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Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

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A simple premise, cute romances, and seaside scenery blend with the chaotic yet warm community. This drama promises comfort that you'll find yourself watching it at least once a year. ACT I   Hook: Ep.1 In a big city and alone, Hye-jin is running along a bridge. As she arrives at her apartment, she has a conversation with a woman whose daughter lives in the same building, and looks uncomfortable. Set-up: Ep.1 Hye-jin, who is a dentist, has a fight with her boss after her patient, who is the woman from earlier, has been removed from her care after she refused to give extra treatment to get more money. She then quits her job. Weeks pass by, but she hasn't gotten any jobs yet because of the rumor that has been spread by her ex-boss. Doo-shik, who is known as Chief Hong, has no permanent job. He likes to help people by doing a lot of part-time jobs that are offered to him in his hometown, Gongjin. On her mother's birthday, Hye-jin comes to Gongjin, where she meets D...

Still 17

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That house with a big tree in its yard is not just a house. Living there, three people, who are somehow connected to a big incident in the past, are trying to heal and find themselves again. Through love and friendship, the house not only gives warmth to its residents, but also to our hearts. ACT I Hook: Ep.1 Young Woo-jin was drawing a girl who piqued his curiosity, and he planned to give it to her so he could befriend her. The girl's name was Seo-ri, a violinist, whom he mistakenly called Soo-mi. Set-up: Ep.1-4 Woo-jin and Seo-ri coincidentally met on the bus. Seo-ri asked him for directions to the art hall. To give her a drawing that he had made, Woo-jin told her to remain on the bus and get off at the next stop instead, as Soo-mi suddenly encountered them. Flustered, he jumped off the bus. When he tried to catch the bus to give Seo-ri’s charm back that came off of her backpack, a multi-vehicle accident happened in front of his eyes. Soo-mi, whom he thought was Seo-r...

Because This Is My First Life

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A classic contract marriage trope in which every scene doesn't make you feel cringe. Instead, their calm presence and poetic way of speaking make your heart swoon. ACT I Hook: Ep.1 Living in a patriarchal household, there's no way a daughter would have a chance to make a wish. Since Ji-ho was a kid, it was always her younger brother who blew her candles out before she had a chance to make a wish, and her father who impatiently ate her birthday cake. As she turned 20, in front of her friends, she finally made her first birthday wish: to become an excellent writer. Set-up: Ep.1-2 Ji-ho, who just turned 30, has nothing good happen in her life—unexpectedly becomes homeless after refusing to live with her younger brother and his wife, her writing career doesn't go well as her senior tries to ruin the drama script that she wrote, her crush of three years has already a girlfriend and does sexual harassment to her. All she wants is to find a room to rent and have a good...