The Golden Spoon

Kept me on the edge of my seat!

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Best kdrama I've seen in years! I loved this drama from the first episode. It's incredibly suspenseful!! Part 1 was amazing and stop the hate for part 2, it was extremely important for the storyline to develop. I'm glad it didn't stay a high school story the whole drama.

The tea: Sorry not sorry but Taeyong was a jerk when he was a spoiled rich kid. He wasn't smart enough to go into business and he kept messing up his own life. Seungcheon did him a favor by switching their lives and fixed it for him. It wasn't a good environment for his mental health anyway, with those horrible "family" who gave him anxiety and ptsd :( He deserved a loving home like Seungcheon's family. And to actually achieve something with the only talent he has, drawing. I'm glad he kept/chose Seungcheons life.

People need to realize that Seungcheon's a good person and stop hating his desicion. Most times he switched lives to help his parents out of financial need, even when he didn't want to switch anymore :( And you can't deny that he's incredibly smart. He's born to be a business man and I'm glad he took the opportunity to use his talents. No one could stand up to the evil "dad" like he does! Seungcheon is SO brave and a better Taeyong!

But honestly no one deserves the false accusations and treatment from that rich family. I wish he could've gone back to his real family in the end and be Taeyong's brother.

Sadly the ending wasn't exactly as I had hoped it would be... He didn't reunite with his family. And I hate it when kdramas make the protagonist lose their memories :( Even though he walked away with his spoon STILL in his pocket. So maybe it's up for interpretation? If not for this ending, I would've given this drama a 10/10.
I highly recommend it and Sungjae is an amazing actor!!

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Does Golden Spoon become the first Korean Drama to have two Male First Leads outside of BL dramas?

In Korean Dramas specifically and writing in general, the First Male Lead is the male protagonist around whom the storyline pivots. Therefore, the Male First Lead never becomes the Male Second Lead. In addition, if you pluck out this character from the storyline you have no story. Outside of BL Korean Dramas, you get one Male First Lead usually.

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The storyline for Golden Spoon is exceptional and unusual.

Golden Spoon is the story of two teen young men, one super rich and one very poor, who go to the same high school. The poor teen desperately wants to be rich, to control his life. As the story evolves, a Golden Spoon grants his wish to switch parents. In a reality-bend, he abandons his parents in his reality to become the son of the riches Chaebol. In this switch, the (unaware) natural son of the riches chaebol inherits the parents of the economically poor young student. Each boy keeps his personality identity and both are their original self, but they just live in a different reality in this switch. Reality is bent. As you can see, because of this unique storyline, neither teen can be plucked out of this story. (We are not talking about changing out an actor).

“Male First Lead” Confusion

In Golden Spoon, both boys fall for the same girl. She likes only one of the boys, but in this reality-bend, at any given time, both of our teen boys are this boy which she likes. This reality-bend in Golden Spoon leads to a Korean Drama conundrum. The First Male Lead of a story is always the protagonist about which the drama story is written. Because this story is equally about the two boys living in each others’ reality-bend, for me this makes Golden Spoon the first Korean Drama which I have seen that has two Male First Leads or Double Male First Leads and no Second Male Lead.

Fan Alert: The ending is mind-blowing.

Take-Away from the Story

Golden Spoon addresses whether all that is golden is really ideal? Should value be attached to the integrity of your soul? Is money really what makes you happy? Golden Spoon has many aspects of the Korean drama Reborn Rich. It handles the material in unique ways and may be a fresh look at an old theme, “Is the grass greener on the other side?”

Note: Golden Spoon is not a body-swap Korean Drama. Both boys are themselves, but the one with the Golden Spoon retains the knowledge of their former self and their relationships in the other bended reality. Although not knowing the life the other boy lived, each are retrofitted into that life or reality-bend. This makes for a unique prospective view on both of their lives.

