The Golden SpoonWould you trade your poor but loving family for a life of riches? When Seung Cheon gets his hands on a magical spoon that allows him to switch lives with his rich best friend, he thinks it’s a no-brainer. But life-altering decisions are always accompanied by a sense of doubt, and with only three chances to change his mind, Seung Cheon has to decide which of his two possible futures is worth keeping.
DirectorsSong Hyun-wook, Lee Han-jun
WritersYoon Eun-kyung, Kim Seon-soo
Episode 1
Sep 23, 2022
Dirt spoon' Seung-cheon gets a hold of a mysterious golden spoon that can change his parents.
Episode 2
Sep 24, 2022
Seung-cheon becomes Hwang Tae-yong with the spoon, but the real Tae-yong finds himself in trouble.
Episode 3
Sep 30, 2022
Seung-cheon learns that there is a rule about the golden spoon that the old woman did not tell him.
Episode 4
Oct 1, 2022
Seung-cheon is worried that he might be found out, and a third person appears and puts him in danger.
Episode 5
Oct 7, 2022
Seung-cheon decides to return to "Lee Seung-cheon" after hearing the news that Cheol might die.
Episode 6
Oct 8, 2022
Despite confirming his love with Ju-hee, Seung-cheon decides to return to Hwang Tae-yong.
Episode 7
Oct 14, 2022
Seung-cheon discovers more secrets about the real Tae-yong while helping his poor family.
Episode 8
Oct 15, 2022
Seung-cheon is shocked that Tae-yong may have killed President Na, and that he may take all the blame.
Episode 9
Oct 21, 2022
Seung-cheon returns to Korea ten years later and is reunited with Ju-hee.
Episode 10
Oct 22, 2022
Seung-cheon agrees to be interviewed by Ju-hee, only because he wants to see her again.
Episode 11
Oct 28, 2022
Ju-hee and Seung-cheon grow closer, and Tae-yong is getting closer to the secret of the golden spoon.
Episode 12
Oct 29, 2022
Tae-yong meets the old woman. After learning everything, he decides to get his old life back.
Episode 13
Nov 4, 2022
Seung-cheon returns to his original self, and contemplates how to return to Hwang Tae-yong.
Episode 14
Nov 5, 2022
Hyeon-do hides the fact that he also used a golden spoon and welcomes Seung-cheon as "Hwang Tae-yong".
Episode 15
Nov 11, 2022
Through the death of Cheol, Seung-cheon regrets his past choices and makes a new resolution.
Episode 16
Nov 12, 2022
Seung-cheon, who has become a suspect in the murder, struggles to find a way to convict Hyeon-do.
ParkMin
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The very first scene we were introduced to generic high schoolers that left a sour first impression. Right off the bat we were hammered with the deplorable trope of bullies and rich kids that both were done in the most tacky ways possible. I hated every second but I kept my patience waiting for the fantasy/supernatural tag to kick in and change the scenery. It certainly did for a little while during the first half despite being very slow, especially with the insane 80 minutes runtime per episode. However, the drama started to fall apart around episode 7 and it became an unwatchable piece of utter junk after the insane 10-years time-skip in episode 9. Any potentials it had were evaporated. The story had insane gaps that were impossible to patch. There are a lot of points to be made about the mystery, secrets, reveals, decisions, and transformations but I would be repeating myself. It was really frustrating watching the golden spoon's rules change and evolve to fit the story's new development and narrative, a very strong sign of amateur writing! It's possible to blame the writers' heavy reliance on the source material and doing the bare minimum to script it. Since the source material is a Webtoon, it wasn't surprising seeing strange behaviors and random elements starting to seep through. It's hard to trust a Webtoon story to translate well into screen without competent writers unless the Webtoon creator was exceptionally brilliant which in this case he wasn't.
