Love Next Door Season 1

‘Love Next Door’ Has The Happy Ending Everyone Expected

October 6 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door comes to a close with Episode 15 and Episode 16, and lo and behold, the K-Drama has a perfectly happy, upbeat ending....

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 14 Tees Up One Final Obstacle

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s nothing like a brush with death to put things in perspective, and that’s where Seung-hyo is at in Love Next Door Episode 14. Predictably,...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Spins Its Wheels In Episode 13

September 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door is falling off a bit, right? It might just be me. But Episode 13 felt like a show that should have already...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Risks Getting Tedious In Episode 12

September 22 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door is such a capable and largely straightforward romantic K-Drama that it often feels like speculation over what it might become is more...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 11 Provides A Welcome Shift Of Focus

September 21 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s probably fair to say that Seok-ryu has had the lion’s share of the focus in Love Next Door. And that’s fine, but after several...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 10 Veers Away From Tragedy

September 15 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Don’t worry, folks – it was a false alarm. Love Next Door really did look like it was going down a deeply traumatic path, but...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 9 Veers Into Melodrama Territory

September 14 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Here’s a question that seems more relevant as of Episode 9 of Love Next Door than it has before – where, exactly, is this show...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 8 Suggests A Happy Ending Isn’t A Guarantee

September 9 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s something in the air around Episode 8 of Love Next Door, and it smells a lot like pending heartache. Based on how people have...

Recap: Seung-hyo Finally Says His Piece In ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 7

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

We’re into the back half of Love Next Door now, and I’m starting to get worried. Not about the show, of course – Episode 7...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Has Its Issues, But They Don’t Matter In Episodes 5 & 6

September 7 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

There are criticisms that apply to Love Next Door that are as true of Episodes 5 & 6 as they have been of the previous...

Review: ‘Love Next Door’ Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts

August 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door has no right to be as affecting and compelling as it is. As far as romantic K-Dramas go, this is as tropey...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Continues To Delight In Episode 4

August 26 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

This is good, isn’t it? I know I’ve said it before, but Episode 4 of Love Next Door only crystallizes my point that recapping this...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Episode 3 Isn’t Special — But The Show Itself Might Be

August 24 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Love Next Door is an interesting show because there’s really very little that’s noteworthy about it, and yet it somehow feels quite momentous in its...

Recap: ‘Love Next Door’ Is A Classic, Tropey Romance In Episodes 1 & 2

August 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Sometimes what you want from a TV show is comfort and familiarity. Love Next Door fits the bill. It’s a classic friends-to-lovers tale with all...