InspectorMegre

Wait till the hurricane in ep 4 :)

This drama is a total masterpiece, it is so unique, so twisty wicked, and such excellent acting, and totally totally crazy dark hilarious thriller plot!!!! Never seen anything like this. I feel like I got on a rollercoaster and am going at the speed of 200mph to up/down of 1000 ft. I bet bunjee jumping, flying on kites, etc feels like watching this drama!!!!!!

So why are so few ppl watching ... ?
I guess it is too local Korean and too "low" as it talks about people from the lower strata of the society, and ML is not quite smart and the drama is really about poverty... I think the first episodes might have turned off ppl bc the ML was too dumb. Ppl want pretty young rich cheabols in sleek urban setting... ??? F.ck that :) Plasticized skeletons galore....
I am surprised that Koreans are not watching Mad Concrete Dreams but are watching a stupid drama about ghosts.... Korea usually has a better taste.. International audience doesnt surprise me :) they are so used to Hwood hype without content that anything truly artsy might blow their circuits.

from Mozila AI: "Mad Concrete Dreams (2026), featuring Ha Jung-woo's return to dramas, has struggled with viewership, starting at 4.1% and dropping into the 2%-3% range by episode 5 before a slight recovery to 3.5% in episode 6. Despite praise for its tense thriller elements, the drama has underperformed expectations.
Key Trends & Ratings:
Performance: The drama premiered on tvN on March 14, 2026, starting with a 4.1% rating and rising slightly to 4.5% for the second episode.
Decline: By the third episode, ratings fell to the low 3% range, sparking concern over it potentially dropping into the 1% range.
Recovery: Episode 6 showed a slight recovery, reaching 3.5%.
Reception: While some viewers praise the thriller elements and unpredictable plot, others have expressed concerns over the slow momentum, with suggestions that its black comedy style might have fared better on an OTT platform. "

The drama airs every Saturday and Sunday at 9:10 p.m..

... and ppl flock to dazzling stupidities like Pursuit of Jade to see skinny pretty idols with tons of makeup fly in chiffon robes and gaze at each other's eyes... LMAO ... even Chinese Military posted online that the ML's portrayal of ancient Chinese general was not masculine and used too much pretty makeup LMAO The ML looks like a skinny sickly teenage girl into costuming and makeup...

the audience somehow needs to see THIS drama. BUT HOW do we advertise it more?

Yeah it is being pissed off for wasting 14 hours to watch a MAJORLY TOXIC relationship. Watching the Cells was educational to see what is under the cover of such behaviors. SO I WROTE WHAT I LEARNED :)

So yeah I signed up to watch a romance drama, and instead, I ended up in a medical class on toxic behaviors. Yumi's cells 2 is NOT a romance drama :) it is a TOXICITY CESSPOOL SLIME. Without the cells, the drama would have been unsufferable. I would have dropped it fast. Bc of the Cells, I somehow managed to survive watching to the end, to LEARN.

I recommend to you to watch Stephan Speaks on youtube, bc clearly YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. So bye, I have no time to waste on explaining to you. FAREWELL.

I would say that about your post LOL what I presented in objective evidence - it is clear from the drama plot. It is VISIBLE RIGHT THERE ..... so your attempt to pretend that it does not exist by delusional "feeling" is just a gaslighting attempt to deny clear facts :)

hm where was an affair in Love, take 2? his "wife" was trying to swindle him - but she never succeeded..

wow... so many thoughts are going through my head - what a way to get rid of kids! .... wow what kind of country is this when you are trying to help the kid by putting them into a "better" environment so far away from home? ... wow what kind of adults these kids will be??? so wounded... trained to be rootless from early on... no mom, dad, siblings.... autnies, uncles, grandmas, grandpas, .... only left to some far family.... Sponsor family??? who are those?? kids are practically alone in a foreign land... Of course if parents at home are clutzes, this is better.... wow....

Also, I would like us not to put down daily dramas. DAILY DRAMAS ARE LIKE LONGER VERSION OF SHORT DRAMAS THESE DAYS ... and always include families and many characters and intertwined stories, a lot more complex plot, over period of time, which short dramas cannot bc they are too short ... So ... good dailies are quite good these days!
I have seen Queen's House, First Man, Woman Who Swallowed the Sun, Pearl in Red, some of Graceful Liar, and this one.
Graceful liar was trash, like a long cheap short drama lol WWSTS was very ... dumb.. PIR could get overdramatic but that is going away... PIR red has some amazing dialogues and scenes!!!! the only thing left is holding the camera on one frozen scene forever witih "obvious" faces.... QH was soap for about 20-30 ep... and then ... like a longer weekend drama or a long short drama! First Man and this drama totally look like a longer version of a short drama or a family weekender..... So ... why not have higher expectations?

