Tell Me What You Saw

Dark Moody Crime Thriller

The characters are what shine brightest in this show and the leads absolutely rock their roles. Jang Hyuk is at his surly best as Oh Hyun-jae, a former profiler who’s bent on revenge. His character is the perfect foil to Choi Soo-young’s Cha Soo-young, a rookie with a photographic memory.

Cha Soo-young is still one of my favourite female characters of all time. Soft yet strong. Her character anchors the show and contrasts brilliantly against the storm and fury of Oh Hyun-jae.

The end theme is also one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs. This is a show that I wish had multiple seasons the way North American shows do.

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Amazing Thriller

This drama, unlike others had my mind blown….. I can usually deduct who the murderer/killer is and not be surprised. This one got me good. When they exposed who the killer was - I honestly can say, I did not see it coming. The actors all did a brilliant job in presenting their roles and the casting was brilliant.
ML although known to me previously and I have to say I’m not a huge fan but he was brilliant.
FL - I love SooYoung from Girls Generation - watched a lot of her dramas and she does this role justice. A few of these actors were first time for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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I think I have read it somewhere that this is a crime & mystery drama before I get myself to watch it. Thank goodness that it is not what I thought it would be - ghost stories, lol.

This is a not so thrilling drama, but it is very brutal. Though they blur it, I still find the killing method very gruesome. However, the story is very interesting. I like how things unfolded gradually. I never expected their final revelation which is the identity of the killer, but they had a great choice of actor. He is very creepy, however, I think, as an adult version of the child, he was not able to carry one character - the coldness when it comes to killing. He is brutal, but I don't feel his coldness.

This is the second drama I have seen Jang Hyuk. He was very charismatic in "Wok of Love", and he still have that charm even in this kind of drama. I think those kind of personalities suit him the most.

The two female leads are new to me, but they're acting are so great. Overall, this drama has a great choice of actors and actresses. Great story, just too brutal to happen in real life.

I gave a quite low rate in rewatch value. I don't like rewatching thriller movies/dramas because there won't be any feeling of suspense and thrill to me, so it does not make sense for me to watch it again even though I like the drama.

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Flight or Fight

This has cranked me up for the past several weeks.. It's only right that I watched it while it was ongoing cuz it brought me a number of mental discomforts. What will keep you calm here? It's Jang Hyuk's being 'extra' in his beautiful or should I say sexy, hoarse voice. It's soothes Cha Soo Young, so you should be. It has stressed me but glad that I watched and found another gem, TL Hwang played by Jin Seo Yeon, Love the badass in her.. She is a completely different person when she smiles (rare) and when serious.
Won't give much info about the story cuz it deserves to be watched without anything in mind.
People who love plot twists will surely enjoy this. But I don't think it is good to watch this in one seating.
Just a li'll short in acting that I felt for Choi Soo Young.
For rewatch value, I don't think I can rewatch this and see again those mentally disturbing scenes.
Overall I love this thriller drama. The story, the development, the leads and the villains.

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I have different feelings about this drama, but the majority on the positive side. the part I liked the most was the beginning and the child case and then my interest dropped in the following case then went up again. aside from minor flaws I see because I really pay attention to small details, its a good drama with a new idea could have been much more exciting but anyway it was good enough. the most irritating part to me was the police and their fighting each other. without Jang Hyuk I think I would have dropped it xD he is my favourite. Cha so young did well too. haha I really liked it in the last episode when she jumped and kicked the criminal I was smiling while I don't know. I think also hwang ha young should have died. anyway, my rating would be 8.7. waiting for more Jang Hyuk cya.

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Not my cup of tea

I watched 2.5 episodes before totally giving up this series.
What I didn't like:
- one dimensional characters. Cha Soo-Young is clumsy and with low self esteem but hey, she has a special ability. Hwang Hwa-Young job is to look serious and ignore orders. There is a team member whose job is to scream at Cha Soo-Young or tell her to shut up.
- the dialogue feels rushed. [Spoiler for ep 2] "Oh the soil is wet, the sewage will collapse soon." this foreshadowing was needed 2 minutes later. It was delivered and used badly. (Also, why didn't Hwang Hwa-Young enter the sewage? I think, she has a slender figure as well and could fit)
- bad characters dynamic. The whole team is disfunctional, they don't communicate properly, they don't cooperate etc etc. I would not feel safe knowing there is a detective/police team like that in my city.

Overall really bad production, made it difficult to watch.

What I did like:
- using mute characters and showing sign language. It was nice to see this kind of diversity and I really enjoyed the dialogue between Cha Soo-Young and her father.
- Oh Hyun-Jae being severely incapacitated after being in a huge explosion. Way too many times I saw characters walking away from severe accidents with minimum of injuries. I liked the setup for this character and was really curious how he continues life with his injuries and how he will help solve cases (unfortunately it was by having a superiority complex and knowing everything)

Overall the idea and setup had a lot of potential to be something really good, but the script and production are lacking and ruining the experience.

Anyway, even if you care for these kind of details or not, give it a try, it might be what you need.

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What were the producers, director& the writers doing?!

