9/10 is my rating. This is a 2020 South Korean fantasy television series that has 12, 60 minute episodes.

Kang Min-ho (Choi Jin-hyuk) wakes up in the area of a hazardous waste dump with no memory of what happened to him or how he got there. More startling is he discovers he is not fully dead or alive - he is a zombie. To determine how he came to be in his current condition he knows he has to be able to "blend in" with humans so he slowly and persistently trains himself to walk, talk and act like a human. To cover his monstrous looking skin, he uses CC monster cover cream to the extent he should buy stock in the company. After witnessing the murder of private detective Kim Moo-young, Min-ho adds another mystery to his list and assumes the detectives identity so he can solve the mystery of his past. Gong Sun-ji (Park Ju-hyun) runs into Min-ho by chance and, mistaking his intentions, winds up "injuring" him. To pay damages she insists on becoming his part-time assistant not realizing her new boss is a zombie. Her skills as a former investigative journalist make her a useful asset for Min-ho as the two team up to solve not only the crime surrounding his death but also other cases as they come in the door.

Spoiler alert** I really like the way they portrayed the zombie in this series. All of the other zombie genre I have seen, with only one other notable exception, the zombies were mindless brain seeking monsters. The fact that he remained aware that he was once human and worked to blend in with humans made it a very unique and interesting take on zombies. I never would have thought a zombie could be sexy but then again when you have someone like Choi Jin-Hyuk playing a zombie, it was a foregone conclusion. He was somewhat of a mopey zombie but not in a bad way. It made it funny that he could reflect on being a zombie and regret not being human. Some found the FL annoying but I really thought her persistence was the only thing that would have gotten her through to him. And she grew as a character because she learned that her quick judgements of people were not always correct and I noticed she did that less as the series went on. Although I really liked it, it seemed like after they solved the "santa" case there was a logical end. I really thought we might be on the last episode and had mistaken how many episodes there were. This made me think they likely made some pilots and that is where it would have ended if the show was not popular. They extended it nicely, I wouldn't say seamlessly but definitely nicely. The ending was a bit nebulous and it was clear they left it open for a second season. It was good because the relationship between the two leads hadn't built to the level of romance making sense - it would have seemed sudden. On the flip side it leads me to wonder if there is any chemistry there. I mean I can't yet really picture them together but that could be it is early it what could be their romantic relationship. I usually feel bad for second guy but in this one I didn't because it was clear his timing was way off. You can't wait that long to decide you like someone as more than friends or that friendship becomes set in stone often for one or the other. I also felt his relationship with the female police officer was just building and likely that would continue on in a future episode. Even though the ending was less than I would have liked the whole circumstances surrounding the zombie were compelling enough that I rate this high and recommend it. If there is a second season I would likely re-watch the first and that in and of itself is telling as I rarely re-watch any.