Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestWhen Jo Gang-Ja attended high school, she was notorious for fighting. She gave birth to her daughter A-Ran in her late teens and became more responsible. Her daughter A-Ran is now a high school student, but A-Ran is bullied at school. Jo Gang-Ja decides to go back to high school to protect her daughter. Jo Gang-Ja becomes a high school student again.
Acting
Kim Hee-seon flawlessly toggles between badass and embarrassing mom
Writing
Balances absurd comedy with genuinely bleak school corruption
Production
The 2015 fashion is already devastatingly nostalgic
Kim Hee-seon
Jo Kang Ja
Ji Hyun-woo
Park Noh Ah
Kim Yoo-jung
Oh Ah Ran
Lim Hyung-jun
Oh Jin Sang
Koh Soo-hee
Han Gong Joo
Kim Seul-gi
Jong Man
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Park Jin Ho
Kang Moon-Young
Do Yoon Hee
Yoon Ye-joo
Jin Yi Kyung
Cha Sun-woo
Hong Sang Tae
Park Soo-young
Wang Jung Hee
Seo Ji-hee
Hwang Min Joo
Choi Ye Seul
Na Do Hee
Kim Tae-hun
Do Jung-woo
Oh Yoon-ah
Joo Ae-yeon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series sparked real debate about Korea's school bullying epidemic and the 'kkangpae' (gangster) mom trope subverting traditional maternal sacrifice narratives.
Kim Hee-seon was 38 playing a 34-year-old pretending to be 18; the age gap with Kim Yoo-jung (15) created deliberate visual comedy that the director leaned into.
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