19pts

Business Proposal

(사내맞선) 2022 SBS

Shin Ha-Ri (Kim Se-Jeong) works as a food researcher GoFoods, a large food services corporation. She has a friend, Jin Young-Seo, who is from a rich family. The new CEO of GoFoods, Kang Tae-Moo (Ahn Hyo-Seop), is being pressured to marry by his grandfather, who has arranged a series of acceptable dates for him. Jin Young-Seo is supposed to be his first date, but she hates going on blind dates, so she asks Ha-Ri to go in her place and to make the date as disastrous as possible. Unfortunately for her, our dapper CEO had already decided that he would marry the woman from the first date he had, just to get it over with…

K-Drama Bingo Score

Using the Modern K-Drama set

Running commentary

Surprisingly racy for a rom-kom. There's no "My friend" story in this one, but for other reasons we do get the classic declaration "You know I have no 친구!"

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(Dis)possession
(2 pt)
Notes
Ghosts, spirits inhabiting bodies, or body- or identity-swapping

S01E01
Ha-Ri pretends to be Jin Young-Seo on a date…that turns into a marriage proposal
Vehicular tragedy
(2 pt)
Notes
Someone is/was hit by a car, truck, bus, or motorcycle
S01E06
In a flashback, we see the tragic accident that killed Tao-Moo's parents
Bullying
(1 pt)
Notes
Be Best, Korea
S01E03
Chef Park was working with Ha-Ri's team until his bullying was exposed.
Cartoony FX
(1 pt)
Notes
Animal or cartoon visual and sound effects to reinforce behavior or mood
Chicken & Beer
(1 pt)
Notes
치맥, anyone?
S01E08
Jin Young-Seo and Ha-Ri share secrets and chicken and beer.
Cramped quarters
(1 pt)
Notes
Sleeping in a repurposed closet, or on a balcony, or in insane tiny student housing

S01E03
Jin Young-Seo lives in Ha-Ri's bedroom until finding a place of her own, after her father kicks her out of the house for not going on blind dates
Crushing Debt
(1 pt)
Notes
Characters are motivated by their debt (or a family member's), including the threat of foreclosure

S01E03
Ha-Ri is forced to sign a contract which, if she breaks it, will cost her 100x the amount she would earn from it.
Finger hearts
(1 pt)
Notes
Any use of finger hearts by a character
S01E01
Bonus points for showing fingers hearts on a K-Drama being watched by a character in a K-drama.
Korean Standoff
(1 pt)
Notes
Two principal characters have a serious, sometimes emotionally confrontational, conversation while standing at least 1m apart

S01E08
A very unlikely encounter on a bridge, and a standoff ultimatum quickly resolved
Piggyback
(1 pt)
Notes
Someone gives someone else a piggyback ride
S01E08
Jin Young-Seo hurts herself on the mountain
Pinky swear
(1 pt)
Notes
Two characters doing a pinky swear

Touching thumbs at the end is not a thing in America (based on my terrible polling), so that gets an easy bonus point for any wannabe K-drama.
S01E01
Jin Young-Seo makes a promise with a misbehaving child in a convenience store
Rumble tummy
(1 pt)
Notes
Audible stomach rumbling to indicate hunger
S01E03
Ha-Ri is hungry after the Melomane concert
The Playground
(1 pt)
Notes
Any scene taking place in a neighborhood playground
S01E05
Drunk Ha-Ri ends up in a playground
Thumbs up
(1 pt)
Notes
Two thumbs up for "Good job!"
Wrist grab
(2 pt)
Notes
Dramatically grabbing someone by the wrist as they walk away
Bonus point for: A woman grabbing a man instead of the more common man grabbing woman
S01E01, S01E02
Ha-Ri nearly falls down the stairs backing away from Tae-Moo, but is saved by a quick-thinking wrist grab. In episode 2, Ha-Ri grabs Tae-Moo's wrist in a simiilar situation
한국어학교 (Language lessons)
(1 pt)
Notes
Specifically linguistic wordplay, discussions about spelling, pronunciation, or Chinese root words
S01E04
Basically Dad jokes, but it fits the description

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Childhood friends forgotten
Characters knew, or at least encountered, each other in childhood, but somehow forgot
Memorial service
Funerals and memorial services
Middle-of-the-Road Soliliquy
Verbal musings on deep existential questions and/or tragicomic situations while in the middle of the street
Shamans & Talismans
Yellow paper talismans, written in calligraphic red ink; visits to a shaman for fortune-telling or body transfers
Son Hyeung Min
Mentions of Son Hyeung Min, or staying up to watch Tottenham Hotspur play
강한나 (Kang Han-Na)
The presence of Kang Han-Na makes everything at least 1 point better
내 친구 ("My friend…")
A character tells a story about "My friend" that is actually about themselves