Are Bae Suzy and Nam Joo-hyuk Netflix’s best couple? 4 times TVN’s Start-Up redefined the TV office romance

Nov 20 , 2020

Viewers are loving Bae Suzy and Nam Joo-hyuk’s on-screen romance as the leading couple in Start-Up. Photo: Soompi

Better than Dream High, Gu Family Book and The Bride of Habaek? Here’s why Start-Up might be these K-drama stars’ most romantic roles yet

Bae Suzy and Nam Joo-hyuk are bringing a rosy tint to our screens with their heart-fluttering romance in Netflix’s Start-Up .

The TVN K-drama is set in the world of – you guessed it – start-up companies, where young professionals dream of success. Suzy and Nam have received rave reviews for their performances as leading couple Seo Dal-mi and Nam Do-san, and it’s no wonder – their on-screen chemistry is enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face.

Let’s take a look at some of the “DoDal couple’s” best moments.

First meeting

Love is in the air? Netflix’s Start-up. Photo: Zapzee

Sparks flew from the moment Seo and Nam first appeared on-screen together at a party. Seo is a go-getter who hopes to become South Korea’s Steve Jobs, while Nam is a shy young man with a dead-end career. Unbeknown to Nam, however, he was actually Seo’s first love back when they attended high school together, although he had no idea who she was at the time. She fell for him when another classmate wrote letters to her while pretending to be Nam, which he did at the behest of Seo’s grandmother. (Yeah, “it’s complicated” doesn’t really begin to cover it, but would this really be a K-drama if it wasn’t?)

But despite its catfish-y nature, Seo’s past relationship with “Nam” got her through some hard times when she was young. Meanwhile, as adults, Seo causes a stir in Nam’s heart that he can’t explain away with logic like he usually does.

This charged history is captured by the actors in an iconic moment when they make eye contact while surrounded by countless people, as if they are the only ones in the room.

First handhold