Bargain (2022)

Season 1

Men are lured to a remote hotel under the guise of sexual encounters only to be caught in a trafficking ring where their organs are auctioned off to the highest bidder. After a catastrophic earthquake, the victims, traffickers and buyers all are trapped inside the crumbling building. Cut off from the outside world, they must fight to survive the aftermath at any cost.

Released Oct. 28, 2022 Episode 35 min 15+

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.motel, tmdb.earthquake, tmdb.survival, tmdb.escape, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.survival + 7 more, imdb.based-on-short-film, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.motel, imdb.disaster, tmdb.real-time, tmdb.organ-trafficking, tmdb.based-on-short-film

Watch Providers: Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount+ Originals Amazon Channel Paramount Plus Essential

Production Companies: Lezhin Studio, SLL

Network: TVING

Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

IMDb 4660

6.6

/1574/

Trakt

/182/

TMDb

/74/

Letterboxd

3.5

/1703/

Tomatoes

100

/13/

Popcorn

Metacritic

/7/

Jeon Woo-sung
Director

Jun Jong-seo
Park Ju-young

Jin Sun-kyu
Roh Hyung-su

Chang Ryul
Ko Geuk-ryeol

Lee Zoo-young
Prayer

Park Hyoung-soo
Gwak Hee-sook

Oh Min-ae
Lee Chun-nam

Shin Jae-whi
Chang-seon

Jung Hoe-ryn
Se-eun

8.0

S1E1 - Ransom

Juyoung and Hyungsoo meet for the first time in room 506. Hyungsoo bargains the price for Juyoung and goes into the bathroom. Meanwhile, Juyoung makes a peculiar phone call with someone and tells Heesook about the appointment.

Oct. 28, 2022, midnight

7.2

S1E2 - The Detective's Kidney

The auction room is in complete mayhem. Juyoung attempts to negotiate with Heesook, suggesting that they kill the boss and escape together to no avail.

Oct. 28, 2022, midnight

6.8

S1E3 - 7 Billion

The first floor's exits are all blocked so Juyoung breaks through the emergency exit and disappears alone. Hyungsoo makes it to the second floor with Geukryul's help. They desperately run for their lives from Mr Min and Bookwan.

Oct. 28, 2022, midnight