Mr. Plankton
Mr. 플랑크톤Checked and re-read
A terminal illness road comedy that is much funnier than that sentence suggests and much less moving than it wants to be. Woo Do Hwan is genuinely good as a man working hard at being unlovable, and Lee You Mi matches him. The problem is structural: ten episodes of two people bickering across Korea while the show withholds the one conversation they need to have. Oh Jung Se steals every scene he gets. Worth it if you want to cry and can stand being steered into it.
A man plagued by misfortune and his ex, the unluckiest bride-to-be, are forced to accompany one another on the final journey of his life.
Hooks early Episode 1. The diagnosis and the kidnapped bride both land immediately, so the road trip starts at once.
Where we recommend it
On 4 lists- Dramas like Uncontrollably FondClosest
- Dramas like Death's GameSame feeling
- Dramas like Thirty-NineSame feeling
- Dramas like NavilleraSame feeling
Recommended alongside
All dramas →Taken from our own list for Mr. Plankton, in the order we ranked it.
