Partners for Justice

Bad copy of bad originals

You can clearly see the American influence in this production and to be honest it doesn’t sit well. This is the Korean version of CSI/NCIS and it has all the same weaknesses as the originals. Instead of the more usual focus on the machinations of internal politics, the slow unfolding of a crime, the in-depth character interactions (imo the strengths of Korean crime dramas), we have a series of crimes dealt with in one or two episodes and some two dimensional characters whose personalities have been clearly modelled on the American versions. Everything skims along the surface, with no depth and no character deviation or development.

Crimes are solved in superficial and ridiculous ways in double quick-time and there’s a load of spurious criminal psychology. The convenient plot devices stack up and all credibility is trampled. The young female prosecutor seems to have inordinate amounts of time to hang around watching autopsies and never has to do anything boring like sit at her desk and work. She has a penchant for doing stupid things that get her into life-threatening situations from which she always miraculously escapes. Horrendous experiences abound with zero effect on characters who bounce back to what they were in as much time as it takes to run to the next scene. And just to increase the air of unreality, the director requires the actors to really ham it up…

If you like the style of CSI then you’ll probably like this. Personally I think it’s a really bad imitation of a bad American original.

What my rating means: 1 - 3+ Totally unbearable, but often compulsively watchable as you really can’t believe that it can be this bad.

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Frankly speaking

This drama had so much potential, so much but it was wasted. Firstly, the FL was borderline annoying, almost dropped it because of her, I've seen female characters act annoying but hers got on my nerves.
Secondly, the male procecutor should know the difference between acting and shouting. His performance in this drama was really not impressive at all, just a character with anger issues .
Thirdly, some parts in the drama was so cringe i had to skip, typical Korea plot where you could already predict what happens next.
Lastly, i love the fact that it was focused on nfs, but the way they went about the whole thing was catastrophic.

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FL almost ruined everything

If I'm rating based on Baek Beom alone, this drama would be 11/10!

Granted, he can be harsh but there's a backstory to it, which is already mentioned in synopsis, duh! Plus, his comment makes sense, despite the tone being harsh

Now, the 2nd FL is a typical spoilt princess trying to prove herself. Wearing high heels to crime scene, touch body without gloves and then upset just because she is told off. Hello?! Even I, a non-prosecutor know you shouldn't do all this, and you, don't know? What have you been doing in law school? What's worse is she often go around shouting and screaming and throwing her tantrum at Baek Beom, like hello?! Oh gosh.

The saving grace is at least she is smart and is useful at times (not always, btw) and she does get better, holy cow. There are more than once I almost dropped the show ebcause of her. I've been staying because of Baek beom and the storyline, as I love forensic + prosecutor +detective combined!

The other male prosecutor is another annoying one. He has been having confirmation bias since day 1 and dares to call himself prosecutor. But, thanks God he quit and realized his mistakes

Towards the end, the two main annoying characters get better, hence making me wanna watch S2, otherwise I seriously can't stand more of them lol

Plus, the addition of the new prosecutor is a bonus. This is what i'm talking about. Someone who is fierce, bold, daring, but realistic, reasonable and cool, all at same time. No princess tantrum or prince tantrum for that matter

At first, I wish the ML is hotter, but then I grew to like Baek Beom character more and more, so all is well LOL

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Show's first half struggles to be meaningful but gears click into place afterwards

This show is definitely worth seeing, especially its second season. But I can't ignore the issues the first half had. There was some poorly thought out character drama and interactions that just did not make sense. It felt like they were lowering the intelligence of the prosecution in order to prop up how good the forensic people were. The series operates on a multi-case level, where a case can take 2-3 episodes to resolve. But through this, the first few cases are super forensic reliant, where it felt like the mystery wasn't be solved by the detectives and prosecution but just by the forensic department.

All that changes though once the character drama and ongoing mystery about our main characters is resolved. This leads the show to bring in someone new and that really kicks up the show into a different gear. From there, the show becomes more about the mysteries themselves, and showcases some really great cases with good tension. Some of the characters stop acting so dumb and it feels more like a collaboration between all investigative parties. The show gets better in its last 6 episodes and it leads into a fantastic season 2 so I recommend going through this season. Some of you may even like the early episodes but the show evolves once a certain point is reached.

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JUST GO FOR IT !!!

It's one of amazing crime and detective show which kept me amazed !!
Definitely you should go for it, every case is a mystery and story and direction and acting are just awesome!!
"Don't write a novel" is my fav dialogue
I will my best to the entire team of this series !!
I am eagerly waiting for season 3 !!!!!
I mainly loved the female lead , stella, beak, prosecutor do and entire acting team

I am just in love with this show !!

It's one of amazing crime and detective show which kept me amazed !!
Definitely you should go for it, every case is a mystery and story and direction and acting are just awesome!!
"Don't write a novel" is my fav dialogue
I will my best to the entire team of this series !!
I am eagerly waiting for season 3 !!!!!
I mainly loved the female lead , stella, beak, prosecutor do and entire acting team

I am just in love with this show !!

