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This drama is so bad it gave me cancer
I'm a huge fan of Jang Hyuk, I think he's an incredibly talented and unique actor who is fun to watch even in mediocre dramas. But this show did him in. He tried, he really did, but this honestly is in the running for the worst writing ever in a drama. Nothing makes sense at all. It's the worst run hospital in the world, there's no way it wouldn't be shut down not just because of all the murders but because of the unprofessional staff who stand around in the hallways gossiping even when a patient is bleeding out in front of them. The head of the hospital is basically a serial killer and openly admits it to one of his direct reports who doesn't report him to the police even though one of his patients is a cop and the female lead. And speaking of the FL, she's a traffic cop but somehow has the ability to barge into an unlocked interrogation room and interrupt a murder investigation. The writer should've made the character a detective to begin with, there's literally no reason for her to start out as a traffic cop. The only bright spot, at least at first, was Jang Hyuk doing his best to give his sociopathic character some depth and nuance. But he gave up after episode 5 and went for scenery chewing and who can blame him.Was this review helpful to you?
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I will start this review with saying that I am not overreacting by giving it a full 10. And there will be no spoilers in my review.First of all, as you start the drama you won't know how amazing it will actually become after a few episodes. The idea of this drama is really beautiful, just as the title says.
Will you be able to understand other people's minds and hearts? What would it be like to not feel anything or not be able to empathise with people?
The story doesn't only have doctor subjects, it shows the importance of life and the value of understanding people's pain.
Secondly, the acting is just incredible. I would find myself from amazement to crying and then to a confusing feeling. I would countinously ask myself "what is he feeling right now?" or "how would be to see thourgh that person's eyes?"
Moreover, the music is so perfectly fit for this drama that it will totally absorb you into the world of it.
In my oppinion, this drama is perfect from all points of view. You will definetly love it, and even more you will live it with all your heart.
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Before I started, I thought it would be more of a medical cliché. To apprehend to have the elements to be, it was not. The plot surprised me a lot, positively. The sensitivity used to build the plot was one of the best I've ever seen. Because of that, so far, it deserves the high scores.
As a fan, I would love for them to do only one special chapter in the end, showing them in the future ... just to calm my heart. I would not like a second season because I think it would spoil. There is no need or space for more plots as material for a second season .. But a special episode would already be more than enough.
Acting/cast:
At first, the female lead was very annoying. I already had a bit of prejudice with her acting since Cinderella and the four knights ... I thought of her as a very weak actress, but in the course of developing this drama, her "fluffy" feature fit in nicely into what her role asked.
The male lead gave a show. His acting was simply marvelous.
Music:
A small note for the simple fact that it was not memorable.You do not have an OST that leaves memories. You'll remember the drama very well, but not the songs.
Rewatch Value: It is certainly a drama that is worth reassisting.
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If you like good drama and feels this drama is for you. I am a fan of the male lead and look forward to him in many more future roles. Watch money flower if you love him in this.
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Interim review
One reviewer advised to watch 6 eps before judging, but that's nearly half of this series. I wouldn't say I'm trigger happy about giving up on a dram, but nearly half before it becomes worth while to watch seems a lot. So far I have watched nearly three eps but my frustration is mounting. I wanted to like it, started watching it with great enthusiasm for Jung Hyuk, but ...The acting is good. Love Jang Jyuk, and he nearly pulls this off - and I can imagine that he gets better as his character is revealed more. Other actors are fine too.
It's the writing. I am all for suspending disbelief whenever I possibly can, but, really?
First, ML has no affect at all, but is "allowed" to speak one to one with believed family, to humiliate his colleagues and other staff, as well as hospital managers, without repercussions. We know brilliant doctors get massive leeway for bad behaviour, but at this point he's been involved in 3 or 4 procedures and two of them have been fatal. Not a brilliant record - even though he asserts he did nothing wrong, muck will still stick. He seems to fear his father's opinion - unclear yet why this should be so. His father knows he is a liability and has to hide his condition - he's not stupid : he would have made damn sure that his son knew when and how to read a room (ignoring his own feelings, which he is not supposed to have anyway) and use his intellect to meet the needs of patients AND grieving family. There are just too many holes in the way he interacts with everyone, and frankly it makes me sorry - this was an chance to actually explore a mental condition with some subtlety, but it's badly botched at this point.
The writing. The FL is young, naive to the pint of stupidity, a prig, tries to bulldoze logic with her own over-enthusiastic and frankly ignorant assertions, instead of presenting actual evidence. She baldly states the first death was a murder and expects everyone to drop everything, but she never states - "Look I saw it - he was thrown out of the car after it passed me, and then the same car reversed into him at such seed that he was thrown into my windscreen, it's not something I could either mistake or miss - I work with traffic every day and I am trained to observe driver and vehicle behaviour". At no point does she make any kind of case for searching for the unregistered vehicle (itself a reason to search for the owner). There were no cameras nearby, but she never suggests tracing that vehicle by checking cameras elsewhere and following its route. I'm not trained as a Police person, but even I've seen this on other dramas - a cop should know many more. But she just stamps her little foot. OK she's only a traffic patrol officer, but even basic training should give her enough nouse to know that won't convince anyone. This child is thoroughly annoying and comes over like a spoilt teenager who just wants her own way without putting in any real or sensible effort.
