Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestWie Dae-Han is an ex-lawmaker and is a materialistic kind of politician. He wants to get elected as lawmaker again. One day, 18-year-old girl Da-Jung comes to him. She tells him that he is her real father. Her mother raised four children, including Da-Jung, alone, but she died in a hit-and-run accident. Da-Jung is the only one now taking care of her 3 younger siblings. Wie Dae-Han accepts Da-Jung and her 3 younger siblings. He carries out “The Great Show” to become a lawmaker again.
Acting
Song Seung-heon's smarmy-to-sincere transformation
Writing
Sharp political satire that actually lands punches
Direction
Tight juggling of farce and genuine family beats
Song Seung-heon
Wie Dae-Han
Lee Sun-bin
Jung Soo-Hyun
Lim Ju-hwan
Kang Joon-Ho
Roh Jeong-eui
Han Da-Jung
Park Ha-na
Kim Hye-Jin
Son Byung-ho
Kang Kyung-Hoon
Kim Dong-young
Ko Bong-Joo
Jung Jun-won
Han Tak
You Seong-joo
Jung Han-Soo
Lee Won-jong
Jung Jong-Cheol
Yoo Jang-young
PD Koo
Han Sang-hyuk
Choi Jeong Woo
Kim Hyun
Yang Mi Suk [Su Hyeon's mother]
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
K-dramas love fake-family setups, but this one weaponizes Korea's intense political image culture — candidates literally perform parenthood as policy.
Song Seung-heon took heat early career for 'pretty boy' roles; this marked his pivot to flawed middle-aged leads — the gray hair was his idea.
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