Penthouse (2020)

sick people, entertaining, over the top

This is the strangest drama I have watched. It is over the top. The characters are despicable. The acting is too dramatic. But it sure is entertaining to watch.

Having said that, as the episodes progressed, I came to hate almost every single character. Whilst I understood the motivations behind their actions in the beginning, it soon became simply too outlandish and they all felt like cartoonish villains. Can't believe how all the main characters become worse. Even those that started out as 'good' or lets say with less shades of grey. As viewers there's nothing for us to do but watch this train wreck of a drama poke its characters as they become increasingly immoral and criminal lol.

I hated the children since the beginning, esp Bae Rona, because she was driving her mom crazy and into desperation. Like how entitled can one be! And Han Eun Byul was creepy as hell. I wished that was the last we would see of her when she took the pills but unfortunately she recovered.

Bae Rona's mother, Yoon Hee - goodness, by the end of the drama, she was the one I think I despised the most because wtf! Such a bloody turncoat.

The one who was consistently evil and over the top - Chef Seo Jin - I expected nothing from her but villainous actions and she delivered. Her partner in crime, Joo Dan Tae, was another sicko who played his part well. I didn't expect anything from these two so I wasn't pissed off at their character progression.

When I first started out, I thought I would like to watch the other two seasons but I was well and truly sick of all of them by the time I finished this first season. No more of them for me!

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not lying when i say its one of the best shows ive ever watched

aside from mr sunshine, i genuinely think this is one of the best tv shows to ever exist.

the story is amazing and very captivating, just making you want to know more. this show also has the best plot twists ive seen in kdramas. i felt it was very welly thought out when they were writing this. this show made me discover emotions i didnt even know existed. you just felt pity for every character, no matter if they were a good or bad person. i loved that idea of messed up households in a rich place like hera palace. they all had big problems that werent easy fixes, not just one person was to blame.

the acting is literally oscar worthy. all of them, even the younger cast did such a great job. kim soyeon and uhm kijoon are such good stand outs. they both executed the roles of cheon seojin and joo dantae very well, and its expected as they are both great at acting. lee jiah and eugene also did amazing. in conclusion they all are great actors and deserve oscars.

i totally loved the concept of the cheong ah arts school with the opera singing. the music is very memorable to me, i always remember that track you would always hear at the end of each episode or when there was a plot twist etc(lmao i don’t remember what its called, its the most popular one i think). the music just put the whole show together i feel.

i would always rewatch this if i was in a drought era. very intense show to keep watching but it works for me. theres also something to laugh about maybe once in a while, just that basic comedic relief.

but yeah thats pretty much all i have to say. the moral of the story is that i totally recommend watching this, if you could handle all that emotion… so yes i warn you before you try getting into it that there is a lot of twists and turns that can just make you tear up.

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BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR

This drama is thrilling and provides lots of twists which in turn makes the plot engage more with the viewers. The phenomenal acting has also proven to be full of emotions making us enraged from time to time within the drama. WARNING: DO NOT WATCH IF EASILY ENRAGED OR SNSITIVE! The drama follows up with the death of a young girl trying her best to make money after being falsely accused of stealing for her adoptive family. Shim Su Ryeon then finds out that the members of the penthouse all colluded with the murder and cleanup of her daughter (which she finds out after her death). She then begins plotting her revenge carefully but is disturbed by the Physical Education teacher Go Hu Dong which actually turns out to be a false identity under the name Logan Lee (famous, rich chaebol). They then decide to join hands in finding out the real murderer of her daughter Min Seol A after she finds out that Logan Lee was her daughter's adoptive brother.

This drama contains affairs, violence, revenge, and murder. *WATCH ON OWN ACCORD

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No one in this drama is sane and me who watch this also went insane.

Firstly, I want to point out that the synopsis here is a bit misleading. Reading it, I first thought Yoon Hee tries to become the queen of penthouse and battles with Soo Ryun. So, I'd like to add a not so spoiler-free synopsis before actual review. 

Soo Ryun is deceived by her husband for years and her aim is to get revenge upon it. It's more appropriate to say Yoon Hee is the one who can do everything for her daughter despite her poverty while Seo Jin is quite self-oriented that she wants her daughter to succeed for her sake (to gain favor from her father). Currently Yoon Hee's aim is just to live in the Hera Palace (in a high society) so that no one will look down on her daughter. She may turn out to have desire on becoming the queen of penthouse (the top- floor unit of Hera Palace where Soo Ryun lives) in the later episodes (or not) but she is teamed up with Soo Ryun so far. Even if it happens in the future, I think it's not appropriate to add the very far plot in the synopsis. And even though the drama is titled 'Penthouse', I don't really see the plot is focus on it.

