MBC‘s ‘Motel California’ Lee Se-young and Na In-woo are raising expectations by signaling a change in the landscape of the ‘23-year-old first love story’ with an ‘exploding affection’ hug.

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. ‘Motel California’, based on the popular 2019 novel ‘Home, Bitter Home’ by Shim Yoon-seo, has risen to the ranks of highly immersive ‘fan dramas’, with rave reviews for the dense acting of the actors and the OST featuring South Korea‘s representative emotional singers Jeokjae and Jung Seung-hwan. Among these, ‘Motel Cali’ has drawn attention by releasing a still cut of Kang-hee (played by Lee Se-young) and Yeon-soo (played by Na In-woo) in a passionate embrace two days before the finale today (14th).

In the previous 10th episode, Kang-hee declared his breakup with a tearful confession of his first love to Yeon-soo, causing shock. Previously, Kang-hee and Yeon-soo overcame all adversity to become lovers after 23 years, causing extreme excitement and over-immersion. However, as Kang-hee recalls the memory of his mother and Yeon-soo’s father‘s accident that he had forgotten, he shocks everyone by recalling the memory of a young Kang-hee putting a doll in a car exhaust pipe in the past. Here, Kang-hee chooses to break up with Yeon-soo, saying that he is the cause of the two people’s deaths, and attention is focused on the future of Kang-hee and Yeon-soo‘s ‘first love remodeling’.



In the released still, Yeon-soo is seen shedding tears at Kang-hee. Yeon-soo’s tearful eyes reveal her longing and sadness for Kang-hee, which makes the viewers‘ hearts ache. Kang-hee and Yeon-soo became lovers while going through many hardships together, including the harsh gazes of the townspeople, unknown rumors, and even their parents’ infidelity, so their earnest feelings for each other are even more evident. In addition, Yeon-soo‘s desperate determination not to let Kang-hee go any longer is conveyed in the scene where she hugs Kang-hee, raising expectations as to whether their romance will have a happy ending.

Accordingly, the production team of ‘Motel Cali’ said, “In episode 11 that will air today (the 14th), Kang-hee and Yeon-soo’s 23-year-old first love story will reach its climax. In particular, Yeon-soo‘s ‘straightforward’ efforts to catch Kang-hee stand out. [#142] [#142] “Please watch until the end to see if Yeon-soo will be able to successfully remodel her first love with Kang-hee in the face of the big obstacle of her father’s death,” he said, raising expectations for episode 11 of ‘Motel California’ to the highest level.

The well-made first love romance MBC Friday-Saturday drama ’Motel California’, which is producing a lot of ‘Motel Passion’ on the New Year‘s home theater with its highly immersive ‘23-year-old first love narrative’, will air episode 11 tonight (the 14th) at 9:50 PM.

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

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