An era of 5 million who live alone.
Single households. These so-called single households...
are changing current purchasing trends.
They dine by themselves.
They go out drinking by themselves.
They go to karaoke rooms by themselves.
Lastly, they even go to the movies by themselves these days.
It was found that doing these activities alone, can be harmful to your health.
Loneliness can happen even when you live with your family.
You can feel lonely even when you are all under the same roof.
No one knows when I came in or left in the morning.
In reality, I have to eat cereal by myself.
You could call it the sorrow...
of this generation's fathers.
You're awake?
What time did you get home?
- Around 2... - Don't lie! I waited until 2 AM for you.
You didn't let me finish.
I think I came in about 2:59 but...
I was afraid I'd wake you so I slept on the couch. Good choice, right?
I don't need any hang-over soup.
Cereal seems to be the best hang-over remedy for me.
It feels like I have the strength of a tiger.
I'll be changing the password for the front door after 12 AM...
so do what you want.
Geez.
12 o'clock? It's not as if I'm Cinderella.
Employee dinners are an extension of your work hours. It's part of social life.
- Hey, this one is your's. - Okay, I'm going to school!
- Come home right after tutoring. - Okay!
Ik-hee!
- Don't you see me? - I do.
How come you're only saying bye to mom?
Dad, I'm going to school. Satisfied?
You can ride the bus with me.
Okay, if that's what you want.
Bye!
- Ik-hee. - What?
- Is everything going well with Gong Yoon? - Yep.
- What do you guys do when you see one another? - We just hang out.
Tell me what you do. I'm curious.
We just hang out.
You and Gong Yoon haven't kiss...
have you?
- Dad! - It's okay, I'm your dad. We have no secrets.
When I was your age, I would take my girlfriend to the mountains...
and secretly kissed her.
We picked wild grapes, gooseberries and raspberries.
Pick the azaleas, play with water and chase after the squirrels.
- Dad! - So, why don't you tell me?
What do you do when you hang out with him?
Stop!
Only my comrades are always with me.
Where is everyone?
Good morning.
They went out to stores for promotions.
- (PM: Promotion) - Really?
- I pass over my comrades bodies... - Ouch!
Geez!
Are you okay, Mr. Na?
- You drank so much last night. - I'm disappointed, Mr. Park.
This is the basics of being a working man.
You're surprising at moments like this, Mr. Na.
Someone told me that employee dinners were in place to evaluate them the next day.
- Excuse me? - During employee dinners...
we verify whether the employee can handle the 2nd and 3rd bar after dinner.
The next day is to evaluate whether they can work the next day.
You're here early, Mr. Choi.
Good morning, Mr. Na.
He slept here instead of going home last night.
- Why? - My wife changed the pass code to the door.
No need to look at me that way.
I enjoyed my solitude all night.
Camus once said...
Only great solitude is what teaches how large the universe is.
It's time.
I usually eat ramen when I eat alone.
It's simple and the fastest.
Eating alone is a trend these days, but if you look closely...
most housewives eat alone when their family is out for the day.
It's not too lonely. Everyone lives like this.
Don't cry, you feel lonely because you are human.
To live means to endure loneliness.
I wonder if it's too spicy.
Is this your rehearsal room?
The school temporarily opened it up for us, since the festival's date is set.
It's really cool.
You know you're singing a song this festival, don't you?
- Me? - You're the vocal for Yanos. You have to sing a song.
There's only 2 months left. I'll do it next time.
It's okay.
I'll help you.
One solo and one with me.
- What do you think? - With you?
Yep.
Hey! You guys should be considerate of the single person here.
That's right! I saw Kang Bo-ram 2 days ago.
Really? Where and how? Tell me everything.
What?
- You don't like Bo-ram, do you? - I do.
I have a crush on Kang Bo-ram. Soon, he'll be my boyfriend soon.
That's surprising.
I didn't know you liked geeks.
Right? Doesn't she have low standards?
