My Name is Gabriel Episode 1 Recap and Review: Park Bo-gum and Park Myung-soo’s New Identities

My Name is Gabriel brings celebrities to live the life of another person from anywhere in the world for 72 hours. As celebrities take up the name of another person from anywhere in the world, they spend their time as the said person while living their life. Promising a unique experience to the participants and viewers of the show, we are set for some entertaining content very soon.

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My Name is Gabriel Episode 1 Recap

Episode 1 of My Name is Gabriel begins with the hosts Defconn and others introducing the show and inviting the first two guests- Park Bo-gum and Park Myung-soo. The two share their experience after living 72 hours with a new identity and in a place, no one knows about them.

The two men share their enthusiasm and how different it is from playing a role as an actor as they are living the life of another person without knowing much about them. As they recall their time as another person, they reveal that they are still in contact with the people they met during the shooting of this show.

With this, the show begins and Defconn starts the first episode of the show with Bo-gum’s travel story. After a brief interview with the show’s team and letting them know of his preferences and wishes for the kind of life he’d live if he was someone else, the show’s team ships him off to Dublin, Ireland.

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Bo-gum is told that his new life begins in this country when he leaves the airport. Bo-gum shows his excitement and nervousness towards this new role as he embarks on this new journey. He leaves the airport and comes across a delivery sent to him, wherein he finds the keys to his new house and a map of where he needs to go and the room that belongs to him.

While the confusion between his real and new identity collides throughout the way to his new house, Bo-gum soon reaches his house, which leaves him surprised and happy. He soon makes his way to his new room, where he looks around to find clues related to his new identity. he sees that this person is someone whose work is related to music and is tensed with how he will perform.

He then finds out that this man’s name is Ruaidhri and he has left a to-do list for Bo-gum to follow. Now introducing himself as Euaidhri, Bo-gum finds it hard to spell his new name while the list leaves him baffled as even the food habits of Ruaidhri are noted down. Bo-gum soon finds out that Ruaidhri is part of a choir and may as well be the leader of this choir.

While his new life leaves him tensed, he ends the day and goes to bed. The next day, he wakes up and follows Ruaidhri’s banana, almond and avocado eating schedule. However, this leaves him unsatisfied and he soon enters the shared kitchen of the apartment and helps himself to an egg with some bread.

With this, he soon heads out to check the area and after some time, he enters a mart where he buys 4 oranges for 4 euros. However, he soon finds a fruit market where he finds 10 oranges for 2 euros and rushes back to the mart to get a refund and buy these oranges. Having made this achievement, a sneak peek shows Bo-gum sharing this story with everyone during the next few days.

He then continues to follow the schedule and sets off to meet Ruaidhri’s friends, who surprise Bo-gum with their easy nature. While Bo-gum is flustered for a moment, he gets along with them as Ruaidhri and tries to probe about the person Ruaidhri is. He is soon able to confirm that Ruaidhri is indeed the leader of a choir and they are to perform in front of the public by the end of the show.

Bo-gum is once again flustered and tensed for what is to happen as he has no idea about how he is going to achieve this task. While he continues to pull his hair over this task, the group soon makes their way to grab some lunch. There Bo-gum talks about Ruaidhri’s meal plan and the oranges he bought. He then talks about his upcoming visit to Ruaidhri’s parents which has him sweating.

After a quick lunch, the group moves to practise their upcoming performance and introduce Bo-gum to the rest of the choir. Everyone welcomes Bo-gum enthusiastically as their Ruaidhri and begins to practise. While Bo-gum finds it harder to put himself in the leader’s shoes, he soon uses his talent and begins to give feedback and improve the piece being played by the choir.

However, when coming to the third song, he breaks into tears as emotions fill him when listening to the soulful voices of the group. While others too find themselves getting teary, they clap for him while he appreciates their voices. The group soon ends practice and heads out for some drinks after work.

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With this, Bo-gum’s spends a day as Ruaidhri and his part comes to an end. We then move to Park Myung-soo’s travels as his wishes take him to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Upon reaching the airport, he is picked up by a woman who introduces herself as his wife while his new identity is Votti.

Myung-soo is flustered by the turn of events as he takes time to settle in his new role. He then finds out that Votti also has a 6-month-old daughter, which has him excited to meet her. While he has small talks with his “wife” Jaem to his new house, they soon reach their destination.

Before meeting his new daughter, he meets Votti’s cousin Si, and later meets Votti’s assistant Su. He finally meets the little Nallan and is charmed by her as he continues to play with her while Jaem’s friend Poon arrives with food. While the names are relatively easier for him, he is easily confused.

Soon, the women start eating the food brought by Poon while Myung-soo offers to look after Nallan while they eat. Following this, it is soon his turn to eat and he is happy about the food in front of him. However, he soon finds out that the business Votti has been doing is selling som tam.

Myung-soo is shocked for a moment after being told this and is then told that he has to sell this on Votti’s bike. Myung-soo is flustered as he assures himself that he will be able to do it with some practice. Later, he is told that he will be sleeping on the sofa, which is no different from his life back home. However, the high temperature is making it hard for him to settle for the time being.

Later, Jaem tells him that he needs to bathe the child and he once again gets back to work. Having already done this once, handling a child is relatively easier for him. He soon puts Nallan to sleep and begins to crave the cool room in which Nallan is sleeping. However, he gets back to his sofa bed and spends the night in the summer heat of Thailand.

With this, the day ends for Myung-soo as well, bringing the episode to an end.

My Name is Gabriel Episode 1 Review

Episode 1 introduces the happenings of this show as we find out the journey that the participants have embarked on through the first two guests- Park Bo-gum and Park Myung-soo. With this episode, we can say that this show has brought a unique experience to the participants, while also bringing the right amount of entertainment to the viewers.

The episode has surely brought excitement and eagerness to see how the two achieve their tasks while also brings about curiosity as to what identities will the other contestants take up in the upcoming episodes. Altogether, this is surely an exciting opening to the show and we are ready to see what comes next.

Watch My Name is Gabriel on Disney+.

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