Recommended for: Fans of Something in the Rain , Because This Is My First Life , and anyone who enjoys watching two emotionally constipated adults slowly realize they are each other's home.
Episode 1 does something that many rom-coms fail at: It establishes the messiness of real life within the first 40 minutes. Love.Next.Door.S01E01.2024.2160p.TVING.WEB-DL.H...
The "neighbor" trope is elevated here because their mothers are best friends, and their rooms literally share a wall. The scene where Seok-ryu is crying on her side of the wall, and Seung-hyo leans against his side, listening— that is the kind of quiet, devastating intimacy that Jung Hae-in does better than anyone. Recommended for: Fans of Something in the Rain