“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
-Galileo Galilei

         Galileo was an exciting drama. The drama is wholly focused on solving episodic (bizarre) mysteries, with just a small sliver given to character and relationship development. Each episode is only 45 minutes, and there are only 10 episodes, so this drama is great to binge in a week or weekend. There is a second season (I have not watched it), but it features a new female lead, which is extremely disappointing. Speaking of Utsumi…
         Based on the first episode, I thought Utsumi’s character had great potential to be a lovable, savvy detective. Unfortunately, Utsumi’s character ends up spending the majority of her screen time being confused or making exasperated expressions (she is still lovable, if not as savvy as I would have liked). Yukawa is charmingly eccentric in a Sherlock type way. The side characters mainly add humor to the show; I especially liked medical examiner Sakurako.
          The opening theme music was cool, and the ending theme was cute (also, it was performed by KOH+, which is a band whose lead singer and guitarist are the actors of Utsumi and Yukawa!) As far as rewatching this drama, I probably won't since I already know how all the mysteries are solved.

I wish they had decided to make more episodes and gone deeper with the characters, but overall this drama is worth the quick watch.