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Painfully beautiful story

Recently finished watching this drama and I have got so many different feelings about it, but I’d easily say this is the first one that has made me feel such an incredible amount of emotions throughout one show. It’s definitely a roller coaster and it has so many powerful lines and impactful lessons about life and people.

The only thing I’d have wished for is what could have been in the end. Although I’d like to say the ending was bittersweet, I just can’t help but feel extremely sad for sungcheon, as much as some of his actions made me mad throughout the show I couldn’t resist feeling bad for him - I feel like he truly did love his family and as greedy as he was, i truly wish he would’ve at least witnessed seeing his family happy in the end - one of the main reasons he started all this. I have so much love for sungjae as an actor and as a singer and may have been more attached to his character because of this, so my feelings on this part of the ending aside, I’d still give it a 10/10;

The drama beautifully portrayed a poetic message about life — that everything comes with a price, yet money is not everything. (the enjoyment of a gorgeous, golden sunset is however free, of course… ☺️)

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Why I didn't hear about this before?

Why hasn’t it gained more success? This show was outstanding, prompting me to share my thoughts. The storyline, acting, and even the OST were exceptional. The actors conveyed emotions so vividly that I found myself immersed, experiencing a range from anger to anxiety and sadness. The drama held me from start to finish, a rare feat in my binge-watching history. Now that it’s over, I’m left with a void, wondering what to watch next.

Regarding the love interests, I felt torn between the ML and SFL, craving more of their interaction. Yet, the FL and ML displayed a profound, genuine love that went beyond a mere crush.

Can we talk about SFL ? I mean Oh Yu Jin. No, because she giving. 🫢 And the outfit, always on point. I need to see her in more drama pls.

Returning to the main plot, the story was masterfully written, and the episode count felt just right. Every character’s perspective was well understood, though the ending left a bittersweet taste. I understood the repercussions of the golden spoon but I still felt sad for SeungChun. But by the look of Juhee, I can imagine he's going to reconnect with the people who loved him and whom he loved.

This drama is worth recommending to everyone. It’s a gem that deserves more recognition.

Now I am going to watch the TikTok edits, ITW, BTS and stalk the actors.

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"The Golden Spoon" is the definition of the battle of good against evil...

It is the story of a young man Lee Seung Chun ( Yook Sung Jae )who, in pursuit of quick wealth and promotion to positions of power, used every illegitimate means, without moral qualms or remorse with greed, jealousy, selfishness, adventurism, immorality, renounced his poor family to steal someone else's life... Of course, in order not to feel "guilty", he gave them gifts, gave them half the money for the rent in the semi-basement with the miserable conditions they lived in, and continued in luxury... He is the cause of his real father's death.. Until the end, he did not want to regain his old identity..On the contrary, the young man Hwang Tae Yong (Lee Jong Won ) who was deceived and lost everything managed to teach morality, dignity, kindness, nobility, sacrifice, empathy, solidarity, mental resilience.. He loved a family that was not his own, that offered him nothing in materialism but gave him the love he lacked, and he didn't betray her until the end... Even when he learned the whole truth...He was proud of someone else's father, followed in his footsteps, became famous on his own merit, and offered all his love, his life, the money he earned from his work, to the family whose real child abandoned them because he was
ashamed..Amidst the destruction caused by the immoral son and his greed, fate took pity on the poor family and gifted them with a child who, although not of their blood, adored them ( We saw at the end that he had bought them an apartment and they were living with dignity.... ) For the lead female actress Na Joo Hee (Jung Chae Yeon), all she had was a bottomless stupidity, she chased a man who left her without a second thought for 10 years to get rich and her stupidity lasted until the end..No one deserves to deal with her anymore..The injustice is that this greedy scoundrel managed to become rich again through the death of a gardener. And of course, under a different name, he met the stupid woman of the story. The second lead female actress got what she deserved..The performances are amazing from everyone, especially the villain of the story Hwang Hyun Do (Choi Won Young).. That's the only reason for my high rating.

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Freaking good plot with actors !!!

