Eleison

Fast paced and kind of silly/fluffy/shallow as far as plot goes (the scenes jump around a lot and force you to fill in the blanks and connect the dots on your own), but the fight scenes were done well. Just wish we'd seen more of the ML being serious. 😏

The White Truck of Doom shows up even in Korean movies! 😅

Haha, well, I've worked a job before, and most companies worth their salt (I would assume the police force would operate similarly) don't have people just lounging around with no work to do. And this is Korea we're talking about, where overwork is rampant. They can't just find another policeman with nothing to do cause that's not a thing. 😅

What I'm trying to say is I personally don't think the premise is that far-fetched. There is some suspension of disbelief, for sure, but not anything egregious (but that's just me).

Many Cdramas have FLs that are not helpless? Especially the costume dramas. I could name loads of them. 😅

But all the other policemen are not in their team; they will have other responsibilities and cases their own teams are working on, and this team is assigned to this case and they're doing something kind of sketch, so they don't want to advertize it or loop any one else in. It doesn't bother me as serious suspension of disbelief so far. I've seen much worse!

In my opinion, it's plausibly explained within the context of the story as it's presented, and is not nearly as far-fetched as what some dramas try to pass off. But I get you see it differently. 😉

Her team is going rogue to investigate the ML because their superior was trying to chase them off from handling the case properly. So they can't loop other teams/officers in or else they'd compromise their secret that they're flouting their superior's orders. That's how they explain her being the one chosen. She's also the most qualified based on her martial arts background, as that was part of the job description.

In Kdrama romcoms the side couples always sleep together first. 😅

And her tomboyishness is not an affectation. She's not insecure or trying to make a statement. She's just being unabashedly herself (and In A is playing her well).

I think he is, too (being unabashedly himself). 😅 Not sure how they'll fall for each other, but Si Wan certainly knows how to own the screen despite his small stature. 😏

I agree, I think he knows. The last thing they'd want to show us about the ML (if they wanted us to think he has no idea) is that he notices the most minute (even random) details. It would feel lamely unconvincing if they tried to make it like he DIDN'T know after all that groundwork about his OCD tendencies.

He's obviously got trauma and quirks, as all chaebols in Kdramas do, but he's definitely a riff on the chaebol archetype that feels kind of new. I'm genuinely curious to see how they'll actually make him attractive without changing his character. Because, right now... he is extremely convincing as someone genuinely unhinged. 😅

I've always thought Si Wan was very unique amongst the roster of Korean male actors. He has a way of enunciating words that is very crisp and... different? I'm struggling to find the words to articulate how exactly his speaking feels different, but it gives him a unique flavor, for sure.

I've only seen him in Run On besides this, and while I didn't care for that drama very much, I remember liking him and his character. But I do remember distinctly noticing that his way of speaking made him stand out. Am I crazy or has anyone else noticed this? 😅

From my (admittedly) limited exposure, Koreans seem fine with cross-dressing (and bending gender roles/affectations) as long as it's not linked to sexual orientation. There's been rom-coms with this trope in Kdramas for decades and it's always played for comedic purposes. 😏

It would make no sense that he hasn't picked up on it, because he's ridiculously observant. It would be consistent with what we've seen so far for him

I think they're playing up the switching of the genders. Since they're making her seem more traditinally masculine, they're making him seem more traditionally feminine. I think it's intentional so they can lead into the gender tropes/roles being reversed for comedic purposes.

They explained her being the one to go undercover because the ML saw the rest of her team when he was brought in for questioning. She was the only one he wouldn't recognize.

So far, Im Si Wan is playing (as far as we can tell right now) a bonified weirdo. 😅 But not in the way chaebols are normally weirdos. He's got the childhood trauma in there somewhere, for sure (what Korean chaebol wouldn't? 😉), but he's also just... so weird.

Yeah, who dances like that? 😶‍🌫️😬🤦🏼‍♀️

The background music (BGMs) for this drama was SO good.

Iconic, sweeping, majestic, tender, intimate--with memorable melodies that are just so beautiful. Still one of the best scores I've heard in a historical Cdrama (maybe Roc Chen's Ever Night score is a close second). I was so tickled when the music was finally posted to Spotify. ☺️

The first few episodes were the weakest of the drama, in my opinion. And it's more complicated than OP makes it sound.

It's portraying the tension of a daughter who felt abandoned by her mother. In these early episodes she tries to see if she's really loved or if she was truly "thrown away." Many characters do repeat a lot that she grew up without being "properly" raised (because she's clearly a wild hair), and she throws it out a lot as a kind of mocking posture towards her mom. They do butt heads A LOT, but I enjoyed seeing them engage in a battle of wits.

The Fl's mom is trying to make sure her daughter behaves (presumably some of the reason is to keep her safe from shooting herself in the foot because the FL doesn't know better and doesn't know how important acting appropriately in society is), but she doesn't understand her daughter . Because she was away for so long, she doesn't know her at all and gets her all wrong. The Fl is actually very clever, but she is strong-willed and a survivor, so out of sheer desperation she's developed into a feisty, reckless and manipulative creature (especially when she's younger). She and her mom both experience interesting arcs into maturity, though (and a mended relationship).