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Failed execution

The acting a bit lacking but a good casting, a bit underdeveloped plot.
It had potential but it flopped, idk why but the cinematography, the way the scenes were filmed, ended and joined together, felt weird. It lacked something but I don't know what.

Also, it didn't have many romantic scenes? like girly likes him for like decades and broiske looks at her in one scene in perfect lighting and was like yahhh thats MY girl like whar??

It had a lot of potential to be good, perhaps its a me problem but truly felt it was recorded weird.
A good lighthearted drama (emotionally intense scenes didn't make me feel anything) .

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It had SOOO much potential esp with Seo Yea Ji's acting.

It started off STRONG yet it lead to nothing..... and the fact that its 16 eps is diabolical.

At the start, the FL had a strong motive driving her actions yet I wasn't sure what she was trying to do.
Yes, she had to get close with the ML to get evidence and basically infiltrate his family but at one point it didn't make any sense, all she got was illegally obtained evidence that couldn't even be permissible in court.

In the middle, the FL just went crazy after ditching the plan.
Yes, her fake mother tried to throw her under the bus, but she wasn't helping the FL instead the FL was meant to help her yet she started to act towards her own accord.

Seo Yea Ji's acting was amazing, she truly gave the impression of being blood thirsty for revenge and the only thing driving her was her strong desire to get vengeance. Her mood shifting quickly, laughing while she got stabbed really made her look psychotic. Not sure if she had any character development but we could see her slowly going insane, where she started to become what she hated, a monster but towards the end, it just faded.

The romance between the 2 main characters (if we can call it that) was barely even lust, it didn't make any sense to me.
Yes perhaps the ML would be intrigued due to her mysterious aura or smh but it was confusing when She (FL) actually started to fall for him as well. Also when they kept replaying that one scene where perhaps they could have coincidently met each other before this whole facade started was extremely weird, especially when we saw later she was just stalking him.

Their story should have been just about lust but it tried to do WAYYY more then that.
"I see myself in you"
"Don't ever leave my side"
"I want to love as much as my heart desires"
or some nonsense like that. They attempted to make an impression of having instant forbidden attraction towards each other but instead it seemed like a cheap excuse to commit adultery.

Han So Ra (the wife) was truly the definition of insanity, where one does not know when to give up, taking things WAYY too far.
However I do not understand what she saw in her husband, especially when his previous affairs were hinted at.

Their marriage was forced upon him, the one where she tried everything to have him, hinting at her murderous crimes, but for what? He didn't even love her or feel anything, perhaps only pity for the way she was acting.

Her emotional turmoil she undergoes after losing control was really well executed but all she did was have a few crash outs especially when she was capable on ending someone's life.
I expected her to do a lot more at least in desperation then to just have a failed attempt at kidnapping the FL at the end and to almost die doing so. (her mirror scenes were also funny to watch for no reason)

Her fear towards her father wasn't well developed, and her half forgotten memories of her mother were just looming in the back, with no actual importance.

I literally prayed and waited for Moon Do Wan (wife's bodyguard) redemption arc but was utterly disappointed, especially when he was a triple agent (wife, the grandpa, and the prosecutor).

I do have to say his acting was brilliant yet he was so shameless when trying to apologize after accidently stabbing someone, hitting them with the "my moms kinda homeless" card.
Also near the end, he had no reason to whack the grandpa's head with the golf club, especially when everyone treated him the same, with disrespect.
I was hoping for him to turn his back on them, and he did that at the end, when he was forced to and had no other choice.

The Chief Prosecutor Seo and his so called love bombing drama was disappointing to watch, he was meant to be a character where he supported the FL's action no matter what, presenting smh more than platonic love but the way he was written was doomed to fail. He kept saying "I'll be the last person to stay by your side when everyone else leaves" which had a negative implication for sureee.

He was coming on TOO strong for no absolute reason, he was meant to be the "last person on her side" especially when her fake mom died (I cried so much btw) but he was expecting too much out of it.

His actions and his "love" confession doesn't make any sense when u realize he still thinks of her as a "kid" he wishes to protect and yet he emphasizes his romantic feelings for her. His acting was also caught lacking, I didn't feel sincerity in his gaze.

In the end it was useless since almost everyone died.
She aimed for only 4 "perpetrators" yet so many other employees were involved, forcefully or at their own will.

13 years were wasted just to collect so called evidence that meant nothing at all. The big back lawsuit a whole organization was created for?? What happened to that? The ML was like I'm sorry, I verify these claims as real and acts like he would commit suicide, yet it was all a lie. He played the victim "bystander" card after he found out everything, and tried to act guilty although he knew about his wife's crimes and how extreme she could be yet kept his mouth shut.

