Flower of Evil

An absolutely splendid show ruined by unnecessary Melodrama!

A really well written and gripping drama but somehow got really disappointed by the way it turned out into a typical cliché Kdrama. Expected some nerve wrecking noire psychopathic thriller genre but got served a melodramatic soap opera.

Though indeed I really loved the meticulous and fine details taken into consideration and amazing transitions and cinematography by the director! Beautiful OSTs give a breath of fresh air! And how could you forget the amazing acting by Lee Joon-gi! This guy really gave his all! I literally refused to believe that he wasn't actually the antagonist until the reveal! The show really did not fail to keep me on the edge till the end!

I definitely did not understand the thought process behind the writer, like she was really inspired by Hollywood psychological thrillers yet wanted to maintain the likes of typical KDrama watchers, but I really feel negating or at least subduing a little bit of the melodrama would've heightened the psyche of the show multifold! They seemed really unnecessary and forced to me and took away the charm the show would've otherwise upheld! Have a look at Bates Motel if you guys want and see what I'm trying to say! You can literally travel through the protagonists mind!

YET A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE SHOW! Period XD

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"Knowing someone from so long does not always mean you actually know them."

Initially i thought this drama would be a bit boring. As the leads are already married i assumed that they will be trying hard to save their marriage. Only because it was categorized as a pyschological thriller i wanted to give it a shot and all of my assumptions were proved wrong.This drama made me "RETROSPECT".It made me think about humans,relationships and the necessity of wise upbringing .
There are many things that i liked in the drama but i would like to point out the top 5
1.Everyone of us want a perfect life and we would want the reason of our happiness to remain with us forever.
we might have a secret and would want to hide it from people who we are scared of losing and we would do anything for it to remain buried.
2. Due to fear of not having someone by our side we start giving them only what they need and show them what they want to see, in the process we loose ourselves and the fact that we are hiding our true emotions might haunt us someday.
3. Becoming blind in love , This applies even for love between a child and parent. Parents just hope that there will be a day where our child will see the brightest sunshine and that will be life changing. They see all the mistakes of their children as silly things and wait for them to change.
4. Due to cowardice we might hurt people close to us which might end up being the biggest regret of our lives. We might not know what the other person is going through and not be by their side when they need us the most and finally when we realize our mistake it might have been too late . Many of them might not get an opportunity to makeup for it and they end up waiting for the rest of their lives, but when they do get a chance they will give their everything to set things right .
5. People start believing what they have been said since childhood. The society also plays a major role in building the child's personality. If someone says we are bad at something we actually think that might be the case irrespective of it being true or not. If society keeps emphasizing on the point that our personality is like "THAT" we actually start believing "THAT" and someday we might actually become "THAT".
I just found myself thinking about a lot of things after watching this drama.Each episode had atleast 1 dialogue which mesmerized me.
"Eagerly waiting to see how this ends"

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Sooo it's over!
I don't know if I actually liked this or not. I feel like the story/plot, pacing, acting was all good, however the drama failed to keep me interested. Specially in the second half.
There's nothing else to be said: I was just scrolling on my phone throughout the episodes and just missed a lot of details, the story took a direction I wasn't 100% on board with. The ending was cool though, I felt like it picked up.
It is a good story and I'm glad I watched the drama, but definitely wouldn't watch it again. I did enjoy the acting of the main characters, so I'm looking forward to watching them in their future projects.
Also, can we praise the daughter Eunha? She's such a good child actress! So cute I always had a smile on my face when she appeared.

6/10 - A OK drama.

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Outstanding!

From the PERFECT cast, to the amazing story... idk where i should start to compliment this kdrama.
First 10/11 episodes were a masterpiece. This was headed to be my ALL TIME favorite Kdrama and then it became one of my favorites.

I suspected EVERYONE in this kdrama. When i say everyone i mean it. From all the cops, to the in laws, to the friends, to the wife, to the sister, to the main actor. No one was safe. Every episode i had a new suspect in mind, and usually that never happens to me while watching Kdramas, because usually no one has the budget to have a lot of suspectful characters. It's usually so easy to understand the plot right away from like episode 3, but NOT this one!

From episode 1 to 10, this was the best Kdrama i've ever seen in my life. Unmatched... but then from episode 11 to the end, the CRAZY enthusiasm i had while watching every episode slowly started to fade. Not because it turned bad, not at all, but because it started to feel like a long filler to get to the end.

Leaving the wife, returning, going together, pretending to work with her, leaving her again... felt, to me, very repetitive and easy to spot intentions. And up until episode 10 almost nothing about this kdrama was predicable for me. Idk how to really explain it, but usually this sort of tv show makes you suspect everyone until the very end, and leave 1 or 2 episodes max to clear it all out. Revealing a lot of honest feelings at episode 11/12, when the show ends at 16, was a bit risky.

