L calculates his revenge in Numbers
by solstices
Well, it looks like I may have to eat my words. MBC’s upcoming drama Numbers: Watchdogs in a Concrete Jungle isn’t just about math after all — murder just got added to the mix. Am I thrilled about this latest development? Not entirely, since I was hoping for something along the lines of Misaeng. Am I intrigued by the infinite (heh) possibilities this brings to the table, though? Most definitely.
The drama’s first teaser opens with our protagonist Jang Ho-woo, played by L (Secret Royal Investigator). Awakening on the cold, hard ground on a snowy night, he’s faced with his worst nightmare. His loved one — presumably a parent, judging by the gray hair — lies dead next to him, bleeding out from a head wound. Above them, up on a ledge and just out of sight, a man watches.
Is he the murderer? Is he merely a witness? We don’t know just yet, but Ho-woo is determined to track him down. He’s found one lead he can follow, and he’s not about to lose its scent. And so, Ho-woo steels himself, puts on a brave face, and gets himself employed at Taeil Accounting Firm.
That’s how he meets the senior manager Han Seung-jo, played by Choi Jin-hyuk (Zombie Detective). Right off the bat, the two don’t get along. Our first glimpse of their interaction consists of Seung-jo grabbing Ho-woo’s collar and slamming him up against a wall, and judging by Ho-woo’s furious glare, the antagonism is mutual.
We don’t see them in this teaser, but rounding out the cast are Choi Min-soo (Extracurricular) as Taeil’s vice president; Yeonwoo (The Golden Spoon) as Ho-woo’s direct superior; and fellow Infinite member Lee Sung-yeol (Time of Memory) as a deal partner director at Taeil.
As much as I love a good mystery, I’m hoping the accounting firm setting doesn’t get reduced to a mere backdrop. Being the only high school graduate in an office of bachelor’s degree holders, Ho-woo already has an underdog story all laid out for him. In the midst of solving the root cause of that devastating tragedy, I’d like to see Ho-woo overcome the odds and work his way up the corporate ladder.
Directed by Kim Chil-bong (The Second Husband) with scripts written by Jung Ahn and Oh Hye-seok, Numbers: Watchdogs in a Concrete Jungle premieres in June.
Via News1
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Tags: Choi Jin-hyuk, Choi Min-soo, L (Kim Myung-soo), Numbers, Yeonwoo
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1 Kurama
May 12, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Choi Min-soo! I'm happy to see him in new drama! He was great in Extracurricular.
L in a new drama and Infinite members who get the name and the rights of their group, I'm really happy for them.
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Diana Hansen
May 13, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Yes and Yes!
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2 tabong has two different tears🍉
May 12, 2023 at 12:49 PM
"Am I intrigued by the infinite (heh) possibilities this brings to the table, though? Most definitely." HAHAHA I saw that. 😆
I love the cast so I'm in.
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3 bong-soo
May 12, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Perhaps MBC’s NUMBERS is sliding from MISAENG (2014) into TRACER (2021). Regardless I will be there. I am not passing on a Choi Jin-hyuk and Choi Min-soo reunion.
O/T. Both these guys have been favorites of mine since my early days in kdramaland when I watched both in the great PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2014/15) (Kocowa). Highly recommended.
As to CJH slamming L into a wall perhaps he was channeling his inner Park Gwang-ho from TUNNEL (2017). Another 5 start performance from CJH and highly recommended.
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4 bbstl 🧹
May 12, 2023 at 3:15 PM
Buuuuut … why does Choi Jin Hyuk look like The Joker? 🫣
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5 Minka
May 12, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Ohh… another number cruncher drama. I’ll watch out for this.
I second Solstices in “hoping the accounting firm setting doesn’t get reduced to a mere backdrop”. I have already high expectations it will be number-crunching based on the title alone. 😉
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6 OAsia
May 13, 2023 at 4:20 AM
The preview of the drama looks promising. Due to the presence of CJH in the cast, I immediately remembered one of his dramas - "Justice". This was one of my favorite dramas of 2019 with a dark and tragic plot.
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7 darwi
May 13, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Excuse me Trailer, you focussed on the wrong male lead.
What this drama needs is more Choi Jin Hyuk voiceover. I hope this will be rectified in the final cut.
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8 lapislazulii
May 13, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Apparently not a normal day in an South Korean corporate office if someone isn't plotting revenge and/or murder (or both if you're the Evil Chaebol with some tragic villain origin story) 😂 Revenge by numbers (with numbers) - sounds cool though, I'm in still. Hoping the revenge won't be too generic that I feel the need to fast-forward - or if this does happen to be the case, please let there be compelling side plots or relationships that I can emotionally invest in instead!
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lapislazulii
May 13, 2023 at 10:09 PM
*it's not a *a South Korean
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9 The Kdrama Enthusiast
May 14, 2023 at 4:59 AM
So there's murder in it? Not surprised, but sort of disappointed.
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