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could someone comment on Hwang Jung Eum acting? Is she loud and squeeky as in Kill Me Heal Me, or more toned down?

I like that part about writting you call inconsistent. He's not having stereotypical character development, but is poked from different angles and reacts accordingly. It doesn't form a typical pattern of fall or redemption. He has his ups and downs (mostly downs). As for his role in this marriage, keep going, it's revealed later.
For similar kind of character shaping, compare ex-husband-to-be, the compromised policeman when he /possible spoiler, I don't remember which episode was it, sorry/


chose to ignore that LDJ was wounded because of jealousy. As far as he was concerned, the former judge could die there. Does it make him a bad person (the same goes for his betrayal when he saved his job and let his parents broke his engagement with SYJ at the beginning)? No, it only reveals something about him, but until the neccessary circumstances happen, it's impossible to judge him. People are inconsistent.
In this world, it's simply not possible for LDJ to hold his high standards. He'd get crushed. The closest he can get is join hands with Choi Il Hwan and use his resources. Also, it's a world where just revealing something isn't enough, because every trial can be manipulated, evidence conveniently lost (if by chance anything survives, they keep destroying it themselves...), information on the internet taken down and journalist killed. The big bad have all the judical system and media in their hand, not to mention political connections. Truth isn't enough, they need power.

they reverted back to this impersonal form this week or the week before (dangshin? that's how I hear it...). I'm almost waiting for Jung Hee to throw another jealous fit and call Jaebok jagiya out of the blue.

Thanks for the recommendations!

Case-of-the-week at the beginning, but there's an overarching story that spans over it and it takes whole episodes towards the end. They practically abandon normal cases and focus on the one that concerns them personally.

Ok, is there anything similar to this drama? A combination of chess-like power struggles, flawed characters and sophisticated visuals (and I primarily mean visuals)? I'm fine with jdramas too.

is this it? Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtyehFuJLXw
I think I spot Aoki Munetaka, but I'm not good with faces.

there were villains I had more sympathy for than for Jung Hee (on my defence, some of them had very sharp cheekbones). When I thought he can't fall any lower, it turned out:
1. his fighting skills suck too,
2. he tried to kill an innocent plant,
3. abandoned his great plan to earn a new brave future for his children to run away with his ex-lover AGAIN, and
4. managed to forget he's wired and get her killed AGAIN. (Although she saw that coming.)
And look who's there to take the blame one more time.

have you found subs? the link is not official KBS channel, I gues we have to wait till they upload it too.

Were it personalized goodbye letters? maybe it was only name cards, so people in the office weren't suspicious of anything and just thought she wanted to be nice (or more likely: did what she's supposed to do, since she's a temp and if bringing everyone hand made cookies isn't her job what is)? Or trusty Ki Taek could hide them.
But now I'm anxious they will resurface again and lead to firing her. Or everyone.

(Speaking of anxious, can someone please fix that tin door, they're giving me OCD every time I think of this drama.)

I guess it's just a thing with kdramas, they don't try to be extra twisty or suspensful with 'who's who' but instead focus on motivations and this eerie feeling that Vampirella described. Gaksital is similar in that respect. I watched both those dramas thinking no, no way it could be that simple. And it was.
Is Tunnel going that way too?

Lurking is a thing, even on multiple sites and those places have different level of discussion. It doesn't take years to notice. It's not like everyone makes a MDL account to celebrate watching his or hers first Asian drama. I wonder how you came to fake accounts from that.

plot twist: he stays an unethical sleaze till the end.

he can touch red beans.

/Unless it's the act of throwing which charges them with some apotropaic power, ghost shouldn't be able to touch red beans. It's like a warewolf spreading a mustard on a certain sandwich with a silver knife. Or a vampire asking for an extra serving of garlic next to him and splashing his ketchup into tiny crosses on top. [That theory isn't bulletproof, because it is possible for a story to subvert usual expectations. I believe it's not a case here though.]
They're using a bait of GHOSTwritter to fool you. He's very much human. We saw him getting a job and interacting with the publisher. It's in the publisher interest to keep our writter in dark, they're trying to pretend those manuscripts just magically appear, he's distracted, stressed out, there's nothing to worry, just keep going and bring profits to the company. Ghostwritter plays along and has fun doing so. He even says something along the lines 'should I toy with him longer'. He hides, he strolls around, he likes looking into people's closets.
Possibility B: there's some possessing going on, similar to that young fellow and the butterfly god in Goblin.

on a second thought, if it's all one giant eyewear PPL, I'm totally buying it.

can they please stop coming closer to a faulty explosive to see why it didn't blow up...

lol it really seems to be. But it makes me yearn something like Legion or Mr Robot. Slow works for me in movies very well, even in short series, but not in 16 episodes drama.
Slow also calls for high quality writting, it gives you time to savour every line (or roll eye really hard). Not saying it's bad.
I must have jinxed it for myself comparing it with Goblin.

/also: slow-paced show + hyperactive, extremely irritating supporting character like Se Joo's publisher = headache. It just doesn't mix.

so it settled on 60 minutes but somehow got even slower.

it's going consistently up if it's worth anything. It started really low, maybe even in high 6? I guess first four episodes or so weren't that great, but now it's solid.

I guess they either aren't or it's not practiced to remove someone else reviews forcefully, because there's always a comment posted by one of the moderators encouraging the OP to delete it him/herself, repost as a comment or post as an episode review.
Generally those kind of reviews tend to get burried anyway (so what's the point of writting them).