In my opinion trading life for a life is really cruel and unfair.....For ex. A soldier is sent out to rescue a…
Actually, none of it matters because Woo Jin violated the rules.
1. Emergency / first-aid is done outside, on a safe zone.
2. The priority to get the survivors out. This is the area of the rescuers, not the doctors/nurses.
In other words, Woo Jin is not trading is life for a life. He not only put his life in danger, but also the other kid, as well as, the nurse and the other rescuer.
Imagine if he did not intervene. They could have had cleared everyone out with the time they wasted on doing an emergency first aid to the teacher.
OR, if Woo Jin really insist on it, they should've gotten everyone out first before letting him down there.
The protocols are there for a reason.
So, even if he dies and the teacher lives, Woo Jin chose to disobey the protocols. The teacher will live as a hero, Woo Jin won't because he violated the protocols.
AND this is the exact point of Season 03, Master Kim is teaching them about themselves, their team, and how to make decisions on their own. BECAUSE they started to rely on him too much.
The time will come when he will no longer be with them. And by the looks of it, they Woo Jin won't even survive without Master Kim.
And Woo Jin needs to learn that the people around him believes in him and will follow him, without regard to themselves, like Nurse Eun Tak. This is the other lesson Woo Jin needs to learn. When he makes a decision, it is not just about him, it is about the people around him as well.
This is what Season 03 is about. Teaching them all to stand on their own and be responsible, because sooner or later, Master Kim won't be there for them. He is not god after all.
Is it only me or does it feel like they kind of are running out of ideas? I agree this season feels really underwhelming…
Just you. :p Hehe.
The reason for that is because you are expecting the same formula as Season 01 and Season 02. But you see, Season 03 is different.
Because of the pandemic, the plot of Season 03 changed from simply opening a trauma center, to something more serious: the reality of life.
Instead of giving us the Season 01 and Season 02 formula of pure fiction where most doctors are evil and out to make money, Season 03 is showing us that doctors are real people and the things they face and handle are true-to-life.
It is no longer about some antagonist out to get the protagonist. It is not about the reality.
And this is confusing you.
You are expecting another ER/OR fantasy but Season 03 is no longer that. They decided to send a message to their fans that “hey, we are living in an age where anything and everything can happen at any moment, and we can only prepare for it this much. To help us, we need to anticipate the worst things, and to know our advance planning works, we have to experience it.”
I for one love Season 03 far more than Season 01 and Season 02 combined.
maybe it's just me, but this season has been really underwhelming and kind of flat for me
Just you. :p Hehe.
The reason for that is because you are expecting the same formula as Season 01 and Season 02. But you see, Season 03 is different.
Because of the pandemic, the plot of Season 03 changed from simply opening a trauma center, to something more serious: the reality of life.
Instead of giving us the Season 01 and Season 02 formula of pure fiction where most doctors are evil and out to make money, Season 03 is showing us that doctors are real people and the things they face and handle are true-to-life.
It is no longer about some antagonist out to get the protagonist. It is not about the reality.
And this is confusing you.
You are expecting another ER/OR fantasy but Season 03 is no longer that. They decided to send a message to their fans that “hey, we are living in an age where anything and everything can happen at any moment, and we can only prepare for it this much. To help us, we need to anticipate the worst things, and to know our advance planning works, we have to experience it.”
I for one love Season 03 far more than Season 01 and Season 02 combined.
There are people like that. His type is the easiest to spot if you've experienced it already. Or, you know someone who did.
First clue, the way they speak, the words they use. It's always “me, I, and myself”, or to put it another way, they are always the center.
It is not something that can be easily changed, especially since most of the time people who are like him were either raised that way, or grew up in a broken family and simply copied what they saw.
It's why it is always important to listen when you're playing the dating game. Unfortunately, when we are in love with someone, we naturally dismiss these things. Once we break up, that is when we start to acknowledge these.
He even confronted the ML. While his logic is correct, the fact that he confronted the ML was itself a sign he never changed.
You see, if he did change, he doesn't have to build fences around Bo Ra because he knew just being his new self will win her over, fair and square. But he himself knew he never changed. He knew he wouldn't win Bo Ra over while there is competition. He has to strike low to win.
