Love Take Two Episode 1 Review: Warm and Heartbreaking Start

In this healing drama, construction site worker Ji-an finds herself reinventing herself after her daughter and pride of her life, Hyo-ri, starts to rebel. When her old love Jeong-seok re-enters her life, sparks fly between his son Bo-hyeon and Hyo-ri, and old feelings come to the surface for their parents as well.

Love Take Two Episode 1 has a runtime of 61 minutes.

Love Take Two Episode 1 Recap

The episode opens with Hyo-ri and Ji-an getting the terrible diagnosis that she has a tumour, and it leaves them both heartbroken. We then see Ji-an at work, where her coworkers clearly love her charming personality and enthusiasm. However, things get a bit icy between the mother and daughter, as Hyo-ri doesn’t like the way Ji-an lives her life. And as if things couldn’t get any worse, Chief Hwang lets Ji-an know the next morning that he won’t be paying her back, leaving her to wonder about Hyo-ri’s tuition.

As if things couldn’t get any worse, the CEO screams at her as well. Hyo-ri is having an equally bad day at the hospital, but she’s in no mood to take her senior’s bullying and gives it to him straight, leaving everyone stunned. She then quits school in the ultimate boss move. When Ji-an learns of this turn of events, she is first left confused and then absolutely bewildered. Elsewhere, Hyo-ri is on the run and refuses to entertain her mother’s questions any longer.

Hyo-ri and her friend, Sook, meanwhile, go off on a journey to an architecture studio after spending a fun-filled evening by the sea. As Ji-an is left speechless when she realises that Hyo-ri closed her bank account, Hyo-ri arrives at Cheonghae Village, believing it to be fate. At home, Ji-an and Sun-young come across their photos on social media and make their way to the village as well.

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At Cheonghae, Hyo-ri and the villagers convince Ryu Bo-hyeon to let the girls park in his driveway while he helps them fix their car the next day. When Ji-an reaches Hyo-ri, the two have a terrible fight as the former tries to force her daughter to come back home. However, Hyo-ri is in no mood to be bullied and, after telling Sook and Sun-young to go back home before telling Ji-an that she has a tumour. Ji-an is left speechless and gets a second opinion, but it all comes back the same. In the end, Hyo-ri tells Ji-an that she needs some space and will be living in Cheonghae from now on.

With her daughter’s words ringing in her ear, Ji-an decides to make changes in her own life while Jung Moon-hee comforts Hyo-ri, who sits sobbing beside the sea.

Love Take Two Episode 1 Review

Yeom Jung-ah and Choi Yun-ji make for an extremely believable duo in Love Take Two, with their bickering and difficult relationship, and how they will get over it as Hyo-ri’s illness progresses becomes the crux of the story. The first episode is quite enjoyable as it turns from humorous to very heartbreaking within a few scenes. I am excited to see the relationship between Park Hae-joon and Kim Min-kyu (whom I just finished watching in Bitch x Rich Season 2) and how they all come together to deliver something wholesome. Till now, this one’s sweet, and I loved the leads’ portrayal of their characters.

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