Lee Jong-seok's presence was delicate..The degree of immersion in Seocho-dong's level control ↑
Jul 14, 2025
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In tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『Seocho-dong" (written by Lee Seung-hyun and directed by Park Seung-woo), Lee Jong-seok led viewers to sympathize with and immerse themselves with the appearance of an office worker who is a high-year lawyer who swallows 'Chaeul-in' by accepting the reality of his work life that he cannot choose. As a result, the viewership for the fourth time recorded an average of 5.6% for households in the Seoul metropolitan area, up to 6.8%, an average of 5.6% for households nationwide, and up to 6.3% (based on paid platforms that integrate cable, IPTV, and satellites / provided by Nielsen Korea), breaking its own highest ratings. It ranked first in cable and general service channels at the same time, continuing its high ratings.
On this day, Anju-hyung (Lee Jong-seok) acted as her husband's agent in the divorce case of her ex-girlfriend Park Soo-jung (Lee Yoo-young) and silently performed her role, focusing only on the case itself, with her emotions pressed. However, Joo Hyung-joo's confused mind, which is trying to maintain his composure, was conveyed beyond the screen, making viewers' minds agitated together. On the outside, he seems to have completely excluded emotions with a casual face and a cynical tone, but the complex mind behind it was conveyed to the beyond of the screen, bringing empathy. Lee Jong-seok convincingly solved Joo-won's high-year professionalism of accepting given tasks and maintaining coolness without intervening in personal feelings, saying that `work is just work.'
Even when anger rises, Joo Hyung-joo's refined emotional waves, which responded in an extremely restrained manner, were vividly conveyed by Lee Jong-seok's real breathing and subtle facial expression changes. Joo Hyung-joo slowly expressed her anger after pressing the limit and feeling that she was intentionally in charge of the case because of her husband's rudeness, knowing that she was Su-jeong's ex-lover, and formed a tense tension with a cool-headed attitude that made clear the boundaries with a sharp tone to the opponent who crossed the line, but did not let go of reason until the end. Lee Jong-seok's control of the level, which caused Lee Jong-seok to tear the money envelope inadvertently, fight back with a low voice, and burst the suppressed heat with cold anger, added realistic weight to the play.
Lee Jong-seok densely portrayed Joo Hyung-won's inner side in conflict between the reality of an office worker who has to do it even if he doesn't want to do it and his personal feelings that are difficult to maintain coolness. Regardless of the willingness not to be shaken in front of the lyrics incident of his ex-lover, who tried to avoid it but had no choice but to face it, the cracks of emotions that permeate every moment are expressed with fleeting eyes and breath. Lee Jong-seok's detailed level control made Joo Hyung-soo watch everything he said and did with bated breath. Realistic resignation from long experiences and the moment of office workers who accept and silently endure the situation in front of them induce real empathy. Lee Jong-seok's passionate performance, which was elaborately built with understated acting that pressed all emotions, created an immersion that made him follow the emotional texture of Joo Hyung, and attracted viewers into his drama by making Lee Jong-seok feel relieved that he is a side dish type.
Meanwhile, the drama 'Seocho-dong', in which Lee Jong-seok leads the instant immersion in time, airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:20 p.m. on tvN.
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