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It's a slightly different vibe, but I certainly wouldn't go as far as calling this a "noir medical thriller". It's actually very similar so far, even the vibe and tone aren't all that different honestly. It's good though.

Not gonna lie, my biggest problem with this is how boring the (background) music is most of the time, especially when you compare it to the original. Like, the music when the director does the rounds? The music during the narration? The music used in the OG during these moments immediately hypes me up, but here it just feels like they're not even trying. Kind of a shame honestly.

Otherwise this is a pretty solid adaptation so far. Kim Ji-won and Lee Jung-eun are great in their roles, and very much embody the spirit of their original counterparts. I do vastly prefer the dance club opening from the original than what we got here though.

That's like my main fear here lol. I've only seen the first season of the jdrama (I plan to watch the other 6 later), but I just don't see how that would work without completely changing her personality. And even if it's one-sided it would just be stupid and unnecessary imo. Like, you can look up or admire someone without falling in love with them.

How would murder even work with this premise though? Like, she wakes up after a date with him and finds a body in the bed? I feel like that would push the drama into a makjang direction and away from the psychological thriller this is supposed to be. But yeah, I agree, a murder would be kinda boring. I honestly hope they have the guts to stick with the original Liar premise.

I definitely think they'll keep the basic premise of it, because I genuinely can't see any other possible scenario other than that. But aside from that, maybe they made enough changes so they can get away with not officially calling it an adaptation? Because why take so many elements from Liar, if you're then not doing Liar? It's all a bit weird honestly.

An entertaining season, but compared to S1, it falls short. S1 had a whole family aspect to it, both with Ji-soo and Gang-hyun, but this season didn't really offer anything worthwhile to replace that. Instead we got Seong-won, who had potential, but ends up pretty underdeveloped and not really anything special. Like, this would've been a good 2-parter, but as a main story it severely lacking. They tried to connect him to both Ji-soo and Hye-ra, but even that doesn't really go anywhere.

They did good in not forcing any romance for Ji-soo in here though. Like, they spent the entire first season laying the groundwork for a potential romance between Ji-soo and Gang-hyun, it would've just felt wrong if they then suddenly switched gears and quickly got him with Hye-ra just because Gang-hyun didn't return. Keeping things platonic here was the right choice.

Also, maybe an unpopular opinion, this does not need a third season. We don't need any more diminishing returns, no matter how good the cast and cameos are.

Solid first episode. There's some strong stuff in here, but I do think some of the comedic scenes feel out of place. You can have humor without being a comedy, but then they use this silly background music as if it's really trying to be a comedy for some reason. Heck, even the ending of episode 1 suffers from this. We just had this extended emotional and angsty scene, but then they decide to end with the morning scene that instead leans into comedy?

Honestly, I think we need to stop paying attention to tags before a drama even premieres. No one has seen the drama yet, so it's all a guessing game, but too many people take it as fact.

They never said any of those things are okay, though? I think the drama has a good sense of right and wrong, but it takes a more nuanced approach instead of just painting people as "the bad guy" (even when they've obviously done bad), and I'd argue the drama is that much stronger because of this. It explains, but it will not justify (or redeem), just as it will never blame the victim. It just treats everybody as human beings. I don't think it necessarily normalizes anything, it's just that these things happen, and this drama talks about it.

Little did I know that this drama that just kinda popped up on my Netflix page would become one of my favorite dramas of the year. God, I loved every second of this.

This may be a bit controversial, but I think people might be putting S1 on a pedastal a bit too much? Like, S1's story had a good structure in how it gave out information and how the full picture only became clear towards the end, but I think sometimes people confuse this structure with the actual quality of the story itself. Because that story wasn't really anything special? People say they lost the plot, but did they really? I don't think they lost anything of the plot, because the plot was always this basic and ridiculous. If anything, it lost the structure, not the actual plot. This drama was always going for entertainment over logic imo. I say this as someone that loved both seasons, but both seasons have it's flaws, and I really don't think S1 is the masterpiece some people make it out to be. It's kind of annoying when people criticize this season (which is valid), but then make S1 out to be this ultimate masterpiece. But is it really, or are people just letting their nostalgia for that season blind their judgement?

