JoanneSmith
East Coast USA
Net net: The two ML’s drove this show for me. And by 2nd lead, I mean the killer, not his sidekick cop. The FL actor and her character are just OK. Could be interchanged with any actress. A better one might have made me latch onto the character more.
Besides the well-known male main cast, the main story and some of the side stories is/are compelling and riveting. Suspenseful and thrilling. I never got bored but sometimes antsy when the show was going off on tangent stories unrelated to main thread. While they served to create a drama, I would rather have seen more time spent on character development for ML and some of the supporting characters.
The writers/producers timed it so that only when half way thru, they could re-engage the existing viewers and possibly draw new ones with the exposure of the killer...a favorite male leading actor who happens to be a scene-stealer and stunningly handsome. He was superbly evil. At this point in the show there is no turning back. You are seat-belted in.
I have a bias toward Jang Hyuk, he’s one of my top 5 fav male K-actors, so I knew I’d watch anyway, BUT it is worth mentioning that after first 6 eps, I put this show on hold for long while. When I re-picked up I watched those eps over again. Good thing — becuz there are some foundational clues in those eps. I tend to not like side filler stories that deviate from the main path. That’s just me though, and I realize this is a kdrama that needs content to fill 16+ eps. :D
Overall I am glad I watched and restarted. If you are watching and getting bored, just make it to ep 8. Then all will be well...and crazy. Will I watch the following seasons? Not sure I can watch them without Jang Hyuk. As the lead, he carried this show from start to finish. (<—Thank u JH). I dropped some points due to some of the way they drove the plot along here and there. And becuz they trusted me to make it till ep 8. In the end I did and enjoyed it. I never got bored.
Note: there was nothing memorable or bad about the OST this a middle of the road score.
Besides the well-known male main cast, the main story and some of the side stories is/are compelling and riveting. Suspenseful and thrilling. I never got bored but sometimes antsy when the show was going off on tangent stories unrelated to main thread. While they served to create a drama, I would rather have seen more time spent on character development for ML and some of the supporting characters.
The writers/producers timed it so that only when half way thru, they could re-engage the existing viewers and possibly draw new ones with the exposure of the killer...a favorite male leading actor who happens to be a scene-stealer and stunningly handsome. He was superbly evil. At this point in the show there is no turning back. You are seat-belted in.
I have a bias toward Jang Hyuk, he’s one of my top 5 fav male K-actors, so I knew I’d watch anyway, BUT it is worth mentioning that after first 6 eps, I put this show on hold for long while. When I re-picked up I watched those eps over again. Good thing — becuz there are some foundational clues in those eps. I tend to not like side filler stories that deviate from the main path. That’s just me though, and I realize this is a kdrama that needs content to fill 16+ eps. :D
Overall I am glad I watched and restarted. If you are watching and getting bored, just make it to ep 8. Then all will be well...and crazy. Will I watch the following seasons? Not sure I can watch them without Jang Hyuk. As the lead, he carried this show from start to finish. (<—Thank u JH). I dropped some points due to some of the way they drove the plot along here and there. And becuz they trusted me to make it till ep 8. In the end I did and enjoyed it. I never got bored.
Note: there was nothing memorable or bad about the OST this a middle of the road score.
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