70 minSeason 1 • Episode 16
LatestDeputy Prime Minister Heo Jae gets arrested under suspicion for Professor Chae Byung Hak's murder. While Bahama takes measures to sue under ISDS, the Korean government faces another crisis. To prevent a catastrophe, Lee Hye Joon visits Heo Jae behind bars and receives what could be the final hand played in their fight against Bahama.
When Jeongin Bank faces bankruptcy, the Financial Services Commission aims to preempt Korea from another economic meltdown as it did in the 1997 financial crisis. With the Korean government having a substantial stake in the bank, things get serious. Chae Yi Hun is the chief of financial policy at the FSC. He hides the fact that renowned economist Chae Byung Hak is his father. Heo Jae is the chairman of the FSC and has ambitious intentions of fortifying the country's financial infrastructure. Lee Hye Joon is a girl who came from nothing. She works at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and wants to see the utopian economy with change. The money game begins now.
Acting
Lee Sung-min devours scenes as the FSC chairman with terrifying calm.
Writing
Makes banking regulations somehow feel like life-or-death stakes.
Production
Conference rooms shot like crime scene investigations.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis remains Korea's generational economic trauma; the show treats it like collective PTSD.
Go Soo and Teo Yoo previously starred together in 'The Front Line' (2011), making their rivalry here a reunion with reversed power dynamics.
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