This was the first time I was so disappointed especially with the amazing acting we got.
This show put on a whole facade to keep us trapped, to watch 16 hrs of nothing, just for everyone to die and for the viewer to feel nothing. Not even satisfaction, let alone disappointment.
It promised a lot yet delivered none.
In conclusion, I do not recommend this drama.

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cutesy and adorble until its not?

POSITIVES-

i like ms cha was in the background, doing odd jobs, tryna indirectly help them yet not officially joining the team (perhaps her ego was too inflated or she had other responsibilities to take care of, lowkey forgot)

also like the fact all of the co-workers, one by one joined in again.

the ml's mom moving in and taking care of everyone was sooo cutesy.

THE SISTERS OUTFITS WERE SOOO CUTE OMFG SHES SUCH A STAR

ALSO I WANTED HIS BAD BOY AESTHETICS AND HIS LOVE FOR FLOWERS TO NOT JUST END IN 2 EPS.

the vibes, aesthetic, cinematography was AMAZINGG


NEGATIVES-

girl this shit was becoming my favorite until...
From episode 9 it kind of went downhill

His acting is so good, his eyes are so expressive but his character is a bit weird.
He doesn't say anything when she's insulted and even after mentioning several times his love for her, when someone flirts with him he just lets it happen.

He tried to kiss her several times and it's clear she isn't fully aware of her feelings yet he keeps pushing.

They needed to add more romance, cus it kind of honestly lacked it

There are moments where he is just made to be the main character since he comes to save the day and only he can, and when he does face misfortune it just seems like an opportunity to showcase how he copes(which isn't showcased badly)

also go ma-jin like his stereotypes and misogyny ( in Thailand or even before that) was REALLY PISSING ME OFF ( but i loved his redemption arc in the last 2 eps)

I felt that they needed to further develop the villains character, lore/ backstory cus half the time i didn't understand it esp the father son crying scene. AND I don't understand the part where the villain just knocks out his father and kidnaps him.

ALSO I DONT UNDERTSAND THE TIME JUMPS OR THE SETTING LIKE THE SHOW STARTED AT 1996 THEN IT WAS 2006????

EP 15-16 (i dropped it and picked it up again cus i though he was gonna get kidnapped or smh and got scared)

interesting music choices for sure in the last 2 eps (don't even get me started on the use of ai songs, disappointed in humanity)
also everyone sorta over-acted in the last 2 eps like being too dramatic and stuff.

also the moment where his co-workers father attempts to commit suicide and where the ml is like tryna sad-talk feels kinda forced, esp when the co-worker couldn't climb the ladder.

the promissory note of him no longer being the ceo, should have like added a date on it.

bro did not need to look like Patrick star on tip of his car in the middle of the road to block it (first time it happened it was really cute and heartfelt but this was just cringy)

also why did they just add a Montague of all the happy moments when he was kicked out? like everyone started sobbing and shit.

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good characters

the ml and sl in delightfully deceitful had really good personalities

ml- blunt, professional, honest, sincere not cold aloof or morally grey

sl- charismatic, naturally charming and sweet behaviour, chronic oversharer

fl- loved how she wasnt a helpless girl archetype and her gradual character development when she was with ml

wished the friend characters were more developed

jay being the chairman was like pulled out of my butt, kinda sad when ringo got dragged to the hospital and jay didnt do anything cynical yk but i might just be sadistic.

when they put jay and the others in prison, kinda felt not satisfying liek girl bfr but i loved how EVERYONE went to jail
(not the lawyer is crazy)

also the cover image is NOT at all reflective the show

wished there was a bit more romance yk.. but if they weren't gonna add more, then girl cut that kiss scene out (embarrassing as hell)

also when he bought her like 3 diff drinks was ummm, like on paper it was romantic but in reality it was cringey as hell

"trust my disease" sussy baka, i feel like they stressed on his disease soo much we couldnt even tell if HE HIMSELF truly wanted to help, like bro went to therapy for like 3 years but he is same???

OVERALL I RECOMMEND!!!!

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Boring but good

The first episode got me intrigued, making me complete the entire thing AND there are spoilers so warning.

POSTIVES-

I really like fl's character, she's not the average joe like pick me, bubble, clueless or anything like that. She's very emotionally mature and extremely strong (good at fighting) which I love.

I really loved Noh tae-nam's character developed, like boi got me stressed esp about mass shooting thing but highkey dont understand why he gave bolt (dog) away?

I loved how the "main" villain remained a villain? like she had no sob-story and her character never changed, although her emotions were a bit hard to read, like your son almost committed suicide in front of u and u is fine??? a bit weird thats for sure.