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Lessons on Don't Write Novels

The image of ordinary people about autopsy makes corpses 'deel duwel', becomes enlightened after watching the Korean drama: Partners for Justice.

Before performing the autopsy, the doctor and his assistant will pray. Then, while the doctor is doing the autopsy, the assistants will take careful notes and take pictures of the body. After the autopsy was completed, the body was neatly stitched back together, before being sent for burial/cremation.

The Korean drama: Partners for Justice makes the audience amazed at how much science can benefit if it is used optimally. Especially when side by side with other sciences.

Writer-nim intelligently described it with a meeting of 2 groups, namely the National Forensic Agency (BFN) group and the prosecutor/police group. They exchanged drinks saying: “Long live science! Long live the law!

Hey, cool huh?

Korean Drama: Partners for Justice is really cool, so you don't get bored watching it for the 3rd time. Compared to its sequel, Korean drama: Partners for Justice tells the story of many cases that are solved surprisingly, then Korean drama: Partners for Justice Season 2 tends to be more fixated on the case of doctor Jang Cheol who has a heartbreaking story.

And the story of Oh Man-Sang who died in season 1, apparently managed to outwit investigators. With the help of doctor Jang Cheol who transplanted DNA into the bone marrow of a victimized unknown person, everyone thought Oh Man-Sang was dead.

Is that really possible? There's news here. Of course, it wasn't criminal, it happened accidentally. Maybe the story inspired the writer-nim when making the scenario for the Korean drama: Partners for Justice.

Imagination may be wild, but writer-nim cleverly always relates each case to the principles of the pioneer of forensic science who later became known as Sherlock Holmes from Lyon, France, namely:

Every contact leaves a trace (Locard Principle)


In addition to disassembling science, there are 3 love stories in Korean drama: Partners for Justice, namely: Prosecutor Kang Hyun who secretly loves Prosecutor Eun Sol, doctor Baek Beom with his old love story, and detective story Cha Soo-Ho who has a heavy crush on an expert. poison, Stella Wang.

It's also a heart-wrenching story about a parent who regrets pushing his child to excel and ignoring his child's need for warm, loving attitudes.

Butttt...... it's forbidden to watch while eating, right? I'm afraid that I will feel sick to see Baek Beom's doctor scraping the corpse. 😊😊

You can read the follow-up review at: https://www.maria-g-soemitro.com/2022/08/drama-korea-partners-for-justice-brigadir-J.html
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TRUE PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE !! (Not just the main leads but the entire team)

Dr. BB (ML) : "Don't write ur own Fiction!"
(My fav line in the drama :) )
But the Writers of this drama wrote an AWESOME FICTION!! ✨

One of the BEST Forensic Medical Crime Dramas!!
:)

Initially (1 or 2 episodes in the beginning), the plot n the cases look mediocre, very plain n routine - pacing is right, not slow but the plot or cases look too simple, also at times, FL n 2nd ML are a bit irritating, Some may find it difficult to continue watching.

But from around ep 3, as the story n the episodes progress, the seriousness of the cases, the way they are dealt or the personal stories of the characters, everything shoots up and is RIGHT TO THE POINT.
Later, there is No Moment of Boredom or NO Scene for the sake of Content Filler, which drag the Pacing down or disturb the Smooth Flow of the story.
It's VERY INTERESTING n GRIPPING till the end.

Later on, Direction, Editing and the Pacing, Everything is done RIGHT!
The mild Comedy n the Team Work is fun to watch.
Forensic Visuals of the Autopsy are AMAZING!

Every Case is Interesting with Unexpected Twists and Serious enough with a Depth.

THE INTERTWINING OF THE CASES WITH THE PERSONAL EMOTIONAL TRACKS OF EACH CHARACTER IS WELL WRITTEN.

ML - Dr.BB's character n the Cases are written in a Very Intelligent, Logical n Gripping manner.

**** CHARACTERS:

All characters are well written n Lovable!
All the actors did act their roles well.

FL's assistants (Dong sik n Mi Ho) n police detective Soo Ho are a Very Funny team .
Their Disguises to track criminals are funny :)

Soo Ho's RINGTONE of Dr.BB' s "Thank You" is funny ;)
(Actor Yi Kyung is handsome.
His role is sweet n funny, persuading lovely gal Stella )

The initial episodes are Funny:
All are pampering FL, except ML 😂

** FL:
Intro of FL is sweet.
But she is annoying in ep 1, saying it's just her hunch n arguing stubbornly without any evidence.
That court room scene in ep 1, It looked as though she wants to frame the guy as the murderer, just bcz of her gut feeling :o

But by ep 2, Good that she changed n focused more on collecting evidences for her hunch! ;)
She learnt that emotional empathy for the victim is good but it needs evidence .
N so from then, I LIKED HER DEDICATION TO BRING JUSTICE :)

(Ep 1) She loves TV crime dramas but doesn't she know to wear gloves in a crime scene etc, atleast from those? 😂
(Leave about a prosecutor knowing that basic point)

Initially she is so sensitive. Makes a scene n needs a saviour everytime!
Later She really improved herself n I love that character arc of her.

