ReviewK-drama review: The Penthouse season two – satisfying ending keeps viewers wanting more
- Of Hera Palace’s many powerful and wealthy residents, its owner Um Ki-joon was the most villainous, and his overdue comeuppance ranks as the most satisfying
- Jo Jae-yoon had one of the season’s delightful cameo performances, playing a bemused real property agent who accepts huge gifts and cash bribes
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4/5 stars
The characters of The Penthouse have access to vast finance and powerful connections, which they use to solidify their stations and increase their wealth even further, yet these considerable resources are never enough to sate their greed. They also cheat, lie and bribe their way through life, and when all of that fails, some will even resort to murder.
Their influence stretches well beyond the walls of Hera Palace, as the property deals and politicking they engage in have far-reaching consequences, but theirs is an exclusive club to which they dare not admit new members.
Within this hermetic society, smaller family units trump all, leading to endless deceit and back-stabbing. Friendships are shallow and brittle and loyalty is a fantasy.
As the saying goes, it truly is lonely at the top.