MBC‘s ‘Motel California’ Lee Se-young and Na In-woo make your heart flutter with their all-time ‘Official Couple’ moment.

MBC’s Friday-Saturday drama ‘Motel California’ (planned by Jang Jae-hoon/directed by Kim Hyung-min, Lee Jae-jin/written by Lee Seo-yoon/produced by HB Entertainment/hereafter ‘Motel California’) is a first love remodeling romance about a woman who was born and raised in a motel in the countryside and reunites with her first love in her hometown she ran away from 12 years ago. Based on the popular 2019 novel ‘Home, Bitter Home’ by Shim Yoon-seo, the dense narrative, great acting, and sensational directing are receiving rave reviews and are loved as a ‘confident addict drama’. In particular, based on the 7th episode, it recorded its own highest viewership rating of 6.0% nationwide, 6.1% in the metropolitan area, and a peak viewership rating of 7.6%, and expectations for the climax are growing by the day. (Based on Nielsen Korea household standards)

Among them, ‘Motel Cali’ has drawn attention by revealing a loving couple shot of Kang-hee (played by Lee Se-young) and Yeon-soo (played by Na In-woo). The two of them foreshadowed their full-fledged start as a couple in the 8th episode, with Yeon-soo‘s straightforward confession of “Let’s date”. Through Kang-hee and Yeon-soo‘s sweet and loving actions, it can be guessed that they have become an ‘official couple’, and so attention is focused on their future actions.



In the released stills, Yeon-soo can’t hide her smile as soon as she enters her room and discovers Kang-hee hiding in it. Yeon-soo‘s sweet eyes and the corners of her lips that are raised as she looks at Kang-hee, who is hiding behind a teddy bear, reveal her affection that cannot be hidden. In addition, Kang-hee’s 180-degree change in front of Yeon-soo heightens interest. Kang-hee has been acting cruelly in order to push Yeon-soo away, which made viewers‘ hearts ache. Now that they are finally a couple, Kang-hee’s lovely appearance of freely expressing the affection that he has been holding back until now makes us laugh. As such, curiosity is rising as to how the love story between Kang-hee and Yeon-soo, which makes viewers‘ hearts flutter with just the stills, will be portrayed in the main broadcast, and the sweet time between Kang-hee and Yeon-soo, the ’Cheonji Couple‘ who finally became lovers after overcoming their 23-year first love story, can be seen in episode 9 of ’Motel Cali‘.

The production team of ’Motel Cali‘ teased, “In episode 9, scheduled to air on the 7th (Friday), Kang-hee and Yeon-soo, who have been making viewers anxious, will finally show off their couple moments as an official couple,” and added, “Please show lots of interest to see whether Kang-hee and Yeon-soo will be able to enjoy a sweet date safely within the Hana-eup radar network, and what Kang-hee and Yeon-soo will show their chemistry as official lovers rather than friends.”

A New Year’s home theater The well-made first love romance MBC Friday-Saturday drama ’Motel California’, which is producing ‘Motel California’, will air its 9th episode on the 7th (Friday) at 9:50 PM.

Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.com

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