Not to mention the last episode. When i finished episode 15 i was like "ok. now what?" and then from the first shot alone i knew what the writers would do with the rest of the story, and even though you could say it was fitting (2nd chance)... idk, also felt a little bit like an unnecessary arc?!

With all of this being said, this Kdrama it's still a "9" for me.
I never re-watch content, but i can't wait to re-watch this in a few years. I feel like i might end up having different feelings towards it. Feels like something i should watch more than once.

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This Is the Ultimate K-Drama That Will End All K-Dramas!

" This DRAMA has changed my life completely! "

I am not okay. I am never okay. This drama is not a show. It is a life-altering experience. I swear to everything holy, I have never felt something so perfect. The moment I pressed play, I was hooked. Hooked, I tell you.

Let’s talk about the married couple. The wife. The icon. The queen of unconditional love. She loves him—all of him. The dark, shady, traumatized past that haunts him every second of every day? She loves him through it all. No hesitation. No doubt. Just pure, fierce, unstoppable love. And the husband… oh my god. He can’t feel normal emotions. He is broken. He is scary. He is human in a way most people can’t even comprehend. And yet, his love for his wife and their child is so insane, so deep, so unimaginable, it makes your chest explode. It’s so real that you can feel it. Like, actually feel it.

The plot? Ha. The plot is godly. Twists that shock. Murders that shiver you. Trauma that hits you in your bones. Every detail—the workplace, the atmosphere, the silences, the lighting, their breathing—perfect. Perfection in every aspect. I can’t. Just. I can’t. The tension grabs you and doesn’t let go.

The acting… I swear. These actors are not humans. They are angels. Demons. Wizards of emotion. They breathe the characters. They live them. They bleed them. And the child. The child. This little human being. Pure magic. Pure sunshine. Pure heart-exploding cute. Every father-daughter moment made me scream and cry at the same time. Tears down my face, heart in my throat, soul shaking.

This drama healed me. It healed my pain. It healed my childhood trauma. It made me feel something I didn’t think I could feel again. I owe this drama my whole heart. My tears. My life. Everything.

Every scene. Every line. Every breath. Flawless. Perfect. Genius. Masterpiece. Iconic. This is not just a K-drama. This is the ultimate K-drama. The one that makes every other K-drama look like children’s play. This show is a cosmic event. A masterpiece. A healer. A tear-jerker. A soul-shaker.

If you think you can just watch it and be fine, think again. You will cry. You will laugh. You will scream into the void. You will love and hate and break and heal at the same time. This drama is perfection personified, and I swear, I will never, ever recover.

I swear. I owe it everything. Everything. Everything.

If love, devotion, suspense, perfection, heartbreak, healing, and genius had a baby… it would be this drama. I am forever changed. Forever obsessed. Forever in awe!

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Gripping, psychological, thought-provoking . . . !

What an incredible drama from incredible actors. Minding that it is a psychological melodrama rather than a horror/thriller keeps you in check with what the creators intended for this drama to be. It reminds you of individualistic humanity and how our experiences in life can mold us into something more than what we might expect. The opinions of others can also greatly affect what we might think about ourselves.

The drama is very introspective and perfectly portrays an individual discovering who they really are and what they are willing to do to protect what they truly care about. The cinematography does a wonderful job at alluding to the inner turmoil present in the ML and FL. The soundtrack, though repetitive, evokes such strong mellow and bittersweet emotions. The acting is superb, and I would never expect to see such genuine portrayals of love, betrayal, and deceit. The story takes a slower turn in the last quarter of the drama, but nonetheless, eventually keeps you on edge leading up to the finale. The tropes present in this drama are used to perfection to really draw out the emotions by the leads. The show climates beautifully and powerfully.

This show really does an incredible job portraying mental health issues, without seeming theatrical or weird. It paints a perfect picture of nature versus nurture and ultimately which of those two will prevail in an individual's life. It has become my all-time favorite Kdrama and I would rewatch it as often as needed to remember how great it is.

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Simply beautiful story, wonderful storytelling

when thriller / mystery dramas are done well, they leave an impact on you and man, did this drama break and fulfill me at the same time. i’ve seen many thriller movies and shows but FOE truly left a mark on my heart from how brilliant this drama is — i was hooked from the start and above all what transcended the most: a couple whose love would get tested and that showed the true meaning of loving someone and believing in them even when everything else tells you not to. hyun soo is loving, gentle, and kind to his beloved wife but in reality he’s haunted by a dark past — being the son of a serial killer and a psychopath that struggled with being rejected from society, thus leaving him scarred emotionally. yet he is innocent of the crimes pegged against him and forced to clear his name from a crime that would lead to his own wife investigating him; events that were seemingly impossible and devastating that it left me wanting to know how ji won would handle the fact that her husband was connected to the case she was handling and her choice in trusting in her husband is simply incredible. seeing ji won as a skilled, badass detective that is passionate about her work and an empowered woman that knew how to let people know she meant business without walking all over them was awesome — once again applauding MCW’s bomb acting skills!

