Nice cast, with well known supporting actors.
It didn't actually feel like there were main male & female characters at times (not a bad thing).
It had an ensemble feel, with the lives of all the characters in the 'team 2' of this small provincial Prosecution Service, taking centre stage, at some point.
There are 2 characters, which more of the scenes revolve around, however, and their strained relationship with each other.
The dynamics of a small, close, often overworked, under pressure group of colleagues, is interesting.
We get to see the cases they have to handle, from less significant fallings out, to more serious crimes.
The effect a new team member, transferred from Seoul, has on all of them, but mostly on the main male character, is also interesting.
The ML is a fairly gentle, principled person, good at what he does and intuitive. He doesn't seem particularly ambitious, nor does he suffer the politics sometimes involved when dealing with high profile, well-connected suspects, easily. He is likeable and personable.
His feathers get ruffled, however, with the arrival of the transferred female prosecutor.
She takes an immediate dislike to him and he cannot work out why.
Their bickering, barely concealed, sometimes out in the open, animosity towards each other, which fuels his competitiveness, is a central theme; as is the slow reveal of why she dislikes him so much.
There are light and amusing parts to the plot, including a totally bizarre side one that involves 2 members of staff and an online game. Sadly, it just didn't fit for me, and I found it totally odd, to say the least. Perhaps the writers were going for quirky, but for me, it really didn't work at all. It just made the drama seem a bit all over the place.
The central female character of Cha Myung-joo, is also the only reason that I couldn't watch multiple episodes in one sitting. I absolutely loathed her, so I just couldn't stomach more than 2 eps at a time, and couldn't even watch every day! That meant I took ages to finish this, but I didn't want to drop it just because of that.
I found her stuck-up attitude, arrogance and petty vindictiveness, really hard to watch.
She's great at her job too though, but because of how riled up she gets Sun-woong, he often jumps to the wrong conclusions and gets paranoid at times, which affects his judgement and usually good intuition.
She is completely unlikeable for me, even when more of her background is revealed, or when she shows a rare, softer side. It's not enough. I suppose the actress did well, seeing as I reacted that way, even though she's not a favourite!
I can't believe for one minute, that this is in any way a remotely accurate representation of the prosecution service and if it is, God help them! ? So if you're looking for realism, give this a wide berth.
The usual mistreatment of subordinates, money and power providing protection, looks the other way and outright incompetence, is all in this drama.
It isn't memorable, but an OK watch. There are, however, far better legal dramas out there, both in terms of wit and characters.