South Korean crime-comedy series The Apartment Job on Netflix came to an end after 12 episodes, bringing Park Hae Kang’s ( Ji Sung ) journey to a fitting conclusion. The series premiered on July 11 and wrapped up on August 16, taking viewers through six weeks of crime, chaos, unexpected twists and plenty of humour. It was not always a smooth ride, with some episodes feeling more engaging than others and a few stretches slowing the story down. However, the strong performances often helped carry the show through its weaker moments. Here’s how the K-drama ended and what happened to Hae Kang and the rest of the characters in the finale. [ Warning : This article contains spoilers ].
The story followed Park Hae Kang, a former gang boss who desperately needed 10 billion won to save his mentor and father figure, Park Yong Man (Jung Jin Young). Under pressure from a corrupt police commissioner, he decided to steal the 17.8 billion won ($12.58 million) maintenance reserve fund of his luxury apartment complex. His former gang members Kim Gyeong Nam (Jung Soon Won), Je Gil (Hwang Hee) and Big Doong (Kim Kyu Won) joined the plan, while Gyeong Buk (Kim Han Gyeol), Gyeong Nam’s son, played Hae Kang and Ha Ri’s son. Hwang In Sik aka Lizard (Kim Won Hae), a wanted man linked to the search for a hidden fortune, also became part of their fake family.
But to get access to it, he first had to win the residents’ association election and convince everyone that he was a respectable family man. To create that image, Hae Kang hired Kang Ha Ri (Ha Yoon Kyung), an aspiring lawyer who worked part-time at a law firm’s free legal consultation centre, to pose as his wife for three months.
He soon came up against Lee Chung Won (Park Byung Eun), the wealthy penthouse owner and CEO of a construction company, who was also after the reserve fund, and Jang Suk Jin (Moon So Ri), a sharp-eyed resident who seemed to know everything happening in the building. As the episodes progressed, Hae Kang discovered that the reserve fund was tied to a larger financial scam, putting his fake family in direct conflict with Chung Won and forcing him to rethink who the real criminals were. Three years after Chung Won was arrested and his company collapsed, Hae Kang had completely walked away from his life as a gangster.
Keeping up the act was harder than expected as Hae Kang grew closer to the residents and discovered the apartment was hiding plenty of secrets. He reopened the Jeong Law Office, where he took up a new role as a corruption audit manager, using his experience to help apartment complexes uncover financial fraud and protect residents from being cheated.
