A marriage of convenience, a kidnapping, and a mysterious phone call: here’s why the webtoon-based K-drama ‘When the Phone Rings’ has viewers enthralled. Spoilers ahead
From the first episode, I was hooked—just like the other K-drama fans who had been waiting for an absolute banger after months of drought. The plot? A mute wife and her icy husband. A classic pairing, but with a fresh twist of secrets and suspense. Their cold and distant marriage is jolted awake by a mysterious phone call that sets the stage for a riveting journey.
With every passing scene of intrigue, a romance unfolds, marked by longing glances and unspoken words. You know a show is destined to deliver when its very first episode charms viewers and plunges them into a fanfiction-inspired world brimming with mystery, suspense, and—let’s admit it—face cards that never decline.
Adapted from a webtoon, When the Phone Rings tells the story of Baek Sa-eon and Hong Hee-joo. Their marriage of convenience, hastily arranged and perpetually chilly, takes a sudden turn after a kidnapping leaves Hee-joo as the victim. For three years, they’ve coexisted like strangers—no shared meals, no meaningful conversations, just silence. But as the series unfolds, their icy dynamic begins to thaw, revealing Hee-joo’s long-hidden secrets and the traumatic reason behind her mutism following a childhood incident.
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