Jung Joon Young and Jung Yoo Mi of Season 4 of We Got Married
For those who don't know, We Got Married is a korean TV show that shows the interaction of two celebrities in a virtual marriage. Most of the couples do not know who their partners are and meet their partners on the first day of filming. The show follows the couple from their first day they meet up, gives them missions from time to time, sends them on a vacation, and finally announces them to break up.
I started watching this show in the beginning of season 4 where the original couples were Julien Kang & Yoon Se-Ah, Hwang Kwanghee & Han Sun Hwa, Lee Joon & Oh Yeon-seo. But I have to say that Jung Joong Young & Jung Yoo Mi couple was the most interesting.
This couple has been named the 4D couple, PokaGuri, and Jung Jung couple. They aren't the typical lovey dovey couple that we are used to seeing on WGM and if I was to describe it, they are more like the children that grew up together and the guy picks on the girl all the time. In the beginning when I was watching this, I didn't like the interaction between the two since it wasn't romantic enough. It felt like Yoo Mi was the mother nagging after her son and the Joong Young didn't care about the show. I felt that if my husband was like that, I would go insane. For example, when they had to complete the mission of buying goods to decorate their house, Joon Young scurries away at every chance he could to play video games and I could feel the exact fustration Yoo Mi was feeling. But as I continued to watch them, I liked how realistic their relationship is. Instead of watching the same old plot of a gentlemen pulling out chairs for the lady, planning a special event or, playing a romantic piano piece, their interactions were all unexpected, unique and has brought me lots of excitement while watching them. I slowly looked forward to this couple each time I watched we got married.
In a real relationship, most couples won't have same preferences and are probably going to disagree on certain things. Jung Yoo Mi has an active vibrant personality that loves going out and doing lots of outdoor sports. Jung Joon Young on their other hand would rather staying up late playing video games. It is because they are so different that watching how they compromise with each other is what makes this relationship interesting. JJY is always using every bit of his brain to come out with plan to get himself out of doing something. He is a good at negotiating, at speaking, and at acting. He can convince you into thinking that stapler is white when in fact it is black in order to get out of doing something. Because he didn't want to wait for her to change into a wedding dress, he asks if it would be faster to change into a minidress and then chooses the minidress since its faster. In order to get out of running the marathon he has negotiated to teach her how to play the guitar in exchange for canceling the marathon, adding that he is only doing that so she woudn't get hurt when running the marathon. When that didn't work he would act tired or that he hurt his ankle to get out of training. They are constantly playing games to decide whether they would go through with an action or canceling it. When he loses in a game, he would say "I purposely let you win". When Yoo Mi fell down when racing, while applying medicine onto her wounds, he says "it is because of your greed that this happened". Even when singing a song, most couples would sing romantic song, his songs are comedic and gives you a different feel than songs that yoo han sings. It was amusing to watch this couple because in the same season, the yoo han and lee seo eon couple were such lovey dovey characters and it was nice to see how drastically differently the two couple were.
It's annoying yet amusing to see how joon young teases yoo mi all the time. He says there is a surprise behind the door and because this is a romantic dating show you would expect a surprise but when she opens the door, it turns out to be the boiler room. When he is annoying her he explains "Don't think that I'm bossing you around, I am only requesting you and helping you out". He can instantly change the mood to everything. The more you tell him to do something, the more he rebels. When they were at a chapel, Yoo Mi wanted to experience walking doing the aisle peaceful however JJY makes loud rock sounds while making Yoo mi describes it as she felt black water flowing in to the white chapel. At times I feel pretty annoyed at JJY for being uncooperative with Yoo Mi but this is also the unpredictable and comedic side that makes this couple so charming. However despite how unyielding they are with each other's ideas they seem to play well and blend well with each other.
Despite how unromantic he is, you can tell that he loves yoo mi. I remember in psychology class, they say guys like to tease the person they like. You can see that instead of being romantic, he uses his own ways of loving Yoo Mi. During the wedding shoot, Yoo Mi was sick, he warms up citron tea with hot packs, placed a coat around her shoulder, and tried to finish the photoshoot fast. He knows how to be romantic and caring, he just doesn't do it to tease Yoo Mi but when Yoo Mi is sick, he steps up his game. This is when you can tell a person is caring. At the very last episode, after playing the guitar, he kept on making weird movement and sound so that Yoo Mi wouldn't cry. Because they aren't romantic, it gives a nice refreshing change to all the lovey dovey couples we've seen. I would definitely recommend you to watch this couple.
Their virtual marriage appeared on episode 188 to 222 from season 4 of we got married.
Above are pictures from their wedding photoshoot. They even have vampire theme photoshoot the guri planned which only totally fits their 4D character.
In the midst of filming WGM, JJY was also releasing his album and had JYM appear in his MV which you can watch
here. I think the MV was breathtaking. It's hard to believe that the frail looking guy with such dark circles would be so charismatic and has such a smooth and deep voice.
PS: because of his hilarious antics and smooth talking skills he has been casted into season 3 of one night two days which I think he is perfect for. I intend to watch him more on there.
Who is your favorite couple in WGM?
What parts do you like the most from the PokaGuri couple?
Thanks for reading,
DramaDreamLand
