According to Nielsen Korea, a ratings research company on the 6th, the drama Penthouse recorded 23.6%-28.8% in the last episode of SBS TV’s ‘Penthouse’ season 1, which aired at 10 pm the previous day. It’s a season high. KBS 2TV’s ‘Amhaengeosa’ was 4.9%-6.5%, and tvN’s ‘Day and Night’ was 4.6% (hereafter paid households). In the final episode of’Penthouse’ season 1, Su-ryun Shim (played by Ji-ah Lee) and Yoon-ee Oh (played by Jin Yu) finally faced a tragic end, and Seo-jin Cheon (played by So-yeon Kim) and Dan-tae Ju (played by Um Gi-jun), who revealed the cruel double face of those who had the penthouse It ended with the ‘triumph of evil’, which occupied .
Penthouse kdrama is from ‘Temptation of Wife’ to ‘Come! Jang Bori’, ‘My Daughter, Geum Sa-ol’, ‘Sister is Alive’, and ‘The Empress’ Dignity’ are new works by writer Kim Soon-ok, who occupies an unrivaled position in the so-called ‘end-of-war’ market.
This work strengthened firepower by adding real estate issues such as problems with the entrance exam and adultery of upper-class children in JTBC’s popular drama ‘SKY Castle’, and boasted a splendid scale against the backdrop of a building reminiscent of Tower Palace in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-u. On top of that, the unstoppable development unique to writer Kim gave birth to an ending that made viewers wait for a reversal each time, and the ratings went higher and higher. From the beginning, viewers fell in love with the scale that covers all topics such as adultery, kidnapping, murder, secrets of birth, irregularities in entrance exams, and school violence, and the head tingling flow when watching.
Author Kim’s proprietary patents, such as the birth parents and children separated when they were young, and the story of the mother’s generation leading to their children, the resulting bloody revenge, and the resurrection of a person who was thought to be dead, remained the same. Cheon Seo-jin and Joo Dan-tae, etc. are Shin Ae-ri (Kim Seo-hyung) in Kim’s previous work ‘Temptation of Wife’ or ‘Come! He created a topic by showing the aspect of the ‘strongest villain’ enough to make the bad girls such as Yeon Min-jeong (Lee Yu-ri) in ‘Jang Bori’ forget. In particular, Kim So-yeon, who played Seo-in Cheon, took on a villain role after a long time since ‘All About Eve’ and showed her more evolved appearance, contributing the most to raising the drama’s ratings and topicality. Actors other than Kim So-yeon did more than 100% of their part.
Lee Ji-h appeared in a box office hit after a long time and showed a passionate performance that did not spare her whole body while maintaining her unique mysterious atmosphere, and Shin Eun-gyeong also showed the character digestion power like a rice cake and added umami. Male characters such as Park Eun-seok who plays Logan Lee and Yoon Jong-hun in “Doctor Ha” also received their own attention in their female-style works.
Producer Joo Dong-in, who boasted his ‘marathon’ directing skills in ‘Return’ and ‘Empress’s Dignity’, maximized the stimulating and sensational atmosphere in the main scenes this time, added immersion, and showed a well-matched chemistry with Kim. However, criticism could not be avoided. If JTBC’s ‘SKY Castle’ or ‘The World of the Married’ earned the nickname of ‘well-made ending’, ‘Penthouse’ has a splendid scale, but the content showed an aspect like the endgame king.
In fact, excessive directing such as school violence was subject to legal sanctions. It is in this context that the reason why the ‘Kim Soon-ok drama rules’ such as ‘starting from the mountain and going to Andromeda’, ‘there is no why, there is only wow’, and ‘you are not dead until an autopsy’ is not just a joke. Of course, these criticisms Regarding “Penthouse”, “If you look at the corruption in the entrance exam that decorates the pages of newspapers and the ‘Nambul’ related to the real estate of high-ranking officials, ‘Penthouse’ may be weaker than reality.”
‘Penthouse’ will soon move to a Friday-Saturday drama and seasons 2 and 3 will be broadcast. Seasons 2 and 3 were organized with 12 episodes each. As a follow-up to Season 1 of ‘Penthouse’, ‘Chosun Gu Masa’ starring Gam Woo-seong and Jang Dong-yoon was scheduled, but the detailed schedule is undecided.
