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It's 2022. Why do writers still create these quirky, highly animated, always-screaming, caricature-ish female leads instead of, you know, being normal, functioning and fully-developed? Who the heck act like that in real life anyway?

I believe that's the point of the episode. It's literally entitled "Signal," meaning the signs are there, but the characters are ignoring it. Thus, there is that feeling of the episode being predictable because the "secrets" have been telegraphed very obviously to keep up with the episode's theme. So yeah, imho, it was predictable for a reason.

I absolutely love the premiere episode. So wonderfully written and executed. The way the episode was wrapped around its theme of "signal" is a thing of beauty. There is a wonderful balance of the leads being likeable but also noticeably flawed. My only little gripe is that it could have ended better. I really didn't need the last 5 minutes. Could have been pushed back to next episode. But whatever, that's just nitpicking. Can't wait for the next episode.

Really love the high school part of the story. It's effortless, engaging and natural. Unfortunately, I can't say the same with the present storyline, which seems forced and really contrived.

The mystery artist the female lead needs just happened to be her ex? The documentary got viral just when the female lead needs her ex for her job? The producer that would possibly handle the documentary in the present just happened to be the lead guy's best friend? Ugh. See, these contrivances just felt so forced, making the current timeline just a chore to watch.

But yeah, it's the first episode, and I'm still hopeful the current timeline picks up.

I still really love this series, but they seriously need to shift the narrative of Inspector Koo being one step behind "K." It's going to be very tiring and predictable since there's little to no mystery as to who is doing the killings, and we're just waiting for her to catch up.

First two episodes are incredible. Acting is obviously great; writing is very sharp, and the directing is very showy (that one-shot sequence of Lee Young Ae reenacting the deaths of the people involved in the boat incident? SUPERB). I'm so in.

Vincenzo literally had someone set a mansion on fire as its first sequence. How is it the same vibe as this quiet, laidback romcom? lol

This kind of series is heavily reliant on the charm and chemistry of its leads. Thankfully, Shin Min Ah and Kim Seon Ho have plenty of it. It's the kind of sweet and uplifting drama we all need right now in these times when the world is just too depressing to deal with. It would remind you that there is still kindness in chaos, that there is beauty in simplicity. Wonderful first episode.

I have so many problems with this series' premiere. The major one being, the genre shifts from mystery to family drama to romance back to mystery are just too jarring. There was even an attempt at comedy by making a caricature out of a female character. Great!

It's as if I was watching 4 different series. I hate to make a comparison, but When The Camellia Blooms wonderfully blends similar genres to create a compelling story. You Are My Spring, however, is just a complete mess. Worse, none of those genres actually work, except, maybe, the family drama backstory, but that's about it.

Other than that, there is just little to no chemistry between the leads at all. This lack of chemistry snowballs into the middle part being such a slog to go through. The plot and the dialogues also just felt so unnatural. I mean, a murder just happened, and these people in the very same building are just eating in the rooftop, going on with their life as if it's no big deal? What?

Idk, I'm probably being critical because I had high expectations for this. But oh boy did this crash and burn on the very first episode.

Again, the fact that you continue to complain about the protagonist's incompetence and questionable decision-making, even if people (myself included) have already explained that it's vital to the theme of the story, means you did miss the point of the series completely.

Not very familiar with the laws of Korea, but the series did explicitly point out that according to their law, without the victim's body, there will be no indictment. This is especially highlighted with the flashbacks of the dilemma of Dong Shik's previous partner. He felt like he needed to be very sure and precise this time to not repeat the mistakes in the past. He did search the house, but found nothing anyway. The suggestions you made would only result to circumstantial evidence, not enough for the case to stand, and that was what Dong Shik was avoiding.

Again, it was not the most sound and logical thing to do. Dong Shik did mention it himself later in the episodes. He regretted it big time, which is why he insisted on going to jail for it.

And lol, the main theme of the series, given the big reveal in the end, is to expose how corrupt and incompetent the police force is. How can someone not be very sure that it's intentional is beyond me. It's not absurd. These abuse of power and severe incompetence are in fact prevalent in our society, and the series did not shy away from talking about it. It's even brave enough to have their main protagonist be an example of such incompetence, as highlighted by his actions that you've complained about.

Those abuse, incompetence and questionable decision-making are the driving force of this series' narrative, and so if you just see them as "absurd," then you missed the entire point of the series entirely.

That's literally the point of the series. They're not supposed to be this straight-forward, amazing detectives. Watch CSI or Detective Conan, for that. The two main characters are supposed to be flawed characters that will have their morals tested. Their decisions are going to be marred by their attachment to people around them. That's what made the series amazing, and transformed the characters into flawed and utterly grounded humans. And besides, they did get their punishment for their shortcomings by the end anyway.