Jumvengers, assemble!
I havent come across a show that could make me laugh my heads off and then sob in the next minute since A Dream Within a Dream, until Salon de Holmes came along my feed. I was laughing my heads off with tears in my eyes on Ep 2, then shed quite a bit of tears before 10minutes in, so much that I immediately declared Jung Young Joo to be my new favourite korean actress after Lee Siyoung. Heck this is also my first Lee Siyoung’s show that her character didnt become my most favourite one, cuz hers here was sleuth instead of a full on martial fighter.
The show tells the story of 4 women in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s who met each other in a mall hostage incident where they ended up solving the mistress mystery of the gunwoman. Forming a group of friendly neighbourhood sleuths to pass their time, the first case being a simple parking hoarder gradually escalated into a more serious case with each episode, that eventually led them to Gong Miri’s childhood nightmare, the serial killer, Ribbon Man.
This is the first show of Lee Siyoung’s that I saw of her taking up a cheerful, classic clumsy housewife role with no martial ability. All the past roles that i saw of her are cold and reserved women with fighting ability. This Gong Miri role gave me a different perspective of Lee Siyoung’s talent that i never expected of. She was really good at playing Gong Miri that I stopped seeing her as the boxer Lee Siyoung. She really nailed this role that depicts of a housewife who has a rare talent at sniffing clues and deducing mysteries, yet also struggling to handle her in-laws while being frustrated at her husband who’s having problem in the bedroom chores, like how she did her other shows.
Although I liked Gong Miri, i loved Jung Youngjoo’s Chu ‘The Hulk’ Gyeongja even more! Becoming a housewife when she was at the rising stride of her policewoman career was the hard choice she had to make in order to make concessions for her then mentee turned husband upon her retirement. Her husband had been her subordinate when she was in the force, but his low self-esteem never dwindled even after she left, hence he never stopped putting her down when they were around his subordinates. Chu generally plays along but when he pushed her buttons too hard, she had no qualms to turn to violence, which usually puts her husband back in his place cuz he is no match for her strength.
I really love the flow of the plot that gradually escalated from petty parking fights and garbage owner tracking to decade-long serial killer hunt. The writers are also really brilliant at incorporating comedic scenes into sob scenes then goes directly to thrillers. I also love the fact that the lives of the housewives is depicted to be closest to normal daily life with partriachal husbands to bedroom problems to the schoolchildren’s bullying cancer which many viewers can relate to.
The fightings are really good and they definitely did not spare an effort to make our main characters bruise and bleed, or even crack a bone or two for our retired police officer. I miss seeing Le Siyoung fight though, cuz she did none in here. Okay she’s got a few clumsy brawls but that’s just about it, no fancy martial art moves other than those executed by Jung Youngjoo’s Chu ‘The Hulk’ Gyeongja. Like, for real, it is truly mindblowing to know that Jung’s age had been 53 when she filmed the show. All her moves were powerful and she definitely didnt look like someone in her 50s 🤯 This is one of the few things that I admire about kdrama industry - they do not give a qualm about hiring actresses at veteran age as main lead. This is definitely not the first kdrama that I saw above 50yo actress taking up the lead helm. Truly inspiring.
This show definitely did not disappoint and I can’t wait for season 2!
The show tells the story of 4 women in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s who met each other in a mall hostage incident where they ended up solving the mistress mystery of the gunwoman. Forming a group of friendly neighbourhood sleuths to pass their time, the first case being a simple parking hoarder gradually escalated into a more serious case with each episode, that eventually led them to Gong Miri’s childhood nightmare, the serial killer, Ribbon Man.
This is the first show of Lee Siyoung’s that I saw of her taking up a cheerful, classic clumsy housewife role with no martial ability. All the past roles that i saw of her are cold and reserved women with fighting ability. This Gong Miri role gave me a different perspective of Lee Siyoung’s talent that i never expected of. She was really good at playing Gong Miri that I stopped seeing her as the boxer Lee Siyoung. She really nailed this role that depicts of a housewife who has a rare talent at sniffing clues and deducing mysteries, yet also struggling to handle her in-laws while being frustrated at her husband who’s having problem in the bedroom chores, like how she did her other shows.
Although I liked Gong Miri, i loved Jung Youngjoo’s Chu ‘The Hulk’ Gyeongja even more! Becoming a housewife when she was at the rising stride of her policewoman career was the hard choice she had to make in order to make concessions for her then mentee turned husband upon her retirement. Her husband had been her subordinate when she was in the force, but his low self-esteem never dwindled even after she left, hence he never stopped putting her down when they were around his subordinates. Chu generally plays along but when he pushed her buttons too hard, she had no qualms to turn to violence, which usually puts her husband back in his place cuz he is no match for her strength.
I really love the flow of the plot that gradually escalated from petty parking fights and garbage owner tracking to decade-long serial killer hunt. The writers are also really brilliant at incorporating comedic scenes into sob scenes then goes directly to thrillers. I also love the fact that the lives of the housewives is depicted to be closest to normal daily life with partriachal husbands to bedroom problems to the schoolchildren’s bullying cancer which many viewers can relate to.
The fightings are really good and they definitely did not spare an effort to make our main characters bruise and bleed, or even crack a bone or two for our retired police officer. I miss seeing Le Siyoung fight though, cuz she did none in here. Okay she’s got a few clumsy brawls but that’s just about it, no fancy martial art moves other than those executed by Jung Youngjoo’s Chu ‘The Hulk’ Gyeongja. Like, for real, it is truly mindblowing to know that Jung’s age had been 53 when she filmed the show. All her moves were powerful and she definitely didnt look like someone in her 50s 🤯 This is one of the few things that I admire about kdrama industry - they do not give a qualm about hiring actresses at veteran age as main lead. This is definitely not the first kdrama that I saw above 50yo actress taking up the lead helm. Truly inspiring.
This show definitely did not disappoint and I can’t wait for season 2!
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