I agree totally that the romance was not needed but they put it in and for me at least I didn't find them too objectionable. At least Pei Xijun came in useful here and there. I'm not sure why C dramas think that it necessary to have romances in many of their crime dramas.
The kindest thing I can say about this show is that the actors gave their all to this over-convoluted script. I was especially impressed with the youngsters and the lad who played Yoon-jae. The leads pulled their weight and powered through to the end. The last half hour was good even moving in parts but not enough to redeem the entire drama.
But the storytelling itself was a misuse of a potentially powerful exploration of an important human rights issue. By turning the revenge plot into a puzzle box about the present day murders, the narrative focus shifts and diminishes the moral power of what the revenge scheme sets out to do. In the end the core issue becomes scarcely more than a footnote in the story. Even the revenge scheme is nothing to write home about.
episode 14 where the shaman lady was saying to eun ki, "oh right there are other kids that night" with such callous…
People forget that MDL is a review site and that viewers come here to find out whether a show is worth wasting time over. It's not some "safe space" designated just for people who think positively about a drama. To call criticisms "hateful comments" is hysterical.
It is getting tiresome to constantly see these "go away, we don't need your negativity here" comments in every drama thread. Adults should be able to handle disagreements and reasonable dissent.
i know you don't like the show anymore but i we have to acknowledge that it's beautiful that they choose to bring…
But there are better ways of doing this. There's no doubt that their story is worth telling but the way the revenge angle is constructed diminishes the moral high ground of the survivors. There is no justification for going after family members who have nothing to do with what happened decades earlier.
Doesnt make sense how jurors were promised police protection but all failed and they nearly died
I'm a big fan of OCN dramas and I've enjoyed many even the really convoluted ones. Apart from the social worker, I don't care for anyone else in this show.
This show is just going from one degree of ridiculousness to the next. I didn't think things could get worse. For goodness sake! There's a serial killer on the loose and there are still only 4 cops on the case? People have died already. There should be a task force comprised of multiple teams with uniformed cops to support the investigation team. It's as if the cops want everyone to die.
Episode 13 should have happened much sooner. Not just now. Why even bother with the jury tampering and the trial? Does the writer know how hard jury tampering is? Why bother killing those young women? This show wants to be And Then There Were None but doesn't understand what made that work.
May It Please the Court had a similar sort of storyline and a far more sympathetic perpetrator.
I thoroughly enjoyed the last 2 episodes and loved the easygoing flirtation between the leads even amidst all the terrible awful revelations. I hope they make a second series because I don't mind more of Jung Ryeo-won and Lee Kyu-hyung bantering and being a really great team.
Great show, very decent finale that's chuckleworthy. The humour has been a nice added bonus. What's also really hilarious is watching both male leads taking it in turn getting promoted and demoted all throughout as a running gag. While the very lowkey, low chemistry romances didn't add anything except more team members, I did get more than a few laughs out of them.
It is a terrific classic whodunit with a bit of sci-fi thrown into the mix. The best part for me about the entire series is how intelligence drives the storyline rather than stupidity . Highly recommended.
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I'm not sure why C dramas think that it necessary to have romances in many of their crime dramas.
But the storytelling itself was a misuse of a potentially powerful exploration of an important human rights issue. By turning the revenge plot into a puzzle box about the present day murders, the narrative focus shifts and diminishes the moral power of what the revenge scheme sets out to do. In the end the core issue becomes scarcely more than a footnote in the story. Even the revenge scheme is nothing to write home about.
The hostility is unnecessary.
It is getting tiresome to constantly see these "go away, we don't need your negativity here" comments in every drama thread. Adults should be able to handle disagreements and reasonable dissent.
For goodness sake! There's a serial killer on the loose and there are still only 4 cops on the case? People have died already. There should be a task force comprised of multiple teams with uniformed cops to support the investigation team. It's as if the cops want everyone to die.
Episode 13 should have happened much sooner. Not just now. Why even bother with the jury tampering and the trial? Does the writer know how hard jury tampering is? Why bother killing those young women? This show wants to be And Then There Were None but doesn't understand what made that work.
May It Please the Court had a similar sort of storyline and a far more sympathetic perpetrator.
I hope they make a second series because I don't mind more of Jung Ryeo-won and Lee Kyu-hyung bantering and being a really great team.
What's also really hilarious is watching both male leads taking it in turn getting promoted and demoted all throughout as a running gag. While the very lowkey, low chemistry romances didn't add anything except more team members, I did get more than a few laughs out of them.
It is a terrific classic whodunit with a bit of sci-fi thrown into the mix. The best part for me about the entire series is how intelligence drives the storyline rather than stupidity . Highly recommended.