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Wasted Potential
Going into this show, I had extremely high expectations. There were so many positive reviews surrounding it and while I'm not entirely sure how real-life autistic people received it, I've never had any personal experience with autism or people living with it so this was new terrain for me. I went in with an open mind and for a while, I loved what I got.
But somewhere along the line, and I'm not sure where exactly, the quality of the story and character writing began to diminish noticeably. I'm a big fan of the legal drama genre and I really admired that the cases & how they were tackled stayed fresh & original to the end. However, that's the only thing that stayed consistent, storywise. In the last few episodes, the supporting characters either forgot or forsook their own motives & gradually settled into overused tropes. The first few episodes treated them like real people with unique goals & personalities but they later became pawns in the story simply waiting for the plot to happen to them. Most disappointing of them all was Kwon Min-Woo who can only be described as wasted potential. Some characters were even set up with possibly life-changing storylines only for them to come out on the other side exactly the same.
Young-Woo herself faced a similar dilemma. At first, each episode captured her dealing with a different aspect of living as an autistic person in the legal world. Watching her navigate her vital issues, grow, and come to terms with her reality was genuinely heartwarming, and as an audience, I felt carried along. But after a while, they kept recycling her old plotlines, and she was simply going on the same journeys over and over again.
Watching this show made me genuinely happy even till the end and that's all that really matters. The OST was great, visuals were spectacular, & acting was superb. I'll definitely be watching the second season. This is a 7.5/10 for me.
But somewhere along the line, and I'm not sure where exactly, the quality of the story and character writing began to diminish noticeably. I'm a big fan of the legal drama genre and I really admired that the cases & how they were tackled stayed fresh & original to the end. However, that's the only thing that stayed consistent, storywise. In the last few episodes, the supporting characters either forgot or forsook their own motives & gradually settled into overused tropes. The first few episodes treated them like real people with unique goals & personalities but they later became pawns in the story simply waiting for the plot to happen to them. Most disappointing of them all was Kwon Min-Woo who can only be described as wasted potential. Some characters were even set up with possibly life-changing storylines only for them to come out on the other side exactly the same.
Young-Woo herself faced a similar dilemma. At first, each episode captured her dealing with a different aspect of living as an autistic person in the legal world. Watching her navigate her vital issues, grow, and come to terms with her reality was genuinely heartwarming, and as an audience, I felt carried along. But after a while, they kept recycling her old plotlines, and she was simply going on the same journeys over and over again.
Watching this show made me genuinely happy even till the end and that's all that really matters. The OST was great, visuals were spectacular, & acting was superb. I'll definitely be watching the second season. This is a 7.5/10 for me.
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