I was in their corner...until the end.

The first 15 episodes were amazing. The love interests were so good and the actors had fantastic chemistry, the plot was a bit of a rollercoaster, but this is what you sign up for in a lot of dramas--- loved it. And then we get the final episode and that's when I had enough of the rollercoaster ? It was too much back-and-forth between "they're dead!" and "no they're alive!" Or "they live happily ever after!" and "no they don't!" My emotions were being jerked around so hard that when it was over, I felt like I had whiplash. And not in a good way, because some shows can totally pull it off!!

I loved the story, the content, the actors, and even some of the rollercoasters. But the end sort of made me regret watching all the other 15 episodes. ?

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Overall good drama, but memory loss aspect is tricky

I enjoyed most of this drama, but have a hard time dealing with memory loss and time gaps in plots. The last time we deal with memory erasure felt unnecessary and exhausting-- we just spent 19 episodes accumulating experiences with these characters just to have all of that disappear! And usually when I see the "X years later" cut-scene in a series, I start to lose interest. Thankfully, this happened at the very end of this drama, so I didn't have to lose too much interest for very long. Overall, I enjoyed watching, found the characters very likeable, and the plot to be captivating. Bonus points for a happy ending :)

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Excellent...until the end.

It can be difficult to hold the audience's attention for 20 episodes, and this show definitely did that for most of those 20 episodes. The story was interesting, not boring, a little funny and flirty but also serious and sad, there was action, there was romance, et al. Essentially, everything we love about k-dramas.

UNTIL the end/beginning of the next season...so idk if this is even the right place for this review?The writers did such a beautiful job building the relationship between the ML and FL, and even though I knew that it wasn't going to be a typical "happy ending" for the two, I still feel like the ending was gimmicky asl. The path of resolution that we were on felt so right and like a really good setup for a season 2 story, and then we took a couple paths that really felt like a "but wait...there's MORE" moment that left me exhausted and definitely not motivated to watch season 2.

And, full disclosure, this could 100% be a me issue....but I HATE time gaps and also actor/actress changes. And once I found out season 2 occurs like 3 YEARS later and that my favorite character has a new/old face that we spent so long trying to forget about, the show immediately lost my attention. Am I so offended that I'm not going to watch season 2? No, I'm definitely a little sadistic like that ?But I also hope that I'm not still left thinking about how great season 1 *could* have been.

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Elements of and potential to be a 9.5/10, but execution and complications make it a 7/10

I really enjoyed the story concept-- plenty of drama and detective/mystery content, a little romance, and a little supernatural. I also enjoyed our main characters (444 and Ha Ram) and thought the dynamic was decent, though as per usual I wanted more of their unique relationship...but it's also not strictly a romance sooo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My biggest issue was identified pretty early on, which was the over-complication of the plot, which made following the story arduous at times and then just plain frustrating. I don't mind thick plots, or even thiccc ones, but this was way too all over the place for my taste. My second complaint is about the ending, and I'm not sure if this is a valid argument or if it's just my personal taste BUT I always feel cheated when dealing with time gaps at the end. In this case we get all that build-up in the last two episodes, very fast-paced, action and clue-catching, we're finally putting the puzzle together and I'm getting excited for either a tragic ending that begs for a sequel or a bittersweet one that tugs on the heart strings. Instead, we choose to erase all memory of 444/Han Moo Gang/Kim Joon, fast-forward literal decades to when Ha Ram is ancient and now dying and THEN we die happily ever after...meh :/

Essentially, I think the writers could have taken a different route, left the door open for a sequel, and rounded out the romance/mystery/supernatural aspects, which I think would have bumped up the ratings. But they didn't, and I still enjoyed everything on a whole, and would definitely recommend this drama....but probably wouldn't watch it again.

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