TV Series2024 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Ended

Serendipity's Embrace

Name: Serendipity's Embrace
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Cast: Kim So-hyun, Chae Jong-hyeop, Yun Ji-on, Kim Da-som, Lee Won-jeong

Taste attributes: dramacomedyromanceteentried & testedwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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Boxlist takeExpect a stirring, contained comedy-drama series, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

8.1 /10

TMDB · 30 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2024 · 8 episodes

In her final year of high school, Lee Hong-ju fell head over heels in love. But this first brush with love ended in heartbreak. Ever since, she has been deeply skeptical when it comes to everything love-related. A decade later, she has become an animation producer when fate reunites her with her former crush, Kang Hu-young, in a café. He has returned to South Korea from the United States, and is now a 29-year-old financial planner. They are both hit by a wave of emotions. Could a fresh chance at romance be in the cards? Or has too much water passed under the bridge?

Episodes (8)

1My First Love22 Jul 2024
Hu-young comes back to Korea and goes on a blind date that Joseph set up for him. There, he runs into Hong-ju. Upon hearing Hu-young’s return to Korea, Hye-ji plans a welcome party for him. However, Hong-ju turns up drunk, sharing all sorts of things Hu-young didn’t expect to hear.
2The Ex-Boyfriend23 Jul 2024
Hong-ju turns out to be living downstairs in Hu-young's house, and Hu-young asks his uncle to take him on a tour around Seoul. Hu-young and Hong-ju end up having a date at an amusement park, and they have a fun day together. Meanwhile, Joon-ho, who left Hong-ju three years ago, appeared in front of him, asked to work…
3The Confession29 Jul 2024
Hu-young realizes that Hong-ju’s ex is Bang Joon-ho, the writer of “My Avant-Garde Lover.” Hong-ju’s boss tells her to work on a project with Joon-ho. Hong-ju hesitates, but she decides to do it in the end. Hye Ji learns that Hu-young has feelings for Hong-ju. Meanwhile, Hong-ju gets into a car accident.
4Just Friends30 Jul 2024
Hu-young confesses his feelings to Hong-ju, but she pretends she didn’t hear it. Hong-ju insists on going home instead of staying in the hospital, so Hu-young takes her to his place to take care of her. Joon-ho sees Hu-young and Hong-ju together and gets the wrong idea.
5What is Love?5 Aug 2024
Hong-ju is forced to go on a fishing trip with Hu-young, Sang-pil, and Wook. Although it’s awkward for her, she tries to enjoy the trip. Hye-ji and Kyung-taek join later, and Hye-ji tells Hong-ju that she’s not dating Kyung-taek. Meanwhile, Hong-ju is told to work with Joon-ho in his studio for a month.
6The Beginning of a New Relationship6 Aug 2024
Hong-ju decides to give Hu-young a shot. Hu-young quits his job to stay in Korea and be with Hong-ju. Hye-ji visits Kyung-taek who fell sick and runs into his mother by coincidence. Meanwhile, Hong-ju’s father calls Jun Ho and tells him to stay away from Hong-ju.
7Without Saying Goodbye12 Aug 2024
Joon-ho tells Hong-ju why he had to leave her three years ago, but even after hearing the reason, she can’t forgive him for leaving her. Hong-ju meets Hu-young’s mom who tells her to end the relationship. Meanwhile, Hu-young finds out Hong-ju’s new project she’s working on with Joon-ho.
8Coincidences and Fate13 Aug 2024
Hu-young’s mother tells Hong-ju to come to the US with Hu-young and live there. After hearing that, Hu-young asks Hong-ju to come with him, but she turns him down. Hu-young doesn’t get to see Hong-ju on the day he leaves for the US, but a surprise awaits him at the airport.

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

After 10 years in the US, Hu-young returns to Korea and meets his first love, Hong-ju, at a café by chance. Just as the window into which Peter Pan flew happened to be Wendy's room. Just as the prince happened to find Cinderella's glass shoes. As if nothing had changed in the past 10 years, Hu-young becomes clumsier only in front of Hong-ju. It’s like going back to the age of 19 when he met his first love, Hong-ju. Hu-young and Hong-ju’s days, which have faded a little, begin to turn into vivid rainbow colors again.

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