Life Episode 2

Downgrade

Okay, so... not as good as the last episode, but solid nonetheless. This episode was more about character development than anything else, seeing as everything talked about in the episode is stuff we already knew. I'm curious about Sun Woo's presence in Jin Woo's mind; is he just a personification of Jin Woo's conscience, or does Jin Woo have schizophrenia? We shall see.I'm loving Jo Seung Woo as the bad guy. This is definitely a bit different for him (you can see it in his facial expressions), but he's carrying the character pretty well. I love this cast, too. I think all the casting choices were just right. So far, there isn't really anyone that doesn't fit. It's a balanced group of people that all hold their own acting-wise. I would like to say that I want to see a bit more facial variety out of Lee Dong Wook. I get that the character is bit dry as a person to begin with, but even Jo Seung Woo in Stranger played a character with no emotions with more nuance than what I'm seeing from LDW. Maybe this will change as the series goes on, or maybe it just takes something very intense to draw a facial expression out of this character. I know LDW can do it. I've seen him act plenty of times before.The music is almost humorously dramatic at times. Two people can be in the middle of a quiet, not at all threatening conversation, and the music is as bombastic as it might be in a dramatic death scene. It's a bit much.

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