paushalli
India
My First Ever Korean Show ! If you like mind blowing mysteries, this one is for you!
This is the first Korean Drama I watched and I am shook!
I stumbled upon it on Netflix and the trailer had me hooked in minutes.
Going in, I had expected a typical crime or cop drama, but almost instantly you know that this isn't going to be that simple. Namkoong Min's Jung Woo leads a team but for all appearances, he seems to be somewhat careless and mischievous, not goofy. The characters are all mostly very intelligent and the whole reception to that is made as if: of course, they are. Good for them! The intelligence is utilized as they solve cases that look more like scattered puzzle pieces.
A tragedy that happened 28 years ago is resurfacing in various of the team's cases. But the curious thing is no one knows clearly, what happened 28 years ago. The perpetrators are unknown. The victims all appear dead. But nothing is simple or straightforward in this show. And as you get into it, everything seems inexplicably tied to that event. There's a lullaby that keeps being repeated over and over and it's chilling every time you hear it.
I truly loved Do Jung Woo. He was competent, humble, mysterious, cunning, manipulative, caring when the eyes weren't on him, and had a very obvious intelligence that he showcases many times over the show while explaining/teaching his subordinates. His character was very well written and well-executed.
Yoon Sun Woo's Moon Jae Woong appears very unassuming. He sort of creeps up into your notice, first as a ,"Oh, he's there", then it's intriguing, and when you understand, it's "Oh, well, wow"!
Kim Seol Hyun's Gong Hye Won is probably the emotional character on the show and she carries that very well.
The only thing I didn't like was Lee Chung Ah's Jamie Leighton. She was competent and good but I felt her emotions fell a bit flat sometimes.
The storyline is well written and more importantly well portrayed on the screen. You don't want to stop because every little clue makes want more. The chemistry between the teammates is so good and so is their comic timing. It's marvellous how they have managed to straddle the line between light-hearted humour and dark history and ongoing uncovered mysteries and maintained both enough that neither one is overwhelming.
I stumbled upon it on Netflix and the trailer had me hooked in minutes.
Going in, I had expected a typical crime or cop drama, but almost instantly you know that this isn't going to be that simple. Namkoong Min's Jung Woo leads a team but for all appearances, he seems to be somewhat careless and mischievous, not goofy. The characters are all mostly very intelligent and the whole reception to that is made as if: of course, they are. Good for them! The intelligence is utilized as they solve cases that look more like scattered puzzle pieces.
A tragedy that happened 28 years ago is resurfacing in various of the team's cases. But the curious thing is no one knows clearly, what happened 28 years ago. The perpetrators are unknown. The victims all appear dead. But nothing is simple or straightforward in this show. And as you get into it, everything seems inexplicably tied to that event. There's a lullaby that keeps being repeated over and over and it's chilling every time you hear it.
I truly loved Do Jung Woo. He was competent, humble, mysterious, cunning, manipulative, caring when the eyes weren't on him, and had a very obvious intelligence that he showcases many times over the show while explaining/teaching his subordinates. His character was very well written and well-executed.
Yoon Sun Woo's Moon Jae Woong appears very unassuming. He sort of creeps up into your notice, first as a ,"Oh, he's there", then it's intriguing, and when you understand, it's "Oh, well, wow"!
Kim Seol Hyun's Gong Hye Won is probably the emotional character on the show and she carries that very well.
The only thing I didn't like was Lee Chung Ah's Jamie Leighton. She was competent and good but I felt her emotions fell a bit flat sometimes.
The storyline is well written and more importantly well portrayed on the screen. You don't want to stop because every little clue makes want more. The chemistry between the teammates is so good and so is their comic timing. It's marvellous how they have managed to straddle the line between light-hearted humour and dark history and ongoing uncovered mysteries and maintained both enough that neither one is overwhelming.
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