The Silent Sea

  • 15 Jan - 21 Jan, 2022
  • Mag The Weekly
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In a world where it’s been 50 years since we first landed on the moon and celebrities and billionaires are being shot into space, science fiction around near-earth space travel feels harder to pull off. So there needs to be higher stakes, like a shuttered lunar station that holds a lot of secrets. That’s the idea behind the Korean series, The Silent Sea. In a near-future version of the earth, worldwide desertification has caused governments to ration water. The higher level you are; the more water you get. Biochemist Dr Song Ji-an (Bae Doona) is approached by the space administration to be a part of a new moon mission, five years after the disaster at the Balhe Lunar Research Station Left over 100 crew members dead, including her sister. As part of the SAA’s recompense to her, she’s given a gold card that allows her to get as much water as she wants. Understandably, Dr Song is reluctant to do a mission… until she’s told that she’s going to Balhe. She meets the rest of the crew, beginning with captain Han Yoon-jae (Gong Yoo). Another crew member, Ryoo Tae-seok (Lee Joon) is a well-known officer whose good reputation precedes him. She also meets the ship’s doctor, Hong Ga-young (Kim Sun-young), who jokes that she likes a good looking crew so she has “eye candy” to look at.

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