Brilliant hot lawyers have problems too
What is this sorcery. The drama is checking all the marks of a vertical classic : sleek, inspired production (the music, vertical's usual weakness and blank slate, was so good), great use of its gorgeous cast, and a layered story that isn't a moodboard of tropes but feels like it has a legit cohesive script supporting it (thankfully I had access to a good translation). The focus of the show is the ML and his reconciliation with the world after a very traumatic event left him with crippling PTSD. The drama doesn't try to be too clever, shoking or twisty with its mental health theme, and tells a touching, even deep story of mutual healing around it. There is overall very little cliches, the secondary characters feel like human beings and not a stereotype gallery (which, in vertical land where you can describe them as "scheming sister", "cheating husband" or "sick grandma" most of the time, is almost unheard of). They were quite memorable from the socialite who plays the opportunist boyfriend as much as he intends to play her, to the colder than ice bio mom who tries to hide her pathetic and unethical choices under the guise of hard profesionnalism. The drama even manages to have underlying themes behind its main one about trauma and trust, like how some people blinded by their inferiority complex and vindication can be enboldened to commit some truly despicable acts and feel no remorse. I'm sure it's the kind of drama that can be rewatched several times to discover new things. The dialogue was as sleek as the visuals, very deep cutting (like the observation the boyfriend could have a good career if only he wasn't so eager to have instant sucess), but the drama also remembers the golden rule "show don't tell" and let the scenes tell the story as much as the dialogue (like in the famous car scene, OMG). It is, in my opinion, a must-see.
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