bittersweet .. just how it should be
Immediately after finishing, D.P. became one of my all time favourite dramas. Naturally, I highly anticipated the second season. Not one bit was I disappointed.The second season shifted from the comedic aspect, resulting in a more intense experience. Knowing the true events D.P. is based on, I didn’t mind much. Unlike the first season, the focus here wasn’t so much on catching deserters, but more so on fighting the corrupt military. When facing such heavy topics and injustice, one is filled with utter despair and anger. Still, the fact that they tried- and there are indeed people doing their best- gave me a sense of solace and hope.
This was reflected in the acting, too. Jung Hae In once again proved just how amazing of an actor he is. He exquisitely expressed the all-pervasive melancholy of being part of the military. I applaud the entire cast, it is more than obvious that thanks to them, this drama is receiving so much appreciation.
I don’t usually care too much for OSTs, but D.P. is an exception. ‘Crazy’ from Kevin Oh is perhaps my all time favorite OST. I cannot imagine a song that would better express all the emotions D.P. evoke in me. Same could be said about the production.
All in all I really enjoyed watching D.P. It left me feeling somewhat sad, but that’s exactly what I expected from it. While it certainly was entertaining, it didn’t alter reality and stayed true to itself. I highly suggest watching it.
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OH. MY. GOD.
As much as I want Joon Ho to get rest and find peace, he has one more year to go, and something tells me there is going to be the next season. In my opinion, season 1 alone was insufficient, but now the story is summarized very well.Personally, I like the second one better because it finally gives the feeling of each individual story and their meanings on the big scale. The martial arts scenes are great, the cinematography is wonderful, the actors are stunning. The 3rd episode "Curtain Call" - MY. GOD. I haven't seen one so tragic and brutal in ages. Mostly because of Nina, this series makes it to my top-4. Thank you so much.
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The Silence After the Shouting: Bearing Witness, Again
The return of D.P. didn’t come armed with spectacle. It came with silence — dense, suffocating, the kind that accumulates when speaking has proven useless. If the first season opened the wound, this one lingered at its edge, stared into the infection, and didn’t flinch. Not to diagnose it. Just to see it. Fully. Clearly. And without comfort.Season two doesn’t attempt reinvention. It leans into familiarity — not as nostalgia, but as indictment. The same patterns. The same power dynamics. The same violence rebranded as structure. That circular despair is the point. The series knows it’s not offering catharsis. It’s documenting exhaustion.
Jung Hae-in’s An Jun-ho walks through this season carrying weight in every step. Not dramatic weight — not the burden of heroism — but something heavier. The kind of weariness that comes from knowing exactly how systems fail, and exactly how little room there is to maneuver within them. His performance is so measured it borders on stillness, but that stillness holds multitudes: grief, fury, resignation, stubborn flickers of defiance. He doesn't collapse. He endures. And that feels far more devastating.
The writing tightens around that internal collapse. Everything feels one degree more subdued — less confrontation, more suffocation. Even the energy between Jun-ho and Ho-yeol is different. Koo Kyo-hwan is still brilliant, still offbeat and charismatic, but there's a distance now. Like they both know the mission they’re on has less to do with capturing deserters and more to do with surviving the psychic toll of the job itself.
There’s a narrative looseness this time around — threads introduced, then quickly swept under the rug, some arcs pushed forward without the breath they needed. But emotionally? It lands harder. Not because the scenes are more intense, but because the quiet is. There's no swelling soundtrack trying to cue what to feel. Just the ache of it. The slow erosion of belief. And somehow, the fragile insistence on caring anyway.
What this season understands is that the system doesn’t need to scream to do damage. It can break people with silence, with indifference, with the grinding repetition of harm passed down and shrugged off. And yet, in the cracks, there’s still that question — the same one season one asked, only now deeper: What happens when doing the right thing isn’t enough? What happens when it doesn’t even register?
D.P. 2 doesn’t offer an answer. It never pretends to. But it keeps asking. It keeps watching. And that refusal to look away — again — is what gives the show its staggering power.
Not louder. Not cleaner. Just truer.
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Great Job!
I enjoyed Season 2 as much as I did Season 1. Jung Hae In performed exceptional as he always does. The other cast did an awesome job as well. It is a difficult film to watch in some parts because of the soldiers' horrific abuse. I normally do not watch such shows and I don't like to see Jung Hae In being beat up even though I know it is just a show. I love Jung Hae In's work and I was not disappointed in his performance. Will there be a Season 3 since the show did not end the 2 year military period? I would definitely watch it. Great job to all the actors and the behind the scene staff.Was this review helpful to you?
