The Fearless (2019)

Unique take on the ghost-seeing premise

WARNING: Before even starting, let me say I personally found the first episode to be extremely lackluster on all fronts, but the show improves a lot (in directing, sound design and even acting) from the second episode. So if you think you might find the premise interesting, I suggest you give this drama at least two episodes before deciding wheter to continue or drop it mercilessly.

I don't usually write reviews, but this show currently doesn't have any and I think it really deserves at least one.
This drama isn't exactly binge-watching material, but it's interesting enough to keep you invested and I came back to it for one or two episodes between other shows. The pacing is slow, the tone sometimes really dreary other times downright weird, but I found it to be different and fascinating in its own way.

STORY: The premise isn't new, but it's explored differently than usual. It has a few horror elements and comedic scenes but the tone of the story is quite serious and somewhat bleak. The ghost seeing premise is taken in a straight way and it doesn't even seem like such a supernatural ability...it's there but it's as if in the background of it all.
I really liked how the characters are written. The show relies quite a bit on silent moments so it requires some attention from the audience to capture the different shades of the various characters.
A thing that took me by surprise was the structure of the story. It's both episodic and yet not so. The cases (even when not included in the sort-of overarching story) aren't distributed exactly in a one per episode basis; which means that a mystery is often left unresolved at the end of one episode and then solved by the middle of the next one.

CAST: I found the performance of the two leads and the main supporting actors to be good, with the exception of the first episode. I wasn't exactly blown away by anyone in particular but if it was just for them this aspect of the show would have deserved a 8.5/10. Sadly some of the less important secondary characters were less talented and their perfomances did ruin things a little bit in my opinion.

MUSIC: I really like the opening song, but for the rest I didn't find the music to be particularly amazing....but it's not bad either.

REWATCH: I don't think this show is rewatch material.

FINAL OPINION: I honestly think more people should give this show a try. It's not for everyone, but I found it refreshing as it's a paranormal crime series with a bleaker and somewhat more realistic twist compared to most I've seen.

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Absorbing characters along with a few ghost

I am surprised , very pleasantly , by the level of direction , acting and quality of the dialogues. The whole 13 episodes were so connected n flowing smoothly that I felt like I was watching a movie. This drama reminded me of some of the European shows I have watched before. Everyone, the director, the actors and the scriptwriters, took their time to allow the audience to understand and relate with the characters n the daily happenings in their lives. The ML and FL were perfect. Their ML inner turmoil and the FL lack of emotional attachments were brought out well by the main leads. The supporting actors did a good job too especially the ML s assistant and her grandma who turned out to be a ghost. I would highly recommend this drama to those who love enjoy a good quality drama.

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