Martelli

I started being hooked to this drama probably from the second half of it, when they finally started to get into the bottom of things. Poor Dae Chul and Eun Hye. There were a lot of interesting twists, the acting was great mostly from all of the actors. I kind of believe that the "Good Detective" part is about Kang Do Chang and how everybody is always praising him, but for me the good detective was Oh Ji Hyuk really (Do Chang for me started to be a good detective only later in the drama). I believe Ji Hyuk was able to push Do Chang into some decisions and investigations he did not seem to care that much about in the beginning. So for me the best character was Ji Hyuk, and I also liked his methods (he was not afraid of doing things differently). The most annoying character was for the most part Do Chang's sister. I liked the ending I guess, and I liked how Eun Hye was able to smile at the end. Also it was nice to see some characters turn to the good side, and not just faking it (although it looked like it for some of them at first, but that made it more interesting). I kind of liked the character of Seo Kyung, but I was not sure why she had not shared more information with the police more quickly (especially when she knew she could trust Ji Hyuk, plus she could be in danger knowing things alone).

With the rest of the characters, you would know sooner or later that they are lame, they kept switching sides, but you still knew they are bad. But SeJin was for me the most fake one. She kept siding with her ex-boss, being disappointed or hurt that Gun Woo was suspecting she is a spy, when this is actually how she started and was going behind Gun Woo's back pretty much for the bigger part of the plot. I highly disliked her, she seemed to believe Gun Woo is a really good character, and then she was disappointed that "he is the same as others" and thinks about his family company, so she basically went back to her old boss, but the characters of Gun Woo and Yi Kyung could not be even compared. The actress playing Yi Kyung was cold from the start to the end, so I guess her role was executed well. Uee was the weaker link here for me. Also how Yi Kyung knew how to predict the situations and behavior for the whole plot basically, having plan B for everything, I find this super unrealistic, plus how they knew about every little step of other people. The ending also felt flat for me.

This felt like Doctor Stranger in the corporate world. Started of interesting, but then it went back and forth countless times, people changing sides because "this side has better conditions at the moment, I agree with them, but then the other side is threatening me, so I am back, backstabbing everyone"...all over again. I have felt like 12 episodes would be sufficient, what makes it 20 episodes long are for me too many flashbacks, you are watching people starring into space, holding a coin, doing nothing, so it has a lot of fillers. Then you have the main girl with which I could not sympathize, because for some reason she was overly obsessed with her boss who was not likeable at all (even if there is some kind of justified revenge in there, she does it also for being at the top of the world, which I cannot feel sympathetic about). The FL wants to help her, then stop her, then stop her even if it means to destroy her, then we are back to idolizing her and helping her...like wtf???? The only character I could probably like was Gun Woo, although not all his actions were positive, he was the most likeable one for me. The other, even if they had some kind of conscience, they just did whatever their bosses told them to do (maybe Gun Woo's secretary was the only exception to that), so their feelings were not important for me when they just did everything in the end. I have finished it just because I was at the 14 episode when I felt like this is enough, but wanted to see the end, because dropping it would mean I just wasted my time without seeing the ending (but I skipped many fillers and flashbacks in the last episodes).

Maybe she was helping him professionally, but yes, I would say he was the one doing all the work in the relationship, as if he still needed to show her that it is really worth it for her to be with him. And yes, she did not come back to him when she returned, he did not speak to her at that time because he was hurt when she broke up with him after they finally met abroad.

I don't think I am cut to watch dramas like these, I hardly finished the first episode (and this was especially looong). It felt like watching Producers (which I have also dropped), here you also have a bunch of unpleasant characters and you always find yourself saying "poor main guy" too many times.

I also found it funny how in the beginning they needed to be hidden and super secret, and suddenly they walked on the streets unmasked, ate in restaurants, and nobody got to know them. Also everyone always knew someone else's position and was right around the corner, be it the bad guys or the good guys. And when the anti-terrorism corrupted men went after everyone in Joo Eun's or Jeong Hwan's lives, how come they suddenly knew the location of the Jeong Hwan's hacker friend? If they knew, why they would not "surprise" them right away? Some things just did not make sense for me.

This was quite suspenseful, and I liked the character of Jeong Hwan the most (and then the detective guy). Although Edward was a super horrible guy, the actor was really charismatic. For me Sophia Chung was much more believable baddie as opposed to Joo Eun, who looked more like a wannabe-tough girl for me (although there were many good scenes of her). I enjoyed the drama overall, but the amount of twists and conspiracies started to be too much towards the end and I got a bit lost.

I could not make myself finish this. I felt sorry for Kim Soo Hyun's character, but I could not care less about the other characters, which were just not nice for the most part (a gentle way to put it), and the dialogues were not interesting for me. I got to the third episode, skipping most of the scenes, and then I just saved myself some precious time and dropped it.

I could not make myself finish this, with the actors being replaced and everything, and this just being a prolonged makjang. I got to the third episode, skipping most of the scenes, and then I just saved myself some precious time and dropped it.