I first started this Rama because of curiosity and obviously main lead and the father character cause they were in same drama pop up mystic bar.
I was also happy that the father here is more like evil personality type of character even sungcheon too ...the story was good at start but slow in middle but I also love that last 4 episode where good I love twist they showed in the drama.
one thing is that they did not showed how they switched bodies like taeyong in sungcheon ... sungcheon in taeyong...if they showed it like that it would be better ...i guess they tried not to confuse audience .
"Poverty isn't contagious but Money is "
That line was so good. I was doubtful that time like how did they young's father uses his words so greatly /gracefully.
There really love to cut off character s to build the story I know I knew that someone was going to die but did not expect to ______ father to die.
I realised that even tho sungcheon used his Golden spoon 2 times but Taeyong never used even once. It was good taeyong he got lovely parents family which he deserved. But not his love of life ..
"Everyone has to pay the price"
Woahhh all 3 price were freaking good...like bro i know it was wrong with Yeojin but still everything she did was enough to her her atleast kidnapped her child i am sure he wouldn't kill the child .
I don't really understand what Nara's father doing in house...A as*hole father who tortured his daughter working in her house that doesn't make sense why would you hand him child bro please.
Sungcheon price was also good as he didn't die but atleast forgot everything.
Ahhhhh the cameo .i thought he was just for 5 sec...but played important part in story loved it....^⁠_⁠^
Honestly i had expections at first then no expectations in middle but story ended on good note. 10/10 for me

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A Good Watch, Despite Some Flaws

Ok I finally finished the series and after finishing the series, I have some thoughts to share. The initial episodes, around 1-6, were definitely great. However, things became messy later on due to the excessive number of golden spoons. Despite this, I found the show entertaining and couldn't wait to see what would happen next. The ending was really satisfying and well-done.

Overall, I wouldn't say the show was bad - that would be too harsh. The acting by the entire cast was solid and the soundtrack was excellent. The only downside for me was some of the plotlines. Despite this, I would still recommend giving the show a watch. I'd give it a 7/10, which means it was a good watch in my opinion.

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The story has alot of twist and unexpected events. The leads acting are very good and on point. Shoutout to our maknae Sunjae. His acting improved and did really well in this drama. I hope he gets more drama where he is the main lead. The music was also catchy. I just wish 2nd male leads character had more development cause whether he is poor or back to his rich self he seemed to be a bit weak. The parents of both male leads are well portrayed and you would love to hate Tae Hyeong’s dad. I don’t know how the rest of the episodes will go but I have high hopes. Will complete the series then update my review.

Edited: The series ends as how it should be. The male lead learned it the hard way. The villains karma came and I love how the 2nd male leads growth and his heart which is stronger than the lead. Salute in him choosing what makes him happy and not regaining his luxurious life. Though tempted he made the hard choice and sticked to it. Not everyone can do that.

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " The Golden Spoon " is a webtoon live action.

The series is a character drama, thus, it focuses more on its main leads, rather than the romance, which was okay, but, fortunately, didn't overshadow the main story. Rather, it compliment it and was there to add a few touches of emotional frustration.

On the other hand, the drama weighted the family bonds more, compared to any love story. The family drama was on point and was rightfully enough intense.

However, the drama after the first part, got confusing, as they kept adding golden spoons. Thus, it was hard to keep track on who was who, or whom they used to be.

The performances, in addition, were great by all the actors and actresses in the cast.

So, overall, eight out of ten.

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Not all that glitters is gold

I really loved this drama full of twists and turns.

Lee Seungcheon is a man of a thousand faces capable of transforming himself several times and fighting strenuously in business, in love and for his life, because even the life of a rich person like Hwang Taeyong's is somewhat problematic.

Even if only at the end with the death of his real father, Seungcheon really understood that what makes you truly free is not wealth but living peacefully, spending time by the sea with the person you love, hoping that one day she will be able to return his love.

A round of applause goes to all the amazing actors and actresses who catapulted us into the imaginary world of the golden spoon.

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