Okay, so I'm going to break this down into a few categories based on what we can rate it by. First of all, the storyline. It starts off really slow. It doesn't seem very original, you get the rich, angsty high school students in many dramas. However it doesn't usually end up in the life or death situations that this one ends up having. If you aren't interested by episode 2, just keep watching a little more and the story line will have you thinking a lot. Who did what? It is something that keeps you guessing for a while, then once you find our answers, more questions arise. Another thing I liked about it was that there is a bit of love interest in the story, but it become overridden by the other things that are happening. in the story. It was a bit refreshing.
The acting/casting was so-so for me. I think the cast did a pretty good job portraying their characters. However, it was probably more of the the script that did this, but there were many cheesy scenes that I skipped a few seconds ahead just so I could get to the meat of the story. I would say more in the beginning than in the end. I would say everything gets better as the story goes on. The actors really portray how desperate their characters get.
The music was fine. Nothing special. Although, I though it was hilarious how the ending credits song for like the first two episodes was Britney Spears - Toxic. It was a throwback for me for sure. Other than that, it wasn't great or very memorable.
The re-watch value is so-so. Because you know who did what, I feel like it wouldn't give you the same amount of suspense as the first time. Also, I feel like watching it over and over again, I would give it a lesser score because I'm sure more plot holes would arise, so far, the only one that I can remember is the gaping one at the end of the story, which had me going WTF? and very confused. Other than that, I think if I wanted to watch something while doing something else, this might be a good drama to re-watch. Or if I wanted to watch something short that didn't need a lot of commitment, that would be another good reason to watch again.
So yes, this was a good drama. I was familiar with two of the actors before going into it and had a recommendation from a friend to watch it and I would recommend it myself to many people. Do I think it's one of the best dramas out there? Not really, but I've definitely come across much worse. So overall, I gave this an 8.
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