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Garbage last half
I read a few reviews and what I came away with is that people that have the same issues that I had with the show are WAY nicer than I am giving it a 7. This is a solid 4 out of 10. The first 7 episodes are great fun. It's an interesting plot, great characters, oozing with charisma. It reminds me of the best parts of Lethal Weapon in terms of characters and plot... and then the last 5 episodes happen.
They ditch the entire premise of an anticorruption unit and suddenly they are homicide detectives? What? Why was the main character even on this case? The main bad guy has mesmerizing eyes that somehow controls people into doing his bidding? What the hell is going on? The last half of this show makes zero sense. They had a great setup, amazing first two arcs and then the 3rd arc just shits the bed. It's seriously horrible. It's like there were two different production teams in charge of the show which is weird because somehow it's the same writer and director throughout but you wouldn't be able to guess that with how sloppy the plot and character coherency is in the 2nd half. The characters whiplash back and forth with motivations, they drop a drug plot that was setup for the first half by having the 1st big bad just kind of... give up (Boss Yong), it's no longer about anti-corruption... I mean it's so weird.
I get that people like the main actors - and they DID do great here with what they were given, but the last half of this show is some of the worst writing that I've seen on screen. Weirdly it reminded me of Season 2 of The Uncanny Counter where season 1 was super tight and all of the themes and plots were wrapped up compared to the silly nonsense of season 2... welp, it turns out IT'S THE SAME WRITER!
Lesson learned. This person cannot write a satisfying conclusion apparently. I guess they are the JJ Abrams of the K-Drama world. I would HIGHLY recommend watching the first 7 episodes and just turning if off forever. You will love it. Don't go past that point though because you are in store for a tedious mess of incoherency. Garbage writing.
They ditch the entire premise of an anticorruption unit and suddenly they are homicide detectives? What? Why was the main character even on this case? The main bad guy has mesmerizing eyes that somehow controls people into doing his bidding? What the hell is going on? The last half of this show makes zero sense. They had a great setup, amazing first two arcs and then the 3rd arc just shits the bed. It's seriously horrible. It's like there were two different production teams in charge of the show which is weird because somehow it's the same writer and director throughout but you wouldn't be able to guess that with how sloppy the plot and character coherency is in the 2nd half. The characters whiplash back and forth with motivations, they drop a drug plot that was setup for the first half by having the 1st big bad just kind of... give up (Boss Yong), it's no longer about anti-corruption... I mean it's so weird.
I get that people like the main actors - and they DID do great here with what they were given, but the last half of this show is some of the worst writing that I've seen on screen. Weirdly it reminded me of Season 2 of The Uncanny Counter where season 1 was super tight and all of the themes and plots were wrapped up compared to the silly nonsense of season 2... welp, it turns out IT'S THE SAME WRITER!
Lesson learned. This person cannot write a satisfying conclusion apparently. I guess they are the JJ Abrams of the K-Drama world. I would HIGHLY recommend watching the first 7 episodes and just turning if off forever. You will love it. Don't go past that point though because you are in store for a tedious mess of incoherency. Garbage writing.
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