Oooooooooooooooo… so as much as I loved the first 10 episodes, that’s exactly how much I disliked the last 2… so:
Kang Hyo Min’s mother handed over her own daughter to relatives to raise because she wasn’t “perfect” – she had a hearing impairment. But then, in episode 10, she adopts a deaf kitten and cries her heart out when it refuses to eat… yet she doesn’t give a single thought to her own daughter.
Yun Seok Hun and Kang Hyo Min – honestly, they’re just playing “happy family” – for the second time – with two twins who are complete strangers: the younger sisters of Kang Hyo Min’s colleague. Like… what even is this? And when they all meet for dinner, they act as if it’s their very first time seeing each other outside work… “Oh my, you’re younger, I’m your boss…” SERIOUSLY? And what exactly were you doing before when you were babysitting the 2 kids?
And Yun Seok Hun’s ex-wife – oooooooooooooo… I don’t even know where to start… she traumatised the poor man, made him believe he wasn’t the one she wanted a child with, left him alone to suffer for years… only to finally tell him the reason later. A reason that, if she’d shared from the very beginning, maybe they wouldn’t have even divorced, maybe he wouldn’t have suffered so much, maybe he wouldn’t have blamed himself endlessly, and maybe the poor man would already have a child by now. Basically, a classic case of miscommunication – straight out of a K-drama.
Oh, and let’s not forget the ending… when Kang Hyo Min’s twin sister shows up, all shy, giving gifts to their mother for the freshly adopted cat. But her mother – aka the “aunt” – had no idea she could speak… and yet she speaks way too clearly for someone who can’t hear and only lip-reads. And then everyone bursts into tears and hugs… SERIOUSLY???? REALLY… how on earth are you meant to feel when you find out your mum gave you away to relatives just because you were born deaf, but kept your sister because she was “perfect”? SERIOUSLY??????????????
And that final conversation between Yun Seok Hun and Kang Hyo Min about love… the two of them “accidentally” meeting and talking as if they were making love confessions. Honestly, I can’t stand this trend of leaving endings open… I NEED A FINAL THAT IS FINAL. I need closure.
omg!!! it took me by surprise ... so the way THE QUEEN plays ... absolutely wonderful! she owns it! and the scene where she tried to kill Seo Gu-wan ... wonderful ... including the way she smelled her hands at the end ... like she smelled the scent of her attempted murder ... she clearly misses it ... everyone plays very well ... I'm so into this!!!!
- so this was a legal case? like ... in court? ... so if I was bullied by other kids in high school is it normal for me to go and hit them in the head with a rock 10 years later? because ... because of that I couldn't ... to ... so is this legal??? ... how can this be a case??? - and let's not say it ... but ... when you're driving you shouldn't be looking for your lighter on the ground... you should keep your eyes on the road... I mean... seriously... not to mention... like on a 6-lane street... well, you see the crazy woman who wants to cross illegally and you have time to put you feet on the brakes....... especially since she was coming straight from the other side... I mean, however you want to put it, this case was just on the emotional side... nothing to do with logic or the law - I understand that it's a drama ... a fantasy ... but let's get back to it .... it's a series about the law ... I'm really disappointed by this case
OMG ... they used all the possible and impossible clichés ... but I LOVED IT !!!!!!!!!!! ...... I even cried at the emotional scenes - especially in the last 2 episodes -, I also laughed ... it was an extremely enjoyable series ... it seems that any movie that talks about team spirit moves me ... IT WAS GREAT
