Make Me Tingle — A failed blind date turns into an office romance

Gong Yeon-su and Dokgo Dal · Nam Ji-hyun and Kim Jae-young · © TVING · Photo source

A woman who puts love before sex and a man who sees no need for that order find themselves working on a sex-toy marketing project. TVING’s Make Me Tingle brings a conservative marketer together with a startup CEO whose approach to relationships is the opposite of hers. TVING

Checked October 31, 2026 · South Korean viewing information

Introduces the opening premise and principal relationships. The series includes sex toys and discussions of sex. The linked reviews cover events from Episodes 1–6.

The blind date she hoped to forget becomes her client

Gong Yeon-su is the eldest daughter of a family that places great importance on tradition and propriety. At work, she is an advertising-agency marketer; in her personal life, she believes love and physical intimacy should follow a particular order. Her family arranges a blind date with Dokgo Dal, who runs the sex-toy startup Loand. Their views have little in common, and the meeting goes nowhere. Production presentation · 2026.10.14

After a breakup, Yeon-su takes on a new marketing assignment, only to discover that Dal is the client. She must learn about unfamiliar products and how to promote them, while Dal is reluctant to entrust his business to someone with prejudices about what he sells. Product research and marketing discussions bring professional disagreements into contact with a growing personal curiosity. Official episode descriptions · Premiere stills

Dal with Yeon-su and her family · © TVING · Photo source

Yeon-su, Dal and the friend who complicates their relationship

Gong Yeon-su · Nam Ji-hyun

A marketer unsettled by the gap between her beliefs about relationships and her new assignment. Learning about Loand’s products also leads her to reconsider some of her own assumptions. Character information

Dokgo Dal · Kim Jae-young

Loand’s CEO does not believe love and physical attraction must arrive in a fixed order. Working with Yeon-su puts their differences into both a professional and a personal context. Character information

Yoon Ji-oh · Kang Tae-ju

Loand’s vice president and Dal’s longtime friend initially helps mediate the pair’s disagreements. His interest in Yeon-su turns him into a romantic rival to his friend. Character information

An unfamiliar business meets the familiar rules of home

The workplace reunion gives this romance a useful complication: the two leads have to produce results together, even when they disagree. Yeon-su’s attempts to find a way to present the products also bring her closer to understanding Dal. Their working relationship and private encounters develop together.

Yeon-su and Dal · © TVING · Photo source

Other women around Yeon-su have made different choices. Her university senior and boss, Jin Se-ra (Park So-jin), offers candid advice about relationships. Her aunt Gong Mi-young (Jeong In-ji), back home after a divorce, treats her more like a friend. Yeon-su’s mother, Seo Baek-hee (Woo Mi-hwa), is also part of the family story. Supporting characters · 2026.10.07

At the production presentation, director Kim Ye-ji said she was interested in the couple’s conflicting values and developing relationship, rather than the provocative potential of sex toys. Nam Ji-hyun likewise described a familiar romantic comedy built around an unusual subject. The bickering workplace relationship and the characters’ changing outlooks are central to the show’s appeal. Director and cast · 2026.10.14

Yeon-su and Dal in an official still · © TVING · Photo source

Eight of ten episodes are available on TVING

The first four episodes premiered on TVING on October 15, 2026, followed by two episodes each Thursday at 6 p.m. KST. The official page checked on October 31 listed Episodes 7 and 8, released October 29. The series has ten episodes, and a TVING subscription is required in South Korea. Watch on TVING

TVING’s October 29 announcement placed the series third in both its overall and drama charts for October 19–25, measured by weekly unique VOD viewers. It rose from sixth in the previous overall chart. TVING · 2026.10.19–25

Official Studio Genie trailer · includes scenes beyond the opening

Chemistry and comedy win praise; the setup remains familiar

In a Korean review, MTN’s Lee Hae-jeong praises the leads’ dialogue and contrasting screen personalities for bringing romantic energy to familiar scenes. She also welcomes the balance of comedy and emotion without overplaying the provocative subject. Her reservation is that the opposites-attract setup and the character contrasts are conventional.

Lee Hae-jeong · MTN · 2026.10.24 · Korean media review through Episode 6

Soompi’s P Talwar, reviewing Episodes 1–4, highlights the way the leads’ backgrounds have shaped their beliefs and the interest in seeing those beliefs change. She also praises Nam Ji-hyun’s comic timing. Talwar notes that the opening episode uses an extensive display of sex toys for shock value before the products settle into the show’s everyday setting.

P Talwar · Soompi · 2026.10.21 · International media review · Episodes 1–4

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