I’m only 4 episodes in. However.
The style of writing is repetitive, based on cliches and artificial suspense which throws the viewers as they follow the story and suddenly this unnecessary, over the top and pointless stretch, which feels like time filler.
I’m quite tired of showing women at this bizarre way where they are hopeless or mad..

The one thing that works for this drama is the casting, they probably will carry the annoying writing and the drama will end up being ok, but I wish someone gave them some honest feedback - what were the writers, the producers and the directors thinking?!

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Too slow to be a thriller

Well, I tried. After watching several promising Korean action dramas and hit a drought I turned to this. This is where watching Korean dramas took a downward turn for me.

After watching the Memorist, I figured this would be something like that. It kind of was but the FL was nothing short of inspiring to watch. Even the second FL was annoying to watch.

The guy in the wheelchair was just there just to be there. The killer didn't leave nothing to make you want to find out who he was. Beside the fact that the FL was weak in everything she did, it made it easy for me to stop watching altogether. I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything.

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Intenso

O que vou dizer parece clichê, mas esse drama te prende do incio ao fim , o enredo é bom, roteiro bom e uma direção satisfatória e atuações muito boas também, juntando todos esses pontos positivos essa receita tinha tudo para dar certo não é mesmo, e realmente deu, acerteram em cheio.

Os épisódios era carregados de tensão o tempo todo, a atmosfera pesada tensa, sombria, parecia um filme de terror só que não, a cada minuto transcorrido era uma informação nova, algo interessante a se acresentar na trama, emocionante simplesmente viciante de assistir, o drama mantem o hype do primeiro episódio o drama todo, e ele consegue melhorar cada vez mais.

Único ponto fraco desse show foi a protagonista feminina ( Cha soo young), acho essa atriz sem expressão, para mim ela não agregou muita coisa ao drama , mais também não prejudicou apenas ignorei ela e foquei no resto, afinal o mais tinha ali era atores bons, falando nisso tenho que enaltecer o vilão que deu um banho de interpretação.

Em fim eu realmente gostei desse show e recomendo grandemente que você assista.
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What are you going to say cliché, but this drama holds you from beginning to end, the plot is good, good script and a probable direction and very good performances, joining all these positive points, too, this one had everything to work out, right, and It really did, I nailed it.

The episodes was a horror movie loaded with tension all the time, a tense, dark horror movie, it looked like a horror movie only it wasn't new information, something interesting to add to the plot, each one simply addictive to watch, the drama maintains the hype of the first episode the entire drama, and it keeps getting better and better.

The only weak point of this show was the female protagonist (Cha soo young), I think this actress has no expression, for me she didn't add much to the drama, but it didn't harm either, I just ignored her and focused on the rest, after all, the actors were there. good, speaking of which praise the villain who gave a bath of interpretation.

In the end I really enjoyed this show and I highly recommend you watch it.

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Les bras cassés de la police !

Cette série n'est bien sûr pas aussi bonne que Mouse, quoi qu'il y ait des similarités.
Il y a plusieurs enquêtes secondaires et une principale qui nous emmène jusqu'à la fin.
Ces enquêtes sont plutôt réussies, avec surtout de très bons coupables ! Les tueurs sont extrêmement convaincants.
On ne s'ennuie pas.

Cela dit, les deux derniers épisodes sont à pleurer, ils acquièrent des super pouvoirs
Hwang Hwa Young est poignardée sévèrement au ventre, elle perd au moins 20 litres de sang (je sais c'est impossible, mais j'ai fait le calcul) mais elle réussit à tuer un gars tranquillement en sautant comme un cabri, et surtout, alors qu'elle perd beaucoup de sang par seconde depuis la scène de crime jusqu'à l'hôpital, elle survit !
Oh Hyun Jae là aussi met hors d'état de nuire 6 tueurs, se prend un énorme coup d'extincteur dans le dos, mais repart la fleur au fusil...
Cha Soo Young avec ses petits bras musclés et un levier, ouvre tranquillement une porte blindée !
En revanche, à la fin du dernier épisode, ils montrent l'envers du décors (behind the scene ) et c'est sympa.

Nous avons en personnage principal :
Police :
Oh Hyun Jae : PTSD, asocial et laconique mais excellent profileur
Cha Soo Young : QI d'huître, experte en pleurnicherie, inutile mais mémoire eidétique
Hwang Hwa Young : antipathique, inutile mais ... ah non, rien pour rattraper !

Les personnages secondaires police sont soit toxiques (ils vont tout faire pour protéger ce qu'ils ont fait il y a 5 ans), soit inutiles, mais là encore on ne les aime pas, en tout cas les chefs !
Ils sont tellement inutiles que Hwang Hwa Young est en PTSD devant le tueur, et du coup pof 4 morts en plus !
En revanche les tueurs sont top, vraiment bien joués avec une mention spéciale pour

GROS SPOILER


Eum Moon Suk est extrêmement bon, il passe vraiment pour un gentil garçon avant de passer pour un vilain sérial killer !
Pour moi c'est l'acteur le plus convaincant de la série.

Point technique pour le réalisateur : l'étranglement empêche l'air de passer et donc ... de parler !
Sans le dernier épisode j'aurais mis 9 voire 9.5

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