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Again, i know why they do it - doesnt make it less annoying

I know why they do it - doesnt make it less annoying

exactly!

Pretty damn good. A few draggy spots and I could have dome without the annoying mother's club lady (she eventually becomes the head of it) Otherwise, really good story and characters.
Such a great departure for Im Ji Yen from Glory(she is wonderful in both these roles) - she really nailed it here.
ML was fantastic in dual roles and man could you feel his longing from the FL - this truly was a man who loved this woman with every fiber of his being.
Didnt like Man Seok's ending - felt kind of unnecessary
So glad it had a happy ending - getting very tired of the tragic or open endings - I like clear closure on my stories and I dont need tragedy (enough of that in the real world right now)
Speaking of the ending, while I was generally happy with it - this was also probably one place they kind of failed - in the usual vein of being rushed. Not enough info about brother coming back - would have been kind of interesting if they had run his story along with the main story - where was he, what was he doing, what happened to him - it was always clear they were going to have bring him back, but they wait too long and not enough time on it - while they give us a quick recap - would have been good to actually see - its almost is its own story.

I originally dropped this after ep 1 because I couldn't stand the FL character (childish voice, dumb as a rock) - came back to try again while I was waiting for something else to finish. I pushed my way through because of BinBin and the Demon brothers - otherwise, this was not very enjoyable for me.
Never did like the FL - I just hate this thing they do where they are going for 'naive' because she has been hidden away for 18 yrs (they never really did explain why she wasn't allowed to leave the house for 18yrs - but, ok) - but they just come across as so dumb, add in the super-childish voce and it is just painful to watch. I could write pages about awful this character was - just so poorly written.
She makes mistake after mistake cause she doesn't really use her head - then causes chaos, needs to be rescued, which leads to ML or 2ML getting injured in some way - which then causes other issues - she was just a walking hot mess. And, after doing this multiple times, it just got annoying. She was another FL that I just did not understand why these 2 men were willing to give up their very lives for her - she just wasn't worth it all. I really had it when she seals off her Devine powers just so she can be with the guy - really! what kind of message is that - give up your very essence just so you can be with a guy - yeah, NOOOO. And, of course, in the end - an almost fatal mistake.
Cant say I cared for the actress playing this character either. She spends most of the drama looking like a sad puppy with the furrowed brow - trying to be either sad or concerned - not sure which.
I cannot stand these loves story that do the noble sacrifice thing - let me give up my life for you - but not gonna tell you I am making this HUGE decision until its too late (cause I dont want you to be sad 😞 - ugh!!!!). It drives me nuts because its about agency and people getting to make their own choices and yet, here we have two people who are supposed to love each other who contstantly make life-altering decisions that impact that person, without discussing and letting them make their own choices (I know, I know, it doesn't create as much drama - but, it can be done)

Not bad, but not good either - somewhere in the middle
VERY slow and draggy
Not any real sizzle between main couple - better chemistry between other couples. They do have some 'cute' moments and slightly better towards the end, but mostly non-existent through most of this.
Biggest flaw was making the FL so mean and violent for a big chunk of this (especially at the beginning - which is when we get invested in the characters). The downright domestic abuse and violence was pretty bad on her part. It really broke me the ML starts to negotiate with her about where to hit him - this is just soooo wrong and had roles been reversed, everyone would be in an outrage instead of thinking it funny or playing it off as her just having a temper - no, it was outright abuse.
It also didnt help at how meek and mild they made the ML. I get what they were going for - but it was a bit ridiculous
So, really, two badly written main characters. I could at least go with it because of the ML actor, but the FL actress just didnt do it for me.
You also know the pairing is bad when you are rooting for them to NOT be together.
Wulang had to be my favorite character of the whole drama - gotta go see what else he is in!

