tvN's Pandora : Beneath the Paradise is an action thriller drama. The creator is SBS Penthouse writer Kim Soon-ok. Choi Yeong-hun, who directed tvN Lady and SBS Wonder Woman, was in charge of directing, and Hyun Ji-min wrote the screenplay. It is a 16-episode drama. As for the ratings, episode 1, which aired on March 11, started with 4.89% nationwide, according to Nielsen Korea.
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A new VR medical device from HATCH, an IT company led by Pyo Jae-hoon(Lee Sang-yoon) and Jang Do-jin(Park Ki-woong) - brain-linked smart patch - At the 'Clover' presentation, a survival shooting game match between a human and a chimpanzee 'Red' with a smart patch attached takes place.
Meanwhile, a dog jumps in front of Tae-ra's (Lee Ji-ah) car, which was driving on the road at that time. Panicked by the sudden appearance of the dog, she has her contact accident. Her mind is confused with various memories that come to mind at that moment. Arriving at her older sister Yu-ra's (Han Soo-yeon) brand opening event, she injures her head while helping her prepare for the opening. In a series of accidents, her memories begin to awaken. omitted thereafter.
tvN's Pandora: beneath the paradise, in which writer Kim Soon-ok, who is famous for her soap opera, participated as a creator, is an action thriller in the beginning, mixed with various genres such as action thriller, politics, melodrama and crime drama. It feels like each character took on a role, similar to the way that elements of each genre, such as hip-hop, R&B, ballad, and dance, were put together in one song, which is a representative style of K-pop.
Looking at characters, Tae-ra (Lee Ji-ah), who lives in a paradise manipulated like the drama's subtitle, witnesses a woman with unstoppable fighting skills, just like a character in a game, in her intermittently recovering memories. Pyo Jae-hoon, chairman of HATCH, an IT entrepreneur, turns down a love call from a powerful politician who boldly dreams of becoming president as an independent. It seems only a matter of time before he announces his candidacy. Jang Do-jin , CEO of HATCH, who is cheating on his wife secretly, is highly encouraged by the successful demonstration of the smart patch. Go Hae-soo(Jang Hee-jin), Do-jin's wife and the daughter of the former president receives a note from someone about her father's killer. She sets out to find out the truth about who killed her father.
Pandora: beneath the paradise depicts a revenge play of a woman whose memories of the past have been restored. As the title suggests, often referred to as Pandora's Box [mfn]: Pandora's Box: In Greek mythology, Zeus gave Pandora a gift. It is said that Zeus begged Pandora never to open it, but when she overcame her curiosity and opened her box, all the evils of the world escaped from her box. And only hope remains in the box. [/mfn] is used as a metaphor for things that can cause harm if opened. It is often used to mean that it is better to leave it as it is when it is better to leave it What is the reality in the Pandora's box contained in Lee Ji-ah's recovered memories? It is a new work that is expected to see how well it goes.
Pandora: beneath the paradise which is airing every Saturday and Sunday from 9:10 pm on Saturday, March 11, 2023, and can be seen on OTT TVING and Disney+.
