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The First Responders Season 2

소방서 옆 경찰서 그리고 국과수 ‧ Drama ‧ 2023
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AriAri202020
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Jan 10, 2024
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

WUFF!!

i really liked the drama. again there is some scenes t note for those with sensible stomach but definitely to watch.
i enjoyed every second of it. i find funny but maybe i watched too many dramas the moment culprit came out i knew it was him. i just felt it. i laughed,i cried, i cursed a lot too...
just watch it!!
the music and sound effekts was on point. i was thrilled to watch and see what happens.
definitely will rewhatch it someday.
if you dont believe me watch it yourself!
peace and have fun...
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u10138193
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Mar 25, 2024
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Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Terrible sado of How It turns all in ep 3.

Never in my life have I been so angry with a series. They killed my favorite character absurdly early. I was looking forward to enjoying Jin Ho gae and dojin together for twelve more episodes this season and I only had THREE of them. This drama had much more sense and charisma with both of them. I refuse to continue watching it, it makes me very sad, it was a magnificent drama, but I can't even imagine it without Dojin. So abandoned in ep 4. I'll go watch some son ho jun drama instead I'M SAD...
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Tharr
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Overall 4.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Pfff

*sigh* Yep, it is bad. Really bad. The expectations were low and yet it still surprised me. If someone tells you this is a 10, they are trolling you (or they are paid). Or they have a mental condition... Or they are missing the fact that a review should be about quality not personal feeling. So, again, a mental condition. But I digress.

Visuals. Well, the OP is better, now if feels like a proper show. And very sparse good cinematography. Other than that, bad.
Sound design. Does all the heavy-lifting. Seriously. Dunno who the guy in charge is, but he should get a raise. Fantastic work for every scene, even if the story was sht.
The pacing, dragging. Yeah, yeah, so everything is the same, you get the idea.

The "good" parts. While the first season was silly and you could enjoy the fun, even when the story was sht, this one got "serious" while still being sht. So, there's nothing left to keep it alive.
Lets start with the most obvious ones. The writing is extremely bad, full of red herrings, plot devices, plot contrivances and so on. Just to paint a better picture, I guessed every fkin' thing they tried to do. How? Just by guessing "let me guess, now they will make this happen, just because it would be silly. And here it goes, yep". When episode 3 ended, I was sad because I thought I guessed something wrong, but then episode 4 happened and I laughed. And now I'm talking about who the villain is. And I also guessed what his motivation would be. The simple reasons (the five ones), not all of what we got, there was no way to "guess" all that nonsense. And then I guessed the parts for the later episodes. All the red herring, all those "subverting expectations" failures.
Another point to mention here: the season is full of manipulative editing. Thats the proper name for it, I'm not calling names. For example, when a scene is modified by cutting out some dialogue while first watching it, only to be added later in a flashback, to pretend being a reveal. In other words, manipulating your emotions. And the "funny" part? Not only are they doing it every time for this season, they even added for some scenes that happened in the first episode, to change the narrative. Their would-be defense? "Well, we never saw it so you don't know, it could've happened like that". So yeah, everything changed. And with it, character assassination. Because making a "cool" character acting like a "loser", just to make the scene feel emotional, its exactly that, out of character. Anyway, you get the gist. I wont keep going about it. Just know that it is full and it is sht.
Oh, quick side note. You're a paramedic, a person trained to act under pressure and what do you do in case of danger/emergency? You just stay in place and only turn around, yes? And then just look at that person, zero defensive maneuvers, like raising your arms (something etched in out DNA, something that they even said in this sht show), yes? *sigh*
Another side note. This one make me cringe-laugh. "-Go in US and learn. -No, I'm going there to teach them our forensics methods. No one can compete with Korea's forensics skills in speed and accuracy". You gotta admit: that is funny as hell.

OK, the last 5 minutes or so were really fun/good. This time for real. Too bad the show wasn't full of all that.

To sum it up. Sht season. From the writing, to the editing, everything is extremely bad. And I must repeat myself. If you hear someone saying it is good, they are trolling you. You can enjoy it (I don't know who though, but again, there are people who enjoy hitting puppies, so sure, why not?), but the quality is bad. Since the ending of the previous one, when you can see them trying to make the story more "legit", you can feel that its gonna go sideways. Maybe they wanted higher viewership ratings or something, so they went with the safe approach: emotional manipulation of the simple people. Thats all there is to it.
It gets a rating of 4. Apart from the sound design and some sparse good acting (or even really good, from just a few), nothing works. No enjoyment, no rewatch value etc.

