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Best acting by Kim Go-eun and Jeon Do-yeon. Their performances carried the entire drama.
But the ending was disappointing because there was no punishment for the real creator of all the crimes. The prosecutor got away with destroying an innocent widow’s life. He ordered people around and everyone blindly followed him. Life was unrealistically easy for that idiot prosecutor — even his boss followed his commands — and after failing so miserably, he faced zero consequences. They talked about resignation, but no one actually resigned; they only pretended.
I give this drama 9/10, but I deduct points for the poor character writing of the prosecutor and the fact that he faced no consequences for his actions. He let that old bastard run free — hit a cop, stab an inmate, kidnap a child — while he stayed obsessed with catching an innocent woman and framing her as a criminal. I always suspected him as the main culprit because his behavior fit the role more than anyone else.
And in reality, corruption isn’t only about taking bribes. There is also corruption through abuse of power, framing innocent people, manipulating evidence, and ignoring proper investigation. What this prosecutor did fits terms like malicious prosecution, abuse of authority, wrongful prosecution, and prosecutorial misconduct. He acted like an incompetent, negligent, and bias-driven prosecutor who showed tunnel vision, confirmation bias, and willful ignorance. Even after being exposed, he tried to defend himself and continued targeting the innocent woman until the end.
This lack of consequences for him is the biggest flaw of the drama.
But the ending was disappointing because there was no punishment for the real creator of all the crimes. The prosecutor got away with destroying an innocent widow’s life. He ordered people around and everyone blindly followed him. Life was unrealistically easy for that idiot prosecutor — even his boss followed his commands — and after failing so miserably, he faced zero consequences. They talked about resignation, but no one actually resigned; they only pretended.
I give this drama 9/10, but I deduct points for the poor character writing of the prosecutor and the fact that he faced no consequences for his actions. He let that old bastard run free — hit a cop, stab an inmate, kidnap a child — while he stayed obsessed with catching an innocent woman and framing her as a criminal. I always suspected him as the main culprit because his behavior fit the role more than anyone else.
And in reality, corruption isn’t only about taking bribes. There is also corruption through abuse of power, framing innocent people, manipulating evidence, and ignoring proper investigation. What this prosecutor did fits terms like malicious prosecution, abuse of authority, wrongful prosecution, and prosecutorial misconduct. He acted like an incompetent, negligent, and bias-driven prosecutor who showed tunnel vision, confirmation bias, and willful ignorance. Even after being exposed, he tried to defend himself and continued targeting the innocent woman until the end.
This lack of consequences for him is the biggest flaw of the drama.
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