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I personally really liked the first episode. I love psychological thrillers and it seems like Queen Mantis will be good. The acting is absolutely stellar, this is my first Go Hyun Jung drama and she's absolutely KILLING it with her expressions, tone and body language. Her gaze holds so many emotions: sadness, sorrow, enjoyment, cockiness...I cannot wait to see her unveil even more.

The mother-son relationship is already complex and angsty and I cannot get enough of it. I am so curious to see how the writers are going to handle it.

Since this drama shares the same director with Black Out, I have more reasons to be optimistic. I hope it'll continue off strong.

It's so underrated

Black Out fans, we won so hard in the first episode!

Had it been written by other writers, I'm afraid they would have forced a relationship between Jaeyi and Joowon

Some series can survive without romance. Beyond Evil, Strangers From Hell, D.P., Navillera, Black Out and more dramas didn't include romance and were still good.

I am suffering with you. I am also watching Twelve and I'll give Queen Mantis a try, hoping it won't be a flop.

Han Joowon profile picture and Black Out mention. I salute you for your taste.

Aw, thank you so much! I am honestly very doubtful about this review because I'm afraid I didn't articulate my thoughts properly but your comment is very nice!

It's such a pity that Aema is doing pretty well among Korean viewers and yet it's so overlooked by international kdrama fans

THANK YOU. I HATE THIS TOO.

I couldn't agree more

I just read the plot after seeing so many people hyping it up. Cannot believe I would almost miss this. Love me an interesting psychological thriller and mother-son relationship.

I watched it recently without high expectations and I had fun, not gonna lie. Obviously the writing is kinda lackluster and the characters lacked depth but at least the series never pretended to be anything pretentious or sell itself as a deep gangster show. It was a pure revenge story with good action and fight scenes, nothing more, nothing less.

I really enjoyed Gong Myung, he nailed the role of the spoiled and arrogant brat. I saw him for the first time in Extreme Job and this time he played a very different character equally well.

A Shop For Killers which came out last year was pretty successful, I'm on Episode 3 and he is very good.

Yep, after episode 5 the drama and dynamics between the characters become even more intense.

I have the exact same thought. I really hope they will not try to force a romantic subplot when they haven't even developed the main plot but oh well.

I haven't watched Divorce Insurance or The Nice Guy but I totally agree that they should stop giving this type of roles to Lee Dong Wook. He really shines in thrillers and action series.

The fact that Nina was the debut role for Bae Na Ra as a kdrama actor is such a flex.

I totally relate with the last part, I also find it hard to drop out shows.

Episode 5 seems more interesting based on the preview but given the fact we have seen how the writing and directing has been for the past 4 episodes, I have zero faith the series will improve that much. At least it seems like the story will move forward but again, I do not have high hopes.