When her fav Kdrama leading man (played by Sean Dulake, a British/Korean actor born in the US who now works a lot in Korea...which is quite impressive as he didn't even know any Korean when he moved there) is in a new story playing a character called Joon Park/Park Joon and the story just isn't progressing properly (he's about to kiss the "evil" scheming second lead lady instead of the leading lady), she somehow winds up sucked into "Drama world" as a "facilitator" -- someone who works behind the scenes in dramas or as a minor character to help things turn out "like they are supposed to".
It's very tongue in cheek. And when I say that...I really, really mean it. There's seriously a scene where the "Kdrama super villain" Seth (who had been a facilitator for a long time but is now actively working to set himself up as the leading man -- which the viewer catches on to pretty early on, though it takes until the final episodes for Claire to figure it out) has a full-on Kpop music/rap video with a bunch of sageuk characters in hanbok. Not kidding.
Yeah. It was out of nowhere. So bizarre. But funny. But also really weird. But I bet fun to film.
Anyway, Claire comes clean to Joon and he's understandably completely wigged out that he's just a character in a drama and his entire existence really isn't real. But they save the day and save Dramaworld from being ruined (he kisses her with true love's kiss, while the second male lead winds up kissing the one who was supposed to be the leading lady and together they all stop Seth). And Claire returns to the real world.
But there's the hint of the "real" happy ending when later on Joon -- in the real world -- runs in to her dad's sandwich shop shouting about how Dramaworld needs her (he's dressed like some kind of James Bond character) and then passes out when he realises he's in the real world. And boom, cut to credits.
There's news that there might be a second season, which it seems like it needs. I liked Dulake and wanted...I dunno...more? Watched an interview with him and he seems like a nice guy. He also produced it. So I do hope it goes on to a second season. Honestly, the whole thing was a little too short. It needed more to elevate it to a full-on romantic comedy rather than being just a spoof. Not that there's anything wrong with being a spoof. Maybe it's just me.
So...my thoughts. It was funny. It was cute. It was ridiculous. I mean, she even seriously slapped him in the face with kimchi. The only thing it was missing was no mother-in-law tossing a glass of water in someone's face. Am I glad I watched it? Sure. Would I watch it again? Um, probably not. Maybe. I dunno. But I would watch a second season.
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