I could go with initially not being able to process - but 8yrs later and it still hasn't crossed her mind - yeah, no, just didn't work for me.
I also kept hoping they would redeem Peng - he really had suffered enough

pretty darn good for a short - totally with a watch
Ignore the very end - this is totally a censorship add-in because of their weird rules around transmigration

way more interesting than I thought is was going to be - especially since I am not a big fan of Kpop dramas. Not a big fan of the whole trainee/kpop industry and what it does to these young people. Also - all the terrible, choreographed/lip-syncing, staged performances - but, mostly, its the fan culture that this industry has created that drives me the most nuts
Was a bit disappointed that there was allusion to some sort of romance between Jenna and Jae hyun (even alluded to in the photos on this page). He even admits to his aunt that he likes her and then they just did nothing with it. I know it wasn't the focus - but why even go there at all if you aren't going to do anything with it - just weird.
The Du-Ho story is the most heartbreaking
Could soooo done without all the screaming - both Hyun-ji and Biyong - it was just too much of it and got repetitive.

you are only coming to this series now if you are a Bai Yu fan - otherwise, skip it.
Horrible script, bad direction, low production quality - VERY dated.
FL is kind of annoying - she talks way too much, her analysis of things take way too long (I will give it to the actress - she had way more lines to memorize than anyone else in this drama!)
So NOT believable that they would pick a rookie cop, still in training/school to infiltrate a high functioning murder gang. The only interesting part of this for me was to see how the character, from the beginning - just thought she was smarter than everyone else - all the while, getting played and everyone knew it. It brought me back to the beginning and her not seeing that Dr. Xu liked her - even when everyone else around her knew it. It just screams - I don't pay attention to stuff around me very well - which then lends to the problem of her being a criminal psychologist. This really was one of the most flawed female characters I have seen in a while.

you are only coming to this series now if you are a Bai Yu fan - otherwise, skip it.
Horrible script, bad direction, low production quality - VERY dated, FL is kind of annoying.

Just finished this and my god - what absolutely horrendous writing. I really only stuck it out because of Bai Yu.
Now, I get it - its from 2016 - but it felt like it was from the 90's with the bad Flock of Seagulls hair for too many of the male characters (like, seriously, someone had a fetish for the sever side part, come-over). Way too heavy makeup for the guys (which is funny, cause it's usually a problem on the female character end) - but the heavy contouring for the ML was laughable.
And whoever wrote this had some very serious issues with women - the first three 'cases' involved rape that got more violent as we went along - it was kind of disturbing.
They also did not know how to right a bad-ass woman character - they just thought if we make her act like a guy (be all tough and hang on the guys around you and slap them around) - that will do it, cause she is pretty. Instead, she just came across as bratty and arrogant. I constantly thought that if this was a male character - we would have hated him for those reasons, but, no, because its a woman and she is pretty - I am supposed to think she is badass - yeah, no.
I knew this was going to be dated and had read a bunch of the comments as I was deciding to watch or not and folks said it was worth it because the main couple had great chemistry. I guess they just liked all the kissing scenes - cause I did not enjoy them as a couple at all. He was super-pushy and got SUPER clingy once together. She was just a brat most of the time (which was an attempt at her being 'fiesty') Now, I did enjoy that he totally had her number - but it just got old, real quick. So many second-hand embarrassment moments for her - mostly of her own making cause she kept wanting to show off.
She really had a need to be the center of attention and when she went from the big fish in the small pond, to the small fish in the big pond - it just got worse.
REALLY got tired of all her monologues - so just wanted her shut up after a while
And she wasn't even that great at her job - almost every analysis she did was wrong and she missed key points in almost everything. After a while, I couldn't even really understand why she was there or what she added - cause most of the cases were solved by the ML.
You also can't make me believe that a woman who is afraid of heights and has no sense of direction would ever become a cop.
And do not even get me started on how they chose to dress this character - my god! The stiletto high heels everywhere were just so stupid.

