The Interest of Love

December 21, 2022

Ahn Su-young (Moon Ga-young) and Ha Sang-su (Yoo Yeon-seok) work at the same bank branch in Seoul. He is upper-middle class, she is not. They are drawn to each other and kept apart by a gap neither will name.

December 21, 2022

The specific distance between their social positions is shown — not dramatically, but in the small details of how each moves through the bank's social hierarchy.

December 28, 2022

An after-work walk along Cheonggyecheon Stream. The drama's most intimate scene so far — and the first time either character allows proximity without a professional reason.

December 28, 2022

A woman from Sang-su's social world enters the picture. Su-young sees immediately what is happening. She does nothing differently.

January 4, 2023

The drama deepens its portrayal of the bank branch as a social ecosystem with its own hierarchies and rules.

January 11, 2023

A second stream walk — at night, different season. The drama uses repeated locations to show change over time.

January 11, 2023

The gap between Sang-su and Su-young is at its widest. Both are choosing paths they will regret.

January 18, 2023

Sang-su makes the decision that defines his character — and loses something he cannot recover.

January 25, 2023

A transfer shakes up the bank branch's dynamics. The institutional change mirrors the personal one.

February 8, 2023

The finale. A quiet, emotionally precise romance — one of 2023's most critically discussed K-dramas for its refusal of the genre's usual comfort.