TV Series2025 · 1 season · 9 episodes · Ended

Tempest

Name: Tempest
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Cast: Gianna Jun, Gang Dong-won, Lee Mi-sook, Park Hae-joon, Oh Jung-se

Taste attributes: dramamysteryactionespionagethrillerfasttried & testedintricatelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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"Who can you trust? What will you protect?"

Boxlist takeExpect a layered, sweeping mystery series, familiar rather than fresh. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

TMDB · 81 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2025 · 9 episodes

Seo Munju, a skilled former diplomat, tries to uncover the truth behind an attempt on a presidential candidate's life. After discovering the candidate was accused of being a North Korean spy, Munju digs into his past, unlocking a Pandora's box of deception, state secrets and more. Protected by Paik Sanho, a mercenary with a suspicious history and a hidden backer, Munju repeatedly finds herself under attack as she uncovers an international conspiracy stretching all the way to the White House. But, with danger drawing ever closer, will Sanho be able to keep his principal safe and his emotions…

Episodes (9)

1Episode 110 Sep 2025
Munju returns to support a candidate's presidential run. At a mass they attend, a gunshot rings out.
2Episode 210 Sep 2025
A mysterious shadow looms over the shooting. Munju enters the presidential race to find the truth.
3Episode 310 Sep 2025
A crisis strikes Munju on her way to declare her candidacy. Sanho races in once again to save her.
4Episode 417 Sep 2025
A discovery is made that threatens national security.
5Episode 517 Sep 2025
Munju exposes the plot to start a war and spends what could be her last night with Sanho.
6Episode 624 Sep 2025
Munju receives some intelligence that changes everything.
7Episode 724 Sep 2025
Standing at the edge of truth, Munju and Sanho face a choice.
8Episode 81 Oct 2025
The shadow of war returns. Munju and Sanho step into the eye of the storm.
9Episode 91 Oct 2025
Their final strike begins. With the truth in hand, can Munju stop everything before it's too late?

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What lines up

Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

Seo Munju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations, and Sanho, an international special agent shrouded in a veil of secrets, race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens the future stability of the Korean peninsula.

Synopsis: TMDB