Started this review with reading through a few more negative ones with the intention of sharing my dissapoinment about this series ,while checking other's observation too. I was surprised by the numerous negative points I had previously missed. First of all I decided to watch this series not because the overly positive response that it got but because I was curious about how well the story will transfer to the screen and how it will end all its lines. The story was quite intriguing, hearing about it first from one of my friends who highly praised the series.
Coming with a huge expectation of course I was let down by the first few episodes, it was getting harder to continue but having been made a promise to myself to finish it first before any bashing I completed it. I felt like the story was all-over-the place and started to hate one of the main characters to the core. I love crime thrillers and stories about serial killers but the forced melo really ruined it for me. Detective Cha's character was simply to annoying to bare and without any real chemistry between her and Detective Lee, her obsession only made her seem like a complete nuisance. I would've been happier and the story would've been much more convincing if she had never been ressurected from her death. But enough about her. Other cons.: the depicting of the whole police force as overly stupid or corrupt, the backgrounds of the villains were never truly explained or even mentioned, the ressurected victims were not really used to their full potential, the ending was missing its climax, the crime aspect of the plot felt like it never got its chance to shine.
One of the pros defenitely would be the soundtrack, I loved all the bgm music and the songs truly matched the whole aura of the series. I liked the transmission-concept however it could have been more defined and perfected . The never-giving-up spirit conveyed by detective Lee was heartwarming. The introduction of serial killings was a good choice to gain more interest but that faded away really quickly because it was wrapped up hurriedly. However the killing scenes were topnotch. The cinematography was especially mesmerizing, how they altered the colours and the camera movements when they were in the past or returned to the future was particularly intriguing. The acting was on point but that was expected by seeing the cast list, still praiseworthy.
To sum up it was hard to continue at times but it was worth to watch. I cannot call it a masterpiece because of the reasons mentioned above however I would recommend it, just not get your expectations up to high.