He's 100 times better than him.
- What's wrong with me? - That's right! Yoon is way better than Kang Bo-ram.
No way!
You didn't have to bring this back for me.
I went to Hong Kong for the weekend and didn't have anything else to bring back.
- Hong Kong? - He told me to take a mini-vacation...
so I just got back from a hotel he booked for me.
You're so lucky. I bet you had so much fun.
It's no fun when you go alone.
I spent the days shopping by myself.
I should've gone with you. You've been to Hong Kong, haven't you?
If you're talking about Hong Kong...
I think I've been there a couple of times when we were newlyweds...
Excuse me?
Oh, no. I meant I've never been there before.
He must've felt bad for sending me by myself.
He asked me to go to Hawaii with him next month.
Hawaii?
You mean like Waikiki Beach and lots of palm trees?
Yes, that Hawaii.
Oh, I see.
Just look at me! I have a massage appointment.
I'll see you later, bye!
Okay, see you later.
It does taste good.
Hong Kong?
Hawaii?
I married the wrong guy!
Our neighbor just got back from Hong Kong.
I see.
She's going to Hawaii next month.
I see.
Don't you have anything to say?
Why don't you go to Hawaii?
I'm asking if you realize something.
I do.
What?
We should move.
Do you want to die?
Is it my fault our neighbors went on vacation?
Why don't you go on a family vacation?
I don't have the time.
I meet reps on Saturdays and I barely have enough time to sleep on Sundays.
You should book a hotel on the weekend. That's relaxing too.
You want me to go to a hotel with my wife? Why?
Then, how about going to an island to feel Spring? Sunmo Island was nice.
Islands are dangerous.
- If the boats stop running... - Then how about the mountains?
Mountains are dangerous too.
She might take me to an isolated and quiet place.
You are...
still living with one another, aren't you?
- You understand me, don't you Mr. Choi? - Nope.
I sometimes wish my wife and I can travel by ourselves.
You sure are a romanticist, Mr. Choi.
- I didn't take you as that kind of man. - I sometimes have a dream...
A dream where my wife and I chase one another around on a deserted island.
Honey...
Catch me, if you can!
Honey!
If I catch you, you're going to die!
Catch me, if you can!
I understand that, but why on a deserted island?
Haven't you seen the movie "Blue"? An island no one can find.
Well, what I'm asking is why you would...
want to go with your wife to a place like that?
So I can leave her there.
Our sweet dreams end here. We're all tired from last night...
so let's work hard for 2 more hours.
I have another drinking date with one of our buyers tonight.
Wow, Mr. Na! You sure have great stamina!
- Really? Really? - Yeah, I'll make sure you meet up with Kang Bo-ram.
You should've done this for me earlier.
Does he have time?
Even a geek has time to watch a movie on the weekends.
I'm so happy. I can't believe I'm going on a double-date with Bo-ram.
How about telling him you like him first?
I will.
Honey! I bet your insides feel horrible.
Hurry and eat this. I made bean sprout soup for you.
Okay.
You drank so much the day before and you drank a lot last night.
I feel so bad that you're working so hard.
- How do you feel? - Can't you just be mad at me?
- You could cuss if you want to. - My goodness, honey!
Why in the world would I get mad?
You're too much, honey. Try this.
This, this, this. You should eat a lot of this.
- How did I get home last night? - What?
You don't remember?
I do!
I remember.
Why wouldn't I remember?
$5 says he doesn't remember.
If you don't come out, then I'll force my way in!
Honey!
Please open the door for me!
Mom, the noise is driving me crazy. Just open the door for him.
Honey! Open the door!
So you apologized and said you'd take us on a vacation.
You asked to go to Mojito to have Maldive Islands.
You said you'd take Monday off, so we could go for 3 days and 2 nights.
- Don't you remember? - I did?
Of course I remember. I do!
Should I look for plane tickets?
Don't you think it's a bit too far, honey?
