Park Tae-Yang (Park Ju-Hyun) was a promising badminton player on the national team. A mysterious dark secret caused her to leave the sport for 3 years. She has returned — as an outcast — to play for the company team Yunis. Park Tae-Joon (Chae Jong-Hyeop) is also a great player, but has always lived in the shadow of his even-better sister, who also played on the national team. Tae-Joon ends up taking a job with team Yunis also, where he meets Park Tae-Yang and…
K-Drama Bingo Score
Using the Modern K-Drama set
Running commentary
High stakes badminton, a girl with a mysterious secret, and the charming badminton slacker who falls for her. Let's go!
There are so many Korean standoffs — 2 people and 3-way standoffs — that it's almost impossible to keep track of them all. No one really raidates happiness in this series, and there are a lot of confrontations.
S01E14 comes so close to a pinky swear. Junghwan walks away with a "Whatever." Disappointing.
Overall a decent series, the badminton scenes are actually pretty great to watch, but Park Ju-Hyun's inability to attempt happiness — most of the time — puts a damper on the romance.
- S01E01Park Tae-Yang and Park Tae-Joon met as children, when she stole his bicycle. She pretended not to know him 15 years later.
- S01E05Park Tae-Joon goes out with his friend
- S01E07Park Tae-Joon and Park Tae-Yang flirting on the court. The other players are sickened.
- Bonus point for: Three-person standoffsS01E05, S01E08There are at least 2, one of which is a cute, seated version where they are on opposing benches, 20 feet apart. Episode 8 gives us the first 3-way Korean standoff of K-Drama Bingo, with the Park siblings and Park Tae-Yang facing off in the arena hallway.
- S01E05Park Tae-Yang's mother passed during her unexplained absence
- S01E07The tragically injured Park Junyoung is transported to an ambulance via piggyback
- S01E012Park Tae-Yang has a somber moment on the swings
- S01E08Park Tae-Yang gives two thumbs up to Park Tae-Jun for winning his match
- S01E09, S01E10Park Tae-Yang's first sight of Park Joon-Young in 3 years. Park Joon-Young is not interested in being friends.
Unmatched Bingo Spaces
- (Dis)possession
- Vehicular tragedy
- Bullying
- Cartoony FX
- Cramped quarters
- Crushing Debt
- Middle-of-the-Road Soliliquy
- Pinky swear
- Rumble tummy
- Shamans & Talismans
- Son Hyeung Min
- 강한나 (Kang Han-Na)
- 내 친구 ("My friend…")
- 한국어학교 (Language lessons)