Have a lovely day.

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milkymochi
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Sep 11, 2023
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Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

A LOT better than Season 1!! I wish there is season 3!!!

《How about the storyline, the videography and Costume?》

it's a lot better than season 1, seriously! almost i can't continue to watch next episode when on the season 1 but this season it's a lot better and have a tense make me want to watch next and next episode like have a something addicted. for the ending well done and clear but i wish there is a season 3 for our couple Seol and Hogae on next season.

The videography ... I'm okay with it. Korea has a good videography if regarding thriller, mystery and detective genres like this.

rather than their clothes.. I want to praise the equipment for corpses as the main property during forensics. it really looks like real! I didn't expect they would tell me how to create fake corpse props at the end of the episode.

《What's the most interesting?》

really very fun and tense when chasing the perpetrator. they really showed their acting as if they were in pursuit of the perpetrator and investigated each case carefully.

Sometimes I'm a bit confused about Hogae's truly brilliant way of thinking when dealing with cases, whether easy or difficult. Not only that... he even went through his love problems well and accept that Seol's heart is still for DoJin, he is a mature and gentle man.

《Why is it bad?》

nothing bad. everything is much better than before. I think the writer has mastered the story field the writer created better than season 1.

《What about the actor/actress?》

they express it very well and seem really real, especially when they are in danger. they work very professionally and experienced.

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myiahlove
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Jun 4, 2025
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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He never gave up

This is probably one of my favorite dramas that I’ve seen. Jin seems like a tough guy on the outside, but all he wants to do is protect his loved ones and fight for what’s right. The whole firefighter and detective Collab was just great. I like the whole outlook of the show. I even liked the subtle romance that they put into the show the fact that they made the main character die show the more importance of the meaning of justice. I even teared up a little bit when he had died because I have gotten attached to his character, and I had hoped the best for him and his colleagues

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rrxoxo
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Nov 9, 2024
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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This was unexpected but I cried a lot. When I say a lot, I mean it. Though bulldozer died, it doesnt make the show less interesting. All of the actors in this drama played a big role. Every storyline is closed off and there's nothing really left to think on. Props to the writers too! They really had me thinking Hogae died when they started that autopsy, coz the body was so realistic!

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Chihiro
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May 13, 2025
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Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.0

Thrilling and worth watching!

Thrilling and exciting, from season 1 to season 2, this detective series did not fail to meet all expectations! 😱 🤩

The crimes and their investigations are very well explained and do not lack creativity and originality. It is truly impressive how the screenwriter were able to assemble such a tv show.
In addition, the viewers (especially me) are drawn within it at an emotional level without a doubt. When the firefighter Bong Do Jin died, I could not hold myself from crying. 😭 While I couldn't understand for a while the reason for this character's death to occur (which brought me to frustration for a while), it allowed the storyline to develop and to entrap the viewers within it. All actors executed their roles in perfection. 👌🏼

To sum up, this tv show left a strong impression. While I now know the plot, it is nonetheless worth rewatching eventually.

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Dropped 2/12
lsq1313
9 people found this review helpful
Aug 17, 2023
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Overall 5.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 1.0
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dropped

nope, not watching anymore... how can they kill bulldozer... to me him and jin ho gae made the perfect team... now that he died I don't even want to know the rest... shame... the first season was amazing. there have been series that were ruined in the second or third season for the same reason... I really hate it when they start killing off the important characters, if you don't want them to continue or you want to change the dynamics you have other options... really I would have liked it better if he ended up with injuries that kept him from being a firefighter...
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cia
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Sep 11, 2023
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Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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3 in 1? until end?

