Somebody

6.9
202255m

A software developer and her friends become entangled in a murder case involving her dating app and a mysterious man who seems to be hiding something.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Somebody | Official Trailer | Netflix

Seasons

8 Episodes • Premiered 2022

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1. Episode 1

9.0

Years after building a unique AI chatbot, Kim Sum uses the technology to create Somebody, a dating app built to connect — and linked to multiple crimes.

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2. Episode 2

9.0

Seong Yun-o makes a pitch at work, then makes a new app connection. Sum reaches out to Yun-o after their unusual encounter. Murderous activity escalates.

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3. Episode 3

9.0

After Yeong Gi-eun experiences a nightmarish Somebody date, she and Lim Mok-won reach out to Sum to ask her for help in finding the man responsible.

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4. Episode 4

8.7

After days of radio silence, Sum finally hears back from Yun-o. When Sum tries to meet another app connection, things quickly turn violent.

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5. Episode 5

8.7

Sum and Yun-o take their relationship to the next level. Meanwhile, Gi-eun goes to the CEO of Spectrum to ask for access to her personal chat history.

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6. Episode 6

9.0

Gi-eun confronts her catfish on Somebody, and soon finds herself in danger again. Mok-won performs a ceremony to ward off evil spirits for Sum.

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7. Episode 7

5.6

Mok-won and Gi-eun need to blow off some steam, so they take Sum along to a night club. Later, Mok-won tries to get Sum to face the truth about Yun-o.

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8. Episode 8

8.7

With the walls closing in and threats escalating, Yun-o begins receiving deeply disturbing video chat requests on Somebody.

Cast

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Kim Young-kwang

Seong Yun-o

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Kim Yong-ji

Lim Mok-won

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Kim Su-yeon

Yeong Gi-eun

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Kim Byung-nam

Jury judge

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Reviews

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4/10

Inarticulate and weird, that's how I'd describe Somebody.

I generally like South Korean series but this one is lacking, for me, on several related fronts. There's no clearly articulated wider story, made worse by disjointed narrative and ambiguous, often limited, character development. Regrettably, more woke-ness, leaves a vague sense of being lectured, rather than "just entertained", too.

Really, the only places this series partly succeeds, in this reviewers opinion, is the core idea the story is based upon and the acting.The essential social media/crime driven conceptualisation is genuinely interesting and could have worked, with more conservative handling of the story which grows from it. Acting is of a high standard too. Characters are believable, just difficult to relate to.

In summary, this series strikes me as being too experimental and ambitious, for its own good. It could have worked, with a more structured story, narrative and character development.

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