Category: 2nd thoughts

Original name: 감자연구소

Written by: Kim Ho-soo

First aired: March 1 to April 6, 2025

The accuracy with which Netflix recommended this one to me was uncanny. By chapter 3 I was super hooked and ready to continue watching. 🥔

But in episode 1 I was still on the fence and it took me a couple of days to finish it. 🙃

Main Characters

• Lee Sun-Bin as Kim Mi-Kyung
• Kang Tae-oh as So Baek-Ho
• Lee Hak-Joo as Park Gi-Se
• Kim Ga-Eun as Lee Ong-Joo (A web novelist, and BFF of our LF character)
• Shin Hyun-Seung as Kim Hwan-Kyeong (Mi-Kyeong younger brother, who runs an AirB’B in the back of his house, like a whole apartment there for guests)

There is also The Potato Lab team, and other sides ones, but for the sake of me, I will focus on the main ones.

The Story

The story is a bit crazy, and all over the place if you don’t pay attention, but once you know, it gets easier to follow it to the final episode.

However, this is my warning, there might be spoilers ahead.

The Potato Lab is essentially a funny show with romance, or romantic comedy, it follows Kim Mi-Kyung as she works herself off in her job, only to have it threatened by HR when management changes and her skills are put to question, because she doesn’t have a degree or a specialty in the field in the lab, but she is just proving what a lot of people has proven, that you don’t need a degree to do something that you know how to do, I certainly don’t and I got two jobs already in the same field (An Outreach Specialist in my muggle job, if you were wondering).

In any case, So Baek-Ho (the lead MC) is, of course, the one who will fire her, and essentially her boss as he is transferred to The Lab, as the story progresses these two have personalities that clash way too much, but underneath that often cold demeanor of Baek-Ho, hold and behold, a charming personality, and a helping one, too.

But if you ask me, there is nothing like the story of Mi-Kyung’s brother and Lee Ong-Ju, the best friend who lives with them, because yes, they all live in the same house in a small town, because, why not? So these two are close, and always on top of each other, Hwan-Kyeong confessed, it seems, a bunch of times to her, but she always rejected him, and from the beginning of the story I was following that up, eager to know more, but also because Ong-Ju is a writer, and that just made me latch on and relate, I found her character fascinating.

Of course, as the story progressed, they put those old feelings into questions, and living together even more so. I warned you there were spoilers, but I won’t say how it all happened in the end, but I will say this: it was awesome.

I like that part of the story in equals measures with the main story to be honest, I did enjoy the whole show, how the main two hang out more, talked, fought, and all the good bits of a show that is meant to make you laugh and entertained with the romance developing.

I know, I’m not saying everything that happened, but I cannot help myself, I cannot give all the details.

In any case, I hadn’t watched a show with these two actors (I haven’t watched Squad 38, Sketch, Thirty-Nine, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, or Doom at Your Service) but still, Netflix decided to recommend it, and I clicked yes, and well, here we are. I really liked it.

Now, I am a fan of these two, and Let’s Go to the Moon (new show) is on my list, is with Lee Sun-bin and I’ve watched a few snippets on TV, pretty cool.

But yes, that’s me, I recommend The Potato Lab if you like weird, funny, romance shows.

Have you watched 감자연구소?

Let me know in the comments if you liked it? Or you want more shows recommendations.

Thank you for sticking to the end, dearies, and see you on the next one! Oh, and don’t forget to like, share, and follow if you’re not. 🍟