packed with enough twists and turns to satisfy the average mystery lover
its very plot driven with all the attention on one overarching mystery (which was resolved very well btw) and all the baby cases it spawned, so you won't see a lot of focus on the characters, their development or their relationships, except as it pertains to the cases, and excluding one supporting character, who did a literal 180 overnight.
the cases were as advertised, shocking, violent and mysterious and there were multiple supporting villains, which was nice.
I really liked the main villain, he was very fleshed out and had all the motivation, delusion, insanity, brilliance, ingenuity, vulnerability and blood thirst worthy of a true villain, but this was more a tell, less a show.
I liked the ml too, he was very grounded, effortlessly held the group together and sought justice without being self righteous.
there's a nice nature v nurture debacle in the story too that's fun to think about i.e. if the brothers had been switched would they still have ended up right where they did or no?
it was too long, this could have been a crisp 24 episodes esp since all they did was solve cases. you can tell even the writer got tired there in the end. there were some plot holes but I don't think anyone really cares.
the group - half of the performances weren't good, it made the drama nearly stray into kids playing dress up territory, nearly. and I was not really a fan of their camaraderie, it was giving "cut!" "action!"
there were many emotional points that should have been the drama's highlights but they were all brushed aside.
people died, people lived, people changed, everything everyone did felt like a setup for the mystery to progress towards its endpoint, which is good for the investigation aspect, but also meant the drama didn't have a whole lot of heart.
if you're watching purely for the investigation and mystery you'll like it, anything else and you may be disappointed.
the cases were as advertised, shocking, violent and mysterious and there were multiple supporting villains, which was nice.
I really liked the main villain, he was very fleshed out and had all the motivation, delusion, insanity, brilliance, ingenuity, vulnerability and blood thirst worthy of a true villain, but this was more a tell, less a show.
I liked the ml too, he was very grounded, effortlessly held the group together and sought justice without being self righteous.
there's a nice nature v nurture debacle in the story too that's fun to think about i.e. if the brothers had been switched would they still have ended up right where they did or no?
it was too long, this could have been a crisp 24 episodes esp since all they did was solve cases. you can tell even the writer got tired there in the end. there were some plot holes but I don't think anyone really cares.
the group - half of the performances weren't good, it made the drama nearly stray into kids playing dress up territory, nearly. and I was not really a fan of their camaraderie, it was giving "cut!" "action!"
there were many emotional points that should have been the drama's highlights but they were all brushed aside.
people died, people lived, people changed, everything everyone did felt like a setup for the mystery to progress towards its endpoint, which is good for the investigation aspect, but also meant the drama didn't have a whole lot of heart.
if you're watching purely for the investigation and mystery you'll like it, anything else and you may be disappointed.
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