, treats Nari coldly. After her surgery, Nari is summoned by the Director.©SBS

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  5. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 5 - Episode.5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Episode.5

    S1:E5

    Nari pushed herself to stand in the studio despite her post-surgery body. She was about to begin broadcasting in a life-or-death situation. At that moment, Fasin watched Nari from his hospital room, glued to the TV. In the studio, Jongwon embraced Nari after she collapsed following the broadcast.©SBS

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  6. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 6 - Episode.6
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Episode.6

    S1:E6

    Nari was discharged first to return to the broadcasting station. Fasin, still unable to leave the hospital, felt a pang of loneliness inside as Nari prepared to go home. Fasin tried to delay Nari's discharge by asking her to run errands for him. By chance, Jongwon learned about Nari's past, and Nari and Jongwon grew even closer. Meanwhile, Fasin's brother called his cell phone...©SBS

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  7. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 7 - Episode.7
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Episode.7

    S1:E7

    After his brother dies and he gets kicked out of his house, Fasin starts sleeping in the TV station's night duty room. Nari, assigned to the morning broadcast, also stays overnight in the duty room. Seeing Jongwon and Nari laughing together while looking at a phone, Fasin mistakenly believes it's the video taken in the hospital room and gets angry. ©SBS

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  8. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 8 - Episode.8
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Episode.8

    S1:E8

    Thanks to Fasin's matchmaking, Nari and Jongwon grow closer. Jongwon tells Fasin about how he met Nari, leaving Fasin with mixed feelings. Meanwhile, worried about Fasin's illness recurring, Nari persuades him to undergo radiation therapy. Amidst this, colleagues who see Fasin and Nari together mistakenly assume they are dating...©SBS

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  9. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 9 - Episode.9
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Episode.9

    S1:E9

    Fasin escorted Nari, who had drunk in his place at the station dinner and passed out drunk, to the on-call room. He embraced Nari, who had fallen asleep in bed. Unfortunately, Hong Haewon witnessed the scene, leaving Fasin shaken. Because the two had slipped out during the dinner, rumors spread throughout the station that Fasin and Nari were dating. The story even reached Jongwon's ears...©SBS

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  10. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode.10
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Episode.10

    S1:E10

    Fasin is shocked to see Nari and Jongwon kissing. Driven to despair, Fasin impulsively asks every female announcer he can find out on a date. In response, Jongwon tells his arranged marriage partner, Kum Sujong, that he likes Nari, trying to call off the match. Meanwhile, after hearing something important from Nari, Fasin realizes his feelings for her are growing stronger.©SBS

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  11. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 11 - Episode.11
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Episode.11

    S1:E11

    Learning that Fasin is moving in right next door, Nari is so shocked she is speechless. Fasin suffers, torn between his feelings for Nari and his friendship with Jongwon. The more he tries to suppress his feelings for Nari, the stronger they grow. He decides to at least be honest with Jongwon about his feelings and calls him out.©SBS

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  12. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 12 - Episode.12
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Episode.12

    S1:E12

    While catching octopus for her younger brother Chiyul at a tidal flat she visited for work, Nari is confronted by Fasin and Jongwon, who demand to know which of them she likes. Worried after Fasin leaves alone, Nari visits his room. Seeing him bedridden, she immediately takes him to the hospital.©SBS

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  13. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 13 - Episode.13
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Episode.13

    S1:E13

    Seeing Bom's drawings plastered all over the wall, Nari begins to suspect that Fasin might have feelings for her. Kim Tera, who opposes her son Jongwon's relationship with Nari, schemes to sabotage Nari's exam by moving up the camera test time. Misfortune continues when talk even surfaces of her appearing on a live broadcast on the test day.©SBS

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  14. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode.14
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Episode.14

    S1:E14

    Thanks to Fasin and Jongwon, Nari arrives before the camera test begins, but she can't hide her nerves. Fasin gives her advice on becoming an announcer. Regaining her composure, Nari confidently takes the test. However, Tera, displeased with Nari dating Jongwon, lies in wait, eager to fail her.©SBS

