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I thought LJS was much better than the other actors.

It's not nearly as unsatisfying as that of the most popular NK show, and not as rushed as some other shows (you know, the <5 minutes wrap-up type), but the ways arcs are resolved and futures are presented is indeed not what I'd call satisfying?

There isn't actually much of that (IMO).

What did you find stressful about it? The intrigue/competition/backstabbing parts?

What made the writing so bad for you? I'm genuinely curious what the mid-way drop-off is that people complain about. I thought it was fairly mediocre after the two setup episodes, and I didn't feel that it got much worse as it went. There's quite a bit of dumb stuff in the second half, but from my POV there's similarly much dumb stuff in the first half.

You might want to check out Live Up To Your Name, set in the same hospital.

Netflix version (not currently available?) has some cuts / censorship that TV & Amazon do not have. Dunno about Viki. Episode 1 scene where ML/SML argue about royalty being 'figureheads' / 'scarecrows' is cut by 30+ seconds for example.

The first half is noticeably stronger than the second.

Eventually the writer can't stop adding more and more unnecessary and overly exaggerated melodramatic elements everywhere. A cuter, fluffier TLotBS would also be a better one.

For me it never was as good as Black, and yet the last episode was as pointlessly dumb as Black's.

Killing the father, having the step brother go full on murderous villain, mind-wiping the primary killer, having the modern FL die 1.5 times, and yes, just abusing the memories of all of the FL's "friends" were *all* unnecessary.

Hell, in some ways the very first ML mind wipe wasn't necessary either. She did not even wait to see how he takes it.

Make sure to add Black to your not-interested list. It's worse than this with regard to the conclusion.

Today it's gone like I said, right?
In a few hours it should be removed from USA, Canada, South/Middle America, Philippines too.
(I don't see it with USA IP either so it's quite possibly already removed there as well)

Could someone explain the point of the ML seeing his father in his dreams? (for example sitting there fishing)

I thought the medical stuff was very well done, but the romance buildup was laughable (ML chases FL first, then nothing happens, then suddenly they are in love), the comedy didn't work, the characters were boring, and the ending was the usual "five minutes budget" thing.

While she's listed as SFL, she is more of an irrelevant side character in terms of screen time and story impact.

Well, the post-credits scene does very much imply so?

"so how he rescued his assistant at the last scene and he traveled alone"
You did not watch all the way to the end. There is a (not exactly satisfying) post-credits scene.

I checked now with a French IP and also don't see the message, but that doesn't mean NF can't remove it in a week and half. We'll see I suppose.

With his friendly naïve face, Woo Do Hwan channels Lee Je Hoon for me (which isn't a complaint or anything!), especially in the first episodes, when he's all smiles and super polite. Especially the looks he gives his co-star, I guess?

Besides a few minor complaints that would be spoilers, the action sequences are very very good.

Tonally inconsistent (in the Vincenzo way) and the script relies on a lot of zero-IQ stuff to add, well, extra melodrama?

The last third veers a bit far into nonsense, especially the outcome – to a large degree presumably due to the FL actress being nuked from Korean society. Sad.

Well episode 6 is likely due to the FL actress being cancelled, so maybe the writing team figured the character directly related to her should get canned as well. It was pretty disrespectful for them to die like that.

https://mydramalist.com/701881-hounds#comment-14031421 (spoiler) is a good summary of it.