This season really was on a mission to systematically kill as many male characters as possible LMAO.

Jokes aside, I thought this season was good, and I had a great time with it. Idk if it was a good as S1, as they're quite different. I think S1 had the better structure in terms of mystery and keeping you guessing, but I do think S2 has the higher stakes (and had me scared for the characters more often).

Unpopular opinion though, not sure this needs a S3? There's a big world out there, sure, but there's a big chance that plotwise it's just going to be "more war to fight". I also think that in terms of characters, it'll run into problems, particularly with Jin-man. I think ending with Ji-an in charge and Jin-man letting her lead is the ending that we've been building towards for 2 seasons. With that ending, there are a lot of places you can take Ji-an's character (which I'm actually interested in), but I'm not sure the same can be said for Jin-man. Lee Dong-wook might get top billing, but I've always felt like the drama was building towards Kim Hye-jun being the true protagonist. Ultimately, Jin-man acknowledged his mistakes led to where they are now, achieved his goals, and took a step aside. So what more is there to do with a character that achieved everything he set out to do? He can stay by Ji-an's side, sure, but can that last forever? I think that if the drama continues, the only logical way forward for Jin-man is to ultimately die for real, and do we really want that?

Might've been money, and then they killed the wife because she knew too much. I would've liked an actual explanation too, but clearly those two are psychopaths who've made previous victims, so it's not exactly that surprising.

Not gonna lie, the fact that the leads actually divorced caught me off guard. But it makes sense, since as she said, he was just gonna keep hiding things from her to protect her and she would just continue to get angry at that. It was very telling how even in the last 2 episodes he was still hiding everything that was going on from her. Clearly they needed a break, though I feel like the last scene leaves things open just enough so that a possible reunion may be in the cards. There's just something very peaceful about them taking a walk together, and I feel like you can interpret it in a lot of different ways.

I find it hilarious how many people were so convinced that the whole "I'll pay you to get rid of my wife" recording was manipulated with AI or something like that, only for this episode to just casually reveal that he totally said that stuff. Whoops.

Chi-ung's motive is kinda stupid, but I think it actually works. Like, I don't think he's being portrayed as some kind of genius mastermind here, he's being portrayed as an idiot that got in way over his head because he thought he was smart. And that's exactly who he is: a jealous bastard that thought he could control people, who's briliant idea was to hire 2 psychopaths to do the thing he was to chicken to do himself. It's not exactly a surprise all his plans blew up in his face, but I also think that that's what makes him so potentially dangerous now.

I just feel like he's playing the waiting game until Jin-man rescues his son. He'll turn on Babylon the second that happens.

Yeah, this week was definitely set-up for the endgame next week. Have to say, it's a smart plan from the villains, though it also feels a bit reckless at times, but that just fits with Kusanagi's character. Anyway, Pasin didn't kill anybody, so we all know that plan is gonna blow up in their faces next week (and I'm still waiting on the "listen up, uncle" moment).

Idk if they're going for a S3, but I do think it's possible to wrap things up next week, as I'm pretty sure that Babylon will just go for a truce (the only reason we don't have one now is because Kasanagi is crazy). Though I can see them maybe leave things open ended with that mysterious Chen guy.

Damn, episode 4 was crazy lol. They really got all the set-up out of the way in episodes 2 and 3 so that they could then have all hell break loose in episode 4. Have to say, of all the plot twists in episode 4, Woo-jin dying was the most predictable one. Because let's be real, we all knew this guy was toast 5 seconds after he first appeared.

Okay, but Mu-jin's confession sucked lol. I'd reject him so hard if I was in her shoes.

The way I was so hopeful in the first half that the good side of human nature would win out. People were helping each other, protecting each other, and just generally doing a good job at staying alive. But then the cop guy just had to be selfish and ruin everything. This isn't even really a criticism, it's just human nature, and it's often the most reastic part of movies like this. It's at this point that the already intelligent zombies became smarter than the humans, simply because they're not dealing with emotions. And at that point it's no surprise that only one person ended up surviving (two if you count the wife). Heck, Se-jeong was also arguably the character that was guided by her emotions the least, as she ended up being more guided by the mission to secure the vaccine (even if that initial mission turned out to be a mistake).