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anita
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 8, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
awesome, a must watch drama, never get bored from the beginning until the ending
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ElenaLinville
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 13, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
This is one of the best dramas I've ever watched. Definitely on top of my 10 most beloved dramas.
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Ramnyli
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 17, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10

One word PERFECTION!!!!

WOW…the story line is perfect….it had me glued to the screen the whole time. I enjoy the journey with the main characters. I love how the story was lined to them. It was very emotional to see how hard they are trying to change the past to save people.

The acting is great!

After reading the comments saying that this drama is one of the kind and you will not find anything so amazing. I thought they exaggerated but NO. It is a masterpiece. Everything is perfect and it set the bar up so height that it will be hard/impossible to beat it.

Also it made me happy to know that there is second season coming and hopefully we will get the ending we are hoping for.

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mdlpeyhadetective
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 27, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.5

Deserves to be one of the topmost kdramas

Heartfelt main characters ,amazing story and good music suitable to the tone of the series. I normally don't like shows with a weak ending but the story until that was so good , it didn't effect me that much. If it follows up with season 2, I think my score will change (I think it may go higher if director doesn't let the quality down). Absolutely a must watch kdrama for people who love crime and impactful main characters.

It would also be a good gateway for people who love crime and good writing and want to get into kdramas.
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kirtil
0 people found this review helpful
Nov 12, 2019
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 6.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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All in all; a very solid drama.


It was better than good but the time travel / time skip / change the past and future aspect doesn't agree with me.

I do not like watching the characters meet and form relationships, form my opinion on these characters and relationships, pick favorites and root for something and then towards the end the writers say; oh btw; these did not happen.

It may help the story, but I do not like it.

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xnamelessowl
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 24, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10

Lee Jae han sweetest detective

They don't make policemen like this anymore. Lee Jae Han, sweetheart you changed the trajectory of my life.

Old style crime shows... There's just something about it I can't look away. Add a "talk with a radio to someone in the past" plot and it's gonna become my new personality lmao.
Every case is connected to another through different timelines making it a way bigger story. Piece by piece, the truth is revealed but till the very end, when u think everything is resolved u just get through it all again. Rare are the dramas the last episode isn't disappointing. Signal is one. BUT AHHHHH i can't believe ppl lived 8 years with this.
S2 coming ? they better give my bffs some happiness.

Special note also for Lee Sang Yeob's acting and character who broke me.

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GiGi
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 9, 2019
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 3
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Important Review Must Read!

I have not finished watching but I had to do the review beforehand. The United States movie "Signal" was nothing like this movie but it had to do with a murder case. This Kdrama and the American movie Signal are both great. The KDrama had more of a story to it which I so appreciate. Lee Je Hoon whose character Park Hae Yeong was very strong and convincing as a profiler. I need to see more with this actor. Kim Hye Soo who played Cha Soo Hyun was also a strong and compassionate emotional female detective, she was also doing a believable job. I will let you know the rest as I finish watching it. I have not skipped any episodes because it has me focused on them. Now the bad part.

Important: I always research the actor's main lead and support.

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Sakarya
0 people found this review helpful
Nov 11, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
Signal was definitely a worthwhile watch, but the top review does highly overrate it. It is absolutely not the best storyline I've ever watched, although I do feel that K-drama storylines have recently become so trashy that this drama comes off as a ray of sunshine.

This is a crime solving story where there are 5 cases featured throughout the story with one big underlying "final boss" that the main characters are getting closer to identifying. There aren't many action or thriller moments but the suspense is great. There are a lot of flashbacks (there should be a category for rating the quality of flashbacks haha. side note: what's with the popularity of flashbacks these days? they're honestly so annoying to watch) but they're pretty well done and you don't feel like you're watching the same scenes replay over and over again throughout the entire drama.

Characters were pretty good! It was a great display of corruptions vs virtue and I think these traits were well written into the character. Lee Jae Han was the STAR of the story; you can't help but fall in love with him. He's so valiant and virtuous, storming towards justice yet stumbling through romantic situations. While this character is loveable, it is very overdone. That would be my one comment about this drama; it didn't feel "new," but rather you were watching a story and characters that you're familiar with play out in an expected but definitely interesting way. While parts feel a bit TOO clean cut, theres still that sense of you don't know who will live, what will change, and who will die.

Continuing off that, while the story isn't new, there ARE twists that are unexpected (but nothing too outlandish or surprising). I cried episode 5 which I didn't expect to happen so quickly.

TL;DR I'm a kdrama watcher in their eariy 20's, so if you're bored by over-the-top romantic comedies and looking for something more serious (and a story that follows a line and doesnt just implode on itself) then I would highly recommend!

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Twov
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 3, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10

Watch this.

This is up to now still the best drama I have ever seen! It is not always so easy and straight-forward to follow with all the different timelines but I like it when a bit more effort is asked from a viewer. The cast is top notch, the chemistry between all the main characters is superb. It has been a while since I saw this so I don’t remember all of it anymore but I know it is something I will rewatch again when I know I have all the time in the world to enjoy it.
I rated the music because I have to but I honestly don’t remember the music anymore.
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Lyra Enterina
1 people found this review helpful
Feb 26, 2021
5 of 16 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 1.5

acting is a bit over the top

i was curious about this series because it has high ratings.. but now that im on episode 5, im still waiting for that reason that why i shouldn't stop watching this show. one of the main things that frustrate me is the MAIN LEAD, i feel so tired watching him act.. he talks like someone is chasing him... not sure if this is his character but i feel frustrated every time i see him on screen.

one word: over acting.
the female lead though acts naturally. the rest feels OVER the top.

I wish this male lead at least just acts naturally. in my POV i don't think someone acts that way in the middle of the case.... or while researching.

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tokenkike
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 9, 2020
4 of 16 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 5.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

A miss, yet again.

I liked the lead actress and the past tense detective unfortunately that was not enough to keep me watching. I do not like flashbacks and nonlinear timelines in general but I could have overlooked that had the overall delivery been good but it really was not the case. The build up to the climax is great then it falls flat. It's seems like a pattern that many action/crime/thriller Korean dramas follow. It's really a shame because they have potential.
The acting bit is where it really did not disappoint. All the featured actors where anywhere from descent (the one that kidnapped the child) to great. I really did like the main actress a lot. The "female law enforcement character" is often a good one in Korean dramas that I must applaud.

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QAS
0 people found this review helpful
Oct 27, 2016
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
Signal is one of the best K-dramas of 2016. The story involves time-overlapping; detectve Lee Jae-han is moving backward in time, while profiler Park Hae-young is moving forward in time. The drama is en par with the best British police detective dramas. The music and the suspense reminded me of the British Broadchurch drama, but Signal eclipsed Broadchurch in the story department.
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