I randomly thought about this drama the other day and how it traumatised me. I really want to re watch this but I don't know if I can handle this. I had to stop watching the first episode last year when I watched this because it started off so dark and I was already crying...
some good things I liked about this drama and some things that I have questions about....
****WHY I LOVED IT*** - love being in prison. loved prison playbook and one ordinary day for that setting. and it was the same with this - love seeing a married couple (that didn't involve infidelity). Flower of Evil showed that - an amazing antagonist. Not the typical rich and powerful guy who is trying to cover up his scandals. It's a guy who wanted a revenge but became evil because of it. And he also used his connections to become powerful. - lowkey loved gong jihoon. (I saw another person call him the only winner and they're so right lol). He got the happy ending he wanted and didn't have to kill someone to get there (i don't think...)
****Some things that have me slightly confused:**** - thinking back, changho could have been anyone, right? wasn't he chosen on a whim because he was "incompetent". Also, at the end of the 1st ep, they made it seem like he was going to have a really big shift in character. And when that didn't happen in ep 2, I thought he was going to get shot in prison in his head and then it would mess with his brain and then his personality would change (because that is possible and it has happened IRL). So essentially, changho just had really bad luck which causes him A LOT OF PAIN - including his freaking wife dying!! OMFG - the blood tests. Miho gave the fakes to Jihoon, but for what? He gave them to the elder but I'm not sure what impact they had - the real serial killer son. He was mentioned at the end in regards to the autopsy, but that's it. And how the tf did they just let a serial killer run around America without being worried he would repeat certain actions?? He was never shown either. - also, Changho got the old man in the care home released, but where did he go? - where tf was Miho's funeral?? They could have made it 10x sadder is they showed EVERYONE (including the gangsters and even Jihoon sad and grieving at her funeral). And then, they'd have even more resolve to defeat Doha. and it was a bit sudden. like. she only got exposed to it ONCE. she hardly lasted longer than the boy who has probably been exposed to it multiple times - and they just resolved everything in black and white montage at the end?? are you kidding? where was the satisfaction? the vincenzo killings at the end were satisfying. This? not so much. I was watching the last ep and kept checking how long was left because it was so rushed all of a sudden - oh, and something about the way they killed off the OG Big Mouse pisses me off. He was doing this to avenge his daughter, and I don't think he got the justice. - same with he guy who died at the start who wrote the paper. and also, that guy who killed his wife...wtf? I was waiting for him to panic and tell everyone but he didn't. And they didn't even find out that Doha helped cover the murder - I just think there was a lot of unnecessary deaths, or at least when they died - not really important but I don't see why miho quit her job at the prison. she probably could have gotten more info from continuing to work there
*** despite there being so many confusing things (and I'm sure there's more), the bad DOES NOT outweigh the cons. Still loved this. It also became a bit of emotional support for me, so maybe that's why I love it so much. I might also keep adding to this as I think of more things
I wouldn't call the FL a 'victim by choice' (that's just mean and inappropriate. and how I feel about him is irrelevant to how I feel about the FL, whom I love). And it's not even related to how he died that makes me necessarily feel bad for him (he was on death row anyways). It's because he was innocent and died with everyone thinking he was a serial killer and psychopath. Changho didn't even know that he had died I don't think
I have a theory when it comes to KDramas. I call it "last two episode syndrome". 16 episode kdramas do this a lot where they build up so much anticipation and then the last two episodes are filled with rushed cliches. E.g. (not specific to Big Mouth) amnesia, time skips, deaths. And unfortunately, for a different reason, Big Mouth fell into that trap. But still an amazing drama!!!
definitely. The anticipation was not payed off as well as I would have liked. I didn't feel the satisfaction I wanted to feel. I still thoroughly enjoyed the drama but I just didn't like some of the choices the writer made, starting with when they killed Big Mouse
Well, MiHo death was to be expected all things considered. It's not a secret that Big Mouth had it's plotholes…
Yeah, I agree. I don't think her death packed the punch I would have wanted (if that makes sense). They didn't even show her funeral.
