Brilliant writing. Terrific cast. It is dark and depressing as all get out, but what a story they are telling. Never has my heart been filled up to bursting as much as this drama. I cannot get over how indescribably beautiful everything about this drama is for me. The characters and the relationships are so carefully and intimately written and so perfectly portrayed by a perfectly chosen cast. Truly a privilege to watch this.
This is a terrific show for so many reasons. The production value is excellent. Cinematography, sets, casting of this wonderful ensemble of fine actors, and an amazing, true to life script. They say that it is fictional, but if these stories aren't based on fact, I'll eat my hat! And that made watching it all the more immersive and emotional. It's the stories of the day to day life of police officers, rookies and veterans, and how differently they deal with the duties and responsibilities of a very, very difficult job. It's not enough to deal with drunks vomiting on you and in your vehicle, rape, assault, domestic abuse, murder and a host of other vile things humans do to one another; but they have to handle all of this following a set of rules that their superiors and the public will use to beat them with. And then there is the effect all this has on their private lives.
This drama starts out rather slowly, but, I promise you, if you will give it a chance, by episode 3 or 4 you will be riding with these characters and rooting for them, laughing with them, crying with them, and getting angry with them. Fabulous acting by a group of familiar faces who don't normally stand in the limelight, and this production is all the better for letting all of them shine equally in this. It's an awesome ensemble and I do wish Kdrama leaned more toward sequels. I was especially thrilled to see Shin Dong Wook as he slowly gains larger parts in his return to acting. He has struggled with a terribly destructive and rare disease and I wasn't sure we would ever see him again after all these years. It was wonderful to see him looking so healthy!
Nice story, decent acting. Her starry eyed character was hard to take at first, but grew on me...or she settled down a bit. :) But the guys are all doing a great job. I like how they are not making Dr Ye into a creep so there is an excuse for her to drop the nice older guy for the jerk younger guy like most dramas do. Of course, there is one more episode to go! :) She has so steadily been on the YeLine though that I think it would really diminish her character to jump ship at this late stage. It's not a great show, but, for me, it got better as time went on and I got more attached to the characters and more interested in their different relationships. And the patient stories were a nice break and a way to build our feelings about the main characters. I am very happy that Minho is growing up. He is probably destined to be hurt and I will feel bad for him. But Dr Ye seems to just adore her for who she is and she is still young and new to a serious relationship so feels like she needs to impress him. With Minho she doesn't care how she looks to him because she doesn't care what he thinks of her.
Ah a sweet ending. Really lovely and worth a tick up in rating. Unusual to have a drama like this. They could have gone with the bad boy like so many dramas do. Just loved this couple.
Quite a different and oddly filmed Special. The young man appears to have a rather debilitating case of OCD. He apparently has some ability at baseball, but it seems to come and go. I'm wondering how he stays on the team given all the very obvious problems he has? It's filmed in a kind of choppy snapshot sort of way also which makes it a bit more difficult to get a full picture of his life and how he has been living and coping (or not) with his disability. Still an interesting production and Kwak did an excellent job of portraying this rather tragic young man.
Absolutely brilliant and absolutely adored it. Beautifully written and acted. Loved every minute! So thankful for the laughs at the end! He lives. One day at a time. But it may be all any of us has. He and she are lucky that they live every day to its fullest, making it count, as if it is their last. I let my days slide by, as many of us do. I am going to miss being with them every week. The very best dramas for me are ones where I want to just BE with them, on and on. But I'm so glad we didn't have to watch him go. I like dramas that leave us with that message, that each day is about living that day and not waiting to die.
unfortunately, in real life it is very hard to like someone who has mental health issues and is hostile like she is. I empathize with her but find it is still hard to have sympathy for her, tho there is some of that too. Also there is still a lot of their history to uncover. It's hard to understand a character like Hyun Joo because kdrama has taught us that everyone should handle life threatening situations with a brave front while continuing to love and care for everyone around you. The reality of the situation can be that too...but I think a lot of us have had to deal with a quite different scenario. That said, this thing just does not pull me in. It's not the acting since I've seen all of these actors before, including her, and they are wonderful. It's the writing for me. I just don't like this story. It may be a good and honest story. But I still don't like it! :) I LOVED Marriage Contract. She was also hostile and angry and exhausted and unreasonable, but you felt all of those things right along with her. In this writing it's harder to be with our lead even if I understand her. I'll keep trying tho. So far I'm still playing catch up and just starting ep 7.
But...it's probably going to be that relationship with Da Hye that is going to sour me on this drama. I cannot stand the obsessive ex cliche anymore.
We need more adult and mature dramas in K-Drama land like this. This has some silly and fun moments, but overall…
yep..me too. We are so lucky there have been so many terrific dramas these last few years. And while I too want more adult stuff, more realism mixed in with the fairy tales, I'm also just amazed by some of these younger actors that pop up now and then and the depth of emotion and feelings they are able to put into their characters. Loved Dear My Friends. And Misty and Mother, Woman of Dignity and Avengers Social Club, Stranger, Whisper, The Most Beautiful Goodbye. And currently this beauty and My Mister. So thankful for Korean cable!
Really well done. Excellent acting, direction and writing. All the characters had multiple layers and were fascinating to watch as a result. Park Jin Hee did a terrific job stepping into the middle of the mess and she blended in very quickly. I sincerely hope Go Hyun Jung is not permanently damaged as a result of her blow up on set.
I'm still waiting for bad guys 2 and that ended a long time ago ;(They better not take this...
In the long run I think it will be good for Kdrama to gain a wider audience. IF people watch, and IF Netflix starts picking up more higher rated shows. They are concentrating on mostly cable stuff now, because the cable channels have signed a deal for their dramas to go to Netflix. It's a very big thing for Kdrama to take this next step towards getting more people interested. Frankly, since these are cable shows, we always had trouble with so many of them not getting subbed at all, so if it means it will be subbed eventually by Netflix, I am willing to wait and marathon it rather than never see it subbed. :)
This drama starts out rather slowly, but, I promise you, if you will give it a chance, by episode 3 or 4 you will be riding with these characters and rooting for them, laughing with them, crying with them, and getting angry with them. Fabulous acting by a group of familiar faces who don't normally stand in the limelight, and this production is all the better for letting all of them shine equally in this. It's an awesome ensemble and I do wish Kdrama leaned more toward sequels.
I was especially thrilled to see Shin Dong Wook as he slowly gains larger parts in his return to acting. He has struggled with a terribly destructive and rare disease and I wasn't sure we would ever see him again after all these years. It was wonderful to see him looking so healthy!
Ah a sweet ending. Really lovely and worth a tick up in rating. Unusual to have a drama like this. They could have gone with the bad boy like so many dramas do. Just loved this couple.
But...it's probably going to be that relationship with Da Hye that is going to sour me on this drama. I cannot stand the obsessive ex cliche anymore.