Second Shot at Love
Promotional poster
Also known as	Please Abstain From Drinking
Hangul	금주를 부탁해
Hanja	禁酒를 付託해
Lit.	Please Take Care of Geum-joo
RR	Geumjureul butakhae
MR	Kŭmjurŭl put'akhae
Genre	Romantic comedy
Written by	Myung Soo-hyun Jeon Ji-hyun
Directed by	Chang Yoo-jung
Starring	Choi Soo-young Gong Myung
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	60 minutes[1]
Production company	How Pictures
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	May 12 (2025-05-12) – June 17, 2025 (2025-06-17)

Second Shot at Love (Korean: 금주를 부탁해) is a 2025 South Koreanromantic comedy television series written by Myeong Su-hyun and Jeon Ji-hyeon, directed by Chang Yoo-jung, and starringChoi Soo-young andGong Myung. The series follows the journey of Han Geum-joo and Seo Eui-joon as they navigate their contrasting views on alcohol and a second chance at love. It aired ontvN from May 12, to June 17, 2025, every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST). It is available forstreaming onTVING in South Korea and onViu andViki in selected regions.

Han Geum-joo is a skilled car mechanic with ten years of experience. She views herself as a "reasonable drinker" and values interacting with others. Nevertheless, she chooses to stop drinking after being classified as an alcoholic. Her life becomes more complicated when she meets up with her first love, Eui-joon, who left his position as a medical specialist in Seoul to become the director of Bocheon Health Center.

• Choi Soo-young as Han Geum-joo^[2]

A highly skilled auto mechanic at the headquarters of MFH Automobile Service Center with 10 years of experience.

• Gong Myung as Seo Eui-joon^[2]

Apsychiatrist and the head of Bocheon Health Center who hates alcohol.

• Kim Sung-ryung as Kim Gwang-ok^[2]

Geum-joo and Hyun-joo's mother as well as Jung-soo's wife. She is the only anti-alcoholic in the family and was a bank employee at Bocheon Village Credit Union.

• Kim Sang-ho as Han Jung-soo^[2]

Geum-joo and Hyun-joo's father and Gwang-ok's husband who is a heavy drinker and runs a pension in the village.

• Jo Yoon-hee as Han Hyun-joo^[2]

Geum-joo's eldest sister, a single mother raising her twin sons and a heavy drinker like her father.

• Kang Hyung-seok as Bong Sun-wook^[3]

Ataekwondo instructor who runs the Bocheon Taekwondo Center and both Geum-joo and Eui-joon's high school classmate.

• Bae Hae-sun as Baek Hye-mi^[4]

A nurse at Bocheon Health Center who worked as a head nurse at a university hospital in Seoul.

• Lee Tae-yul as Young-rong^[5]

Aphysical therapist at Bocheon Health Center.

• Kim Bo-jung [ko] as Bong Sun-hwa^[6]

Sun-wook's older sister.

• Park Kang-sup [ko] as Lee Young-woong^[7]

A car center technician who is Sun-hwa's husband and Hwa-young's father.

• Kim Min-chae as Lee Hwa-young^[6]

Sun-hwa and Young-woong's daughter.

• Lee Joong-ok as Ki-bum's father who runs agalbi restaurant with his wife and Jung-soo's drinking buddy^[8]
• Kim Hyun-sook as Ki-bum's mother who runs agalbi restaurant with her husband and a representative of gossips in the village^[9]
• Son Sang-gyu as Young-woong's father who runs Young-woong SuperGamaekjip with his wife^[6]
• Joo In-young as Young-woong's mother who runs Young-woong Super Gamaekjip with her husband^[10]

• Kim Tae-oh [ko] as Kim Sa-bum^[11]

An employee at Bocheon Taekwondo Center.

• Yeom Seung-yi as Choi Mi-yeon^[12]

Geum-joo's co-worker and best friend.

• Yoo Eui-tae as Kim Joo-yeop^[13]

Geum-joo's ex-boyfriend.

The series was developed under theworking titleExtremely Senseful Alcoholic (Korean:지극히 상식적인 알코올 중독자;RR:Jigeukhi sangsikjeogin alkool jungdokja). It is written by Myung Soo-hyun, who wroteUgly Miss Young-ae series (2008–2015),Drinking Solo (2016),A Poem a Day (2018), andMonthly Magazine Home (2021) and Jeon Ji-hyun, and directed by Chang You-jeong, who directed thefilm seriesHonest Candidate andHonest Candidate 2.^[14][2] Planned byStudio Dragon and produced by How Pictures.^[15]

In August 2024,Choi Soo-young andGong Myung were reportedly cast as the leads for the series.^[14]Jo Yoon-hee was reportedly cast the following month.^[16] In November 2024,Kim Sung-ryung said in an interview that she currently filming the series at that time.^[17] The next month,Kim Hyun-sook joined the cast in a supporting role.^[18]

In February 2025, Choi, Gong, Jo, and Kim – together withKim Sang-ho – were officially confirmed to cast.^[2]

In December 2024,TVN announcedSecond Shot at Love as part of its 2025 drama line-up.^[15] In January 2025, the series was scheduled to broadcast in May.^[19] It was confirmed to premiere on May 12, 2025, and will air every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST).^[20] It will also be available forstreaming onTVING in South Korea and onViki in selected regions.^[21]

Second Shot at Love : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number												Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	1	808	693	747	767	715	663	655	663	676	603	684	793	706

Source:Audience measurement performed nationwide byNielsen Korea.^[22]

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