金持ちだけが通うと言われているソウル第１高校。 その中でただ１人貧乏なイ･スンチョンは道端で偶然、金のスプーンを売る老婆に出会い、金持ちになる方法を聞くことになる。 スンチョンは苦労しながらもその方法をやり遂げ、韓国一の大富豪であるトシングループの御曹司ファン･テヨンと入れ替わる。 イ･スンチョンがファン･テヨンになり、ファン･テヨンがイ･スンチョンになったのだ。 スンチョンは、あれほど夢見ていた金持ちの人生を送ることになったが、財閥の御曹司として生きるのも容易ではない。 そんなある日、スンチョンは父親のチョルが大ケガをして危篤状態だとの知らせを聞く。 両親を取り替えたという罪悪感と父親に対する切ない気持ちで、スンチョンは再び老婆を訪ねて行くのだが…。
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脚本: Yoon Eun-kyung / Kim Seon-soo
制作会社: Samhwa Networks / Studio N
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.
