We should have been talking about this show every week! It was a good ride. We had to put up with our smart, capable heroes becoming idiots for a few episodes in the middle, but the ending rather worked for me.
Conclusions: [Spoiler (click to open)] I liked that CJW got to see how manipulatively DHS can think/be, without blinders, and get a fuller sense of who her husband is. Even if heavy handed, I like how the cliff concluded.
Storyline Q, help me (I may be tired)... [Spoiler (click to open)] episode 16, Dude is in car, confessing he feels no guilt and can't trust himself, and crying it up ... aren't all those tears sort of confirmation of the self-delusion? Is he just too brainwashed in the moment to be self-aware?
Lingering Qs... [Spoiler (click to open)]Why doesn't DHS remember anything before he was 10. And why we started the series with father murdering mother and committing suicide, but ended with mother disappearing when they were kids
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He wasnt hot in the show bc his character was so creepy but u can tell w the long black hair that the actor would be hot styled irl!!! I stand by it. LJK and the younger cop were cute tho.
This has become my favorite kdrama. I wasn't fond of the last episodes, except the finale, which I adored.
The ML is the best actor I've ever seen. At first I wondered how come he was cast, because I know kdramas are all about the ML's looks, and his looks are so not my type. I actually much preferred Detective Choi ;) But he won me over with his acting. Can't say I liked the FL's acting that much though, tbh.
His sister was manipulative towards the 2nd ML, I so agree. And the make up artists should be fired for what they did to the 2nd FL, and, yeah, the lipstick esp. on serial killers was so distracting.
I'm sooo looking forward to the ML's next project. And also to better kdramas. Flower of evil has shown what they can do.
His sister was such a confusing character, I mean, she exerted so much control over both of those guys, and yet she also came off as so weak and whiney. It makes me think of all those awful stereotypes and how-to-get-men lessons bullshit (how about you evolve, men!), and so I was rooting for her to just be the accomplish or something interesting instead of some doe-eyed 'save me' blah. Alas.
I haven't watched LJG's dramas either, but I've heard all of his set in the past (except Scarlet Heart) are really good. And the modern ones are so-so. And that he's not considered gorgeous, but I loved watched him act, and it makes him very attractive.
One of the best k-dramas this year for me (from the ones I've watched...which admittedly wasn't a lot). I loved the chemistry between the two leads, especially after that snoozefest that was Criminal MInds.
Also, Lee Junki's eyes are soso beautiful
Oh! And I'm glad i took a bit of a break around ep 12 to wait till the drama finished because live viewing the last three eps would have made me a nervous wrack lol
One of the best crime dramas I've watched. Yeah we should've had the usual weekly discussion for sure it would've been amazing to discuss this with Omona. I would've started it if I got to watch the show when it started airing but I didn't get to start watching this soon as it started airing. Anyways....
The actors were all good. The story was well written. And they gave us a good ending.
And if intersted to watch another LJK crime drama, go check out Lawless Lawyer
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Conclusions:
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I liked that CJW got to see how manipulatively DHS can think/be, without blinders, and get a fuller sense of who her husband is. Even if heavy handed, I like how the cliff concluded.
Storyline Q, help me (I may be tired)... [Spoiler (click to open)] episode 16, Dude is in car, confessing he feels no guilt and can't trust himself, and crying it up ... aren't all those tears sort of confirmation of the self-delusion? Is he just too brainwashed in the moment to be self-aware?
Lingering Qs... [Spoiler (click to open)]Why doesn't DHS remember anything before he was 10. And why we started the series with father murdering mother and committing suicide, but ended with mother disappearing when they were kids ( ... )
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The ML is the best actor I've ever seen. At first I wondered how come he was cast, because I know kdramas are all about the ML's looks, and his looks are so not my type. I actually much preferred Detective Choi ;) But he won me over with his acting. Can't say I liked the FL's acting that much though, tbh.
His sister was manipulative towards the 2nd ML, I so agree. And the make up artists should be fired for what they did to the 2nd FL, and, yeah, the lipstick esp. on serial killers was so distracting.
I'm sooo looking forward to the ML's next project. And also to better kdramas. Flower of evil has shown what they can do.
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I haven't watched LJG's dramas either, but I've heard all of his set in the past (except Scarlet Heart) are really good. And the modern ones are so-so. And that he's not considered gorgeous, but I loved watched him act, and it makes him very attractive.
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Also, Lee Junki's eyes are soso beautiful
Oh! And I'm glad i took a bit of a break around ep 12 to wait till the drama finished because live viewing the last three eps would have made me a nervous wrack lol
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The actors were all good. The story was well written. And they gave us a good ending.
And if intersted to watch another LJK crime drama, go check out Lawless Lawyer
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Kim Ji-hoon was excellent in this. He was terrifying. Utterly terrifying.
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