This review may contain spoilers
"For the rich, mistakes are just bad memories. For us, they're our downfall."
At first, it's hard to warm to this erratic inspector... one minute he's threatening a forensic colleague with a knife, the next he's being attentive to a victim. A truly detestable cop, in other words. (pleonasm)
Then, the cop and the judge agree to sentence a starving man to death, justice in action.
Anyway, what an incredible coincidence that all these people find themselves 20 years later in the same place, at the same trial. Chance works in mysterious ways. Chance, of course. *wink wink* Like the fact that everyone is wearing exactly the same black raincoat. (at least six different people !)
Despite this incredible start, the suspense in this series is phenomenal. You just can't stop watching ; you want to know what happens next. It's really well done. But as usual, it's pure police propaganda and a plea to abolish laws that supposedly protect criminals too much. Classic right-wing scam.
More than once I thought I had figured out who did what (no spoilers), but no ! my immense cosmic brain did not foresee that right after that, they would do the magical twist of these Korean series. And then another. And another. Hold on tight, it's going to twist. The more obvious it seems, the more it will be turned upside down. Like in Mouse, it throws out bits and pieces of events, continues, then comes back, adds an element, and calls everything into question. Only evil geniuses write scripts like this.
It may sound amusing when put like that, but ultimately it isn't. There is suspense, but not for our amusement. It is a terrible story that echoes many true stories about adoption, orphanages and abuse. It is notable that revenge is not glorified. No one emerges victorious from this plot. Strangely the series ends on a hopeful note : caring for the victims before punishing the perpetrators.
Ps : Memories that come back after being repressed by the subconscious are certainly very useful when telling a story with multiple layers, but they are above all scientifically questionable. First of all, the so called subconscious is psy nonsense. Secondly, memory is not a hard drive with videos ready to play ; it is information that we gather and organise according to our personal logic, constantly reconstructing or forgetting. That's my nitpicky or annoying side, sorry.
In no particular order :
-Taecyeon can wear a cap and a mask, but his big protruding ears will always give him away. Poor guy.
-All the phone conversations sound like a voiceover from heaven, which is a disturbing choice.
-Let's salute the work of Park Ji-bin, the vampire who manages to pass himself off as a K-drama actor with brio. Anne Rice has gone too far.
-The little song during the flashbacks : very annoying. Never again.
At first, it's hard to warm to this erratic inspector... one minute he's threatening a forensic colleague with a knife, the next he's being attentive to a victim. A truly detestable cop, in other words. (pleonasm)
Then, the cop and the judge agree to sentence a starving man to death, justice in action.
Anyway, what an incredible coincidence that all these people find themselves 20 years later in the same place, at the same trial. Chance works in mysterious ways. Chance, of course. *wink wink* Like the fact that everyone is wearing exactly the same black raincoat. (at least six different people !)
Despite this incredible start, the suspense in this series is phenomenal. You just can't stop watching ; you want to know what happens next. It's really well done. But as usual, it's pure police propaganda and a plea to abolish laws that supposedly protect criminals too much. Classic right-wing scam.
More than once I thought I had figured out who did what (no spoilers), but no ! my immense cosmic brain did not foresee that right after that, they would do the magical twist of these Korean series. And then another. And another. Hold on tight, it's going to twist. The more obvious it seems, the more it will be turned upside down. Like in Mouse, it throws out bits and pieces of events, continues, then comes back, adds an element, and calls everything into question. Only evil geniuses write scripts like this.
It may sound amusing when put like that, but ultimately it isn't. There is suspense, but not for our amusement. It is a terrible story that echoes many true stories about adoption, orphanages and abuse. It is notable that revenge is not glorified. No one emerges victorious from this plot. Strangely the series ends on a hopeful note : caring for the victims before punishing the perpetrators.
Ps : Memories that come back after being repressed by the subconscious are certainly very useful when telling a story with multiple layers, but they are above all scientifically questionable. First of all, the so called subconscious is psy nonsense. Secondly, memory is not a hard drive with videos ready to play ; it is information that we gather and organise according to our personal logic, constantly reconstructing or forgetting. That's my nitpicky or annoying side, sorry.
In no particular order :
-Taecyeon can wear a cap and a mask, but his big protruding ears will always give him away. Poor guy.
-All the phone conversations sound like a voiceover from heaven, which is a disturbing choice.
-Let's salute the work of Park Ji-bin, the vampire who manages to pass himself off as a K-drama actor with brio. Anne Rice has gone too far.
-The little song during the flashbacks : very annoying. Never again.
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