Contract co-parenting in The Real Deal Has Come
by Jenzy
New stills and a short teaser have dropped for new KBS weekender drama The Real Deal Has Come, giving us a peek into the baby-making antics of Baek Jin-hee (Happy to Die) and her contract hubby Ahn Jae-hyun (People with Flaws).
The 50-episode series will follow the hijinks between the unmarried and pregnant teacher, Oh Yeon-doo (Baek Jin-hee), and the single OB-GYN doctor, Gong Tae-kyung (Ahn Jae-hyun). Somehow, the two end up in a contract marriage to co-parent her unborn baby. It’s an unconventional setup, but will their camaraderie as fellow comrades in the battle against dirty diapers and late nights forge a bond beyond their one on paper? Remains to be seen.
Of course, there will be bumps in the road for our couple in the form of current and past loves. On Tae-kyung’s side is his first love Jang Se-jin, played by Cha Ju-young (The Glory). And as for Yeon-doo, she’ll start the drama in a relationship with the successful investor Kim Joon-ha, played by Jung Eui-jae (King of Pigs), but things will take a rocky turn after a crisis shocks their relationship.
The teaser shows our foursome pondering over the arrival of a certain delivery. Yeon-doo starts by musing, “It’s supposed to be here.” Tae-kyung then enters and asks Yeon-doo, “Are you sure it’s coming?” Ju-young and Joon-ha also chime in skeptically: “You’re lying right?” “I don’t think it’s coming.”
But lo and behold, the delivery arrives, and our leads all stare — some pleased, others aghast — at the newborn baby now in front of them.
Written by Jo Jung-soo (Are You Human Too?) and directed by Han Joon-seo (Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life), The Real Deal Has Come will premiere on March 25 after Three Brave Siblings.
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1 OldLawyer
March 5, 2023 at 2:27 PM
The premise is a little different from most weekenders but that is OK- this one is ultimately about family and that is the heart of a weekender. I will be watching.
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Dorotka
March 5, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Me too! 🙋♀️
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Midnight
March 5, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Does 50 episodes for a weekender mean 50 one hour episodes or 50 30-minute ones?
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 5, 2023 at 8:50 PM
It’s an hour per episode and lasts half the year so when it’s good it’s great to spend so much time with the various families but when it sucks then it is a loooooong watch.
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Midnight
March 5, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Thank you.
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OldLawyer
March 5, 2023 at 9:41 PM
It is OK to drop one that is subpar. I did that with REVOLUTIONARY SISTERS.
Dorotka
March 5, 2023 at 11:31 PM
Yes, dropping in time is the key 😁
There must be at least one couple I like to keep me in... like Kwak Dong Yeon and the baby 😍 😁
Diana Hansen
March 6, 2023 at 7:51 AM
amen to that! the good ones are GOOD and the bad ones are to be dropped!
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2 Dorotka
March 5, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Contract relationship... and a baby. 🤩
I'm watching!
(Plus I enjoyed Are You Human Too. )
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3 Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
March 5, 2023 at 4:35 PM
Weekenders aren't my cup of tea, but Ahn Jae-hyun is. This looks like a good prospect for waiting until it's almost over (many months from now) and then selectively binging whatever storylines look like the most fun.
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4 DelightfullyRotund
March 5, 2023 at 7:48 PM
I feel the quality of weekenders has fallen recently but the stills and trailer looks promising! Hopefully this is more comedy (à la Once Again, Five Enough, etc.) than melo and unnecessary family drama which has made Three Siblings impossible to watch tbh
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 5, 2023 at 8:52 PM
I agree it’s about time we had something the quality of Once again.
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DelightfullyRotund
March 5, 2023 at 9:06 PM
I feel its because the family drama there felt much more reasonable and not some drama-land concoction thrown in for no reason. Also the characters were all much more interesting and their flaws made sense compared to what we’ve seen recently.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 5, 2023 at 10:20 PM
I don’t think I will watch a weekender again as it seems that even when A game actors choose decent storylines they can’t predict where the story will go and hanging in there doesn’t always lead to the hoped for result.
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tabong has two different tears🍉
March 5, 2023 at 8:55 PM
I really want Five Children's writer to come and rescue us.
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DelightfullyRotund
March 5, 2023 at 9:03 PM
Ikr! I admit that there was some unnecessary stuff thrown in there towards the end (the random cancer thing, disapproving MIL for one of the side couples) but they were resolved within a couple episodes, so I was able to watch them without any issue. I feel these writers have an easy formula for these weekenders but can’t seem to figure this out for some unknown reason.
