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Formulaic execution of one of my favorite dynamics, with a tacked on happy end
Were I a bundle of unbridled rage, I wouldn't bother with a review, so: I appreciate the sexual chemistry, humor, fight scenes, and opening song as well as the general vibes. Having checked off the obligatory nuance, there's no way I'll gloss over the weak storyline and crime aspects. No, I don't expect 16 hours of build-up to a cataclysmic revelation that shakes the very foundation of who Chaeha and Taeseon are (One can dream!). In a different story, I wouldn't mind Chaeha jumping in front of a knife for Taeseon at the halfway mark already, and I guess it makes sense on paper why he does it here. I would have enjoyed myself more, though, had the threats been mounting for longer.
As it is, it feels like the writers thought, "Okay, we're at this point in the episode count, so it's time for XYZ sex scene," and "Oh, now this much time has passed, so we need to insert dramatic scene number 5." Like, what? Sure, the leads convey their characters' heightened states competently, but... Did I not catch the memo that the proverbs have been modified to "the reward is the reward" and "pleasure is half the pleasure"? (Though I guess that second one is technically correct because anticipation can still be the other half, it's just that that's missing here.) For the love of God, that's not what I want. Reasonably high-stakes scenarios should come with enough time for me to sit with my emotions and wallow in the pain! I need to be able to kid myself that bad things will actually happen and that everyone's issues will only be resolved in the next 5 episodes, not in the next 5 minutes!
This show is off to a strong start but doesn't deliver and honestly lacks creativity (of course, Chaeha gets knifed more than once). It is unfortunate, but having watched Beyond Evil, The Devil Judge, and Hannibal's much more thrilling portrayals of this kind of dynamic, I'm not sold on The Prosecutor's Proposal's version. I read a comment calling this story half-baked, and I regrettably must concur. There's a BL in my future that will do the morally gray-but-also-fighting-for-what's-right-and-definitely-BDSM-flavored "I will die and kill (for) you"-duo justice, no doubt.
As it is, it feels like the writers thought, "Okay, we're at this point in the episode count, so it's time for XYZ sex scene," and "Oh, now this much time has passed, so we need to insert dramatic scene number 5." Like, what? Sure, the leads convey their characters' heightened states competently, but... Did I not catch the memo that the proverbs have been modified to "the reward is the reward" and "pleasure is half the pleasure"? (Though I guess that second one is technically correct because anticipation can still be the other half, it's just that that's missing here.) For the love of God, that's not what I want. Reasonably high-stakes scenarios should come with enough time for me to sit with my emotions and wallow in the pain! I need to be able to kid myself that bad things will actually happen and that everyone's issues will only be resolved in the next 5 episodes, not in the next 5 minutes!
This show is off to a strong start but doesn't deliver and honestly lacks creativity (of course, Chaeha gets knifed more than once). It is unfortunate, but having watched Beyond Evil, The Devil Judge, and Hannibal's much more thrilling portrayals of this kind of dynamic, I'm not sold on The Prosecutor's Proposal's version. I read a comment calling this story half-baked, and I regrettably must concur. There's a BL in my future that will do the morally gray-but-also-fighting-for-what's-right-and-definitely-BDSM-flavored "I will die and kill (for) you"-duo justice, no doubt.
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