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What plot holes are in Love Alarm season two? Netflix’s hit K-drama returns with Kim So-hyun, Song Kang and Jung Ga-ram reprising their roles – so how does their love triangle end?

Season two of the Netflix K-drama Love Alarm just hit our screens – so what did you think of it? Photo: Netflix
Season two of the Netflix K-drama Love Alarm just hit our screens – so what did you think of it? Photo: Netflix

  • Love Alarm 2 continues exploring a society where apps influence your love life by reading the romantic feelings of those around you
  • What is CDG’s ‘Love Alarm Go’, and is it a possible set-up for season three?

The first K-drama ever screened by Netflix, Love Alarm, followed a high school girl as she navigated romantic relationships. Sound run-of-the-mill? What about in a society where everyone has an app that shows if someone within 10 metres of them has romantic feelings for them? This premise probably contributed to the success of the first series, which led to Netflix commissioning another that just started airing on March 12.

The cast of Love Alarm. From left: Jung Ga-ram, Kim So-hyun and Song Kang. Photo: @lovealarmseason.2/Instagram
The cast of Love Alarm. From left: Jung Ga-ram, Kim So-hyun and Song Kang. Photo: @lovealarmseason.2/Instagram
In the second series, the love triangle between Jo-jo (played by Kim So-hyun), Sun-oh (Song Kang) and Hye-yeong (Jung Ga-ram) comes to a satisfying end for our heroine, but obvious plot holes rang a few alarm bells. Warning: spoilers ahead.
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How did Gul-mi capture so many hearts? 

Gul-mi in Love Alarm. Photo: @netflixkr/Instagram
Gul-mi in Love Alarm. Photo: @netflixkr/Instagram

As Gul-mi (Go Min-si) is desperate to meet the mysterious developer of Love Alarm, CDG, she quickly accepts a challenge: get 300 people to love you, and be rewarded. Given that her attempts at acting lovable failed in the past, it’s difficult to believe that she managed to attract 300 people within the span of a few days.

Why didn’t Brian realise Duk-gu was free?

Duk-gu in Love Alarm. Photo: Netflix
Duk-gu in Love Alarm. Photo: Netflix

Duk-gu (CDG, played by Lee Jae-eung) had been watching Gul-mi’s live-streams for a while and was aware of Jo-jo’s conflicted feelings, which means he’d been out of the hospital for at least a year. (If he was already watching Gul-mi’s feed in season one, with its four-year span, and we know he’s 23 in season two.) Why did nobody from the hospital inform Brian? 

Feng James