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You are right on point! It is a comedy with hearts. There are no real romance in Ji Sung's recent dramas hence if a little bit of it comes, fine. If no, just as fine.

Many already asked the same question. And many replied as below. But best to watch it yourself as it is way too early to make prediction. It is too fun a show to miss.

If you have watched the highly entertaining revenge thriller The Escape of the Seven Resurration (the 2nd season of the series) a fake marriage also setup right at the beginning. Anything can happen with fake marriage, romance tag or not.
My favourite Hospital Playlist season 1 had no romance tag when relased as it is a slice of life, friendship, medical drama. But all the 5 main characters in the drama have a developing love story and there is even a love triangle for the 2 main leads! (Not that if I am predicting any romance or not in this drama).

The fake groom told the fake bride in episode 1 he paid her 2 million won for a kiss which he didnt get (or didn't take). Will he get the money worth at the end?

Many are just focussed in right or wrong in dramas. Heart is what matters in drama.

The whole fake family members are likeable, very likeable (in episode 2), but only if you can accept humorous, sarcastic dramas

Hosplay 2!! My all time favourite and a once in a lifetime drama. I particular like how Hosplay began with Chae Song Hwa, meaning she is the main lead, the soul of the drama.

There likely lots of awkward subplot situations of the fake marriage for the fl. She probably has to move in with the fake family with a bunge of men, boy right? How she's going to explain to her sister who is working for the current (corrupted) apartments management president? If it goes the romcom way there might even be some other guy falling for her, with so many episodes to come (only tiny chance though)? To achieve the goal in 3 months? It is not going to happen and it is going to be hard earn money for the fl's impulsive decision.

Take a look at the few highlights on the 1st 2 episodes of this drama on youtube and you can tell the difference

From Soompi:


'The Husband' And 'The Apartment Job' Both Climb To Their Highest Ratings Yet
"The Husband" And "The Apartment Job" Both Climb To Their Highest Ratings Yet
Jul 13, 2026
by E Cha

The weekend drama ratings battle is heating up!

On July 12, both KBS 2TV’s “The Husband” and JTBC’s “The Apartment Job” rose to their highest viewership ratings yet.

'According to Nielsen Korea, the fourth episode of “The Husband” scored an average nationwide rating of 7.2 percent, marking a jump of nearly two full percentage points from its previous episode.
Not only did the episode set a new personal ratings record for the series, but it was also the most-watched drama to air in its time slot across all channels.

Meanwhile, “The Apartment Job” enjoyed a significant increase in viewership for its second episode. The new drama climbed nearly a full percentage point to an average nationwide rating of 5.4 percent, marking it the most-watched program of any kind to air on cable on Sunday.'

'The Husband' And 'The Apartment Job' Both Climb To Their Highest Ratings Yet
"The Husband" And "The Apartment Job" Both Climb To Their Highest Ratings Yet
Jul 13, 2026
by E Cha

The weekend drama ratings battle is heating up!

On July 12, both KBS 2TV’s “The Husband” and JTBC’s “The Apartment Job” rose to their highest viewership ratings yet.

From Soompi:
'According to Nielsen Korea, the fourth episode of “The Husband” scored an average nationwide rating of 7.2 percent, marking a jump of nearly two full percentage points from its previous episode.
Not only did the episode set a new personal ratings record for the series, but it was also the most-watched drama to air in its time slot across all channels.

Meanwhile, “The Apartment Job” enjoyed a significant increase in viewership for its second episode. The new drama climbed nearly a full percentage point to an average nationwide rating of 5.4 percent, marking it the most-watched program of any kind to air on cable on Sunday.'

By episode 4 this drama is as good as it can be, as long as you like the genres. No point to over guess the plotlines, just trust and enjoy what the PD/writer shown us. This is a drama which keep me waiting for next week's episodes.

Since watching also The Husband in parallel, this drama provided me stress relief to the super intensed, heart stopping plotline, of that drama.

No. By episode 4 it is very clear the kidnapper is a serial kidnapper after the drama shown the ex detector's wife's case. So far he is targetting at wives (and husbands) so might be he had tragic marriage issue in the past. This drama is mainly about marriage. Just refer to its Korean title.

The fake marriage is the major plotline of this fun show. And it did has typical romcom scenes in first 2 episodes with that. It is anyone's guess how it will go next. Guess it will create lots of funny moments, but not typical of standard romcoms.

So far it is a super fun show for me. And may be the romance line would further make the show more crazy!

So far viewers are having fun watching this drama with a crazy storyline. Seems all the casts are having fun in this drama too.

There is no romance genre but it feel like a romcom in the fake marriage part, which has one the the grandest and fun wedding ceremony? And is it a fake kiss in the beginning usually ended up with a real one at the end? But with Ji Sung's recent dramas' record better not to raise hope high.

The Husband and this are totally different genres dramas. The Husband so far is an action packed thriller like a Liam Neeson movie, no comedy at all. It has a kind of romance genre about the breaking up marriage. The Apartment is a comedy (hopefully the fake marriage will provide us more comedy). There is one thing in common though, the 2 dramas have mls aged late 40s, and both fls at early 30s!
So depending on your tastes but I am watching both happily.

A bit of chemistry, romance is always good as a sweetener for action packed comedy dramas especially with 2 charming leads.