Gaus Electronics

Review

8/10 is my rating. It was good, amusing at times, but not great. Worth watching if you don't have something more engaging to watch. I think I would have liked it more if I understood some of the jokes which are deeply rooted in Korean culture. There were whole scenes where they were doing a play on words and it was supposed to be funny but it fell flat for me as I did not understand it. I also felt like the chemistry with the main couple was "off." And the second couple, she friend zoned him and it never went anywhere. I think they were trying for "The Office" vibe and it just didn't work the same for someone not in that culture. I liked it. Was entertained for most of the series. I recommend it for anyone that wants something more comedic than anything else. For the romance and office life I would not give a strong recommendation. There are much better romances and slice of office life dramas available. I wouldn't rewatch it.

Spoilers

Polyamory is sure being put in a lot of dramas these days. Maybe others might see it in a favorable light but not me. I am of a generation where that was considered cheating or two timing so I am not interested in that element. I would prefer it wasn't in dramas I watch but it was such a minor part of this one it really didn't matter much.

I did not like how incapable he was. I wanted him to come into his own or something but he never really did. Which made it less believable, to me, that someone highly capable like her would be attracted to him. It made their relationship seem unbalanced.

I have seen this mentioned several times on lists of dramas people enjoyed. But inconsistently. Like it does not come up every time or even most the time. And I can see why. If the jokes fall flat for someone, as they did for me, then it would be less enjoyable.

Synopsis

This is a 2022 South Korean Workplace Comedy Romance Drama with 12, 45 minute episodes.

Lee Sang-sik (Kwak Dong-yeon) is an overly enthusiastic junior employee who is always messing things up and causing issues for his supervisor Cha Na-rae (Ko Sung-hee), While she is really tied of cleaning up his messes she realizes he is actually a very nice person. She doesn't mean to get involved in his personal life until she realizes he is being used by the woman he has been crushing on for years. Mo Hae-young (Lee So-hee) is not romantically interested in Sang-ik, but is instead stringing him along to get him to do tedious things for her. Na-rae cannot stand that her subordinate is being played in such a manner and decides to help him. Since they are neighbors she finds herself involved in his life way more than she originally wants to be. However, as the two get to know each other both inside and outside of work they develop feelings for each other. This series is a comedic look at office life with a healthy dose of romance thrown in.

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