Suki
India
There is always a first time for everything. And for the first time, after the end of an episode in a drama, I'm struggling to find words that can describe what I'm thinking. This is what this show does to me. It's almost scary how good it is getting. Great job, Show, you got under my skin, bravo!
Have you ever seen a person desperately begging someone? Today I did. The way Park Hoon tried to get JH/SH to talk to him, it broke my heart. You could actually see the desperation in his eyes and actions. JH/SH is either a really good actor or a really cold person. And now that we know she really is Jae Hee, I think either she is too determined to see through whatever The Mission is, or she doesn't know she is Jae Hee herself, and is just acting out the part set out for her by Officer Cha, which would be quiiite interesting. Dr. Choi seems like a linchpin in all of this grand scheme. Will have to wait it out to see how all this unfolds I guess.
The jaw-dropping revelations in the episode had me in shock. No kidding. My mouth was hanging open half the time during the episode. Granted the show's doing a good job of maintaining the mystery but, ugh, I hate being in the dark for so long. I can't even guess properly, the show's being such a tease :/ One minute you think you have it all figured out and then WHAM the show sends another brilliant twist at you. I'll consider it a feat if I manage to keep my sanity by the end of the series.
Although I'm not a very couple-biased drama viewer, and I always respect whatever pairing they come up with in the shows and let things work out at their own pace, I can't help but try and somehow MAKE the show bring Soo Hyun and Park Hoon together. Is that strange? I don't care if it is, just bring them together. Their scenes together? Forget the sparks, there were bloody fireworks between the two all the time. But I'm going to believe there is good in this world and for that reason alone, Soo Hyun WILL end up with Park Hoon. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy the love quadrangle that has already begun *snuggles in with a can of popcorn*
Mind boggling episode! Can't wait for more. This show makes me look forward to Monday, enough said.
Have you ever seen a person desperately begging someone? Today I did. The way Park Hoon tried to get JH/SH to talk to him, it broke my heart. You could actually see the desperation in his eyes and actions. JH/SH is either a really good actor or a really cold person. And now that we know she really is Jae Hee, I think either she is too determined to see through whatever The Mission is, or she doesn't know she is Jae Hee herself, and is just acting out the part set out for her by Officer Cha, which would be quiiite interesting. Dr. Choi seems like a linchpin in all of this grand scheme. Will have to wait it out to see how all this unfolds I guess.
The jaw-dropping revelations in the episode had me in shock. No kidding. My mouth was hanging open half the time during the episode. Granted the show's doing a good job of maintaining the mystery but, ugh, I hate being in the dark for so long. I can't even guess properly, the show's being such a tease :/ One minute you think you have it all figured out and then WHAM the show sends another brilliant twist at you. I'll consider it a feat if I manage to keep my sanity by the end of the series.
Although I'm not a very couple-biased drama viewer, and I always respect whatever pairing they come up with in the shows and let things work out at their own pace, I can't help but try and somehow MAKE the show bring Soo Hyun and Park Hoon together. Is that strange? I don't care if it is, just bring them together. Their scenes together? Forget the sparks, there were bloody fireworks between the two all the time. But I'm going to believe there is good in this world and for that reason alone, Soo Hyun WILL end up with Park Hoon. Meanwhile, I'll enjoy the love quadrangle that has already begun *snuggles in with a can of popcorn*
Mind boggling episode! Can't wait for more. This show makes me look forward to Monday, enough said.
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The episode was as they say.. Daebak! :D Captivating turns and twists to keep you on your toes. The cat mouse chase between Park Hoon and Jae Hee doesn't tire me out, which is saying a lot since such chases usually become monotonous and annoying after a point. But as there's so much mystery behind the whole thing that you don't give a shit about the fact that he lost his lead to her yet again, you find yourself so engrossed in the suspense, nothing else matters then.
