It still worth it

Are you scrolling through the reviews to figure out if you should watch this drama or not? Then my answer is definitely: yes, you should give it a try. And I'm a 90% sure you will watch it to the end (especially if you're Changwook biased like myself).

The main reason for it is the cast. I want to acknowledge that for a romantic drama the characters here are nice written as such: there are backgrounds, traumas I believed in, interests and traits. But without these actresses and actors portraying them this drama wouldn't have had the same effect on me. Main leads and supporting cast did a really amazing job making me care about them all (or hate some of them from the bottom of my heart).

And yes. Yes, I do admit that Ji Changwook still outdid them all. Endearingly nerdy, a little bit awkward, sometimes too emotional, but nice and caring he made me fall in love with his character again (istg why am i so weak for this man).

The plot of 10 first episodes was good written as well: the detective story was exciting, the romantic line was lovely and the struggles the character had were relatable. I was anticipating every episode and excited how they are going to catch the killer.

But

But then the drama-makers made their main (but so common) mistake: they added the second subplot with father's issue and everything turned into mediocre story with a bunch of cliches. On my opinion this plotline was really unnecessary. Focusing only on suspense around the serial murder and the relationship between the main leads would allow to reduce the amount of episodes and keep audience involved till the very last minute.

As many reviews have already said this drama is way too long and yeah, I agree with it. But let's be honest it's something we all know and even used to, don't we? And since the first part of this story makes you fall in love with characters, you could still enjoy the last couple of the episodes, even if they are indeed kinda boring.

The one thing I want to insist on: DO NOT choose this drama as your first one with Ji Changwook. Don't do it. Watch "Healer" and "The worst of evil", allow yourself to fall in love with him deeply and irrevocably. And then enjoy him in "Suspicious partner".

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