4 days ago
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
K-drama Second Shot at Love midseason recap: uneasy mix of social themes and romcom tropes
Lead cast: Choi Soo-young, Gong Myung
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Latest Nielsen rating: 2.7 per cent
At one point in Second Shot at Love, Han Geum-joo (played by Girl's Generation K-pop star Choi Soo-young) reveals her habit of drinking soju secreted inside a bottle of toner at her vanity table to hide her drinking habit from her imperious mother, Kim Gwang-ok (Kim Sung-ryoung,
A Virtuous Business ).
In the same confessional sequence, her father, Han Jung-soo (Kim Sang-ho,
Sweet Home ), and sister Han Hyun-woo (Jo Yoon-hee,
The Escape of the Seven ) also reveal their hiding places – bourbon in a cistern, beer cans in a doghouse.
Hiding bottles of booze from family members is a pretty clear sign of serious alcoholism. This seems to fit with the apparent theme of the show, which is about a young woman trying to kick her drinking habit and get her life back on track.