Started out with some more mysterious behavior on Jae Hee's part (who btw is calling herself Han Seung Hee now) who I could bet my non-existent savings didn't die in that camp, and the doctor who said she died was lying obviously. What evades me completely is how the hell does the Secretary know every bloody thing that is going on. How is it even possible for one person to know SO much about everyone. It's godly. Jae Hee is a part of something huge, that I'm sure of. I knew it in the last episode itself that the black leather jacket clad person who kept stalking everybody and gave brown packets to Jae Hee was that horrible NK officer (sneaky jerk btw), so HAH Show, I guessed that right *Smug*
Lee Jong Suk and Park Hae Jin are exceptionally good at their roles. Somewhere during the episode, I stopped seeing them as actors just acting out their parts (brilliantly at that) but as actual people whose stories were being told. They pull you into the whole thing to that extent. All the emotions that they portray actually hit you as reality. The same can be said for the rest of the cast, nothing is out of place, not even a nurse.
There's so much under those layers of the onion that Jae Joon is, and I think we got a glimpse of that in this episode. His ambitions and his feelings for Soo Hyun are at war now which is going to be interesting, what with the potential that Park Hoon and Soo Hyun have as a couple. Which brings us back to the initial point on which this whole thing is happening - Park Hoon's love for Jae Hee, who I think is avoiding getting involved with Hoon despite her love for him, for whatever reasons, but still wants him to keep running after her? Brilliant angle for a sub-plot in my opinion.
Agh the mystery the suspense is so frustratingly amazing! In the last few sequences the cryptic dialogues of Jae Hee and that NK brute almost had me pulling my hair. Suddenly I'm not so sure If Jae Hee is Jae Hee or if she's really Seung Hee.. God, the theories are making my head ache. I could literally go on and on about each scene and how great it was, but you should just watch it for yourself and be floored by the performances.
Started out with some more mysterious behavior on Jae Hee's part (who btw is calling herself Han Seung Hee now) who I could bet my non-existent savings didn't die in that camp, and the doctor who said she died was lying obviously. What evades me completely is how the hell does the Secretary know every bloody thing that is going on. How is it even possible for one person to know SO much about everyone. It's godly. Jae Hee is a part of something huge, that I'm sure of. I knew it in the last episode itself that the black leather jacket clad person who kept stalking everybody and gave brown packets to Jae Hee was that horrible NK officer (sneaky jerk btw), so HAH Show, I guessed that right *Smug*
Lee Jong Suk and Park Hae Jin are exceptionally good at their roles. Somewhere during the episode, I stopped seeing them as actors just acting out their parts (brilliantly at that) but as actual people whose stories were being told. They pull you into the whole thing to that extent. All the emotions that they portray actually hit you as reality. The same can be said for the rest of the cast, nothing is out of place, not even a nurse.
There's so much under those layers of the onion that Jae Joon is, and I think we got a glimpse of that in this episode. His ambitions and his feelings for Soo Hyun are at war now which is going to be interesting, what with the potential that Park Hoon and Soo Hyun have as a couple. Which brings us back to the initial point on which this whole thing is happening - Park Hoon's love for Jae Hee, who I think is avoiding getting involved with Hoon despite her love for him, for whatever reasons, but still wants him to keep running after her? Brilliant angle for a sub-plot in my opinion.
Agh the mystery the suspense is so frustratingly amazing! In the last few sequences the cryptic dialogues of Jae Hee and that NK brute almost had me pulling my hair. Suddenly I'm not so sure If Jae Hee is Jae Hee or if she's really Seung Hee.. God, the theories are making my head ache. I could literally go on and on about each scene and how great it was, but you should just watch it for yourself and be floored by the performances.
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I haven't seen that many Korean Dramas but judging from the ones I've seen so far, this drama has been.. in an entirely other league. I've seen City Hunter which was based on a slightly similar track but this drama has surpassed the level City Hunter set for me. This episode proved that yet again.
Really well acted and executed scenes, I was engrossed the entire time, for every second.
There were just the right amount of cliffhangers, and mysteries - not too much to annoy me and not too little to seem too predictable. But that's the thing, this drama maybe anything but it's not predictable.
