Duncan

There are some clichés I like and some clichés I just want it to dissapear because it ruins a good story ( I remember two cops where the story was totally forgotten for the sake of the silly romance ) : love triangle are often not really love triangle like you said because you know the obvious choice and even if it is a real love triangle it will be forced on the story and make you hate the silliness of the characters...


Spoil ahead ( Chief Kim ) :

I want to see more innovative things on this side : For example the FL being with the second lead and not the main lead. A good example was with Chief Kim, they did not make romance between the main lead and the FL (they were more like good friends) and she ends up with the second lead it was so cute.

But I guess it depends on tastes and I can not really blame people who love love triangle because I also love some sort of clichés like opposite personalities between a couple or detectives duo for example. I guess we are also here for that.

First point and second point : Too much of drama to chose one...Oh yes the one in " Wok of love " really broke my heart because the second lead really deserved someone he seemed like a lonely puppy.

Forced main couple or no-chemistry main couple : The King Eternal Monarch *cough cough*

Speaking in English when there’s no need and it makes the scenes really awkward : In mystic Pop Up bar there was a short moment like that when they make the bodyguard believe they are working for the CIA...

Aggressive product placement : That reminds me one episode in Waikiki Guest house when Lee Joon Ki must work with product placement it was so funny ! Usually I am not bothered by product placement but it was in King Monarch...

It is funny how I can be attached to the character of an actor up to thinking it is strange to see the same actor in another character; I take a while to get attached to the next one and it is not the actor's fault it is just that I really liked a character particularly. I really like how this actor acts : he was the sweetest in " Your Honor ", the funniest in " Psychopath diary " and now what ?

(I still did not start Train, I will wait a bit longer because I know how it is unberrable to wait a thriller drama airing but at the same time I want to watch it..............=(

edit : I am grateful to have " The good Detective " to wait

This drama is interesting but somehow the title and the " interview "'s moments are too big as a clues if it is what I think it is. It kinds of remind me Trap because it is too much predictable.

I think painter Ho is in fact not dead. He had a cancer but recovered from it and gets the idea to test his family. The plan is simple : he prepared his will ready and put the condition that if one of his heirs read it before his lawyer then he/she would be remove from the list of heirs. He then gathered everyone for his birthday as a cover, sent the letters and faked his death. The goal is to see what people are able to do for money : I think he will reward the winner with his money and the losers will be ashamed in a game televised nationwide.

I means we are seeing everyone ( except Bit Ra and painter Ho ) in the present answering questions for what is seems to be a TV show ? Do you think the killer would just answer it calmly ? No, I think they were deceived and fell into the trap (I think painter Ho's mansion is full of cameras when he was interviewed with his wife and asks the broadcast's team to hide cameras).

Ok the other possibility would be that Bit Ra is the culprit but I just can not bring myself to believe it. Her mother would not answer quietly if her daughter was a murderer. Somehow they are all suspicious but I can not believe the vibe " who did it ? " because of the interview's moments. It kind of breaks the immersion but I guess it is a choice from the screenwriter.

So the obvious answer would be that Bit Ra will get the inheritance but I hope I am wrong and that she is perhaps hiding a dark side !

Somehow I have the feeling Bit Na is not the painter's daughter so perhaaaarps ? Or is it just me ? I want some romance between them too but even if it is the case and she is not related that would be awkward because they grown up like cousins

Bit Na's mother is not trustworthy so I can totally imagine her lying about the fact Bit Na is indeed related by blood to get the money... She is perhaps the daughter of the pushover guy, just a thought.

Choi Kyu Jin was already great in Mr.temporary and I like him here too

Same, I can totally see the comedy aspect from the first episode. Do Chang and Ji Hyuk are just so funny together. And Jo Hee Bong still plays a leader who is not really a leader lmao when he wanted to join his hand but finally touch his hairs, this actor really makes me laugh. In "Tunnel" too he was not respected by his team xD

I really like where this is going with the comedy and how the characters's relationships evolves ! I am sure it will get again " darker " when Oh Ji Hyuk's past will be linked to all of this and when highter up will try to "stop " them (I am afraid to see one of the detectives from Do Cahng's team dies because they are not corrupt and they try to show the truth...)

