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Their job is to go around punching people that don't do what they want? Trespassing everywhere because they think they're above the law? Lmao, I guess they do play cops in a realistic way. If you can't take criticism about a show you're watching then don't read the comments! I will keep watching it and keep trashing it because I can and I want lolll

I mean, I'm watching it because I want to wait for the eps and development of the story 😅 but thanks!

Yihyun and Saebom are the dumbest, most annoying main leads ever. They aren't cops, they aren't playing good cop, bad cop. They are thugs, threaten everyone, are terribly rude and just impose their will on everyone. But when Han Taesok kills an infected one they get upset. They're ridiculous.

Either Hyunsoo is the actual killer - he took a whole bunch of drugs that could've totally affected his personality, could've made him aggressive during the sex, he got carried away aroused and killed her. Or the first witness is the killer - the dude was just there, with apparent dangerous intentions, and is overall too suspicious.

I would rather have Hyunsoo being the killer himself. After trying to clear his name, maybe even getting him an innocent verdict, he ends up being the killer. It would be much more impactful that way, especially because making a complete random person being the killer would be kind of underwhelming.

This drama is defeating my morals because in anyone's eyes, Hyunsoo totally r/ped and killed her - he broke into her house, tortured, raped and killed her. But in the viewer's eyes, we know more than that, although we don't know what happened before he lost consciousness.

Overall, very interesting and had me absolutely gripped through both eps.

I have two theories:

He was not the Penthouse

Fully agree with everything. The main leads in this drama are both terribly stupid and have no idea how to work these situations out. Saebom getting in the truck, letting the dermatologist infected out, even opening the basement's door to test the residents, this is all very stupid and irresponsible of her. Both Yihyun and Saebom are thugs that think being cops puts them above everyone and will threaten everyone that doesn't do whatever they think is right to do (which in most cases is actually not). Thinking about dropping this because every main and side character is too stupid

I think Jung Seokjo will have to protect the CP's identity too because if she gets caught, he's the one who will be to blame, as he was in charge of killing her twice, failed one, and the other one even killed the rightful CP. So if her secret gets out, he and his family will go down as well. Obviously, Dami will not get our unscratched, but Jung Seokjo will suffer too.

The only way for everyone to be happy is by killing Lord Sangheon, I don't get why it doesn't cross anyone's mind.

I've been preparing myself and I'm convinced they won't have a happy ending, one of them will 100% die, I'm afraid.

Ok but you have to take into account what he's gone through and what forced him to change his attitude.

I think they technically are, but afaik that wasn't an issue.

Is this worth watching? Is it kinda like Penthouse?

No need to apologize! People are insane, it's just a fictional character, his sexuality has never been specified so why do we have to label him as straight right away? And like willing to risk your life for your good ol' male buddy isn't very straight from him, nor is the kissing, the hugging, the "I will never leave your side" etc etc. Anyone with eyes can see he's a cute lil bi/pan boy and we love him for that.

If there's something you will definitely find in MDL comments is homophobia, lol. I've been saying that people do mental gymnastics on this specific comment section to 'prove' Jiwoon is not bisexual, when that's not even important in the show, and if it was, he would be, lol. It's crazy how homophobic people are willing to be for a fictional character.

Agree with everything you said! Idk why people are nitpicking so much on a fictional story based on a King that DID NOT EXIST to begin with, lol. Talking about script issues when the drama is pretty well-written and all the characters are well built. The FL cast was superb and the ML's personality goes greatly with the FL.

The only thing I don't agree is on what Jiwoon thought (allegedly) of the woman in the forest. It was never addressed, so I think he just didn't mind it much, instead of relating the CP to her? Like I've read discourse about him loving/liking 3 people - Dami, the woman in the forest, the CP - but I think he was just curious about the woman in the forest and then his life as the Royal Tutor started so he just let that go.

Yes

1. I don't really know which drying sheet of cloth you mean tbh.
2. The 5 steps away is probably due to set limitations, they can't really do it that far from the subject stalked lol.
3. I think the time switching was pretty clear, the characters and situations all define the correct time. Making past scenes in septia tone is actually a very simple resource to show past and it's usually used because the time couldn't be shown properly just as the story flows, which is how it should be, and in this case I think it was pretty well portrayed.
4. Excessive flashbacks are the only thing I agree with in this case, and as the drama develops there are a lot of flashbacks shown more than once, which I suppose is due to the length of the show.

I haven't seen many cross-dressing ones either but the only ones I know where the guy has his very realistic struggle/gay realization, accepts himself and goes for his love are this one and Coffee Prince, aka one of the best kdramas ever.

What makes you think it's bad?

I really love this show, the characters and the story are all so good. I love to see Hyojoo and Hyungsik in this type of show, Hyojoo looks the prettiest she's ever looked. I find it hard to believe that this drama is from 2021 because she looks even younger than she did in 'W', how is that even possible at all? She's unaging.

My only complaint is about her character, a bit. She's supposed to be an antiterrorism agent, and they are very tactical, strategical, thinking before acting is a must, restraining themselves from reckless decisions, etc... But she's all the opposite to that. "Very quick on decision and judgement" doesn't mean acting recklessly and putting everyone in danger as she does. In ep 2 she opened the container's doors to rescue her partner, regardless of the possibility of getting infected, or getting the soldiers there infected, or risking the infected ones to escape. What kind of antiterrorism agent acts like that? What bothered me the most was when she let loose the infected wife for no reason at all. She could've just left her in the bathroom, called for backup and taken her out. That's what an antiterrorism agent would've done, or a cop at all, thinking about the safety of the majority of the people. Now, the grandma is infected because of that when she could've just not been infected had the wife not come out.

Like I'm not saying her actions are right or wrong, in such situations it's important to act fast and all. My problem is with the fact that she's supposed to be everything but reckless given her job. It would've been better if they gave her another type of cop, one where acting recklessly makes more sense and comes more in hand than being an antiterrorism agent, lol.