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tabong has two different tears🍉
March 5, 2023 at 9:24 PM
That was the curse tho.
I remember that the show was doing great (ratings) so they added 4 more episodes. And well, we all know what happens when they add episodes. 🙃🙃
I think everything would've been perfect without those 4 episodes.
But I think that's the problem. They think there's a formula so they throw a bunch of random stuff and expect us to love it.
I feel like 3 Dumb Siblings used every single kdrama trope in the book and people didn't like even one.
Just because I use the same ingredients as my mom it doesn't mean my food is going to taste like hers.
I think some writers don't get that.
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OldLawyer
March 5, 2023 at 9:48 PM
I love your analogy there. What is a real shame is when the show gets the extra episodes and then wastes them, as happened with FATHER IS STRANGE, which got two extra episodes but failed to use them to complete the side romance I refer to as "Maknae and the Chairman". Instead, all we got was useless filler.
sooyi
March 6, 2023 at 9:02 AM
I'm not watching Three Bold Siblings, but I'm especially bummed by it as a person who thoroughly enjoyed one of the writer's past dramas, Unkind Ladies starring Chae Shi-ra, Kim Hye-ja, Do Ji-won and Jang Mi-hee. It's about a middle-aged woman who finally endeavors in getting her GED and confronts her mean homeroom teacher from high school (said woman is responsible for her getting wrongfully expelled from school). Exorcised from her inner demons, she has the drive and courage to make her life worthwhile. I liked it because we usually don't have stories focused on people in their 50s, or even interesting ones, so this was a treat. There were some minor makjang elements, but they didn't overshadow the plot like in Three Bold Siblings.
tabong has two different tears🍉
March 6, 2023 at 11:49 AM
@oldawyer That's why I say it's a curse, haha. It's difficult to find a drama writer that knows what to do with those extra episodes. Maybe they panic and can't figure out what to do with the episodes even if the answer is right in front of them. There's also the possibility that theyre asked to write something specific. Or maybe they're just tired and just want everything to end? It most be chaotic tbh.
tabong has two different tears🍉
March 6, 2023 at 12:10 PM
I know what you mean. I think I've had similar experiences with some writers. For ex, as a hardcore Shopping Wang Louie and Terius Behind Me fan, Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol was... traumatic.
PS. Thanks for the recommendation @sooyi
5 tabong has two different tears🍉
March 5, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Baek Jin Hee 💚
This weekender BETTER be good. KBS I'm counting on you. Weekenders are too long to have two bad ones in a row, and I've missed BJH a lot, so please be good. T.T
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6 ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min
March 5, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Oh, this better be good! I need a good new weekender for a nice, cozy watch.
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7 Isa is always time travelling
March 6, 2023 at 12:07 AM
The only weekender I have watched (I'm still on it, to be honest) is It's Beautiful Now. And I find so many differences with regular shorter k-dramas (everything seems cheaper, except for the actors/actresses, and there is too many filler content). There are many boring moments too and I'm not even halfway yet (I have watched 13 out of 50). I think I'll have to skip some things to cross to the finish line.
This new one could be fun, but I'll wait to see what people around here think.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 6, 2023 at 1:26 AM
Weekenders always have two things whatever the storyline, immature hysterical shouty female characters and sets that take you out the moment because it’s so obviously a set, usually the outside of the main house.
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Isa is always time travelling
March 6, 2023 at 1:35 AM
They remind me of some Spanish "cheap" series that are broadcast from Monday to Friday. And I'm not talking about 50 episodes, these series can be on emission for years. Hundreds of characters come in and out, the plots change, only some main characters are always there.
I don't watch them but they have a loyal audience.
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Possum
March 8, 2023 at 1:05 AM
We used to watch quite a few KBS weekend dramas and the sets had a particular look to them. Eventually I felt like I could recognise certain pieces of set being reused.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
March 8, 2023 at 6:28 AM
👆🤣 I am so glad it’s not just me who will notice some inanimate object and get deja vu. I would come out of the story trying to remember where I had seen the house before or a particular location. I was so glad when someone did a post on a tree and the cliff of doom that have both been doing some serious overtime!
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8 Portia aka Dr D
April 30, 2023 at 10:03 PM
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