First off, I would have had Doo Hak's father be against the idea of sending his son to prison for taking the blame…
The ending didn't have enough/a good closure.
To the ending, the bad people got the "easy" way out after everything the ML suffered. Instead of going to prison, the deputy director in a hospital room(idk why) jumps out the window to take his life. The so called mother of Cheol Woong is sent to a psychiatric hospital. This one bugged me because they should have wrote in some way she was the one to set up the plan to kill DH's father or some other crime to send her to prison. She kept slapping Doo Hak's mother and this "punishment" for her was not enough. I wished they had Doo Hak suspecting CW's mother more as the top culprit in this mess instead of CW/the director. He didn't get to have enough hatred of her compared to CW and Director. Make him witness one of the times CW's mother slaps his mother.
For Cheol Woong, he kind of redeems himself when he doesn't shoot Doo Hak and protects him from his father the director. I was expecting him to take a bullet to protect his actual blood related brother but nope. It's weird, Doo Hak takes another bullet and is on the verge of dying only to be alive. They way it was shot really looked like he was gonna die but I guess they wanted to give him a happy ending which he did deserve. Back to Cheol Woong, I thought he need some more time to redeem himself since that's what the writers wanted.
First off, I would have had Doo Hak's father be against the idea of sending his son to prison for taking the blame…
The ending didn't have enough/a good closure.
To the ending, the bad people got the "easy" way out after everything the ML suffered. Instead of going to prison, the deputy director in a hospital room(idk why) jumps out the window to take his life. The so called mother of Cheol Woong is sent to a psychiatric hospital. This one bugged me because they should have wrote in some way she was the one to set up the plan to kill DH's father or some other crime to send her to prison. She kept slapping Doo Hak's mother and this "punishment" for her was not enough. I wished they had Doo Hak suspecting CW's mother more as the top culprit in this mess instead of CW/the director. He didn't get to have enough hatred of her compared to CW and Director. Make him witness one of the times CW's mother slaps his mother.
For Cheol Woong, he kind of redeems himself when he doesn't shoot Doo Hak and protects him from his father the director. I was expecting him to take a bullet to protect his actual blood related brother but nope. It's weird, Doo Hak takes another bullet and is on the verge of dying only to be alive. They way it was shot really looked like he was gonna die but I guess they wanted to give him a happy ending which he did deserve. Back to Cheol Woong, I thought he need some more time to redeem himself since that's what the writers wanted.
I got some thoughts on the show and ideas they could have done instead below.
First off, I would have had Doo Hak's father be against the idea of sending his son to prison for taking the blame over Cheol Woong. Make Cheol Woong and his mother feel trapped until she begs the deputy director Hwang to help. Have him pull shenanigans with his power status to frame the death of the gangster on Doo Hak. The police unexpectedly come to arrest Doo Hak leaving everyone in shock. DH's family tries their best to prove he is guilty but fails. Also have Cheol Woong not admit the truth to add the same but more hatred from Doo Hak to him. The way they originally did this it made people dislike Doo Hak's father decision. Let us hate the villain with their power abuse to frame Doo Hak instead of the father of the protagonist.
Dropped after episode 8. Getting repetitive with the plot twist after plot twist, new case where this suspect is the main killer, that suspect was not the main killer after all, police look dumb, and back to square one. Repeat
First half was pretty fun but then it got stale. Like they just kept going backwards to the contract instead of trying to fight their way out of it. The antagonist motive for this wedding was weird and weak. He wanted her to marry his son because he used to love her mother. So in a way his son would be in his place marrying her daughter in the place of her dead mom? No other reasons revealed to why he wanted this marriage besides he loved her mom.
The wedding of the contract was supposed to be a big obstacle for them to overcome. Instead the FL and SML just rejected the vows at the wedding and that's that. The SML's father kicks his son out of his house and no lessons learn or punishment. Mae Ri's father never is determined to ask his friend why he wants her to marry his son. He is so adamant on her to marry his friend's son because of the wealth and "happier" life. It is only until the end he learns the reason why this happened and learns he should have looked at her side for things like marriage/love. I kind of wish after all that he would kind of accept the ML. Mu Kyul's mother doesn't get a proper resolution as did she finally become a better person or no?
