In the final date held at an amusement park at midnight, Jimin and Jeyun from Channel A's ‘Heart Pairing’ completed the narrative of ‘Sumi-Sangwan’ that spanned from Italy to Seoul.
On the 20th, the dating program ‘Heart Pairing’ aired, showcasing the last ‘1 Night 2 Days Home Date’ of the 10 residents of ‘Seoul Pairing House’ - Sang-yoon, Sua, Woo-jae, Jeyun, Jimin, Ji-won, Chan-hyung, Chang-hwan, Chae-eun, and Ha-neul - as they moved closer to the ‘final selection’.
Through the home date, where only couples who chose each other could head to their own home, Woo-jae X Ji-won, Jimin X Jeyun, and Chan-hyung X Chae-eun paired up, gaining more ‘certainty’ in their relationships, while Sang-yoon, Sua, Ha-neul, and Chang-hwan, who failed to match, remained in the ‘Pairing House’, adding to the complexity of the situation.
Most notably, after their ‘first contract relationship’, Jimin and Jeyun, who reunited for a ‘Christmas date’, revealed the unfiltered appearance of a couple in love through this ‘1 Night 2 Days Home Date’, eliciting explosive reactions from viewers who had been supporting ‘Jije-yeon’.
Woo-jae and Ji-won, who had been dating as the ‘couple of certainty’, returned from grocery shopping, where Woo-jae quickly cooked rice cake soup for a warm dinner. After tasting the dinner prepared by Woo-jae, Ji-won confessed, “If I live with you, I’ll eat well and live well, I guess that’s why people get married,” to which Woo-jae replied, “Let’s create a good ending even after the final selection,” envisioning their ‘future’ together.
After finishing their meal, the two moved to talk about their dreams of ‘newlywed appliances’, washed up in turns, and lay down on the bed prepared in one room, where Woo-jae couldn’t take his eyes off Ji-won’s bare face, showing that he fell for her once again.
The two chatted until late into the night, exchanging words like “I think our parents would like each other” before falling asleep. Finally, ‘Woo Ji-won’ suggested, “Let’s remember this moment with a film camera,” and they began taking pictures.
At that moment, when Ji-won suddenly linked arms with Woo-jae for a photo, the next shot showed Woo-jae striking a pose with a ‘powerful arm link’, heightening the excitement. The 5 MCs watching their video commented, “You can feel their solid affection for each other,” and “They really give off a newlywed vibe,” expressing their delight.
The day after Sang-yoon’s ‘surprise confession’ left Chae-eun confused, Chan-hyung appeared before her. Chan-hyung expressed double the joy, saying, “I thought we wouldn’t be able to date because of last night,” and Chae-eun revealed her ‘one-sided love’ by saying, “Even if you hadn’t come to find me after Sang-yoon left, I would have chosen you.”
Upon arriving at the house with Chae-eun, Chan-hyung showed his ‘sense’ by taking out the cup and socks they exchanged as ‘gifts’ during their date in Florence, and he made seafood pancakes for her. After tasting Chan-hyung’s pancakes, Chae-eun gave an ‘epic reaction’ that delighted him, and to help Chan-hyung, who had to go to work the next day, she put on a ‘mask pack’ for him and let him sleep first.
The next morning, Chan-hyung returned just as Chae-eun was waking up, and while he took a short nap, Chae-eun prepared shrimp tempura and perilla oil buckwheat noodles for lunch. While tasting ice cream for dessert, they talked about ‘eye color’, gazing at each other, and after brushing their teeth together like any couple, they took a ‘couple selfie’.
The two left the house and continued their aquarium date, capturing fun moments in photos, and the 5 MCs remarked that ‘Chan-Chae-eun’s’ 1 Night 2 Days provided ‘unwavering comfort’, stating, “They are responsible for the stability of the ‘Pairing House’, so there shouldn’t be any surprises until the final selection.”
When Jimin faced Jeyun during the ‘1 Night 2 Days Home Date’, he smiled more happily than usual. The two wore outfits they liked the most from their date in Florence, and ‘clueless’ Jeyun declared to Jimin that she would cook for him, making ‘bulgogi’ with her clumsy skills, which led to Jimin’s ‘stormy eating show’.
During their cozy dinner, Jeyun expressed her feelings directly to Jimin, saying, “I felt certain when you came to me wrong just before our ‘Christmas Eve’ date,” and shared her ‘favorite photo’ from her photo album with him, showing their closeness. As the night deepened, Jimin reached out to Jeyun, saying, “I’m sorry for judging on my own, and thank you for keeping your heart open,” and Jeyun quickly grabbed his hand, showing rapid progress in their relationship.
The next day, for their ‘final date’, Jimin remembered Jeyun’s words about loving amusement parks and took her there. The ‘Jije-yeon’ couple, looking cute while recommending headbands to each other, took a sweet ‘two-shot’ against the beautiful night view, and then, just like during their ‘first contract relationship’, they took ‘four-cut photos’, gazing deeper into each other’s eyes. When they arrived at the carousel in the amusement park, they recalled the carousel they had looked at together in Florence during their first date, completing the ‘Sumi-Sangwan’ narrative and eliciting gasps from the 5 MCs.
As they walked down the street, there was a moment of ‘eye contact’ lasting five seconds where they couldn’t take their eyes off each other, which made the studio and viewers’ hearts race. When fireworks unfolded before them, Jimin quietly held Jeyun’s hand while watching the fireworks, and on their way out of the amusement park, snow fell, which they hadn’t been able to see together, creating a ‘beautiful ending’. The 5 MCs, who had been watching their date in silence, remarked, “Legendary date reset, these two are ‘day one’ from today,” fully charging their romantic levels.
On the other hand, an awkward atmosphere lingered in the ‘Pairing House’ where those who did not match remained. While Chang-hwan wrote Sua and Sang-yoon wrote Chae-eun, both Sua and Ha-neul chose ‘Jimin’, leading to the failure of the home date pairing of Chang-hwan X Sua. Realizing the situation, Chang-hwan couldn’t hide his troubled heart and maintained an awkward atmosphere throughout his reunion with Sua in the ‘Pairing House’.
Additionally, Sang-yoon, who had abruptly switched from Jeyun to Chae-eun, confessed, “I was upset right after realizing my blunder,” and added, “I was worried that Jeyun noona would be in the ‘Pairing House’, but I’m actually relieved she’s not.” The 5 MCs noted, “It seems Sang-yoon still has lingering feelings for Jeyun,” and kept a close eye on the final movements of the ‘no pairing’ four.
Meanwhile, the 10 residents who traveled between Italy and Seoul for four weeks will conduct the long-awaited ‘final selection’ in the final episode of ‘Heart Pairing’ airing on the 27th. The tense atmosphere of the ‘Pairing House’ on the last night, along with whether the 10 will find their perfect match, can be confirmed on the final episode of ‘Heart Pairing’ on Channel A at 10:50 PM on the 27th.
