‘Good Boy’ Tops Drama Buzz Rankings as Park Bo-gum Dominates Viewer Attention

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Jun 05, 2025

‘Good Boy’ Tops Drama Buzz Rankings as Park Bo-gum Dominates Viewer Attention



Park Bo-gum's new faces are drawing hot attention.

JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Good Boy' (played by Lee Dae-il, directed by Shim Na-yeon) has been writing 'Park Bo-gum's face white paper' since the first week.

From bulldozer-like justice to poop-like cuteness, new faces explode in every scene, "Are you sure you're a real Park Bo-gum?"There is a great deal of reaction. As a result, in the 5th week of May TV-OTT drama topical ranking released by Fundex, the official platform of Good Data Corporation, 'Good Boy' ranked No. 1 in the first week of the broadcast, and Park Bo-gum instantly grabbed the top spot in the topicality of drama actors. Kim So-hyun is also listed in fifth place, realizing the enthusiastic response pouring into the entire work.




‘Good Boy’ Tops Drama Buzz Rankings as Park Bo-gum Dominates Viewer Attention
At the center of the buzz were the new faces of Park Bo-gum, who completely transformed into Yun Dong-ju. After jumping into the den of the Golden Rabbit faction alone, he couldn't bear the injustice and threw out his fist, and one shot contained the momentum of liberation that penetrated the reality that had been neglected within the police organization. After catching the eye with facial welfare, it was the moment when the exhilarating 'Sida Welfare' hit the small screen properly. In particular, the scene in which the villain Min Ju-young (Oh Jung-se), wearing a mask of an ordinary customs official, finally found the hit-and-run criminal with a clue in his memory proved in just two episodes how keen and hot the instinctive sense of justice possessed by the character Yoon Dong-ju is.

With the incident of Lee Kyung-il (Lee Jung-ha), a junior boxing player, Yoon Dong-ju became even more awakened. In the face of the absurd reality of an innocent junior turning himself in, he was no longer silent, and `I will show you what kind of person Yun Dong-ju is" has entered the center of the full-fledged narrative like a pledge. The gaze toward Min Ju-young overlapped with anger and a sense of mission, and the bulldozer instinct rushing toward justice also gave viewers shivers. On the other hand, in front of Ji Han-na (Kim So-hyun), 'Dung Puppy Smile' evoked all the tension cheerfully. It was a spectrum of charm of Soon Ae-bo and human warmth hidden behind the sense of justice that bulldozed like a bulldozer.

At the heart of all these narratives is a symbol of Yun Dong-ju's name. "May you not be ashamed of a word for heaven." Like his name, Yun Dong-ju always wanted to be 'an unashamed person'. He even warned seniors who tried to cover up the entertainment district of Sangnap during the mobile army period, saying, `Shame on you,' went into the den of the Golden Rabbit group and warned them to `live by looking at the sky' and defended their honor against suspicion of doping in the past. What he was trying to protect was the `unshameful life' itself. This belief is holding him hot beyond the weight of his job as a police officer.




As such, in just two times, new 'Park Bo-gum's faces' are popping up as they move back and forth between faces of different resolutions such as 'Bulldozers of Justice who cannot tolerate injustice', 'Yoon Dong-ju, 'Yoon Dong-ju, a righteous human who seeks to keep good faith', and 'Cute and unpredictable pooju'. In response, the production team said, "Yoon Dong-ju's face shown by Park Bo-gum is not just an acting transformation, but a result of three-dimensional realization of the character's inner and hot beliefs together."In the future, Park Bo-gum's unique authenticity and energy will continue to be wider in various narratives." It will be fun to discover new faces in every episode."

JTBC's Saturday-Sunday Drama 'Good Boy' airs every Saturday night at 10:40 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 p.m. and is released to viewers around the world through Amazon Prime Video.






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