First love turned crazy tenant in KBS rom-com The Law Cafe

25 August 27, 2022September 25, 2022

First love turned crazy tenant in KBS rom-com The Law Cafe

by missvictrix

KBS’s upcoming drama The Law Cafe is looking an awful lot like a quintessential K-drama rom-com — and you’ll hear no complains from me. The newest teaser opens with our two leads Lee Seung-gi (Mouse) and Lee Se-young (The Red Sleeve Cuff) as flirty high schoolers. Because is there a friends-to-lovers romance out there that would feel complete without our leads having a history?

Through the high school flashback it looks like our hero Kim Jung-ho (Lee Seung-gi) and heroine Kim Yuri (Lee Se-young) dated in their youth. We see them being cute together and hear Yuri mocking his haircut. From there we move into the present day, with the eponymous law cafe being created. And God bless dramaland: it’s a pitch-perfect K-drama set if ever I saw one. Inside we hear Yuri saying “law” in English and explaining her intentions to start a law cafe, as we see some drip coffee being made and Jung-ho flipping out over her plans… since he’s the landlord.

The next text screen positions Yuri as “his first love masquerading as a tenant,” and we see quick cuts of Yuri promising to live peacefully, but then doing anything but and creating much mayhem. In contrast, Jung-ho is noted as “the jobless tracksuit-wearing landlord” who defends himself and his fashion choices calling it “vintage, casual, ethnic high fashion” — and really, who can argue, since you can take the tracksuit out of dramaland but you can’t take dramaland out of the tracksuit.

From there the romantic hijinks start — accidental close proximity moments, secret staring, etc. — and Yuri asks if he’s being like this because they dated in the past. Jung-ho then says he’s only acting like this because “Yuri is a psycho,” and we see more cuts of her being the wild woman she seems to be. Sign me up, folks!

Directed by PD Lee Eun-jin (Happy to Die, Chief Kim) with scripts by Im Eui-jung (One Night), The Law Cafe premieres September 5 in the Monday-Tuesday slot.

First love turned crazy tenant in KBS rom-com The Law Cafe

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1 Elinor is trapped in the timeslip

August 27, 2022 at 10:38 AM

Is that a cat? I am very, very tired of lawyer shows, but I am 100% up for cats.

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mmmmm

August 27, 2022 at 11:58 AM

Me, too. I once studied law and unfortunately didn’t think it was a very fun field. I am still a lil mad at Ally McBeal for making a lawyer job looked fun and affected my decision about which field to pursue when I was young. 🥲

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Kafiyah Bello

August 27, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Lol. I am currently a lawyer. I keep thinking I should have sucked it up and just become a nurse. Less school and loans, but alas.😭😏

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mmmmm

August 27, 2022 at 11:59 PM

I’ve become an English language teacher :)

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Jance

August 28, 2022 at 12:13 PM

Snap!

mmmmm

August 28, 2022 at 12:17 PM

@jance I still have many things to learn about English, but can you pls tell me what snap here means? Are you teasing that I snap at my students?

Jance

August 28, 2022 at 12:22 PM

I'm saying I'm an English Language teacher too!

mmmmm

August 28, 2022 at 1:11 PM

@jance Omo! How delightful to meet another Eng language teacher Beanie! 💓

Fan from Nigeria

August 28, 2022 at 9:59 AM

Guess i should be grateful my mom said no, but TV makes it look so.........fun filled

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mmmmm

August 28, 2022 at 12:09 PM

Doesn’t it? It looks (mostly) glamorous but I found it draining. Some like it though.

Kafiyah Bello

August 28, 2022 at 1:24 PM

I don't recommend law school, awful experience, but some of my favorite people I met in law school.

bbstl 🧹

August 27, 2022 at 3:04 PM

As an aside, two cats and a cat-stuff-filled apartment in Today’s Webtoon! But we don’t get to see them much and honestly they may be the best thing about the show 😬

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

August 28, 2022 at 12:08 AM

I like their cat walks. I don’t do pets but even I think what an excellent way to keep natural instincts activated.

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2 miss h

August 27, 2022 at 12:06 PM

I'm tired of legal shows too, but I really like both Lee Seung-gi and Lee Se-young. I hope there is something interesting here.

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3 Kafiyah Bello

August 27, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Unlike others, I love a good law show. So I am excited for this. Plus, I love the leads, plus LSG has a habit of picking really over the top shows, which even if they are bad, I still enjoy.

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4 Jezz

August 27, 2022 at 5:26 PM

The Law Cafe is on Viki and Viu.

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OldLawyer

August 27, 2022 at 11:17 PM

Thank you.

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

August 28, 2022 at 12:13 AM

It’s not showing up on my Viki which is surprising as usually if have access so do I? I wonder if it has another name?

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beffels

August 28, 2022 at 2:27 PM

It doesn’t show for me if I search for The Law Cafe but it comes up if I look up Lee Seung Gi and look on the ‘Works’ tab. It says it’s unlicensed for my region though at this stage.