And yess!!! I hate Choi Doha. The actor did such a great job. Comparing this to other antagonists, he's one of the best. He felt so layered compared to other antagonists, especially since they tend to all have power and money in common. He was a bit different because he survived mostly off his connections until he was able to stand on his own two feet
1. President Kang's serial killer son needs to be brough to justice2. Gong Ji Hoon also needs to be brough to…
was Gong Jihoon involved though? The more I watched, the more it seemed like he didn't seem to participate in the shady stuff. The first part was him just getting mad at Doha and sucking up to the elder. I actually came to enjoy his character at one point
THE BLOOD SAMPLES ARE STILL SITTING IN THE OFFICE what on earth they fought life and death to get it and they…
holy shit, you're right. But I guess info about the leukaemia was revealed anyways. But Gong Jihoon did think he had the real ones when he gave them to the elder, so you're right, what was the purpose?
Covid was already existed a long time ago, it's just that it has different variant.
That's what I thought had happened in the drama. I swear covid was even mentioned. I just got confused when I saw the release date for this was in 2018
I didn't like this either but not for the same reasons as you. I didn't like it because of the repetitive story…
Yeah, it definitely was repetitive af. And yes, the FL was so flimsy with her actions (that's why I called her selfish). She made the decision to be with her HS student but couldn't even own up to it, whilst the ML was doing so much to try and make sure they were together.
Can't believe it's been nearly 2 years since it started airing and already over a year since S3 finished. I'll never feel the same type of anticipation for a drama for a long time
- love being in prison. loved prison playbook and one ordinary day for that setting. and it was the same with this
- love seeing a married couple (that didn't involve infidelity). Flower of Evil showed that
- an amazing antagonist. Not the typical rich and powerful guy who is trying to cover up his scandals. It's a guy who wanted a revenge but became evil because of it. And he also used his connections to become powerful.
- lowkey loved gong jihoon. (I saw another person call him the only winner and they're so right lol). He got the happy ending he wanted and didn't have to kill someone to get there (i don't think...)
****Some things that have me slightly confused:****
- thinking back, changho could have been anyone, right? wasn't he chosen on a whim because he was "incompetent". Also, at the end of the 1st ep, they made it seem like he was going to have a really big shift in character. And when that didn't happen in ep 2, I thought he was going to get shot in prison in his head and then it would mess with his brain and then his personality would change (because that is possible and it has happened IRL). So essentially, changho just had really bad luck which causes him A LOT OF PAIN - including his freaking wife dying!! OMFG
- the blood tests. Miho gave the fakes to Jihoon, but for what? He gave them to the elder but I'm not sure what impact they had
- the real serial killer son. He was mentioned at the end in regards to the autopsy, but that's it. And how the tf did they just let a serial killer run around America without being worried he would repeat certain actions?? He was never shown either.
- also, Changho got the old man in the care home released, but where did he go?
- where tf was Miho's funeral?? They could have made it 10x sadder is they showed EVERYONE (including the gangsters and even Jihoon sad and grieving at her funeral). And then, they'd have even more resolve to defeat Doha. and it was a bit sudden. like. she only got exposed to it ONCE. she hardly lasted longer than the boy who has probably been exposed to it multiple times
- and they just resolved everything in black and white montage at the end?? are you kidding? where was the satisfaction? the vincenzo killings at the end were satisfying. This? not so much. I was watching the last ep and kept checking how long was left because it was so rushed all of a sudden
- oh, and something about the way they killed off the OG Big Mouse pisses me off. He was doing this to avenge his daughter, and I don't think he got the justice.
- same with he guy who died at the start who wrote the paper. and also, that guy who killed his wife...wtf? I was waiting for him to panic and tell everyone but he didn't. And they didn't even find out that Doha helped cover the murder
- I just think there was a lot of unnecessary deaths, or at least when they died
- not really important but I don't see why miho quit her job at the prison. she probably could have gotten more info from continuing to work there
***
despite there being so many confusing things (and I'm sure there's more), the bad DOES NOT outweigh the cons. Still loved this. It also became a bit of emotional support for me, so maybe that's why I love it so much. I might also keep adding to this as I think of more things
Overall: 9/10
And yess!!! I hate Choi Doha. The actor did such a great job. Comparing this to other antagonists, he's one of the best. He felt so layered compared to other antagonists, especially since they tend to all have power and money in common. He was a bit different because he survived mostly off his connections until he was able to stand on his own two feet