At first I was too lazy to make notes, but then I ended up writing down some things anyways:
not enough attention to detail/weird writing: - overcomplicating this for the sake of drama, like how it took them so damn long to decipher Ahn's aerial vision read of Sungmo's location
- so that dude who gave the jacket story just straight up gave a terribly weak testimony (just a bloody jacket, nothing else) which wasn't investigated at all
- googling alexithymia it literally says on wikipedia that it's not classified as a mental disease and the drama completely misportrayed the disorder for the sake of drama again
- the painting that hid the document was so obviously out of place among the other art
- this is random but the flashback to scene in the snowfall where Ahn is at the orphanage - so Sungmo was there?? We had a whole discussion in that ep's post about how we didn't see him there, whut?? And how is that a "good memory" of Ahn??
- why did Sungmo kill the people if his father had already planned to do it?
- why play all this cat and mouse if you planned to be caught in the end
- was Sungmo's mom the one who gave Geun Taek his name? she looks so much younger than him and it's creeping me out
- I still don't understand why Jaein's dad was so complacent in all of this
- Daebong and his storyline was completely pointless I'm sorry
The weird redemption arc and barely-there repercussions the villainous characters went thru: - I feel like Jisoo's death didn't serve any purpose but give Sungmo his sad moment and serve as a boost for his redemption arc which makes me even more infuriated they killed her off
- I thought Jaein's "punishment of time" speech would've been her going in hard on Sungmo and his mom for the collateral suffering they caused her family, instead of, you know, siding with them and empathizing with them... She's allowed to be angry and she should be.
- Sungmo saying he had "a conscience" towards Ahn and Jaein like he hadn't put both of them thru hell already
- only 13 years in prison after all of that?? fuck that
Other random thoughts: - Ahn getting serious health repercussion doing readings made me think exactly like Jaein, that he can't do any hard crime cases (also I know this isn't the right time but... I've never seen anyone's cheeks inflate like that when they're getting cpr lol)
- maybe I'm (definitely) overreacting but even they way they portrayed homeless people as these extremely dirty, smelly, drunk people kinda made me go hummm
Overall, I feel like the drama had a strong start as in it caught my interest and made me curious over how things would progress. It was at it's best around the middle when it revolved around Ahn's and Jaein's budding relationship and their confessions. All the police work was the weakest thing in the whole drama. Towards the end both of Jinyoung's and Shin Yee Eun's acting got a little weak. Jinyoung doesn't have enough credibility to portray dark scenes with high intensity, but other than that he was absolutely perfect for the role of Ahn, it's amazing how his first lead role was such a good fit for him. Overall, I was happy to see Jinyoung in a variety of emotions and scenes, which showed the many sides of his abilities (some good, some less good), even if perhaps the different genres in the drama didn't mash together as well as the drama writers maybe thought they did. There was a lot of weak points in the story I feel like, a lot of exaggeration, straight up ignoring logic or other questionable choices (like as much as I love seeing Jinyoung's sixpack, that served no purpose or made remotely sense in context, and I feel like after all the hard work he put into getting that body, THAT'S all you're gonna use it for? lolll I feel cheated on Jinyoung's behalf) that reminds me I'd be interested in hearing him talk about his wokr out regime/diet in that regard
Tbh they almost completely lost me at the end because I wasn't interested or wanted to give Sungmo the time of day. Idk was he supposed to be likable at some point of the drama but he always seemed shady at best, and all of my dislike towards him was totally justified in the end lol.
I agree with much of this, except I think the 13 years was reasonable. The state had utterly failed to protect him or his mother, and he was a powerless child. The failure of the state is further demonstrated by the utter ineptitude in which the investigation was handled, sending the security guard to jail to cover up shoddy construction/fire safety (which contributed to the extent of the tragedy.) There are extenuating circumstances that don't justify the killing, at all, but do add context to show it was not motivated by animus. And, honestly, repenting and confession does affect punishment.
While I don't support capital punishment, the father being sentenced to death in the show's world was fitting.
I'm here wondering if they changed the storyline towards the end/they weren't finished with it when filming started, because of the concurrent filming. and the fact that they lost steam at the end is sad though, it was so promising!
not enough attention to detail/weird writing:
- overcomplicating this for the sake of drama, like how it took them so damn long to decipher Ahn's aerial vision read of Sungmo's location
- so that dude who gave the jacket story just straight up gave a terribly weak testimony (just a bloody jacket, nothing else) which wasn't investigated at all
- googling alexithymia it literally says on wikipedia that it's not classified as a mental disease and the drama completely misportrayed the disorder for the sake of drama again
- the painting that hid the document was so obviously out of place among the other art
- this is random but the flashback to scene in the snowfall where Ahn is at the orphanage - so Sungmo was there?? We had a whole discussion in that ep's post about how we didn't see him there, whut?? And how is that a "good memory" of Ahn??
- why did Sungmo kill the people if his father had already planned to do it?
- why play all this cat and mouse if you planned to be caught in the end
- was Sungmo's mom the one who gave Geun Taek his name? she looks so much younger than him and it's creeping me out
- I still don't understand why Jaein's dad was so complacent in all of this
- Daebong and his storyline was completely pointless I'm sorry
The weird redemption arc and barely-there repercussions the villainous characters went thru:
- I feel like Jisoo's death didn't serve any purpose but give Sungmo his sad moment and serve as a boost for his redemption arc which makes me even more infuriated they killed her off
- I thought Jaein's "punishment of time" speech would've been her going in hard on Sungmo and his mom for the collateral suffering they caused her family, instead of, you know, siding with them and empathizing with them... She's allowed to be angry and she should be.
- Sungmo saying he had "a conscience" towards Ahn and Jaein like he hadn't put both of them thru hell already
- only 13 years in prison after all of that?? fuck that
Other random thoughts:
- Ahn getting serious health repercussion doing readings made me think exactly like Jaein, that he can't do any hard crime cases (also I know this isn't the right time but... I've never seen anyone's cheeks inflate like that when they're getting cpr lol)
- maybe I'm (definitely) overreacting but even they way they portrayed homeless people as these extremely dirty, smelly, drunk people kinda made me go hummm
Overall, I feel like the drama had a strong start as in it caught my interest and made me curious over how things would progress. It was at it's best around the middle when it revolved around Ahn's and Jaein's budding relationship and their confessions. All the police work was the weakest thing in the whole drama. Towards the end both of Jinyoung's and Shin Yee Eun's acting got a little weak. Jinyoung doesn't have enough credibility to portray dark scenes with high intensity, but other than that he was absolutely perfect for the role of Ahn, it's amazing how his first lead role was such a good fit for him. Overall, I was happy to see Jinyoung in a variety of emotions and scenes, which showed the many sides of his abilities (some good, some less good), even if perhaps the different genres in the drama didn't mash together as well as the drama writers maybe thought they did.
There was a lot of weak points in the story I feel like, a lot of exaggeration, straight up ignoring logic or other questionable choices (like as much as I love seeing Jinyoung's sixpack, that served no purpose or made remotely sense in context, and I feel like after all the hard work he put into getting that body, THAT'S all you're gonna use it for? lolll I feel cheated on Jinyoung's behalf) that reminds me I'd be interested in hearing him talk about his wokr out regime/diet in that regard
Tbh they almost completely lost me at the end because I wasn't interested or wanted to give Sungmo the time of day. Idk was he supposed to be likable at some point of the drama but he always seemed shady at best, and all of my dislike towards him was totally justified in the end lol.
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While I don't support capital punishment, the father being sentenced to death in the show's world was fitting.
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