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It's not exactly fast-paced (especially the early episodes), but yes I binged it and didn't feel bored throughout.

Just finished it. I thought it was a good watch overall and quite unpredictable in the second half, but some major parts of the plot felt rather contrived or implausible. The female leads' acting were standouts. Jeon Doyeon's character could have easily been frustrating to watch, but I could empathise with her emotions as an ordinary person caught in an unbelievable situation. I wasn't particularly fond of Kim Goeun's character's backstory, but she made Moeun an intriguing character to watch. 8.5/10

5 episodes in and my stress levels are through the roof for the FL!

She's the first korean actor to win an acting award at the Cannes Film Festival. Enough said.

The fact that a major theme in Signal is that the passing of time doesn't erase one's crimes... Sigh.....

If it's all true, the levels of irony and shamelessness are through the roof. Acting as a policeman exposing corruption while covering up your own dirty crimes as a youth... which is eerily similar to the last case in season 1. Just a reminder to never associate the actor with his characters.

Oh wow, I did not know this was written by Kim Eun Hee. I wonder why she's adapting a webtoon instead of creating an original story as she usually does, but I'm looking forward to it nonetheless.

This isn't the first time I've heard of screenwriters being pressured to change their scripts in directions that are believed to bring in more viewers - whether it's investors, production teams, etc. Unfortunately that's how TV shows and movies work, and sometimes it's for the worse. I believe veteran or well-known writers would have more power to enforce their original stories. I've also heard that Netflix gives the writers more creative freedom for their originals.

Lmao!

Her daughter was probably the biggest differentiating factor of S1 from other law dramas. Their mother-daughter relationship was great, and she is one of the best child actors I have watched.

Netflix really upped the number of korean productions and they now have a shit ton of dramas in their backlog. Their schedule is going to be very full so this might become the norm, unless it's a blockbuster show being split into a few parts.

The premise suggests it will be a more grounded superhero story with a social critique, rather than an action blockbuster. I do agree that this poster looks underwhelming though.

I know I would have exploded from frustration if I binge watched this lol. Plus binge value is actually a pretty important metric to know how to maximize your enjoyment of the drama.

Frankly I was not feeling the first 2 episodes that much, but eps 3 and 4 picked up for me. Dogi acting as a bumbling idiot in awful clothes was pretty funny lol.

Typhoon Family is a series with a good heart, but lacks the finesse of a truly good story. As much as it started with a lot of promise, it did not achieve a lot of its potential in the end. It is worth watching but not a must-watch, and is not suited for binge-watching. 7.5/10

This little show is one of my favorites of the year. One of the few shows that successfully conveyed a good message through realism, without relying on dramatics.

Rewatching this in preparation for S2, and I'm appreciating it even more than when I first watched it. Lee Jaehan's character is the soul of the show, and I'm now old enough to understand how hard it is to be someone like him. Apart from a few logical holes (that are kinda inevitable for science fiction playing with time), this is a near perfect show imo.

No worries. I went to read the article and it sounds like a broken family who made selfish decisions -- which is a perfectly realistic situation. Personally, if MDL users can fawn over borderline abusive male leads, these characters are hardly red flags. LOL.

This description doesn't sound particularly appealing to me, but it's been AGES since I saw Ha Jiwon so I might give it a try.

I don't see how they sound like red flags though? Running away from a collapsed family isn't inherently wrong, even taking Asian values into account. Unless ofc, if she was the one who caused the accident then ran away without taking responsibility, then yeah that's a different story