Introverted Boss

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Unbeknownst to his employees, Eun Hwan-ki (Yeon Woo-jin) is the timid CEO of a public relations company. Chae Ro-woon (Park Hye-soo), an energetic woman recognized for her hard work, starts working at Hwan-ki's company and plans to reveal his identity.

  • Yeon Woo-jin as Eun Hwan-ki, the cold and timid CEO of Brain public relations firm. He avoids people as much as possible by hiding out in his penthouse office or covering himself in a black hoodie.
    • Park Ha-joon (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. as young Eun Hwan-ki
  • Park Hye-su as Chae Ro-woon, an outgoing rookie employee who is surprisingly silent at home despite her extroverted nature and excellent communication skills She aims to take revenge on her boss for the death of her sister.
  • Yoon Park as Kang Woo-il, the warm and confident, yet sensitive vice-chairman of Brain public relations firm. He is Hwan-ki's close friend and fiancé of Eun Yi-soo.
    • Lee Tae-woo as young Kang Woo-il
  • Gong Seung-yeon as Eun Yi-soo, Hwan-ki's sister who serves as chaebol heiress and is introverted like him. She has mental illness that was initially instigated by her father's long verbal and emotional abuse of her older brother.
    • Seo Eun-sol (Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.)Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1. as young Eun Yi-soo

People in Silent Monster

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  • Ye Ji-won as Dang Yoo-hee, a working mother
  • Jun Hyo-seong as Kim Gyo-ri, an employee who has crush on Se-jong
  • Heo Jung-min as Eom Sun-bong
  • Han Jae-suk as Jang Se-jong, a new employee

People in Brain PR

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  • Stephanie Kim as Director Park[3]
  • Jung Yi-yun as Assistant Jung
    • Woo-il's fan club and the elite of Brand Promotions AE
  • Hwang So-hee as Assistant Lee
    • Woo-il's fan club and the elite of Brand Promotions AE

Others

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Special appearances

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  • Kim Junsu as Top Star (Ep. 1)
  • Choi Byung-mo as a presenter
  • Kim Ki-doo as a man in the restroom 1 (Ep. 2) / Chinese restaurant food-delivery
  • Jo Hyun-shik as a man in the restroom 2
  • Choi Joon-ho as a man in the restroom 3
  • Song Yung-jae as Won-sang's friend
  • Woo Hyun as Won-sang's friend
  • Seo Byung-sook as White Cloud Nursery School Director
  • Yoo Gun-woo as Secretary Kwak, Won-sang's secretary
  • Choi Eun-ho as Il-ho
  • Seo In-sung as Lee-ho
  • Lee Han-na as Si-yun
  • Geum Kwang-san as a people in sauna
  • Ji Dae-han as an advertiser for the Opera
  • Kim Hye-eun as Hwan-ki's psychiatrist
  • Kang Nam-gil as Brain security
  • Kim Byung-man as Scrubber in Korean Spa (Ep. 2), Choir conductor (Ep. 4) and Orphanage Event MC (Ep. 6)
  • Park Yeong-gyu as Actor Hwang Young-kyu
  • Heo Young-ji as Young-kyu's daughter (Ep. 3)
  • Kim Dae-hui as Young-kyu's manager
  • Park Sang-myun as Master Jin (Ep. 4)
  • Choi Dae-chul as Restaurant Owner (Ep. 4)
  • Lee Byung-joon as Rose Airlines CEO (Ep. 7)
  • Kim Ji-seok as Yu-hui's husband
  • Han Suk-joon as Yeon-jung's first love. Also a Kookmin MC

Production

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The series reunited writer Joo Hwa-mi and PD Song Hyun-wook of Marriage, Not Dating after two years, with the latter having directed Another Miss Oh in 2016 as well.[4][5]

The production team stated that the series would stop airing for a week, as they would do extensive rewrites to the scripts in order to make improvements to the drama.[6]

Original soundtrack

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Part 1

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Part 2

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Part 3

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Part 4

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Part 5

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Part 6

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Part 7

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Ratings

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  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep. Original broadcast date Title Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[7] TNmS[8]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 January 16, 2017 The Phantom of the Opera
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2.967% 3.227% 3.5%
2 January 17, 2017 I'm Sorry, I Cannot Apologise
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3.046% 3.464% 2.4%
3 January 23, 2017 I'm Not An Easygoing Person
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1.907% 1.494% 2.1%
4 January 24, 2017 I Won't Meet Anyone
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1.797% 1.749% 1.8%
5 February 6, 2017 The Unspeakable Secret of 3 Years Ago
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1.639% 1.812% 1.8%
6 February 7, 2017 How Does a Person Change?
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1.260% 1.2%
7 February 13, 2017 The Dignity of a Supporting Role
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2.131% 2.015% 1.5%
8 February 14, 2017 Unsocial Socialibity, Immanuel Kant
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1.980% 2.167% 1.5%
9 February 20, 2017 If You Listen
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1.609% 1.356% 1.3%
10 February 21, 2017 The Pointless Yet Most Helpful Confessions
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1.677% 1.2%
11 February 27, 2017 The Tall Shadow of Mr. Smith
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1.502% 1.450% 1.8%
12 February 28, 2017 The Difficulty of Doing Nothing
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1.762% 1.999% 1.6%
13 March 6, 2017 Confession
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1.578% 1.686% 1.7%
14 March 7, 2017 My Funny Valentine
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1.631% 1.713% 1.5%
15 March 13, 2017 One Reason That More Important Than Any Reason
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1.639% 1.732% 1.4%
16 March 14, 2017 It's Okay To Be Introvert
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1.811% 1.811% 1.6%
Average 1.871% [a] 1.7%
Special January 6, 2017 2.752% 2.809%
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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2017 1st The Seoul Awards Best New Actress Gong Seung-yeon Nominated

Notes

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  1. ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

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