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meuxwus
neuxwus foi tao incrivel. amei o fato de que a segunda temporada em nenhum momento ficou algo cansativo e repetitivo. afe chorei muito nessa 2 temp d vdd que ranco. confesso que meu coracao ficou apertado com o ho yul se despedindo💔. MANO I O CHUK BONG VIVISSIMO, fiqyei assim 😱.esse drama foi incrivel💞Was this review helpful to you?
Lembro de ter achado a primeira temporada digna dos mais altos elogios por abordar um tema tão delicado de forma tão corajosa. Porém esta temporada, talvez por ter passado um intervalo muito grande entre os lançamentos e esfriado o impacto deixado pela primeira, acabou não sendo tão excepcional. Apesar disso, ainda foi uma continuação muito boa e que faz jus a primeira.
Achei interessante também o final. Depois de tanta luta do Joon Ho e dos outros membros do D.P, após o julgamento, nada mudou efetivamente. Provavelmente porque tenta espelhar a realidade, mas ao menos "foi um empate" para ambos os lados.
Fico feliz de ouvir que o exército coreano tem se esforçado para melhor o tratamento de seus soldados e muitas das barbaridades retratadas na série já não uma realidade. Espero que séries como essas sejam um constante lembrete para que situações semelhantes não se repitam.
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Me dolió que al final los DP se hayan separado, los amoo.
Sobre la forma en la que está contada: me pareció una genialidad, al inicio no se entienden muy bien por los saltos en el tiempo pero avanza y todo se va acomodando. ¡con el corazón en la mano hasta el final! ¿la escena postcreditos? Lloré como loca.
¿Necesito otra temporada mas? YES PLEASE🙌
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PERFEIÇÃO!
A segunda temporada não tenho nem palavras, a história foi bem desenvolvida e assim como na primeira temporada fomos envolvidos, torcemos pelo jun-ho, entendemos sua dor, percebemos como o sistema do exército é pior do que se imaginava, o quanto o ser humano é podre e que apenas uma pessoa pode desencadear todo uma diferença.Os personagens foram bastante desenvolvidos e trabalhados, podemos ver mais do parceiro do jun, mais do soldado lim, o park tendo um desfecho bom e o final da temporada sendo um dos pontos mais positivos. Enfim perfeição, já to com saudades dos meus bebês.
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Perfeito!
"Eu sei que você precisa de mim ao seu lado." - Han Ho Yul pra Ahn Joon HoNão tem como descrever o quão bom esse dorama é! Achei que seria difícil superar a primeira temporada, mas conseguiram!
Foi tão impactante, ri, chorei e surtei! Han Ho Yul e Ahn Joon Ho meu bromance favorito! Os personagens secundários que formavam o squad foi muito bom, o quanto desenvolveram entre as temporadas! Atuação PERFEITA do Jung Hae In e em especial ao Choi Hyun Wook que arrasou!!! Vou sentir muita falta deles!
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Second one
Essa segunda temporada foi incrível, teve um desfecho muito bom e manteve o mesmo ritmo da primeira, toda vez que o Han aparece tem uma pegada de comédia que você não consegue não rir com ele, o sargento park se sacrificando por eles foi tão triste. Toda a temporada foi emocionante e crua. O chuk bong vivo, parece que as coisas podem mudar né? Fazer algum sentido no fim mas a gente sabe que nem sempre as coisas boas vão prevalecer, as vezes a luta se perde no caminho mas pelo menos a gente teve um desfecho bom. A relação dos personagens é muito boa.Was this review helpful to you?
Acho que perderam a linha
A primeira temporada foi divertidinha mesmo com os momentos mais tristes da série, acho que ter tentado ficar sério e buscar criticar ainda mais o sistema, mas acho que por conta da baixa quantidade de episódios fez com que a história ficasse meio acelerada e um pouco incompleta, foi um pouco decepcionante assisti-la porém tem seus pontos positivos.Was this review helpful to you?
RESEÑA <3
Me gustó bastante y además al ser pocos capítulos, se ve bastante rápido.Decir también que estuve un poco perdida al no recordar muy bien la primera temporada, pero al final lo fui entendiendo gracias a escenas de ecordatorios que ponían.
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El elenco y los cameos me gustaron mucho.
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Sucedían cosas que no me esperaba, aunque me gustaron más unos capítulos que otros.
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Les tengo mucho cariño a Jun-ho y a Ho-yul...
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En la otra temporada, al igual que en esta, pienso en el servicio militar real.
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