Great Cast Wasted on a Terrible Script
Such a disappointment. So much about this show - a great cast of actors, excellent initial story premise, a variety of interesting characters and solid production values - should have meant for a top-grade k-drama production. Unfortunately it is all let down by a truly horribly stupid script. And the number one failing of the script can be summed up in three words: Plot Induced Incompetence. Because this script has the characters constantly being incompetent. At lots of things, but in particular at the things they were supposed to be good at. Main lead is supposed to be a capable bodyguard but consistently makes operational security mistake after mistake and is supposed to be mentally quick in critical moments (as she tried to show off in her job interview) but the script almost alway turned her into someone slow and frozen by emotions. She never learns her lesson about holding a gun on someone within arm's reach (don't do so unless you intend to pull the trigger), repeating the same mistake 3 different times! And it wasn't just her. Almost all the characters kept making obviously stupid choices that led directly to trouble. The plot relied super heavily on this again and again. Even the supposedly very careful and methodical Chairman had no backup power for his CCTV cameras! Simple things such as changing the door lock codes after you. have fired someone! And don't get me started on the bad police procedures! If it was just one or two things like this it would be easy to dismiss and ignore. But this show's script relied so heavily on a constant stream of obvious points of incompetence happening that it just became giant joke among all the Viki commenters as the show progressed. A lot of us got hooked by the early episodes which setup the premise and established the cast & characters, which were all fine. But then as the show went on it became a grind - a real endurance test to try to make it to the ending.
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