Unfortunately for him, Bo Ra has already woken up at that point. He was too late. If he did that earlier, he still would have at least a 50% chance.
40 mins into the last episode and I'm 100% sure now that a wicked witch placed a curse on the male lead his mouth…
Haha. There are really people like that.
I've had the opportunity to work with women, so the guy who obviously likes them became their boyfriend. Guys like that will never ever speak. The girl they like either has to make the move or lead them to it. They lasted years, some eventually broke up, some got married and raised a family. ^_^
It's annoying. But, it's either you waste the opportunity (they like each other anyway but our society expects men to make the move), or jump at it.
> Bora finds her shitty bf cheating on her and then begs him to take her back??
Because it happens in real life.
Your review says you've watched up to episode 14, so you should know by now what happened, and you should update your review to be fair. Or, change your review to state that you dropped it.
> none of the characters feel like real people
Wow. I guess many of us who went through the examples they portrayed, and how many of us acted similarly, were, quoting you, not “real people”.
> the best friend is mad at her husband for something serious and he buys her a purse and suddenly she wasn't mad anymore?? it's like a parody of how women behave.
You seriously have never been in a relationship? Even a guy would act similarly. It has nothing to do whatsoever with, quoting you, “parody of how women behave”.
> I went into this show very excited and it just completely makes no sense
Well, it won't make any sense if you haven't been in a long-term relationship, or a break-up of a long-term relationship at least twice.
Your reaction is very common when a person had every positive thing in their life, they fail to understand what other people feel, how they think and react, and what they do (or don't do). For example, people who grew up in a very loving family 99% have difficulty in understanding broken families (which many are). In the same way that people who haven't been in a long-term relationship, like the characters in this show, and then experiencing that long-term relationship breaks… you definitely will never understand anything about it.
My first love, it was 3 years. My most recent was 15 years. In between that, I've experienced being in relationship with clingy people. I've experienced begging. I did and said many of the stupid things Bora's ex did. I also experienced the other party begging me to love them again.
I've experienced “suddenly not mad anymore” after I was given a gift. I've experienced being the one who gave a gift and the other party is “suddenly not mad anymore”.
I am deeply sorry that the characters and plots sthey portrayed in this show were based on true-to-life experiences that you think are not “like real people”.
What I think for now : 2. The newspaper ended up on the ground when ML saved the bully girl (you can see something…
Those are very good points!
You know, now that you mention it, the time travelling car is probably a constant. In other time travel fiction, if a time travel device is first used to time travel, it becomes permanent. It will exist even if its invention/creation was prevented.
The idea is, a time travel device once used now exists outside of time. The ML's father could have invented the car sometime in the future. Now, he's going to see the car before he's supposed to invent it. There is no grandfather paradox because the machine is now a fix thing across time, it just exists.
Now instead of inventing it, he's fixing what he was supposed to invent. LOL. (I hope that makes sense.)
There was a scene in Episode 1 when the ML first travelled back to the past, a newspaper from the future lying besides the bully student girl while sitting near the edge of the mountain.
When ML saved them all, the newspaper headline changed to “town 5 years without crime”.
That scene is something.
1. Bully student girl read the newspaper 2. Someone left it there or gave it to her 3. Is that someone the previous owner/user of the time travelling car? 4. Who else is in 1987 that is aware of time travelling; or was not supposed to be there? 5. Could it be that, the serial killer is a time traveller too? The previous owner of the car?
Bad guys lose. But good guys don't win... And in the end we even see one of the good guys get assassinated?Kinda…
A spin-off is possible, but it won't be “FAMILY: The Unbreakable Bond”, because the Do Hoon and Yoo Ra story ended already.
* Yoo Ra listened to Do Hoon when he told her it is time for her to step back and let him handle it.
* Do Hoon accepted the offer given to him, and even resigned from the NSI.
They successfully protected their FAMILY. They are out of the assassination business. The mysterious master manipulator respects and honours the couple's decision, so they're no longer in his hitlist.
Their story ended.
The only way for the Union/MGD story can continue is by creating a spin-off with a different title. If they get Do Hoon and Yoo Ra involved again, they might as throw to the garbage “Season 1”, because all their effort to protect their FAMILY would go to waste.
They can't make Yoo Ra or Do Hoon break their deal. FAMILY first, remember? The couple will never do that.
