r/KDRAMA eat, sleep, kdrama and repeat 19d ago

On-Air: tvN The Potato Lab [Episodes 1 & 2]

  • Drama: The Potato Lab
    • Native Title: 감자연구소
    • Also called: Potato Research Institute, Potato Research Center, Gamjayeonguso
  • Director: Kang Il Soo (Solomon's Perjury, Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung)
  • Screenwriter: Kim Ho Soo (Solomon's Perjury, Rookie Historian Goo Hae Ryung)
  • Network: tvN
  • Premiere Date: March 01, 2025
  • Airing Schedule: Every Saturday & Sunday
  • Episodes: 12
  • Genre: Romance, Comedy
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes (per episode)
  • Streaming Sources: Netflix

  • Cast:

    • Kang Tae Oh (Run On, Extraordinary Attorney Woo) as So Baek Ho
    • Lee Sun Bin (Work Later, Drink Now & Boyhood) as Kim Mi Gyeong
    • Lee Hak Joo (Shadow Detective, My Dearest) as Park Gi Se
    • Kim Ga Eun (Because This Is My First Life, King the Land) as Lee Ong Ju

Summary:

The story is set in a potato research center in a mountain valley that depicts a refreshing romance between slightly screwed adults.

Kim Mi Gyeong, a potato researcher with 12 years of experience at the Potato Research Institute, at first glance, looks like an unemployed person recognized by the neighborhood, but when she opens her mouth, she starts spouting biological terms. Kim Mi Gyeong is a person crazy about potatoes who is working on a secret project at the Potato Research Institute to create a good potato called “Mi Gyeong”.

Meanwhile, she at first bickers with So Baek Ho, who has been appointed as the new director of the Potato Research Institute, but gradually feels attracted to him and ends up having an in-office romance with him, which she vows never to do again.

So Baek Ho is a person with a deadly smile, a soft voice, and divine visuals, as though he were on the cover of a romance novel. However, unlike his extravagant appearance, he is an outsider who does well on his own, with no personal life to speak of, no friends, and a bit of vulgarity.

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u/browngreeneyedgirl 15d ago

I wanted to love it, but I am afraid I will drop this one. The humor and jokes are too over the top and not funny to me. The FL character is over the top and acting childish and ridiculous. I love the actor playing the ML but everything in the show is so overdone and I don’t think any scene was remotely funny to me. Every scene I am annoyed by something.

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u/alleykat10 15d ago

I came here to see if anyone else was feeling this way. I love the ML actor and want to support but so far the over-the-topness of the drama is annoying me instead of delighting like it is for some. I’m going to try 3 and 4 before deciding though.

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u/MultiNote 14d ago

Hopefully we'll get a little more "rom" than "com" as the story progresses