Take Charge of My Heart

What happens when the only thing keeping a corporate heir’s heart beating is a woman who could kill him with a handshake? Baek Ho-rang (Kim Young-kwang) is a TS Group heir apparent whose artificial heart is running out of charge, and the only known fix is Na Bo-bae (Chae Soo-bin) — a romance screenwriter whose body has generated electricity ever since a childhood lightning strike left her unable to so much as hold someone’s hand without shocking them. Take Charge of My Heart turns that premise into a three-month contract: Bo-bae keeps Ho-rang’s heart charged through physical contact, and Ho-rang, in exchange, helps a woman who’s never had a real relationship gather enough material to hit her own writing deadline.

It’s a premise built for a very specific kind of chemistry — the two leads need genuine physical contact to survive the plot, which turns every touch into both a medical necessity and a slow-motion crush. Adapted from the Naver web novel Charge Me Up, the series leans into its gimmick with a light, comedic touch rather than treating the electric-powers angle as a mystery to solve, pairing it with the classic contract-romance engine of professional distance collapsing into something neither party planned for. Expect Netflix’s usual glossy production values wrapped around a genuinely goofy hook, arriving as a 12-episode run this October.