The Auditors

At first I did not know whether to watch "The Auditors". A series about auditors (you know the boring guys who check boring numbers) in some company did not seem very exciting. But I like the lead actor so I gave it a try. And I was hooked from the first episode. If anyone can make an entertaining, funny and yet thrilling show about auditors, it is the Koreans. I am often amazed how versaitile and creative there cinema and TV is. This is no exception. I don't want to spoil anything for you, so just give the show a try, like I did, and you won't be disappointed. 10 stars out 10 from me for 12 fantastic episodes!

At first I did not know whether to watch "The Auditors". A series about auditors (you know the boring guys who check boring numbers) in some company did not seem very exciting. But I like the lead actor so I gave it a try. And I was hooked from the first episode. If anyone can make an entertaining, funny and yet thrilling show about auditors, it is the Koreans. I am often amazed how versaitile and creative there cinema and TV is. This is no exception. I don't want to spoil anything for you, so just give the show a try, like I did, and you won't be disappointed. 10 stars out 10 from me for 12 fantastic episodes!

The head of a multi-billion Korean construction company hires a new, top-notch chief for the auditing department to get rid of corruption. Buuuut....nothing is as it seems. Good guys turn out to be evil, evil guys turn out to be actually good, there are a lot of hidden agendas inside the company and a lot of dark things going on behind the scenes. But the new auditor-in-chief is not swayed by that or by threats and multiple attempts to stop him and his team. There is a main, thrilling story-arch reaching its climax in the last episode, but the auditors have to solve many other cases along the way. It is like a detective show where the auditor-in-chief is Sherlock Holmes and his team are his Watsons and they solve a very difficult case each episode (sometimes a case take two episodes to solve too). The cases are all very intelligent, suspenseful and keep you guessing, there are many twists and turns and surprises until they are being solved. Behind all of it though lurks a dark mystery that has yet to be discovered. It is a big surprise who turns out to be the shadowy bad guy at the end of the main story arch, and why and how he or she did all the evil things. "The Auditors" is intelligent and suspenseful entertainment with a great cast, a great script and great directing. Highly recommended. The best thing happens at the very end of the last episode (NO spoiler ahead) when there is a hint there may be a second season. Can't wait for it!

When this started I had my misgivings: the character of Goo Han su was too naive and happy but he gradually calmed downa bit. There were a series of cases to be audited along the way and although it was sometimes difficult to follow exactly what the audit department was able to do (maybe someone working in Korea would inderstand this better) it was a fun ride with twists and turns until the climax. Although there wasa lack of many of the typical k drama elements: no romance and no one had met as children, the camera work was quite stylized with the main character looking straight into the lens often but as a whole worth a watch if not a " must see".