Chicken Nugget

March 15, 2024

Choi Sun (Kim Yoo-jung) disappears into a mysterious machine in her father's basement in Yeongdeungpo. She emerges as a chicken nugget. Her father Min Gi-ryong (Ryu Seung-ryong) and her co-worker Ko Baek-joong (Ahn Jae-hong) must figure out how to reverse the process.

March 15, 2024

Baek-joong must keep Sun safe — as a chicken nugget — while also explaining her absence to colleagues. The premise's absurdity is played completely straight.

March 15, 2024

A trip to the Noryangjin Fish Market produces one of the drama's most elaborate comedy sequences, as Baek-joong attempts to source ingredients while protecting the nugget.

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Baek-joong, forced to spend every moment with Sun-as-nugget, realises he has feelings for her. The drama earns this by being genuinely sincere about it.

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Signs that the transformation is reversible appear. The stakes — which have been absurdist throughout — become briefly real.

March 15, 2024

The finale. One of Netflix's most genuinely original Korean originals — a comedy that commits fully to its impossible premise and earns every laugh.