Night Has Come

Interesting concept but full of plot holes

It starts off strong, it's fun, intriguing, and fast paced. You want to know what the mystery is and what's going on.

The acting is decent.

And then you get to the ending, the big reveal - and oh boy.

It's so bad. I have so many questions.

1. How did the parents manage to kidnap an entire class of students??? How.
2. Why was no one looking for them? Supposedly the students are just strapped to that machine forever so it must've been a while????
3. HOW did the parents manage to get the technology for it?
4. How are the students staying alive while strapped to the machine???

I feel like for such a fun and interesting plot they could've just made the ending more coherent and it wouldn't have ruined the entire show for me. Because that ending was so horrible.

Idk if anyone should watch it tbh, you'll just get extremely frustrated.

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Could’ve been great.

I was excited for this. I found myself really intrigued by how they would be able to pull this off. Like, when someone is voted off, how will they die? I imagined it to be like Red Light, Green Light in Squid Game, where there’s people hidden with guns. I won’t lie, I was a bit disappointed when it was supernatural. But hey, that’s fine! Surely it’ll still be interesting…!

It wasn’t. At least not for long. At the beginning, I was super curious about who the mafia was (although I think it was super predictable that Jeongwon and Somi would be mafia.) But the show felt like it was just dragging after a while. Every episode was the same… Someone dies, vote out a civilian, blame the person who suggested them, then repeat.

FL felt insufferable at times. She kept trying to play the hero, despite it actively working against her. ML was okay, but a little boring. I wish they had gone a little more in depth on the characters backstories, at least the main characters. We still don’t even know why Junhee doesn’t like pools!

Why did it seem like the characters were just so stupid?? I get that they’re high schoolers and they’re scared, but common sense was not so common for them. Why did everyone blindly follow what Kyungjun said every single time?? That guy had no idea what he was talking about and got countless civilians voted out, but everyone just kept agreeing with him?? And why did no one suspect Somi earlier??? She was always one of the first to blame other people, and even her FRIENDS, yet no one suspected a thing. Hell, she LITERALLY killed someone in plain sight (on the mountain) and STILL wasn’t considered?! It’s insane.

Also, why did they build up all that tension between FL & ML just to not do anything with it? I was expecting them to showcase more of their romance but literally the most we got was a hug. FML.

But here’s the thing: Sure, finding out who the mafia are is interesting for a little. But after the 3rd person was revealed, I got tired of it. The fact that out of the entire show we only got 20 minutes explaining why the game even happened is insane. And it was a lousy ending, in my opinion. The logic of the parents was incredibly flawed. Yoonseo and Junhee were LITERALLY the only true friends of Seeun, and probably made her life a bit more bearable, yet they get punished too?

Also, it sounds really scary and threatening to hear that they’ve been repeating the games over and over, but if their memories are wiped, to them, it’s only as if it happened once… So…

Lastly, out of all the plot holes, the one I hated the most was where the f*ck did their teacher go?? I know that it was probably just set up by the parents to start the game, but I feel like there should’ve been some kind of closure on that.


I know this review has been overwhelming negative, but I still did enjoy the show. I think it did its job at being a highschool -set thriller and you probably won’t regret watching it, you’ll just feel a little empty. Like a piece is missing, because with all the plot holes, one probably is.

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A Hit or a Miss?

When this drama was out, I couldn't patiently wait for the next episode, because of the plot twists and the story which made me nervous. The acting was great and the storyline is interesting with multiple theories but I was disappointed with the bad ending. About the characters, most are straight-up dumb, and their decisions are too childish, the only reason that this drama was exciting is because of the MAFIAs. Although this is not the best, I really enjoyed the feeling of having uncountable questions in my head, yeah, it did answer most of those questions in the end but it felt rushed.

And also, Where are their parents and family members?? How do Se-eun's parents manage to kidnap them for the stupid video game, only because of the reason they ignore their daughter?!?! Like seriously, they also are the same, they should've comforted and supported her before, not just blamed other kids who have their own life to care for.

Overall, this is not a bad drama, I enjoyed it through out the show even though I don't like the end. This lacks storyline but the performances were nice, a gud drama to watch if you love this kind of genre.

