The situation
Ji Sung's character Park Hae Kang in "The Apartment Job" is taking a bold move against his adversary Lee Choong Won by hosting a live YouTube exposé with a group of masked moms from the apartment complex. This comes after Park Hae Kang refused to commit murder for Lee Choong Won in exchange for a large sum of money. The moms, donning cat masks and matching black outfits, will join Park Hae Kang in publicly accusing Lee Choong Won of corruption.
What the internet did with it
- The production team teased that the collaboration between Park Hae Kang and the moms will launch a powerful counterattack against Lee Choong Won, with a small clue from the kindergarten serving as the trigger to uncover massive corruption.
- A netizen on Theqoo noted that the use of social media for the exposé is a clever move, given the show's themes of corruption and power — "it's about time they used the *눈치 (social awareness, or knowing what's going on) of the apartment complex residents to their advantage."
- The episode airing on August 8 will reveal the outcome of their efforts, but for now, the details of the exposé and its impact on the story remain unclear.
The open question
The success of Park Hae Kang and the masked moms' livestream in actually bringing down Lee Choong Won and his corruption remains to be seen, specifically how the apartment complex residents and the broader public will react to the revelations. The drama has not yet revealed how Lee Choong Won will respond to this public attack on his character and operations.