Big applause for this drama. overall TFR bagus banget. TBH, aku nangis dan galau berat waktu Dojin meninggoy. Benar benar ga expect sama sekali kalau itu bakalan terjadi. Saat mayatnya keluar pun dan disebut kalau mayat itu adalah anggota pemadam kebakaran, aku sama sekali ga langsung nangkep kalau itu Dojin. entah aku yang ga fokus nonton apa ntah semustahil itu kalau dojin meninggoy. Padahal dojin tu andalan aku banget di drama ini, beberapa minggu aku ga lanjutin nonton, sampai akhirnya aku uda move on dan mulai nonton lagi. Dannnnn,,, yang buat aku makin sedih adalah selama aku nonton episode setelah dojin metong, aku sama sekali ga pernah kepikiran dojin lagi, entah aku yang terlalu cepat move on atau ntah drama nya sebisa itu untuk menutupi kehadiran dojin. Villain kebakaran pun gabisa aku tebak karena scene dia sedikit. Jujur gedeg banget sama bapak bapak itu. Kayak ga ada kerjaan aja anjir, tapi ya mungkin trauma masa lalu ya, tapi kan tetap ga baik juga yak.

Salut sama cases nya yang bikin degdegan, di ruang autopsi itu juga aku ga expect bakal ada another case. Juga aku agak kaget karena ada klise-nya juga ya, psiko utamanya mudah untuk ditebak, banyak viewers udah nebak dan aku pun sedikit wanti wanti. Tapi lagi lagi drama ini bisa buat aku berpikir kalau drama ini tu gamungkin psikonya mudah ditebak. jadi waktu kedatangan dex itu, aku buang rasa curiga dari dia (karena ga mungkin segampang itu kan -pikirku) malah aku lebih curiga sama doha awalnya (maapin ayank doha), sampai akhirnya kejadian pembuktian garam itu yang ternyata bukan garam, SUMPAH DISITU AKU LANGSUNG NGEH DAN CLAIM DEX TU ADALAH DEX WKWK (lupa nama koreanya). GGP(Ganteng Ganteng Psiko) bgt lo dex.

Doha, surat terbuka untukmu, kamu keren banget om (Maapin sdh curiga padamu). dokter + tentara yang paham bom sksksjskd walaupun dex juga. Heran bgt anjir, berarti dex pinter banget dong ya, tapi kenapasi ga hidup tenang aja, manfaatin kepintarannya gitu.
Untuk Myungpil, kamu juga keren banget, berani dan softboy sekaleh, lucuu juga.
Untuk pengganti Anna, bu, kamu hebat banget dalam nemuin bukti, bangga banget wkwk, ke-exicted-an nya juga nular.
Untuk polisi youngsoo, ak nangis waktu kamu ditusuk bertubi tubi pakkkk, tapi kesel juga kenapa harus pergi sendiri si.
Dan untuk ketiga main star di TFR, kalian tu merasa nyawa kalian ada 9 ya?! kok pada berani berani banget. Terutama untuk om detektif, Hogae, tubuhmu terbuat dari apasi dan bisa bisa nya pura pura mati di episode 15, 1 ep lg ud end loh om, tolonglah, aku kan jadi ngira itu beneran metong.

Bener bener 3 profesi jadi satu kesatuan to face all of the crimes di drama ini.

Tapi... imo, ini tu rushed ending, ga dijelasin asal muasal si dex ini gimana, pembunuhan pertama dia gmn, gimana dia bisa jadi dokter dan bisa paham soal bom, harusnya agak diceritain gitu si, mungkin next season ya hehe. Mungkin in next season, kesatuan ini makin kuat karena ditambah sama komplotan tentara yakk. (manifesting)

"maap tulisan ak jelek, c dari masa depan" -c 23

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Simona Leila
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Jun 19, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 10

Ma è già finita?? :'(

Non capisco davvero perchè questa serie non sia diventata virale. Ha tutto, dall'azione al romanticismo, dalla famiglia all'amicizia nata per caso, dal pazzo fuori controllo a quello che si redime. Ed il bello che è tutto così ben fatto! A differenza della prima stagione, però mi tocca ammettere che questa mi è piaciuta un po' di meno, soprattutto nella seconda parte in quanto la fazione dei vigili del fuoco è limitata a poche scene ma col contesto della trama è giusto che sia stato così. Inoltre ho avvertito un lieve calo dopo la "risoluzione" del caso che si è trascinato per tutta la prima stagione: una sorte di pausa "leggera" prima di passare al culmine della storia. Mi ha fatto storcere il naso, ma visto tutto il resto che questo drama è riuscito a darmi ci passo sopra senza remore.
Insomma, non credeteci e non ve ne pentirete.
Piccolo appunto: se possibile, cercate di vedere le due stagioni una dietro l'altra. Io, non avendolo fatto, ho avvertito lo stacco e non mi ha fatto piacere XD

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