Kate

how many times can we watch mysterious dude with amazing fighting skills that is some spy or other bullshit, that risks his life to protect female lead? So many times the only characterization the ML gets is the fact he loves female lead and will do anything for her. Boring.
Many times when I see someone complain about FL in a drama, the ML was just as badly written if not worse. In dramas like that the writing is just bad, for all the characters....

also the "oppa attack" was one of my favorite scenes from the drama and I truly cried I was laughing so bad hahahaha

not towards you, but I actually agree that many people are way more critical towards female leads than male leads. I saw people complaining how all female characters are the same but when I checked their profile or custom lists with some of their favorite male characters, there were literally copies of the same character played by different actors. Which annoyed me, coz apparently they did not have a problem with the male characters being boringly the same but the female characters being similar is the worse. In many cases it;s not like male characters are better written than female ones, but the stereotypical male characters seem less annoying to many people, but truth is both male and female characters are often painfully shitty and boring. The years I've been watching dramas, I have noticed that usually when the FL is badly written, so is the ML. I cannot think of any drama where FL and ML were equally important and one was significantly better written than the other.
That said, YES TO ALL THE LADIES YOU NAMED! I have not seen some of the dramas, but from the ones I have seen, I loved them all! Some I appreciated a lot are: Miki (Different Dreams), Song Ja In (The Nokdu Flower), Hwang Myung Sim (The Nokdu Flower) < she was probably even better and stronger character for me than the FL tbh, Song Ga Ryeong (Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People), Im Sang Mi (Save Me), Ryu Su Hyeon (Chicago Typewriter), Noh Seung Hye (SKY Castle).

I can already tell that my review will be long essay on the amazing acting we've got to see from Zee

My biggest complain about Eun Jae was the fact they "cured" her problem with placebo. It was such an easy way out and it stripped her from overcoming it herself and making her a stronger character that way.
Also, I liked Park Min Gook the most too, coz he was the most complex character of them all... well until the last two episodes. I have no idea what happened there. He went full villain for a second, then he got sad coz Master Kim scold him (lol) and then he turn good? It was such a mess...
I was questioning it I should give it 7 and not 6.5 but 7 is "I liked it" and I feel like "It's okay" fits more how I feel about this drama...
Anyway, great review :)

Okay, I will give a different perspective than Aya97. No where near as good as season one. The pacing is off most of the time, there is A LOT of focus on politics in the hospital, Woo Jin and Eun Jae are either frustrating or boring characters without much interesting set up. There is no interesting villain and the only truly interesting character (Min Guk) is being turned into your stereotypical "greedy villain" the closer to the end we get. I kind of regret watching it.

if you look at the whole drama, the focus was on her the most. Even compared to Woo Jin who feels more like a supporting character for her development.
That said, with how much of a mess this season was, I hope there will be no 3rd one.

About the killer, they explained his psychology quite well by his actions. He was psychopathic stalker. He found his victim, stalked her, kidnapped her and the moment he got bored, because "the chase" was over, he searched for new victim. I don't think there must be more to it. He was delusional and believed he had connection with his victims.
There were at least 2 victims and, Kyung Min (who survived) + additional victims that he did not plan from the start to murder (like the director from the bank or the detective). His goal was not to kill, but to chase and get the thrills out of that.

Janistar is doing great job, but her role is so much easier to act compared to Zee's.

I don't really think Tutor likes Hwahwa. I'm pretty sure he also has a crush on Fighter since the beginning. His dissatisfaction about Fighter and Hwahwa comes from the feeling, that Fighter does not really like her. He thought him and Fighter are starting to slowly get romantically involved and out of the blue he starts to hit on Hwahwa. And since Fighter is hella confused about his feelings, is with Hwahwa, because he's sure Tutor likes her. And he does not want to see his crush dating some girl. So he dates her himself (not that smart lol).
Anyway, what I want to say I'm pretty sure they both like each other and were attracted to each other since day one, but Fighter is insecure so he fuc*** up hahaha

Honestly it feels like watching two different shows: one is the story of Tutor and Fighter, and the other is Zon, Saifah and all the random stuff.
Tutor and Fighter story has a nice simple plot about dudes liking each other, but one is way too insecure about his sexuality and feelings to truly go for it, but at the same time he cannot give up spending time with his crush. It's nice, cute and makes perfect sense.
Zon and Saifah... where to even begin. Zon has 10 different personalities, I am confused what is he feeling and thinking. Saifah is kind of falling in love and it can be seen, but then there are scenes when he is like "nope". Not to mention all the supporting characters that show up once or twice every episode, do nothing and are gone.

agreed. Woo Jin did not need any character development since day one, he just needed someone to solve his financial problem (since he never did anything questionable coz of money in the 1st place), Eun Jae didn't really have that much consistent development. She took placebo to work, with overcoming her trauma and stress, she did close to nothing, it was done to her. The only thing working for her is that she stands up for herself more but it's also just random outbursts of confidence and not gradual change.
Not to mention Min Guk who had such a HUGE potential as a character but it was never fully explored and used.

I don't think he is greedy tho. I think he is self-righteous and he does believe he is right and what he is doing is correct and he finds the explanation for all his mistakes externally. I think this is far worse than someone being just greedy.

I'd say read 2 or 3 reviews that rated it high, it will most likely help you decide. Also I literally stated in my review:
"So if the minimum interest you may have in sports is the reason you are on the fence whenever you should watch this show, rest assured, it’s far more than just baseball." so yeah, the lack of knowledge about baseball will not be a problem. I know NOTHING too and was never confused hahaha

I feel special having some insight to some of your articles whwn you work on them lol
Also this one was definitely needed :)

funny hahaha ;D
but also, if they rewrite a bit, I'd say they should post it, since this will be lost as more comments are posted, and it's always good to have a different opinion and perspective too check out. All the reviews are good, having one bad one would not be such a bad idea hahahaha

I loved 1st episode, but from 2nd I was done. And yet I think I have watch liked 8 more? Should have dropped earlier.

obviously, it was rather to the people voting now. I mean it has a lot of votes and at least some of them must have come after drama finished and people got the idea of how bad it truly was hahaha

I mean, is Melting me softly overrated when most people truly hate it and it's known to be the biggest let down of 2019? lol That said, I love lists like that hahaha

I find the "villain" in this drama one of the most interesting ones in recent years, because he is so realistic. He is not some ridiculous all powerful, all-knowing and intimidating man, but someone who exists. There are many people like him in real life, and that makes him so much better for me.
So yeah, I know nothing about baseball, but I'm enjoying this drama so much!