David33

The drama excels on multiple fronts: Characters, meaningful story. Well-made love story with good chemistry between Sooyoung and Kim Jaeyeong, but is there anything else? Not much!

Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad drama, but they couldn't stick to the standard they set. The last 2 episodes were good in general if you can ignore the ridiculous mistakes the writer made.

Before I mention the negatives, I want to list all the positives.

The premise of the show is good, there aren't many Kdramas where we get authentic representation of celebrity life and fan culture. In many cases it's sugarcoated, but not here. They showed us all the ups and downs of being popular. This and the connection between the two main characters remained just as good as it was in the beginning. I have to praise the writer for creating nuanced characters with flaws, because even the so-called "villains" of the story were up to their part. Every actor gives their all. The directing and the cinematography was good, even though I didn't like everything editing wise, because some parts could've been done better. The soundtrack is also great.

I loved that Sena didn't change drastically throughout the season. Her character development wasn't huge, but she definitely grew up a bit. Or more like she has become more courageous. As for Raik, he has been through so many things since he was a little kid. He didn't get much help from anyone, and that showed. His character showcased what happens when you don't have anyone around you who you can truly trust and who wants to see your true self.

I'm also glad they didn't do the same old love triangle plot with Sena, Raik and Chungjae, who was also a nicely done character. Just like Sena's boss, Gwangsu who was basically her second dad. We didn't get much screen-time with him, because Kim Won Hae was too busy.

Lastly the "villain". Byeong Gyun as one of the bullies of Sena in the school, and now her opposition in the court room is probably the most predictable part of the story. To be honest, I would've loved it if he stayed the same, because I don't really believe in second chances, let alone multiple ones, but overall, I was pleased with his character.

The main plot of the story is that Raik is the main suspect of killing his bandmate, Wooseong. The writer developed this story well till episode 10. Usually I can figure out who's the real killer fast, but here, I've had multiple suspects.

Now, look at the negatives:

Sadly, they messed up the crime story a bit before the finale. The problem isn't with the culprit, it's the fact that how the whole thing happened. As usual, they found every clue at the last minute, and it didn't make any sense. The first clue was the ear-piercing, and I was okay with this till I realized something. If that was one of the evidence against him, why have we never seen it before? Didn't the police mention it before? How can a lawyer ignore it? Why did Sena never do any research about it? The other clue was Wooseong's recordings on his phone and the most ridiculous one is the morse code in his music.

I'm sorry, but if someone dies, the first thing the police do is go through their phone. Even if they can't find it, because Hyejoo probably threw it somewhere, they could've done the same thing Sena and Raik did. Hack into his cloud storage, and they didn't have to listen to all his music to find the password. Not to mention, Sena's best friend is a hacker, so I don't understand why they didn't ask him to help.

This was the worst part of the main story, because Hyejoo being obsessed like a crazy fan is nothing surprising. We've seen the clues for this from the beginning.

The other problem with the show is that we barely see any courtroom scenes. Okay, this isn't really a full-on legal drama, but it's about a lawyer, and we've never seen her defending Raik, not to mention her dad's case. Raik's case was solved thanks to the new evidence, but we never got to know what happened with her dad's. They solved everything so fast or just ignored it in the last two episodes.

Do we have to see Sena winning the case for her father? We can argue about this, but I think we should've, because it was one of the main story. This was the thing that made her a lawyer, but we never got to see her win and the prosecutor fall on his sword who didn't care about who's the actual killer.

So, overall this is a pretty good drama with the same old mistakes Kdrama writers usually make if they include crime in their story.

If you can accept these negatives, it's definitely worth your time.