Aramintai

It's very good and funny. No romance so far, maybe later.

Yea, it's not a kdrama if there's no wasted FL scene in it. Piggyback followup is also classic. 🙄🤦‍♂️

Is it though? I can still consistently think of only two suspects.

Yea, we already have that kind of plot in ongoing Law Cafe. Friends to lovers gap there is a ginormous as here.

As a pure rom-com I think it’s the best this year as well. But year is not over yet, maybe there will be more surprises.

It’s great if you like unpredictable plots with lots of twists. Though female characters here are shown flawed and a bit on the dumb side on purpose.

It’s only in danger of being pulled in Vietnam.

I was saying “ongoing”, not those that already finished airing. There were some good ones this year. But nothing worth noting “currently”.

Maybe you've seen in him in Drink Now, Work Later? It's a comedy drama about 3 female dire alcoholics.

Definitely a better first impression than from some other ongoing cringey rom-coms not worth wasting time on. Let's see how it goes.

Yea, that amnesiac guy reminds me of the movie Memento.
Also, this drama is only 12 episodes total, so things are moving at a good pace.

I've seen news recently that Japan now wants to promote alcohol industry on state level because citizens aren't drinking enough and it's big tax money. So maybe something like that happened in SK as well.

Also, if as woman I'd have found myself in situations kdramas FLs get themselves into after getting sloshed, I'd be absolutely mortified and wouldn't come near alcohol ever again. As alcohol advertisments to women these scenes absolutely don't work. Proper commercials make products look appealing, cool and beneficial. There's nothing like this shown in any of these tropey "wasted" scenes - they just show the ugly, embarassing side of those who consumes alcohol, not something any woman or man would want to show about themselves irl. Maybe it's reverse commercial to show dangers of alcohol consumption and critique of drinking culture?
Or maybe it's just done in every kdrama for cheap giggles.

Personally, I stopped finding these scenes funny dozens of dramas ago and just accept them with second hand embarrassment as the inevitable incoming trope.

I'm thinking that the torture master in hiding, whom Gi Do is looking for and who is supposed to be the next victim according to him, is the dumplings restaurant owner. And the amnesiac guy with dead wife was his victim. Maybe the torture master has had a change of heart by taking him in, or maybe he's using the amnesiac guy to murder people for revenge.

But next victim I think is going to be the police chief. As soon as FL gets involved with the victims through cases they die soon after. But it's no longer sus because apparently ML involves her in these cases on purpose. He seems to be a complicated character - he's likely investigating Gi Do's inner circle of crime buddies and wants FL to make amends for working for these scum.

Looks like ML is investigating all those bad guys, but he's def not the killer - it's not only shown as too obvious to the audience, but he's also the prime suspect by the police already. If he's the killer then there's no intrigue. No self respecting crime story plot would be like that, it's usually some side guy nobody thought about.

Starting from episode 12. And there are no breakups.

Product placements are never subtle in kdramas, but alcohol brands are rarely openly advertised in them. If it's meant to popularize alcohol consumption in general then why target mostly female characters getting wasted and subsequently getting into embarassing situations? Also doesn't look right, because it's both sexist and doesn't target the other half of the population.
I think it all started as a way to advertise their food and alcohol consumption culture in general and ended up becoming a staple trope that continues to be amusing only for native Koreans. The rest of the world that is aware of severe side effects of alcoholism, especially for females, are just watching with second hand embarassment.

It's unlikely it's Gi Do himself, because the killer is younger with black hair. Maybe it's somebody we don't know about yet. Maybe it's his consultant who has an affair with his wife. Or maybe it's the amnesiac dumplings restaurant worker.

Haven't you watched any dramas with similar plot? It's too obvious that ML is the killer, because he isn't. Like in many similar plots it's gonna turn out he's not the killer, screenwriters are just trying to allude that he is with misdirections to keep the audience guessing. The real killer is somebody in Gi Do's inner circle, clearing the way for Gi Do to become a politician.

It's not a kdrama if there's no wasted FL scene in it, preferrably followed up by piggyback scene. Apparently it's supposed to be funny, but just shows that SK has a serious alcoholism problem - they're indeed in top 10 of the global charts irl.

I agree, but some people for whatever reasons just don't like romance in dramas and movies of any kind. Or are afraid that it will eat too much time out of the main plot, in this case - legal cases. But this drama is not a rom-com specifically, even if there will be some romance I very much doubt it will be detrimental to the plot. So again, why not.

Personally, I find the leads interactions to be the real highlight of this drama, not the cases. Yea, ML is weird and the way he resolves them is unique, but if he was doing it alone it would be half as funny. ML's deadpan sarcasm rises to new levels while interacting with FL and her hilarious facial expressions and reactions are priceless. It's already a funny relationship, let's see where it leads. My bet they'll become friends and FL won't go to grandpa's law firm in the end, but will become a permanent employee at ML's weird law practice. But if there's gonna be more I'm not gonna complain.