Right now you can watch My Mister in Australia on Netflix, and in the US on Netflix and Rakuten Viki — and it holds up to as much attention as you give it. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 199 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Lee Sun-kyun anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Start it on Netflix whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

My Mister arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The writing in My Mister treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another. The performances from Lee Sun-kyun and IU give it more weight than the premise alone would suggest. It first aired in 2018. My Mister resists tidy resolutions in a way that respects how messy real consequences actually are. It sustains a level of quality that very few manage to hold onto all the way through.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in My Mister. Fans of Maid will recognise the sensibility here immediately. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Lee Sun-kyun's work here is the kind that gets referenced in career retrospectives. It makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

My Mister wrapped up in 2018, created by Park Hae-young and Kim Won-suk — and 1 season is available to watch from start to finish. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro's free voice app makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just say the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.