O'PENing

A heartwarming comedy about a mother-daughter pair, with Ha Young discovering Kim Jung-young’s secrets – and the extent of Mom’s fan love for trot idol Lee Yi-kyung – when the money from Lee’s fan club disappears together with Mom.

In a story about romance and growth, we follow our heroine Lee Joo-young – alongside Shin Jae-ha and Park Se-jin among others in the cast – as she tries to overcome her inferiority complex and take a stand for herself against the world.

The quirky romance has shopkeeper Im Se-mi annoyed by pesky customer Lee Shi-woo, coming in to sell just one glass soju bottle each and every day. But when someone unexpectedly abandons a puppy at the store, the two end up becoming a team in order to look for the culprit.

Starring Jang Gyuri and Kim So-hye among others, the two-episode narrative takes us through the wringer with a set of quadruplets becoming three. It’s a lovely use of names with the older three siblings being Ah-reum, Da-woon, and Woo-ri, which together form the phrase, “our beautiful,” and they sadly lose their youngest sibling Nara, meaning “country.” But one day, the trio meet the lonely Yeo-reum, meaning “summer” – hence, our story’s title – and we follow the group’s healing journey as they find love and happiness again.

Jang Seung-jo and Lee Seol lure us into a virtual reality where an actor takes on the mission of protecting a child as if the father. But when he starts to develop a real dad’s love for the boy, he’s forced to confront an unthinkable truth.