Season 1 Plot
A 33-year-old fashion marketing director at a home shopping channel company has developed a tough, prickly outer shell in order to succeed in the workplace. After multiple failed relationships, she has given up on the idea of ever finding love. A 26-year-old songwriter with a carefree spirit returns home after living abroad for seventeen years. Raised by his mother's friend and her daughter, who is now that 33-year-old fashion marketing director. But she only remembers him as the kid she was forced to play with when her mom was too busy. When these two meet again, he attempts to heal her jaded sense of romance.
I Need Romance Season 1 aired on June 21st, 2021.
Season 1 Episodes
1. Episode 1
Alan and Najai met when he was a baby, and then they meet now when he's back in Bangkok and all grown up, but will she remember him?
2. Episode 2
A breakup complicates things for Najai just when her new work project is starting to take off, and leads to a run-in with her former best friend Kiss.
3. Episode 3
Priew is tired of the grind; Najai plays a cat and mouse game with Kiss, and can't seem to connect with her old friend Tofu.
4. Episode 4
Najai agonizes over the aftermath of a date with Alan; Kiss and Kan clear the air; Maple gets frustrated.
5. Episode 5
Alan and Najai adjust to life as roommates, and maybe more; a new neighbour moves into Priew's building, while Maple and Mesa get closer.
6. Episode 6
Kan spends the night at Najai's; things get tense at the office; Priew gets bad news, and Maple gets a ride home.
7. Episode 7
After the team's brand launch event, Alan comforts Najai while Kan defends Kiss; Priew could really use a friend.
8. Episode 8
Najai ends up between Kiss and Kan, but not for the right reasons; Maple has a hard conversation; Alan, as usual, is honest.
9. Episode 9
Alan makes both breakfast and dinner; Kiss plays nice with Najai, but the sinisterity is still a question; Priew opens up about a big decision.
10. Episode 10
Priew's professor tracks her down, but she's not ready to tell him everything; Najai is conflicted when Kiss asks for a favour and Kan asks a question.
11. Episode 11
The boundaries between love and work get blurry for Najai; Kiss sends a message and makes the first move.
12. Episode 12
Alan has a talk with Kan; Tacha puts two and two together, and Najai's hard work pays off; Kiss may have walked into her own trap.
13. Episode 13
Priew's news travels fast at work; trying to make sense of Najai's mixed messages, Alan develops a new theory and puts it to the test.
14. Episode 14
Tacha is still processing the concept of fatherhood; absence speaks volumes, and Najai starts to wonder if she made a mistake.
15. Episode 15
Three little words make a big difference for Alan; Kiss finally finds some leverage, but she may not need it any more.
16. Episode 16
Maple and Priew reimagine what their futures might look like; Najai makes good on an old promise, while Kiss makes a new one.