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Second Shot at Love

Second Shot at Love () is a 2025 South Korean romantic comedy television series written by Myeong Su-hyun and Jeon Ji-hyeon, directed by Chang Yoo-jung, and starring Choi Soo-young and Gong Myung. The series follows the journey of Han Geum-joo and Seo Eui-joon as they navigate their contrasting views on alcohol and a second chance at love. It aired on tvN from May 12, to June 17, 2025, every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST). It is available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and on Viu and Viki in selected regions.

Synopsis

Han Geum-joo is a skilled car mechanic with ten years of experience. She views herself as a "reasonable drinker" and values interacting with others. Nevertheless, she chooses to stop drinking after being classified as an alcoholic. Her life becomes more complicated when she meets up with her first love, Eui-joon, who left his position as a medical specialist in Seoul to become the director of Bocheon Health Center.

Cast and characters

Main

A highly skilled auto mechanic at the headquarters of MFH Automobile Service Center with 10 years of experience.
A psychiatrist and the head of Bocheon Health Center who hates alcohol.
Geum-joo and Hyun-joo's mother as well as Jung-soo's wife. She is the only anti-alcoholic in the family and was a bank employee at Bocheon Village Credit Union.
Geum-joo and Hyun-joo's father and Gwang-ok's husband who is a heavy drinker and runs a pension in the village.
Geum-joo's eldest sister, a single mother raising her twin sons and a heavy drinker like her father.
A taekwondo instructor who runs the Bocheon Taekwondo Center and both Geum-joo and Eui-joon's high school classmate.

Supporting

Bocheon Health Center

A nurse at Bocheon Health Center who worked as a head nurse at a university hospital in Seoul.
  • Lee Tae-yul as Young-rong
A physical therapist at Bocheon Health Center.

Residents of Bocheon Lake Village

  • as Bong Sun-hwa
Sun-wook's older sister.
  • as Lee Young-woong
A car center technician who is Sun-hwa's husband and Hwa-young's father.
  • Kim Min-chae as Lee Hwa-young
Sun-hwa and Young-woong's daughter.
  • Lee Joong-ok as Ki-bum's father who runs a galbi restaurant with his wife and Jung-soo's drinking buddy
  • Kim Hyun-sook as Ki-bum's mother who runs a galbi restaurant with her husband and a representative of gossips in the village
  • Son Sang-gyu as Young-woong's father who runs Young-woong Super Gamaekjip with his wife
  • Joo In-young as Young-woong's mother who runs Young-woong Super Gamaekjip with her husband

Others

  • as Kim Sa-bum
An employee at Bocheon Taekwondo Center.
  • Yeom Seung-yi as Choi Mi-yeon
Geum-joo's co-worker and best friend.
  • Yoo Eui-tae as Kim Joo-yeop
Geum-joo's ex-boyfriend.

Production

Development

The series was developed under the working title Extremely Senseful Alcoholic (). It is written by Myung Soo-hyun, who wrote Ugly Miss Young-ae series (2008–2015), Drinking Solo (2016), A Poem a Day (2018), and Monthly Magazine Home (2021) and Jeon Ji-hyun, and directed by Chang You-jeong, who directed the film series Honest Candidate and Honest Candidate 2. Planned by Studio Dragon and produced by How Pictures.

Casting

In August 2024, Choi Soo-young and Gong Myung were reportedly cast as the leads for the series. Jo Yoon-hee was reportedly cast the following month. In November 2024, Kim Sung-ryung said in an interview that she currently filming the series at that time. The next month, Kim Hyun-sook joined the cast in a supporting role.

In February 2025, Choi, Gong, Jo, and Kim – together with Kim Sang-ho – were officially confirmed to cast.

Release

In December 2024, TVN announced Second Shot at Love as part of its 2025 drama line-up. In January 2025, the series was scheduled to broadcast in May. It was confirmed to premiere on May 12, 2025, and will air every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST). It will also be available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and on Viki in selected regions.

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