DramaAjumma

Is anything about this show realistic? :P

Doing a bit of catch up. Quite a lot of catching up to do actually. Huang Xuan is really good here and I really like him in this. His scene with the casino owner was powerful stuff.
I generally like how the women are incorporated into the story. They perceive themselves as individuals with agency. Compared to the popular K historical dramas I've been watching, this one is sheer class.

Is all this taking place on social media?

She's very emotional about her man Gang-mu unfortunately. What do you expect when she joined the ANSP because of him? Not very professional.

I don't have anyone blocked and I haven't seen any controversy comments since last night.

It's gallows humour dear. I was chuckling all the way as well. Once you realise that this is satirical, everything makes much more sense.

Absolutely. I do. And I always have. I've been neutral all throughout.

I was going to say that the ANSP director is married to Lady Macbeth but maybe they all are.

I'm not sure either especially the melo part but at least now I've figured out the show. It makes sense considering it's the writer of Sky Castle.

I love how they're all trying to cover their backsides. No concern at all for the hostages.

It's not a serious show at all.

Probably. :D

Absolutely. No doubt about it.

Everyone's a bad guy as far as I'm concerned. :D

There's enough that's flawed about this project without reaching for historical revisionism as a rationale for avoiding this. Nobody... certainly not in Episode 5 was shown in favourable light. Not a single person. There was a complete disregard for the lives of civilians in their supposed place of safety. No attempt was made to evacuate them before turning the whole place into an outright war zone. The ANSP are either just incompetent or completely reckless -- I tend to go with "a bit of both". It's bad enough that Soo-ho even considered using the dorm as a rendezvous point potentially endangering the women and the North Koreans came in gun happy blasting away but the ANSP are just as bad even when their own citizenry are on the line. Gang-mu might be an exception but he's also out of control on some level as well. The only reason why he's persistent is because he's out for blood -- revenge for a fallen comrade. There's no sense of justice in what he's doing. And his ex is only there because she wants to know why he dumped her unceremoniously. What a ridiculous reason for joining the ANSP. There is no one righteous in this crowd. Not a single person.

As far as I'm concerned, this is an anti-but nutty Cold War story. Like everyone else has said, it's a Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers tale through and through. Unfortunately. those of you who think there's historical revisionism going on give this show far too much credit. I don't think the writing is even nuanced enough to make that leap. It's at best an outright parody of the Cold War madness between the north and the south poking fun at the higher ups. There's definitely a goofy undertone to all of this while offering some pretensions to melodrama.

This isn't a serious show and to take it seriously is to entirely miss the plot.

I don't think her backstory is necessary in this instance. Honesty and clarity would be sufficient. There's been a lack of it because of the inconsistency in messaging. I can't entirely blame Yi San for being persistent because he's getting mixed signals and perceiving a mismatch between word and deed. Her claims to independence and radical individualism comes across as being hollow when she's largely dependent on the graces of others to get out of one crisis after another. Any kind of freedom she enjoys. is a result of the king's abiding affection for her.
She's just lucky that the King (and the Queen Dowager) likes her enough to put up with all her inconstancy.

They certainly don't respect Miranda rights of the suspects and use torture to interrogate suspects.

Haven't they? The ANSP uses extreme interrogation techniques. They shoot first and ask questions later.

Let's hope you're right. It's not always guaranteed. A decade of drama watching has made me slightly jaded. I'm sure whatever goes on in Episode 5 will be some kind of wake-up call.

I respect yours too. :) It's my subjective perspective of the show and I have no doubt that the show uses her naivete conveniently to its advantage in the writing.
I'm afraid though that Romeo and Juliet aren't the best examples for me as young lovers. Too much silliness there for my liking.