A flashback shows that the cops witnessed a man beating his wife in public and did NOTHING. He was one of Mantis's victims. She stepped in because the cops are too dumb/lazy to do their job apparently. Then the present time cops finally get around to thinking of the first and most obvious question to find the killer. Who would know about the original killings? Of course they don't actually investigate it, they just ask Mantis "who she remembers" from back then. Stupid, but whatever. We finally get an interesting character in the boy next door. They do not take him in for questioning until they get into a physical altercation after illegally trespassing on his property without a warrant. Oh, and when they do take him in, they do not rid him of the weapons he's keeping on his person. He can just casually bring them out of his pocket during an interrogation. Meanwhile the other criminal who's hospitalized after being shot in the head is able to take out the cop watching him and escape with no real issue. She had no defense against a slightly agitated recent coma patient. And the Mantis also escapes, in a very silly Hannibal Lector scene, where the only cop on duty to guard that entire house jail gets tricked into taking her secretly attained poison. Because no one was ever checking her space and no backup or medical people are available to call. What does Mama Mantis want? Still no clue. Maybe she'll get her daughter-in-law to realize just how shit the cops are at helping anyone. Is ML gonna make it all about him again? Yeah probably. So it's a mixed bag. Boy next door is an actually compelling character, and with Mama Mantis on the loose, maybe she'll finally do something interesting. But yeah, literally all of these cops are completely useless. They suck at their job.
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WTH man. I get it by now that these are basically all bad people (except Gao), I get that Hua is like a crazy yandere, but I didnt think we would get straight up r*pe in this show. And not 1, but 2?! So gross. I was in this for the mystery of what Hua's past was, why he was doing all this, but it seems like there is no real answer. He just likes him and is a manipulator who has gotten a lot of power. And it seems like the show is framing itself as a messed up romance of these shitty people being awful to each other. But hey they have sick relatives, so feel bad for them I guess. This is wild. But I still feel compelled to see where this goes. I was at least sorta rooting for the Gao/Shen relationship since it seemed somewhat better than the main pair, but not after this.
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As unprofessional as the police are to be talking openly about case details in public, they are correct about what happened. They figured it all out very quickly. They were able to see through the suspects’ lies and gathered evidence. They’re NOT as incompetent and easily fooled as she thought they would be. So I maintain that she’s just been making everything way more messy than it needs to be. Just report the crimes when they happen, so even if somehow the first time they “can’t do anything” there’s a paper trail of the history. Then getting these people locked up or at the very least a restraining order should be straightforward. She has a very strong case. She was even going to go to school to be a lawyer. She MUST know she’s in a position to get legal protection. But instead she planned and executed a murder. She is guilty, even if her dad was scum. So what, is she going to somehow keep coming across people bad enough to “deserve it” just so she has an excuse to be clumsily manipulative for the audience’s sake? And she was scouted because she’s pretty, but how does that in any way mean she can act? Or are they saying her looks are good enough to carry her bc people really just want to watch pretty starlets? I mean I guess that’s kinda true… going by reviews for a lot of shows. I’m curious about the adult timeline where she’s an actress, but this is so silly, I think I’m gonna drop it. Maybe I'll give it 1 more episode. Ugh.
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I have to wonder why none of these assaults are ever reported outright? Like last episode, the kids didn’t tell the hospital or cops that the stepmom tried to kill her? Or that they were going to use her for CP? No one in the hospital noticed the evidence? No one asked the kids what happened at ALL? Or the harassment, stalking, and social media stuff at her job? Strangers are creating intense online noise about her, posting her picture all over the place, because she's a pretty waitress. Taking creepy voyeuristic photos of her every day. Even if she doesn't care about that, her dad stalking her, breaking into her house, attacking her for money? Like there’s SO many times she could take quick legal action and solve her problems. She initially wanted to be a lawyer, so she would know this. But she needs to do everything in a roundabout, convoluted way. She seems to innately dislike and distrust the law, but we never see any reason canonically WHY. She's just never interacted with them at all. And apparently there’s apparently no CCTV anywhere? Or is she just not interested in the mountain of evidence of crimes she could easily report?
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The first small child part was fine (even if that fall definitely would not kill a person) but then the current timeline introduction is just text explaining to the audience who she is, her past, her methods, etc. Like surely that should just be shown to us? But then the whole teenager storyline was kinda… not great. I can’t tell if she’s supposed to already be a "master manipulator" at this stage. She’s getting some results she wants, but also she’s not acting or anything. She’s blatantly deadpan and confrontational. Openly defying people, openly accusing people, just not directly going to authorities. She’s not really doing anything to manipulate the people around her. The cartoonishly evil girl just openly makes an ass of herself and others just leave clear evidence of their misdeeds that she then anonymously reports. And boys do what she wants… for some reason? It was honestly all pretty cringe.What is going to be her goal? Or does she even have one? The synopsis says “when her ambitions are threatened, her darker nature emerges” so is she just living her life and when others are mean to her she just hits back way harder? What are her "ambitions"?
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Suddenly Mister likes her romantically? Gross. I liked him as the kind father/uncle figure. The melodrama is also getting a little silly, but I guess it has been for a while. But seriously, I just need 1 man to interact with FL in a nice way and not want her.
