Noh Jung-eui hides a secret in Netflix’s Hierarchy

by lovepark

A school for the elite, a secret taken to the grave, and a mystery waiting to be uncovered — welcome to the world of Hierarchy. The upcoming Netflix show stars the students of Jooshin High, and at the top is Noh Jung-eui (Our Beloved Summer) as the school’s queen Jung Jae-yi. Not all is well in this bubbled shelter for the rich and powerful as the teaser opens with our heroine confessing to murder right before pulling a trigger. The scene cuts to a crash, and blood seeps into the road.

We’re then introduced to the other players in this twisted scandal: Kim Jae-won (King the Land) as the heir of Jooshin Group Kim Ri-ahn and Lee Chae-min (See You in My 19th Life) as transfer student Kang Ha. An outlier in a space designed for the top 0.01% of society, Kang Ha sticks out amongst the glitz and glam, but nothing will stop him from exposing the truth. It appears a student has died, and there’s more to this death than meets the eye. However, Ri-ahn won’t sit by idly and let things crumble because of some “scholarship punks.”

The precarious ecosystem within the walls of Jooshin High shows cracks as Jae-yi dumps Ri-ahn and struggles with online bullying. She receives texts, asking if she’ll kill this person next, and the laughs of her peers suffocate her. Jae-yi, though, isn’t the only one suffering through all this since her classmates hold secrets of their own as well.

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The teaser reveals a different pair of elite students Yoon He-ra and Lee Woo-jin — played by Ji Hye-won (My Perfect Stranger) and Lee Won-jung (My Perfect Stranger), respectively — both in the throes of a heated argument as well as a passionate night. She frantically asks him how he could do such a thing, but he reminds her that she made him choose.

For these teens, friendship and love seem to hold little merit as they claw over each other to protect themselves and their social standing. The powerful step on the weak, and everyone looks out for their own interest. They all have skeletons in their closets that they will fight to the bitter end to guard, but Kang Ha isn’t scared of their money or threats. He vows to keep going even if it costs him his life, and Jae-yi stares at him, her expression unmoving.

Directed by PD Bae Hyun-jin (Alchemy of Souls 2) and written by Chu Hye-mi (About Time), Hierarchy premieres June 7.