Hyde

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I finished watching a rather fun TV series. Hyde, Jekyll, Me is a Korean TV series from 2015. It's a bit of a drama/romance, I guess. Director Gu (Seo Jin) is an emotionless, ruthless, cold director of Wonderland, sort of a Korea Disneyland. Ha Na is the owner of the Wonderland Circus, and has recently returned from the US. Seo Jin,due to childhood trauma, suffers from dissociative identity disorder: he has a second personality, Robin. Robin hasn't been around for 5 years, due to Seo Jin's control, and he is kind, emotional, and a famed webtoon artist (who disappeared 5 years ago...). Seo Jin's psychiatrist supposedly has a cure for Seo Jin, but she is kidnapped, and Ha Na was a witness. Ha Na starts falling in love with Robin, and caring for Seo Jin. 

I really enjoyed it, and more than just the entertainment, there were some interesting questions on identity. For example, Robin is a different person, but he shares a body with Seo Jin, generally awakening at night. Seo Jin and Robin have had to learn to live with each other, despite hate and jealousy.

Hyun Bin - who starred in Crash Landing on You - is brilliant as Seo Jin and Robin, and Han Ji-min plays Ha Na excellently too.