** ML (Dr.BB) :
His character is the MOST INTERESTING one.
Though looks Rude n not so social, his DEDICATION to his job, his EXTREME EFFORTS, his BIZARRE ways of deducting the truth from bodies, his stubborness/ insistence to study Every Minute Detail from the subject on the table, how small it might be, his hard work fighting against everyone to get every point in the autopsy report Perfect n to Bring Out The Truth n thereby Justice, everything is VERY GOOD about him.

"Past Trauma turned a warm, lively guy into a Zombie like depressed personality" trope is understandable n reasonable .

(At times, his role reminded me of forensic examiner Nakado Kei from JDrama medical series "UNNATURAL" :) )

The way ML is able to see through his case subjects in an autopsy with his Extensive Knowledge n pinpoint every detail, which are usually missed by other examiners/prosecutors, is very Smart n written in a very intelligent n gripping manner!
Those minor details blow up, set an unexpected turn in the investigation n speed up the case a lot, thereby helping to catch the True Culprit.
THIS IS THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF EVERY CASE THAT I REALLY LOVED.

Dr.BB is COOL! 😎

I felt a Huge Relief whenever I get to see him working on a case, especially in difficult cases, where the other examiners couldn't find any clue making the investigation get stuck (n be at peace, that he will solve the case for sure n at any cost, logically with evidences :) )

I like the philosophical conversations of ML n FL, though very few.
Only FL can see through his "Zombie mask"

ML n FL are so DIFFERENT in their ways (One focuses on EVIDENCE - only from the Dead as Living might Lie n Another on EMOTIONS)
n yet so SAME (One seeks to bring out the TRUTH n Another wants to bring JUSTICE).
TRUE PARTNERS FOR JUSTICE !!

** Second ML:
(Actor Eun Seok is handsome ;) )
Initially Sweet, Cute, Smart -> Annoying
It happened very quickly, haha

OmG, He really made a "Scene"!
At one point, am so annoyed seeing him, abusing his power for personal grudges, I just wanted to Fire him from his prosecutor role myself, haha
Good, he took responsibility for his annoying actions.
Finally, forgiven by me, the viewer! ;)

**** CASES:

Than the mild romance (though this turned out to be more of Friendship or care towards the end, be it between FL n ML or 2nd ML), I loved the Cases, including the personal cases of the characters (it's interesting how detective Soo Ho n Dr.BB are suspected and cleared)

(Around TWO EPISODES per ONE CASE, in the 16 episode format n so around 9 cases, in total )

Each Case may look mediocre or plain initially but as the case progresses, it is written so well with a lot of unexpected Twists and Depth.

All the CASES are DIVERSE.
They covered many types of criminal cases in this season.
Murder Cases / crime related to:
Domestic violence,
Faking one's death n framing another,
Infidelity n Inheritance legal issues,
Suspicion in a relationship,
Probable virus attack n lockdown,
Past crime involving Revenge Seeking n Blackmail,
School bullying n the mental stress due to education,
Family Insurance crime,
Psychopathic Serial killing
n Rich abusing the poor etc

The joint investigation, bringing two prosecutor teams, two forensic medical examiner teams, retired police detective team n present police detective team, everyone together for the serial killer case is fun to watch.

OST opening instrumental music suits well to the mood of the drama n BGM too .
(The same Composer as that of KDrama "Through the Darkness")

Initially a bit rough, as said above n so my rating is 9.5 / 10
Except that, I don't find any other flaw, definitely a 10 / 10 drama! ✨

(Just finished S1.

That Cliff hanger ending!? 🤯
That too, left in the middle of a case?, Ehhh!? :O

OmG, I can imagine the Pain, who waited for an year for S2 back then! ;) )

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Twists and turns

The character of Eun-sol is in turn likeable and incredibly infuriating, for the first few episodes, but as she gains both experience and confidence, her over eagerness and assumptions that she must be right, lessen greatly.
Baek-beom's nickname of Grumpy Beom is an understatement and it's hard to believe anyone could get away with some of the stuff he does. Again though, as the story progresses and we learn more about his past, which is gradually uncovered for him too, he begins to very slowly come out of himself.
The forensic post mortems are quite graphic, even though blurred out, and there are some quite gross scenes. The crimes include abuse and rape, so could be a trigger for some (hence the "18' rating I imagine).
Surrounding characters are varied. Some deep, others arrogant and also a wonderfully light hearted police officer, Cha Soo-ho. A couple, though, are incredibly annoying, one from being so thick and negative (if he applied himself half as much to caring about his work as he does to eating, he'd be better than everyone at the lab), to another constanty speaking in English, which I found ridiculous.
The crimes and criminals overlap, lacing together to form a pretty good and intricate plot. Things are not always as they seem and there are some surprises.
The strange working relationship that forms between Eun-sol and Baek-beom is very amusing at times and it's her tenacity and quite thick skin that seem to appeal to him.
There is a lot of shouting and screaming at times (too much on occasion), but also some moving and distressing story lines.
Series 1 leaves us at a bit of a cliff hanger and I'm invested enough to head straight for series 2....

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