The story, without the spoilers.
Nam Haeng-seon once played handball for the national team, but now she runs a small side-dish shop while raising her daughter alone. Her life is busy, warm and held together by hard work. Then Choi Chi-yeol, Korea's most famous maths tutor, becomes a regular at her shop, and the two guarded adults begin to soften around each other. Crash Course in Romance is a warm, funny and gently surprising drama about Korea's high-pressure education world, seen from the side of the parents, the shopkeepers and the students who are tired of being measured. Jeon Do-yeon brings depth and humour to Haeng-seon, Jung Kyung-ho is charming as the lonely star tutor, and their romance feels grown-up in the best way. A darker thriller subplot arrives midway and does not always fit the tone, but the food, the family warmth and the central couple make it well worth watching. Between tutoring wars and family dinners, two lonely adults discover that the best lessons happen far from the classroom.
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