This Korean Drama will certainly get people talking, especially with its themes of mental health. We would like to encourage comments every week so we can gather your thoughts on what you think of this series.
What’s Mental Coach Jegal season 1 all about?
The official synopsis is as follows – Gil Je Gal (Jung Woo) is a former member of the South Korean national Taekwondo team. But when he is caught up in a scandal, he is kicked off the team and permanently banned from returning as an athlete. He is reluctant to turn his back on the world of sports, however, so has become a “mental coach” – a kind of sports psychologist who specializes in helping athletes who have fallen into poor form, or “slumps.”
As part of his new line of work, he must help a young woman named Cha Ga Eul (Lee Yoo Mi). This woman is a short-track speed skater who dreams of glory at the Winter Olympic Games. Although she is supremely talented and already has a World Championship gold medal under her belt, she has lost her self-belief and needs motivation. But Gil Je Gal’s task will not be easy: Ku Tae Man (Kwon Yool), another former Taekwondo star and a man whose path has crossed with that of Gil Je Gal in the past, has risen to become the director of the human rights center at the national athletics association. Sparks may fly when they are forced to work together. Meanwhile, the “mental coach” must also work with Park Seung Ha (Park Se Young), an athletes’ counselor who he previously met when he was an athlete. Will he succeed – and help bring home a gold medal for South Korea?
Mental Coach Jegal is a 2022 South Korean drama series that was directed by Son Jung Hyun.
Mental Coach Jegal season 1, episodes 5 and 6 release date/time
For Koreans, episode 5 will be released on Monday, September 26, 2022, at 22:30 (KST), but sometimes this varies. We do not anticipate any changes to the schedule yet (sometimes this happens in the K-Drama world). Episode 6 will be released at the same time the next day — Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
Where to watch online
For Koreans, viewers can watch the K-Drama series Mental Coach Jegal season 1 on tvN on the date and time mentioned above. However, for those outside South Korea, viewers can watch this series on Viki with a subscription. We would always recommend checking if it’s available in your region before subscribing to the streaming service. Viki tends to get English subtitles out very quickly!
How many episodes will Mental Coach Jegal season 1 have?
In total, Mental Coach Jegal season 1 will have 16 episodes, with the schedule releasing two episodes a week.
And more importantly, who is the main cast?
- Jung Woo as Jegal Gil, a mental healthcare coach.
- Lee Yoo-mi as Cha Ga-eul, a gold medalist short-track speed skater.
- Kwon Yul as Gu Tae-man, head of the Human Rights Center of the Sports Council.
- Park Se-young as Park Seung-ha, a psychiatrist from the national sports team’s psychological support team.
- Moon Yoo-kang as Lee Mu-gyeol, a leading South Korean swimmer.
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