Freade

I can't help but agree with some of the other comments here. Promising premise, not great execution. I think some people have been EXTREMELY nice with their reviews, and I personally wouldn't recommend this to others if they are expecting something as riveting as some described.

I gave it 4 and a quarter episodes, before I had to constantly skip through the rest (just like skim reading a book, apart from some potentially interesting parts) just to get to the end - a first for me. I wouldn't say it was awful, but it had multiple problematic issues that stayed throughout it's entirety, which kept it from being anywhere near what people have gassed it up to be.

I'm normally the one to give benefit of the doubt for series that are generally considered ''meh'' or worse, and after watching, I normally end up thinking it was a lot better than what people described. So most of the ratings I give are higher than other people's.. but this just didn't work.

Again, there's much worse out there, but this could have been much more engaging. It's a shame. I think it's because you're expecting so much more out of it each episode, and you know what they could easily do with it, but it just... doesn't happen - and then when it actually does look like it's going to happen, the execution is kind of poor (on top of it having the multiple continuous issues throughout, as I mentioned above).. so it stops you from really connecting with the story and everything just falls flat. I just wasn't able to immerse myself into the world, or actually believe who the characters were, what they were saying, nor get behind this story of redemption this time around.

Overall, if it was able to fix the issues it had and tweaked quite a few things within the story - this could have been one of the best series of the year. They had all the potential at the palm of their hands, and they just let it... slip through. This wasn't a mystery, and much less a thriller. I felt nothing in the final episode, which was supposed to contain a big payoff, a conclusion, and a somewhat emotional wrap up to things. Some of that can be attributed to the skimming, the rest.. just a lack of care after experiencing the poor elements from this series.
I didn't automatically go searching for if there was a ''season 2'' being produced, or subconsciously not quite want the story to end, or to not want to have to let go of the characters for now just yet. Neither did I feel any of the emotions I was supposed to feel at any of the emotional beats throughout. They just failed to make me care enough as a viewer.. apart from just wanting to see what happens at the end somewhat - since it was kind of predictable anyway. None of the twists were crazy by any means. There's a big detachment and disconnect here. Disappointing really.

Where have you seen that it's implied this is the final season?

The format of this show could essentially be endlessly repeatable (including twists, etc) if they really wanted

Not to say that this show is incredibly realistic by any means haha, but I just mean like you could plan and research things perfectly.. but when it comes to the action, things don't always play out how you want, no? And yk what they say, ''There is always someone stronger and smarter then you'', etc.

Don't get me wrong, they explored this with the split in S2. And i really like the way they handle this show - but i'm just a bit worried after a certain point, it could become repetitive/predictable and slowly start to take away some of the allure, even with all the different types of cases. That is if they plan to make many seasons of it.

Apart from me selfishly wanting a bit more shine on some of the great villain actors, thats why i also thought it could be good to keep us on our toes. Then we never really know which villains apart from the main ones of the season, will push our main cast to their limits.. and what the effects of that could be.

But i do agree with what you also said.

I did some digging after reading some other comments, and I actually came across the casting lineup for villains. There are some interesting picks. Especially for episode 15-16, so i'm curious to see how and why they are the main villain, if true. The villains we've got already have been pretty grandiose.

As for the military plot, people are speculating that it could be episodes 11-12, since there is no villain listed for those episodes. But we'll just have to wait and see, it could be another surpise

I think it would be interesting to have an early-mid way case be a 3-4 epsioder (instead of the classic 2), and the bad guys actually win really dominantly by the end of the 2nd epsiode. Almost as if the villain outplays the outplayers for once. All of this to show a tiny bit of realism and character growth, knowing that not everything goes perfect in the end all the time. Then by the end of epsiode 3 or 4, the taxi drivers get a huge win in the end.

It would be even better if it wasn't the main villain of the season, to make it less predictable.

I know we've kinda had something similar in a way, where the crew actually split up for a while. But i'd like to see them get tested more here and there surpsisingly by a villain. It adds more tension to all the cases in the end, because then we know not every villain (apart from the main one of the season) will get outplayed straight up.

Just my 2 cents

Aren't they going of off a completely new story for the new season? (They covered most of the actual written story in S1?) So if that's the case, there is a chance.. but just depends on what they'd have in store for him - and if he'd even want to do it

I saw the same info you did, so it confused me bc he looked happy.

Maybe its fake news. Guess it's just a waiting game

can u send the source for this? bc i saw that he said he got hate, but didn't see him saying he didn't agree to participate bc of it

huh??

Why did he get hate.. when he was literally playing a antagonistic character lol?

This is how a lot of shows normally release though lol. If you are also an anime watcher, then this is no biggie

There are other websites you can watch it, unless you want paid ones specifically.

Ohh I see what you mean now. Fair enough. I actually wouldn't of minded more questions being answered too - but I guess we'll just have to see how things plan out from now haha

Yeah, I'm not disagreeing with you, but that's what I mean though - I think they are saving explanations like Wook's crazy dreams, for later down the line. Even he himself questioned it in dialogue. Same thing for things like Captain Kang still being stuck there.. I just don't think they want to tie up all explanations into one big reveal - but more so slowly give us information here and there over the seasons, whilst keeping us on our toes with new questions.

Like I said before; imo they are going to make more then just one future season at this rate.. so that's only really one of the ways they could do it.
If they gave us answers to every question like that, there would be no mystery or suspense anymore = less chance of any new seasons... + any new question brought up, would probably have some form of answer ready for it then at that point.

I said this on another comment.. but do you not think they are doubling down on the questions for a reason. Why would they have every question answered this season, to take all the mystery away from future seasons?

Sure, maybe it wasn't done in the best way.…but imo, they are not stupid - and doing it on purpose to drag it out for specific reasons, for later seasons. As well, I think they are doing small hints/world building, to not only set it up for a season 3, but many more past that.

They probably aren't explaining things yet because it might be premature. They are setting things up for more then one future season(?)... and if so; then all of these questions are being saved for later, for a reason.

I mean it's literally 100% guaranteed that he will be in it - they set it up for another season too. It's just a matter of whether or not, they get the green light to do a season 3.

I've known about how people do the whole 'weird ratings while airing' for years now, on these kinds of sites - and never usually comment on it, nor take any notice - since like you said 'It always evens out later'. However, it's rare that you see such a big drop in ratings like this.. and for a show that truly doesn't deserve it. (So far).

Hopefully it evens out sooner, rather than later though haha.

This rating is ridiculous lol.. we are only 4 episodes in as well? I wish they locked ratings until after the show completed airings.

I understand it dropping a few points, as there are a few things that can put it down - but from an 8.9 to an 8.0 (soon to be 7.9) in a matter of days for NO REAL REASON.. is so stupid. The way people rate shows on here, can be so toxic lol..

If anyone is thinking about watching this.. do it! It's worth an 8.5+ rating as a minimum so far imo.