But really this drama becomes more and more interesting, I like how the story is well constructed and it is not too fast or too slow

Yes this drama is really good I really like the way they are builting up the " two " side fighting between them (the corrupt ones and the righteous ones ). To me it is actually quite well balanced between funny moments and serious ones, it is COMMON for Korean drama to use some background comedy with heavier topic I do not think the poster is so off of topic... Of course it is not the kind of humor where you will laughting like a crazy person but it makes you sometimes smiles (when Ji Hyuk explains to Do Chang he has less testosterone/ is in menopause and that why he lost his hairs for example )

Really this drama is great so far it is really well built and I do not say it often

I think the drama was not that bad but the characters are really messed up even more the one who seem " nice " and " right " at first -I hope it is not really a spoil but I did not like how that character turns out-... I guess they had a good idea to oppose two characters who try to protect their " secret " family but it lacks consistency in the end

I thought they survived ? The kid saved them no ? They were in an ambulance but perhaps I did not understood everything.

The old man thought it was his wife who killed the victim + his kids always ask him money and he even lost his home in the end so I think that is why he tried to kill himself and his wife who has dementia ...

I really like the story and how they handle the characters so far ! Not really the typiccal love-hate relationship between Hi Jeok and Do Chang I really like their dynamic vibes : they will talk when they have a problem with each other for example.
We do not know yet the past of the main characters but we have hints and I find it really great how it is well balanced for now

edit : Seem like the team 1 wil try to cover up and team 2 will try to find out the truth that is even more interesting if it takes this route

I will wait until at least half of the drama is out because waiting episodes with thriller's dramas is so tiring...

If you do not know yet I advise you to wait until next week because all the episodes will be out.

If you like mystery and characters with secrets you will perhaps like it it is kind of hard to tell. I find it entertaining but it is not the kind of drama I will remember I think. And a lot of characters are irritating but sometimes it is because we do not know their actual purposes so it is hard to tell if there are doing something good or bad...

edit : This drama seems like a mixture of " Hell is other people", "Mr.Temporary/class of Lies " and " 365 : repeat the years " to me. But it is not the same level of course

Yeah somehow I was expecting something else too

For example I thought the serial killer would betray the grandpa and kill him; that would have been satisfacting to watch than just wrap up everything in a mere 5 minutes like seriously he arrested the serial killer in one minute and then the grandpa the minute after ?? Somehow I was expecting a " butterflies's effect " with the fact the detective saved the serial killer in thi timeline so the serial killer would have a change of heart and helps him at the end but noo they just give us the cliché ending...

I agree with nonsensical but I do not find this drama boring so far, I like stories with characters who are linked between them without the viewers knowing it from the start (Like " 395 repeat the year " for example). I think we should not believe the cover of the book (for example whe learnt suddently the detective already knew the victim since two years, Miss Lee since a long time ago because the kid always makes trouble and the upstair guy ? ) because there will be a lot of twists I just hope there will not be a twist like the good guy is in fact the murderer. This drama gives me feels of " Hell is other people " (because most of the character are creep and " Mr.Temporary"because of the similarity with the victim's story but with an hints of humour sometimes misplaced but I like it because it is not always tense like in " Hell is other people " or "Mr.temporary"

But just I do not like the tricks Miss Lee is using she has surely a good reason but it is a pain in the ass to watch the police be tricked like this. At least the detective seems clever but the others ones are just ignorant I am tired just watching them

I do not understande why you think it is Oh Ji Heok who exposed her ^^' And he was watching her at the end because he was worried about her and she happened to have a seizure because that show she is linked perhaps by blood with the evangelist ( he had the same kind of seizure )

Oh JI Hyeok is secretly investigating someone higher up, the real culprit behind the murders in 2015 who lost his watch ( the same Ji Hyeok purchased and is wearing on purpose to find the killer and the people who help him/her to cover it up ) so I think he was not able to help her directly. I wonder if Oh Ji Heok is not also the one who send clues to Do Chang ?

Same, I watched Tunnel 3 years ago and I am still checking it sometimes... Okay there were a lot of clichés but the characters were so great and their way of mixing serious moments/ with funny moments make me miss this... I want to discover it once again but it is not like the first time of course.
(Same for Life On Mars )

Yes I prefer too the 12 episodes format than 16 because often with 16 the last episodes are fillers because they already talk about everything

Yes the first episode is good I already like the main characters I hope it will stays as good

edit : And I am really happy to see Jo Hee Bong plays the team's leader again that really reminds me Tunnel especially when the team does not want to work with the young cop and the young cop is kind of the quiet perceptive type like Kim Seon Jae in Tunnel

Yes this is it ! I think that is why I think it is perfect for an adaptation there are a lot of twists who reminds me asian dramas's twist but I want to see them with a dramatic vibes haha