SBS's new TV movie, Our Chocolate Moment, proves that chocolate can be a source of healing for loneliness and an elixir to forming new bonds and relationships! We dive into why this feel-good drama is a must-watch!
Synopsis
The chocolate team at the center of our drama might have very different lives, but they all struggle with emptiness and loneliness in their own way. In this gentle story, we see them grow and heal through their love of chocolate. To open, we meet our leader of the chocolate team Joo Seoul Gi (So Ju Yeon The Midnight Romance in Hagwon 2024), who is extremely upbeat, positive, and loves snapping her chocolate bar at the bus stop every morning on her way to work.
Seul Gi is well aware that everyone at work doesn’t like her; in fact, she goes by the “seven-two-one” rule. She thinks that for every seven people who dislike her, two hate her, and only one likes her. Seul Gi hears her co-workers bad-mouthing her in the bathroom for working too hard, as it makes them look bad that they aren’t as enthusiastic as her. Have any of our readers ever experienced this before?
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Recap of episodes 1 & 2
Good at putting on a front, Seul Gi has managed to keep it together until she goes home, but her dad knows there’s something up. Dad tells Seul Gi that he liked the chocolate she made , and he could feel his daughter’s warm heart. Dad continues that he will always support Seul Gi’s dreams and if she wants his help, she has it. If she wants to rest, he will wait for her. With this, Seul Gi’s floodgates open and she lets out all of her disappointment from the day.
Our team of three go to see Mr. Hong (Choi Won Young Family by Choice 2024) and he makes them realize that the criticism about their chocolate was probably right. Even though at work they have all gone back to where they were before Jeremy (Song Ji Ho Lovely Runner 2024) in design, Seul Gi back to her unpleasant team, and Hyun Nam (Kong Seong Ha Doctor Slump 2024) turning in her resignation, to which they decide to give their chocolate one more try.
They make their final batch, and when our older gentleman visits Mr. Hong again, he tries their chocolate and thinks it’s marvelous. Mr. Hong admits he made it with his friends, which I have to say, the chocolate sounds delicious
The older gentleman pats Mr. Hong on the shoulder and tells him today is just the start, and as the older gentleman disappears into the night, Mr. Hong remembers him from when he was a child and is overwhelmed with gratitude for the comfort this man gave him. This does tend to happen often in Korean relationships both professionally and privately.
At the end of our story, Seul Gi visits Mr. Hong and explains that there is something he is better at than making chocolate: he’s good at reading people and how they feel. Seul Gi has learned that she never wanted to step out of her comfort zone and that her positivity exhausted her co-workers, ruined Mr. Hong’s solitude, and hurt her friends.
Mr. Hong sees things differently: because Seul Gi showed up, he ate noodles with friends for the first time, made memories in his workshop, made friends with young people who love chocolate, and the happiness she gave him made his time that had stood still start moving again. Could this lead to something else happening as the series progresses?
Why Our Chocolate Moment left us warm and cozy inside
As Mr. Hong takes a now-unemployed Hyun Nam under his wings and enjoys chocolate and drinks with his new young friends, I am left with a warm and fuzzy feeling. Whether it was learning to look at themselves differently, making new friends, or finding comfort in others, it was lovely to see the healing through their connection to chocolate and each other. This is a pretty stereotypical situation in which many Koreans often find themselves in.
What plot twists are you wanting to see from the characters in this new K-drama? Drop a comment and let us know.
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