Park Shinhye began a breathtaking operation amid variables that appear relentlessly without giving her a break.
On the 18th, episode 2 of the tvN Saturday-Sunday drama Undercover Miss Hong (directed by Park Sun-ho, written by Moon Hyun-kyung) aired and exploded dopamine in living rooms with an ending that put Hong Geum-bo (Park Shinhye) and Shin Jeong-woo (Ko Kyung-pyo) on the brink of a hair-trigger reunion. The start of Hong Geum-bo's full-fledged company life, who disguised herself as a 20-year-old junior employee after being a 35-year-old elite securities regulator, gripped viewers with thrilling tension and laughter at the same time. That day's ratings rose, recording an average of 5.7% and a high of 7.2% nationwide on paid platforms combining cable, IPTV and satellite, and 5.7% and a high of 7.1% in the metropolitan area. (Based on paid platforms combining cable, IPTV and satellite / provided by Nielsen Korea)
In episode 2, Hong Geum-bo dealt with workplace customs that were once taken for granted in her own style. On her first day at Hanmin Securities, Hong Geum-bo endured subtle belittlement from superiors, who frequently called her "Miss Hong," but she did not simply submit. In particular, roommate Go Bok-hee (Ha Yoon-Kyung), who had solid experience as a secretary, was dismissed by college-educated secretaries because of her academic background and origin, which made Hong Geum-bo clench her fist. Their quarrel escalated into a physical fight, and Hong Geum-bo, who underwent an unintended harsh initiation(?), drew laughter and became closer to Go Bok-hee.
Assigned to Hanmin Securities' crisis management headquarters, Hong Geum-bo ran into Albeot Oh (Cho Han-gyeol), whom she had met at a video store a few days earlier, and Albeot showed special interest in Hong Geum-bo, emerging as another variable in the undercover operation. Meanwhile, the identity of the newly appointed president succeeding President Kang Myung-hwi (Choi Won-young) was revealed, bringing the drama's tension to a climax. The new president turned out to be none other than Hong Geum-bo's former lover, Shin Jeong-woo. Hong Geum-bo fell into a crisis where her identity could be exposed, and with warning signs flashing on the operation, attention focused on whether it could proceed smoothly.
Meanwhile, Go Bok-hee, who had assisted President Kang Myung-hwi, faced the prospect of being fired, and a decision was made to appoint Hong Geum-bo as the president's secretary. Determined to avoid a face-to-face encounter with Shin Jeong-woo at all costs, Hong Geum-bo teamed up with Go Bok-hee to devise a plan, and at a meeting they prepared a special device so that only Shin Jeong-woo could answer Chairman Kang Pil-beom's (Lee Duk-hwa) barrage of questions without stumbling. Hong Geum-bo also subtly leaked Shin Jeong-woo's preferences that only she knew to help Go Bok-hee score points. Ultimately, Go Bok-hee succeeded in keeping the president's secretary position, and a strange camaraderie seemed to develop between the two.
But the moment of relief was brief. It was revealed that Go Bok-hee had a suspicious record of working only one year at previous jobs before leaving, and that she had even been reported on embezzlement charges at a former workplace. On top of that, it was uncovered that Go Bok-hee had secretly taken the slush fund ledger that Yeppi was supposed to deliver, delivering a strong twist. Torn between trust and suspicion, Hong Geum-bo snuck into the president's office to get hold of at least President Kang Myung-hwi's schedule records, and she found herself in a situation where she would meet Shin Jeong-woo there, leading to a breathless ending. The final scene, frozen in the crisis of exposure, exploded anticipation for the next episode.
Thus, episode 2 of Undercover Miss Hong realistically portrayed the absurdities of end-of-century workplace culture while tightly building a narrative intertwined with the characters' past ties and secrets, raising the drama's immersion. Park Shinhye's realistic sympathetic acting, Ko Kyung-pyo's weighty presence, and Ha Yoon-Kyung's narrative twist combined, and the sync between the characters and actors also shone.
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