He was out of line even if I understand his anger which was building up since he found them eating at his restaurant.…
I think he was just tired of her pussyfooting around and not really addressing the elephant in the room. Jang Tae-jin is irrelevant as far as he's concerned. He's just a piece of trash. What he wants is for her to be truthful about her feelings.
I'm very tempted to drop this. I'm at ep6 and it's so boring. And I'm someone who enjoys slow paced dramas! It's…
It doesn't really get that much better to be honest. If you don't like it by Episode 6, you won't like the rest of it. It's not the pacing. I like slowburn dramas too but not this one.
Ikr and that too without any sense or reason, they are just using the symbolism mindlessly.
All throughout history people have deployed symbols and iconography from various religious systems to suit their whims. It's really nothing new. The number of cults that have misused Christian vocabulary has been baffling. Don't forget that the Nazis co-opted the use of the swastika. It's a cult and it doesn't pretend to be a truthful representation of Hinduism. At least not so far. ;)
I actually genuinely enjoy what this show does with the people engaged in espionage. It's not so much an espionage drama as it is about the men and women who sacrifice a normal, ordinary life to do what they do. It's really not that confusing a show and I don't think the show is all about having twists for twist sake. Sticky situations can be complex. Perspective shifts. No one single person knows everything or has the complete picture. Even with technology and the kinds of surveillance capabilities that we have today, distortion of the truth can easily occur. It's also true, and the show points that out that memories are notoriously unreliable. It's also about choices -- the ripple effects and the unintended consequences. Espionage is a dirty business and if allowed to, it can consume even the most patriotic to the point that they lose their moral bearings.
I think I have understood the mystery of this drama, even if the facts are drawn from a true story, the final…
It's an interesting hypothesis but I don't think so. It certainly would be a fascinating turn of events. However, it doesn't really explain Jung-hyun's role in all of this. The show isn't just seen from Detective Choi's perspective. Perhaps you might rethink this after watching Episodes 7 and 8. That is if you haven't watched them yet.
Truth be told, it's not like anything I've ever seen from K dramaland. 8 episodes later and I guess it's somewhat clearer what's going on. So much death. So many brainwashed people.
Episode 8 demonstrates once again what a wonderful show this is because it gets the balance right in terms in presenting different perspectives about wealth and its relative importance in our world as well as in the leads' respective character arcs. The leads' confrontation in Moo-hak's office is more evidence of the quality of the writing here.
I also like how the drama deals with snobbery on multiple levels with gentle mockery . It isn't just about old money vs the nouveau riche but the educated vs the uneducated which was exemplified in the "kiss" jokes. (The one about Keats was especially good). There's also another kind of snobbery (if we can call that) and that's from the grumpy female curator who is obviously someone who has seen better days. She's resentful I suspect because she was from a wealthy family who lost everything. She must think that Da-li is just lucky because she hasn't earned success but she has all these people around her helping her. In her bitter imagination Da-li thinks she is entitled to the job because she's the daughter of the previous owner. This is a running theme in the show and it's certainly the case that Da-li has to prove herself capable of making the gallery an ongoing concern not as her father's daughter but as the new director of the gallery.
I hope they don't turn Tae-jin into an outright villain. I do think he is someone that can help Da-li but only as a friend. Let's hope he realises that too before he completely destroys any good memories they shared together.
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Da-li definitely dodged a bullet 5 years ago.
Moo-hak is turning out to be one of my favourite male leads ever. So good.
It's a cult and it doesn't pretend to be a truthful representation of Hinduism. At least not so far. ;)
It's also about choices -- the ripple effects and the unintended consequences. Espionage is a dirty business and if allowed to, it can consume even the most patriotic to the point that they lose their moral bearings.
Perhaps you might rethink this after watching Episodes 7 and 8. That is if you haven't watched them yet.
I wonder where Cho Kyung-ho learnt to do hypnosis.
I also like how the drama deals with snobbery on multiple levels with gentle mockery . It isn't just about old money vs the nouveau riche but the educated vs the uneducated which was exemplified in the "kiss" jokes. (The one about Keats was especially good). There's also another kind of snobbery (if we can call that) and that's from the grumpy female curator who is obviously someone who has seen better days. She's resentful I suspect because she was from a wealthy family who lost everything. She must think that Da-li is just lucky because she hasn't earned success but she has all these people around her helping her. In her bitter imagination Da-li thinks she is entitled to the job because she's the daughter of the previous owner. This is a running theme in the show and it's certainly the case that Da-li has to prove herself capable of making the gallery an ongoing concern not as her father's daughter but as the new director of the gallery.
I hope they don't turn Tae-jin into an outright villain. I do think he is someone that can help Da-li but only as a friend. Let's hope he realises that too before he completely destroys any good memories they shared together.