- I'm not expecting Maldive. - Then where?
I'd like to see water...
somewhere we don't usually go...
a bit far away and somewhere that's unfamiliar to us.
Far away and unfamiliar to us.
We don't usually go there and somewhere near water.
- I thought of a place! - Where?
It's been awhile since we went to my parent's house.
We can save on hotel fares and see my parents.
You always said my parents' home was unfamiliar.
There's a reservoir nearby so we can see water.
It's perfect, isn't it?
A reservoir?
Do you know why corpses float in reservoirs?
You want to go on vacation to your parent's house? Are you crazy?
(She took away his meal)
Are you mad, honey?
Forget it.
I knew it was too good to be true.
I really did have dinner with our buyers. It was with their rep.
You're always at work or employee dinners. Ik-hee's at school or tutoring.
I'm not Macaulay Culkin to stay at home alone all the time!
Forget about it!
All right, let's go.
We can go.
- To your parent's house? - No.
Where you want to go.
Really?
Yeah, I'll take a day off of work. Let's go on a family vacation.
I can't go. You two go without me. I'll sleep over at grandma's.
- I'm going to school. - Ik-hee!
Oh, honey!
It looks like it'll just be you and me.
You know, instead of Ik-hee...
It's become a hot trend to drink by yourself these days.
In order to accommodate drinkers, Doremi has proposed solo soju.
There was a 7% increase in demand from the new product market research.
Oh, 7%?
You'd have to say we hit the bull's eye on today's trend.
There are a lot of solo drinkers.
During the state of current affairs, home consumption grows as well.
Tailored savings with volume and product specifications had a big effect as well.
I believe it's only a matter of time before we fill production capacity.
He's so amazing.
Tae-hee, we're in a meeting.
Yes, sir.
She's an intern so we might look amazing holding this kind of meetings.
I meant only Mr. Lee was amazing.
She's too honest.
Anyways, it's good news.
We should get ready for Summer now.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Don't you have anything to say, Mr. Na? - Excuse me?
Mr. Choi...
may I take a day off?
A day off?
- What? A family vacation? - Yeah.
For 3 days and 2 nights.
Jeju Island seems a bit expensive so to West Beach.
You two should go alone. Why take me too?
He wanted you to go since he felt bad for not being attentive enough.
Geez, Chun-il.
My goodness! Look at how thoughtful Chun-il is!
He didn't forget about his mother-in-law and his sister-in-law.
- We didn't invite you. - What?
- Why did you call me over? - I was hoping you could watch Ik-hee this weekend.
I don't want her to be by herself.
- Does it look like I'm a nanny? - You don't want to?
I was going to introduce you one of Chun-il's friend.
- Never mind. - Hey!
I didn't say I wasn't going to. I just asked if I looked like a nanny.
I'm her aunt. Nieces should be watched by their aunts. Of course.
Why are there so many bananas, mom?
The man from upstairs keep giving me bananas whenever he sees me.
The man from upstairs? Who is that?
A new man who lives by himself moved in recently.
- But why bananas? - How should I know?
He said he liked bananas or something.
He bought mine while he was buying his and wouldn't take a no for an answer.
Wait. What's this?
You don't have a boyfriend, do you?
What are you talking about? It's so embarrassing.
Absolutely not!
If anyone is going to date, it has to be me. It's not fair if you date again.
Yes, you start dating. Please! Date someone!
You heard, right? Let's pick a date for the blind date.
All right.
Oh my! Look at the time. I need to go.
- You do? - You can't eat all this, can you? I'll take some from you.
Me too. Me too. Thank you, mom.
Mom...
this one is for you. Thanks for the bananas.
You do have a conscious. Get going. Bye!
The reason I called you in...
is because I wanted to verify your day off request.
- It's a mistake, isn't it? - Well, the thing is...
I knew it was a mistake. You took a day off not too long ago.
- It was the day after Mr. Kim's new product was chosen over your's. - Yes.
