AKA: Salamander Guru and the Shadow Operation Team / Salamander Guru
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: 10
Broadcast period: 2012-Jan to 2012-Mar
Cast: Oh Dal Soo, Im Won Hee, Choi Min Ho, Ryu Hyun Kyung, Lee Byung Joon, Kim
Gyu Sun and a crazy amount of cameos from A LOT of celebs.
This
short sitcom is about two petty thieves, Seon Dal (Oh Dal Soo) and Won Sam (Im
Won Hee) known as the “Mapo Lupang” burglars with the trademark of not stealing
anything and leaving a toilet full with poop. After managing to run away from
their latest ‘crime’, to a house owned by a Guru/Priest (Lee Byung Joon ) known
to do precise fortune telling’s. They break in the Gurus house and by accident
shock the Guru so he chokes on his food. Thinking he has died, and pressed by
the next clients they dress up as the fortune teller.
At
the same time police woman Kyung Ja (Ryu Hyun Kyung) who has a bad day - and
stomach ache, is called for work at the “Mapo Lupang” case, so she runs in and
uses the bathroom in the burgled house, thus getting cut of the case for
flushing down the criminals poop and DNA.
The
news about the “Mapo Lupang” thieves spreads and reaches Min Hyuk (Choi Min
Ho), a genius hacker, who immediately finds their location and starts to stake
them out. The two thieves bring the Guru in the basement and take his place, to
make money, by just talking about the obvious to every client arriving.
After
begging for a sometime Kyung Ja gets back on the case, and is determined to
find the thieves and ends up on Salamander Gurus door step. At the same time
Min Hyuk confronts the two and asks for the whereabouts of the real Guru - he
has his personal reasons for finding the real one. They refuse, but when he
observes a client they strike him a deal: if he helps them, they’ll tell him
the location of the real Guru.
Kyung
Ja enters and talks about Mapo Lupang - the fake Guru tries to confuse her with
fake info. When another crime happens fitting the Mapo Lupang M.O. with the
pooping, except this time a murder has occurred. The three decide to solve this
mystery, but are suspected by Kyung Ja who finds a coin matching to the Gurus,
which the fake Guru mistakenly dropped at the crime scene…
Honestly?
After the first episode I really wanted to cast away this drama, mainly because
it made no sense, and damn bad acting! But after the first one, and numerous
laughing occurrences, it grows on you. This trio really is fun, and they actually
gradually become better at acting, at least Min Ho is (I wanted to cry seeing
him at the beginning man!) There isn’t that much else than ridiculous comedy,
and loads of cameos by idols, celebs and comedians. The storyline gets you
interested, because you really want to know what the hell is going on in that
place, but it’s not worth it if you aren’t into random humor, or a fan of Min
Ho.
To
sum up, not really worth your time, if you don’t have anything to do, but on
the other hand a good break from melodramas and yeah, only 10 episodes.
☆☆ / 2 out of 5
stars
♥♥½ / 2½ out 5 hearts
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