Normally I am not a fan of makjang dramas as it's so frustrating to watch for the first half of the whole drama. But here, the pace is so fast that the revenge things happened since ep 4 or 5. (I don't remember exactly). So, I want to say this drama gives you a balance of frustration and satisfaction alternatively.  Warning: the level of both feeling would be very high, as this drama is on another level. Every character is insane indeed. But the writer inserts hilarious (yet insane) side characters and ridiculous scenes here and there for the viewers not to burn up all the time.

Beside this, (from my past experience of makjang dramas), the main character falls into one of the two stereotypes: the ones who are pure, kindhearted but hopelessly naive so always hurt by the villains and the ones who are just too brave, stubborn, and fight powerful villians in a silly way without realising the situations. The later is worse that they have to pay the price and suffer twice. It's more frustrating to watch them than to watch how evil are the villians, right? What makes this drama unique is that Soo Ryun uses her brain very well to give lesson on the evils. She is the type of heroine I'd love to see in the future dramas. Yoon Hee, Bae Rona and Min Seol Ah also fit the later stereotype I mentioned. That's why Seol Ah had to give her life in my opinion. But I foresee Yoon Hee and Rona will have character development and smart enough to fight against the villians.

The main heroine is such a gem like I said. The storyline is pretty solid, sophisticated and not boring at all. The casts are so good that you will hate the evils with full of your heart. (I am fangirling over them on IG) I highly highly recommend this drama to you for above reasons plus the Hera Palace, interior designs, fashions, cinematic shots: all these costy things are worth watching. The only thing what a shame is that there's no OST in this Opera musical drama. (Or did I miss? I only heard instrumental BGM in some scenes.) And don't get me wrong with the rewatch value because I rarely rewatch any dramas as I have to catch up new ones.

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it is a very goo drama

the episodes are so good and the series is so original the same as the storyline they make u want for more and they have all u need vocal thrilling and romance it is very creative.......................................................................................................
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Im done watching ep 19 and i was shocked that oh yoo he really killed min seol, I hope that su ryeon and yoon hee are not going to fight. :( and also i love logan lee, I ship him with su ryeo, i wish that he's appear again in season 2 and 3 and he marry su ryeon because they have a chemistry and Lastly I gotta admit that Lee ji ah is a great actress. I'll support you unnie, Still rooting on you. All the cast are great in acting Im still waiting in what happen in season 2 and 3 and please don't change the cast i'm gonna sad they suit them the character in penthouse :) I WISH THAT THIS DRAMA RECEIVE AN AWARD AND ALSO THE ACTOR AND ACTRESS BECAUSE THEY GAVE THEY BEST TO MAKE THIS SHOW BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE KOREAN DRAMA THIS 2020 <3

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Literally the drama of the year

I started watching this drama after seeing soo many tiktoks about it and it did not disappoint. I binged the first eight episodes and now I am waiting for the english translations for episode 9 and 10. HANDS DOWN MY FAVOURITE DRAMA OF THE YEAR!!!! If you are easily angered, I would not advise you watch this drama cause of the dynamics, but honestly just close your door and yell in your room if you get mad, the drama's worth it. At this point all I want is Bae Ro Na and Joo Seok Hoon to fall in love and for Seok Hoon to stop getting manipulated by his twin sister, Joo Seok Kyung. Well we will see. I am excited to finish this season and for the next two seasons to release.

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My Opinions!

Penthouse is more of a mystery/thriller drama with 3 seasons. I definitely enjoyed watching this except there are a lot of sensitive things such as bl00d, de4d bodies, and more.
This is the BEST show to watch if you want to watch a K-Drama with a mystery/thriller genre! (IMO)
There are A LOT of plot twists and I'm sure you'll be shocked because those plot twists are mostly UNEXPECTED! Even my mom got shocked lol!!

For example, Yoon-Hee was the true murderer of Min Seol-A. From the beginning of the story, it already has a lot of mysteries that need to be uncovered, and if you solve it before the drama uncovers the mystery, you probably can be a detective haha!

There are a lot of interesting characters with different and unique personalities that make the show very unique.
The plot is very good especially since there are A LOT of plot twists you would NEVER expect. IMO, the show makes sense and the truth is way more shocking than you think. (Especially for the first season!) I got really excited while watching this, I really wanted to know who killed who, how that happened, etc.

Though the ending... I really didn't want Su-Ryeon to die. She didn't deserve it. SSR is a very kind person but she can't control her emotions which led her to do bad actions. Logan gave her a vest at the end in case something happened. But, she didn't use it.. It made me really sad..
I also think Yoon-Hee didn't deserve to die. All she wanted was for Rona to be accepted in Cheong-A. Yes, she may be selfish but she's a mother, and a mother would do anything for her child to be happy.
I have no reactions to Seo-Jin and Dan-Tae's death TBH. They both deserve it because they were the real villain.
ALL THESE ARE MY OPINIONS!

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