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  15. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 15 - Episode.15
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Episode.15

    S1:E15

    After kissing Fasin, Nari sinks into self-loathing and leaves without a word. Jungwon is stunned to learn Fasin has been suspended and the reason why. He realizes Fasin sacrificed himself for Nari. Meanwhile, Nari, unable to avoid apologizing, watches Jungwon from afar, unsure how to broach the subject. Just then, Fasin arrives...©SBS

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  16. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 16 - Episode.16
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Episode.16

    S1:E16

    Fasin tells Nari she's playing the field and must choose between him and Jongwon. Jongwon skips an important meeting with Announcer Koo and gets scolded by his mother. Nari firmly rejects the idea of dating both Fasin and Jongwon. But even Jongwon, who had opposed Fasin's plan, ends up agreeing to the idea of dating both.©SBS

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  17. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 17 - Episode.17
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Episode.17

    S1:E17

    Nari proposes that the three of them start living together. The only rule is that physical contact is only allowed with Nari. But Fasin and Jongwon suspect this cohabitation is a plan to break up with both of them. While Fasin is critical of the living arrangement, Jongwon openly declares his hostility, vowing to marry Nari within a month.©SBS

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  18. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 18 - Episode.18
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Episode.18

    S1:E18

    Things get tense between Nari and Fasin, but they stop themselves at the last moment to uphold the cohabitation rules. Furious that Nari was the one who invited him, Fasin packs his things and tries to storm out. Meanwhile, the two mothers are curious which son Palgan will choose. ©SBS

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  19. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 19 - Episode.19
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Episode.19

    S1:E19

    Embarrassed in front of her mother, Haewon ends up kissing Fasin. Nari, who had followed Fasin after he left home, witnesses the scene and is shocked. The two argue, but Fasin gradually realizes Nari is jealous of him. He teasingly presses her, insisting she is jealous, as she plays dumb. Realizing her own feelings, Nari decides to leave Jongwon's house and tries to break up with him, but...©SBS

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  20. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 20 - Episode.20
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Episode.20

    S1:E20

    Nari and Fasin confirm their feelings for each other. Fasin decides to make ramen for Nari, who drank on an empty stomach. Flustered, Nari misinterprets Fasin's casual remark as a proposal. Nari is suddenly assigned to host the Seoul mayoral election vote-counting special broadcast as a substitute for Hye-won. ©SBS

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  21. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 21 - Episode.21
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Episode.21

    S1:E21

    Fasin, having steeled his resolve, proposed to Nari, but her ambiguous attitude made him anxious she might reject him. Nari and Fasin went to the hospital for radiation therapy, where they were approached by Reporter Park's wife. Meanwhile, Palgan confessed to his mothers that he had committed wire fraud.©SBS

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  22. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 22 - Episode.22
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Episode.22

    S1:E22

    Fasin had intended to introduce Nari to his mother, but despairing after hearing the doctor's words, he lies to both and sends them home. Depressed, Fasin drinks heavily with Donggi, and in his drunken state, visits Nari's house. He tells her he was told by a fortune-teller that he cannot have children, trying to probe Nari's true feelings.©SBS

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  23. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 23 - Episode.23
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Episode.23

    S1:E23

    After confessing on the news program that he has breast cancer, Fasin vanishes from Nari and the others. Nari and Jongwon desperately search for him but cannot find Fasin. However, a week later, Fasin himself appears at the TV station to step down as anchor and breaks up with Nari.©SBS

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  24. Don't Dare to Dream Season 1 Episode 24 - Episode.24
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Episode.24

    S1:E24

    Learning that Fashin spent the night with Nari, Chi-yeol flies into a rage and punches Fashin. Unable to forgive Fasin for making Nari pine for him for three years, Chiyul absolutely refuses to accept him as her boyfriend. Meanwhile, desperate to marry as soon as possible, Fasin hurriedly searches for a venue and secures one for Christmas Eve, which had just become available.©SBS

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Episode.1" is the best rated episode of "Don't Dare to Dream" season 1. It scored 2/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/24/2016. This episode is rated 2.0 points higher than the second-best, "Episode.2".