Extracurricular Korean Drama
Network: Netflix
Episode: 10
Genres: Youth, Crime, Life Lessons, High School, Friendship, Psychological
Airing Date: April 29, 2020
Grade: A+
I have watched many high school dramas, but Extracurricular is totally different from others, with no rich-poor discrimination, no group of boys or girls who come from a rich family and are ruled in school. If you guys also like watching high school Korean dramas and looking for something different in the same genre, then go for it, you surely gonna find Extracurricular different from other high school dramas.
Extracurricular is a story of high school students who unknowingly commit crimes to support their livelihood because their parents left them. Another name of Extracurricular is Human Class.
Main Characters
Kim Dong-hee as Ji-soo
Ji-soo a high school student who is a little shy with nature, do not interfere in others’ matter, plus he was the topper of the class. His father is so much into gambling and lost everything he has. So Ji-soo has to support himself, he lives alone and his only dream was to graduate from a good college and have a good job in his hand.
Park Joo-hyun as Gyu-ri
Gyu-ri is bold, good at giving back answers, good at studies, rich, and annoyed with her parents.
Jung Da-bin as So min-hee
Min-hee goes to the same school which Ji-so goes. She works part-time as compensation dating.
Nam Yoon-su as Kwak Ki-tae
He was a big bully of the school and the boyfriend of Min-hee. He is also aware of want kind of work she does and still dating her because of money.
Highlights of Extracurricular Korean Drama
Two lifes:
For making his dream come true, he needs money and, for that, he commits crimes secretly. In short, he is living two life’s: the first one is all clear no bad records even his teacher asked him “you need cause a little trouble” and a second one full of dirty works, where he provide security services to sex workers and his nickname was “Uncle” plus no one knows how he looks like.
Meet Gyu Ri:
Ji-soo’s class teacher wants him to join his group who works on social issues around the school and he introduced him to Gyu-ri. One day their teacher to gives them an assignment and they decided to meet at the cafe. Ji-soo told his group (with whom he works) that today will be off. He also asked Whang-chul (Choi Min-soo) to repair his phone.
Misunderstanding:
Mistakenly Min-hee (Jung Da-bin) didn’t get the message and went to work. She asked for help when Ji-soo was in a cafe with Gyu-ri. The old man was not available so Ji-soo went to save her and also called the police because he was not strong enough to save her on his own. She was rescued without the help of the police but noticed by a police officer at the hotel.
Blackmailers:
Gyu-ri is clever, it took her a while to know that Ji-soo is up to something, she steals Ji-soo’s business phone and started blackmailing him. Because of her, he lost all his money (stolen by his father) and later he got an offer of joining hands with her.
No Choice:
Ji-soo was struggling with financial problem. He decided to join hands with Gyu-ri. She tried to take their work at high level so that they can earn money faster. Later they found they had no place to hide that money so they hide that money under a sofa placed into there social working group room.
Sudden Inspection:
Some students of Ji-soo’s class bully him and they force a class inspection. When it comes to Ji-soo, he stands up against them and doesn’t consent to search because he had money in his bag earned from doing his job. Later to save him Gyu-ri press the fire alarm and when teacher asked her why she did that her answer was to get attention.
Interrogation:
The detective who saw Min-hee at the motel came to school to ask her a few questions. Gyu-ri tries to convince the detective to leave but failed. Later she and Ji-soo heard their conversation from outside. They came to know that when the detective spotted Min-hee at a motel that day coincide with the day when Ji-soo went to save her. He thought that this may harm him in the future.
Tough Spot:
Min-Hee asks Ji-so to accompany her somewhere. She going to meet Mr. Lee who hiding from a group of thugs who runs a karaoke bar. Mr. Lee got stabbed at his back and Min-Hee called the detective because she couldn’t think anything else. Thugs took Ji -so with them.
Offer:
Thugs took Ji-so with them to kill him because their head thinks he is the person who introduced her girlfriend to someone else. But Ji-so convinces them he is the only minion and boss is someone else. To save him Gyu-ri made a deal with them.
Convincing:
Ji-so and Gyu-ri tried to convince Min-hee to not tell truth about her compensation dating to the detective. They also told her that the person who takes money to protect you might do something to her. What you guys will happen to them????
Overall Thoughts on Extracurricular:
I just want the second season of this Extracurricular soon, the first one just blew my mind. All characters have played their roles very nicely. Someone said that “persons are not bad, but the situations are”, this quote perfectly suited this drama. Highly recommend it for teens and youngsters!!!
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