Undercover Miss Hong

Synopsis

Set in the late 1990s, Hong Geum Bo is a sharp, career focused supervisor in her 30s working for the Financial Supervisory Service. All she cares about is her job. When suspicious financial activity is flagged at a securities firm, she goes undercover as Hong Jang Mi, a 20 year old high school graduate, and takes a position there to investigate from the inside.

At the firm, she crosses paths with the new CEO, a calculating management consultant and corporate raider who operates by one rule: only numbers tell the truth. He will do whatever it takes to hit his targets. What he does not expect is to come face to face with someone who looks exactly like a woman he once loved. The two become tangled in a complicated dynamic that sits somewhere between the past and the present, all while the undercover investigation quietly unfolds around them.

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Is There Romance? NO
Watch Status Finished
Type None
Chemistry N/A (Dropped early or insufficient data)
Ending Happy
Triangle None

My Notes / Opinions

Time really went by watching this drama. No real urge to stop, no stretches that felt like a drag, which for a 16 episode drama is already saying something. The cast as a whole is great and their dynamic together carries a lot of the show.

The only weak spots were the scenes involving the roommate and her kid. They just didn’t really hold the attention for me compared to everything else.

Romance wise, there really isn’t any. The FL had something with one of the MLs in the past but it’s over before the story starts and never comes back. The other ML seems to have some feelings for the FL in the present but they go nowhere, and she is clearly not interested in anyone throughout. And the finale confirms it, no present time romance at all.

That’s fine here though. The show doesn’t need it and doesn’t try to force one either. Liked it for what it was.

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