The Netflix original sci-fi series is as serious as it is silly

Chicken Nugget he doesn’t waste time with ridiculousness, but with deliberate intent. Go Baek-joong (Ahn Jae-hong) quickly graces the viewer with his playful presence and has the bright yellow pants to prove it. Go Baek-joong may work in a machine shop, but his true passion is pop music, much to the chagrin of his strict but fair boss, Choi Seon-man (Ryu Seung-ryong). The day-to-day running of the More Than Machines machine shop is ambiguous at best, as we don’t need to get bogged down in the details, but we still need a home base of operations for our fowl-chasing protagonists.

When a machine of unknown origin mysteriously appears on More than Machines, Chicken nuggets the conflict is clear as day. Choi Seon-man’s daughter, Choi Min-ah (Kim Yoo-jung) visits the shop with a box of chicken nuggets from Chikn Nuggit, an area favorite known for its particularly delicious mechanically separated pieces of meat. While it is painfully obvious that Go Baek-joong is head over heels in love with Choi Min-ah, his misguided displays of affection are often overlooked.

Choi Min-ah jumps into the machine and Chicken Nugget shows her namesake as she transforms herself into a chicken nugget. To Go Baek-joong’s dismay, she now has to explain what happened to her father, which is naturally met with disbelief. After serious consideration, the only conclusion that can be reached is that Cho Min-ah has actually been turned into a helpless chicken nugget, and it is up to Go Baek-joong and Choi Seon-man to return Choi Min-ah back to her human self.