Just when you think a K-drama can’t escalate any further, this one hands its feuding characters gardening tools and tells them to fight together instead of against each other. “The Affair Was Just the Beginning” has dropped its last batch of stills before Friday’s finale, and things have gone thoroughly, gloriously off the rails.
The black comedy follows an influencer couple whose picture-perfect public image collides with their next-door neighbors — a doctor couple mid-divorce — over a secret so big it makes an actual affair look minor by comparison. It’s the kind of premise that only works if it keeps topping itself, and based on these stills, it delivers right to the end.
What’s Happening Before The Affair Was Just The Beginning finale?
| Element | Detail |
|---|---|
| Genre | Black comedy |
| Lead cast | Kim Hye Soo, Cho Yeo Jeong, Kim Ji Hun, Kim Jae Chul |
| Kyung Hee & Soo Jung | Former rivals now armed with a shovel and hoe |
| Jae Hong & Bo Sung | Team up against detective-agency twins, end up brawling |
| Other teases | An apology letter, a police interrogation room |
| Finale date | September 4, 8 PM KST |
Enemies Turned Allies, Sort Of
The biggest twist here isn’t a plot reveal — it’s the alliances. Kyung Hee (Kim Hye Soo) and Soo Jung (Cho Yeo Jeong) spent most of the series at each other’s throats, but the stills show them standing shoulder to shoulder, gardening tools in hand, facing down something bigger than their feud. Meanwhile, Jae Hong (Kim Ji Hun) and Bo Sung (Kim Jae Chul) attempt their own uneasy teamwork against the private investigators tailing them — though “teamwork” here apparently ends in a full-on brawl.
Add in a still of Kyung Hee holding up a written apology and Jae Hong sitting inside a police interrogation room, and it’s clear the finale isn’t wrapping things up quietly. Whether anyone actually gets peace after this snowball of chaos is the real question heading into episode’s end.
Catch up on every twist so far, and check TechnoSports for more K-drama finale coverage and what to watch next once this one wraps.
