Somebody

Watch: Somebody Season 1 Episode 1

S1 EP1

Overview:

A software developer and her friends become entangled in a murder case involving her dating app and a mysterious man who seems to be hiding something.

Created by:

Jung Ji-woo & Han Ji-wan

Status:

Ended

Language:

Korean

First air date:

11/18/2022

Last air date:

11/18/2022

Key words:

artificial intelligence (a.i.)
murder
serial killer
mental illness
asperger's syndrome
dissociative identity disorder
psychological
bisexual woman

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

Cast

Kim Young-kwang

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Seong Yun-o

Kang Hae-lim

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Kim Sum

Kim Yong-ji

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Lim Mok-won

Kim Su-yeon

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Yeong Gi-eun

Kim Byung-nam

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Jury judge

Song Yeon-ji

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Rose

Choi Yu-ha

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Samantha Jung

Sim Woo-sung

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Oh Bul-gwang

Kim Joong-ki

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Kim Eun-pyeong

Lee Ki-chan

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Reviews (1)

M
MovieGuys
Written 3 year(s) ago
4
Inarticulate and weird, that's how I'd describe Somebody.

I generally like South Korean series but this one is lacking, for me, on several related fronts. There's no clearly articulated wider story, made worse by disjointed narrative and ambiguous, often limited, character development. Regrettably, more woke-ness, leaves a vague sense of being lectured, rather than "just entertained", too.

Really, the only places this series partly succeeds, in this reviewers opinion, is the core idea the story is based upon and the acting.The essential social media/crime driven conceptualisation is genuinely interesting and could have worked, with more conservative handling of the story which grows from it. Acting is of a high standard too. Characters are believable, just difficult to relate to.

In summary, this series strikes me as being too experimental and ambitious, for its own good. It could have worked, with a more structured story, narrative and character development.