Not sure what this drama was trying to be
Nice cast, with well known supporting actors.It didn't actually feel like there were main male & female characters at times (not a bad thing).
It had an ensemble feel, with the lives of all the characters in the 'team 2' of this small provincial Prosecution Service, taking centre stage, at some point.
There are 2 characters, which more of the scenes revolve around, however, and their strained relationship with each other.
The dynamics of a small, close, often overworked, under pressure group of colleagues, is interesting.
We get to see the cases they have to handle, from less significant fallings out, to more serious crimes.
The effect a new team member, transferred from Seoul, has on all of them, but mostly on the main male character, is also interesting.
The ML is a fairly gentle, principled person, good at what he does and intuitive. He doesn't seem particularly ambitious, nor does he suffer the politics sometimes involved when dealing with high profile, well-connected suspects, easily. He is likeable and personable.
His feathers get ruffled, however, with the arrival of the transferred female prosecutor.
She takes an immediate dislike to him and he cannot work out why.
Their bickering, barely concealed, sometimes out in the open, animosity towards each other, which fuels his competitiveness, is a central theme; as is the slow reveal of why she dislikes him so much.
There are light and amusing parts to the plot, including a totally bizarre side one that involves 2 members of staff and an online game. Sadly, it just didn't fit for me, and I found it totally odd, to say the least. Perhaps the writers were going for quirky, but for me, it really didn't work at all. It just made the drama seem a bit all over the place.
The central female character of Cha Myung-joo, is also the only reason that I couldn't watch multiple episodes in one sitting. I absolutely loathed her, so I just couldn't stomach more than 2 eps at a time, and couldn't even watch every day! That meant I took ages to finish this, but I didn't want to drop it just because of that.
I found her stuck-up attitude, arrogance and petty vindictiveness, really hard to watch.
She's great at her job too though, but because of how riled up she gets Sun-woong, he often jumps to the wrong conclusions and gets paranoid at times, which affects his judgement and usually good intuition.
She is completely unlikeable for me, even when more of her background is revealed, or when she shows a rare, softer side. It's not enough. I suppose the actress did well, seeing as I reacted that way, even though she's not a favourite!
I can't believe for one minute, that this is in any way a remotely accurate representation of the prosecution service and if it is, God help them! ? So if you're looking for realism, give this a wide berth.
The usual mistreatment of subordinates, money and power providing protection, looks the other way and outright incompetence, is all in this drama.
It isn't memorable, but an OK watch. There are, however, far better legal dramas out there, both in terms of wit and characters.
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Life Lessons in a Drama
"Some moments shake our lives entirely, even then we must get through today. So we won’t regret the coming future and this moment." This is a line in the drama that makes a lot of sense to me these days.This drama was a breeze for me. I am not sure what it is with prosecutor-lawyer-court drama that somehow gets to me and it is one genre that I truly enjoy. Since the ML from this drama is from My Mister is the very reason why I didn't hesitate to watch.
Is this truly how it is in South Korea? I wonder what's the average budget for an office worker on food alone. As I watched how they get to enjoy every meal from different restaurants or takeout meals...or how they unwind over booze..soju...and karaoke...Korean culture is at its best.
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Lee Sun Gyun, oh, Jeez! Jealous of your voice, enough to watch your dramas and movies. The rest of the cast, sorry can't recall the names, were superb. There isn't even a support role in a sense that each one has been given a story and importance. The drama also deals with matters from gender inequality and patriarchy to bullying due to organisational hierarchy. The drama doesn't depict the story of typical lead actors who achieves their goal at the chapter ending but showcases the plus and minuses of each person compromising their star status.
Over all, it was a sweet treat for me.
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I have been hooked on Korean dramas since July 2020. Didn't know they existed until then. I love the action dramas and have been leaning on the legal dramas as well. This is about the 4th legal drama that I've watched and every legal drama that I've seen haven't disappointed me.
This one didn't disappoint. Even though it was slow paced, it still was enjoyable to watch.
The cast was great. Unfortunately each drama that I've seen I end up hating a Korean female and yes, I didn't care for the prosecutor who got transferred to another office. I found myself rooting for her twice though.
I laughed a lot while watching this. There was even moments that had me a little jumpy.
There were two scenarios that this episode focused on: the carpenter's ruler, and room 309. The carpenters ruler was solved but not the story behind room 309. I wanted that story to finish out but it was left hanging.
The last few episodes had my blood boiling though. The one thing I can't stand is bullies and the way it was handled was also left dangling.
As I mentioned before it was a slow paced series but there wasn't a episode I didn't enjoy. Now I'm going to be hooked on Korean legal dramas as well.
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An unexpected drama
A very underrated drama which is really good, i can say it's drama about slice of life in office , you aren't gonna stuck with the carchter but or have the past of the charactersWhat i really love about the drama
. Every episode is dependent not every espoide is a detached but it have it's own story
.the actors were in thier place
. The story is sometimes funny and there no deep dark side
. Its a light drama so it doesn't make you in rush to watcn other espoide
Fisrt i didn't understand the drama or it's type then i really love the way of it
The drama doesn't have any really romantic relationships
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