There were numerous questions in my head after the last episode

Im starting my review with how i felt about the story of drama overall.
I went in to this drama with an idea of a female student who helps out a male student who's in trouble by hiding him in her dorm but the plot was as far from it as it gets.

Yes the story starts with that "Eun Young Ro (Jisoo) meets Lim Soo Ho (Jung Hae In) on a group blind date with her friends and falls in love with him at first sight. Later she discovers him in her dorm all wounded and takes care of him for a few days with the help of her roommates. "

BUT thats just the first 3 eps, she is later caught by the headmistress of the dorm and when she is about to be kicked out the story turns over and we now have an endless hostage situation plot. Yes most of the story is how 3 spies are holding around 60 female students and hostage and things that happen in between.

The script was weak, some scenes left me frustrated, very repetitive, the main political characters were just all around the place doing all sorts of things but getting nowhere (or I don't know if they were going to go for a satirical side) but you don't see political leaders being this dramatic and senseless especially in a political war drama.

We had great side characters like Jung Hanna, Lee Gang mu, Ms Pi, Boon Ok, Ms OH, Man Dong, Kang Cheong ya, Geum Chol, Gyeok Chan, I just wish they could have explored them more, given us more insight on their stories like the north spies family, what happened between hanna and gang mu etc.

And mainly the plot holes, usually after watching a drama im usually sad or satisfied but found myself strangely feeling numb because the story wasn't covered in a way where i would feel either.
After all the continuous plot twists in the latter half of the story, the last episode didn't come as a surprise and was kind of rushed in my opinion.. Somehow it was just left off at the end like the writer decided 'oh its the 16 episode? i've got to end this now, times up!'

Ms.Pi loved her, i needed more insight on what happened to her and how she came here, more insight on MAN DONG pls that plot twist was unexpected, most importantly the past between Jung Hanna and Lee Gang Mu, like how come there wasn't a small inclusion or at least a scene. I need a separate drama for their story please and thank you.


Going to the performance, firstly Jisoo definitely exceeded expectations, even though there were areas where she could improve for a first drama she performed way better than i had expected. But most of her character was just endless crying and covering the ears when hearing gunshots (pls that annoyed me)
Jung Hae In had this side in this drama mostly similar to DP and Prison Playbook, i love seem him express anger, madness, anguish, As for the romance he wasn't that expressive in this film because he's a north spy and his character had to suppress his emotions for the most part while i admired his acting i hated how the script had just ridden us out of the romance scenes.

My favorite was probably 'extraordinary you' star Kim Hye Yoon whose character and performance was extraordinary. She was perfect for her character and she nailed it. Including Kim Min Kyu (Gyeok Chan) here, i loved him, the perfect mad villainy role and his soft spot for Boon Ok and their interactions were everything even though it was short. I was more sad about the fact that they didn't have more interactions than the main plot.

Yoo In Na deserves a separate mention, we loved her in Goblin and Touch Your Heart but her character in this was everything. Boy she's the best spy here. One again we don't know where she left to at the end.

All the other characters were amazing too. mentioning Ms.Pi here again, Hanna and Gang Mu ( i appreciated the little bonus scene between Gang Mu and Soo Ho). The ANSP characters were pretty comical and dramatic..

Overall not an entirely satisfying drama, but if you have the time to get frustrated over characters, mull over 100 different plot twists, feel dumfounded during some scenes and have a good laugh too go ahead!

PS. I did not cry at the end, rather i was just left feeling numb.

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