Currently on Ep 7, but felt the need to issue a PSA for anyone considering dropping in Ep 1 like I almost did: It gets better. The soapiness does come and go, but isn't as strong later as it is in Ep 1 (Pond in particular gives a master class in overacting). The show is worth sticking with.
For a show called Payback there wasn't much, and it wasn't at all satisfying. Should've been called Refund.
The acting was great, but I ultimately couldn't get past the gratuitous sexual violence and depraved murder. After the first few to establish who's evil, the rest were just lazy storytelling played for shock value. What a disappointment. Just my 2c
I don’t know how to feel about this series tbh. The acting is pretty good, the cinematography is good also but…
Thank you for this comment. I was looking for someone to express how I felt. I did not like how Sunny's punishment is sexual violence - that should never be okay. And no one went to jail? Nothing for the man Sunny killed? Nothing about all the victims? Jay was leading such a toxic AF company, and no changes were made?
The show was called Payback, but that's not really what we got here. I, too, don't know how to feel about this series.
Had promise, but didn't do nearly enough with their abilities - why even have them? They could have told the exact same story with him as an acting coach. If you have a supernatural element, LEAN INTO IT, ffs.
Maybe I'm bloodthirsty, but I wanted more comeuppance for all the jerks too. Just me?
Kang Min Ah did a great job tho - hard to pull off "likeable brat" but she did! I was really pulling for her.
Fantastic time travel romance. Twists upon twists! Unique elements; good story very well told over so many eps, great pacing. Got sick of FL not trusting ML tho. 9/10
The whip-lash is strong with this one. A mix of murder mystery with all the gore, workplace bullying-slash-sexual harassment, fated love including a fall-and-catch, comedy sound effects appearing randomly then never again, angry-sex erotica, enemies-to-lovers tsundere romance, crime-solving legal drama, and a dash of sex assault while drunk, all in a 4-hour package. Whew boy.
Everything works out, but frankly I wanted even better for the ML, and worse for the bad guys. Feels like everyone got off too easy and he's just happy with his soccer camp for cute kids because he's aw-shucks such a good guy. (Could have gotten the company after all and had FL or the secretary lead it perhaps?)
Great epilogue though. Wish all shows wrapped so completely.
Fast-forward the backstabbing twins and you save 25% of your time and still get the gist!
Good v evil AND platonic soulmates?? Um, yes please! It's the combo I never knew I needed.
-Amazing- mood music, art and epilogues. But the whole thing was way too short - I need more!
(And a tiny, tiny disappointment: the first trailer was better than the subsequent one and set a better, more ethereal tone than was ultimately used in the show. My hopes were a bit high because of it - just my 2c.)
"Sold Out on You," "Our Unwritten Seoul," "Brewing Love," "The Potato Lab"...
"Love Scout"
"In Your Radiant Season"
"Filing for Love"
The acting was great, but I ultimately couldn't get past the gratuitous sexual violence and depraved murder. After the first few to establish who's evil, the rest were just lazy storytelling played for shock value. What a disappointment. Just my 2c
The show was called Payback, but that's not really what we got here. I, too, don't know how to feel about this series.
Maybe I'm bloodthirsty, but I wanted more comeuppance for all the jerks too. Just me?
Kang Min Ah did a great job tho - hard to pull off "likeable brat" but she did! I was really pulling for her.
Great epilogue though. Wish all shows wrapped so completely.
Fast-forward the backstabbing twins and you save 25% of your time and still get the gist!
Setting the 'spoiler' tag in case someone doesn't want to know.
-Amazing- mood music, art and epilogues. But the whole thing was way too short - I need more!
(And a tiny, tiny disappointment: the first trailer was better than the subsequent one and set a better, more ethereal tone than was ultimately used in the show. My hopes were a bit high because of it - just my 2c.)