What's Wrong with Secretary Kim (Korean: 김비서가 왜 그럴까) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Park Seo-joon and Park Min-young. It is based on the novel of the same title by Jung Kyung-yoon which was first published in 2013, which was then serialized into a Webtoon comic by KakaoPage in 2015.[1] The series aired on tvN from June 6 to July 26, 2018, on Wednesdays and Thursdays for 16 episodes.[2][3][4]
Lee Young-joon (Park Seo-joon) is the vice-chairman of a major corporation. His world is shaken when, one day, his highly-capable secretary, Kim Mi-so (Park Min-young), announces that she will resign from her position after working for Lee Young-joon for nine years. Young-joon then decided to do whatever he can after talking to his best friend, who happens to be a board director in his company, to make sure Mi-so stays by his side.
Throughout the journey, Lee Young-joon plans plenty of things while Kim Mi-so decides to find the elusive man from a past traumatic experience that she was a part of when she was a young child. Kim Mi-so falls in love with Lee Young-joon as they heal each other of their past traumatic experiences.
Vice-chairman of Yumyung Group. He is handsome and capable, but his narcissism makes it difficult for Mi-so to work with him. He realized his feelings towards Mi-so after realizing that he might lose her. He can be jealous of Mi-so when she is with his brother or with someone other than him. At one point in his life, he suffered PTSD.
A highly skilled secretary who has worked with Young-joon for nine years. She soon reciprocates Young-joon's feelings after realizing that he was a part of her childhood.
President of Yumyung Group, the second-in-command after the vice-chairman. Young-joon's best friend back from university. He is Young-joon's confidant and provides him with much advice drawn from personal experience. He is still in love with his ex-wife.
A deputy in Yumyung Group who later transfers to Chi-in's group. He is known for his handsome looks, elite education, being a workaholic, and extreme frugality.
Much of the visual styling of the series protagonists have referenced the comic version's cues, including clothing designs and reenacting the comic cover for the drama's promotional stills and images.[22]
The first script reading was held on April 10, 2018, at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[23]
The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
^When Lee Young-joon was 9 years old, at the time he was kidnapped, his name was Lee Sung-hyun. It was changed shortly after the kidnapping incident.
^ abThe character appears in a short crossover scene, alluding Director Park Joon-hwa's previous work Because This Is My First Life (2017) where the character originally appears.
^"박민영x박서준. 웹툰 찢고 나왔다..'김비서가 왜 그럴까' 스페셜 포스터" [Park Min-young: "I don't know what to do"... "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim" special poster]. Herald Corporation (in Korean). May 29, 2018.
^'김비서가 왜 그럴까' 박서준-박민영-이태환 대본 리딩 현장 포착! '이 조합 퍼펙트' ["What's Wrong with Secretary Kim"'s Park Seo-joon and Park Min-young capture the script's scene! "Perfect combination"]. imbc (in Korean). April 20, 2018.
^"김비서가 왜 그럴까 - 마세라티 콰트로포르테 그란루쏘" [What's Wrong with Secretary Kim - Maserati Quattroporte GranLusso]. CarVillage (in Korean). August 6, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2020.