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There was a time not so long ago when Korean dramas rarely went past one season.
Revenge dramaThe Gloryis Netflixs latest K-drama success.
Yeo-jeongs unfinished revenge under Dong-euns tutelage leaves the narrative door open forThe Gloryto craft more meticulously executed vengeance.
Could a second season happen?
And if it does happen, should it center Joo Yeo-jeong or someone else?
Wait, isnt there already a second season ofThe Glory?No, though the confusion is understandable.
Part Two is the second half of the first season.
First, Do-yeong crashes a truck into Jae-juns car.
Do-yeongs murder of Jae-jun parallels Yeon-jins murder of So-hee years earlier.
It also demonstrates just how many people on this show are capable of killing.
Dong-eun agrees and sets about planning that revenge.
If Netflix andThe Glorycreators were interested, this plot could sustain a season two.
Would a story based on Yeo-jeongs revenge really work thematically?Thats a good question!
Honestly, maybe not.
Dong-euns mission is so cathartic and relatable because it is a microcosm for the larger inequalities in society.
Dong-eun is a kid living in poverty and without powerful parents to ensure she is protected.
Her bullies mostly come from rich, well-connected families for whom the system is designed to protect.
Because of this, Dong-eun must enact her own revenge, and it takes her decades to do so.
Yeo-jeongs revenge is not the same.
He was born into a rich family with all of the opportunities and comforts Dong-eun never had.
Is there another plotThe Gloryseason two could follow?Why, yes.
InThe Glorys first season, Dong-eun apologizes to only one person: Ye-sol, the young daughter of Yeon-jin.
Imagine a season two ofThe Glorythat follows a teen or 20-something Ye-sols attempted revenge against Dong-eun.
That sounds like another story about rich people being rich.
Are there any other options?Well spotted.
Alternatively, it could be interesting to seeThe Glorytake on more of an anthology format.
Is there anything that could prevent a second season?Always.
There is Netflixsrecent strategy shiftto scale back on multiple seasons of seemingly popular series.
In Korea, these kinds of allegationscan end a career.
Furthermore, theres also the matter of military enlistment for Lee Do-hyun, the actor who plays Yeo-jeong.
As every K-drama stan knows, Korea requires all able-bodied men to enlist in the military by age 28.
Lee will turn 28 next month, which has promptedunsubstantiated but admittedly educated rumorsthat he will enlist soon.
It would be a shame if K-dramas lost the one-and-done format completely.
It would be tricky to venture to hold the totality of that cathartic experience past the first season.
That being said, the Korean TV industry makes more than 100 dramas every year.
Who says we cant have it all?