As for production costs - a lot of that are A-line actors working for $500K per episode.. And honestly, I LOVE good daily dramas bc they do NOT have those A-line actors :) they have real people... young, old, new, experienced, unplasticized, eating properly, ...
And kdramas do not need huge budgets to be effective. Remember My Love From Another Star? We all knew Do Min Ho was an alien - just by his perfectly combed hair, black clothes, and stiff attitude. No special effects needed... Kdramas are INCREDIBLY CREATIVE.

I am all for good dailies, bc as I said, a good daily is just a longer short /weekender drama, conveniently packed in 30 mins so that you can watch if you are short on time. You get a good plot, high quality acting, lots of interesting actors, you get to see new stars being made, etc. First Man and Our Happy Days look quite classy, imo. Pearl in Red suffers from ... crude camera imo but has a decent plot too. Dailies are a great way for many actors to have a stable job and income, I hope, to keep acting, to debut, to get lead roles.... Dailies have work for actors who are older.... who have normal weight... who have normal faces... Dailies do not require sacrificing health .... FL in Queen's House/First Man is a super excellent actress. She gets to be a lead.... so a career in dailies is totally legit

A secret to a good daily - or any good drama - is a capable FL - bc that is usually the missing link, making the FL stupid/dumb/naive - but kind :) So these recent dailies have smart FLs and that suddenly opened a whole universe of possible plots, so the plot is dynamic and moves fast, which makes the drama interesting.

Dailies are getting smarter bc we the audience are asking for it :) We are now getting smarter FLs, etc. Pearl in REd and First Man are in top 6 watched in Korea! Our Happy days can be too. 30 mins is easy to invest in watching some good acting and plot.

SO GO FOR IT, MAKE GOOD DAILIES THE THING!!!!

yeah you are right, they wont divorce.... but are effectively separated. Wow really fked up situation

Min Ho is cute and smiles, so even if he messes up, he is fun to look at. I noticed that his scenes in ep 5 were much better.
But Gyeol is soooo solemn and dreary... and stiff and tight... he needs to relax AND ACT

Precisely bc it is a daily drama, it is a GREAT TIME to work on improving skillZ.

You might be surprised but daily dramas these days have some amazing actors, young or old... (e.g. FL in Queen's House/First Man, Baek Ho in First Man, Lawyer in Woman Who Swallowed the Sun, Nan Suk and Chairman in Graceful Liar, etcetcetcetc) and also many actors who get their first role or their first LEAD role and go from nothing to really acting well (e.g. Kang Gi Chan in Queen's House). Also, I LOVE that more real ppl act in dailies - plastic surgery and BMI of 10 is *not*required, and to be honest, that is one of the main reasons I watch good dailies. I dislike plasticized skeletons as actors. But I digress.

it is in ML"s interest to act better, I am sure he is capable of it. Sorry if it looks harsh to you... fyi I was not the only one who complained about his acting. From my point of view, I am HELPING him get better, and my advice is even free :) I think it is a win-win situation - we get a better drama and the actor gets more skillZ to use anywhere. I will think more highly of him if he starts acting better.... And.. Since I am trained to coach and evaluate performers, I am convinced that my feedback is not totally useless.

Think of a daily drama as a paid chance to practice :) Nothing personal, we are not condemning the actor, we are giving feedback :) for MUTUAL benefit :)

For example, Min Ho actor's acting improved already! Plus he is cute and smiles, so even if he messes up, he is fun to look at. I noticed that his acting in ep 5 was much better.
But Gyeol is soooo solemn and dreary... and stiff and tight... he needs to relax AND ACT

the bottom line is, we are not condemning anyone, we root for them to act the best they can and to keep improving. It is a mutually beneficial partnership :)

We want to help kdramas be bigger and better and stay on the top :) They are endangered species these days

FYI - i like daily dramas bc that is where I can see REAL PEOPLE acting, not some plasticized skeletons. Since this drama was off, I watched 2022 kdrama Soundrack #1 with Park Huyng Sik from 2022... WOOOOW!!!! what happened in just a few years, that actors and actresses are now so skinny, like stray cats??? Watching a ML in 2022 is like night and day from watching a ML in 2026...
2022 ML looks like a man, has bulk, shoulders, chest, legs, larger head, face, hands, ... clearly a MAN.
And 2026 ML looks like a skinny girl.... Even Chinese military recently roasted ML from Pursuit of jade for not looking masculine enough and wearing makeup. o course , he DOES look a skinny girl with makeup...
SO I REALLY WANT TO STOP STARVING THE ACTORS
BC TOO THIN IS NOT SEXY, IT LACKS VIBRANCY AND LIFE, IT IS QUITE ... UGLY ... AND UNNECESSARY...
i guess many actors are fashion and advertisements models, and fashion industcty requires impossible BMI of like 13 (and mininum is 18.5) so I am not sure what the solution is, but hey, these skeleton ppl are NOT attractive nor sexy at all, they are just UNHEALTHY and it shows...

