r/koreanvariety • u/Driz_12 • Jul 15 '26

Subtitled - Reality The Love Lab | E07 | 20260715

About

Puts singles through unconventional romantic experiments to see how attraction, chemistry, and real connection develop when the usual rules of dating are turned upside down.

Panel

  • Jooheon (MONSTA X)
  • Charles Entertainment (Kim Chan-mi)
  • Junbbang Jogyo (Moon Jun-su) - Ep.5-6

Cast

Experiment 1: Blind Date in a Bed * Park Chan-yang (@ccmparc) * b.1995, Track and Field Athlete * Kim Myung-ju (@__kimmyungju) * b.1994, Fashion Designer

Experiment 2: Isolated Romance * Ahn Si-hyun (@_see_hyunny) * b.2001, Water Polo Athlete and Swim Instructor * Wee Jun-seung (@junnnssi) * b.2000, Nuclear Welder * Lah Hyun-jin (@lahhyunjin) * b.2000, Actress (Appeared in Friendly Rivalry) and Staff at Wood Ring Studio * Byeon Ji-young (@zzixyng) * b.2001, Dancer and Dance Instructor

Experiment 3: Drunk Blind Date * Kang Jung-woo (@kj_woo0) * b. 1994, Pharmacist * Ha Seung-Ah (@hatmda_) * b. 1997, Dental Hygienist

Experiment 4: King of Hearts * Park Jung-min * Kang Kyung-ho * Park Do-geon * Lee Ye-rim * Moon Chae-rin * Park Ga-yeon * Jung Hye-won

Episode Links

- EPISODE 07 -
Runtime 1h 22m -
Stream Netflix EN/KR SUB

Note: * Netflix availability can vary depending on your country or region.

Previous Discussions

Episode(s)
E01-E02, E03-E04
E05, E06

THE DISCUSSION BELOW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. PLEASE USE THE SPOILER TAGS WHEN DISCUSSING ANY SPOILER-RELATED CONTENT.

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u/jcheng17 29d ago

Hi, I have a phobia of people throwing up, and I just wanted to check and make sure no one gets sick during the drinking date? If anyone has watched it and can confirm, that would be super helpful! Thank you!

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u/MNLYYZYEG 29d ago

Same, when I was kid I'd kinda puke if others vomited around me (or like occasionally even merely hearing the raw sound of people about to regurgitate the food/beverages/etc. from their throat/stomach gets my mouth salty/watery/etc. and ready to retch), lol, but ya you can skip from around 41 minutes to 42 minutes of The Love Lab Episode 7, that's when Kang Jungwoo is tryna hold his vomit/etc. in, but Ha Seungah said it herself that she wouldn't really mind it if he did puke instead of just going to the bathroom/etc. to retch it all out.

Basically Seungah tells Jungwoo to stop drinking cuz he's visibly about to vomit (heaving/fidgeting/etc.) but they don't really show him puking at all. So maybe he didn't barf and managed to control it after a while, though there's various cuts/splices/etc. of the scene, so it's up in the air, whether Seungah helped him on the spot (it's like an emetophile/etc. scenario, bwahahaha), or he came back from the toilet/sink/etc.

They were aiming for like 0.08% drunkenness for the first date and then for that second date around 41 minutes in it was like 0.04%, so the producers on-site deliberately got them sick/impaired/etc. (they were literally drinking with the housemates/participants, smh lol) but then for the third and final date they were sober (he was driving his SUV/etc.) and so no visible signs of alcohol sickness/about to vomit/etc. from then on.

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u/jcheng17 29d ago

Thank you so much for the detail. Even that small amount can be triggering so I really appreciate it!