The Worst of Evil: Husband, Wife, and First Love [Korean Drama Review]
The Worst of Evil is a Hulu original, released in 2023. In the 1990s, a rural police officer goes undercover to infiltrate a drug cartel in Gangnam.
♦ An Atypical Love Triangle
‘The Worst of Evil’ is set in the 1990s. Park Jun-mu is a rural police officer who goes undercover as Kwon Seung-ho. His mission is to infiltrate a gangster organization, Gangnam Union, by getting close to and taking down its leader, Jung Gi-cheol. The organization is a drug cartel that is selling Gangnam Crystal, a new powerful drug, The customers can usually purchase the drug when they visit the nightclubs also owned by the crime lord.
Relationships in life are ever so complicated. Park Jun-mu is married to Yoo Eui-jeong who is also a cop, who also has a history with Jung Gi-cheol. During her high school years, they attended church together and sang in the choir. They were close. She was his first love. But when they grew up he became a gangster and she decided to work in law enforcement as a narcotics officer in the security division. She is involved in the investigation. Even though they are clearly on opposite paths, and don’t have a romantic relationship, Jung Gi-cheol still has…