Of course not at a time like this. Who would be so senseless?
Especially when the reason is for family.
To be honest, we're taking my mother-in-law...
Where are you going with her?
My mother-in-law has Alzheimers and I can't even visit her since I'm so busy.
It's not for some vacation, is it?
Of course not.
To tell you the truth...
- I also... - What?
My mother-in-law suddenly began to be very forgetful awhile back.
In the end, we've resorted to sending her away to a nursing home.
Unfortunately, the date is for Monday.
My goodness, what a pity.
I didn't know you were in that sort of situation.
Of course the son-in-law should replace sons.
- Thank you, Executive Director Suh. - Of course.
But you still can't take the day off.
- What? - Admit her on the weekend.
- Do you understand? - Yes.
I'm telling you, I don't want to.
But why? There's no reason to hide it.
We're not officially anything yet.
We're just...
starting to get to know one another.
Is that what you think?
I'm giving you another chance.
You could be confused by your emotions.
- Think about it carefully. - Ms. Ahn.
Mr. Lee!
I looked everywhere for you!
- What are you doing here? - Tae-hee...
We're done talking, you two can talk.
Can you explain the new product sales to me again, Mr. Lee?
- I didn't understand it. - Your mentor is Mr. Park.
Why do you keep asking me?
Well, the thing is... It's because...
Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee!
- Ms. Ahn! - Hi, Tae-hee.
Your mom must not pick you up these days.
Where's Mr. Lee?
Didn't you guys leave work together?
Kwi-nam is going to stop by a buyer and take off work from there.
Get in. I'll give you a ride.
It's okay, I'll take the bus.
I wanted to talk to you about something.
Talk to me?
We're here. You can stop here.
What is it? I thought you wanted to talk to me.
I'm getting out.
Ms. Ahn...
you know that I like Lee Kwi-nam, don't you?
Of course. How could I not, when you make it so obvious?
But Kwi-nam likes you, Ms. Ahn.
What?
I'm not totally dense.
So, I was curious...
do you like Kwi-nam as well?
I'm not sure.
I'm not really sure how I feel yet.
Then...
will it be okay for me to continue liking him?
I think that's up to you, Tae-hee.
I don't think I have any right to give you permission.
Good.
Then it's only fair we're competitors.
- What? - I want to keep liking Kwi-nam...
until your relationship is clear with him.
Maybe this is why you were hired.
Okay, sounds good.
- Can I get out now? - Yes.
Have a good weekend, Ms. Ahn.
- Bye! - Bye!
Na Ik-hee!
What took you so long?
What?
- Were you waiting for me? - Yeah.
This is when you go to tutoring.
Why were you waiting for me?
What are you doing this weekend?
I have tutoring class and then tutoring.
You're so boring.
What do you want?
Want to see a movie?
- With me? - You don't want to?
- Never mind then. - No no.
I want to go.
Sounds good.
Did you get the day off?
The thing is...
What? We can't go, can we?
- I even told my mom already! - It's not that we can't go.
Can we go 2 days and 1 night instead?
We're so busy, I can't take the day off.
2 days and 1 night?
Okay.
I didn't feel comfortable leaving Ik-hee for 2 days anyways.
Come home early Friday night.
I'll take mom grocery shopping with you after you get off.
- All three of us? - Yeah.
There's a lot to buy for camping.
- Let's go together. - Okay.
I can't believe you would be so considerate and think of me.
I must have luck with son-in-laws.
It's nothing.
It's been forever since my mom went on vacation.
This is the first after dad pass away, isn't it?
It was way before your dad became ill.
Maybe that's the reason why my heart is beating so fast.
What did you say? Glamor?
I'm so excited!
Mom, it's not glamor. It's glamping.
You're right! I get confused.
We should've done this earlier if I'd known you'd be this happy.
This is more than enough.
Oh my.
- Where is my head? - What's wrong?
- I'm so careless! My phone!
