Medrik

Fun but anti-climatic

I’ve watched a lot of dramas that I otherwise wouldn’t based on the reviews of others, when the poster/synopsis/cast itself doesn’t necessarily captivate me, this was one of those times, and good that I did.

To start with the conclusion. Am I glad I watched this drama? Absolutely, it’s fun and the characters are incredible. Will I rewatch this sometime in the future? Probably not.

You should definitely watch this if:
1) You enjoy legal dramas,
2) You enjoy slightly over the top comedy,
3) Enjoy bantering as a plot point not a tool

You should not watch this if:
1) You’re expecting any romance, I feel like it was mis-tagged,
2) You need a fleshed out ending that neatly ties off all the stories,
3) You haven’t watched any of the many other very popular legal comedies (Suspicious Partner, One Dollar Lawyer, Welcome 2 Life, to mention my personal favorites)

Now to some other things I’d like to mention.

Story:
- The ending gets rounded off, but I personally wished they had spent 1-1.5 episodes more to really focus in on what was supposed to be the “big bad”. There’s a lot of setup for a brief climax, I think.
- The device of “show, don’t tell” is an art form, and maybe I wasn’t paying attention, but I swear I was. The drama will quite frequently neither show, nor tell. I feel like I had to assume how “A knew X”, usually it would be a chain of seeing/hearing B, C, D which leads to knowing X.

Acting/Cast:
- The acting truly carries the drama. The main leads’ interactions are great, the interactions between the leads and the primary side characters are great. Truly, I got invested in so many characters, and I usually don’t. This is probably a reason why I wish they had invested more in the ending, because I wanted more time to see what happened with everyone.

Music:
- I had a really hard time figuring out what to score the music. The music “design” is great, it’s fresh, fun, varied, and very different from other dramas. But, the “application” of these designs were jarring at times, the volume in some scenes would genuinely completely overpower the important dialogue that is happening.

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