NEGATIVES-

The middle got a bit boring so I just skipped some parts.
Like every revenge drama, they gotta make some empty threats and blah but it kinda got really annoying.

It was kinda upsetting that the other 2 co-workers relationship maybe got hinted at but since these was a romance deprived drama, i feel like they should have at least developed their relationship at the most (I'm just a sucker for 2nd lead couple romance).

Kang ha-Joon (the long time friend) I feel like some scenes it hinted at his unrequited love for the ml but that's it? I feel like that part was kinda pointless or should have at least developed more, like in the middle he kinda just gave up (like his feelings didn't influence his actions but that might just be me fighting thin air).

The detective aunt and the head of 4th division office (park jin-woo) I feel like their romance (or lack of) was kinda unnecessary like they had 3 scenes? 1- her asking him out 2- them meeting up for dinner 3- her giving birth (esp the 3rd scene was soo not needed, like I would have preferred their relationship developing instead of them just having a baby like a bit weird in my opinion.

Pyun sang- ho (mass shooter) lowkey satisfying but this might be a sign of me being sadistic but only thing I don't get was why he didnt kill sergeant ma (the bully) like just a bullet to the leg and a few whacks from the gun like, I expected more.

No hwa-youngs (villain) subordinate, I feel like her "redemption arc" didn't make sense? like her just hearing the recording of her boss yapping behind her back was at least expected of her character so I don't get how she felt so "betrayed" since she was the one who knew the most about the villain (boss).

The ending, felt like revenge was too easily achieved like bro just handed them the x-files while they were looking for it for 2 episodes and had no clue where it was at, lowkey sad.

ML & FL relationship- throughout the kdrama, they didn't have any heart fluttering scenes or at least where it was kinda sorta obvious they were falling in love, maybe a few scenes looking at each other a bit yk... so I feel like the ending kiss was completely unnecessary like they could have just ended it my them looking at each other lovingly.

If u have reached the end, congrats u get...nothing.
Overall, I would say perhaps skip it? maybe just for Noh tae-nam like his character was worth it but yah.

p.s my first review <3

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Watched it a while back

Do not trust moi source cus i lowkey forgot.

One thing i wanna say is the trailer is completely misleading.
It suggests the fl have split-personality disorder whatever, and she is labeled as the "villain" or smh who is gonna eventually have a redemption arc which i dislike.

Also baek hyun woo is painted as a "green flag" when bro flipping jumped up and down when he found out his wife was eventually gonna die and started to act "nice" again to be written in the will, while hae-in thought "oh we had a falling out cus of my miscarriage and I was emotionally unavailable esp due to family pressure so i legit couldn't share my sorrows and true feelings to my husband, and so my defense mechanism was that I pushed everyone away but now my husband wants to try things again after 3 years, and hey! who am i to say no! lets try again!"

After divorce papers get revealed and what not, bro was like hey! lemme act nice! so he was like "yes honey hate me so that u get your surgery and lose your memory" (don't understand the thought process but okay) and then bro gets sent to jail and what not and he was like "i so happy u okay, i love u" yadda yadda

they get together again, the end
SIKE, you thought that didnt you? except there's a 2 minute scene where this oldie white haired grandpa goes to the wife grave with flowers ( COMPLETELY UNNECESSRY SCENE btw)

Honestly i watched it quite a while back so i forgot but i have to say the acting, production, cinematography is so good so i say watch it

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Unexpected

The ending is deffo unexpected but so is the whole story itself imo.

The trailer made it seem the student writes a story, teacher is intrigued, but student writes scary thriller horror stuff and teacher investigates and turn out its a memoir. BUT in actuality, its quite the opposite.
It also made it seem the writer was psychotic but he was but not really so yk.

I have to say the ml is a brillant actor, the grandpa on the other hand, during the emotionally intense scenes, he seemed a bit lacking but idk im just a girl.

The whole story had me guessing and turns out the writer is like a pathological liar while grandpa is delusional, but I really loved the writer's backstory and his revenge but one thing I HATED was bro did not need to sleep with the wife, it was icky.

The ending ending tho where the guy comes back and was like " yo got a another story" and grandpa was like "yeah?" (smirks)
really highlighted his.. greed?? actually idk what that was supposed to imply.

Also one thing i wanna know is who is the guy in the hospice, so called "father" where the ml is like "thanks for taking care of me before broiske" that was a bit sus, and i feel like should have been developed more cus like... who was that.
Also did bro's mum really run away? liek he was an orphan so yeah? no? idk...

Overall, seeing how this shit was cramped (not really) into a 6 episode show was really impressive, i really liked it.
Would recommend!

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