TV series

Dear X

2025 · 1 season

A cold, seductive psychological melodrama that keeps you uneasy, watching a beautiful mask hide cruelty and the wreckage it leaves behind.

Tagline: "X" Marks Her Next Victim.
Overview: Behind a beautiful face hides a cruel nature—Baek Ah-jin, who sees through and manipulates others' hearts. After stepping on the sacrifices of many to reach the top, everything begins to change the moment she arrives there. A woman wearing a mask to escape hell and climb to the highest place. And the story of the Xs being brutally crushed by her.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Obsession, power, betrayal, trauma
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
power
betrayal
trauma
ambition
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: crime, drama
Created by: Ban Ji-woon
Written by: Choi Ja-won
Starring: Kim You-jung, Kim Young-dae, Kim Do-hoon, Lee Yul-eum, Jo Hyeon-jin, Bae Soo-bin, Lee Seo-an, Gi So-you
Length: 1 seasons, 12 episodes, 64 min each
Network: TVING
Country: South Korea
Languages: Chichewa; Nyanja, Korean