Extracurricular, the teen crime drama which aired on Netflix April 29, is already blowing minds. With a group of school-going Korean teens at its center, the 10-part series explores their introduction to the world of crime.
Yes, the ghost of Walter White is hanging in the air for most of the show, but it fades into the background every time a new plot twist is introduced. And mind you, there are many.
Watch the trailer here:
The story follows Ji Soo (Kim Dong Hee), who is a model student running a compromised dating business to pay for his school. Girls use the app to meet prospective clients, and he ensures their protection.
However, his perfect double-life starts to fall apart when his crush-cum-classmate Bae Gyu Ri (Park Joo Hyun) unearths his secret and wants in on the profits.
Meanwhile, Ji Soo’s other batchmate Min-Hee is already using his dating app without realizing who she’s working for. She, too, finds out soon enough and, along with her boyfriend, threatens to expose Ji Soo.
And the secret business opens up the world of psychopaths and criminals to young adults. Crazy adulting going on there!
The show was bound to end with a cliffhanger, given its fertile plot is apt for a multi-season thriller.
How’d Ji Soo get started in the business? What happened to his parents? Where is his bittersweet relationship with Gyuri going? Is there live in the future or only loathe? Will there be an end to his tryst with the world of crime, however well-intentioned it may be.
To shag lengths are his moral compromises going to go and if he will ever know when enough is enough? Questions are a-plenty.
What’s in a name?
The original Korean name of the series translates to ‘Human Lesson.’ We are confused as to how Netflix went from that to Extracurricular.
We get the reference to the slightly dangerous extracurricular activities these teens indulge in. But how does it come anywhere close to Human Lesson?
Anyway, with this latest addition, Korean talent continues to stride towards making up for its years of absence from American TV.
But many viewers pointed a definite touch of the West in the storyline, in terms of it suggesting kids are better off within school curricular not outside of it.
Maybe that was the original ‘Human Lesson,’ who knows!
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