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I'M SO CONFLICTED
Okay im sure you’ve seen all the very polarised reviews and honestly i get it i really do. I wanted to love this soooo bad, ive been facing a terrible drama slump nothing was working for me watchee 4-5 and i could just not stick through the first two eps of any of them and then i found this gem.It starts off AMAZING first 1-5 eps are so good im hooked, i didnt even know when i started that the main leads were the ones from Go Back couple which i just watched last week ! But then it starts to not make sense anymore...
Id like to say before getting into what went wrong that everyones acting was absolute *chefs kiss* kudos to all of them.
Now getting into where it all went down hill: the husbands death. Or maybe the faft that when she found out that her daughter isnt his SHE DIDNT BOTHER FIGURE OUT HOW AND WHO?
Anyways after the death things start to go off the rails ngl like her friend whos not her friend is insanely jealous of her, and so her actions for the most part makes sense... untill she turns out to be an absolute psycho??? Huh?? She starts making so many dumb decisions like girl at least be good at being bad ? AND THEN SHE DIES ?!?! LIKE WHAT ?!?! WHAT ABOUT ALL THW TERRIBLE THINGS SHES DONE ?!?1
Idk the plot holes were piling up and the direction of the plot became non existent, the twists are now too tangled to enjoy and im sat here hoping till the end that the ending at least will make up for it... but the ending is quite meh tbh :(
Now despite all of this the acting was soooo good i acc enjoyed it regardless it was still an upgrade to a lot of other dramas that are rated so much higher on here which shocked me lol
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Amazing but ...
Im honestly so conflicted after just having finished the final episode. I LOVED the plot but there were certain things that frustrated me a little. I watched both seasons back to back so this review will compare bothIll start with what i loved:
- the plot this season was honeslty *chefs kiss*. It was SOOOOO well written, the autopsy aspect, the crimes, the new characters etc all of it was so great and honestly i think better than the first season.
- the acting was SO much better this season than last honeslty. One of the main things that i kept noticing was the acting in the first season, for some characters it was a little... cringey ngl. But no everyone was AMAZING in this season!
- this one is more subjective but i wasnt a big fan of the hints of romance between prosecutor eun and doctor baek PERSONALLY so im happy they got rid of that... i did however lowkey ship her with prosecutor Do 😮💨
Things i didnt like as much:
- i agree with a lot of the comments that although the plot was such a development they completely stripped away the focus from the main characters? Like completely removed that bond between the viewer and the characters this season snd the bond between wafh other too which sucked so bad because they could have done so much !
- the random consist fatshaming ??? Idk if i completely missed it the first season but was that so consistent and frequent then??? Because it was totally unnecessary like how is that the only character "development" out of ALL the characters thats the ONLY change? That ppl call him "fatso" ?? Hated that
- was not a big fan of sally (at all) ngl 😵💫
- Now its been a couple of years since its release and so im assuming the possibility of a third season is very slim WHICH MEANS THE CLIFF HANGER IN THE END SUCKS
Overall i did really enjoy the drama and i REALLYYYY hope we can get a third season 🥲
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Surprisingly REALLY engaging
I dont even know why or how but this was super entertaining to watch! Its a drama about managing a baseball team which is.. quite random lol but i found it super wholesome and very entertaining! I literally know nothing about baseball (nothinggg) yet was engaged the whole time so i do reccomend giving it a go. The way it all worked out in the end 🤌🏻 I binged watched most of it in one go in fact !Was this review helpful to you?
Healing
Honestly idk what it is about this drama but I formed such a strong attachment to it like i genuinely have no idea why but oh my gosh. Its such a healing drama and its just done so well. Nothing is rushed but it isnt too slow either, they act their age, and are sensitive to their traumas simultaneously. I feel like it could have been an episode or two longer in my opinion but it was a satisfying ending nonetheless. Highly reccomend!♡Was this review helpful to you?
Started off great...
First review oof but this show honestly started out so great like yes it was slow but it was ✨️ artistically slow✨️so i acc enjoyed wvey second of it.. for the first few episodes... and then i was skipping 20 mins in to the following episodes after like ep six and NOTHING WAS HAPPENING like im sorry but theres only so much you can draaaaggggg the artsy slowness. Dont get me wrong its so cinematically beautiful, the shots were *chefs kiss* but the pacing and plot ...Was this review helpful to you?
Really enjoyable!
Edit:Just completed the drama and i love it!! Again unrealistic fight scenes, unrealistic villain and unrealistic heroes but thats the premise of the drama from the first episode so i dont really get the dissapointment in the reviews here. I REALLY enjoyed it.
I do feel like the ending was rushed ngl but like i said previously, the acting all makes up for it honestly. I say if you like action, police dramas with great chemistry amongst the team and cute puppy ML's ignore the negative reviews and give it a go!!
Previously:
Currently watching ep 14 and loving it so far, its the perfect blend of many genres and i feel like its been done very well. Its also filmed very well too which is something I usually take notice of, the light directing is honestly *chefs kiss*
I dont get all the negative reviews ngl. I'll admit it is a bit repetitive (could have been shorter) and the fight scenes are quite unealistic but like 'show no mercy', thats to be expected for the kind of drama it is? I'm enjoying it very much and tbh i feel like the acting makes up for it greatly.
Speaking of the acting, o m g. I think everyones done such an amazing job i love all the characters they've all done an amazing job especially oh jung se and park bogum!