I liked the drama, it was funny at times, sad at times, and I liked how Ki Seun Gyeom rebelled against his father (who should go to hell btw and I hoped everyone would just leave him in the end). Although maybe in the beginning Seun Gyeom was not able to express his feelings with many words like other ppl, I did not think he was weird, rather than others made him feel this way even though they were less honest (including Mi Joo and Dan Ah) and he was just trying to be tre to himself and fair. Oooh and I have loved how he beat up the bullies, and I hated the fact that others called the poor guy whistleblower (so ppl should stay bullied and keep quiet???). I am not sure if I have enjoyed the scenes with Dan Ah and Young Hwa, although Dan Ah lived in a world where emotions might have been seen as a hindrance, she still did not have to be cruel and harsh to people that were nice to her (although Young Hwa was rather cheeky in the beginning, but she still should not have treated him like an object).

I have noticed that too and it was funny, like with adults you can just skip 3 years and say they look the same, but with a 8-year old vs an 11-year old, it is just not the same :D

I don't agree with this, imagine how it is like for a kid to lose their parent, which she knew was cheating on her mom, but then instead of grieving together or talking through it, her mom just poured her emotions, frustrations and anger over the kid, I would say it was a lot to handle for her, plus it seemed to continue over the years, so why would she needed to accept everything coming from her mother just because she is her parent. Their relationship went for the worse, so of course she did not want to spend time with her. It was not that she hated her mom, but communication with her was really tough and suffocating for her, also how could she share with her news about a boyfriend for example, when her mom hated the thought of her dating.

I would say 3 years was the time she spent abroad overall, but they split 1 year before she came back.

Although Rowoon's character did have some shortcomings (in my eyes very few though), I believe it would be a blessing for every woman to meet a guy like him. I especially liked the way he treated his ex in front of Song Ah, leaving no space for her being confused or uneasy like it is usually in other dramas. Basically Hyun Seung was Song Ah's knight in shining armor. And I have to just say that Lee Jae Woon was the best chaebol boss I have ever seen in any dramas, very fair and funny too (so probably not very real LOL, but never mind, I have enjoyed his scenes very much). This was also my first time seeing Rowoon in a drama, and I kind of get the hype now - he is good looking, I believed the emotions he had portrayed (I liked the chemistry between ML and FL), and his voice is really nice too, so that helps as well.

Although I dislike influencers being called celebrities or even the way they earn so much money, I have enjoyed this drama, it was fast-paced, acting was really good and it had many intense moments. It was also interesting to see how in the beginning Ah Ri would not really think high of these influencers, but in the meantime she became more like them (e.g. when treating her friend and colleague Jeong Sun). I also liked Joon Kyung's and Shi Hyun's characters.

It does not mean he should get her. But it seemed like Sun Oh noticed Jojo just because he saw Hye Yeong liking her, and well, he was a playboy, not a friend really, but then he was angry later at Hye Yeong. And I never understand how girls do not like certain behavior from a guy, but at the same time are attracted to him because of it????? But this is not in dramas only, but seeing it there as well irritates me :D

I do not mind adult themes etc., but with the murder, this got suddenly so disgusting I had to drop it. Definitely it was different from what I expected, maybe my fault, but that does not mean I cannot dislike it then.

Thank you for the recommendation, will try it out if I get the chance!

It took a long time for me to complete this. While some episodes had their suspenseful moments, most of the drama is slow-paced, the relationship between ML and FL romantic-wise is developing at times super-slowly, you would feel like you watch some kiddy drama. I liked the turns to the "crime-plot" that happened quite a lot, so the truth is not something you would know or expect right from the beginning. I liked the Chef Cha's character, and his cute "brotherhood" with Hae Sung. I also liked Hae Sung's character, and Ho Bang's as well. As for Jung Won, she was okay, but quite childish at times, and as for Yun Hee's acting, well, I've seen a lot better, she was quite unnatural at times. I did not really like the "grandma" character that had her husband reappear as well, although she was helping them, she was quite bossy and not really direct at times, hiding help behind her arrogant behavior. The story as such is really sad and you would feel a lot for Hae Sung and his family. I did not really understand the ending (was it real or just an imagination?), but that's probably the ending that was expected....

Yes, cheating should not be justified, I believe he should have divorced her right away. But watching the series, I got impression that Hye Ryung was not that honest before the marriage, it is not only about cooking etc., I believe Sa Hyeon was often surprised how nasty she reacted to him many times after, and I think she kind of saw that for a bit when going for the dinner with her friend and her husband, when she saw how lovey-dovey they were and then came back home crying, saying she is sorry how she never appreciated her husband at all and that she would like to change it (that was just for a little while).
Not everyone has to be a stay-at-home wife, it's the way she treated him and responded to his questions or requests (it is different to say "I cannot really cook and you know it", versus something in the sense of "why the hell should I make breakfast for you?"), seeing everyone below herself (also the way she threw away food from his mother and was even nasty about this too...). Yes, Sa Hyeon was attracted to her playing the drums and later regretted that he did not notice her character that much. Still, that does not mean it is ok to be nasty because you are not hiding it. But she was hypocrite as well, because she was not showing this side of her to her friends or colleagues. Btw his comments about her make-up were not something she should be making such a scene of, however later she changed the style just because she wanted to get herself a rich man. Not sure where her honesty was, when she tried to play tricks at first getting the 2nd son, and then switching to the oldest son of some big corporate firm because that is a greater catch.