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A Wholesome Group of Fakesters Who Become Family
This drama was a completely unexpected find, and quickly became a favorite from the very first episode!
What happens if Vincenzo meets We Are The Millers meets Happiness?
You get The Apartment Job!
The story follows our MC Park Hae Kang who was practically adopted into a gang as a teenager where he grew up unexpectedly learning the value of human relationships over materialistic wealth, but now finds himself in a situation where in order to protect those same relationships, he has to find a huge amount of money he believes he can gain through stealing an apartment complex fund for which he recruits a group of people to fake being his family.
There begins Park Hae Kang's adventure and redemption towards realizing what truly matters to him all over again while gaining a real family of people who love and trust him in the process!
This show was truly a joy to watch. The writing was solid, the pacing was great, every episode brings in new adventures and mishaps that inevitably arise from a fake family pretending to be real, hiding their true intentions, while still carrying you along the main arc of stealing the fund. The show combines tropes like found family with crime and comedy elements, never letting things get too melo and dark. There are a lot of wholesome moments throughout from Park Hae Kang and crew's interactions with each other and the apartment tenants.
I do wish Park Hae Kang and the fake wife and mother, Kang Hari's relationship was explored a little more in the romantic direction because they had amazing chemistry together, but it's made up for by how they showed up for each other in small and big ways throughout.
I also loved the parallel between Park Hae Kang and Lee Chung Won which made for a classically compelling hero vs villain arc. Both had traumatic childhoods, but one learnt to value people and relationships over momentary materialistic gain while the other only learnt to value money, prioritizing conditional relationships for what he thought would be permanent wealth. Ultimately these choices end up being both the hero's savior and the villain's downfall 🤷♀️
A really fun watch for those looking to wind down with something that feels like a quick pick me up, with a whole lot of humor, adventure, action and feel good moments. Highly recommend!
What happens if Vincenzo meets We Are The Millers meets Happiness?
You get The Apartment Job!
The story follows our MC Park Hae Kang who was practically adopted into a gang as a teenager where he grew up unexpectedly learning the value of human relationships over materialistic wealth, but now finds himself in a situation where in order to protect those same relationships, he has to find a huge amount of money he believes he can gain through stealing an apartment complex fund for which he recruits a group of people to fake being his family.
There begins Park Hae Kang's adventure and redemption towards realizing what truly matters to him all over again while gaining a real family of people who love and trust him in the process!
This show was truly a joy to watch. The writing was solid, the pacing was great, every episode brings in new adventures and mishaps that inevitably arise from a fake family pretending to be real, hiding their true intentions, while still carrying you along the main arc of stealing the fund. The show combines tropes like found family with crime and comedy elements, never letting things get too melo and dark. There are a lot of wholesome moments throughout from Park Hae Kang and crew's interactions with each other and the apartment tenants.
I do wish Park Hae Kang and the fake wife and mother, Kang Hari's relationship was explored a little more in the romantic direction because they had amazing chemistry together, but it's made up for by how they showed up for each other in small and big ways throughout.
I also loved the parallel between Park Hae Kang and Lee Chung Won which made for a classically compelling hero vs villain arc. Both had traumatic childhoods, but one learnt to value people and relationships over momentary materialistic gain while the other only learnt to value money, prioritizing conditional relationships for what he thought would be permanent wealth. Ultimately these choices end up being both the hero's savior and the villain's downfall 🤷♀️
A really fun watch for those looking to wind down with something that feels like a quick pick me up, with a whole lot of humor, adventure, action and feel good moments. Highly recommend!
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