Overview
- The series premiered on May 30 and opens with a promising young soccer player whose career is ended by a hit-and-run and the sudden arrival of a supernatural bodyswap that upends three families at a major conglomerate.
- Episode 1 establishes the central conflict of corporate succession after the chairman unexpectedly announces his retirement and rival heirs accelerate their fight for control.
- Promotional stills and early publicity for episode 2 show the younger-bodied chairman preparing an emergency press conference that hints he will publicly contest a framing scandal tied to the accident.
- Reborn Rookie stars Lee Jun-young, Sohn Hyun-joo and Lee Joo-myung and is written by Hyun Ji-min and directed by Go Hye-jin; JTBC has slated the drama for 12 episodes and it streams internationally on Viki and Viu.
- Adapted from a webnovel by San Kyung, the show continues JTBC’s recent string of webnovel-based prestige dramas and mixes workplace intrigue, family drama and fantasy in ways likely to shape viewer discussion as new episodes air.