Just finished this and I have rather mixed feelings about it. It wasn't bad - but too many things that just didnt work (for me)
Right out of the gate it was the whole premise of the best friend/roommate who has killed herself - am I really supposed to believe that the FL just falls apart because her bestie came to her, pretty much out of the blue and declares she is in love with her boyfriend and thinks she should break up with him so she can have a shot - like, wtf absurdity is this! and when the FL says no, she runs off and kills herself?? And she doesn't find ANYTHING odd about this?? No, instead, let me consume myself with guilt, break up with my boyfriend and runaway. I just couldn't buy to this narrative AT ALL.
Someone PLEASE go save the goldfish from that tiny, TINY bowl she sticks it - just drove me nuts every time they showed it - its a fish and needs space to swim!
Had NO sympathy for the mother, AT ALL. She abandons her child, leaves him with an abusive parent and pretty much just goes on with her life. While she claims to have looked for him - she is married to a frickin' police officer! You cannot make me believe, in any way - that there wasnt more she could have done with the help of her husband - this was just absurd. Then, when she does find him - all she does is cry and constantly puts the FL in completely awkward situations to help her. Nope, not a big fan of this character at all.
Romance/chemistry of main couple just didnt work for me. They had their cute moments and I did like, once together, they had good communication - but there really wasn't much spark there.
As usual - it takes waaaayy too long for them to even get together and the whole, original misunderstanding, was just stupid and when she does finally blurt out what it is (after he has asked , very respectfully multiple times) - it was just a nothing-burger. It was a 'thorn' (her words) - that she has completely manufactured in her head and if she had ,just once, tried to have a convo - the whole thing could have been resolved - yeah, I know, that doesn't make much for a drama - but it was so stupid!
HATED that Peng's dad suffered NO real consequences or accountability for his behavior -he was an abusive, alcoholic asshole and he he suffers nothing - and the whole thing at the end with him crying and saying sorry - I wanted to throw things at my screen - grrrr!
The actor who played Peng was magnificent! I look forward to seeing him in other things - especially a main ML role.

this could have ben a pretty good drama -but the horrendous subtitling (especially at the end where it was completely missing through much of ep 23) - just ruined it. Usually I would go over to myasianttv to watch - but it's not even been subtitled at all over there yet - which is surprising given it was done in 2023.

started out ok and then just got messy. Ending is a bit weird and not that clear on what happened.
For a cdrama short - its ok and if you need a filler - not bad

short and fun, FL was hysterical. ML pretty decent - totally worth a quick watch

Just finished this and overall it was ok, but I did struggle through it - but happy with the end result
Where I struggled - is, once again a poorly written FL and since she was the center of this drama - it made this drama hard to get through too often. She does get there in the end - but another FL who is kind of unlikeable for far too long that you really want the ML to just walk away. Another FL who is incredibly stubborn to the point of ridiculous - must be pushed the point of her loved one almost dying before she will budge (just makes my head hurt)
Dealing with mental illness - while I want to applaud a drama that even approaches this topic and even mentions someone seeing a psychiatrist - they handled this so poorly. Why is it that the ONLY person who is actively seeing a therapist for 10yrs is the one who goes obsessive/ crazy and tries to injure people and yet it really is the the other three female leads who all could have uses some good therapy. From the FL who clearly has trauma from her childhood (narcissistic, philandering father; mother who kills herself), to the bestie who has been in a domestic violence marriage, to the other bestie who clearly has anger issues and needs to be in couples therapy - ALL could have used a good therapist. But, yeah - let's make the one who is actually getting help be the crazy one and the villain of the story.
Domestic violence - again, kudos for even going anywhere near this - but to let the guy off the hook cause you have figured how to get him to stop coming around - with no thought that he would go on to do this to someone else. The appropriate message should have been to call the cops as soon as he breaks into your house and assaults you.
The relationships"
Main - while it does kind of work out in the end - it was just such an unbalanced relationship. He does al the chasing and changing and adjusting, while she just doesn't move at all. Granted, she makes the one big adjustment in the end - but ti was so out of wack for far too long.
Married couple - these two just need to go marriage counseling and no, a baby is not going to fix, what is their inherent problem - she is a drama princess and he is a child.
Introverts - they were a good fit, super-sweet - would have preferred more time here than with married couple.

