Undercover (JTBC)
Not many people are talking about this hidden gem so here I am, letting it out that it’s one hell of a drama.
I love how the younger versions of the main couple look so similar, especially Kim Hyun Joo and Sun Hwa. Ji Jin Hee has got not-so-asian facial bones that’s hard to find in other Korean actors but still Yeon Woo Jin carries the exact same vibes of being the nice guy.
The actor who is playing their son, Yoo Seon Ho, is doing a brilliant job, with the high pitched voice and unstable eye movements. He is such a cutie IRl, though.
I am loving the office dynamic as well in the otherwise super tense CIO, the guy (Choi Dae Chul) who keeps snacking all the time, is slowly opening up to all the other warmhearted people in her core team, is such a delight. The potential office-couple of Bae Yoon Kyoung and Kang Young Seok is adorable too. Their cute bickering is always feel like a fresh air. Someone please give Kang Young Seok a bigger role, his adorable dimples are such a waste for these tiny roles.
The OST WHERE ARE YOU by Katie Kim, is a bomb too. The editing is quite top-notch, and they insert the OST always at the perfect times. It just gives you goosebumps when it goes:
I must’ve mistaken my best decision was just keeping lies behind a door, I used to believe my lie was perfect, until it was not.
Ji Jin Hee just keeps getting better like a fine wine, no doubt about that. It breaks your heart so much that he has to pay a huge price for his one lie. He had to put on a smile when his father was dying alone. The sweet family he protected with all his love and care, that is nothing but goals, is actually founded on a lie is devastating. and I love this thing about this drama. The corruption, politics, nasty NIS people and everything else does not matter at one point but this cute little family.
His actions scenes are done so well, there is not a single movement that seem like, “Are you kidding me? He isn’t a superhero.” Every move is so well choregraphed, given his age and his background as an NIS agent. But still so realistic, he does slow down, he does get hurt and bleed.
I am just not satisfied with how they are writing scenarios around Choi Yeon Soo, as the CIO Director. She was a pretty smart lawyer and suddenly after becoming the Director every move of hers is falling flat. I understand these are much bigger people and motives she is fighting against but still, I would like to see her win, on her own. With no assistance from her husband. Show us that badass bitch energy.
Lastly, I hate that old NIS Director. He is either eating with nasty people, planning his next cunning move or recklessly beating around his underlings. I was fuming in anger when they showed how he slapped the female agent. I can’t wait for him to go down. His fake patriotism is so toxic that even it you are not Korean, you keep scoffing every time he says, “For the sake of this country”. Bitch, please.
