The cast has changed, again, from the previous seasons, except for a few leading characters. I love that the leading characters returned, it would be heart breaking if not, but luckily we get Doctor Han, Detective Kang and also Doctor Jo back. We also get a bunch of new characters but this time around, compared to season 4, you notice that they are more experienced actors and older because they fit the show a lot better than the new actors in the previous season. The new characters fit quite well and make the show even better. But also the villains showed amazing acting.
The storyline itself is more to earth than the previous season but still gives you a little mysterious and over-top like what you are used to from season 1 and 2. I loved that we also get some background to some characters as well as get to explore the dynamics between Han Jin Woo and Kang Kyung Hee more. Just get married already!
Also I'm definitely gonna rewatch. Not today and not tomorrow but I find myself always returning to God's quiz.
If you have watched the previous seasons I highly recommend this one too. If you have not watched it...well, maybe at least watch season 1 and another season just to get you a little bit up to date. This show proves that following seasons/installments are not always worse than the previous ones.
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I am a sucker for childhood revenge trope
The premise of this show very much parallels to an anime called 'Zankyou no Terror'. In fact, I recommend people to watch this anime if they have watched this show. Both shows have the main point of illegal experimenting on orphan children. In which the children that survive grow up and plan on revenge on society for forgetting them. This might be a spoiler for the anime so if you don't want to get spoiled, stop reading from here. Both shows follows a similar pathway and the characters share the same ending.I'm a sucker for the forgotten childhood friends trope so when Jin-woo started having flashbacks of Sang-pil and Tae-Joon it really tore my heart. I wish I couldve seen more, they were all one big family. I wished they all lived.
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Season 5 in first place
God's Quiz in general was more mystery/thriller/investigation than medical. The main lead, who's a medical examiner, was doing more field detective work and following suspects than the real detectives. I didn't like how they setup the main lead character, he's genius because of a drug experiment in his childhood and this led to all kinds of made up scenarios stemming from his condition across different seasons. Every season, they twisted it in a different way which took away from having a consistent character. It's the eternal problem of any unplanned sequel seasons in a series. Which imposes an impossible task for any multi-seasons writers.Production: Seasons 1 to 4 were molded under the same OCN early days template, which all shared the same level of underwhelming production value. Soundtracks during season 1 & 2 were super generic stock background noise, only with season 3 they started to include music. Although season 3 was filmed better but had a much worse audio production in general. Season 4 was a noticeable improvement in production but it still wasn't quite there yet. This is all in comparison to regular shows that were released around early 2010s. On the other hand, season 5 brought with it a proper production and other improvements.
Characters: The dynamic and chemistry of the entire group during season 1 was abysmal, overacting from everyone, forced unnatural interactions and none of them clicked. Season 2 somewhat got better in that regard, you can notice that they got more relaxed but still not quite there yet. The ending scene of season 2 while the ML is kissing, his lips were shivering like crazy. It must have been super awkward to the point that they couldn't afford to have another take. Season 3 took a step backward with its changed cast. Detective Bae Tae Shik brought an awful dynamic to the table. Him and main lead didn't click together and created a bad on screen combination. It's probably why the writer didn't write him in for later seasons. The same can be said about other characters associated with Bae Tae Shik. The relationship and attempted romance between ML and Kyung Hee during season 1 & 2 was plain awful to watch. Only in season 4 it got reasonably better and season 5 fixed this issue completely by dropping the childish romantic tension and having them behave like adults. I liked seeing Kim Jae Won as a flashy villain in season 5, it was fun watching a different type of role from him.
Story: The structure of every season consisted of having a few cases then dedicate the last 3 episodes to the final case which had a personal connection with the characters. These last cases in every season were quite problematic for a variety of reasons, only season 5 had a better implementation despite its weak climax. More highlight across the seasons, the last episode of season 3 was the worst out of the entire series. The cloning plot in season 4 was super trashy and tacky, despite having an obvious playing room to take it into very interesting directions. The ending of season 4 featured another super weird and awkward kiss. The entire thing about AI in season 5 was really janky and a big stretch for the viewers to accept. In general, the cases were a mixed bag in every season, some were decent and interesting while others were boring, flawed or being stretched thin. However, season 3 featured mostly bad cases in addition to the handful of other problems which made season 3 to be the worst one in general.
The series as a whole was alright with a lot of ups and downs. It had a good concept with a varied degrees of execution. Although season 5 is the best one but it wouldn't have been that good as a stand alone drama without the accumulation of these characters journey. The ending of season 5 with both leads walking outside was very nicely done. On an unrelated note, it was impossible to not notice the ML's height.
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More Dr. Han Jinwoo
I was always a big Fan of this Series. I Loved the Cast and the Stories behind every Illness and Episode in every Season so far. When they announced the new Season I was so happy that this Storie finally got a continuation. I enjoyed every new Episode and the Love Relationship between our Inspector Kang Kyung Hee and our lovely Dr Han Jinwoo. We got a lot of new content and new Insides behind his Background Storie. The Villian again did a good job and we got a lot of Heart attack moments.Thanks to the production team for more Dr Han Jinwoo jokes and smart ass affairs. I laughed a lot.
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Une suite à la hauteur des précédentes
Alors que dire sur cette saison 5 de "God's Quiz" ? J'avais apprécié les autres saisons de part le côté humain que montre ce drama. (surtout la première et deuxième pour lesquels je me souviens avoir beaucoup pleuré x'D, tandis que j'avais eu un peu plus de mal avec la quatrième...) Il nous permet de découvrir des maladies que l'on ne connait probablement pas et de voir le comportement "humain" autour de celles-ci.Tout comme pour les autres saisons, j'ai apprécié le casting qui est toujours aussi bon. J'avoue avoir beaucoup aimé la prestation de "Kim Jae-Won". J'ai ressenti beaucoup de peine pour son personnage malgré que je m'attendais à le détester suite aux premiers épisodes x'D.
En ce qui concerne l'histoire, comme à chaque fois dans ce drama, elle est "humainement dégueulasse" et nous montre la cruauté de l'être humain pour des profits personnels (souvent liés à l'argent ou au statut social). Il est vrai qu'en regardant ce genre de drama, parfois il m'arrive de douté de l'humanité de l'être humain...
En somme, si vous avez aimé les autres saisons de ce drama, il est peu probable que vous ne l'aimiez pas.
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