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The Glory · Season 1 · Netflix

The Glory Season 1

The Glory Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.6/10. 8 episodes on Netflix from 30 December 2022.

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BollyMeter8.6/10Tightly plotted revenge architecture, a career-best Song Hye-kyo performance, and three Baeksang wins signal genuine prestige; Part 2 pacing dips slightly but the emotional payoff lands.

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What BollyAI Thinks

The Glory operates as a slow-burn revenge procedural. Moon Dong-eun, scarred physically and psychologically by school bullies, constructs a sixteen-year plan to dismantle their lives, one by one. Critics converged on the same strengths: Song Hye-kyo's controlled, ice-cold performance; screenwriter Kim Eun-sook's willingness to linger in ugliness before delivering satisfaction; and a villain ensemble that earns genuine audience contempt. Rotten Tomatoes logged 82 percent positive across 112 critics. Part 2, released March 2023, drew some notes about uneven pacing in its mid-section, but the finale delivered on the series' core promise. The show ranked in Netflix's all-time top ten non-English series globally, and its success reopened public debate in South Korea around school violence accountability.

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