I watched this in April 2026...
In summary: the only value of this drama is:
1. to realize the drama is a delulu dream of some spoiled immature chick

2. to enjoy looking at the ML actor. WOW WHAT A GREAT LOOKING ***MAN***!!!!! shoulders, chest, legs, face... of a MAN... not a skinny teenage girl.... the way that all modern actors look!!!!! WHAT HAPPENED IN JUST A FEW YEARS THAT ALL ACTORS LOOK LIKE SKELETONS??? so U G L Y !!!!

3. to realize how handsome actors and actresses ARE and WERE before it became fashionable to look like a skeleton.
ENOUGH OF STARVING THE ACTORS!!!! LET THEM EAT AND LOOK GOOD!!!! NUFF OF SKELETONS ALREADY!!!! it is **** U G L Y ****

PHS looks sooooo handsome and sooooo manly here and also the actress!!!!! and all actors SHOULD have their normal weight.

wow Park Huyn Shin the ML actor - wow he looks awesome! and FL too!!!!! Just in 2022, nobody was too skinny yet!!!!

This is the best ever I saw PHS!!!! He is so atttactive!!! he is bulky enough and he looks like a MAN. Shoulders, chest, legs, face. HE IS A MAN!!!!!

These days, male actors dont look like a MAN but like a starved stray cat. And they all got dark circles under their eyes from all that starving. They are NOT attractive, there i snothing STRONG and masculine about them. No energy, vibrancy, etc.
The only one is Bon Appetit Your Majesty ML, and also Haunted Palace ML. They are the only ones who really looked like energetic men. in the entire 2024-present. Hm this is incorrect. I can think of some others. But too many!!!!

I WISH WE GO BACK TO OLD TIMES STANDARDS, BC TODAY ACTORS LOOK LIKE SKELETONS and it is not so cool at all

PHS here looks like a MAN
adn the lady loooks like a WOMAN - a real woman, not a piece of plastic sugery...

The lady too, has a little bit crooked nose. These days, plastic surgery is so severe, nobody would let her live free like that!!!!!

ML and FL both got muscles on them and they are lively and energetic

Wow this little drama is good enough to just to look at PHS and admire his looks!!!!!

======= AS FOR THE CONTENT: =======
The drama is soooo cheesy.... one of those delulu chick baits "the flawed chick has a perfect guy doting on her FOREVER waiting for her to say yes and being totally loyal only to her. Not even s.x with anyone else for 20 yrs he waits for her."
WOW CAPOOL lol FL script is annoying and unrealistic :) The actress is doing a good job at it and yes she is pretty but... the character is like a little girl :) UNTIL THE VERY LAST SCENE, when she confesses - wow that is one skilled actress!!!! ...

so PHS is a main draw to watch the drama :( to be honest.... The drama is a clickbait for little girls :) and I think PHS knows it, based on how he is acting and clearly pretending and forcing himself.

It seemed to me that PHS is a little bored with this role. This is too cliche and too simple, and not interesting to him. IT IS CLEAR HE KNOWS IT IS A FAKE PLOT lol and that he is used as the eye candy.... And .... Perhaps his real life is not like this so this "quiet good boy" is too ... simple. He looked more interested in Burried Hearts. Well that was a lot more important drama...

The music is AMAZING!!!! it is all classical piano music similar to
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
translates to "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" landmark 1894 symphonic poem by Claude Debussy. It is inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé's poem L'après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun), portraying a faun's sensuous dreams of nymphs

And I am so happy to see the main villain from The Nice Guy!!!! that drama was worth watching just for his performance. Wow that actor has PRESENCE!!!! some real skillZ!!!! even in this little drama, he shines, he is super memorable. Wow great acting skillZ!

omg. ML was a penguin dad :(
Intense educational pressure... ? i cannot even comprehend what that is then - wow - what is that like, to be worth it for a family to split and live without their father... ???
meanwhile... how is s.x life of mother and father... ? this must be plenty of "effectively divorced" and cheating.... This is a great chance for already falling marriage to quietly separate and even look legit... Wow the whole situation looks insane and full of side baes...
and the kids!!!! growing up so far from home and family, ar from grandpas and grandmas and aunties and uncles... !!!! without dad.... eeeeks this is ... Is English so impossible to learn that you must go there while you are very small... ? I would think so. I tried speaking Chinese and gave up after 5 minutes, I could not has HA in 10 different ways...

YES!!!!! omg I wanna see that :)

So yeah let's do the math:
JH has to accept his mom, and his mom in jail;
BH has to accept that JH is adopted and nobody told him;
the entire family has to sack CheaterDad.
So .. . 10 full episodes for that family?

then episodes investigating everything HY did....
then the trial.. etc...
Then.. Lapdog... is he finding JH's dad? did Lapdog disappear? So he could be causing problems...

