Hello, Love, Again

Hello, Love, Again picks up five years after Hello, Love, Goodbye, reuniting Joy and Ethan as they reconnect in Canada—a chance meeting that reignites past emotions and wounds . Joy, now going by the name Marie, has fully embraced her new life in Canada. She's on the cusp of achieving her dream to become a licensed nurse and is preparing for her U.S. licensure exam . Meanwhile, Ethan arrives in Calgary with a friend, hoping for a fresh start. Their reunion at the airport is awkward yet filled with unresolved tension . Flashbacks revealed in fragments show how their long-distance relationship during the COVID-19 lockdown unraveled. Amid lockdown pressures, family loss—Ethan’s father dies of COVID—and career stress, Ethan cheats on Joy during a video call. The betrayal devastates Joy, prompting an emotional breakup . Back in the present, despite Joy’s emotional walls and newfound independence, Ethan proposes a fake common-law marriage to help him qualify for Canadian permanent residency. Living together forces them to confront lingering feelings. Their chemistry resurfaces, but old wounds and misunderstandings—especially a side subplot involving Joy’s friend Baby and colleague Uno—threaten to derail any reconciliation . Joy faces a turning point when a patient she deeply cares for, Martha, dies. Martha’s final letter urges Joy to seek genuine happiness and a sense of “home.” At the airport, about to depart for the U.S., Joy realizes that home is not a place but a feeling—and for her, it is still Ethan. She chooses love over the unknown destination and returns to his apartment . The film concludes with a heartfelt reconciliation: Ethan and Joy kiss, forgive one another, and affirm their commitment. A brief glimpse of their wedding a year later underscores that love—though tested by ambition, distance, a pandemic, and personal growth—can flourish when people grow, forgive, and choose each other again .