The mysterious master manipulator can not break his own deal. For the little hints they gave us, this man is a man of principle. That's how he kept himself behind-the-scenes and survived and controlled everyone.
If they make these two parties break their agreement with each other, the entire “Season 1” will become useless and meaningless.
It's not. The show is about their FAMILY, so it ended with their FAMILY.
The secret organisation, NIS black-ops, and mysterious master manipulator behind-the-scenes, that is the side-story. That story is not the focus, thus it does not matter if there is a conclusion to that or not.
I like how it ended and where it led: FAMILY.This is not about the Union/MGD. It is about their FAMILY.--- and…
NOTE: I did not edit this. I just typed my thoughts, this is very raw, so sorry if it is confusing.
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Also, whoever is pulling their strings, which I have no doubt was the same guy who controlled the Old Union behind-the-scenes, is the same guy running the NSI blackops of Director Oh, and who is probably that guy who is going to return to Korea via Japan.
But, you see, that's not important. It's about the FAMILY.
This mysterious master manipulator knows respect and honor. He made a deal with Do Hoon. He leaves, and their FAMILY will never be touched. And I think, they did not show this, that one decision why he resigned from the NSI was exactly that, their deal.
You see, if he remains with the NSI blackops, then he will still be answering to that mysterious master manipulator. Sooner or later, he will use Do Hoon, or if not, they'll end up crossing paths again. And, if this mysterious master manipulator is also the one controlling the Union, well, Yoo Ra will be involved as well.
Another thing. The New Union / MGD is no doubt the real target of that mysterious master manipulator. He did not like that someone is setting up a new Union, for whatever reason.
And since he did not make a deal with Uncle, and in reality, Uncle broke his promise, AND Uncle released the information of the MGD to Director Oh, he is no longer important.
Oh, the mysterious master manipulator is hunting the new Union / MGD, remember? Uncle is part of it, so of course, he is definitely in their hitlist.
But, it is not about them, it is about the FAMILY, and the choices they made to protect their FAMILY.
* Yoo Ra tried to attack the NSI blackops. The mysterious master manipulator of course did not like it. While it was a stalemate, that skirmish was Yoo Ra's win.
* Yoo Ra agreed it's time for her to stop. Of course, the mysterious master manipulator knew this. That he respected.
* Then Do Hoon came. And he offered him a chance and he took it. This, the mysterious master manipulator honoured.
That was why only Uncle was assassinated. The Do Hoon and Yoo Ra are no longer in their hitlist, and they both left that part of their lives behind. As long as the couple doesn't get involved with whatever business the mysterious master manipulator have, their FAMILY will not be touched.
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1. Emergency / first-aid is done outside, on a safe zone.
2. The priority to get the survivors out. This is the area of the rescuers, not the doctors/nurses.
In other words, Woo Jin is not trading is life for a life. He not only put his life in danger, but also the other kid, as well as, the nurse and the other rescuer.
Imagine if he did not intervene. They could have had cleared everyone out with the time they wasted on doing an emergency first aid to the teacher.
OR, if Woo Jin really insist on it, they should've gotten everyone out first before letting him down there.
The protocols are there for a reason.
So, even if he dies and the teacher lives, Woo Jin chose to disobey the protocols. The teacher will live as a hero, Woo Jin won't because he violated the protocols.
AND this is the exact point of Season 03, Master Kim is teaching them about themselves, their team, and how to make decisions on their own. BECAUSE they started to rely on him too much.
The time will come when he will no longer be with them. And by the looks of it, they Woo Jin won't even survive without Master Kim.
And Woo Jin needs to learn that the people around him believes in him and will follow him, without regard to themselves, like Nurse Eun Tak. This is the other lesson Woo Jin needs to learn. When he makes a decision, it is not just about him, it is about the people around him as well.
This is what Season 03 is about. Teaching them all to stand on their own and be responsible, because sooner or later, Master Kim won't be there for them. He is not god after all.
^_^
The reason for that is because you are expecting the same formula as Season 01 and Season 02. But you see, Season 03 is different.
Because of the pandemic, the plot of Season 03 changed from simply opening a trauma center, to something more serious: the reality of life.