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Disappointing and wasted potential

I really wanted to enjoy Night Has Come, especially because the premise seemed so interesting and promising at the beginning. A deadly mafia game involving high school students sounded like it could become an intense psychological thriller with strong character development, shocking twists, and meaningful backstories. Unfortunately, by the time I finished the drama, I was left feeling disappointed and honestly felt like I had wasted six hours of my time.

One of my biggest problems with the drama is the lack of properly explained backstories. There were so many characters, but I never felt truly connected to most of them because we barely got to understand who they were or why they behaved the way they did. Some characters had the potential to be genuinely interesting, but their stories were either rushed, ignored, or left unexplored. Because of this, many of the emotional moments did not have the impact they could have had.

The ending was even more disappointing. After spending the entire drama waiting for answers and hoping everything would come together in a satisfying way, the conclusion felt frustrating and underwhelming. It seemed like the writers were trying too hard to create a shocking or clever twist instead of giving the story a proper resolution. For me, the ending made the whole experience feel even more pointless.

The drama definitely had some suspenseful moments, and the concept itself was good, but a good concept is not enough when the execution feels incomplete. I kept watching because I genuinely expected the story to get better and eventually explain everything, but that payoff never came.

If you are looking for a high school survival or psychological drama, I would personally recommend Pyramid Game instead. At least that drama felt more engaging to me and gave me more reasons to care about the characters and what was happening.

Overall, Night Has Come had a lot of potential but failed to deliver for me. I really wanted to like it, but after finishing it, my main feeling was disappointment. Six hours spent waiting for a satisfying explanation and ending that never came. Such a waste of a promising concept.

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Finish this season first

The ending of this drama kept setting up season 2 that it forgot to wrap up it's this season first, and it sucks.

I actually don't have that much of a problem with this drama, sure the writing isn't top notch, and some characters were annoying, but apart from other minor nitpicks, it was still a solid and entertaining show. My only gripe with it is the inclusion of Se Eun. She was such a.. nothing character. We don't know who she is and we learn next to nothing of her other than that she was bullied and committed suicide. Which sucks the most because she's such an important character, she's basically the catalyst for the entire show and yet we don't care about her. The ending expects you to sympathize with the parents but it's hard to do that because we knew next to nothing about Se Eun, we didn't form any emotional bonds with her as a character and we were never given a chance to do so.

I feel what would've been better is a flashback episode dedicated to bringing Se Eun to light and showing the viewers who she is as a character, it should've shown So Min and the rest of the mafia/bullies as horrible people so their deaths become all the more satisfying. They also should've shown the aftermath of the deepfake thing to really nail in just how much Se Eun suffered and make the viewers sympathize with her even more. It just shows her getting teased for like a minute and then done. What? Maybe they could've shown Se Eun getting harassed by other male characters, or her losing out on opportunities because of the video, all of it which would impact her in great ways. But alas it just falls back onto the main problem that we don't know who Se Eun reallt is. It would've cleared so much mystery surrounding her character and maybe made the viewers actually care about the parents and her su!cide.

Which brings me back to my main point, the writers kept on setting up a season 2 that they forgot to finish this season first. The endings sucked because it was very clearly just a segue to the next season and not actually an ending to this one. I'm not sure if this drama has been renewed already, but I sure hope so if the writers are so confident in centering the entire season's ending as a segue to season 2. If it hasn't been renewed yet though, well that would've been just pointless.

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It's just not the best of the year because I watched Twinkling Watermelon

In my entire life, I have never watched a drama that left me as outraged as this one. But not in a bad way, but in a WONDERFUL way.

I admit that I started watching without any expectations, but finish it anyway as if I had seen the greatest masterpiece in the world.

Some may find the plot tiring or the ending meaningless and unnecessary, but in my opinion the ending was perfect!

I had some Duty after school dejavus, it made things more tense while I watched and the experience was 100 times better!

This definitely became my top 2 of dramas watched in 2023

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AN ENTERTAINING WATCH

Just finished this and Iam not sure how I feel about the ending to be honest I love the whole idea but it could have been executed a little better otherwise it felt a little lazy and open.

Any ways the story was intriguing and captivating, it has a way of keeping you on your toes as you watched and those little cliff hangers at the end of the episodes always got be excited to watch more...the acting was good from every one but I mainly want to show appreciation to Ahn Jiho ( Da bum) Choi yebin ( Jung Woo) and Choi woomin( Kyung Jun) (They weren't even the first main characters of the show but they did steal the spotlight with their immerse acting, it was crazy yet really impactful...

