vibes over substance
I took out a Disney sub just for this show and all I can say is, I'm so glad there are so many other options to watch in the lineup because this show was a wild disappointment. Part of it was high expectations - good premise, strong production values, actors that didn't look like plastic. Based on a review that said it picked up in episode 3, I persevered past episode 2. Yes, it picked up for a couple of episode, only to flatline again. The overall plot lines are interesting but too many random details were shoved into a story of 9 episodes, the romance was never deserved and I could just not get over how bad the dialogue was. Maybe it's pedantic but it just threw me out of the world of the story so often. And while I get that Seo Munju is stoic, she often reads as blank. The best performance was probably Oh Jung-se, maybe it was a saving grace he didn't have much screen time to mess it up. Perhaps what is most frustrating is how highly rated this series is, DESPITE almost everyone recognizing the problems.Was this review helpful to you?