Yes, she looks her age, which was 40 at the time of filming and the character was only 30. He looks late 20’s to me. Like i said, its more that feels like a mom here and not a love interest

overall, I really enjoyed this and its definitely worth a watch
ML was spectacular in this - have enjoyed him since Mr. Sunshine and he did not disappoint here
FL was just ok for me - has more to do with the character than the actress - she did play her role well - which is the forlorn, sad, woe-is-me girl. As someone else said to me - she just has that resting sad face - so it works for this character.
I do wish they had just made her a little more clever/smarter and here is where it most bothered me:
Right out of the gate with the whole set up - why does she think she is going to outsmart her FBI negotiator trained, special forces husband with her little kidnapping prank? This immediately made me shake my head. Does she know NOTHING about him (I only say this because it was mentioned publicly about him, so she must know). Now,I get it was all for the setup and the phone, etc.. - but she was just so dumb about it all so much of the time. Then there was the whole - I am going to sneak into rebel territory to go see a sunset in my beige/white outfit and headscarf - no problem, I won't get caught - ugh!! 🤦‍♀️ Again - I get it s setup to get us to their reunion which btw, is one of the best - but it was a bit absurd.
These were the two biggest ones for me - there were other smaller ones I could let go
SO very annoyed that there was absolutely no accountability for her mom at then end and that they even try to make her sympathetic - just, no - this woman was horrible and was willing to sell off and pimp her daughter so she could stay in the chairman's good graces - there is no coming back from that.
On the other side - very happy his mom got her comeuppance - but his dad didnt really.
I really like what they did with In-a - it was a great twist on the what could have been the usual, evil sister comeback - so, so happy that they went in a totally different direction - she turned into a great character
Really liked what they did with the news reporter woman - again - the usual setup is to have her be obsessed with the ML - LOVE that she really was just a stan and had no romantic interest in him at all and could easily move to falling for the dr/crime story guy. Also enjoyed that they didnt make him obsessed with FL (which would be the usual) - this made this second coulee VERY refreshing.
Villain was great - they gave us great background on him - he totally made sense and tied so much of the story together (they usually fail big time here)
Now - I dont come and read comments BEFORE I watch a drama (I also wait until its completely finished so I can binge it) - so, I was completely astonished at all the outrage about the last episode - cause I didnt catch it all and I may go back and rewatch to see what everyone is all up in arms about. (and no, I dont need anyone to come and tell me, I am quite familiar with the issue and have worked on ceasefire resolutions in my city). I am just going to point out - that I didnt even notice it AT ALL - mostly because they are talking about made up countries and conflicts and the point of the story at this point is to show was she was back to work and he was off negotiating for the release of hostages

Was excited for this because of Ju Ji Hoon - but, man, was this a huge dissapointment.
No real chemistry between main leads - not bad for younger versions, but for older/current version - pretty non-existent. They tried to play off constant bickering off as chemistry and it's not. So, you were pretty much left with two adults bickering at each other for far too long.
While I enjoyed the younger versions of them slightly more - they still bickered for no real reason. I honestly did not get what he liked about her beyond just being 'pretty' - cause she was very high maintenance and got mad at the drop of the hat.
Another FL written as kind of mean and unpleasant for 2/3 of the drama - which makes it hard to like her and by the time she calms down -when she finally does, I just didnt care anymore and I dont like her and dont want her with the ML.
While they were both pretty childish and petty - FL just had this meanness to her that the ML did not.
I had a hard time believing either of them were in their mid-to late 30's - especially the FL - she was just so childish much of the time). It also did not help the FL character that, once again, let's dress her like a disheveled mess. Now, I get that this was supposed to be reflective of her depression - but it really was a hot mess and it is just not believable that a teacher would go to work like this - certainly the gym clothes, as a PE teacher - but she was also a homeroom teacher and there were times that she looked like she was still in her pajama's.
HATED the two older men colleagues - the vice-principle guy and his constant want to go drinking with everyone, the main gossiper and all around butt-insky was just horrible.
The ML's dad was also pretty bad - just constantly yelled and as soon as he hits the ML - I am out - no redemption for me
The redemption of the bestie was also pretty bad - no consequences whatsoever and they even try to give her a romance at the end - just NO