The first series of Reply is Reply 1997 which aired in 2012, telling us about five girls who meet each other again at their high school reunion and revive their high school memories in 1997. After the initial success of the first Reply series, another two series were produced, namely, Reply 1994 (2013), and Reply 1988 (2015). The cast in each of the spin-off series is different, however, the typical nonlinear storytelling with fresh comedy is still the same. Reply 1994 itself got a rating of 11,5% and thus became one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history. This time, Channel-Korea will give you a detailed review of the second series, Reply 1994, so stay tuned!
A Love Story set in the Background of the 90s
Same as the Reply 1997, viewers should be able to easily guess who is going to be the husband of the leading actress in the recent series. In the present, which is 2013, we have a woman in her 30s named Sung Na-jung, who has a husband with the name Kim Jae-joon. Later, we find out that her husband is actually, a former tenant in her house, back in 1997, and the audience can try and guess which one of the tenants will become Na-jung’s husband in the future. In 1997, Na-jung and her parents Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa moved to Shinchon, Seoul. Na-jung’s parents decide to rent their extra bedroom in their house to the six new students of Yonsei University, same as Na-jung, who are also coming from outside of Seoul. The students are only known by their nicknames, they are Sseureki (which means Trash because he’s so filthy although he is a medical student), Chilbongi (number one pitcher of Yonsei University), Samchunpo (slow-thinking person), Haitai (referring to the baseball team Haitai Tigers), Binggeure (referring to the baseball team Binggrae Eagles), and Jo Yoon-jin. Lee Il-hwa really wants her only daughter to have a lover like her neighbor’s kid who also falls in love with a tenant of their house, and Sung Dong-il guesses who’s gonna be Na-jung’s husband among the five boys in the house. Each of the boys is a rich boy in their homeland. Samchunpo is coming from a fisherman family which has big fish boats, Haitai is a son of inter-city transport bus businessman, and Binggeure is a son of a successful chicken farmer. The love and friendship story among these youngsters slowly grow. As it is a nonlinear storyline, the scene keeps going back and forth between 1994 and 2013. The clues are coming one by one, until, at the last episodes, the future husband candidates come down to two persons. As a surprise for the viewers, the cast of Reply 1997 (Jung Eun-ji, Seo In-guk, Shin So-yul, Lee Si-yeon, and Hoya) will appear as a cameo and make a link with the life story of the cast of Reply 1994!
The Cast
Main Characters
Supporting Roles
