# Love in Contract

Love in Contract (Korean: 월수금화목토) is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Park Min-young, Go Kyung-pyo, and Kim Jae-young. It aired on tvN from September 21 to November 10, 2022, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST).

## Synopsis

The series is about the unusual job of a "single life helper", who pretends to be the spouse of single people needing a partner to attend events such as couples' gatherings and reunions.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Park Min-young as Choi Sang-eun/Jamie
** Oh Eun-seo as child Sang-eun/Jamie
    A single life helper with thirteen years of career experience, who has the perfect looks, abilities and charms.
* Go Kyung-pyo as Jung Ji-ho
** Choi Ye-chan as child Ji-ho
** Lee Ha-min as young Ji-ho
    A mysterious man who has a long-term exclusive contract with Sang-eun for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
* Kim Jae-young as Kang Hae-jin
** Kim Ye-sung as child Hae-jin
    A chaebol family's youngest son and a hallyu star who has a new contract with Sang-eun for Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

### Supporting
#### People around Choi Sang-eun

* Kang Hyung-seok as Woo Kwang-nam
* Jin Kyung as Yoo Mi-ho
* Ahn Suk-hwan as Jung Gil-tae
* Kim Dong-hyun as Choi Sang-mu
* as Oh Cha-jang

#### People around Jung Ji-ho

* Bae Hae-sun as Kim Seong-mi
* Park Chul-min as a senior manager
* Park Kyung-hye as Kim Yu-mi
* Lee Taek-geun as Park Sang-gu

#### People around Kang Hae-jin

* Kim Hyun-mok as Yoo Jung-han
* Jung Seong-ho as Choi Chan-hee
* Oh Ryung as Kang Seon-jin
* Lee Seung-cheol as Kang Jin
* Yang Jung-a as Choi Ran-hee

#### Other

* Lee Joo-bin as Jung Ji-eun

### Special appearances

* Nana as Yu-mi
* Yoon Ye-hee as Sang-eun's mother
* Go Geon-han as Lee Seon-ho
* Lee Seung-guk as a YouTuber

## Production

Filming of the series started in May 2022, and continued for five months until October 29.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Average |
| | 1 | 919 | 783 | 898 | 853 | 763 | 864 | 658 | 889 | 621 | 698 | 640 | 664 | 669 | 709 | 775 | 693 |
Average TV viewership ratings :
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | September 21, 2022 | 3.992% (2nd) | 3.859% (3rd) |
| 2 | September 22, 2022 | 3.447% (2nd) | 3.818% (2nd) |
| 3 | September 28, 2022 | 3.761% (2nd) | 4.019% (3rd) |
| 4 | September 29, 2022 | 3.584% (2nd) | 3.745% (2nd) |
| 5 | October 5, 2022 | 3.007% (3rd) | 2.905% (3rd) |
| 6 | October 6, 2022 | 3.539% (2nd) | 3.763% (2nd) |
| 7 | October 12, 2022 | 2.859% (3rd) | 2.988% (3rd) |
| 8 | October 13, 2022 | 3.633% (2nd) | 3.744% (2nd) |
| 9 | October 19, 2022 | 2.679% (3rd) | 2.913% (3rd) |
| 10 | October 20, 2022 | 2.833% (1st) | 2.800% (2nd) |
| 11 | October 26, 2022 | 2.745% (3rd) | 3.241% (3rd) |
| 12 | October 27, 2022 | 2.804% (2nd) | 3.082% (3rd) |
| 13 | November 2, 2022 | 2.753% (1st) | 2.815% (2nd) |
| 14 | November 3, 2022 | 2.926% (1st) | 3.394% (1st) |
| 15 | November 9, 2022 | 3.122% (2nd) | 3.338% (2nd) |
| 16 | November 10, 2022 | 3.059% (2nd) | 3.131% (2nd) |
| Average | Average | 3.171% | 3.347% |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series 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). ||||