Instead of giving us the Season 01 and Season 02 formula of pure fiction where most doctors are evil and out to make money, Season 03 is showing us that doctors are real people and the things they face and handle are true-to-life.
It is no longer about some antagonist out to get the protagonist. It is not about the reality.
And this is confusing you.
You are expecting another ER/OR fantasy but Season 03 is no longer that. They decided to send a message to their fans that “hey, we are living in an age where anything and everything can happen at any moment, and we can only prepare for it this much. To help us, we need to anticipate the worst things, and to know our advance planning works, we have to experience it.”
I for one love Season 03 far more than Season 01 and Season 02 combined.
^_^
The reason for that is because you are expecting the same formula as Season 01 and Season 02. But you see, Season 03 is different.
Because of the pandemic, the plot of Season 03 changed from simply opening a trauma center, to something more serious: the reality of life.
Instead of giving us the Season 01 and Season 02 formula of pure fiction where most doctors are evil and out to make money, Season 03 is showing us that doctors are real people and the things they face and handle are true-to-life.
It is no longer about some antagonist out to get the protagonist. It is not about the reality.
And this is confusing you.
You are expecting another ER/OR fantasy but Season 03 is no longer that. They decided to send a message to their fans that “hey, we are living in an age where anything and everything can happen at any moment, and we can only prepare for it this much. To help us, we need to anticipate the worst things, and to know our advance planning works, we have to experience it.”
I for one love Season 03 far more than Season 01 and Season 02 combined.
^_^
Ironically, “tiramisu” also meant… . ROFL
First clue, the way they speak, the words they use. It's always “me, I, and myself”, or to put it another way, they are always the center.
It is not something that can be easily changed, especially since most of the time people who are like him were either raised that way, or grew up in a broken family and simply copied what they saw.
It's why it is always important to listen when you're playing the dating game. Unfortunately, when we are in love with someone, we naturally dismiss these things. Once we break up, that is when we start to acknowledge these.
He even confronted the ML. While his logic is correct, the fact that he confronted the ML was itself a sign he never changed.
You see, if he did change, he doesn't have to build fences around Bo Ra because he knew just being his new self will win her over, fair and square. But he himself knew he never changed. He knew he wouldn't win Bo Ra over while there is competition. He has to strike low to win.
Unfortunately for him, Bo Ra has already woken up at that point. He was too late. If he did that earlier, he still would have at least a 50% chance.
We can actually remove them from the show, and everything will remain the same. Same message. Same impact.
Oh, shorter episodes, LOL.
I've had the opportunity to work with women, so the guy who obviously likes them became their boyfriend. Guys like that will never ever speak. The girl they like either has to make the move or lead them to it. They lasted years, some eventually broke up, some got married and raised a family. ^_^
It's annoying. But, it's either you waste the opportunity (they like each other anyway but our society expects men to make the move), or jump at it.
Because it happens in real life.
Your review says you've watched up to episode 14, so you should know by now what happened, and you should update your review to be fair. Or, change your review to state that you dropped it.
> none of the characters feel like real people
Wow. I guess many of us who went through the examples they portrayed, and how many of us acted similarly, were, quoting you, not “real people”.
> the best friend is mad at her husband for something serious and he buys her a purse and suddenly she wasn't mad anymore?? it's like a parody of how women behave.
You seriously have never been in a relationship? Even a guy would act similarly. It has nothing to do whatsoever with, quoting you, “parody of how women behave”.
> I went into this show very excited and it just completely makes no sense
Well, it won't make any sense if you haven't been in a long-term relationship, or a break-up of a long-term relationship at least twice.
Your reaction is very common when a person had every positive thing in their life, they fail to understand what other people feel, how they think and react, and what they do (or don't do). For example, people who grew up in a very loving family 99% have difficulty in understanding broken families (which many are). In the same way that people who haven't been in a long-term relationship, like the characters in this show, and then experiencing that long-term relationship breaks… you definitely will never understand anything about it.
My first love, it was 3 years. My most recent was 15 years. In between that, I've experienced being in relationship with clingy people. I've experienced begging. I did and said many of the stupid things Bora's ex did. I also experienced the other party begging me to love them again.
I've experienced “suddenly not mad anymore” after I was given a gift. I've experienced being the one who gave a gift and the other party is “suddenly not mad anymore”.
