Lead cast: Lee Min-ho, Gong Hyo-jin, Oh Jung-se, Han Ji-eun
Latest Nielsen rating: 3.9 per cent
“Only two things are infinite – the universe and human stupidity.”
Given Korean sci-fi’s spotty track record, the above quote – one of several that appear at the beginning of the new series When the Stars Gossip – seems a bold way to open a mega-budget K-drama romcom set on a space station.
What would Albert Einstein, to whom this quote is generally attributed, make of this series, in which a billionaire gets his future son-in-law to smuggle his infertile dead son’s sperm and daughter-in-law’s eggs onto a space station in the hopes of producing an heir?