Mr. Temporary

April 11, 2018

Sim Mak-saeng (Namgoong Min), a soldier from Joseon, time-travels to modern Seoul. His adjustment to contemporary life — smartphones, cars, instant food — is the drama's comic engine. The Gyeongbokgung area establishes the time portal.

April 11, 2018

Mak-saeng meets Oh Rora (Uee), a theatre actress in the Daehangno district. Her world — its small theatres, its artistic community — begins to ground him in the present.

April 18, 2018

Mak-saeng's ongoing adjustment to modern Korea — the specific comedy of Joseon-era values in a contemporary setting.

April 18, 2018

Mak-saeng's feelings for Rora — expressed with Joseon-era directness that modern Seoul finds either charming or alarming.

April 25, 2018

Whether Mak-saeng can or should return to Joseon — and what he would leave behind.

April 25, 2018

The finale. Namgoong Min's comic performance as a man from another century navigating modern romance.