They could have showed the surgery on Soo Hyun's mother to be a success in the end (against all odds) and made Park Hoon seem like an invincible hero, but they didn't. It gave such a humbling feel to see him fail, gave a realistic touch to his prodigal doctoral skills. I know it's horrendous of me to say that the death of a patient was a good thing but I'm just seeing the situation objectively.
Either way, a gripping episode deserves more than 10/10.
Really well acted and executed scenes, I was engrossed the entire time, for every second.
There were just the right amount of cliffhangers, and mysteries - not too much to annoy me and not too little to seem too predictable. But that's the thing, this drama maybe anything but it's not predictable.
They could have showed the surgery on Soo Hyun's mother to be a success in the end (against all odds) and made Park Hoon seem like an invincible hero, but they didn't. It gave such a humbling feel to see him fail, gave a realistic touch to his prodigal doctoral skills. I know it's horrendous of me to say that the death of a patient was a good thing but I'm just seeing the situation objectively.
Either way, a gripping episode deserves more than 10/10.
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I'm almost screaming like a giddy teenage fangirl right now :D The episode was so much fun! It's magnificent to watch Park Hae Jin and Lee Jong Suk in their respective roles especially when they're treating a patient. Lee Jong Suk seems like such a natural! Completely at ease with his role, and the switch he makes when he's in his 'Doctor' mode - AMAZING. Dr. Han comes across as a really complicated person, I'm not really sure whether I like him or not, his skills are commendable, no doubt.
Like I said, a fun episode, had its moments of laughter, much thanks to Lee Jong Suk, his swearing and cursing was adorable. There's a scene where he holds his hands over his cheeks to protect them from any more of Dr. Oh's slaps and I wanted to climb into my laptop screen and give Dr. Oh a piece of my mind for hurting such a lovable guy. Humph.
And then, suddenly, in the last 10 mins, all the fun ends. BAM. Jae Hee is at the hospital. As a doctor no less! Needless to say, the show's writer's are good at surprising me :D I think Park Hoon just got a major reason to work at the hospital now. But WHY is Jae Hee at the hospital anyway? And she's behaving.. weird. And I can't help but feel there's going to some serious love quadrangle happening, because - hello, am I the only one who saw chemistry between Dr. Oh and Park Hoon?
Agh, the show is just too good for me to second guess everything, so I should just stop.
Hopelessly hooked to the series!
Like I said, a fun episode, had its moments of laughter, much thanks to Lee Jong Suk, his swearing and cursing was adorable. There's a scene where he holds his hands over his cheeks to protect them from any more of Dr. Oh's slaps and I wanted to climb into my laptop screen and give Dr. Oh a piece of my mind for hurting such a lovable guy. Humph.
And then, suddenly, in the last 10 mins, all the fun ends. BAM. Jae Hee is at the hospital. As a doctor no less! Needless to say, the show's writer's are good at surprising me :D I think Park Hoon just got a major reason to work at the hospital now. But WHY is Jae Hee at the hospital anyway? And she's behaving.. weird. And I can't help but feel there's going to some serious love quadrangle happening, because - hello, am I the only one who saw chemistry between Dr. Oh and Park Hoon?
Agh, the show is just too good for me to second guess everything, so I should just stop.
Hopelessly hooked to the series!
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Another fast paced and jam-packed episode that didn't feel so fast paced. What amazes me the most about this show is its ability to transit from one scene to another so smoothly that before your mind can fully understand and shoot logical bullets at the plot, the show throws another sequence at your brain. It's refreshingly marvelous to be able to feel that in a KDrama :D
Though, I AM going to admit, some instances were too illogical and unrealistic to go un-screened. But at the end, you don't think about any of that and just fervently root for Park Hoon and Jae Hee to find their way back to each other (Seriously, there should be a sane and humane limit to the number of times one can lose their loved ones). Budapest provided a beautiful backdrop for the first half of the episode, and the background music makes the moments magical. Budapest is now officially on my "Places To Visit Before I Die" list :P
I'm not especially slow when it comes to understanding whats going on, but for a few minutes, at about the 2/3rd part of the episode, I was left with a confused frown on my face and my mouth set in the "Uhhh..." mold. What went beyond me was, after the time leap, how and when did Hoon end up in a detention cell exactly? But even more than that, what bugged me senseless almost till the last 5 minutes of the episode was the fact that where exactly was Park Hoon? South Korea? North Korea? It became obvious when Secretary Kim came to check on him that he was in S.Korea but HOW IN THE WORLD DID HE END UP THERE? And Jae Hee, how'd she end up back in the N.Korea camp? Well, more than a logical flaw, I think the show wants to keep this as a mystery. Or that's what I'm telling myself and not going bonkers.
