Original title
보좌관 – 세상을 움직이는 사람들
Released
6/14/2019
Origin country
KR
Genre
Drama, War & Politics
Production companies
SLL, Studio & New
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
20
As a chief of staff in the National Assembly, Jang Tae-jun influences power behind the scenes while pursuing his own ambitions to rise to the top.
Jang Tae Joon graduated from the Korean National Police University and worked as a detective. He wanted to gain more power and decided to work in the National Assembly. Now, he is the chief aide to a 4-time lawmaker. He has excellent intuition, a cold-blooded decisiveness and a strong desire to win. He was able to place his lawmaker in the position of the party representative, but Jang Tae Joon has higher ambitions. Meanwhile Kang Sun Young is a first year lawmaker who got elected through proportional representation and is a spokesperson for her party. She worked as a lawyer and hosted a current affairs TV program prior to becoming a lawmaker. She is ambitious and does her job well. Kang Sun Young has an awkward relationship with Jang Tae Joon, whose boss is a rival of the senior lawmaker who got her to become proportional representation lawmaker.
Jang Tae-jun is interviewed about his role as chief of staff and tries to defuse a crisis threatening Song Hui-seop’s political career -- and his own.
Han Do-gyeong joins the staff as a new intern. Tae-jun makes a controversial proposal for the upcoming government audit, which has everyone on edge.
Tae-jun contends with a rival staff member. Yun Hye-won volunteers to talk to a key witness. Kang Seon-yeong becomes concerned about Lee Seong-min.
Oh Won-sik makes a move that jeopardizes Tae-jun’s standing with Song Hui-seop. Seon-yeong gets a surprise visit. Do-gyeong learns about Hye-won’s past.
Tae-jun grapples with a dilemma. Song Hui-seop’s impatience grows as Seon-yeong shifts her strategy. Do-gyeong asks Hye-won a delicate question.
Tae-jun and Seon-yeong enjoy an evening out together, but soon find that someone knows about them. News of a factory worker’s death alarms Do-gyeong.
Hui-seop invites Seong-min to join his party. Seon-yeong gives Tae-jun a stern warning, but he doesn’t waver. Do-gyeong makes a costly misstep.
As the confirmation hearing gets underway, Tae-jun is caught off guard by Hui-seop’s self-serving machinations and scrambles to survive.
Tae-jun struggles with the ramifications of Seong-min’s decision. Do-gyeong has information that may help Tae-jun. Won-sik grows suspicious of Hye-won.
Seon-yeong’s career is in peril, rumors unsettle Won-sik, Do-gyeong returns to the team, and Tae-jun determines to go down a path that he may regret.
The real political players behind the spotlight take a dangerous gamble. Super Adviser Jang Tae Joon heads towards the peak of power and fiercely struggles for survival. Jang Tae Joon worked as the chief aide to Lawmaker Lawmaker Song Hee Sub. He now returns as a lawmaker and achieves the height of his power.
With eyes on the target, Tae-jun sets the wheels in motion. Seon-yeong looks into a suspicious death, and sees Lee Ji-eun return as her chief of staff.
Seon-yeong requests the truth from Tae-jun, and joins forces with him to go after Lee Chang-jin. Hui-seop deals with a betrayal.
Shaken up by Chang-jin's tactics, Seon-yeong and Tae-jun search for more evidence against him. Choe Gyeong-cheol launches an investigation.
A scandal threatens to derail Tae-jun. Gyeong-cheol stays out of Hui-seop's political plays. Seon-yeong puts Joojin Chemical under further scrutiny.
Things seem to be back on track for Seon-yeong and Tae-jun as they prepare for the parliamentary inquiry. Feeling the heat, Hui-seop retaliates.
While Tae-jun works on a new plan to turn Chang-jin and Hui-seop against each other, Yun Hye-won and Han Do-gyeong try to pin down a mole.
Needing more information on Hui-seop's slush funds, Tae-jun and Seon-yeong place Oh Won-sik in a sticky situation.
Knowing the consequences, Seon-yeong holds a press conference. Hui-seop treads on thin ice with Sung Yeong-gi. Won-sik runs out of options.
Vowing to finish what Tae-jun started, Seon-yeong pushes for a special probe into the slush funds, but Hui-seop tries to stop her.
While Hui-seop does whatever he must to save himself, Tae-jun, Seon-yeong and their staff get ready for his hearing. Gyeong-cheol seeks justice.
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