2020/12/11
Woo Mi-hwa) is an older schoolteacher. Ye-won (played by
Lee Yeon) works at a casually branded clothing store. They re lesbians who first met in high school when Eun-soo was Ye-won s teacher. Exact details about when and how their relationship advanced to live-in status are kept deliberately vague. The dramatic impetus ends up centering entirely around a tragedy unrelated to their homosexuality, as Take Me Home - 2020 turns into a story about grief, rage, and change.
In the grief department Take Me Home - 2020 is unflinching. The tragedy is not sugar-coated, allowing for an easy transition to rage. Eun-soo is angry about what has happened and refuses to be comforted. In a brutal moment of nasty self-sacrifice, Eun-soo demands that Ye-won leave. Eun-soo questions their entire relationship and Ye-won never gets close to rousing her with an inspiring speech about true love or any such nonsense.