Second Shot at Love

Han Geum-joo is a skilled car mechanic with ten years of experience. She views herself as a "reasonable drinker" and values interacting with others. Nevertheless, she chooses to stop drinking after being classified as an alcoholic. Her life becomes more complicated when she meets up with her first love, Eui-joon, who left his position as a medical specialist in Seoul to become the director of Bocheon Health Center. == Cast and characters ==

Main • Choi Soo-young as Han Geum-joo : A taekwondo instructor who runs the Bocheon Taekwondo Center and both Geum-joo and Eui-joon's high school classmate. Supporting Bocheon Health Center • Bae Hae-sun as Baek Hye-mi : A nurse at Bocheon Health Center who worked as a head nurse at a university hospital in Seoul. • Lee Tae-yul as Young-rong : A physical therapist at Bocheon Health Center. Residents of Bocheon Lake Village • as Bong Sun-hwa : Sun-wook's older sister. • as Lee Young-woong : A car center technician who is Sun-hwa's husband and Hwa-young's father. • Kim Min-chae as Lee Hwa-young • Kim Hyun-sook as Ki-bum's mother who runs a galbi restaurant with her husband and a representative of gossips in the village • Son Sang-gyu as Young-woong's father who runs Young-woong Super Gamaekjip with his wife Others • as Kim Sa-bum : An employee at Bocheon Taekwondo Center. • Yeom Seung-yi as Choi Mi-yeon : Geum-joo's co-worker and best friend. • Yoo Eui-tae as Kim Joo-yeop : Geum-joo's ex-boyfriend. == Production ==

Development The series was developed under the working title Extremely Senseful Alcoholic (). It is written by Myung Soo-hyun, who wrote Ugly Miss Young-ae series (2008–2015), Drinking Solo (2016), A Poem a Day (2018), and Monthly Magazine Home (2021) and Jeon Ji-hyun, and directed by Chang You-jeong, who directed the film series Honest Candidate and Honest Candidate 2. Jo Yoon-hee was reportedly cast the following month. In November 2024, Kim Sung-ryung said in an interview that she currently filming the series at that time. The next month, Kim Hyun-sook joined the cast in a supporting role. In February 2025, Choi, Gong, Jo, and Kim – together with Kim Sang-ho – were officially confirmed to cast. == Release ==

In December 2024, TVN announced Second Shot at Love as part of its 2025 drama line-up. In January 2025, the series was scheduled to broadcast in May. It was confirmed to premiere on May 12, 2025, and will air every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST). It will also be available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and on Viki in selected regions. == Viewership ==