DramaAjumma

i am impressed by the maturity and the reasonableness of the characters (aside from the sister who is in need of serious help). The beauty of the show is that even though it appears to deploy same o'l same o'l tropes, it seldom pushes its luck beyond what is necessary to move the story to the next stage or include a little bit of good natured humour.

It's not surprising Lin Gengxin is picky these days. After the debacle that was Princess Agents, who can blame him?

To Love was fantastic. This one is loads of fun. So far so good.

It's almost criminal that this is rated 8 when lesser dramas are hovering above 8.5.
This is one of the more original plots around as well. Unbelievable.

I never thought I'd be saying this but this show is in dire need of a love triangle to light a fire under Du-sik's bottom.

I don't agree that that's how we should look at it. I think it's all about timing. Also then Ik-jun and us wouldn't have had the pleasure of U-ju.

I don't think it's quite as unpopular as you think. It could be that the people who don't like S2 as much are more vocal about their disappointment.
There are aspects of S2 that are better -- the strong development of the lovelines, the long-term focus on specific patients, the way the show uses the Five to highlight the inner workings of the hospital in creative ways.

There is a reason why she was picked and it's explained later in the drama. And it's not for her martial arts ability. The show does address that.

It's also about his martial arts capability. He's one of the best, if not the best.

I FF through a lot of it. The premise was good but it felt draggy after a while.

You're not the only one. It's a so-so drama for me. At least Episode 3 and 4 were better than the first two.

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If anyone's interested in my thoughts on the series, you can find them on my blog. The link is under spoiler tags. 5 posts all up.

There's every reason to believe it's a happy ending especially when Qi Yan tells Yu'er a third of the way into the last episode that "they can finally be together" and that he had been thinking of this for some time. Obviously from what else he says that it's been his plan to hand off the throne to Prince Guang once he was sure that Prince Guang is a trustworthy fellow.
Also he got the divine physician to continue dispensing that other drug despite knowing the risks.
The more I watch the last episode, the more convinced I am that he's free at last to live the life he's always wanted to.

I beg to differ. I think Qi Yan going off and living a carefree life with the woman he loves is the right ending for this show because it was what he always wanted for himself. He was saddled with the responsibility of defeating Qiu Ziliang after Morning Dew even though that's not really what he wanted. The fact that he's always telling her to live free and enjoy the flavours that he won't be able to is a clue that was his endgame.

Until now, I have no idea why they even bothered with Chu Chu.

I think they do these sorts of ending because they want audiences to continue guessing for a long time to come. It makes the drama unforgettable.

It's a while since I've cried so much in any drama. But the last 5 episodes were heartrending. The good part is that they didn't rush anything and resolved all the threads in satisfactory fashion. I don't know why C dramas love ambiguous endings but it is what it is and I choose to think positively of it.

For me, the plot, storyline and acting makes it one of the year's best C dramas. The final act was riveting.

The uncertainty that you have about him is important. It's best you just watch it right through. Otherwise it takes away from the suspense.

Gets better as the show progresses but I still don't see the point of Chu Chu (what an insult to a much better written character from the Imperial Coroner) except that she does serve her purpose in bringing Yuan Yalin into the story. Thankfully Cheng Yang shows some discernment in women is all I can say. But the case of the missing young women though convoluted was quite interesting.

I don't see what's the point of having the female characters if they don't really add anything to the mix except as romantic interests. And what's the point of the female constable Wen Yue taking a deliberately adversarial position to the main detective just to bicker with him? This is just garbage writing hiding behind tropes.
Otherwise the cases are okay.