See You at Work Tomorrow! (2026) 내일도 출근!
Directed by Jo Eun-sol, starring Seo In-guk as Kang Si-woo, Park Ji-hyun as Cha Ji-yoon, Kang Mi-na as Yun No-ah, Won Gyu-bin as Lee Jae-in, and Choi Kyung-hoon as Cho Ga-eul.
Watched 29 June - 28 July 2026 — 12 episodes (KISSKH)
Why did I choose this drama? — I chose this because I wanted to watch a drama that was still airing, as I was watching other dramas simultaneously. So I wouldn't mind having to wait for the next episode. And I had seen the male lead Seo In-guk only in Death's Game and I wouldn't mind seeing him again. I also wanted to see the female lead in a likeable role. I have seen Park Ji-hyun in bitchy roles, and I think I have only really liked her in Flex X Cop.
What's it about? — It's an office romance between a disciplined, outwardly cold department manager (Kang Si-woo) of an electronics company and an employee of the same firm (Cha Ji-yoon) who has worked there for years but experiences a slump in her daily life as a result of a break-up.
Overall thoughts — The romance is the focus of this drama. While the trope of a working relationship turning romantic between a superior and a subordinate always makes me feel slightly uncomfortable, I didn't mind so much here, because Cha Ji-yoon played an important role in Kang Si-woo's team of four and she was instrumental in making the project a success, almost being on equal footing with the boss. The show is pretty predictable but I found it entertaining. Initially ... up till the midway mark. After episode 6, once the OTP is in a relationship (after their first kiss and the confession of feelings), the series hit a slump and I lost interest. My excitement for new episodes decreased as we got further into the show, and I grew tired of the characters. They were just not compelling enough. Having said that, fortunately the last two episodes were fairly enjoyable again and easier to get through than I had expected.
Male lead — Seo In-guk plays Kang Si-woo, the manager with the reputation of being blunt and difficult. He's the cold boss who is, in fact, a good and friendly man. I was hoping to get more insight into his character but there was no big reveal that explained how he became so emotionally distant. It's Cha Ji-yoon and the romance that reveal his softer side beneath the stiff exterior. This was mainly expressed through tiny hidden smiles appearing on Si-woo's face after an interaction with Ji-yoon. To be honest, the smiles became too predictable and tiresome. Initially I thought Seo In-guk gave a one-note performance, but I guess there weren't many layers to his character, and Seo In-guk just didn't have a lot to work with. I liked Si-woo best in the repair shop scenes, his love for fixing radios and the like, and spending time with Cha Ji-yoon's father, a connection that goes back to his childhood. The romance softened his character but the repair shop showed more of his personality and humanised him. It was truly a missed opportunity to not have given Si-woo more backstory as the writers had already laid the groundwork with the repair shop and they could have just taken it from there.
Female lead — I liked Park Ji-hyun as Cha Ji-yoon in the first episodes. I thought she was funny, a bit scatterbrained, yet smart and competent. But I didn't like that, once she was in a relationship with Si-woo, she became increasingly heavy-handed, expressing her worries about Si-woo's past marriage and how painful it was for her. She became too dramatic. I know the writers went that route to create conflict because the relationship was too stable and they needed something to keep the lovers apart, but it just didn't fit with Ji-yoon's character who up till that point was confident in her own feelings and Si-woo's feelings for her.
OTP — The leads have nice chemistry and their kisses are convincing. That steamy bathroom make out scene in episode 7!
Second leads — A noona romance between Cha Ji-yoon's friend and colleague, Kang Mi-na as Yun No-ah, and a young, pushy student/beach boy Won Gyu-bin as Lee Jae-in. I didn't care for them as a couple, and Won Gyu-bin is not appealling at all. I did like the actress Kang Mi-na and hope to see her in another role.
Some supporting characters — Manager Ko is a complete idiot, and the way he is portrayed, he's mainly pathetic. I didn't like Cha Ji-yoon's ex-boyfriend, Choi Kyung-hoon as Cho Ga-eul. Yet I did like Cha Ji-yoon's parents a lot. (I love Ji-yoon's relationship with her father.) In the end I was more interested in them getting back together again than in the love story of our OTP. I was glad they got their happy ending too.
Favourite scenes — (ep. 2) Si-woo during an office lunch: "I don't like putting on a gut" (this made me laugh out loud), with Ji-yoon thinking back to the moment where Si-woo caught her and must have felt her belly, and the button of her trousers coming off and flying away; (ep. 5) while Si-woo is napping/listening to music in the chair at the office, Ji-yoon comes up close, and when he opens his eyes, she feigns there's a mosquito. Hilarious!
OST — Like it!
Recommended? — Not really. Unless you're a fan of the leads, I wouldn't watch this.