Kimsamsoom

Thanks hon :)

are you talking about CLOY or Snowdrop?

If you consider that almost everything the FL knew about him prior to Ep. 3 was a lie, and he is basically showing who he really is in Ep. 4-5, then I think the situation can still fall under the requirements of Stockholm Syndrome.

I think the writer wanted to write the characters as grey characters, but Game of Thrones this is not.

ML spent quite a bit of time undercover, studying in Berlin and etc... He may have just learned to disguise his accent throughout the years.

the political arc and writing is a hot mess.

Best to ignore it if you want a chance of enjoying the drama at all. Just too much dangerous ideologies in the drama, best to ignore it.

I think you mean Soo ho?

Promote is a strong word. Just because they are showing it, doesn't mean they are promoting it.

I think it's because some of the supporting characters are acting their hearts out, that the main couple are kind of looking subtly staid in comparison.

The overacting of some of the other supporting cast, has created some disconnect with the acting of the rest, as if the director is just letting everyone do what they want in terms of acting.

The illogical scenes, might just be because the writer has no idea or very little experience with the spy genre.

one word.

Sasuke

Another two word

Stockholm Syndrome

If you've watched other spy movies/drama or any action drama, the actions of all the characters are quite dumb in itself.

I don't think the writer knows the genre very well.

Young Ro dying would be too cruel, she is only 20 years old at that time. Soo Ho dying is more realistic.

If Korean Joy Luck Club doesn't scream Makjang, I don't know what does :)

You mean Soo Ho's father or Soo ho himself?

it's 90 minutes per episode, it's not an easy task to write free flowing and tight script.

If they shortened to 1 Hour 10 minutes, we may be seeing better results.

I am guessing the longer run time must be a requirement from Disney or Sponsors.

The death of Han felt undeserved and more just a plot device to move the plot along. So much emphasis was placed on Prof Han only to waste it.

5 episodes out, and I see a few people wanting to intimately discuss the episodes. Like I can appreciate people are enjoying Jisoo here, but let's talk a little bit more about the plot.

A lot of the things happening so far are kind of illogical.

Best to stretch your imagination a bit.

Soo Ho is a NK spy, employed by his father in a scheme that gives Soo Ho's father money, while giving some ambitious SK politicians an insurance policy to win the upcoming election.

At this moment, Soo Ho hasn't defected, but it is already being foreshadowed that his "ideologies" will change.

It is up to you to see him as bad or good. Not all NK people are bad, just like not all SK people are good.

Yeah, the roll out strategy of Disney is horrible.

That's the thing. The corruption has been localized into 4 people, and after Ep. 4, it seems these 4 people are doing this black op without consent from their party leaders. Which shows that the corruption we are seeing is all because of a few corrupt official, rather than a fully corrupt government.

In fact, because Gang Moo and his crew are openly defying orders from the top, it really makes it appear that ANSP is not a bad organization, but rather there were a few rotten eggs at the top.

I think it was a mistake for Ms. Pi to say, "I don't care if he is a spy" It really shows that radicalized extreme of the protestors. The ANSP are framing protestors to torture them, while protestors are harboring NK spies. It makes both sides look wrong, which further makes the ANSP symphatetic.

As an international audience, even I have to say I don't think the reign of Chun do Hwan nor the ANSP were necessarily that bad. In fact, if you read more on Chun Do hwan, it was during his regime that Korea started it's economic ascent.