Premiere Watch: Numbers
by missvictrix
Time slot: Friday-Saturday
Broadcaster: MBC
Genre: Action, mystery, thriller, workplace
Episode count: 12
Reasons to watch: The casting of L and Choi Jin-hyuk in Numbers caught my attention right away, because some years ago Choi Jin-hyuk illustrated how good he was at showcasing a sunbae/hoobae rapport with younger cast members (see: Pride and Prejudice). So, take that element between our leads, and add in Choi Min-soo (also from Pride and Prejudice, hah), and some accounting firm corruption, and we have a very interesting setup. While the deep-seated corruption angle might be old as dirt, we’ve got two male leads in suits and neither of them are lawyers (or chaebol?), so yay!
TL;DR: L and Choi Jin-hyuk team up against the corruption in their prestigious accounting firm
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1 Peridot
June 22, 2023 at 11:39 AM
I believe Revenant with Kim Tae-ri and Oh Jung-se also premieres tomorrow.
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2 Diana Hansen
June 22, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Yippee! It's finally here! I think my drought is over at last!
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3 Blue (@mayhemf)
June 22, 2023 at 11:51 AM
Is every drama airing over the weekends!
It’s like a drought the entire week and no time on weekends.
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4 Scottie
June 22, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Oh, that one sounds good. Love eccentric Choi Min-soo and his projects. He did so well in Extracurricular with this young cast. He was great against and with Choi Jin-hyuk in Pride and Prejudice!
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5 Kafiyah Bello
June 22, 2023 at 12:05 PM
At least this starts tomorrow. Goodness, I have 4 dramas on saturday, lol.
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Eazal
June 22, 2023 at 12:06 PM
I know, it will be exhausting! hahahah
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6 Ahjummaaa
June 22, 2023 at 2:08 PM
"we’ve got two male leads in suits" ^^ that's what I live for!
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Elin~auditor
June 22, 2023 at 2:21 PM
Not to mention that Choi Jin-hyuk's hair is a work of art in that photo. I have no idea what this drama is really going to be about but I will watch with the sound off if necessary.
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DancingEmma
June 22, 2023 at 11:23 PM
He has such a beautiful voice too. Some actors are blessed with sublime voices and then others get squeaky hinges for a voicebox.
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darwi
June 23, 2023 at 2:28 AM
What !? Why oh why would you deprive yourself of Choi Jin Hyuk voice ?
He looks so serious, concerned and sad in the pictures so we might have to wait for his smile but at least I hope that he has plenty lines to say.
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bong-soo
June 22, 2023 at 5:17 PM
I have my fingers crossed that MBC’s NUMBERS will be more SUITS (2018) and less TRACER (2022).
@missvictrix, I love the PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2014) plugs. I watched it in 2016 early into my entry to kdramaland and it introduced to me to some fantastic actors like Choi Min-soo and Choi Jin-hyuk.
One dramatic lesson I learned from watching P&P is that when you have a drama with such a heavy plot (child abduction etc) it is necessary for the writer to introduce humor somehow from time to time. In P&P the relationship of the characters played by (a very young) Choi Woo-shik and Yung Hye-sung took on that role. Another (very) young actor Lee Tae-hwan was great. Lol I better stop.
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missvictrix
June 22, 2023 at 6:40 PM
I had to do a double take when I saw 2014! It doesn't seem that long ago since I watched it...
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kiara
June 23, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Choi Min-soo is one of my favorite actors. I wouldn't be watching this if he wasn't in it.
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bong-soo
June 23, 2023 at 4:57 PM
This will only be my third Choi Min-soo drama with PRIDE and PREJUDICE (2014/15) and LAWLESS LAWYER (2018) (Viki US) being the other two. In both he gives 5 star performances so I am ready.
Friendly advice to Choi Jin-hyuk. Since you have worked with CMS in the past you may not need the warning but nevertheless keep your guard up with this guy.
In LAWLESS LAWYER he stole every scene he was in with Lee Joon-gi. It was highway robbery lol. LJG didn’t stand a chance with CMS.
I have no doubt you will be ready, Kim Myung-soo (L) on the other hand may be a sitting duck
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kiara
June 24, 2023 at 6:00 AM
Well, that's Choi Min- soo for you. A thief on screen.😀 Charisma overload!
His earlier work as a leading man during the golden era are memorable., especially SANDGLASS.
He is also a pretty good singer.
bong-soo
June 24, 2023 at 6:42 AM
@kiara, SBS’s SANDGLASS (1995) looks amazing. Time wise it wasn’t all that far from those dramatic events from the 1970s and 80s that it portrays.
Unfortunately it not available on a legal stream that I can find.
If SBS brought this ‘oldie’ back to Kocowa I would renew my subscription to watch.
7 Jezz
June 22, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Legal streaming site for this Kdrama: Viki/Viu
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bbstl 🧹
June 22, 2023 at 7:57 PM
Thanks so much for posting the streaming sites!
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
June 22, 2023 at 10:21 PM
I love that you always keep us covered by doing the leg work. Thank you for saving us the trek through the coming soon on multiple sites.
Recently I have been thinking we need beanie community service awards to recognise the little touches that make this site unique in its tone.
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Seon-ha
June 23, 2023 at 7:29 AM
The Beanie Awards, aka the “Beanies.” :)
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PYC
June 23, 2023 at 7:48 AM
‘Like’ and ‘Upvote’.
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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
June 23, 2023 at 8:32 AM
I love this 🥰 the “Beanies”
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zk
June 23, 2023 at 10:00 AM
it's also on kocowa :)
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