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Forbidden Desire

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Episodes: 51
Episode 1 runs: 5m 09s
To finish: $29.97
Free episodes: 6
Then you pay for: 45

Cost

What it takes to finish

Adjust the assumptions

$29.97to unlock all 51 episodes

—total runtime

Free episodes6 on NetShort
Episodes you pay for45
Coins required2,700 (60/episode)
Cheapest pack combination3× 1000-coin
Coins left over300
Cost per episode$0.67

Estimates only. Based on publicly listed coin packs, no promotions and no free coins. Prices change often and vary by region and app store — always confirm in the app before paying. How we work these figures out.

Context

Where this one sits

All 34 family drama titles

Forbidden Desire keeps the second-smallest share of itself free of the 34 family drama titles we hold.

Free before you pay

30m 54s

6 free episodes, then the paywall opens at episode 7.

To watch it all

4h 22m

Episode 1 runs 5m 09s. This is that length across all 51 episodes — an extrapolation, not a measured total. The platform publishes a duration for the first episode only.

Per hour of watching

$6.85

$29.97 to finish, spread over the projected runtime above. Both halves of this figure are estimates — treat it as a comparison tool, not a bill.

How it compares on each shelf it belongs to. Counts are every title we hold under that label, across all platforms — the same set the linked page lists.
Shelf	Titles	This one	Median length	Median to finish
Modern	43	#7 longest	37 eps	$19.98
Family Drama	34	#4 longest	30 eps	$14.99
Family Ethics	18	#5 longest	34 eps	$19.98

Cheaper to finish, same shelf (family drama)

Drowning In The Stormy Night18 eps · $9.99 — $19.98 less
Mother's Strike, Queen Awakens14 eps · $9.99 — $19.98 less
My Husband Got Her Pregnant13 eps · $9.99 — $19.98 less
The Ousted Matriarch Returns to Her $100 Billion Estate15 eps · $9.99 — $19.98 less

Catalogue

Where it sits on NetShort

All 717 NetShort titles

Forbidden Desire runs 51 episodes on NetShort, 6 of them free. Across NetShort's catalogue as we hold it that puts it 209th longest of 717 for length and 537th of 717 for how far in the paywall sits.

This series against the middle of NetShort's catalogue as we hold it. Medians are taken across every NetShort title we track, not just the ones with their own page here.
Measure	This series	NetShort median	Where it ranks
Episodes	51	42	#209 longest of 717
Free episodes	6	8	#537 most generous
Episodes you pay for	45	35	—
Cost to finish	$29.97	$29.97	#399 cheapest of 717

We hold every figure the cost estimate needs for all 717 NetShort series in our catalogue. How we work these figures out.

Facts

Series data

Platform

NetShort

Episodes

Total runtime

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Status

Not published by the platform

Genres

Family Ethics Family Drama Modern

Tropes

Not published by the platform

Record updated

September 6, 2026

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Prices are the US App Store listings as of 19 August 2026, combined with figures supplied to us the same month. Coin counts, per-episode costs and what a subscription grants are modelled, not quoted — platforms change all of this without notice, so treat every total as an estimate and confirm in the app before paying.