I am deeply sorry that the characters and plots sthey portrayed in this show were based on true-to-life experiences that you think are not “like real people”.
It's serious for those who experienced different types of break-ups.
You know, now that you mention it, the time travelling car is probably a constant. In other time travel fiction, if a time travel device is first used to time travel, it becomes permanent. It will exist even if its invention/creation was prevented.
The idea is, a time travel device once used now exists outside of time. The ML's father could have invented the car sometime in the future. Now, he's going to see the car before he's supposed to invent it. There is no grandfather paradox because the machine is now a fix thing across time, it just exists.
Now instead of inventing it, he's fixing what he was supposed to invent. LOL. (I hope that makes sense.)
I missed that. Thank you for sharing!
When ML saved them all, the newspaper headline changed to “town 5 years without crime”.
That scene is something.
1. Bully student girl read the newspaper
2. Someone left it there or gave it to her
3. Is that someone the previous owner/user of the time travelling car?
4. Who else is in 1987 that is aware of time travelling; or was not supposed to be there?
5. Could it be that, the serial killer is a time traveller too? The previous owner of the car?
* Yoo Ra listened to Do Hoon when he told her it is time for her to step back and let him handle it.
* Do Hoon accepted the offer given to him, and even resigned from the NSI.
They successfully protected their FAMILY. They are out of the assassination business. The mysterious master manipulator respects and honours the couple's decision, so they're no longer in his hitlist.
Their story ended.
The only way for the Union/MGD story can continue is by creating a spin-off with a different title. If they get Do Hoon and Yoo Ra involved again, they might as throw to the garbage “Season 1”, because all their effort to protect their FAMILY would go to waste.
They can't make Yoo Ra or Do Hoon break their deal. FAMILY first, remember? The couple will never do that.
The mysterious master manipulator can not break his own deal. For the little hints they gave us, this man is a man of principle. That's how he kept himself behind-the-scenes and survived and controlled everyone.
If they make these two parties break their agreement with each other, the entire “Season 1” will become useless and meaningless.
^_^
The secret organisation, NIS black-ops, and mysterious master manipulator behind-the-scenes, that is the side-story. That story is not the focus, thus it does not matter if there is a conclusion to that or not.
The focus is Do Hoon and Yoo Ra's FAMILY.
^_^
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Also, whoever is pulling their strings, which I have no doubt was the same guy who controlled the Old Union behind-the-scenes, is the same guy running the NSI blackops of Director Oh, and who is probably that guy who is going to return to Korea via Japan.
But, you see, that's not important. It's about the FAMILY.
This mysterious master manipulator knows respect and honor. He made a deal with Do Hoon. He leaves, and their FAMILY will never be touched. And I think, they did not show this, that one decision why he resigned from the NSI was exactly that, their deal.
You see, if he remains with the NSI blackops, then he will still be answering to that mysterious master manipulator. Sooner or later, he will use Do Hoon, or if not, they'll end up crossing paths again. And, if this mysterious master manipulator is also the one controlling the Union, well, Yoo Ra will be involved as well.
Another thing. The New Union / MGD is no doubt the real target of that mysterious master manipulator. He did not like that someone is setting up a new Union, for whatever reason.
And since he did not make a deal with Uncle, and in reality, Uncle broke his promise, AND Uncle released the information of the MGD to Director Oh, he is no longer important.
Oh, the mysterious master manipulator is hunting the new Union / MGD, remember? Uncle is part of it, so of course, he is definitely in their hitlist.
But, it is not about them, it is about the FAMILY, and the choices they made to protect their FAMILY.
* Yoo Ra tried to attack the NSI blackops. The mysterious master manipulator of course did not like it. While it was a stalemate, that skirmish was Yoo Ra's win.
* Yoo Ra agreed it's time for her to stop. Of course, the mysterious master manipulator knew this. That he respected.
* Then Do Hoon came. And he offered him a chance and he took it. This, the mysterious master manipulator honoured.
That was why only Uncle was assassinated. The Do Hoon and Yoo Ra are no longer in their hitlist, and they both left that part of their lives behind. As long as the couple doesn't get involved with whatever business the mysterious master manipulator have, their FAMILY will not be touched.
This is not about the Union/MGD. It is about their FAMILY.
--- and a little analysis