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CAPTAIN NICE EPISODE 1 SERIES
The team is experiencing a series of problems. Jung-woo is performing with the cheer team, Theia, which will be the heart of our story. There are hints of a change when Hae-yi sees Jung-woo perform at the orientation-day pep rally and she’s mesmerized by something on stage. The two get off on the wrong foot, continually running into each other on campus, where outspoken, scene-making Hae-yi clashes with quiet, rule-following Jung-woo. Our female lead meets cheer captain and all around do-gooder, PARK JUNG-WOO ( Bae In-hyuk), when she’s graffitiing the stadium bleachers with her name and he tells her to clean it off. Her degree is going to boost her status in society one day and she’s spunky enough not to let anything stand in her way. This is how she’s paying for Yonhee and why she’s super proud of herself to be there. Along with tutoring high school kids and shelving library books, she takes gigs on a “butler service” app where she does everything from deliver dry cleaning to kill roaches - all for horribly low fees. Hae-yi has the makings of a classic Candy, working in the contemporary gig economy. While trying to manifest money through affirmations, she arrives on campus in a vintage varsity jacket she acquired online and takes pictures with her busted up, nowhere-near-recent iPhone. Our heroine, DO HAE-YI ( Han Ji-hyun), is beyond excited for her first day at such a prestigious school. We set the stage at Yonhee University in 2019 where the majority of our story will unfold.

What we do get is songs, lights, costumes, chants, and a lot of energy - which is all the reason I need to watch, even if it’s not what I thought I was getting into. The team at the center of this show is more like a pep squad - they don’t stunt, tumble, or do complicated dance routines. If anyone, like me, was looking forward to a drama about fast-flying cheerleaders, I’m a little sad to say that’s not what we have (at least so far). But as the cheer squad looks for new recruits in the year of a deadly prophecy, it seems collective pep might not be the only spirit they find. The new SBS mystery-romance drama Cheer Up is finally lighting up our screens with campus crushes, unique uniforms, and a down-and-out team that needs to find their spirit.

33 OctoOctoCheer Up: Episodes 1-2 by Dramaddictally
