DramaAjumma

I'm glad I persevered. As a time travel police procedural it was so-so and derivative. More of a MacGuffin really. The serial killer's motives were somewhat anticlimactic -- shoehorned to fit in with the show's primary themes. As a second-chance family healing drama, however, it was pretty good. The show would probably have benefitted from a lower episode count and tighter storytelling. The pacing is inconsistent punctuated by long stretches of talky moments that could be trimmed. Although I think the leads did have some chemistry (and were good in their roles), I don't think they were well-directed in the romance department.

Overall I enjoyed it. More entertaining than many of the popular dramas that I've seen this year.

I've done 3 episodes but boy, already this feels like a poor distant cousin of Back to the Future, Tunnel, 365 and the K version of Life on Mars (All far superior stories). I don't really like it when characters who find themselves in a different dimension or era act like they know exactly what's going on and bumble around turning over rocks without any circumspection. I don't like that kind of writing. It just breaks immersion.

Will persevere for one more episode.

It's rather over praised to my mind.

Personally, from my perspective, you're right on the money with your comments. This show has a lot of problems with its messaging because the script isn't properly thought through and it lacks cohesion. It lacks depth which is why everything feels inconsequential.
Honestly, even if you don't end up finishing this, you're not missing a whole lot. The actors put in great performances but the storytelling is mediocre at best.

I really enjoyed this one. Reminds me of a good old fashion 80s or 90s action flick. Lee Jun-hyuk was effectively villainous in this.

Well, that's not true actually. The revenge is a really big part of the show. It is the rationale behind just about everything that goes bad in the show. And of course all the noble idiocy that ensues. In fact the trial is the culmination of said revenge plan. That's why the way it plays out has to be done properly because of all the build up that came before.

Only at the cinemas at the moment. Check your local cinema.

The trial at the end was a farce -- almost as bad as the presscon at the end of Reborn Rich. It's like watching an episode of the Jerry Springer show with all the parties bickering in front of the camera. I'm just surprised that Song Woo-byeok didn't jump out of his seat and throw punches at Oh Tae-soo.

Thank God someone said this. Thank you. True the show has nuggets of gold. But honestly, the titular character is just one of worst characters ever written in a K drama. She's not a character but a plot device.

I don't have a problem with tv shows depicting what happens in real life. I've spent a lifetime watching crime shows which is proof of that. But crime shows generally know when moral and ethical lines are crossed and portray them accordingly. Here however the ambiguities (at best) justifying Mother's "tough love" is troubling. The use of flashbacks and comments by other characters seem to point to Mother being a sympathetic figure whose actions are justified because she had a tragic life and has to do it tough as a single mum.

I'm also very uncomfortable with attributing cultural mores to some of Mother's parenting style. I too am "Asian", brought up by "Asians", spent my formative years living in "Asia". "Asian" parents exist on a spectrum and they aren't a monolithic group of extremes. Especially in the 21st century. I am especially troubled by the show's mixed messaging regarding people with disability whether or not intentional. The whole incident of pushing Kang-ho to walk reeks of abuse. But then the neighbours talk about it as a miracle from on high. Maybe it was and I would have bought into that narrative if the show hadn't predicated it by Mother pushing Kang-ho off the wheelchair and forcing him to walk.

Is the show condoning abuse? Because a lot of what Mother does in the name of tough love can be interpreted as abuse. Especially all the things that she does to get Kang-ho walking again. The show also appears to paint her as a sympathetic figure. I can't help feeling somewhat manipulated because it tugs at the heartstrings in relation to the Mother-Son dynamic. On the one hand it implies her methods are over-the-top but on the other hand, they work. What if they didn't? Mother knows best?

Is Lee Do-hyun the father of twins again?

First two episodes are a hoot. Love the black comedy.
But Mum's idea of tough love is a hard sell.

It's such a shame because Jing Boran is so good at brooding.
A show that wants to tell the story of an epic romance without an epic plot.

Undoubtedly derivative -- has a strong "been there, done that" vibe for the seasoned sci-fi buff -- but still a lot of fun in how the show blends together all the various sub-genres. Its pacing is the show's greatest asset. Feels more like a 3.5-hour movie than a 6-episode drama. Doesn't overexplain. Does what it needs to and ends on a decent note. It's also a fitting allegory of the corporate capture worldwide of the last few years.

The last two episodes turned into a rom com in search of a villain. And the purported villain actually makes more sense than the male lead. A villain that's actually making more of an effort to fight for what he wants than the male lead. What kind of writing is this? How did this ending pass muster?

Su-hyeok in the last two episodes is a different person from the Su-hyeok in the previous two episodes. It's absolutely nonsensical. How could he misunderstand Bo Ra? What happened to the method actor? Did he suddenly turn into a blithering idiot? Why did he lose his nerve? Over and over again, this is how K dramas ruin resolutions because of the fact that they are in absolute terror of the leads coming together too soon. So they drag out the push and pull to the 11th hour. What an utter waste of good chemistry!

Dr Ko on the side of the good guys but he switches back later. Then there's Viper who turns on the Big Bad.
It's a good show. Everything makes sense. It's one of the rare K dramas in the last couple of years where the ending is actually satisfying.

Kind of. He's a dubious figure that switches sides.

It's a logical, satisfying ending. Justice was served despite facing off with a strong opponent. The writers did a good job of setting up and foreshadowing. Logic wins the day. This is good storytelling.

From around Episode 9, Min-woo finds out. Ae-ri finds out even before she joins Team Karma.