Hopefully these issues will be addressed in the later episodes. For now, I'm content with the knowledge that along with Lee Jong Suk, Park Hae Jin will be scorching my laptop screen *Wipes off drool* I absolutely cannot wait for the next episodes. I was thinking of continuing my other dramas while the next episode came out but I don't think any other drama will be able to live up to the level this drama has set in my mind. Not for a while at least.
Though, I AM going to admit, some instances were too illogical and unrealistic to go un-screened. But at the end, you don't think about any of that and just fervently root for Park Hoon and Jae Hee to find their way back to each other (Seriously, there should be a sane and humane limit to the number of times one can lose their loved ones). Budapest provided a beautiful backdrop for the first half of the episode, and the background music makes the moments magical. Budapest is now officially on my "Places To Visit Before I Die" list :P
I'm not especially slow when it comes to understanding whats going on, but for a few minutes, at about the 2/3rd part of the episode, I was left with a confused frown on my face and my mouth set in the "Uhhh..." mold. What went beyond me was, after the time leap, how and when did Hoon end up in a detention cell exactly? But even more than that, what bugged me senseless almost till the last 5 minutes of the episode was the fact that where exactly was Park Hoon? South Korea? North Korea? It became obvious when Secretary Kim came to check on him that he was in S.Korea but HOW IN THE WORLD DID HE END UP THERE? And Jae Hee, how'd she end up back in the N.Korea camp? Well, more than a logical flaw, I think the show wants to keep this as a mystery. Or that's what I'm telling myself and not going bonkers.
Hopefully these issues will be addressed in the later episodes. For now, I'm content with the knowledge that along with Lee Jong Suk, Park Hae Jin will be scorching my laptop screen *Wipes off drool* I absolutely cannot wait for the next episodes. I was thinking of continuing my other dramas while the next episode came out but I don't think any other drama will be able to live up to the level this drama has set in my mind. Not for a while at least.
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For the first half of the episode it gave me a strong feeling of deja vu. City Hunter (Another drama whose plot foundation was laid on a crucial North-South Korea feud) and this drama seemed to have a tad bit too many similarities. Even the actors (Doctor Park and Assemblyman Jang play the pivotal characters in this show as well) had me making comparisons. But that's where the similarities ended, imo.
Lee Jong Suk breathes fresh air into the episode as soon as he appears (dancing to "Tell Me" XD) and has you hooked onto him with each passing second. It was a delight watching him and I'm giddy with excitement at the prospect of being able to watch him throughout the series.
Tbh, a lot happened in this one episode, but the amazing part is, you don't feel that ANY of it rushed. Everything moves at a fast but fairly good pace. I'm rooting for this show, because after a long while, a pilot episode has had me this interested. I can only hope this level of amazing is carried forward in the rest of the series.
Lee Jong Suk breathes fresh air into the episode as soon as he appears (dancing to "Tell Me" XD) and has you hooked onto him with each passing second. It was a delight watching him and I'm giddy with excitement at the prospect of being able to watch him throughout the series.
Tbh, a lot happened in this one episode, but the amazing part is, you don't feel that ANY of it rushed. Everything moves at a fast but fairly good pace. I'm rooting for this show, because after a long while, a pilot episode has had me this interested. I can only hope this level of amazing is carried forward in the rest of the series.
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