MadelineMaureen

The gaffer is a bit ham-fisted with the spotlighting in every scene. Like my guy/girly pop....you don't need the equivalent of the setting sun in every shot. The lens flares are also over done. I'm going to continue to watch, but from just simply a cinematography and light stand point it's given student film experiment. It's like how Zac Snyder has to have slow-mo every 2 to 3 minutes.

I think the first time he sees a picture of his sister is in episode 1(didnt grow up together). But yes my brain is having to do some creative mental gymnastics to get over that particular hurdle. 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

The cinematography & OST is really high quality for at least the first 4eps.
The acting is where it should be at for this style/genre of show. Maybe it's because it's reminding me of the shows I first watched when starting Korean dramas in the 2000s, but I have warm vibes with this show's storyline.
I'm still hooked to see how they progress with the story, and what other twists & turns are coming as a lot of the mystery/secrets have been revealed by the end of ep4. New mysteries have already been introduced so Im looking forward to more reveals.

Also a lot of the "bad acting" takes/comments are so laughable....people are mostly mentioning scenes where the CHARACTER is acting, not the actor. There is a difference.

Lee Joo Won(young crown prince) looks so much like a younger version of Lee Jae Wook....if he hasnt already played the younger version of him in something he should. Joo Won's played the younger version of pretty much everyone else already.

It's left a bit open ended. Short answer, yes.
Long answer....
There is a 5 year time jump in the last 5mins of the show. You see Hijiri taking a photo of a sunset in Thailand & you hear an echo of a camera shutter. Akira is behind her in a business suit taking a picture of the same sunset(throw back to episode one, but reversed). He carries the promise(legal document) that Hijiri signed, signifying that his mother has finally given her consent. They embrace...fade out.

im sure there is a youtube video that will sum up the good parts in beautiful montage MV format.

the first thing i ever saw him in was Parasite....i cant unsee that role.

the first thing i saw the 2ML(Park Ki Woong) in was a sky commercial. to this day i still call him 거북이 aka turtle. please someone look it up for a good laugh. so everytime that man walks on screen my dumbass brain goes "dont cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me...dont cha" 🐢🐢🐢

I'll put it this way....there are moments towards the end that i wish i never would have watched/known about.
also the shaking of people with possible spinal injuries was too numerous for a show about emergency responders. the amount of times I was thrown out of the show because the writers had to go against every medical training/safety protocol just to have a plot point...
so pretty to look at, but dear lord, zero research on the writer's part. to the point officals had to make public service announcements. 2🤦‍♀️

the 2ML i was referring to is the brother character. but yes i agree

oh im actively watching like 5 or 6 current ones & binge watching another. i just get stuck on things like that.

I feel like I need to make a list of the episodes and timestamp parts ppl can skip so that they dont have to go through the same issues. (my adhd wants to hyperfixate)

thank you!

My bedtime is 8am(I work nights) my time and this comes out at 7am...I feel like an addict at this point.

What is the synopsis is this? I can't stop laughing.

The first 5 minutes and the last 5 minutes are the only truly important moments in the whole of episode 13. We see someone we've been trying to see for 12episodes and then there is zero follow up. It feels like they originally wrote this to be a 12 episode drama and then they were given an extension and had to fill up that extra 4 hour space.

Episode 13 was 5 minutes of new information and the rest was repeated info or 1 or 2 ppl learning something we've known for a few episodes now. Though the performances were well done I just think this episode of 90% filler for time.
I want to time how long we are sent on side quests that have nothing to do with the main plot and see if it would have cut out 2 to 4 hours of runtime in the overall show length. Cause I've got to say, I could give zero shits about the dating woos of Chun Dong Koo. I've started to just fast forward through their scenes as it is adding nothing and I mean NOTHING to the main story. I want to be learning more about the investigation and past memories, but nope...I get to see Dong Koo be creepy whiny man baby scene after scene.

I was coming to say the same thing.

All I gotta say is if we don't get an equally as spicy scene with the two leads that we got with the cheating pair I'm going to be so sad. All the actors are doing such a good job with their roles. Looking forward to more.

She's the only one whose been able to tell instantly the difference between the two.
Ak Hee doesn't seem to be able to touch people without being in pain, and it didn't look like Hyun has that same issue. Readers of the webtoon....is that accurate?

First 3 episodes were pretty solid. They didn't try to info dump too much about the royal families and how everyone is connected just yet. There have been similar shows that I've dropped in episode 1 because I was already confused by the world building info dump in the first 30 minutes. Explanations are important but they can be metered out.