I just feel like the main roles could have been written a little better the male lead and female leads characters felt a bit bland and boring and to be honest the characters played by the bullies and the so called villains of the show had more complexity and layers and their characters just felt really entertaining to the point that they carried most of the episodes for me.

I also feel like they would have made it a bit longer for proper execution and also to allow us get connected to the characters otherwise some times it felt fast and most characters didn't really leave an impact....or room to connect with the viewers.

Overall if you want something short thrilling and scary( not so much) with nice twists and amazing acting then try this out and decide if the ending is what you wanted or not....

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No brainer impression, but that's not the case

I don't get why nobody's doing justice to this series 💀 it was actually quite entertaining but the amount of negative remarks gives off the impression that the show was a no brainer. I was waiting for this to come for so long, i had it on my plan to watch way before the show was even out and i was really excited to watch it the moment it's out but i felt like waiting for it to end so i can binge watch. But when i came back i saw all these negative remarks about the ending and also about how the show was a no brainer that i just kept putting it off to watch later but yesterday i wanted to give it a try at last. I was trying to finish the series on my plan to watch and so i ending up finished the series in less than a day.


Here's what i genuinely want to say:

- The plot twists were plot twisting
- The storyline is NOT weak as other reviews make it out to be. Yes, the character backstories weren't explained in depth but only shown as glimpses and something that was implied (understanding from the situations) and I don't think I'd blame them for that because they were probably trying to make us live in the moment by using only one location mostly throughout the series. Showing an entire backstory detail to detail would have taken our mind off of the current situation and the MAIN focus of the series (the game) and it wouldn't make the game go in the flow.

- the ending is unhappy yes but unhappy in the sense, not a poor thought ending but an ending were the characters aren't happy WHICH makes the viewers unhappy.

- I saw some reviews and thought that some viewers just skipped through the series because there weren't any parts that wasn't completely left blank to the audience just a few things that the audience themselves have to figure out and it really isn't something that has to be spelled out for us to understand.

- about how the games rules work now listen like im pretty sure even the players weren't sure abt how the game works bc they only found out the rules as they played through the game. Like they only thought of killing everyone AFTER they got both the mental strength to do that and also after the incident with the death of the doctor. And it's not like they all had the intension to kill anyone literally right after they got in the game lol they were literally trying to process everything. Then after a few nights they start to adapt to this whole killing and dying thing and so they finally becomes ruthless as the episode goes.

i might've missed more things but that's not the point i want to make. The point i want to make is if you're one of those who are debating whether to watch or not I'd say go for it bc personally i felt that this series it misunderstood to be really badly executed. Ofc i wouldn't say this is the best way it could've been executed bc you never know how much better it could've been done but nevertheless this is still good enough. ^^


ps. i don't rewatch anything and so i didn't want to put a rewatch value so don't mind that.

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Hooked or not Hooked

Guys,
So far im hooked,
lets not be scared, for now we all want to know whats going to happen,
this is hot and so misterious, who is (are) the mafia?? who is (are) the game creator????
I like the intrigue, Im up till the end!
Lets hope this doesnt end like AOUAD, we want closure, CLOSURE.
i like the sequel tought and so but recenly K-D is giving us sec seasons for what...
their good but Hello we fell in love with Asian Drama bc they are good and short.
no need to wait 1 2 3 years for sequel ..... I'd rather live with the suspense if so
like now... to understand SH 2 i need to rewatch the number 1 ...
Make it fair for us plss... Closure we manifest...

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A K-drama that compelled me to write a comment, review after a long time!

In a series where a group of students find themselves forced to play games for survival, maintaining mystery and tension is crucial and I believe "Night Has Come" accomplishes this very well!

While understanding the characters in the series can be challenging at times, I think the show has a great flow. The excitement continues in every episode, successfully keeping viewers hooked.

The cast, especially Kim Wooseok, does a commendable job, and even the performances of rookie actors don't disappoint.

My favorite aspect of the series is its ability to maintain suspense and mystery in each episode. You suspect someone, and in the next episode, it turns out they are innocent, It keeps your curiosity alive.

If you enjoy mystery, tension, and horror, I think you might want to give this series a chance.

And if you would like to read more detailed review, I would be so happy to have you in my website!

https://minihanok.com/en/night-has-come-kdrama-review-synopsis/

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