This is the fastest recap ever. I still have 20 minutes left of this show, but will save it for another day. I don’t want it to end quite yet. It’s sad that it ended, but I like that it ended with people being forgiving. Forgiveness is a strange thing. When it’s done right, the burden is actually lifted off the one that harbored the animosity of being wronged, maybe even more than the one that is forgiven. But that mom is a piece of work, seemingly wanting to die on that sword of unforgiveness (not a word) until the very last episode…really, writer-nim? Well, I guess we know where Junyoung gets her stubbornness. I can’t help but compare this show to 25-21, and I still love 25-21, even if the story arc didn’t end the way we may have wanted. This one did end well but it wasn’t as gut-wrenching getting there. I wasn’t as emotionally invested in these characters. I don’t know if I should have been more invested. But I do know this, I enjoyed it nonetheless. Thank you for the wee-caps!

To be honest, I was quite disapointed by the resolution of the different issues.

Nobody gave Tae-Joon the place to express himself. He never talked about his frutration, anger, how every people in his life made him second even Tae-Yang. He didn't feel his wound because of his mother, sister and Tae-Yang. And then, he wanted to play just because he wanted to be with Tae-Yang, risking his whole career.

The mother complaining about the fact Tae-Yang stops her to chear for her son... She never did before, so she doesn't need Tae-Yang as an excuse.

They hurt stupidily Tae-Yang saving Tae-Joon for his family to forgive her. They needed to see how bad they were with the son after a serious discussion with him and understand they just had to accept whatever their son want because they didn't have the right to complain.

At the end, I'm happy that Tae-Joon is happy but neither of his mom, sister and Tae-Yang deserve his forgiveness because none of them realized what they did to him.

I didn't really like Tae-Yang's evolution. She always changed her mind. Her martyr syndrom was tiring. The writer should have chosen only one of them : guilt for Joon-Young's accident or orphelin story. But both together, it was depressing. As an athlete, it was hard to be convinced she was good. She didn't play during 3 years, then was hurt...

I agree with Yumin, Switzerland loves Jung-Hwan! He was my favourite character from the beginning. He was mean with Tae-Yang and completely unfair but at least, at the opposite of Yunis team, he knew the whole story. His break-up with Joon-Young never was clean and he suffered. His bad behavior on social media was to make her react. The fact he did it during 3 years shows how loyal he is. But in his bad manners, we could see how he took care of his partner in double and his colleague in Yunis team for the funeral. I liked his honesty, how direct he was, his professionalism as a player. I liked his bromance with Tae-Joon, they were funny together, his relationship with his coach/father-in-law (who was the only good adult in this show). His relationship with Yumin was super cute. I liked how honest they were to each other.

I was pleased that there was a happy ending for each of our couples. The way they got there was probably the best solution for the writers.
But part of me had wished that Tae-yang hadn't waited for Tae-joon's sister to agree, so that Tae-joon would have been clearly shown at least once that he comes first with someone around him.

And I still think his mother is horrible.

Like most the others it seems, I still did not like the mother. And I definitely would have preferred a cathartic confrontation from Tae-Joon like we got with Tae-Yang and her mother. His parents basically played favourite with his sister their whole life and it left him with a pretty understandable complex about it.

I was happy to see the conflict with Tae-Yang and Joon-Young end up being resolved. I felt it would have been better if she overheard her talking about these things with her father (or mother would have worked too) how she spent her whole life trying to not be abandoned for not being good at badminton. I guess the common ground of the expectations from others was an okay reason for reconciliation, but it seemed like they could have hammered that point to go with the fairly quick turn around.

All in all, I enjoyed Love All Play quite a bit. It didn’t focus on the badminton that much, and basically used it as a backdrop to showcase some interesting characters with good chemistry.

The story wrapped up sweetly, but I never regained the warmth and fondness that I had for this show in the first 8 episodes. I would still recommend this show for the lovely relationship of the lead, but I never saw the growth in the leads. TJ would have played and lost his career if it had not been for TY's injury which means he would have continued to throw himself under the bus. TY kept oscillating until the end. Except for Seung Woo/Young Sim, JungHwa/Yoo Min, other characters were less explored that when the blondie and the other guy got together I rolled my eyes. TY's dad and TY's mom miraculously realized their mistakes after burdening their kids for too long, but nothing beats the sudden change in JY. The whole guilt-tripping, matyrdom and hurt could have been exchanged for team development and interaction of the team members which was very sweet. 7/10

*Skips weecap and all comments*😂

I don't want to say goodbye to Taejun so I'm still to watch these last 2 episodes.
I'm hoping the writers/production end things well

Oh wow! This was fast! It hasn't even been a full day since the drama ended!!
I was planning to rewatch the final episodes and better collect my thoughts but I guess I'll do that later! XD

In the last two weeks I went from not caring about the show to rewatching it in its entirety twice, even 3 times for some episodes. Saying my expectations for the finale were high is an understatement. And now we're here and I'd say I'm happy, though not quite 100%.

I'm satisfied with the overall story development and all the secondary characters and couples' trajectories; I especially loved how Youngshim became the coach, and how she plays married with Seungwoo and they don't even realize it! Just get married already!! XD

In the end our Park Twins are happy together again, both on the court and as life partners, and that's great and what we all wished for!

