Kang Hae-rim and Kim Young-kwang find Somebody just like themselves

by solstices

Whoa, Netflix’s latest original Somebody looks intense in a downright spine-chilling way. The crime-thriller revolves around the developer of a social app, a murder linked to the app, and the mysterious man who seems involved with both.

Kang Hae-rim (Live On) plays Kim Seom, the app developer. The drama’s teaser opens with her, and it’s clear how she lives her life — detached and distant from everyone else. She thinks of herself as different from other people, imitating them just to fit in.

Seom’s monologue sounds eerily similar to that of the bespectacled man swiping through profiles on her app, who sneers that he detests people who put on airs. This man with an unhinged grin and a murderous streak is Sung Yoon-oh, played by Kim Young-kwang (Hello? It’s Me!). Through the app, he seduces a girl into bed, only to kill her — leaving no fingerprints on her corpse.

Realizing that the murderer used her app to find his victim, Seom begins to take an interest in him, and that’s how she and Yoon-oh get entangled. They connect instantly, both on a physical level and an emotional one. Not only does she know about his homicidal tendencies — she even seems to encourage them.

The teaser ends with Seom musing that she’s finally found somebody just like her, as she and Yoon-oh exchange satisfied smiles. They envelop each other in a tight hug, and Seom says that she doesn’t ever want to lose him. Shivers, they both give me the creeps!

Directed and written by PD Jung Ji-woo (Tune in for Love), alongside scriptwriter Han Ji-wan (The Killer’s Shopping List), Somebody drops on November 18.

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