
Teach You a Lesson
Taste attributes: action & adventurecomedydramaactionpoliticalfastimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
"Let us protect you!"
Boxlist takeVery fast and stylised: an emotional comedy-drama series, simple rather than intricate. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
9.4 /10
TMDB · 979 votes
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Season
Season 1
· 2026 · 10 episodesThe National Assembly and the Minister of Education passes the Amendment to the Act on the Protection of Teachers' Rights. With the passage of the law, a new government organization, the Educational Rights Protection Bureau, is formed. Na Hwa-jin belongs to the Educational Rights Protection Bureau. He is sent to a problem school as a supervisor. There, he can educate the students without any restrictions or limitations.
Episodes (10)
1Episode 15 Jun 2026
Inspector Na Hwa-jin steps into the chaos and takes control of a school plagued by the spoiled son of a powerful politician — to teach him a lesson.
2Episode 25 Jun 2026
With unassuming Bong Geun-dae on his side, Hwa-jin uses his special ops skills to handle a school gang and defend a student who just wants to study.
3Episode 35 Jun 2026
When a teen influencer spreads false claims about her teachers, the team's loose-cannon Inspector Im Han-rim steps in to set the record straight.
4Episode 45 Jun 2026
Choi Gang-seok weathers a political attack on his bureau. Hwa-jin's team visits an elite school to uncover why a student attacked a respected teacher.
5Episode 55 Jun 2026
When an elementary school teacher's spirit wears down under pressure, Hwa-jin steps in to be her substitute — turning the tables to solve the case.
6Episode 65 Jun 2026
Four juvenile delinquents think they're above the law — until the team takes an interest in their extracurricular crimes and gives a harsh reality check.
7Episode 75 Jun 2026
Geun-dae goes undercover to help a father find his gambling addict son. To undermine the bureau politically, Hwang Gi-tae visits a juvenile inmate.
8Episode 85 Jun 2026
After a pre-med student collapses in class, Hwa-jin investigates his obsessive mother, whose access to illicit pills hints at a larger conspiracy.
9Episode 95 Jun 2026
To help a student escape his exploitative friends, Han-rim adopts a new persona to join his circle. Cho Gyu-cheol's return puts the bureau in danger.
10Episode 105 Jun 2026
After public backlash hits the bureau, Hwa-jin and his team go rogue to expose a deadly conspiracy led by a violent student-run gang.
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- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
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- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow
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Synopsis
An inspector from the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB) who is authorized by the government to use physical intervention and unconventional methods to discipline delinquent students and reform the educational system.
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- Genre
- Action & Adventure
- Year
- 2026
- Episode length
- 70 min
- Status
- Ended
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- GTist
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