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Petaling
This episode was a very painful one. Who'd have imagined that the power abuse case would end up becoming much more sinister? So we're not just dealing with a company that promotes power abuse between the employer and employees, but they also dealt with illegal porn video distribution. So we learned about what happened to Goeun's sister... and how that video that was illegally shot changed their lives overnight. And it was even more devastating to find out that the video leak did not happen by accident. It was intentional. And the significance of Goeun's bandaged fingers become even more grim when we find out it was because the bleeding happen due to extreme typing and scrolling on the laptop that inevitably happened due to the trauma caused by the incident. How desperate would they have been, to try wiping out any trace of the illegal videos to the point that their fingers bleed? It was so frustrating, but I guess that's where our taxi driver comes into the picture to fix the wrongdoing.I love how the drama treated this issue very serious, and how this issue was really problematic. It really drives home how cancerous this issue is and how traumatic the experience is for the victims to have to face this by themselves while seemingly not being taken seriously by the authorities who were supposed to protect them.
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We got treated with a flashback of Hana's earlier job interview as a prosecutor... and turned out she wasn't really much of a different with the Rainbow Taxi group when it comes to responding to a crime in progress. Of couse that, and her opinion of what law meant for her caused her to disqualify in the interview. That sure makes one wonder how that past would correspond with the present case, not to mention that she was still investigating the Deluxe Taxi case.Dogi's first day of work really end up so surreal. Udata work environment was so weird... it was strange how they looked more a cult rather that a normal company. Never expected to see the Udata case turned out having a shocking connection to Goeun's past. Next ep teaser seemed to look like Hana may found out that Dogi was the driver of the Deluxe Taxi. Makes you wonder if they would really end up working with each other.
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So Dogi fainted after the sounds of whistles triggered his PTSD and later woke ep in the hospital after a nightmare. But I guess it explained things, like how after his mother's incident he would've had to quit his job. It was really heartbreaking, to be honest. So this time a work power abuse case, huh? It was rather extreme to have the work environment trying to establish intimidation and violence as a means to gain control of the employees, but I guess that's one way to show how bad that work culture was. It felt like the company was run by gangsters. Have to say that the coloured hairs looked silly, but it's one way to id the main bad people. This time both Dogi and Hana were aiming towards the same enemy. Made me wonder if Hana would eventually end up working r with Dogi. That said, it's interesting how all of the Deluxe Taxi team all turned out to be victims of crimes. But I guess it's why all of them were so dedicated on doing this vigilante thing.Showing the hidden track at the end of the episode was pretty cool. It was so strange to see how all of the past, present and future actually at one point of time crossed path with each other.
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It's a great turnaround for the team as the bullies' attempt to frame Dogi end up backfiring. And I like how the team proceed to directly deal with the bullies as they tried to get the bullied to feel how their victims have endured. That aside, it was so adorable watching Dogi act as an innocent temp teacher lol.Looking at the recent uproar, in a way, watching this episode could be seen as comforting to people who experienced bullying in the past. As you get to see the perps being punished for what they did.Yet, there is a lesson to be learned here. That when it comes to bullying it would be better if such issues could be tackled immediately rather than keeping silent for so long before exposing it all once you're older. Because that way, you can really make a change rather than wait later and unleash that pent up grudge towards people. Not to mention the fact that, if you deal with the issue right away, you should be able to get the proof of the act and then act on it to right the wrongs.That aside, we see more of what happened in Dogi's past. And it's heartbreaking that because of it he ended up having trauma whenever he encountered any triggers that reminded him of it.
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This episode is dealing with school bullying and considering recent events, you can't help empathizing on the victims. Like the bullying was really bad and it's really unimaginable how the perpetrators could be so young and unmoved over the atrocities they've done.That aside, I like how there were still things left lingering from the earlier cases as we finally get to see that other corrupt cop being hauled in after Dogi flipped the police car over.
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Sell Your Haunted House Episode 2
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Jang Nara really rocking the goth look. At times it's hard to believe that it was really her, she looked very different than her past images. She's so beautiful. We get to find out a bit more of Jiah and Inbeom's past and turned out that the two of them weren't really disconnected after all. And there was an incident in their past that connected the two of them together. Jiah's character really starting to grow on me and it's really great to see her parkour on heels. ❤❤❤ When it comes to characters that have supernatural abilities like Jiah, it was really endearing to see them being so tenacious. And I like how she always seemed unfazed whenever her mother's ghost appeared like random to scare her.
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Sell Your Haunted House Episode 1
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First episode teally started with a bang. Jang Nara looking pretty good as an exorxist realtor. And Jiah's back story was also pretty good. Love all her action scenes, it's really refreshing to see taking a role that involve a lot of fighting scenes. Gonna look forward to see more of the story ♡♡♡
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It's like a Korean Knight Rider of a sort, lol. I mean, the taxi Kim Dogi used isn't exactly KITT2000, but it had quite a number of techs that could match up to it. And Dogi was kinda like Michael Knight also, in a way. And as much as the Blue Bird Organization wasn't as fancy as the Foundation of Law and Government in the way they operate, you can't help finding the similarity. I haven't seen the webcomic before, yet I do wonder if the creators had been inspired by Knight Rider in any way. Which was cool either way.
