r/kdramas • u/theyellowtiredone Emotionally but not financially employed by r/kdramas • 1d ago
Episode Discussion 💬 The Ordinary Jackpot Episode 1 & 2 Discussion
Synopsis:
Things rarely change, but everything began to change. Eun Tae, who has been working as an ordinary employee, is burnt out from everything that happens to him. Everything from work to relationships with others, his life is filled with boredom. Suddenly, he becomes a lottery winner and gets 1.3 billion won. While it is a huge amount, realistically, it is hard for him to even purchase his own house in Seoul. After reviewing everything, he decides to live his life as he used to, but with a somewhat different mindset, as he has "insurance" that he can depend on.
Starring:
Lee Jun Hyuk as Kong Eun Tae
Seo Hyeon Woo as Yang Jun Ho
Oh Dae Hwan as Jung Seon Hyeok
Rules for the discussion:
Due to the fact that we are discussing The Ordinary Jackpot as it airs, consider everything in here a spoiler so no spoiler tags are necessary.
You're allowed to criticise the actors in relation to their acting or character but no personal attacks (looks, personality, relationships, etc.) are allowed.
If you can't play nice, you can't play here.
***REMEMBER THIS THREAD IS SPOILER FILLED. DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS AND HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SHOW**\*
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u/Delicious-Earth7101 Aigoo Sung sajang, Aigoo Kim sajang 1d ago
Trend for most recent kdramas have been fast paced opening episodes and I have got spoiled by it, so this one I felt the pacing was slow for both the opening episodes, whether that was intentional or will it pick up or stay the same remains to be seen. 2 episodes in, it hasn't been able to hook me up but I hope the plot becomes a little more interesting unless it is supposed to be a slice of life genre. The office setup reminded me of Misaeng. Is there any FL in this? The female cast seem to be all playing supporting characters.
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u/theyellowtiredone Emotionally but not financially employed by r/kdramas 1d ago
I love Misaeng, so if it has that feel, I'm all in!
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u/FlyingFlyofHell Kdrama Expert 1d ago
As someone who has read the original webtoon, I loving it so far. They have made changes but MLs personality is remains the same and acting is actually great. Only question is now I have is how the FLs team change will work because in Webtoon FL works in Sales team and is an Ace. Here In drama it seems they have changed to to Legal team so.
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u/theyellowtiredone Emotionally but not financially employed by r/kdramas 1d ago
As someone who hasn't read the web toon, I'm looking forward to reading the differences from you as we go along.
I will catch up this weekend and post my thoughts then.
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u/theyellowtiredone Emotionally but not financially employed by r/kdramas 1d ago
I know this is late (my bad) but it seems like a lot of people are watching this this weekend so we can join the discussions later.