Please stop drinking Choi Soo-young ♥ Gong Myung, the beauty of a tightly closed bilateral healing romance
Jun 18, 2025
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In the final episode of tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama 「"Please Take Care of This Week" (directed by Myung Soo-hyun, Jeon Ji-hyun, Jang Yoo-jung, and Cho Nam-hyung), Han Geum-joo (Choi Soo-young) and Seo Eui-joon (Jongyeong) delivered a deep echo as they healed each other's wounds and grew together.
On this day's broadcast, Seo Eui-joon was shocked to find out that Baek Hye-mi (Bae Hae-sun), a male nurse, was his real mother. However, leaning on Baek Hye-mi's warm heart and Han Geum-joo's careful comfort, Seo Eui-joon slowly opened the door of his heart and began to accept Baek Hye-mi as a mother.
His relationship with his father, who has been weighing down his inner life for a long time, has also ended. The death of a nurse due to the disturbance of her alcoholic father remained a deep trauma to Seo Eui-joon, but the repeated comfort and support of Han Geum-ju were a great help. In the end, Seo Eui-joon faced the past away from the guilt that weighed on him and announced a new start as the first hospital director of a hospital specializing in treating alcohol dependence.
In the midst of all these processes, Han Geum-ju firmly stood by Seo Eui-joon's side. Even when he was shaken in front of the truth with his mother, and when he brought out his painful past, there was always Han Geum-ju by Seo Ui-jun, and his friendly comfort and sincere support were his support. The two, who embraced each other's wounds, showed the essence of the Both-way healing romance and moved them warmly.
In this way, 'Please Take Care of Drink' follows the change of Hanggeumju, which jumped into the unfamiliar challenge of 'Drinking' in a daily life familiar with drinking, depicting a romance as cool as beer and a family narrative as delicious as makgeolli. As a result, it was placed next to the audience as a healing drama that drew broad sympathy from all generations and delivered warm empathy and pleasant fun.
Above all, he left a special resonance by capturing the theme of 'Bulju' with a gaze of empathy and support. The approach, which showed the process of naturally overcoming the alcohol dependence problem in daily life and relationships while not drawing heavy, touched many people's hearts with calm comfort.
What made this message even stronger was the actors' passionate performance. Choi Soo-young depicted Han Geum-ju's complex inner side realistically with her delicate emotional performance, and Gong Myung created deep sympathy with her heavy presence. On top of that, the unique acting and perfect chemistry of the Bochon Village families, including Kim Sung-ryeong, Kim Sang-ho, and Cho Yoon-hee, enhanced the completeness of the play. The lines and scenes that made me press the sympathy button in each episode, and the direction and music that made use of the atmosphere of Bocheon left the story lingering longer.
As such, the synergy created by sincere stories, acting, and directing was conveyed to overseas viewers. 'Please Look After This Week' entered the top 10 in 139 countries, including the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and India on the Rakuten Viki platform, and eight other major Asian countries, including Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia, entered the top 10 charts, proving their global popularity.
The final episode, which aired on the same day, averaged 3.7 percent and up to 5 percent for households in the Seoul metropolitan area, 3.6 percent and up to 4.8 percent for households nationwide, ranking first in both cable and general service channels at the same time. In addition, it ranked first in cable and general programming channels at the same time in 2049 male and female viewership, which is the target of tvN. (Based on paid platforms integrated with cable, IPTV, and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)
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