Premiere Watch: Payback, Agency

21 January 5, 2023January 5, 2023

by missvictrix

It’s time for our new weekend dramas to drop, and I am ready! What with a bunch of dramas having ended last week, and holidays and award show preemptions, I’m starting to feeling lonely for new dramas. Luckily, it’s time for Lee Bo-young to make her dramaland return — and Lee Seon-kyun and Moon Chae-won to wow us with some vigilante justice.

Payback

Time slot: Friday-Saturday
Broadcaster: SBS
Genre: Action, revenge, thriller, business
Episode count: 12

Reasons to watch: While the stock market/business angle of this drama doesn’t exactly thrill me to my core, the action angle does. With Lee Seon-kyun as a man ready to take down a corrupt and powerful cartel — and the system that failed him — and Moon Chae-won as an army judge who has her own bone to pick with the legal system, this could make for a really thrilling ride. Add explosions. Add the cat-and-mouse dynamic. Add a subtle love line and/or the emotionally-connected teamwork like we saw in Adamas. And most importantly, add Park Hoon as one of your baddies. He’s been on my radar since Memories of the Alhambra and is woefully under-appreciated, so here’s hoping he shines in Payback, along with the rest of our cast.

TL;DR: Lee Seon-kyun and Moon Chae-won join forces to take down Evil Corruption

Meta bonus: Rookie Kang Yoo-seok also joins the main cast, and I thought he looked ~~cute~~ familiar — he’s half of the evil twin hacker duo in Start-Up!

Agency

Time slot: Saturday-Sunday
Broadcaster: JTBC
Genre: Workplace
Episode count: 16

Reasons to watch: The fact that Lee Bo-young chose a particular drama is often enough reason to watch it — but it’ll be particularly interesting to see her in Agency. She plays an executive at an ad agency who is notoriously cutthroat about rising up the chain of command. And, as we all know by now, the drama showcases the “war” between Lee Bo-young, Jo Sung-ha, and Sohn Na-eun as they battle for the CEO seat. Corporate battles are not super interesting to me, but I’m banking on Lee Bo-young’s acting skills, and the drama’s excellent promo game (such strong ‘tude in the posters!), for this one to be a good watch.

TL;DR: Ambitious career women Lee Bo-young claws her way to the top

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1 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

January 5, 2023 at 12:04 PM

Looking forward to Agency dropping at the weekend.

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Ally

January 6, 2023 at 9:13 AM

Is VIKI where it will drop?

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

January 6, 2023 at 9:36 AM

I can’t find it on any platform😬

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

January 8, 2023 at 9:05 AM

It just showed up on HiTV over the weekend

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Ally

January 8, 2023 at 3:32 PM

Kamsahimnida!

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2 Kafiyah Bello

January 5, 2023 at 12:10 PM

Excited for both actually, mostly payback though.

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MapleSilver

January 5, 2023 at 1:04 PM

Did you see the 4 minute trailer that was dropped yesterday? It looks awesome. The production team seems to have put a lot of effort into this project. I am super excited.

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Kafiyah Bello

January 5, 2023 at 3:34 PM

Yes, yes.😁

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3 soulsearch12

January 5, 2023 at 3:02 PM

Really looking forward to both shows. Agency is TVING, and usually, that means Viki. But no International platform yet which makes me a bit worried. And with Jeon Do yeon's new show also coming soon, it's going to be a tight race and I hope all shows succeed (if its good lol).

I'm rooting for Agency the most though! Also, like to share that Son Na-eun said that LBY's charisma in the role was amazing and that LBY helped her ease into her role and was a good sunbae. As for the ML, at first, I wasn't into it, but it's his first ML, and a former co-star said big or small every role is equal and was also a good sunbae.

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kakakash

January 6, 2023 at 9:01 AM

yeaa I'm out here wondering where to watch Agency. HiTV might be the only place...?

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

January 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM

I couldn’t get it to show on there either🥺

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soulsearch12

January 10, 2023 at 10:53 PM

It's nowhere to be found on legal sites? None of the streaming platforms bought the show sadly. It might show up later when it's wrapped. But it's still one of those things that shouldn't and yet it does, when dramas don't get the streaming option in this day and age.

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4 Firewife5

January 5, 2023 at 3:38 PM

Am mostly looking forward to Payback. The synopsis doesn’t excite me too much, but the two leads do! Crossing my fingers this is a good one.

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5 javinne

January 5, 2023 at 10:20 PM

I love Lee Bo young! Busy with real life, but i will try to tune in

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6 Jezz

January 5, 2023 at 10:24 PM

Legal streaming site for Payback: Amazon Prime

Still availability angst for Agency.

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Tubi

January 6, 2023 at 7:59 AM

Is Amazon Prime stealing dramas from Disney+ now? First MBC now SBS have transferred their dramas to Amazon Prime for simulcast. TVN is the only one still going to Netflix but TVING goes to Prime. Hmmm…

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7 rainbowdash

January 6, 2023 at 3:58 AM

Prime Video link in the U.S.:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8T2JVGV/

It's currently marked: "This video is currently unavailable to watch in your location"

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Ally

January 6, 2023 at 9:14 AM

Payback is there now.

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8 redfox

January 6, 2023 at 4:19 AM

why would anybody want to be CEO yes you have the money but you are tied down by your hair. im an artist, im free. I dont want to be a boss.

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9 parkchuna 🍉

January 7, 2023 at 3:12 AM

Hi @db-staff and @missvictrix i have a suggestion. For the premiere watch articles, i think it’d be great if you could include a link to the drama’s teaser.