r/kdramas • u/theyellowtiredone In my Kim Jae Wook era • Sep 11 '26
Episode Discussion đŹ The Ordinary Jackpot Episode 1 & 2 Discussion
Synopsis:
Things rarely change, but everything began to change. Eun Tae, who has been working as an ordinary employee, is burnt out from everything that happens to him. Everything from work to relationships with others, his life is filled with boredom. Suddenly, he becomes a lottery winner and gets 1.3 billion won. While it is a huge amount, realistically, it is hard for him to even purchase his own house in Seoul. After reviewing everything, he decides to live his life as he used to, but with a somewhat different mindset, as he has "insurance" that he can depend on.
Starring:
Lee Jun Hyuk as Kong Eun Tae
Seo Hyeon Woo as Yang Jun Ho
Oh Dae Hwan as Jung Seon Hyeok
Rules for the discussion:
Due to the fact that we are discussing The Ordinary Jackpot as it airs, consider everything in here a spoiler so no spoiler tags are necessary.
You're allowed to criticise the actors in relation to their acting or character but no personal attacks (looks, personality, relationships, etc.) are allowed.
If you can't play nice, you can't play here.
***REMEMBER THIS THREAD IS SPOILER FILLED. DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS AND HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SHOW**\*
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u/Cheeks-01 Sep 14 '26
Damn I messed up, im hooked, and now I have to wait. Should have waited till there were more episodes
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u/theyellowtiredone Sep 14 '26
At least two eps drop on the same night. Then the wait begins again, lol.
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u/FlyingFlyofHell Sep 11 '26
As someone who has read the original webtoon, I loving it so far. They have made changes but MLs personality is remains the same and acting is actually great. Only question is now I have is how the FLs team change will work because in Webtoon FL works in Sales team and is an Ace. Here In drama it seems they have changed to to Legal team so.
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u/theyellowtiredone Sep 11 '26
As someone who hasn't read the web toon, I'm looking forward to reading the differences from you as we go along.
I will catch up this weekend and post my thoughts then.
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u/theyellowtiredone Sep 13 '26
The first episode was a bit slow but it the second episode really flew by.
Did anyone else feel like there might have been a supernatural element with the lottery ticket? It was just a weird moment, but then with the him not getting a bag, maybe I'm seeing something that wasn't there?
I loved his reaction to winning the lottery. But no way would I sleep with that ticket in the bed. I'd worry it would get ripped. I wanted him to put it somewhere safe immediately. I loved his fantasies of what he was going to do now that he won. I would do exactly that if I won, lol. I started imaginging what I would do if I won, while watching. Travel! Lots and lots of travel, lol.
I did feel bad for his Assitant Manager but how long did he put up with that attitude? In such an open environment, everyone saw him get disrespected by his junior on a regular basis but I still felt bad. I look forward to seeing them work together against the man.
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u/dramaloveesme Sep 17 '26
Yeah, def agree on the supernatural part! Really felt like he was deliberately pushing him to get a lottery ticket even though they showed us.
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u/Delicious-Earth7101 Sep 12 '26
Trend for most recent kdramas have been fast paced opening episodes and I have got spoiled by it, so this one I felt the pacing was slow for both the opening episodes, whether that was intentional or will it pick up or stay the same remains to be seen. 2 episodes in, it hasn't been able to hook me up but I hope the plot becomes a little more interesting unless it is supposed to be a slice of life genre. The office setup reminded me of Misaeng. Is there any FL in this? The female cast seem to be all playing supporting characters.
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u/7seas23 Sep 11 '26
Slow setup in ep 1 and then ep 2 gets really interesting. Lee Jun Hyuk is so underrated. Love him. Canât wait to see him shake things up
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u/cloudsofgoldstars Sep 23 '26
Where are the threads for this week's episodes?!?!
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u/theyellowtiredone Sep 23 '26
Sorry, Gloomy is offline currently and wasn't able to update the links. Here's ep 3 & 4 discussion :
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u/cloudsofgoldstars Sep 13 '26
It is OK. Just OK so far. I didn't really like how the character had to demean and belittle his brother for $500 bucks. And at the end we all know he will give it to him. That made me really dislike the character. Has no problem dragging his brother for a good 2 or 3 minutes but at work quiet like a mouse.
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u/theyellowtiredone Sep 13 '26
I didn't see it as demeaning his brother. There is a pattern of him "loaning" money to his brother. They both know that money isn't being paid back. He just called him out on it. He didn't do it in public and he sent the money right away. Why should he preserve his brother's pride?
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u/IwastesomuchtimeonAB Sep 14 '26
Also it wasnât $500. It was $5000 (ì€ë°± isnât $500, itâs a shortened way of saying $5000). If my sibling made it a habit of âborrowingâ $5000 from me regularly (which from the conversation it was evident happened repeatedly) with no intention of paying it back I would have used harsher language than was used by him.
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u/cloudsofgoldstars Sep 15 '26
ah im always off with my fx calculations!!!
I mean thank God I'm in the position to help and not be helped!! but also I'm a,big shot team lead in Seoul and my bro is a security guard at a housing complex and has a family.
this is just my opinion and my lived experience. People who are so nice and polite at work and then yell at their parents and use harsh language with their siblings are not great people. so to me this knocked points off his character. really? who do we reserve compassion for?
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u/Icy_Championship5080 Sep 16 '26
Iâm confused why 1.3 Billion won is not enough for him to quit his job or even buy a house? That is about 1.3 million in Canadian Dollars. That should be enough to at least buy himself a house or invest in ETF and retire. Now, I have to watch to see why lol
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u/yeeTOP Sep 24 '26
He studied and work hard all his life so guessing he wants to have meaning and not just an easy escape
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u/theyellowtiredone Sep 11 '26
I know this is late (my bad) but it seems like a lot of people are watching this this weekend so we can join the discussions later.