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I'm having real trouble sticking with this series. It has high ratings, and I've seen people gush about it, but I'm 3 episodes in now and still don't really see the point. There is a copycat killer that the cops have apparently no hope of catching, so they make a deal to talk to the original killer from 20 years ago. But what help is she? She has no information on this new killer, she already confessed to all of her crimes, so the police have all the relevant info on who/when/how she killed. She's not some brilliant psychiatrist or profiler like Hannibal Lector. She's JUST a killer that a new killer is copying. Talking to her has done nothing except have the cop son repeat over and over that she's a criminal and he doesn't want to talk to her. Nothing is happening in terms of any characters' relationships. Nothing is really progressing in terms of the investigation. We don't know anything about any of our leads besides "cop" or "criminal." Now we finally get SOMETHING in the ML realizing mom must have killed dad, but this doesn't seem to change literally anything. He doesn't care about the motivation behind it. He still hates her for being a killer. She hasn't changed her mind or attitude about any of it. And the copycat kill is already done. There's no point to her involvement with the cops.The only thing they should be looking into for her is who she's had contact with and/or who has had access to her information to know about the kills. The prison should have records they can check and the rest is just going over who she was close to back in the day. This is boring and frustrating me, but I want to give it one more episode to convince me.
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay Episode 12
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The only episode so far I haven't really enjoyed. Don't love the contrived "twist" reveals. Was really hoping the show was going somewhere more original. The emotional and plot beats are starting to feel like every other show out there, when what I really liked was how fresh this series was. Feels like we're hitting the classic drama third act slump. Hopefully it can pull it together by the end.
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay Episode 8
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This was a good episode, but I'm seeing this concerning pattern of Ko Moon Young being physically attacked and no one checking on her or caring for her well-being. In the first episode she was nearly killed and all anyone cared about was that Moon Gang Tae got his hand cut when he stopped her from attacking back. In another episode her father also tried to kill her, right out in public and all anyone cared about was the FATHER's well-being. No one checked on her. When Ju-ri hit her and she fought back, only she got scolded. When Moon Sang Tae attacked her over the doll, SHE was visibly hurt while he wasn't at all, but she got told off for fighting. Now another man punches her in the face in broad daylight, on hospital grounds, and the staff only cares that Moon Gang Tae fought him off. Like, the filmmakers are not putting on the makeup to show the injuries because they want the FL to look pretty, but she would have ugly bruising on her face and neck for ages after these attacks. And NO ONE ever checks on her. It's getting really concerning.
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So… Sheng is just… ok with the fact that he was stalked for 15 years, manipulated, physically and sexually assaulted? He's just… continuing to have a romantic relationship with this person. This person who is 100% out of their mind. Like I know Sheng is also a shitty person, but he's not psychotic like Hua. Dude said if Sheng wanted to mark him he would get surgery to become a beta. Maybe for the good of humanity they should suggest that? If he's willing to get rid of his power, maybe do that and then check him into a psychiatric hospital.
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Mr. Alpha has been kinda a prick at times, pushing boundaries, establishing a power hierarchy, and generally pressuring this guy for… a relationship? Or at least sex. It's unclear. So I feel annoyed by him taking advantage of how down on his luck this Mr. Omega is. But then I know that Omega is actually not so meek and sad as he's pretending to be. Yes, based on the show synopsis I know he's this secret type. And based on context clues he's probably also the mysterious illegitimate son/ head of big company. So that means he's not even poor. I wonder if his sister in the hospital is even real. So he's playing the role that he knows that asshole Alphas love to take advantage of to lure this guy in. So… am I meant to feel bad for Mr. Alpha? I don't. He still straight up paid someone desperate's hospital bill then told them to pay it off by sleeping with him. That's blackmail. Attempted blackmail, since Omega didn't go with it, but still a fucked up thing to do. So I guess now I'm just curious as to Omega's motives. Is he another rich prick just getting his kicks? I don't think so. Too much hassle. He's gotta have a past with shitty rich Alpha's what with being an illegitimate son of a CEO. And he immediately took over the company and changed the name. Maybe this is some sort of revenge/power play over Alphas? Maybe he's looking to get his hands on S-tier Alpha genes to mix with his super special genes for a super ultra special kid? I'm in it for the mystery. And MAYBE once things get revealed they'll have an actual romance.
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Wedding Impossible Episode 4
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I loved eps 1-3, but this episode started going a little bit downhill. Still having a good time, but the little brother is kinda…dumb? Like not as an actual character trait, but the writing for him is dumb. You outright tell someone that you dislike them, but are going to make them fall for you so you can dump them, to keep them away from your brother? How do you expect that to work? You TOLD her it's fake and you have other motives. Then you decide ok, scrap that since she's not gonna fall for it, then just outright send her on a date? I thought he was going to hire someone to make her fall for them. If you TELL her you're setting her up, why would she fall for the bait? And the even more annoying thing is that by the end of the episode, she does seem to be kinda sorta getting feelings for him? It's so annoying. I like her close friendship with older brother, and it was kinda fun that lil bro trying to sabotage it knowing they'd end up falling for each other, but this direction is ludicrous. We barely even got to see big bro this ep!
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