‘The Affair Was Just the Beginning’ Raises the Stakes for Kim Hye Soo and Kim Ji Hun

‘The Affair Was Just the Beginning’ is moving quickly from a polished domestic façade to a far darker kind of crisis. New preview stills place Kim Hye Soo’s Kyung Hee and Kim Ji Hun’s Jae Hong in the aftermath of a hit-and-run accident, signaling that the black comedy’s next chapter will test how far the couple is willing to go to protect its life in public.

The series begins with a deliberately unstable contrast. Kyung Hee and Jae Hong have built their image around a happy, successful family, while the doctor couple living next door is caught in a bitter divorce. An overwhelming secret connects the households and turns an already complicated betrayal into the least of their concerns. The setup gives the drama room to balance heightened suspense with the uncomfortable absurdity of people trying to preserve appearances as their choices become harder to defend.

A cover-up takes shape

The newly released images take Kyung Hee and Jae Hong to a demolition site after the accident. The cold, isolated setting underlines the pair’s mounting fear: they are no longer simply facing a private mistake, but confronting the possibility that one decision could reshape their family’s future. Their attempt to dispose of a body suggests a drastic escalation and raises immediate questions about what happened, who knows the truth, and whether any plan for silence can hold.

Other stills show the couple moving through daylight with their faces concealed. That detail changes the mood of the story. The danger is not confined to a remote place or a single frantic night; it follows them into ordinary spaces where discovery could arrive at any moment. For characters who once profited from presenting a controlled, enviable life, anonymity becomes both a shield and an admission that control has already slipped away.

The children enter the fallout

The consequences also reach the next generation. Kyung Hee and Jae Hong’s daughter, Ye Ji, is at the center of the hit-and-run incident, and the parents’ devastated expressions point to the emotional cost of the situation. The plot is therefore not only about evading exposure. It is also about what adults ask of their children, intentionally or otherwise, when family loyalty collides with fear and guilt.

Ye Ji’s connection with Soo Jung, played by Cho Yeo Jeong, introduces another volatile thread. Soo Jung is the neighbor whose own marriage has been breaking down, and a private conversation between her and Ye Ji hints that information may begin crossing the boundary between the two homes. In a story built on concealed motives, even a quiet exchange can carry the weight of a turning point.

Neighbors become part of the mystery

The preview also brings Soo Jung’s ex-husband Bo Sung, played by Kim Jae Chul, into direct contact with Kyung Hee. Their unexpected meeting suggests that the conflict will expand beyond the original couple’s immediate attempt to manage the accident. The two households have different wounds and different reasons to keep secrets, but their proximity makes separation increasingly impossible.

That expanding web is central to the drama’s premise. The title promises that an affair is merely the opening event, not the full story, and the new material leans into the idea of consequences spreading outward. A hit-and-run, a family’s hidden history, a difficult divorce, and the presence of children create overlapping pressures rather than a single straightforward mystery.

Kim Hye Soo, Kim Ji Hun, Cho Yeo Jeong, and Kim Jae Chul anchor the four adults at the center of this collision. The preview positions each encounter as meaningful, whether it takes place at a charged location, in a guarded conversation, or in the uneasy space between neighbors who may know more about one another than they first appear to.

With the story’s stakes rising, the coming episodes are set to explore whether Kyung Hee and Jae Hong can keep their crisis contained—or whether every attempt to hide it will draw more people into the damage. ‘The Affair Was Just the Beginning’ airs Fridays at 8 p.m. KST.