ok ... so I want to understand ... Yun Je is a criminal - he kills for money, but somehow he doesn't have any money, he works during the day at a market and doesn't have money to pay his rent ... and the police don't catch him - there's no mention of such a thing ... but it's ok for him to kill Jin Hyeok's father - at his request ........... am I missing something? - nowadays murders are done for free? ... shouldn't he take a cartload of money for each murder? shouldn't he have some kind of contact person who can tell him about the victims? ... how did he become a paid murderer? ... how does he have clients? ... how do they know about him? ... how does he kill? - knife? strangulation? ... what is his modus operandi? - then we find out that the two of them lived together in the same house during high school - when in the same way Jin Hyeok knocks on Yun Je's door and asks him to stay at his house for a few days ... it seems that since then they kind of like each other .......... but then they lose touch, years pass, and somehow - without any context - Jin Hyeok shows up at Yun Je's door and moves in with him - how did he find out where Yun Je lives now and how is he so okay with the fact that Yun Je is a hitman - I mean... I guess if there was a bigger budget the story could have been developed... it could have been more suspenseful/thriller-like... but the low budget is extremely visible, and I think this is also the problem of understanding how a mainstream actor ended up acting in such a poorly budgeted film - I guess we've all seen other BLs: Match Play, The Time of Fever, Unintentional Love Story - where we also have experienced actors and no one commented anything about the fact that they played in a BL drama - but The Killer Next Door actually has so many shortcomings... story, scenes, image, color scheme - in my mind, I prefer to believe that Cha Hak Yeon wanted to help someone, or maybe he even lost a bet :))))))))))) ... I'm a little mean, but I don't understand this ... how could a mainstream actor act in such a poor movie - poor in all aspects - the problem is not that he acted in a BL ... on the contrary ... from my part he should keep acting in BLs, but at his level ... because the truth is that Cha Hak Yeon has a level of acting ... and this has been seen in the films he has starred in so far
Yeah, but the anti-romance crowd keeps saying there's nothing going on, no hints of anything, just a typical mentor-mentee…
just a typical mentor-mentee relationship???? if this is a normal... banal relationship... then it means that either I live in another world ... or I need to review my attitude towards my boss :))))
so far - 6 episodes - there's clearly a trace of romance - I don't think I would ask my boss why he wasn't at work ... and I don't think I would wait for him in his office, on his chair ... then ... if I got drunk would I call my boss? and then tell him that I like the smell of his perfume on the handkerchief? ... then anyway ML told FL when she blushed and she quickly got embarrassed and ran to the toilet, and ML smiled - so it's clear that something is going on between them ... and it doesn't seem that subtle to me ... let alone their conversations over tea or coffee ... and it's only half of the series... and in every episode we have a hint of romance
Hi, based on the translation of the text at the last scene : Li Mu Feng is suspected of unlawful detainment, Mei…
thanks for the answer, but it's a bit strange: Mei was at the station and was leaving the city to finally leave everything behind and now what is she doing? is she coming back to denounce herself? why wasn't she summoned so to speak at MuFeng's appeal when she declared in the trial that she had hidden important information. And why would MuFeng denounce himself if there is no evidence against him? it's as if now he will struggle to incriminate himself, when he wanted to take revenge on Duan Hong Shan ... I don't know ... I think the last few sentences at the end were written just like that ... for the love of art
... can someone tell me if I understood the ending of the series correctly??? she (Ja Yu) is in his (Chae Un) body??? ... meaning they managed to do a brain transplant??? ... or did I miss something?
can someone tell me what happened to Li Mu Feng??? ... so now both prosecutors know that he planned everything ... and that was it??? ... done? ... is that all??? ... it seems like an end ... so left up in the air
I don’t get what happen with Lingyuan’s knife, I thought its was the knife of the crime but she get it’s…
that knife belonged to Fang Ling Yuan who wanted to take it to school one day... probably to scare Jiang Ting (she was tired of being bullied every day because of her)... but she got scared when she saw a classmate of hers being searched in his bag at the school entrance... and then... to avoid getting caught she went and buried the knife...
