In 'Joseon's Lover' (hereinafter referred to as Lover), which aired on the 27th, the Lovers MCs heated up the atmosphere with the story of 'sperm bank' from the beginning. While Park Soo-hong shared the news of sperm freezing and Im Ra-ra announced the egg freezing, Choi Seong-guk expressed his desire for the second generation, saying, “I should also find out if I am infertile based on one year.” Afterwards, another 'lover's battle' took place between 'rivals' Park Soo-hong and Choi Seong-guk, and Park Soo-hong even made a bombshell remark, "I'm an animal, an animal," making the studio burst into laughter.
In the following VCR, Lee Soo-min, who is hoping to marry her boyfriend Won-hyuk, sends an SOS to the production crew and summons her father Yong-sik Lee to a cafe to change the mood. Amidst the awkwardness, Lee Soo-min brought up the topic of 'Mr. Trot 2', and Yong-sik Lee asked seriously, "This is my first time asking, why do you want to marry him (Wonhyuk)?" Su-min Lee answered, choking back tears, “He sympathizes with me just like my dad sympathizes with me.”
Lee Yong-sik said, “I know it’s nonsense to say that I won’t come to my parents’ house when I get married. “But only people will come, so I don’t think ‘my daughter Sumin’ will come,” he said, honestly revealing his uneasiness about his daughter’s marriage for the first time. He also expressed his fear of how sad he would be if Lee Soo-min was put in that situation, saying, “It hurts my heart just to see my daughter having to leave her parents’ house quickly because she wants to see her husband in the drama.”
Lee Soo-min shed tears as she sympathized with her father's feelings, but said, "Don't think of it as marriage yet, just say, 'My daughter is dating this kind of man,' and let's meet briefly and have a meal... “He carefully persuaded me. Then Lee Yong-sik finally responded positively.
On the day of the meeting that finally took place, 'prospective son-in-law' Wonhyeok was worried about the title for Lee Yong-sik between 'father' and 'teacher'. When the production crew asked him what he thought of his ‘father-in-law’, he shook his head and said it was difficult. The situation was the same for Lee Yong-sik. After pondering over whether to call Wonhyuk ‘ya’ or ‘hyukah’ or ‘you’ for over 30 minutes, he decided to follow the title his wife used to call him. While all four people are nervous about meeting, the official face-to-face meeting between Won-hyuk and Lee Yong-sik is scheduled to be revealed next week.
And ‘Older Men’, planned by Choi Seong-guk, reunited two weeks after the first filming. On this day, ‘new groom’ Choi Seong-guk opened his mouth by saying, “I made my wife cry.” As the men became more serious, Choi Seong-guk said, “While my wife was washing the dishes, I left a new cell phone on the table as a Christmas present. “He cried while saying ‘I love you,’” he boasted, bursting into laughter. Yoon Ki-won said, “It’s not the ending we wanted. There must be a fight and the family must be destroyed... “He joked, reprimanding Choi Seong-guk, who is enjoying a happy newlywed life.
Shim Hyun-seop then attempted to make a phone call with the 'blind date girl' who he had not met once in the past two weeks but wanted to confess to. Both Najeosi and Lovers cheered at the better-than-expected response. Park Soo-hong, who was watching this, said, “It’s not that I don’t like it. He expressed his honest opinion, saying, “That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist(?).” And a video of her taken from a distance by the production crew was briefly released, making Lovers go wild.
Next, Yoon Ki-won, a 'new lover' who could not overcome the men's torch, called his girlfriend Lee Joo-hyun, a 'modeling professor'. Lee Joo-hyun said she was watching broadcasts in which Yoon Ki-won appeared, saying, “I can’t watch it in person, so I have no choice but to watch it on TV…” “He showed off his charming side. Also, Joohyun Lee hung up the phone with the only solo(?) Gwanggyu Kim, promising a natural blind date. Lastly, Choi Seong-guk also called his wife, but despite four attempts, only a voice recording came out saying that the phone was turned off, giving everyone a big laugh due to the unexpected situation.
Meanwhile, on this day's broadcast, Shim Hyun-seop's 'Single Man House' was revealed and the surprising news that he had a hidden housemate (?) was announced, raising curiosity about next week. TV CHOSUN's 'Joseon's Lover', a real documentary entertainment show that captures every moment of raw love, is released every Monday at 10 PM on TV CHOSUN.
Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr