Eight episodes into its twelve-episode run, My Bias, My Boss has quietly become one of the more talked-about Monday-Tuesday dramas of the summer. Starring Kim Hye-jun as fangirl-turned-office-worker Nam Da-reum, Kang Hoon as her hard-to-read CEO Kang Ha-gi, and Cha Woo-min as her former idol Lee Chan, the show isn't the flashiest premise on paper but somewhere between the workplace banter and the increasingly tangled love triangle, it's found an audience that genuinely cares how this ends.
The Setup
Da-reum, a die-hard fan of the disbanded boy group D.N.X., lands a dream job at Appello, the fashion company co-founded by her bias, Lee Chan. What she doesn't expect is to butt heads constantly with CEO Kang Ha-gi and to slowly realize her feelings are drifting somewhere she never planned for. The show leans hard into its fandom angle, using Da-reum's history as a fan for real emotional texture rather than just comic relief, and that choice is paying off with viewers who say it treats fan culture with genuine affection. Early first-impressions coverage of the premiere noted the same thing that the setup felt like "a dream pairing gradually unfolding into a heartfelt love story."
The Ratings
The numbers have held up better than expected for a mid-tier slot. Per Nielsen Korea, the show climbed past 4% nationwide for episode 5, dipped through episodes 6 and 7, then rebounded to 3.4% for episode 8 heading into the final stretch and it's been landing at or near the top of its timeslot fairly consistently.
What the Audience Is Saying
Scroll through MyDramaList, AsianWiki, or Dramabeans, and you'll find a fanbase split not on whether the show is good, but on who Da-reum should end up with. Early reviews praised the strong chemistry between the leads while hoping the romance wouldn't overshadow the workplace dynamics and by episode 8, that promise seems mostly delivered. Fans have been vocal about a moment where Ha-gi shows up at Da-reum's place and admits he's been worried about her, calling it the emotional high point of the season so far.
A clear "Team Ha-gi" camp has formed, especially after the long-awaited kiss in episode 8. But a smaller, more conflicted group is still rooting for Chan, partly loyal to the original "idol and fan" fantasy, and partly because the writing hasn't made him a villain just someone who keeps getting outpaced. A few longtime viewers have also flagged concern that the show might follow the webtoon's ending, where Da-reum and Chan get together, calling that pairing uncomfortable given the fan-idol power imbalance at its core. Across the board, though, praise keeps landing on the three leads reviewers agree the cast is elevating fairly familiar rom-com mechanics into something that feels lived-in.
Where Is This Going?
With four episodes left, the show has already tipped its hand. The episode 8 kiss and Ha-gi's unguarded confession suggest the writers aren't dragging out the "will they/won't they," pointing to Ha-gi and Da-reum anchoring the back half. That doesn't mean Chan disappears given the weight put on his guilt and his repeated attempts to protect Da-reum despite falling short, a redemption arc that lands on closure or friendship rather than romance feels more likely than a webtoon-faithful ending.
Expect a company-related complication to test the new couple in the final episodes, resolved alongside the romance giving Da-reum the job, the growth, and the guy who shows up for her, without losing the found-family warmth that's made this feel cozier than a typical love triangle. Whether that satisfies fans still rooting for Chan is the real cliffhanger but going by sentiment through episode 8, most viewers already seem to be cheering for exactly where this is headed.
