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At least it's chronic illness, and not terminal illness. Chronic illnesses are very common, 1 in 3 people live with one. I hope they depict it well.

Idk but there are a lot of very very similar plots floating around. Like that one with a fake marriage to get a discount on an apartment, that was the premise of one.. last year? The year before? Very similar anyway. I like the actors in this one more though.

EDIT: Wait, I'm mis-remembering. The one I was thinking of was No Gain, No Love which was a marriage so as not to miss out on a promotion and from last year. The marriage for an apartment happened in Happiness, which turned into a zombie apocalypse and is a totally different genre. Haha anyway, it's a common premise.

following up on the other comment: The first half of Beyond Evil is great, Flower of Evil is very fun though it isn't perfect it's popular for good reason, Mouse is imo not good but I dropped it 1/3 of the way through. I haven't gotten around to Doubt.

Also try: Through the Darkness, which is based off of true cases and the first profilers in Korea with some excellent execution. Black Out is a drama I enjoyed a lot, but it can be infuriating so requires a certain mindset. Also, when in doubt, watch Stranger - maybe I'm nostalgic as it was my first K thriller, but I think it is brilliant.

And for something light-hearted, The Good Detective is also very well done. It definitely does have some comedic moments, but it's incredibly enjoyable.

I made a list of all the murder mysteries and thrillers I have seen (and remembered to add, there's a few I forgot to) called: Mysteries, Thrillers, Detectives and Murder accessible from my profile if you want a list of more.

Too much screen-time was spent on the therapist. And also the FL was telling her everything. She was obviously gonna be involved, and then there was that emphasis on not mentioning the therapist's private life. A comment that wouldn't raise eyebrows, but the writers would not have mentioned this if it wasn't relevant.

Also the culprit is almost always introduced in the first couple episodes. So.

I found it boring and un-suspenseful tbh. I also did not enjoy the "goofy genius" given off by the fl, although I did enjoy that that stereotype was given to a female character for once.

But also I watch so many of these genres I am very very familiar with the narrative patterns, and it didn't really bring anything new to the table for me - which it might do for you. I suggest trying it, but don't expect it to get better after the first couple episodes (It doesn't really)

I gave it a 7/10 so it wasn't a waste of time.

Honestly kinda boring. I did want to like it, so I watched the whole thing... but. I had the killer figured out by episode 2 (not for any suspicious activity, but from the way they were written into the story) and so the whole thing just... lacked suspense, even the red herrings were clearly just that. Also the characters didn't grow on me at all.

Maybe I just watch too many dramas from this genre?

Why do high budget dramas seem incapable of hiring competent writers?

I think it is highly unlikely.

Agree with all that, but also I think it was implied that what the the mls mother said reminded the fl of her father abandoning her, and that's probably how she treats him, so that was her perspective.

I think the drama knows and is intentionally making it all appear exploitative. The husband summed it up quite well I think: "You'll sell someone else's son to buy our son's future?" (does her son even want this future she's buying?)

There's a lot of room for character growth. Hopefully we get it.

It's brought up when Hong In A is talking to her father. This is the document she received just before her wedding, which prompted her to call it off. It said Sa Eon isn't related to his dad.

Thanks. And I agree with you, that moment was devastating.

It's a story about how they were all guided to the light shop and found the will to wake up, or didn't.

It's only natural that this was where their stories ended. And that all these parallel, sometimes interconnected, stories ended there at the same time. It would have been tedious to watch if someone found the light a long time before someone else. The mood of the narrative would have been very messed up.

I like to think that in the real world, it wasn't all at once, that they woke up gradually. It's not like time worked the same way in the afterlife. Comas usually don't last very long though, so seeing as most of them fell into one at the same time, it would make some sense for there only to be a day or two between them waking up.

this is a spoiler, please mark it as such

You're experiencing it with the characters. Something isn't right, and they don't understand, so they are rightly terrified. But this is a story, so as they grow, our understanding grows with them.

Honestly I wish more tv did it this way.

Stick with it if you can. The payoff is brilliant.

WARNING SPOILERS!!

The reunion between the father and daughter, when she can't talk and she's trying to tell him who she is, but he hasn't seen her since she was a little girl. So glad they got to meet, but also sad because she had to die first. And THEN when she tried to send her daughter off to keep living and the daughter tried to refuse because she wanted to stay with her mum. OMG I'm tearing up just thinking this.

There were other moments too ofc, like when Suitcase Girl made her boyfriend wake up, after she tried so, so hard to keep him alive and he still forgot her. That moment she realised he was moving on without her omg. And when Irritable Writer decided to stay dead so she could live with her gf - sad, but almost a happy ending there.

And then in the living world, the daughter looked so adrift. When it was revealed she'd refused treatment because she didn't want to forget her mum saying goodbye I cried again.

Episode 8 though, that was the one that had me bawling.

I really love the balance between brutal bleakness and hope (not everyone is dead yet) that this story had. Suitcase girl definitely had one of the saddest story lines though - what a pointless death!

The story is complete though. It doesn't need and shouldn't get extended.

It gets less scary. Once you figure out what's going on, it's not scary at all. Just sad.