can someone tell me if I understood correctly that Eui Gyeom killed his brother? ... I don't know if I can rely on the translation ... and why? or was it just his imagination? ... I actually don't understand that part
I also find it intriguing that Sejin keeps on saying the wrong name "Mi-ji" coz it's actually Mirae. Like idk…
- I find this strange too..... but couldn't it be that he feels she's not Mi-ji? ... couldn't it be that men who fall in love with them actually realize - feel - who they are? not who they say ... and maybe they want to give them time until they reveal themselves, or the reason? - even Ho Su realized that Mi-Rae is actually Mi-ji but somehow he doesn't want to push her away and give her time until he finds out what exactly is going on... or at least that's what I want to believe :))))))))))))))) ... I believe in the power of men's feelings :)))))))))))))
Hm.... I think ... it would require turning on the more creative side of the brain. Yeah that detective is always…
you're funny :)))))))))))))))) ... READ IT AGAIN as I said ... I DON'T FEEL ... I didn't say I think ....... and there may be one thing in this series that I don't feel (actually I can have this right not to feel the acting of the main actors - it's not their fault anyway, because everything starts from the script and the director anyway ... I simply DON'T FEEL this fit between the story itself which I really like and the presentation and interpretation of the main characters) the series is still great ...... lot of love
Is it just me or does the acting style of the main actors seem to not fit the story of the film? .... although the idea of the series seems quite captivating to me, somehow I have the impression that the way the main actors act in the series doesn't fit the characters. it's like their way of acting completely disconnects me from the series ... it almost annoys me - so Han Saem was between 25-30 when I Na's uncle died and now, 10 years later, he's 35-40 and he wears the same clothes and the same hat... identical... and he's always and everywhere dressed the same, - at the moment I think he's showering in the same clothes - it doesn't matter if he's inside or outside, if it's summer or winter, he has a turtleneck, a jacket and a coat and a hat and at one point you can actually see that he's actually sweeting, but that's how the character is... the poor guy... and this way of acting as if he's cute... I don't know what to say... it seems to have nothing to do with the crimes, with the situation of the series ... i don't feel it - then I Na .......... if she were autistic I would understand ... it seems to me that for an autistic character this is how you should interpret the role ... but somehow I understood until now that she is still shocked ... so somehow I think another approach would have seemed much more appropriate to the role ... or am I just not feeling it - somehow it seems to me that all the suspense of the crime story, of the puzzle, is ruined by the way the main actors act - I'm sorry if I'm bad, but I simply like the story, but not the acting of the main actors.
Kang Hyo Min’s mother handed over her own daughter to relatives to raise because she wasn’t “perfect” – she had a hearing impairment. But then, in episode 10, she adopts a deaf kitten and cries her heart out when it refuses to eat… yet she doesn’t give a single thought to her own daughter.
Yun Seok Hun and Kang Hyo Min – honestly, they’re just playing “happy family” – for the second time – with two twins who are complete strangers: the younger sisters of Kang Hyo Min’s colleague. Like… what even is this? And when they all meet for dinner, they act as if it’s their very first time seeing each other outside work… “Oh my, you’re younger, I’m your boss…” SERIOUSLY? And what exactly were you doing before when you were babysitting the 2 kids?
And Yun Seok Hun’s ex-wife – oooooooooooooo… I don’t even know where to start… she traumatised the poor man, made him believe he wasn’t the one she wanted a child with, left him alone to suffer for years… only to finally tell him the reason later. A reason that, if she’d shared from the very beginning, maybe they wouldn’t have even divorced, maybe he wouldn’t have suffered so much, maybe he wouldn’t have blamed himself endlessly, and maybe the poor man would already have a child by now. Basically, a classic case of miscommunication – straight out of a K-drama.
Oh, and let’s not forget the ending… when Kang Hyo Min’s twin sister shows up, all shy, giving gifts to their mother for the freshly adopted cat. But her mother – aka the “aunt” – had no idea she could speak… and yet she speaks way too clearly for someone who can’t hear and only lip-reads. And then everyone bursts into tears and hugs… SERIOUSLY???? REALLY… how on earth are you meant to feel when you find out your mum gave you away to relatives just because you were born deaf, but kept your sister because she was “perfect”? SERIOUSLY??????????????
