Neighbor Seo-jin is nervous with their arrival, having learned that Woo-joo’s grades tie with Ye-seo’s.Īt the Cha household, we have mother Noh Seung-hye ( Yoon Se-ah), father Cha Min-hyuk ( Kim Byung-chul), eldest daughter Se-ri ( Park Yoo-na), and twin sons Seo-joon ( Kim Dong-hee) and Ki-joon ( Jo Byung-kyu). This family consists of stepmother Lee Soo-im ( Lee Tae-ran), father Hwang Chi-young ( Choi Won-young), and son Woo-joo ( SF9’s Chani). However, after Myung-joo shocks everyone by committing suicide, Soo-chang and Young-jae leave the Castle grounds, allowing a new family to move in.
Next, we have the Parks themselves, with mother Lee Myung-joo, father Park Soo-chang, and son Young-jae. So Seo-jin takes whatever measures she considers necessary to do just that, starting with the tutor that the Parks had recommended. Seo-jin’s mother-in-law is extremely cold and strict, pushing Seo-jin to make her granddaughters as successful as her son. Of the four households, we mainly focus on the Kang family, consisting of mother Han Seo-jin ( Yeom Jung-ah), father Kang Joon-sang ( Jung Jun-ho), eldest daughter Ye-seo ( Kim Hye-yoon), and youngest daughter Ye-bin ( Lee Ji-won). NOTE: The rest of this review will contain major spoilers, so proceed with caution. They keep working their way towards that one acceptance letter, unaware that they are in imminent danger of far more tragedies. But even in the midst of tragedy, life must go on. However, right before the beginning of the school year, tragedy strikes the Castle community, turning everyone’s lives upside down. Their secret turns out to be a very expensive, very reliable private tutor, and the other mothers are just dying to hire this tutor for their own children. While the neighbors express their congratulations, they’re actually more interested in the methods these parents used to get their son accepted. One household, who we’ll come to know as the Park family, is ecstatic to have their only son accepted to SNU, blatantly showing him off like a prized cow to the rest of the neighborhood. So the mothers put all of their time (and I mean, all of their time) into getting the best resources to ensure their kids’ acceptance into these top tier universities. Three of the fathers are big shot doctors and the fourth is a big shot prosecutor-turned-professor, meaning the kids have a lot to live up to. And since these children live in SKY Castle, they only have the three options that “SKY” stands for: Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University. It starts off simple, with the everyday lives of four wealthy families in the SKY Castle community, and then it branches off into the dark, mysterious, and surprisingly hilarious antics that they get into when preparing their children for college. So what is this drama really about? It’s funny because the summary itself would be like a tangled web or an endless maze. With that said, it’s time to gather ‘round, pour the tea, and dish. This particular story may focus on the wealthiest of the wealthy, but it is relevant to anyone living in South Korea in this day and age. Because, yes, SKY Castle had the trifecta of excellent directing, writing and acting, but it also had the bravery to tackle sensitive subject matter in an explicit fashion.
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The show reminded me of Heard it Through the Grapevine, as well as the American series Gossip Girl–all three gave an honest, if not also exaggerated, take on the foreign world of the elite. As the show topped the list of highest-rated cable dramas, I could only nod and think Yeah, sounds about right. I ask myself “What’s the catch?” The catch happens, and I’m disappointed. With hyped-up dramas, I’m used to a certain cycle: I watch an episode. SKY Castle’s ratings kept going up and up, at such an impressive pace, and what was amazing was that those numbers felt 100 percent earned.
An addictive story was set, with veteran and rookie actors so talented that they made you question whether or not you could even root for their characters. The satirical dramedy had a quiet premiere, with 1.7 percent, and from there on out, an unexpected spark happened. But watching the astonishing progression of SKY Castle’s viewership ratings had become so entertaining on its own that I just had to jump in. Never in my life have I tuned into a drama solely because of its ratings.
74 FebruSKY Castle: Series review by SailorJumun
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