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definitely, i feel the same too. politics can be fun, but by juggling far too many issues at once, with far too many new names to remember, it overcomplicates the story and makes it hard to digest just what its trying to say. it almost feels as if its alienating its non-korean audience who not only already have to deal with foreign politics going over their heads, but also have to have so somehow remember how every person mentioned fits into the overall story.

i've never ever had to pause or rewind other dramas to reread subtitles before, but i already can't count the number of times i've had to do that with s2. BUT ep6 makes me hopeful though, it has the aspects of s1 that i love, while still combining it with the new aspects of s2. best of both worlds really.

no matter what i won't be dropping this drama though, cho seung woo is far too good to do so

i don't think its a problem of hwang si mok being lost, but rather the story lacking a clear and definitive direction, unlike s1. that's why he feels different. in s1, there was a very clear end: the culprit will be found by the end of the series. in s2? well there's the police-prosecution council, then there's the 7 policemen case, then there's also a bunch of politicians, conglomerates, high ranking people, etc whose numbers just keep growing... well you get my point. its ep6 and i still don't know where the story well end up, other than becoming a social commentary.

despite having the same characters being in the same world, with runover events from the previous season, this season might as well be a different story. other than hwang si mok, s2 has none of the flavour of s1 that i enjoyed so much. that's of course not to say that i dislike s2, its just different, very very vastly different. s1 was a crime drama, s2 is a politics drama

wow just finished s1 and just started s2. i'm on ep3 now and i didn't expect it to be so politics heavy. i've watched many crime dramas but this is the first time i've actually went to find out more about the prosecution-police relationship in korea

i found this article if you're also interested: https://www.unafei.or.jp/publications/pdf/RS_No53/No53_13VE_Soo.pdf
to summarise pages 1-4 of the article,
- prosecutors have all the power and rights over criminal investigations and the police serve as assistants to the prosecution
- the prosecution not only conduct direct investigations, they are also in an order-obeyance relationship with the police
- prosecutors have the discretionary power to decide whether or not to prosecute a suspect regardless of sufficiency of evidence
- the extreme imbalance of power in criminal investigations is based on the belief that since prosecutors are legal experts and are granted independence, due process and individual rights will be best protected (since warrants infringe on consitutional rights)

also thought this might be useful:
- 4 total ranks of prosecutors: prosecutor-general > senior chief public prosecutor > chief public prosecutor > public prosecutor (the appointment and assignment of all prosecutors are made by the president upon the recommendation of the ministry of justice)

he also acted in LIFE (2018) together with cho seung woo where he plays a kind mentor. seriously had a shock when i saw him in this drama because even though i had only seen him in one drama before, he played the 'good guy' role so well i had already pegged him as someone who would be typecast for those kind of roles

same here!! except there was one other drama that was just as good as those 2 for me: my mister

just finished it, why tf is it so good?????? like hwang si mok really has no business being this interesting when he showed a total of about 3 expressions the entire show, seriously.

honestly some might criticise this for being too slow or unexciting, but this is exactly the kind of crime drama i like: one that toes the line between realism and drama perfectly, managing to keep tension high but keeping the plot hole proof.

and honestly, we really don't need another high tension, high emotion crime drama with the all too common emotionally-driven-hero-with-a-tragic-backstory-but-determined-to-see-justice-served-at-whatever-cost main lead.

oh well :( i can understand though

i really think you should give my mister another shot! yes its true that lee ji an very illegally wiretaped his phone but i don't think it was ever fluffed up in the story. wiretaping is illegal, and so were ji an's other actions. if anything, i feel like it helped to establish ji an's character as someone so cornered by their situation that even commiting crimes aren't out of the picture. idk imo its a bit of a waste to drop such a uniquely crafted show

omg son seokkoo and bae doona cast in the same film again hahaha

omg so excited the first guest will be lee sang yeob :))))

yesss son seok koo casted as a main character, can't wait

also does anyone else think that his acting really resembles martin freeman? or is it his face lol

after watching designated survivor, i fell in love with his acting and decided to watch the whole of sense8 cause i heard that his character has the cutest love line with bae doona. just finished sense8 and it was completely worth it

if only there were more adults like mr cho

omg congratulations to your parents, that is actually one hell of a feat. especially considering how there are couples that date for like 5 years and still get divorced because they found out things about each other that they didn't like

i say 2 months because when they were 'caught' by gyujin and nahee at the bus terminal and they asked how long it had been going on, they said 1 month. that being said, what you said about using the college exams to date their relationship also makes sense which is even weirder

that lawn scene with gyujin and nahee is everything. i love how the writers are playing this out slowly, having them reignite their passion for each other while never avoiding the fact that they had issues in the past

am i the only one who wasn't really into the proposal? yes it was cute and all but they have been dating for like 2 months max. that period of time is still the 'honeymoon stage' where everything is rose coloured and love covers up all the red flags. idk i think it was just extremely rushed but since this is the kdrama world i'm sure it'll all be fine, but still

"a character is talking in Korean, then suddenly changes to English, the other character nods and answers in Korean. Or the character carries the whole conversation in English, and the other is answering in Korean. Agh, it makes me mad even thinking about those scenes, I almost dropped this drama."
actually if you watch youtube videos of some native english speakers who are now living in korea, constantly switching between languages is very common, especially if the person they are talking to can understand both languages (even if the person prefers to reply in korean).
some examples are korean englishman and edward avila

can that manipulative cow just be deleted from the story? she serves no purpose and every time events related to her appear in the story, it just feels like lazy writing to fill time. no one wants this plotline that had been teased right from the start to drag on any further. just please stop this