I like the interactions between the 3 leads. I like that the SML who was from the wealthy family didn't become one that would be greedy and force Mae Ri to choose him. It felt like a fair fight I guess. Bonus points to those who like BL because these writers had funny moments that they teased some tension of BL between the 2 leads.
In the last episode before they actual kiss, this is why I freaking loved this couple and the 2 actors. The chemistry between them was such fun. When Hyuga is about to kiss Natsui, he hesitates and messes it up. She laughs and so does he. Then he is able to kiss her. It makes me wonder if this scene was a blooper but they decided to keep it in anyways 😆. But it kind of fit his character.
Just saw the first episode and already I feel underwhelmed and disappointed. The romance to set the leads up just felt flat and forced to me 🤦♂️. The mystery aspect doesn't feel big.
I kind of liked the first 2 episodes then I wanted to stop. So the ML Woo Hyun and Ki Young aka Hades are involved in a fire explosion and one survived. It was Ki Young but they don't bother to do a dna check on the body at all so they go along with it that the surviving body is Woo Hyun. Also the FL does check his fingerprints to see his dna match and it was not the ML. But she keeps it a secret. The fat police detective was going to check his fingerprints but was denied and doesn't check again. Huh
They mention that they did a surgery to make Ki Young's face into Woo Hyun face because they think it's him. Idk how if thats possible. But his face is now as Woo Hyun but his voice should be Ki Young. Of course they don't want to mix that stuff up so they have So Ji Sub play like a different personality/character.
Tldr it's a body swap/fake identity trope. If you think about it the real character of the ML died so it's basically Ki Young as him now. But it's so difficult for me to watch this change when I was invested in the other character of the actor. I think I just hate body swaps trope in dramas. Especially when one of the body died. I rather watch the amnesia trope instead.
Dropped after 7 episodes. It started off decent but when it kicks into the actual timeline, I got bored. The 2 leads are already on good terms ready to become a couple but they will drag it out. There isn't a main plot besides their lives as doctors. There's some sub plots to somewhat keep you interested mainly related to the FL but it's not interesting enough for me to keep watching.
It’s good for the people who enjoyed it, hence the 9.2 rating. But people have different tastes. What’s enjoyable…
I just saw the first episode. It was alright nothing too special. I'm interested in the serious scenes where they tackle his backstory that leads to his depression and the acting between the two.
The shining spot for me is that I have seen this drama is being compared similar to a Cdrama "Shining for one thing". I absolutely loved that drama. I hope this is as good as that one.
I've seen 7 episodes and I am going to stop watching. You Yue the girl who is such a simp and annoying asf is unwatchable. This character does not stop talking at all. This character trope of someone being a simp to their crush when their crush said no to them needs to be gone forever. One of the worst tropes ever.
Not just that but the plot went into the formula of having the MC train at a academy to get stronger trope. This is fine if the MC is interesting enough to keep me invested or doesn't feel filler/less cheesy but I've seen how this stuff goes down often now. And I'm getting tired of this formula.
The amount of negative comments of this drama is concerning to me as I haven't watched it yet. I had very high hopes for this drama. I hope I still like it
I first saw Healer then If you wish upon me and Ji Chang Wook impressed me. I loved those 2 dramas and his character/acting in it. But his dramas after healer until if you wish upon me I just couldn't sit through and watch. It might just be me since romcoms are not my favorite genres.
I thought it would be good as IRIS but after 5 episodes, I feel bored. The pacing with the plot development feels slow. I feel lost at times who is the villain he is fighting against besides the mole in NIS.
The ending really ruined it for lots of fans of the drama. I personally really enjoyed the drama. I don't want to let the ending ruined my love for the drama up to that point. If they HAD to kill off the ML, there were other ways to do it.
They could have killed him off protecting either the FL or SFL. The happier ending would be seeing the ML and FL ride off to the sunset somewhere far away because they just wanted to live peaceful lives. Then in season 2, at the start you can mention offscreen that they were killed in some accident offscreen. It kind of doesn't make sense if IRIS is still alive in season 2 and NSS calls the ML and FL to help but they decline. They should show some scene that IRIS is still alive then end the drama with a scene of the FL and ML happy as a couple.
Sequel to the drama shouldn't be made if you don't get your main cast back because they fit the story and their characters need to finish the story.
