The Golden Spoon

7.0
20221h 12m

Would you trade your poor but loving family for a life of riches? When Seung Cheon gets his hands on a magical spoon that allows him to switch lives with his rich best friend, he thinks it’s a no-brainer. But life-altering decisions are always accompanied by a sense of doubt, and with only three chances to change his mind, Seung Cheon has to decide which of his two possible futures is worth keeping.

Production

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Seasons

16 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. Episode 1

7.5

Dirt spoon' Seung-cheon gets a hold of a mysterious golden spoon that can change his parents.

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2. Episode 2

7.5

Seung-cheon becomes Hwang Tae-yong with the spoon, but the real Tae-yong finds himself in trouble.

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3. Episode 3

7.5

Seung-cheon learns that there is a rule about the golden spoon that the old woman did not tell him.

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4. Episode 4

7.5

Seung-cheon is worried that he might be found out, and a third person appears and puts him in danger.

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5. Episode 5

7.0

Seung-cheon decides to return to "Lee Seung-cheon" after hearing the news that Cheol might die.

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6. Episode 6

7.0

Despite confirming his love with Ju-hee, Seung-cheon decides to return to Hwang Tae-yong.

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7. Episode 7

7.5

Seung-cheon discovers more secrets about the real Tae-yong while helping his poor family.

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8. Episode 8

7.5

Seung-cheon is shocked that Tae-yong may have killed President Na, and that he may take all the blame.

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9. Episode 9

7.0

Seung-cheon returns to Korea ten years later and is reunited with Ju-hee.

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10. Episode 10

7.0

Seung-cheon agrees to be interviewed by Ju-hee, only because he wants to see her again.

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11. Episode 11

7.5

Ju-hee and Seung-cheon grow closer, and Tae-yong is getting closer to the secret of the golden spoon.

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12. Episode 12

7.5

Tae-yong meets the old woman. After learning everything, he decides to get his old life back.

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13. Episode 13

7.5

Seung-cheon returns to his original self, and contemplates how to return to Hwang Tae-yong.

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14. Episode 14

7.5

Hyeon-do hides the fact that he also used a golden spoon and welcomes Seung-cheon as "Hwang Tae-yong".

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15. Episode 15

7.5

Through the death of Cheol, Seung-cheon regrets his past choices and makes a new resolution.

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16. Episode 16

7.5

Seung-cheon, who has become a suspect in the murder, struggles to find a way to convict Hyeon-do.

Cast

Photo of Yook Sung-jae

Yook Sung-jae

Lee Seung-chun

Photo of Lee Jong-won

Lee Jong-won

Hwang Tae-yong

Photo of Yeon Woo

Yeon Woo

Oh Yeo-jin

Photo of Choi Won-young

Choi Won-young

Hwang Hyeon-do

Photo of Son Yeo-eun

Son Yeo-eun

Seo Young-sin

Photo of Han Chae-a

Han Chae-a

Jin Sun-hye

Photo of Chang Ryul

Chang Ryul

Seo Joon -tae

Photo of Kim Seo-ha

Kim Seo-ha

Seong Won

Photo of Song You-hyun

Song You-hyun

Kim Na-young

Photo of Son Woo-hyeon

Son Woo-hyeon

Jang Moon-ki

Photo of Moon Seung-you

Moon Seung-you

Lee Seung-ah

Photo of Kim Kang-min

Kim Kang-min

Park Jang-goon

Photo of Kim Eun-soo

Kim Eun-soo

Lee Dong-kyung

Photo of Son Jong-hak

Son Jong-hak

Na Sang-gook

Photo of Jang Hyuk-jin

Jang Hyuk-jin

Oh Dong-pil

Photo of Lee In-hye

Lee In-hye

Writer Wang

Photo of Lee Min-jae

Lee Min-jae

Kwon Min-ho

Photo of Nam Hyun-joo

Nam Hyun-joo

Ms. Gong

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Reviews

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ParkMin

3/10

The very first scene we were introduced to generic high schoolers that left a sour first impression. Right off the bat we were hammered with the deplorable trope of bullies and rich kids that both were done in the most tacky ways possible. I hated every second but I kept my patience waiting for the fantasy/supernatural tag to kick in and change the scenery. It certainly did for a little while during the first half despite being very slow, especially with the insane 80 minutes runtime per episode. However, the drama started to fall apart around episode 7 and it became an unwatchable piece of utter junk after the insane 10-years time-skip in episode 9. Any potentials it had were evaporated.

The story had insane gaps that were impossible to patch. There are a lot of points to be made about the mystery, secrets, reveals, decisions, and transformations but I would be repeating myself. It was really frustrating watching the golden spoon's rules change and evolve to fit the story's new development and narrative, a very strong sign of amateur writing! It's possible to blame the writers' heavy reliance on the source material and doing the bare minimum to script it. Since the source material is a Webtoon, it wasn't surprising seeing strange behaviors and random elements starting to seep through. It's hard to trust a Webtoon story to translate well into screen without competent writers unless the Webtoon creator was exceptionally brilliant which in this case he wasn't.

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