Welcome to Samdalri episode 1 is all set to premiere on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 10:30 p.m. on JTBC and Netflix. The series follows the story of two childhood best friends, Jo Yong-Phil (Ji Chang-Wook) and Jo Sam-Dal (Shin Hye-Sun), who reunite while navigating rough chapters of life and eventually rekindle their romance. The drama promises equal doses of love, heartbreak, and drama.
Episode 1 of Welcome to Samdalri will show Jo Yong-Phil and Jo Sam-Dal living their lives as they face a fair share of successes and failures. While Yong-Phil stays in their hometown as a weather forecaster, Sam-Dal establishes her life in Seoul as a fashion photographer. However, unexpected turn of events will bring her to the hometown and reunite with Yong-Phil. As it is, viewers will see the moment the duo first meets after their emotional breakup.
Welcome to Samdal-ri episode 1 trailer focuses on Ji Chang-Wook & Shin Hye-Sun’s dramatic lives
The trailer of Welcome to Samdalri episode 1 begins with what Jo Yong-Phil and Jo Sam-Dal do for a living. The former works as a weather forecaster in his hometown, while Sam-Dal is a famous fashion magazine photographer. While Yong-Phil spends time with the elderly in the town, accompanying them for fishing and other sea activities, Sam-Dal spends quality time with her friends and colleagues in the city. She also maintains a successful professional life.
However, life will throw curveballs along their way. Yong-Phil and his colleagues at the weather forecasting station are at odds with each other when he receives an offer in Seoul. However, he is not too keen on leaving his hometown and moving to the city. His friend advises how he can go and meet Sam-Dal in Seoul. But what he doesn’t know is that the latter is making her way back to the hometown after suffering a setback in her job. Viewers will have to wait and see what the duo’s first interaction brings in this eventful premiere.
Watch Welcome to Samdalri episode 1 on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at 10:30 p.m. KST on JTBC and Netflix.
