Koo Kyo-hwan and Ko Yoon-jung in 'Nobody's Worthless', a life drama previewed.. Climbing to No. 1 on Netflix

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'Nobody's Worthless' has topped Netflix's 'Top 10 Series in South Korea Today'.

JTBC's 'Everyone is Fighting Their Own Sense of Worthlessness' (hereinafter 'Nobody's Worthless'), which premiered on the 18th, has drawn praise from viewers in just two episodes. Following its No. 1 ranking on Netflix's 'Top 10 Series in South Korea Today' on the 20th and 21st, it also ranked second in TV-OTT drama buzz for the third week of April (April 13–19) in the April 3rd week TV-OTT drama buzz report released by Good Data Corporation FUNdex, an institutional investor specializing in K-content competitiveness analysis. In terms of actor buzz, Koo Kyo-hwan ranked third and Ko Yoon-jung sixth, firmly establishing their presence on the small screen.

Director Cha Young-hoon expressed at the production presentation held on the 17th, "I did not want to miss even a single line of dialogue or a single line of stage direction from writer Park Hae-young; I wanted to express the ideal of the feelings I received." His sincerity came to life through meticulous mise-en-scène that captured the inner turmoil of characters and fleeting emotions in every line of the script. While infusing writer Park Hae-young's signature deep insight with vitality, the dialogue's emotional waves were amplified, drawing viewers deeply into the story.

The directorial charm expanded into fantasy imagination by utilizing the setting of protagonists as film directors. The sequence 'I'll Make the Weather for You', in which Hwang Dong-man, submerged at the bottom of depression, creates his own bright weather as his own screenplay, and the sequence 'National Stress Management Team', which genre-varies the anger of Park Kyung-se (played by Oh Jung-se), gently twisted the potentially heavy tone of the drama into something warm and delightful, offering a fresh catharsis. In particular, Hwang Dong-man's 'Billy Elliot'-style ending, where he leaps forward powerfully despite a meager reality, completed the brilliant aesthetics of soaring from worthlessness, becoming the best scene of episodes 1 and 2.

Writer Park Hae-young's irreplaceable skill brought out the worthlessness within us that we could not bring ourselves to say aloud, forcing us to face it sharply. Her insight, which sharply probes the painful corners of reality, sometimes pierces the heart like a needle, but paradoxically, that pain led to a deep emotional catharsis by meeting the relief of "I am not the only one." Especially while observing the relationship between Hwang Dong-man and the '8-person group', viewers were given a space for reflection, asking themselves, "Am I not part of the 8th-person group to someone, or am I not Hwang Dong-man?"

Even with just two episodes, memorable lines deeply imprinted on viewers' hearts poured out. In particular, lines such as "Why should my life fit into your mind?" and "If I say nothing, it feels like I don't exist at all, so how can I just stay quiet?" quenched inner thirst and unleashed a more explosive pleasure than the typical 'righteousness rewarded, evil punished' satisfaction. Unlike artificially crafted sentences, the lines written by writer Park Hae-young, which naturally flowed from the characters' lives, left viewers with unforgettable emotional waves, hinting at the birth of yet another life drama.

'Nobody's Worthless' airs on JTBC every Saturday at 10:40 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 p.m.

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