Political thriller/ epic bromance/ comedy/ romance + basically everything good about dramas. THIS is how dramas should be done. Take a peek, other script writers, you might actually learn something. After a few episode this instantly became my obsession and I finished all 54 episode in 3-4 days. Amazing. Simply amazing, whether it was the brilliant storyline, the inhumanly good acting by the heroes and villains alike, or the astounding cinematography. The music was also so on point I actually want to download all of it now. The relationships between the characters are heart wrenchingly good, especially the bromance between the two male leads. It might just be me, but I especially liked the fact that the second main lead had no idea the first main lead was his childhood friend and kept going back between distrustful cooperation yet suspicious hope and longing. The bond was very deep and moving, I actually cried at one point, though the last time I cried because of a show was in like... 2004 when a character died in some cartoon and I was 7. The grief and heartbreak they feel is almost tangible, that's how good the acting is. Bonus points for not focusing on the romance part of the story too much as it often ruins everything in other dramas, though with the skill the writers have shown here they might just have pulled it off even if they wanted to take that path. I also liked how the mc wasn't God incarnate and stupidly good at every single thing. It is established early on that though his mind is extraordinary, his illness gives him an extremely weak body (that doesn't magically become strong because the plot requires it). It develops the character in wonderful ways, where you can see how he has to be extra extra careful to stay one step ahead and protect himself. The moments of illness also make some really good, touching scenes especially to help the bromance along. One of the things I liked most was how almost all of the characters actually had a brain. The logic behind their actions is (for once) something that actual people would do in their place, not some retarded, half assed hero plan that doesn't sound remotely plausible yet works because hey he's the mc. Everything is just written so cleverly; the characters are all intelligent! We are told the mc is a genius but unlike other dramas where we're told he is one and then he proceeds to act stupidly for the duration of the show, with halfassed plans that work because the power of friendship solves everything, not good planning and strategies, here we have amazing plans, brilliant counters, you can basically feel genius oozing off of him, there's no need for the show to even state he's a genius (tho it does) because the acting and writing are just that good. As a bonus, there are also no dumbass cartoon villains with halfwit subordinates. Honestly, all in all this was just so satisfying it often had me screaming in glee with my family/friends nearby rolling their eyes and asking if it was that good. The answer is yes, yes it's that good. So good, in fact, that I rewatched it immediately after finishing it for the first time. It was actually that amazing. One thing you should not thought is that the first episode can be kinda hard to get into, you really start getting into it by the end of episode 2, and from then on its basically a roller coaster ride of sleep deprivation because your eyes are glued to the screen. All I can say is thank god I only watched after it finished airing, or I would have been anxious waiting for every single episode on the edge of my seat.