

For Joon Soon and Hyun Kyung, they also once again became a family, understanding each other's flaws and supporting their interests. For Na Hee and Gyu Jin, they once again went back into each other's arms, each of them realizing that they truly love each other and that their divorce was due to unresolved communication issues. The title is also very appropriate and fitting for its cast, allowing a second chance-a "once again" for the entire Song family. Delivering the highest ratings for 2020, it gave the much needed glimmer of hope and optimism that people needed in the midst of the uncertainties due to the pandemic. Once Again is a very beautiful family drama. Re-watching this drama is much more enjoyable than watching the one that is currently occupying its weekend time-slot.Īs you rightly pointed out at the conclusion of your writing, it will be quite some time before a long drama of similar quality could be produced by KBS indeed, "Once Again" has set the bar quite high, with regards to long family dramas. It's nearly two years since "Once Again" started its original run, and yet here I am, still enjoying its encore run at KBS World. No portrayal of exclusively-women as villainous or abhorrable characters (an outdated practice that borders on being misogynistic).
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No depiction of violence, crime, and foul-play, especially those that end up unpunished.Ħ. Not relying on tired and old plots, subplots, and premises, such as: Amnesia, rejection to relationships between people from different socio-economic classes, long-lost heirs of rich CEOs, etc.ĥ. No stereotypical stories of rich CEOs or wealthy businessowners with his / her chauffeurs, secretaries, etc.Ĥ. Depicting lives of common people, ordinary middle-class people - aspirations, struggles, love-life, up-and-down in friendship, and so on. Very minimal use of "makjang" elements.ģ. Outstanding storylines and plots, as well as outstanding performance from actors and actresses that portray not only the primary, but also secondary characters.Ģ. "Once Again" is a long family drama with these positive attributes, which regretfully are not always found in other dramas in the same category:ġ. "Once Again" is a proof that, although perhaps not easy, it is possible to create a high-quality long family drama. Best Couple Award ( Lee Sang-Yi & Lee Cho-Hee/ Cheon Ho-Jin & Lee Jung-Eun/ Lee Sang-Yeob & Lee Min-Jung)ĪJ 8:28 I agree wholeheartedly with everything that you wrote.2020 KBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2020.Kim Li-Na - Yaksonmyungga information desk employee."Once Again" takes over KBS2's Saturday & Sunday 19:55 time slot previously occupied by " Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life" and followed by " Homemade Love Story" on September 19, 2020.The youngest child Da-Hee struggles as an intern at a company. Meanwhile, the first child Joon-Sun ( Oh Dae-Hwan) and the second child Ga-Hee ( Oh Yoon-Ah) are both divorcees and live with their parents. They fell in love during their medical school days and got married, but their marriage life is not doing very well. Third child Na-Hee is a doctor and she works with her husband Doctor Kyu-Jin ( Lee Sang-Yeob) at the same hospital. Song Young-Dal ( Cheon Ho-Jin) and Jang Ok-Boon ( Cha Hwa-Yeon) have been married for many years and they have 4 children: Joon-Sun ( Oh Dae-Hwan), Ga-Hee ( Oh Yoon-Ah), Na-Hee ( Lee Min-Jung) and Da-Hee ( Lee Cho-Hee). Release Date: March 28 - September 13, 2020.Revised romanization: Han Bun Danyeowasseubmida.Drama: Once Again (English title) / I Have Been There Once (literal title).