And yet in Ep3, the "brilliant" surgeon - who has realised something is hugely UP, because his patient dies under HIS knife, and it clearly can't be his fault (so he finds out - as if by magic - that there's a medication which has been combined with diabetic meds and will result in death). - decides that he and this traffic cop now need to work together. Of course he's arrogant enough to know he can do it on his own - but why bring her onto his team - all she's done so far is prat about. At his point she is anything but an asset to anyone.
Both the leads are deeply unattractive at this stage, and deeply annoying. Not sure I want to spend much more time with them. I may well continue and watch more of this, and it may get better and I might forgive these crimes, but this is pretty heinously weak and perhaps lazy writing and hard for me to swallow.
If I was writing this the ML might be getting FL on board in order to use her as a disposable pawn, but I doubt it. Sadly I think it would improve things a fair bit! Why are so many women written so weakly - don't get me started on his "fiancee" (great actress badly underused here)!
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I like a story that challenges me mentally, where i'm not struggling but still questioning what's happening, not because it's nonsense but there's something educational worth learning. Even after the drama has finished i find myself re-watching to see what more i can gleam. Unfortunately due to poor ratings the writer didn't have enough time to add more to this but maybe as kdramas go, this may have been a blessing, we'll never know. I'm baffled by his reactions in those different situations given his condition.
Aside from telling us what it was and what it means we had no real explanation which maybe was a good thing as i think my plot hole finding mind would have used that to pick at the drama.
I really disliked Park So Dam's character. She's supposed to be a traffic cop turned detective in the violent crimes division at that but she's literally not cut out for her own job. It is possible to ignore this lapse in logic so to speak as far as her character goes thanks to all else that is going on with the lead character and the politics behind the scenes, it's only difficult for about the first 4 episodes. If you can get through that it's worth it.
And aside from a few other mostly medical related plot holes, this is definitely my favourite show for the year. I thought i wouldn't have one this year, last year was Kill me Heal me and i was getting worried this year would just be the year of overly hyped shows that end up being nothing but disappointments but this one delivered almost every aspect.
Lastly, i don't tend to comment on OST but i will just say even if you don't watch the show, Bernard Park - Dirts. That is well worth listening to.
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Já tinha um bom tempo que queria assistir esse drama, e não me arrependo nada de ter visto, gostei do protagonista e a história é bem fácil de acompanhar.
Foi bem interessante ver o crescimento dele como médico quando conhece aquela policial. Foi ótimo ver ele se libertar da visão distorcida da realidade que seu pai tentava impor a ele desde sua infância.
Sim, o protagonista não conseguia ter emoções por causa do seu distúrbio de personalidade antissocial, mas em vários momentos ele tinha atitudes muito melhores do que dos supostos "médicos normais".
Seria a genialidade da sua mente uma consequência dos supostos esforços do pai para lhe fazer camuflar em meio a multidão ou isso se deva ao seu constante esforço para demonstrar sua competência para a sociedade, apesar das circunstancias?
Estou mais inclinada a acreditar na segunda hipótese, até porque quando você conhece verdadeiramente o que estava por trás das atitudes de seu pai, consegue perceber nitidamente como ele era alguém: egoísta, mesquinho e controlador que se importou muito mais com a sua reputação como médico do que com o próprio filho.
Ele colocava uma mascara de bondade e justiça para esconder sua verdadeira e vergonhosa face. Suas atitudes eram voltadas a omitir seus erros do passado, e seu medo de que isso fosse exposto era tão grande que ele fez questão de adotar a criança órfã que ele prejudicou apenas para esconder a verdade.
Não gostei da parte policial desse drama porque foi bem fantasiosa, pouco crível e bem abaixo do esperado. Enquanto a policial novata e inexperiente fazia de conta que estava investigando alguma coisa, quando na verdade agia apenas seguindo suas emoções e impulsos. Nós expectadores fazíamos de conta que aceitamos esse fato e seguíamos em frente tentando focar apenas nos casos médicos.
Francamente, as mortes suspeitas por causa do experimento clinico ficaram jogadas de lado por um bom tempo e só foram retomadas no final, e ainda assim os responsáveis só pagaram pelo que fizeram quando resolveram se entregar de livre e espontânea vontade e não porque causa do que foi descoberto nas investigações. Se não fosse por isso, sinto que eu poderia ter dado uma nota maior para esse drama.
Não gostei do personagem: Hyun Suk Joo basicamente pelos mesmos motivos, isto é, sua falsa aparência de bom moço quando na verdade se deixava levar pela promessa de que a pesquisa traria muitos benefícios no futuro, quando na verdade o mal que causava a várias pessoas era descaradamente ocultado por ele.
A pincelada de romance esse drama tem é boa, e acredito que até mesmo quem reclama da atuação caricata desse ator vá gostar desse drama, porque esse foi um papel bem diferente que ele interpretou.
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