For the most part I'm happy with how they got there, but I can't help but feel like they (and we, as viewers) deserved so much more, especially our best boy Taejoon!

As others said, he never really had the chance to express his feelings properly, make people around him truly understand and acknowledge his worth, and he just accepted everything with no fuss. Even on the last episode he was still begging his mother for approval, it was a long overdue scene, but she should have done the first step! :(

I wish both him and Taeyang weren't so dependent on their families' approval, and just went on with their lives as they pleased. I can understand how it might make sense culturally, can't say I like it though.

Lastly I was a little disappointed with their screentime on ep 16. E
Ep 15 was shaping up nicely (until mom came out and ruined it, oh well)...but then in the very last episode it's like they regressed again? They spent too much time apart and waiting...why?! I needed more proper cuteness from them!!!

Ahhh...overall I still had a good time and I'll remember the drama fondly!
Park Twins fighting!! Yunis and everyone else fighting!!
Park Taejoon jjang!! Be happy!!! ♥️

All is well that ends well. This was a fun drama. Chae Jong Hyeop with his beautiful smile and charm warming up our screens. It is too bad this drama didn't do well in ratings because the romance was really sweet. That being said, his mother was not the best, but his sister turned around. I enjoyed this and I am glad it was wee-capped.

I looked forwarded to and enjoyed watching this drama from start to finish, even when the overall very solid writing sometimes left me wanting just a little bit more. I will miss checking in with these characters weekly, and hope all the actors hurry up and find new projects.

It did bother me that whenever anyone close to Taejun talked about forgiving or not forgiving Taeyang, no one ever mentioned that his feelings deserved consideration. That's what made the mom so incredibly unsympathetic to me all the way through, even though I am a parent, and I could understand the nature of her conflict to forgive someone who harmed her child. The fact that she never really thought of the hurt *she* was causing her other child meant this emotional arc fell flat.

Even in his relationship and reunion with Taeyang, I felt like Taejun still had to do a lot of the work, and deserved a moment where his lifelong struggle to be seen and heard was recognized. He subverted so many of his needs and desires for his sister, his mother, and then his girlfriend, and I ended up wanting that big dramatic acknowledgement for him.

One other complaint: I wish there had been more badminton. One easy way the writers could have attended to this--and solved one other writing issue, imo--was to have replaced the drama over Taeyang leaving and coming back to the team (an arc we saw twice) with her staying on the team after she rejected the first offer from the rival team. That way we could have seen all the same fallout with the secret being revealed, and the Park twins breaking up, but everyone would work through the resulting drama as they also had to train and compete together. That would have been much more interesting and exciting overall, and also would have allowed for an exploration of their partner dynamic more thoroughly, something I thought we were going to get when the two were paired early on, but which disappeared until the end of the show.

But again, I absolutely loved this show, and any complaints I have come from caring deeply about the characters.

Thanks @missvictrix for a great recap.

This was one of the highlight shows for 2022 and I just don’t get the ratings. I enjoyed it a lot initially and once it returned to form but felt I had to ride out the unnecessary plot lines of evil unforgiving mum and daughter combo, sobbing prepared to sacrifice the joy of life girlfriend and heartbroken to the point of not feeling physical pain boyfriend.

I am glad it ended with the two dad’s accepting they were lucky to have the future son in laws they had and all couples were sorted especially the seniors who get to play married while they wait to be official. I was confused why the couple who had dated for 2 years were waiting another 5 before getting married as they are both in their twenties and on the same team so are together all the time anyway.

I like the friendly rivalry between the mixed doubles and the fact it ended without us knowing who won.

I was confused about the two men at the end talking about the missed birthday was that supposed to be a gay relationship or just friends. I know we had a little intro to the National player with long hair in the early episodes but I don’t remember any clues for either of the characters so it just seemed a bit random to me.

i went into this expecting a cute sports drama and got one of the best surprises ever! i loved this show and the relationships that grew and matured and it was one of the BEST endings ever. kudos to the team of players!

In the end I didn't like Taeyang anymore and couldn't see why Taejoon's existence had to revolve around her. It actually became uncomfortable - two wrist grabs at the stairs led to that fall, silly as it was. I can't believe it only took 15 episodes to see Seungwoo play a game 😭 Him and Taejoon actually have such a good dynamic, it should have come sooner! It's like the writer had all these puzzle pieces of what makes a good drama but chose not to fit them together the right way and instead decided to make everything about Taeyang's martyrdom and how she couldn't possibly deserve forgiveness--unlike Taejoon's mum who doesn't even have to say sorry once for her abusive behaviour. Yeah...definitely avoiding this writer in future.

One of the most underrated drama. I meant it is not perfect or far from spectacular, but it is good in showing what youthful love is like. Breezy, fun, no makjang, over jealously etc. I like it there's no overly evil characters in this drama. No bitchy ex or SML/SFL. I'm going to miss this especially Taejoon with his cheesy jokes.

Anybody love Chae Jong-hyeop's voice? It is not the deep, manly voice that people usually like but his voice has this boyish, fresh vibe in it, I just like it just suits his youthful image.

Hope his next drama will get more attention in rating wise.

I have finally watched this and I'm glad all the stories were tied up pretty.

Chae Jong-Hyeop was truly awesome in role and I'm happy for him.