Time slot: Saturday-Sunday
Broadcaster: JTBC
Genre: Sageuk, romance
Episode count: 16
Global streamer: Neflix, Viu, Kocowa
Reasons to watch: Im Ji-yeon has been making interesting choices after The Glory spotlighted her career — nary a light role in sight — but lo! We have a romance on our hands! In The Tale of Lady Ok, our heroine (Im) is no lady at all, but a serf who has taken on another woman’s identity. In her new life, she must constantly keep her guard up — because you never know when someone’s going to stab you in the back. Or when a handsome man from your past (ahem, Choo Young-woo) will return. Indeed, the cast swings young here — with Kim Jae-won and Yeonwoo in our secondary roles — but I’m hoping that means room for something dramatic and playful.
TL;DR: Im Ji-yeon is hiding her true identity and there are no hijinks like those hijinks