- Oh my. Where did it go? - Oh no.
Oh no! I must've left my phone there when I was returning the cart!
Really? Try looking for it again.
Oh my goodness. Seriously? It's really not here!
- I must be losing it! - Who is this?
Is that you, Mr. Na?
- Mr. Suh! - That's right. What a coincidence.
Your house is around here, isn't it?
My friend lives around here.
- Hello. - Hello.
My mother-in-law suddenly began to be very forgetful awhile back.
In the end, we've resorted to sending her away to a nursing home.
I didn't know his wife was so beautiful.
You're being too kind!
If you're too old, you should die! I've totally lost my mind!
Mom, Chun-il's superior from work is here. This is my mother.
Hello.
I was so confused right now.
I was so excited about going glamor.
Oh my, what are you going to do?
Oh my.
I hope you look favorably on my son-in-law.
Look at the way she tries to worry about her kids and son-in-law until the very end.
- What's wrong with him? - I don't know.
- I'll see you Monday. - Yes, sir.
- Mrs. Maeng... - Yes?
Please stay healthy. Your determination is most important.
Make sure you're alert until the end.
I wish you well and hope you have a safe trip to the nursing home.
- I'll be going. I'll see you Monday. - Bye.
What? Alzheimer?
I should've died before seeing this.
I had no choice but this, since I wanted the day off.
You said you couldn't get the day off!
Even so, how could you make my mom an Alzheimer patient?
It really wasn't my true intentions.
I shouldn't expect vacations with my fortune.
You don't think I know you asked me since you didn't want to go alone with Ra-yeon?
I was trying to go along with it, but I guess not.
- What? Is this true? - No way!
I truly wanted to go on a family camping Va...
Forget it! I had enough bad luck with sending my husband...
off first. How could I ever have luck with my son-in-law?
I'm going.
Mom!
Mother, I truly...
- didn't mean it that way. - Mom!
Mom!
- Why are you so late? - What?
- Your friends are here too? - Hello.
- Hi, Bo-ram. - Oh, hello.
It's almost time. Let's go in.
(I feel like using the bathroom)
What are you doing here, honey?
Your mom said she wouldn't go, so I brought it here.
- Would you like to go now? - No, I don't.
Take your husband and get going!
Honey, let's please go home. Please.
No. Your mom doesn't like spending weekends by herself anyways.
Let's spend it together. We can pretend.
Oh my head!
Honey, please!
It's all done. Hurry. Sit down, mother.
I told Ik-hee to come here for dinner too.
Let's start barbequing meat in awhile too.
I didn't spend this weekend by myself.
On weekends, I played like I was dead...
Ik-hee would lock her doors and stay in her room.
My wife would be busy catching up with laundry and other house work.
My mother-in-law was lonely by herself.
We spent time together until Sunday evening.
Change to my weekend drama when I ask nicely.
No, I want to watch my music program.
Honey, Ik-hee, can I peek at the ball game? I just want to see the score.
Why did you want to watch together if we're going to do this?
It's good for our family to watch together.
- Geez, never mind. - Forget it.
It's a solid hit towards left field!
It's a high-flying ball!
Now that I think about it...
it's not too bad having some time alone.
To the left! It's going towards the seats.
It's flies out of here to tie the game!
Where are my socks? Socks?
How many times do I need to tell you, it's in the 2nd drawer?
Mom! My PE clothes! PE clothes!
Your first drawer!
Seriously?
I'd like to resign as mom and wife for just one day and live without them.
I'm being serious when I say people need time alone.
I'm going to school, mom!
Watch for cars! Come straight home after tutoring!
All right!
Let's go together!
Na Ik-hee!
Hey! Wait!
Pick the azaleas, play with water and chase after the squirrels.
Be embarrassed again?
(Episode 15: When It's Good To Be Alone)
It's more comfortable being alone.
You all know the reason, don't you?
(Episode 16 will air shortly)
(Super Family 2017)