Great story that lacked time
I love queer romance AND I love crime dramas, so obviously I was looking forward to this one. While I really enjoyed the crime aspects, and I found the characters to be super interesting, I do think that this show REALLY would have benefitted from a few more episodes or longer episodes. There were a few aspects of the show that I think really needed more time and more attention to really stick - and I know that a lot of people loved this for the romance aspects, I even feel like parts of their relationship needed more time to flesh out.
Lee Chaeha is suddenly selected to work alongside a top prosecutor Ju Taeseon despite his lack of seniority at work. Taeseon is known to be strict and hard to work with, but Chaeha is determined to do a good job considering how much he respects Taeseon. Taeseon hates no one more than the people that defend other's bad actions - and since Chaeha is the son of a murderer who once defended his father, this hatred extends to his new coworker. As the two work together to investigate a recent murder, Taeseon is also trying to make Chaeha's life miserable; Chaeha is determined to prove that he's worth keeping on the team.
This show starts off with Taeseon HATING Chaeha. Say what you want about the sex scenes early on, but they are not at all romantic - Taeseon's entire goal is to humiliate Chaeha and make Chaeha feel like he is beneath Taeseon. However, as Taeseon learns more about Chaeha, these desires to make the man miserable start to turn into something else. As a viewer, I felt like we did not get nearly enough time to watch Taeseon's feelings for Chaeha change. To go from wanting to squash Chaeha like a bug beneath his foot to loving him simply cannot happen as fast as flipping a switch. It seemed like Taeseon saw one other person be mean to Chaeha and decided he liked him. I also thought that Chaeha was a bit too cool with this, especially considering the whole employee x boss dynamic they had going on, but he even calls himself a freak so I guess I can move on from that. Between the odd pacing on Taeseon's feelings, and the rushed ending to the case they're solving, I thought that this show needed at least another two episodes to actually wrap up. The last ten minutes of the finale genuinely had me looking up if this was the last episode or not, because it felt like there was wayyyy too much for them to do in those ten minutes (and there was!). The ending wasn't very satisfying because we didn't get to see the full progression of the relationship or the case. Still, it was a fun watch with a few good twists in it - I just really wish they had the time to explore the characters and the case a bit more to make it feel whole.
Lee Chaeha is suddenly selected to work alongside a top prosecutor Ju Taeseon despite his lack of seniority at work. Taeseon is known to be strict and hard to work with, but Chaeha is determined to do a good job considering how much he respects Taeseon. Taeseon hates no one more than the people that defend other's bad actions - and since Chaeha is the son of a murderer who once defended his father, this hatred extends to his new coworker. As the two work together to investigate a recent murder, Taeseon is also trying to make Chaeha's life miserable; Chaeha is determined to prove that he's worth keeping on the team.
This show starts off with Taeseon HATING Chaeha. Say what you want about the sex scenes early on, but they are not at all romantic - Taeseon's entire goal is to humiliate Chaeha and make Chaeha feel like he is beneath Taeseon. However, as Taeseon learns more about Chaeha, these desires to make the man miserable start to turn into something else. As a viewer, I felt like we did not get nearly enough time to watch Taeseon's feelings for Chaeha change. To go from wanting to squash Chaeha like a bug beneath his foot to loving him simply cannot happen as fast as flipping a switch. It seemed like Taeseon saw one other person be mean to Chaeha and decided he liked him. I also thought that Chaeha was a bit too cool with this, especially considering the whole employee x boss dynamic they had going on, but he even calls himself a freak so I guess I can move on from that. Between the odd pacing on Taeseon's feelings, and the rushed ending to the case they're solving, I thought that this show needed at least another two episodes to actually wrap up. The last ten minutes of the finale genuinely had me looking up if this was the last episode or not, because it felt like there was wayyyy too much for them to do in those ten minutes (and there was!). The ending wasn't very satisfying because we didn't get to see the full progression of the relationship or the case. Still, it was a fun watch with a few good twists in it - I just really wish they had the time to explore the characters and the case a bit more to make it feel whole.
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