“GoodBye Earth” is a Korean drama TV series released in 2024 with 12 episodes, based on a novel by Kōtarō Isaka, and categorized as Science Fiction (sci-fi) and Dystopian.
♦ There is No Best City to Live In If the World Ends
In “GoodBye Earth”, children are taught in science class that if an asteroid ever hits the Earth, it could be bad. But no worries because we have something we can send into outer space to knock the asteroid off its path. That means that before the asteroid reaches the Earth, it’s been knocked off its course and hit somewhere else in the universe. Whew! That’s a relief. But “What If”?
On the news, it is being reported that an asteroid is going to strike the earth and it will be the end of the world. It was on the news. So you know it’s real. I mean … unless it’s fake. There’s a lot of fake news being circulated. But just in case, it’s real, even though the earth will no longer exist, people are still going to try to see if they can survive. After all, “A PLACE WITHOUT HOPE IS HELL”.
The whole world has been warned. There are only 200 days left before the asteroid strikes. Believe it or not. Martial law has been declared. There is no Internet connection.
In 2025, South Korea is celebrating its 80th year of independence. The date is August 5, 2025, and the Earth will be hit by an asteroid on February 26, 2026. A young girl lives all alone in an apartment. Each day she hopes that her mother will come back home. She has managed to find some food to eat and when she gets home, she puts the food in the cupboard. She tries to read a book to keep her mind occupied. But she can literally hear the horrible sound of a person who has jumped to his death.
Woongcheon is just outside of Seoul, and in 2025 it was awarded the Best City to Live In. Woongcheon is her hometown and the young girl begins telling the story of what happened to her town in the last 200 days.
What would you do if you knew your world was going to end in 200 days? It’s an intriguing question.
Main Characters:
- Jin Se-Kyung (played by Ahn Eun-Jin, “My Dearest 1 and 2”, “The Good Bad Mother”, “Dark Hole”)
- Ha Yun-Sang (played by Yoo Ah-In, “Hellbound”, “Seoul Vibe”)
- Woo Sung-Jae (Jeon Sung-Woo, “The First Responders 2”)
- Kang In-A (played by Kim Yoon-Hye)
Viewership and Rating:
- IMDb: 4.3 out of 10 stars
- My Drama List: 6.6 out of 10 stars
- NME: 2 out of 5 stars
My personal rating is 6 out of 10 stars.
When I first started watching “GoodBye Earth”, I thought it was just me. Sci-fi is not my favorite genre, so I thought perhaps I wasn’t being open-minded and fair. But I fell asleep watching this series twice. It’s on Netflix and it’s even dubbed in English. So I can’t use the excuse that my eyes got tired from reading the subtitles. When I checked to see what other reviewers were saying about this Korean drama, I realized it wasn’t just me. Many viewers were dissatisfied. But there was one plus. The opening theme music was awesome!
NOTE: Yoo Ah-In was supposed to be removed because of his real-life drug abuse scandal. However, the producer said it was impossible to completely remove his character. So here’s what they did. Goodbye Earth: What happened to Yoo Ah-in’s character in the K-drama? | Dexerto
LINKS OF INTEREST:
- Netflix’s asteroid-impact series ‘Goodbye Earth’ is an insufferably slow disaster saga (review) | Space
- Goodbye Earth: It should have been Goodbye Korea? | Reddit (**SPOILER ALERT**)
- [Herald Review] ‘Goodbye Earth’ fails to keep viewers engaged | The Korea Herald
- ‘Goodbye Earth’ review: convoluted time-jumps and subplots | NME
- ‘Goodbye Earth’ Review: The dystopian tale fails in execution | India Today
TRAILERS/TEASERS:
Asia, Netflix. “Goodbye Earth | Official Trailer | Netflix.” YouTube Video. YouTube, April 12, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0DNl82Cgg.




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