To the ending, the bad people got the "easy" way out after everything the ML suffered. Instead of going to prison, the deputy director in a hospital room(idk why) jumps out the window to take his life. The so called mother of Cheol Woong is sent to a psychiatric hospital. This one bugged me because they should have wrote in some way she was the one to set up the plan to kill DH's father or some other crime to send her to prison. She kept slapping Doo Hak's mother and this "punishment" for her was not enough. I wished they had Doo Hak suspecting CW's mother more as the top culprit in this mess instead of CW/the director. He didn't get to have enough hatred of her compared to CW and Director. Make him witness one of the times CW's mother slaps his mother.
For Cheol Woong, he kind of redeems himself when he doesn't shoot Doo Hak and protects him from his father the director. I was expecting him to take a bullet to protect his actual blood related brother but nope. It's weird, Doo Hak takes another bullet and is on the verge of dying only to be alive. They way it was shot really looked like he was gonna die but I guess they wanted to give him a happy ending which he did deserve. Back to Cheol Woong, I thought he need some more time to redeem himself since that's what the writers wanted.
To the ending, the bad people got the "easy" way out after everything the ML suffered. Instead of going to prison, the deputy director in a hospital room(idk why) jumps out the window to take his life. The so called mother of Cheol Woong is sent to a psychiatric hospital. This one bugged me because they should have wrote in some way she was the one to set up the plan to kill DH's father or some other crime to send her to prison. She kept slapping Doo Hak's mother and this "punishment" for her was not enough. I wished they had Doo Hak suspecting CW's mother more as the top culprit in this mess instead of CW/the director. He didn't get to have enough hatred of her compared to CW and Director. Make him witness one of the times CW's mother slaps his mother.
For Cheol Woong, he kind of redeems himself when he doesn't shoot Doo Hak and protects him from his father the director. I was expecting him to take a bullet to protect his actual blood related brother but nope. It's weird, Doo Hak takes another bullet and is on the verge of dying only to be alive. They way it was shot really looked like he was gonna die but I guess they wanted to give him a happy ending which he did deserve. Back to Cheol Woong, I thought he need some more time to redeem himself since that's what the writers wanted.
The wedding of the contract was supposed to be a big obstacle for them to overcome. Instead the FL and SML just rejected the vows at the wedding and that's that. The SML's father kicks his son out of his house and no lessons learn or punishment. Mae Ri's father never is determined to ask his friend why he wants her to marry his son. He is so adamant on her to marry his friend's son because of the wealth and "happier" life. It is only until the end he learns the reason why this happened and learns he should have looked at her side for things like marriage/love. I kind of wish after all that he would kind of accept the ML. Mu Kyul's mother doesn't get a proper resolution as did she finally become a better person or no?
I like the interactions between the 3 leads. I like that the SML who was from the wealthy family didn't become one that would be greedy and force Mae Ri to choose him. It felt like a fair fight I guess. Bonus points to those who like BL because these writers had funny moments that they teased some tension of BL between the 2 leads.
They mention that they did a surgery to make Ki Young's face into Woo Hyun face because they think it's him. Idk how if thats possible. But his face is now as Woo Hyun but his voice should be Ki Young. Of course they don't want to mix that stuff up so they have So Ji Sub play like a different personality/character.
Tldr it's a body swap/fake identity trope. If you think about it the real character of the ML died so it's basically Ki Young as him now. But it's so difficult for me to watch this change when I was invested in the other character of the actor. I think I just hate body swaps trope in dramas. Especially when one of the body died. I rather watch the amnesia trope instead.
The shining spot for me is that I have seen this drama is being compared similar to a Cdrama "Shining for one thing". I absolutely loved that drama. I hope this is as good as that one.
Not just that but the plot went into the formula of having the MC train at a academy to get stronger trope. This is fine if the MC is interesting enough to keep me invested or doesn't feel filler/less cheesy but I've seen how this stuff goes down often now. And I'm getting tired of this formula.
They could have killed him off protecting either the FL or SFL. The happier ending would be seeing the ML and FL ride off to the sunset somewhere far away because they just wanted to live peaceful lives. Then in season 2, at the start you can mention offscreen that they were killed in some accident offscreen. It kind of doesn't make sense if IRIS is still alive in season 2 and NSS calls the ML and FL to help but they decline. They should show some scene that IRIS is still alive then end the drama with a scene of the FL and ML happy as a couple.
Sequel to the drama shouldn't be made if you don't get your main cast back because they fit the story and their characters need to finish the story.