Zogitt

I’m sure most people have high hopes for this show. The star power alone is enough to generate hype and traffic. The first few episodes look promising.

While the ghosts themselves are fairly tame. The crimes are abhorrent. It whets our appetite for what's to come. This only amps up once the ML joins the team. So many possibilities.

The love line of our OTP is also solid, it is a slow burn though. Our FL pushes back hard for good reasons, but the ML is smitten and will not take no for an answer. Some of their interactions are delicious.

So far so good and then the plot went off-piste. Quietly, the ghost stories dried up. It is not even a slow drip; it went cold turkey without any warning. Even the way the FL behaves changed. She became “normal”. She still wears her gloves and won’t touch anyone, but she doesn’t behave like she is being haunted any more. It feels off.

In its place is the OG chaebol succession trope. While that storyline was baked into the A-plot, its subsummation of all else skewered the narrative sideways. What happened to the original premise we were sold on?

Exhibit A: The title of the drama, Your Honour.

This is not helped by some of the most inept chaebol family members. The cousin and her branch of the family are clowns. In the end, I can only assume they are included as some kind of comedic relief. They still managed to generate their fair share of angst though. You lose some and you lose some more.

The real antagonist is a bit better, but he comes across more as an opportunist than a true evil mastermind. It is the usual dig a small hole which got deeper and deeper. Before you know it, you are drowning in a well. Of course, with a show like this, redemption is never out of the question.

This makes the second half rather awkward. It has a nice romantic throughline (with caveats), a humdrum chaebol/business plot and a total lack of Spookiness. I didn’t sloth quit for one reason . . . the FL.

She is every inch a rich heiress. She walks the walk and talks the talk. She looks beautiful in many scenes, and her acting is on point. She is ably assisted by the ML which is just as well when you consider what is happening to the rest of the show.

This leaves me in a bit of a quandary. I was looking forward to this series and then my interest dipped and dipped again.

I hung in there because of the promised romance. I'm thankful they delivered at least that much. It was a close call at times though. Beyond that, the show is meh.

I'm not going to talk about the pacing issues, inconsistencies and plot holes. It was a struggle to stay focused towards the end. All the components are there, yet it is not a satisfying watch. Feels mechanical. Peace.

P.S. the Big White Truck of Doom™ count is 1.