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Have to say that one needed a lot of patience while watching this drama. Because man, almost every one is shady AF. When youleast expected it, you see an unexpected side to a character which is unlike the persona they normaly show usually. In which the whole tension between the characters and all the mindgames can be very tiring to see.
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Not sure what to type because the second episode had a lot of things to digest as well. But one thing we know of is that one of the two children from the last episode that has been identified as having the psycho genes grew up into a serial killer. And the kid that identified the Headhunter grew up to be a cop. Seeing Lee Heejun played a cop here intrigued me tbh, since he did cameoed in Vincenzo as a thug. But I guess the role fit him here, since after witnessing his mother and brother being attacked, the experience would've affected how Moochi had grown up. And we get to know our other lead Bareum. Mr Headhunter was still alive... and because of Moochi he found out that his son still lived. Ahn Jaewook as a villain was really something, like his acting really gives you a certain chill as this notorious serial killer. There's another serial killer on the loose as Moo-chi's on the hunt to catch the guy.Have to say, the plot was getting interesting though the pace is still a bit slow. It was implied that Bareum may be one of the two babies that had the psycho genes despite him being quite normal so far. The ending cliffhanger also somewhat confirmed it as we meet another seemingly psycho doctor. Who may as well be our culprit? Or maybe not.So far the murder cases were pretty interesting, like how outwardly it seemed unrelated but later revealed to be connected. I felt that the reveal of the son's identity was a bit too soon tbh and a bit obvious. In which it made me wonder if there would be an unexpected twist. Like it would've been interesting if Han Seojun's son turned out to be his complete opposite.
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Such a turn of event!It was really so amusing seeing that NIS guy trying to check Vincenzo out. And being surprised at how this Italian consigliere seem to act like this kind person, scolding kids who've been smoking.... assisting the head monk with placing the heated pads (which was so hilarious, considering how the monk still haven't moved from his spot yet complying with Vincenzo's request to move a bit) and general being this neighbourhood cool guy.And it really took me off-guard, that Lawyer Hong turned out to be far more observant than I initially thought. And remembering and figuring out that Vincenzo was the son of the lady who he's been trying to help. Though it makes me wonder if the old guy also suspected that Vincenzo had some connection to the Mafia. That said, it seemed that the ex-procecutor Choi may be someone as dangerous as whoever that real chairman of Babel was. It makes me wonder what kind of morality she's holding since she's shady AF. Yet in the earlier episode she seemed to despise the lots who who misuses their powers (and still this is the same lady who can turn the most upright dude into a scum overnight!)And the white truck of doom paid us another visit. That was an intense cliffhanger omg and hopefully the casualties didn't end up real bad. But I guess this would be a good trigger to get Vincenzo to really fight back. Since so far he's only focused in trying to recover the hidden gold. But now he might as well show the bad guys how the Cassano familia do things compared to them.
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I'm immediately reminded of the setting of Tunnel from this drama, and well... if my assumption was correct the serial murder case that was used for reference for this drama should be the same. But unlike Tunnel, there was no timeslip involved this time. And in this drama, one half of the main investigator was also a suspect. I guess this would be what makes this drama different from Tunnel... as well as Signal. Like so far, this take on the narrative haven't been used yet. In which it would make the mystery even more intriguing.Somehow I wonder if the reason Shin Hakyun was cast as Lee Dongsik was due to his role in Less Than Evil. Because I can totally feel the same aura in both of the characters that Shin Hakyun played in both dramas.
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I'm growing to like the how Vincenzo and Lawyer Hong start to become closer with each other. Makes me wonder how the two's relationship would progress onwards considering their lives were already intertwined from the beginning.It amused me how everyone was still so clueless about Vincenzo being a Cassano familia consiglier; what with every single faction trying to form their own wannabe cartels. And that NIS guy was so funny. That aside, I guess the drama gonna be doing the running gag of Vincenzo not being able to properly eat/people not letting him to enjoy his food properly. Poor him XDCan't wait till the moment people found out that Vincenzo really have been raised by the Italian mafia or that his mother was the one Lawyer Hong was trying to help. It's so cute to see him slip back to Italian whenever he's frustrated yet having no one around who could actually understand what he was saying. That aside, I'm rather annoyed at that dude who claimed that he's such a good fighter when he's not. Compared to Chayoung that guy was the more annoying. But I guess there's a lot of pretenders at the plaza... like that fake Italian chef too.And I just realized that the actor that played as Chef Toto also played that evil Chief Procecutor in Fiery Priest, I'm so amused lol
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The drama started on a good note! I'm getting some Nice Guy vibe a bit, since Vincenzo had a slight similarity with Kang Maru. Loved the comedy in this first episode, but then considering the screenwriter was the same person who did Fiery Priest and Chief Kim... it's of no surprise that the comedy hit the right notes for me. Choyoung gave me the same impression as Fiery Priest's Gyeongseon so I'll be looking forward to see if she'll end up joining the good guys later on.
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