And that final conversation between Yun Seok Hun and Kang Hyo Min about love… the two of them “accidentally” meeting and talking as if they were making love confessions. Honestly, I can’t stand this trend of leaving endings open… I NEED A FINAL THAT IS FINAL. I need closure.
- and let's not say it ... but ... when you're driving you shouldn't be looking for your lighter on the ground... you should keep your eyes on the road... I mean... seriously... not to mention... like on a 6-lane street... well, you see the crazy woman who wants to cross illegally and you have time to put you feet on the brakes....... especially since she was coming straight from the other side... I mean, however you want to put it, this case was just on the emotional side... nothing to do with logic or the law
- I understand that it's a drama ... a fantasy ... but let's get back to it .... it's a series about the law ... I'm really disappointed by this case
- then we find out that the two of them lived together in the same house during high school - when in the same way Jin Hyeok knocks on Yun Je's door and asks him to stay at his house for a few days ... it seems that since then they kind of like each other .......... but then they lose touch, years pass, and somehow - without any context - Jin Hyeok shows up at Yun Je's door and moves in with him - how did he find out where Yun Je lives now and how is he so okay with the fact that Yun Je is a hitman
- I mean... I guess if there was a bigger budget the story could have been developed... it could have been more suspenseful/thriller-like... but the low budget is extremely visible, and I think this is also the problem of understanding how a mainstream actor ended up acting in such a poorly budgeted film - I guess we've all seen other BLs: Match Play, The Time of Fever, Unintentional Love Story - where we also have experienced actors and no one commented anything about the fact that they played in a BL drama - but The Killer Next Door actually has so many shortcomings... story, scenes, image, color scheme
- in my mind, I prefer to believe that Cha Hak Yeon wanted to help someone, or maybe he even lost a bet :))))))))))) ... I'm a little mean, but I don't understand this ... how could a mainstream actor act in such a poor movie - poor in all aspects - the problem is not that he acted in a BL ... on the contrary ... from my part he should keep acting in BLs, but at his level ... because the truth is that Cha Hak Yeon has a level of acting ... and this has been seen in the films he has starred in so far
- even Ho Su realized that Mi-Rae is actually Mi-ji but somehow he doesn't want to push her away and give her time until he finds out what exactly is going on... or at least that's what I want to believe :))))))))))))))) ... I believe in the power of men's feelings :)))))))))))))
as I said ... I DON'T FEEL ... I didn't say I think ....... and there may be one thing in this series that I don't feel (actually I can have this right not to feel the acting of the main actors - it's not their fault anyway, because everything starts from the script and the director anyway ... I simply DON'T FEEL this fit between the story itself which I really like and the presentation and interpretation of the main characters)
the series is still great ...... lot of love
- so Han Saem was between 25-30 when I Na's uncle died and now, 10 years later, he's 35-40 and he wears the same clothes and the same hat... identical... and he's always and everywhere dressed the same, - at the moment I think he's showering in the same clothes - it doesn't matter if he's inside or outside, if it's summer or winter, he has a turtleneck, a jacket and a coat and a hat and at one point you can actually see that he's actually sweeting, but that's how the character is... the poor guy... and this way of acting as if he's cute... I don't know what to say... it seems to have nothing to do with the crimes, with the situation of the series ... i don't feel it
- then I Na .......... if she were autistic I would understand ... it seems to me that for an autistic character this is how you should interpret the role ... but somehow I understood until now that she is still shocked ... so somehow I think another approach would have seemed much more appropriate to the role ... or am I just not feeling it
- somehow it seems to me that all the suspense of the crime story, of the puzzle, is ruined by the way the main actors act
- I'm sorry if I'm bad, but I simply like the story, but not the acting of the main actors.