Reviewing the tVN's drama Potato Star 2013QR3 감자별.

It's a wintry week in Melbourne and the weekend was blast of chilly weather and wind. I ended up being a couch potato at home with heater and layers of polar fleece while decided what to watch and pass the hours to night.

And guess what I ended up watching tVN's drama Potato Star 2013QR3 or better known as 감자별 "Gam Ja Byul". Leading roles were from actress Ha Yeon Soo and Yeo Jin Goo.
Ha Yeon Soo was fresh of fame from the drama Monster while Yeo Jin Goo was still gaining lots of attention from his drama Moon Embracing the Sun and the film Hwayi: A Monster Boy. This is a 120 long family drama and I have not even reached the half way mark. 
The story revolves about a poor girl Na Jin-A and her mother Gil Sun Ja living in a shabby housing quarters. Jin-A dreams on working at the big toy Kong Kong Co. However due to her education background, she tends to fail in every interview. One day she stumbles into a new neighbor Hye Sung who is an inspiring tech apps programmer. Basically he lives next abandoned house but ends up eating in their house and using their bathroom. Hah! 

The rich No family owns Kong Kong toy company has series of weird events happening in

their house. President No is rich but stingy in every way. His wife Yoo Jung is rich in property estates. Their eldest son Min Hyuk is a distinguished intelligent Harvard graduate who is leading the company. Eldest daughter Bo Yeong is happily married to a lawyer with 2 kids and 2nd daughter Su Yeong is a typical rich Princess spoiled brat. They lived with their hasty Grandpa who pays more attention to a Yorkshire terrier than anything else. Min Hyuk has opened the opportunity to hire in lower educated interns into the company so Jin-A received the offer happily. One day Hye Sung disappears from the house and Jin-A has to move out from the quarters as it was to be demolished. President No who are buddies with Jin A's late father took them in but they are squandering in the cold garage as their

hideout for time being. Yoo Jung didn't like the idea at all and Sun Ja became their housemaid to earn some money. News came from nowhere that an orange looking steroid is about to hit the earth, everyone panicked and Min Hyuk was involved in an accident. He lost his memories and remained like a 7-year old kid. 

The No family yearns to see their long lost son Jun Hyuk after he was kidnapped 20 years ago. Surprisingly the cops called in saying they found someone who is matching to all Jun Hyuk's case and it's none other than Hye Sung! Everyone rejoiced that Jun Hyuk has finally returned, however Hye Sung was planted as a spy by Director Oh to steal a particular USB from Min Hyuk's room. Hye Sung felt guilty after seeing the No family treating him like so well so he decided not to betray them. There are plenty of cameos from various actors and actresses such as Yoon Kye Sang, Lee Kwang Soo, Lee Jong Suk, Seo Ji Suk, Park Ha Sun, f(X) Krystal Jung. 

I must admit even though Ha Yeon Soo is older than Yeo Jin Goo, she plays it well with him due to her baby face looks. At times Jin-A can be annoying but again it reminded me that I am watching it because of Jin Goo and Go Gyung Pyo. The plot goes dull when Seo Ye Ji and Jang Ki Ha's romance comes into the picture- too draggy and it's more exciting when the elderly at home argue over some issues. It cracks the audience up is the baddies are rather silly to the extent that their plan backfires whenever they try to do something. 

As for the ending- it's rather a vague open ending. Jun Hyuk/Hye Sung left the No family with lots of heartbreak from the family members and Jin-A. Jun Hyuk hopes by him leaving will give Min Hyuk the opportunity to get together with Jin-A. However Jin-A is still waiting for him all these years. She has overcome her fear of darkness in order to see Jun Hyuk again.
So what do we know from there?....we don't know when Jun Hyuk will return but let's just assume that he will eventually return to Jin-A.