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Stupidity With A Scalpel
I enjoyed only the first 5 episodes. Last 2 were decent. And I cursed the female lead for 7 episodes straight.
The show revolves around a forensic doctor, a police officer and a serial killer. Unlike most thriller dramas involving serial killers where there is a cat and mouse game along with the suspense of who the killer could be, this drama decides early on to tell us exactly who the killer is. This was a big drawback for the show to lose it's biggest mystery element. Worst is the female lead who is an expert in forensic analysis leads to leave all common sense behind and go after the killer on her own. This of course leads to disastrous results because she is in no way or form equiped to handle him. Her lack of judgement leads to the delay in catching of the suspect and she gets herself and others hurt in the process. Her actions were so senseless and frustrating that it took away any joy I had when I first started this show.
I wish I could blame the lack of good subs for my poor perception of the drama but nope. It was Dr. Seo Se Hyeon, the female lead. I truly hate when dramas make a lead female character incompetent for no understandable reason. The female lead is supposed to be the hunter with a scalpel but sadly she fails in her attempts every single time because she cannot calculate nor plan for multiple factors. She is supposed to be unfeeling yet her actions are driven by pure emotion rather than a sense of self -preservation or justice.
I genuinely struggled to watch the middle episodes and had to resort to 1.5x speeds.
The male lead playing the cop was decent. But again, his team leader is dumb and an obstacle to any progress he tries to make at solving the case. Maybe they didn't want to make the case easy to solve but it was ridiculous.
The only other positive I can think of the opening theme which I quite liked the graphics of.
Not something I would ever consider rewatching,
The show revolves around a forensic doctor, a police officer and a serial killer. Unlike most thriller dramas involving serial killers where there is a cat and mouse game along with the suspense of who the killer could be, this drama decides early on to tell us exactly who the killer is. This was a big drawback for the show to lose it's biggest mystery element. Worst is the female lead who is an expert in forensic analysis leads to leave all common sense behind and go after the killer on her own. This of course leads to disastrous results because she is in no way or form equiped to handle him. Her lack of judgement leads to the delay in catching of the suspect and she gets herself and others hurt in the process. Her actions were so senseless and frustrating that it took away any joy I had when I first started this show.
I wish I could blame the lack of good subs for my poor perception of the drama but nope. It was Dr. Seo Se Hyeon, the female lead. I truly hate when dramas make a lead female character incompetent for no understandable reason. The female lead is supposed to be the hunter with a scalpel but sadly she fails in her attempts every single time because she cannot calculate nor plan for multiple factors. She is supposed to be unfeeling yet her actions are driven by pure emotion rather than a sense of self -preservation or justice.
I genuinely struggled to watch the middle episodes and had to resort to 1.5x speeds.
The male lead playing the cop was decent. But again, his team leader is dumb and an obstacle to any progress he tries to make at solving the case. Maybe they didn't want to make the case easy to solve but it was ridiculous.
The only other positive I can think of the opening theme which I quite liked the graphics of.
Not something I would ever consider rewatching,
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