i applaud the casting because lee joong ki and moon chae won’s chemistry as a married couple was impeccable. their romantic scenes made my heart skip a beat and i’d laugh and cry with them. i’d say one of their most meaningful scenes is when hyun soo denied ji won’s love, saying he’s incapable of loving her and her only response was “you love me. i can feel it”. that scene upon from others simply made me fall in love with them as characters from the mix of angst and love from our leads — and the acting from both LJK and MCW was astoundingly wonderful; LJK especially left me mind blown by his ability to make one feel for his character hyun soo especially his facial expressions — it was also impressive to see him completely switch his demeanor from the loving husband to a sinister man with that dark look in his eyes. his character truly had me pondering if he was good or bad at times and just when i thought i had figured him out, a twist would suddenly yet again leave me in the dark. it was quite a ride following the characters as they attempted relentlessly to uncover the true culprit, the thriller aspect shining through brilliantly. lee joong ki simply smashed his role and i will forever remember his acting in this drama as one of the best performances i’ve ever seen.

the plot in this drama stayed consistent and always left me wanting more, rushing to watch the next episode because of how captivated i was. the music that set the eerie, mysterious vibe only enhanced the scenes and truly made the scenes enjoyable — especially the villain’s subplot. baek heesong is a bone chilling villain that would make shivers go down my spine from the creepy facial expressions to when he mercilessly killed his maid — the actor did a great job in portraying his character, especially when he was dangling from the cliff, his psychopathy showing and the darkness that lived inside him resurfacing even in his last moment of life. the aesthetics and lack of plot holes made the drama all the more enjoyable and it is a true gem that deserved the high praise it received. some viewers i noticed were unsatisfied with the ending but i personally thought the drama ended well on an open ending, hyun soo may not remember ji won completely but he could properly love her and be happy with her and their daughter. the writer did an incredible job in execution and i applaud the impeccable raw talent by the actors; this is one of the best dramas i’ve ever seen and i highly recommend it to all thriller lovers out there!

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WHEN ACTING BECOMES ART.

This drama is very hard to review. It's quite impossible to be unbiased when you are facing such great performance as those of Lee Joon-Gi and Moon Chae-won. The first time I was so pulled in by their acting that I forgot everything. The storyline is quite confusing, not because is a bad story, but I guess it's the classical case of wanting to put too many cookies in the jar. As a thriller with a limit of 16 episodes (more would have been redundant) it's very hard to follow the story of a serial killer active for generations and with ramifications into high up family, government and police. Add to the mix false IDS, family secrets, psychological issue and it's really too much too handle. Thankfully, a STELLAR cast among wich: Gong Mi Ja, Kim Moo Jin, Choi Jae Sup have a way to act while explaining that is superb.
I know I sound like a groupie, but seriously, Joon-gi and Chae-Woo reached their peak with this drama. NO EXCESSIVE CHEMISTRY between them. Just a normal MARRIED couple going through hell. Bravi.

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DRAMA OF THE YEAR

Honestly, I wanted to make a slightly in-depth review for this, but I've seen a lot of extremely good reviews posted already; so instead, I'll try to make it short and simple.

I have absolutely no idea why some people are calling this overrated. It was definitely being talked a lot about within the community but outside the MDL community, almost no one knew about this drama. The cast wasn't your typical mainstream household names, so non-avid watchers weren't swarming to watch this drama and join all the hype it was creating. Flower of Evil definitely isn't overrated. I honestly wanted this drama to garner even more attention than initially gained.

This is exactly what I was looking for in a genre like this. I often found myself at the edge of my seat losing my breath as I didn't want to miss a beat in very intense scenes. I kept asking myself "HOW??", "THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING THIS??", "THE WRITERS DID THIS THIS EARLY??" in the majority of the drama. This drama will keep you second-guessing, and it's what makes this drama so fun; you're never too sure of yourself.

Flower of Evil is a masterpiece. It is definitely a very interesting drama to watch. What more can I say?
Last words: Unexpectedly heartwarming
Everything was somewhat... poetic in a sense

edit: the ending? not so sure about my thoughts about it. I can't wrap my mind to it if there could've been a better one.

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Loved this!

I have actually never seen any of the leads' previous works. But after watching this, they are high up on the list of my favorite couples.

Flower of Evil was very unique. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I am missing the cast already.

The story was well written except for one thing. The amnesia angle at the end. Felt like it didn't need to be written that way at all. It left the story open to some speculations on what happens next.

The characters all did justice to their roles. I loved Eun ha! She was super cute and did really well in delivering her lines. When actors and actresses can make you believe the character they are playing, that is when you know just how good they are.

Another actor that really shone was the one who played Baek hee Song. The looks, the voice, wow! he made the character someone to be scared about

I cannot wait for the next project of Lee Joon Gi. Hoping for a rom com with Park Min Young

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