# Link: Eat, Love, Kill
**Link: Eat, Love, Kill** (링크: 먹고 사랑하라, 죽이게; revised romanization *Link: Meokgo Saranghara, Jookige*) is a 2022 South Korean television series, an emotion-sharing fantasy romance and mystery in which a chef begins to feel the emotions of a stranger woman after the "link" phenomenon resumes for the first time in 18 years.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) • [2](https://news.tf.co.kr/read/entertain/1949801.htm) It aired on the cable network tvN in 16 episodes from June 6 to July 26, 2022, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:30, and streamed on Disney+ in select regions.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) • [3](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/link-eat-love-kill-review-k-drama-yeo-jin-goo-moon-go-young-3249875)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Native title | 링크: 먹고 사랑하라, 죽이게; also known as *Link: Eat and Love to Kill* and *You Are My Killer*[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/61468/link-eat-love-kill) |
| Network and run | tvN, 16 episodes, June 6 to July 26, 2022, Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:30[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) |
| Director and writers | Hong Jong-chan (director); writers Kwon Ki-Young and Kwon Do-Hwan[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) • [5](https://sports.donga.com/ent/tv/article/all/20220630/114220016/1) |
| Leads | Yeo Jin-goo as chef Eun Gye-hoon; Moon Ga-young as Noh Da-hyun[6](https://tv.apple.com/nz/show/link-eat-love-kill/umc.cmc.77zaya24uxgoizcdy8jn0ya1m) |
| Premise | A man whose twin sister went missing 18 years earlier opens a restaurant in that neighborhood and begins sharing the joy, sorrow, and pain of a woman living there[6](https://tv.apple.com/nz/show/link-eat-love-kill/umc.cmc.77zaya24uxgoizcdy8jn0ya1m) |
| Production | Planned and produced by Studio Dragon, with CJeS and Arc Media as production companies[7](https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111883241) |
| Streaming | Disney+ in select regions at broadcast; on Hulu in the United States as of 2026[8](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/link-eat-love-kill) |
| Domestic ratings | A Studio Dragon drama library table lists a 3.1% figure for the series[9](https://invest.kiwoom.com/inv/resource/202208/UploadFile_20220805100904000891.pdf) |
## Premise and characters
Eun Gye-hoon ([Yeo Jin-goo](https://www.edgepedia.org/yeo-jin-goo)) lost his twin sister Eun Gye-young to a disappearance in the Jihwa-dong neighborhood eighteen years before the story begins, and the emotional link he once shared with her was disconnected.[6](https://tv.apple.com/nz/show/link-eat-love-kill/umc.cmc.77zaya24uxgoizcdy8jn0ya1m) He grows up to become a famous chef and opens a restaurant in the neighborhood where she vanished. There he meets Noh Da-hyun ([Moon Ga-young](https://www.edgepedia.org/moon-ga-young)), and he begins to feel her joy, sorrow, and pain as his own.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) The series follows his journey of healing and the secrets hidden in the suspicious neighborhood of Jihwa-dong.[6](https://tv.apple.com/nz/show/link-eat-love-kill/umc.cmc.77zaya24uxgoizcdy8jn0ya1m)
Da-hyun's own life is troubled. She is stalked by a man named Lee Jin-geun, and in the opening episodes she fights him off in what she believes is a fatal act of self-defense; her mother Hong Bok-hee (Kim Ji-young) and grandmother Na Chun-ok (Ye Soo-jung) help her hide the evidence in a refrigerator that Gye-hoon then has moved into his own restaurant.[10](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/linkeatlovekill-s1review/) The series weaves this present-day crisis with the cold case of Gye-young's disappearance, which episode 8 reveals connects Gye-hoon, Da-hyun, detective Ji Won-tak (Song Deok-ho), and Lee Jin-geun (Shin Jae-whi) as former neighborhood children tied to the 18-year-old case.[7](https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111883241)
The title's three words correspond to the drama's three strands: the restaurant and cooking scenes, the romance between the leads, and the murder mystery.[11](https://kdramaandramen.com/link-eat-love-kill-full-review/) The drama also touches on stalking and the lives of the neighborhood's residents alongside its humor.[10](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/linkeatlovekill-s1review/)
## Production and casting
The series was planned and produced by [Studio Dragon](https://www.edgepedia.org/studio-dragon), with production companies Studio Dragon, CJeS, and Arc Media credited, under director Hong Jong-chan and writers Kwon Ki-Young and Kwon Do-Hwan.[7](https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111883241) • [5](https://sports.donga.com/ent/tv/article/all/20220630/114220016/1) According to AsianWiki, actor Kim Sun-ho was first offered the lead male role but declined.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) The leads are both former child actors; Yeo Jin-goo described the demands of the role as having to change his emotional state dramatically in a short time whenever Gye-hoon immersed himself in Da-hyun's feelings.[12](https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/the-life-list-k-drama-child-stars-reunite-for-romance-mystery)
The music director was Nam Hye-seung, whose earlier credits include *[Our Beloved Summer](https://www.edgepedia.org/our-beloved-summer)* and *It's Okay to Not Be Okay*; the first soundtrack single, "Your River In Me" by O3ohn, was a collaboration between Nam and Kim Kyung-hee.[13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGAXo11lgEs)