Then episodes about Seo Rim rehab - maybe ... 4 at least? SR rehab and her settling in... ? JM will have to wheel her around the company for a while... ?
Then episodes about telling the Chairman... ah that's gonna be tricky...
Then episodes about resolving the Gold Diggers...
then episodes resolving JM's family...

1 ep for BH-JM wedding :)
Maybe 1-2 episodes for "later" time skip ? kids... CEOs... ? etc/

JH's dad coming back.. ?
Twin's dad coming back... ?

Hm it may or may not add up to 40 eps so perhaps there will be more problems :) If Lapdog is on the run, he can cause problems. Chairman might want to cover it all up... JH can be exploding, CheaterDad and DumbCheatedWife too, etc.

HOWEVER, there are no dailies in May, bc of elections, so the drama has to quickly kinda wrap up and leave at a good cliffhanger...

LET'S SEE, I AM CURIOUS :)

Wow a rare kdrama where FL is a lot stronger actor than ML... !!!!

Gyeol actor is a terrible actor, everything is clearly pretense rather than being the character. That could be deadly. His half brother actor is not great but at least can smile and look attractive. Gyeol is pale, skinny tired, and soooo serious and poofed up. He is NOT a nice thing to see on the screen.

I do hope Gyeol actor gets some fast acting lessons and relax and ACT.

FL is great. What a rare gem :) I love her shoes too :) And her script is decent, she is a smart person. Whew.

So now the only thing left to do, is to find a suitable ML. Gyeol actor is inadequate. He better improve or he is gonna ruin the drama.

yes they met on the playground :)

>>>>> QUOTE FROM ANOTHER USER FROM 8 DAYS AGO:
KBS2 DAILIES ARE MON-THUR STARTING TODAY
AND NO DAILIES AT ALL IN MAY
>>>>> PLEASE SOMEONE PUT THIS INTO DISCUSSIONS, I am not allowed to. Thanks.

" Starting from April 3, 2026, every Friday will be changed to four times a week as the 2026 KBO League broadcast program, ‘Friday Baseball’, is scheduled instead of a daily drama. Due to the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League broadcast every Friday , the schedule has been changed from Monday to Thursday.
Only for KBS2 I think.

According to namu wiki, In May 2026, KBS1 and MBC daily dramas will be canceled due to candidate debate for the 2026 9th National Simultaneous Local Elections."

I loved how it got resolved :) BH da man and JM da taser :) So now 40 more episodes of .... ? I am curious!

you missed the point. There are so many complaints on this page - how come you didnt reply to them, only to me? Those complainers THINK this is a real life drama LOL I just explained to them WHY they are complaining. And I am out of here :)
PS - I dont like the dramas you recommended :) Clearly you have no idea what I was talking about :) THERE ARE DRAMAS THAT ARE REALISTIC AND HAVE HOPE :) and you think that the two are totally separate LMAO I recommend you watch My Mister kdrama masterpiece.
I am not coming back to this page, so FAREWELL

The audience was right in saying that Woman Who Swallowed the Sun was boring bc the plot was super dumb. MBC should have listened. I suppose they dont read audience feedback so whatever we say here is lost to the wind

Also, the audience cannot be killing a drama with suggestions for going in a wrong direction

For example:
The audience wanted an exciting Graceful Liar, all consuming blood thirty revenge, and the drama went into the cesspool direction and became trash.
The audience wants smart FLs, but in Our Golden Days, the audience ROASTED a spoken up perceptive FL who wanted things discussed. The audience called her clingy and unlikeable - and the drama was driven into very stupid usual boring.
The audience liked For Eagle Brothers senior-home-bland-sterile-prim-proper-plot and the drama was just that, blah blah of politeness without any action

In Queen's House, the audience put up with Se Ri and even had sympathy for Gi Chan. And ppl did not mind stupid FL for the first 30 episodes, causing death of several people by her stupidity and naivette.

To me, First Man is pretty good. I really like this drama. I like the warm family feel that does not get overwhelmed by crime and violence. I would not change much in terms of events,

but I would remove the details that show that JM is the same dumb she ever was, and I would put more footage of her trying to work out her growing stronger. Small stuff. I think the plot is reasonable for the circumstances.

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One thing I decided to do is to stop writing here. I feel out of sync with the audience that roots for the evil people to be doing harm just for the sake of "excitement". I think there are MANY ways to jazz up a drama. Sure, the villains will cause prblems but there are other ways too.

So I will have to leave the comments section in this drama although it is my favorite daily drama. I might post something here and there but I dont want to participate until I see CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions for improvement. Thanks. Bye.