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Came for youngwoo
Ngl i started watching this primarily to see youngwoo, youngwoo as a morally grey prosecutor? Yum yum. But honestly i really enjoyed it!Is it realistic? No, i mean how is one guy winning consistently against dozens of the countries best fighters despite being disabled and out of practice supposedly for 11 years... but does that matter? No! Its acted out amazingly, the scenes are all awsome. I will admit it was a little toooo bloody for my taste but thats the premise of the show, i knew from the get go itll be like that.
The acting was great overall and the cinematography too! Didnt feel like it dragged at any point.
I think there were a few moments where i sat and thought "does that acc make sense" but besides that i really enjoyed it!
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Really enjoyable
Once again i was a bit worried watching this seeing all the terrible reviews but i really really enjoyed it! Im not going to deny that there werent some moments which i thought could be done better, be it the acting or the writing but the drama overall was very enjoyable and the ending was very satisfying!I wasnt a big fan of the story line of the first two episodes and the response of the FL to the cases but again i enjoyed the drama very much.
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Idk why I put off watching it for 8 years...
Ive known about this drama since it came out and whenever id look for something to watch the past EIGHT YEARS it always came up but i always ended up pushing it back... WHY !?! OML IM OBSESSED!!I was a little indifferent to it the first two eps in fact i wasnt really a big fan of the dynamics of the main leads. He was overly snarky and she was a little obsessive. BUT when all things start to fall into place and the story being to unravel itself, omg i just couldnt help but fall in love with.
Its been AGES since a drama has been able to inflict such emotions in me let alone make me sob like a babyyyyy.
Also i absolutely LOVE dramas that reference the korean resistance and how they resisted their occupation, its so uplifting.
Overall HIGHLY reccomend and it honestly made me so sob like a babyyyyyyyyyy in the last few eps till thr last second.
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Enjoyed it !
I really enjoyed watching this and in fact binge watched it all in one go! I don't get why it has a lot of negative reviews it did what it said it would. I didnt feel like it dragged and I thought every character was developed just right. I didnt feel like there were too many characters either it would have been unrealistic for them to plan what they planned with less people involved 💀I will agree though that the ending was rushed despite the fact that it was a 16 episode series so there was no need for it to be rushed as it was. The events in ep 16 could have easily stretched out into ep 15 too.
Also a LITTLE SPOILER but not reallyyyy, I wasnt the biggest fan of who he ended up with in the end i barely felt any chemistry between them whereas there was chemsistry between him and literally every other female character lol.
Besides that though i really liked it and im glad i watched it before seeing all the mixed reviews for once 😅
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Very well paced
I really enjoyed watching this! The way the events and suspects were revealed so smoothly kept me hooked honestly im highkey a biggggg fan !SPOILER:
On one hand im sure there ARE parents that would do anything to protect their kids i mean just listening to the Rotten Mango podcast there are parents who would defend their kids for murder irl but... i just cant believe ppl would be that cruel. Not only did they commit murder, it was the fact that they r*ped her and the fathers didnt even really care for that like thats the one crime where it always ever purely stems from greed and cruelness in the heart how do you look at your child after that. And worse how did they stay friends with the girl's dad knowing they themselves killed her and burried her....
It would have been nice if the main character would have had more... character but idk ten years in prison straight after high school im sure strips one from their identity so fair enough.
Overall i REALLY enjoyed it and binged watched it all at once ✨️
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Amazing...
I honeslty absolute loved this drama and it has become one of my favs for sure ! Im writing this after watching season 2 as well so i will be comparing quite a lot and will try to minimise spoilers as much as i can.I much preferred the first season to the second one tbh there was so much more development, hope and a bond between the viewer and the characters. It was so well directed and the acting was *chefs kiss* . It dealt with such a sensitive topic perfectly. I cant deny the feelings of joy and comedy felt bittersweet a lot of the time knowing that 1) the characters were dead and 2) will most likely dissapear soon but despite that, it ended so (painfully) beautifully.
Season 2 was also good don't get me wrong but i hated thay it had such an open ending and years later its still not confirmed if there will be a season three or not ? If so then that ending leaves much hope for a thrilling start to the new season....
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Great start to 2025
Honestly this was such a great start to the year with such a well paced, well written and very well acted drama ! All the characters were great, i wish if qas longer and i hope hope hope they make another season! One thing that bothered me a little was the (international) politics (not surprised by their perspective) but i LOVED the insight into hospital politics it was very fresh and very angering (in a good way!). Would love to see more of our team especially with the teased addition of number two 🥺Was this review helpful to you?
SUPER FUN
Really !! Really !! Enjoyed this drama ! Its honestly so fun and wholesome and pefectly balances comedy and the seriousness of the cases that were being worked on. I absolutely LOVED the setting of their office and the cute little kid that shows up occasionally (especially that one scene in episode two 🤭). The editing is so fun and creative and i lovedddd all the characters in the team and their indivisual personalities and back stories 🤌🏻 super underrated but i do reccomend if youre looking for something to not necessarily binge watch but to watch every day for that happy boost <3Was this review helpful to you?
Really good!
I loved loved loved watching this! Maybe because it reminded me SOOO much of one of my first and favourite dramas Prosecutor princess (like sooo much) i was really into it! I loved the way they keep you guessing as to whether you can trust some of the characters or not all the way till the end ! The plot was well written imo and the characters were great too !♡Was this review helpful to you?
