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IMO around that episode he would have either had to *find a new Female Lead* or take somewhat drastic action against his father, but neither happened. He just sulked and "got drunk" and into fights or whatever.

It was really missing a scene where the post-surgery chairman appreciated how his two sons and his ex-mistress (and Yoon) fought for him, but then again, it was also to ward off the locust swarm of blood-sucking relatives, not just filial loyalty.

A "F4 ripoff" plot that usually goes nowhere, lead characters that do nada, and legions of school bullies one's supposed to cheer for.
In the worst third in terms of product placement too, like that "N" drink being in every scene no matter if USA or Korea, or how there's an episode full of Asics shoes, and then even an Asics shirt.

Kim Tan loved Kim Won, but Kim Won as the older one knew they were destined to fight for the company in the future, which is how their father set it up to happen too during the show, and that essentially blood relatives are the most likely to stab you in the back in a chaebol setting.
He also scolded his brother as clingy and naiive (because he would never be suited for the 'real world' like that), though privately to his girlfriend he praised him as warm-hearted / caring.

Kim Won saw exiling Kim Tan to the US as locking up a rival, much like Kim Tan's mother was locked up for a good portion of her life.

The show regularly emphasises class/status differences, and in that sense a person from the lowest class would never be allowed to be in a relationship with the future heir of a conglomerate.

The story boils down to two fathers-to-be desperate to provide/pay for their unborn children, as well as the triumphant story of how one of them "cures" a lesbian. Not sure that's a very appropriate theme in this day and age.

It's apparently been eighteen years since I last watched this, so it seemed a good opportunity to give it another go.
I'm not sure if something is wrong with Netflix' version, but the sound is awkward and unprofessional during (some?) action scenes. Might just be the movie.

At the time I first watched this I gave it an 8/10, and while I wouldn't give it the same rating today, it's definitely worth a watch for any action movie fan.
If you want to understand every detail, be prepared to pause and re-watch a good few scenes. The director makes sure to show or explain things just enough that understanding them is technically possible for a human being.

The previous season has a 100% "The Raid" episode already, https://mydramalist.com/9916-bad-guys#comment-6901507

In this one it wasn't as much like that.

Not in the sense that two or more guys establish a new one.
There's a whole lot of bro-loyalty between the police guys, but that's pre-established and is not altered during the show's arc(s).

It's a tiny bit like a reboot; they very very very rarely reference the other one, it's at times evident that the same writer wrote it, but it's really a stand-alone story in an unrelated scenario.

From what I know "38 Task Force" also ties in to it just as loosely.

Violating terms of service isn't by itself illegal.

I've used VPN to watch Netflix for years now, and if they had any intention of stopping this they could easily have. So far they intentionally choose not to. It's not a matter of being caught or not, I'm absolutely certain their system knows all about it.

Also, please don't upvote all your own posts, it reflects poorly on you (and whatever you write).

Any internet business tends to reserve the right to close your account for whatever arbitrary reason. It's possible that any of
- VPNing to watch region restricted content
- VPNing to pay much less in a cheaper region
- sharing an account with several people that don't live together

will eventually get punished strictly. So far it's not the case. Generally Netflix always prioritizes growing their viewership and pleasing customers over alienating them. Sure, it might change in the future.

P.S.: Episode 04 is a straight-up copy of The Raid: Redemption (2011).

I thought I'd love this, but I couldn't be more disappointed. There's basic-level makjang and there's *this*.

The plot and writing might be even more stupid than in Rugal — didn't expect that to be possible. Really high facepalms-per-minute score.

Not sure if it's just terribly translated, but my subtitles amounted to "I couldn't forget you so I killed him and made it look like an accident"; I guess they realised that in a previous episode he portrayed him as a perfect guy with no enemies so the writers didn't know how to get out of that hole?

Food advert (with even more food adverts inside) and not that much story.
Nothing you'd afterwards regret watching.

Full thing on YT with extras:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNnCPe4bYS97ci2E8SXMBAvYjrdYDDXTD

Really good production (comics/anime), excessive attempts at being funny, weak plot.
I feel the kid's rap talent could have been used more.
Feels like a webtoon about a webtoon.

The filmmaking / directing quality is really inconsistent, like 20% of the scenes were shot by the fourth-rate director's cousin's dog. The worst is when there's a face closeup on FL with sudden cuts in-between her sentences. Really bad.

The happy ending is kind of glued on, like they shot multiple alternatives or something.

Shin Ha Kyun is great in his role, but in hindsight his character too spends about a third of the show being suspicious for the sake of it. As others pointed out, there's just not enough story for this many episodes, and it shows by virtue of various characters being forcefully presented as suspects for maybe an episode or two each. The idea of course is to reveal (peel) the truth like an onion, but suspecting Lee Dong-sik and Nam Sang-bae in the murder of Lee Yu-yeon, as well as suspecting Oh Ji-hoon and Park Jeong-je in the murder of Kang Min-jung in particular are pretty much tacked on to fill time and inflate the story content.

Lee Dong-sik's magical super power is perfect recall (eidetic memory), and without that, the entire story would fall apart. It's so vital that his partner/frenemy Han Joo-won later gets it too. They know every phone number, every number plate, can recite every word of every law, and will of course accurately quote every phrase spoken by any other character.
In a similar lack of creativity, one murderer's faking a disability shtick is given to the next one too. Gives a whole new meaning to the term "copycat killer".



As far as things that aren't explained to a degree they would make sense go, and in general questions left open, there's no shortage:
- In the very first episode, Lee Yu-yeon is called out, walks down the road, and suddenly the lights go out along the entire country road. Who would even be capable of doing that?
(Later it's clear that it "didn't actually happen that way", as the version of events shown is updated several times, but still.)

- In the same first episode, Han Joo-won concludes the family of the man with dementia has something on Lee Dong-sik, but beyond him also having lost someone to murder, it's never revealed what it is.

- What's the point of collecting the fingers of victims? Are they trophies, like their other personal belongings? Considering the real Hwaseong killer seemingly was a rapist first and a murderer second, cutting off the fingers of his living victims before killing them would be a horrifying crime that's more TV-compatible, sure. The idea behind placing Lee Yu-yeon's at her home could be to connect that murder and Bang Ju-seon, and pin both on Park Jeong-je. In my opinion, the nature of the crime and the choice of victims isn't explained at all.
What does he do with the fingers as they deteriorate? What would he have done with his daughter's fingers?
How long did he pretend to stutter and in general play the village idiot before using it to mask serial killings?

- The deer farm contains many more bodies, yet we never learn anything about their identities or in what context they were murdered. It's like the writers suddenly ran out of names and stories.

- Why is Lee Yu-yeon placed in the middle of the road? I don't get the idea behind it. Also, who actually kills her?

- Han Gi-hwan's in-laws had a near-bankrupt construction company that he relied on to fund his political career within the police force. They were at the verge of doom when corruption got them the lead role in Mujun's big renewal project, but since that ultimately fell flat after the murders, how did they go from certain bankruptcy to being a household name? And furthermore, why would they still finance Han Gi-hwan's career after he locked up his wife to die in solitude?