EXchange Season 2 (2022)

I was pulled into the drama of the show and was touched by the participants willingness to allow us, the audience, to witness their emotional journeys.The 4 hosts of this show were terrific in their heartfelt reactions often mirroring my own responses.

The 10 participants had their own unique personalities and watching them adapt, struggle, confront and accept their emotional responses to their past relationships and the potentially new relationships was mesmerising.

Season 2 outshone season 1. Some of the tasks were the same, however, the addition interviews gave more depth to the individuals POV. The ex's room was a roller-coaster of heavy feels and it was as interesting to note those who were willing to face this and those who avoided it. The locations were excellent and Jeju island looked amazing.
The support and friendship offered by all the participants demonstrated their maturity. The banter and careful one on ones helped when the emotional struggles threatened to derail them.
As an audience member I got to review my own actions in past relationships so some therapeutic insights were a bonus to me.
A superbly produced show with attractive participants and hosts all willing to open their hearts to us the audience.

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I emphatize with Hae Eun

I must admit I’ve skipped a couple of scenes, except Hae Eun’s parts.. I came across this comment on Reddit and thought I’d share it here since it’s exactly how I felt and what I wanted to share from a viewers pov…

Haeeun was the star of the show because she was open and honest with her feelings, and a lot of the scenes were so cinematic people thought they were directed lol. Like, this scene where she watches Nayeon and Gyumin excitedly leave for their date and tries to hold her tears back while she does her makeup in front of the mirror. It gives heartbroken heroine. And she's said since that she didn't even know there was a camera in that mirror because there are tons of things she did in front of there (like changing) that she wouldn't have done if she'd known.

And then the scene where she is talking to Jisoo (who was going on a date with Gyumin) and she's pretending that he sends her lots of texts when everyone (including the viewers) knows she's lying. It's admittedly pathetic, and Jisoo even laughs, but it captured a lot of hearts because you can feel her desperation and her honesty - she wasn't there to make lots of money or be popular with the audience, she was just in love with her ex, which is the whole premise of the show.

There's also the scene in the second half of this video where she comes out of the house after lying to Jisoo about the texts and she just cries and cries, and her legs give out from under her from all that crying. A lot of people have experienced that - when you're just so heartbroken that your body has no strength to contain all those emotions. And she wasn't doing that for the cameras, she was doing that in the dark, on the pavement. It's pathetic, but it's relatable. Not all of us can be super cool badasses when we come into contact with an ex, and not many of us have been in love with someone for as long as she has.

You're allowed to not like her, but you could not script a better storyline for a show if you tried. It's gorgeous and heartbreaking and pathetic and desperate. And she made amends with her ex, her ex cried over his heartbreak too (that scene in the car is so heartbreaking as well), and she got a man who loved her despite all that heartbreak and history. That's why she's the star of the show, not necessarily because she had the best personality or the healthiest relationship.

(my addition to this comment)
Despite her struggles and pain, she was never calculative nor manipulative, she was genuinely a kind person, who went through so much…

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TVING Disappoints Me Further....

EXchange is more of a champion towards soap operas...For how they were cringe-inducing, emotionally manipulative, and promotes a bad message to ex-lovers. That's not all, it was tiresome for 1-3 hours of running time watching a social experiment on whether former couples could make up while slitting each other's throats (unless they were scripted) and dirtying up the place. I pity those who participate in this infernal dumpster fire.

Moving on mentally and breaking free from the chains of your guilt is your gateway to restarting your love life with the help of your loved ones. It won't be easy unless they could have assigned a couple's psychologist from the start. I Highly NOT RECOMMENDED for anyone unless if you're wasted. Next time, they should NOT greenlit another season. But if they do more of these, I will lose my respect to tvN and TVING altogether.???

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Roller coaster emotions

You should have not highlighted that one cast and give her a lot of screentime if you'll resort into that "thing" in the last part of the episode 3. It's very disappointing hoho T_T you should have just punished her or make her rest for some episodes! Good luck to your ratings! THANK YOUUUUUUUUU!! You should have not highlighted that one cast and give her a lot of screentime if you'll resort into that "thing" in the last part of the episode 3. It's very disappointing hoho T_T you should have just punished her or make her rest for some episodes! Good luck to your ratings! THANK YOU!!

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