## Broadcast and ratings
*Link: Eat, Love, Kill* premiered on June 6, 2022, in tvN's Monday and Tuesday 22:30 slot, taking over from *Military Prosecutor Doberman*; it was followed by *Poong, The Joseon Psychiatrist* on August 1, 2022.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill) The series ended on July 26, 2022, after 16 episodes.[14](https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202207270102)
A Studio Dragon drama library table published in August 2022, compiled from Studio Dragon, Nielsen Korea, and the Kiwoom Securities Research Center, lists a 3.1% figure for the series.[9](https://invest.kiwoom.com/inv/resource/202208/UploadFile_20220805100904000891.pdf) A Daishin Securities review of Studio Dragon's output described the ratings of its major works, which included *Link*, as disappointing, in a chart of the studio's yearly average viewership ratings.[15](https://money2.daishin.com/PDF/Out/intranet_data/product/researchcenter/report/2023/11/48354_231109_sd.pdf) A review site covering the finale described the run as underwhelming but noted the show appeared to have a small ardent following.[16](https://koalasplayground.com/2022/07/27/tvn-mon-tues-drama-link-eat-love-kill-with-yeo-jin-gu-and-moon-ga-young-concludes-underwhelming-ratings-run-but-appears-to-have-a-small-ardent-following/)
## Distribution and reception
Disney+ carried the series in a limited set of regions while it aired on tvN.[3](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/link-eat-love-kill-review-k-drama-yeo-jin-goo-moon-go-young-3249875) By 2026 the series was streaming on Hulu in the United States.[8](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/link-eat-love-kill) Common Sense Media rates the show TV-14 and flags its themes of child abduction and serial murder.[17](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/link-eat-love-kill)
Critical response was divided. The NME review judged the fusion of fantasy, romance, and mystery disappointing and criticized the limited agency given to Moon Ga-young's character.[3](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/link-eat-love-kill-review-k-drama-yeo-jin-goo-moon-go-young-3249875) The South China Morning Post took the opposite view, crediting the Moon Ga-young and Yeo Jin-goo pairing for making the romcom-thriller mash-up work.[18](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3186850/k-drama-review-link-eat-love-kill-disney-romcom-thriller) Other reviewers praised the leads' performances and the way the emotional-link concept was used in both the romance and the mysteries.[11](https://kdramaandramen.com/link-eat-love-kill-full-review/)
Moon Ga-young, closing the series in July 2022, called it a work that let her act across many genres and a valuable experience as an actress.[14](https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202207270102)
## References
1. [Link: Eat, Love, Kill, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Link%3A_Eat%2C_Love%2C_Kill)
2. ['링크' 여진구X문가영, 빛나는 아역출신 '연기내공', The Fact](https://news.tf.co.kr/read/entertain/1949801.htm)
3. ['Link: Eat, Love, Kill' review, NME](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/link-eat-love-kill-review-k-drama-yeo-jin-goo-moon-go-young-3249875)
4. [Link: Eat, Love, Kill, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/61468/link-eat-love-kill)
5. [여진구♥문가영이 직접 꼽은 전반부 명대사 (링크), 스포츠동아](https://sports.donga.com/ent/tv/article/all/20220630/114220016/1)
6. [Link: Eat, Love, Kill, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/nz/show/link-eat-love-kill/umc.cmc.77zaya24uxgoizcdy8jn0ya1m)
7. [여진구x문가영, 기막힌 인연 알고보니..18년 전 실종사건?, OSEN](https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1111883241)
8. [Link: Eat, Love, Kill streaming information, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/link-eat-love-kill)
9. [Studio Dragon drama library 2Q22–3Q22, Kiwoom Investment & Securities (PDF)](https://invest.kiwoom.com/inv/resource/202208/UploadFile_20220805100904000891.pdf)
10. [Link: Eat Love Kill Season 1 Review, TheReviewGeek](https://www.thereviewgeek.com/linkeatlovekill-s1review/)
11. [Link: Eat, Love, Kill – Full Review, Kdrama and Ramen](https://kdramaandramen.com/link-eat-love-kill-full-review/)
12. [K-drama child stars reunite for romance-mystery, The Straits Times](https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/the-life-list-k-drama-child-stars-reunite-for-romance-mystery)
13. [O3ohn – Your River In Me (Link: Eat, Love, Kill OST Part.1), YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGAXo11lgEs)
14. ['링크' 문가영 종영 소감, 한국경제TV](https://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202207270102)
15. [Studio Dragon report, Daishin Securities (PDF)](https://money2.daishin.com/PDF/Out/intranet_data/product/researchcenter/report/2023/11/48354_231109_sd.pdf)
16. [tvN Mon-Tues Drama Link: Eat, Love, Kill Concludes Underwhelming Ratings Run, A Koala's Playground](https://koalasplayground.com/2022/07/27/tvn-mon-tues-drama-link-eat-love-kill-with-yeo-jin-gu-and-moon-ga-young-concludes-underwhelming-ratings-run-but-appears-to-have-a-small-ardent-following/)
17. [Link: Eat, Love, Kill Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/link-eat-love-kill)
18. [K-drama review – Link: Eat, Love, Kill, South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3186850/k-drama-review-link-eat-love-kill-disney-romcom-thriller)
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