Once Upon a Small Town is full of cheese and drama tropes, but at the end it felt well worth the watch.. even if I could guess what was going to happen because of it's tropy-ness.

One of my favorite drama plots is moving from a city into a small village and this one is all about that. It gave me Hometown Cha Cha Cha vibes where a smart, city doctor comes in and being in a village is the last thing they want in the world. The town itself is so beautiful and I loved getting to see the scenery with all the cinematography shots they give.

What added to my rating of 9 was I felt that some plots/tropes were added, but not really needed. I still don't really see why they added in his tragic backstory with the town + Officer Ahn other than having that as the mystery.. which didn't really make sense to me seeming he didn't even remember the trauma until the drama was almost over. It could've been fine without it and them just met for the first time when he came then, or just of had him remember earlier into the show rather than drag it out.

Joy's acting is amazing in this and was one of the main reasons that drug me in. She gave such life to Officer Ahn and helped me feel all the butterflies and feelings she was as it was going on. Her chemistry with the male lead as well was so good and I loved seeing the relationship blossom.

Watching the animal stories itself was emotional and I loved seeing all the pets/animals in the village. Some of them even made me cry... It's just a beautiful, cheesy romance story.

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A Piece of Your Mind had an interesting concept that drug me in because if it wasn't for the AI plotline, I probably would've dropped it pretty early on. The first few episodes are slow and hard to get into.. It felt weird going from basically one love story to another one through the same person. Once the romance starts though, it was easy to watch.

You can never have a romance drama without the murder mystery and this one plays out throughout the whole drama. It's not until the last 3 episodes that everything is answered. The plot twist in this drama was pretty easy to put together early on, but takes the characters the whole series to figure it out and for all the pieces to play out.

I was going to rate this higher than I ended up rating it, but the last episode and the overall start of their relationship or rather the reason, were why I rated it as low as I did. This is one of those dramas that plays out happy the entire time, but then suddenly right at the middle of the episode we have a "breakup" "It's me, not you" "I need time" moment and it really ruined it for me. You then spend the last half of the episode waiting for them to get back together and for it to be happy again. It felt that they had waited for her to realize that their relationship already started on weird foundation too late.. It just really put a damper on the entire thing because I couldn't tell you a reason as to why it needed to happen. Just felt like they needed the extra drama towards the end after the peaceful resolution to the main plot.

Overall, a pretty good watch for the characters, plot, and the short romance you do get to see... the ending just ruins the good that they did have going on.

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Crash Course is a drama that has everything that you can think of packed into one show. Scandals, crazy moms, romance, school drama, murder mystery... It can seem like a lot, but it is honestly quite an enjoyable watch. I only found myself being really bothered by 3 plot points overall.

Why bring in other plots right at the last 2 episodes? I've always hated this in other dramas as I feel it takes away from the main story you're wanting to see. Especially towards the end of the show. While time could've been spent towards more interesting storylines such as Soo-Ah's illness-stress-thing going on. Even more scenes of Haeng-Seon and Chi-Yeol would've been better than the random plot they threw in for seemingly no reason. Also, one of the main plot points in this drama is that he cannot eat any food without getting sick besides Haeng-Seon's and her mom's, but that's never really explained or given a good explanation entirely other than it's just used as a purpose of him being in the shop all the time + lovers fate trope..

The acting in this show is amazing especially the Male lead, Jung Kyung Ho. I loved watching him and his character in Hospital Playlist and it was nice seeing him play a character that's quite the opposite from that one. He portrays the snobby yet only cute and sweet towards you character really well. The side characters honestly shined the most though, which I always tend to favor them in dramas more anyways. Roh Yoon Seo as Hae-Yi did an incredible job and I was hooked on seeing who she would choose in the end. Lee Bong Ryun always steals the show in any drama that she's in and I loved watching Kim Young-Joo find love. Especially not with someone I was expecting. It was an exciting surprise in the story for me. Oh Eui Shik also did a great job playing Haeng-Seon's younger brother.

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"I may be the one who set up the board, but they're the ones who destroyed themselves."

The Glory was a drama that I couldn't stop thinking about in between waiting for part 2 to come out. I binged it all in 2 days and it did not disappoint! A dark, emotional drama that will have you kicking your feet, cheering for the "underdog" and smiling with Dong-Eun as her revenge is playing out. I will say there are super heavy scenes in this drama (mostly the first part but some flashbacks in part 2), so keep that in mind before you start a watch. TW: bullying, child death, suicide mention/attempt, etc.

Part 2 was everything I needed it to be and more. Dong-Eun set up her revenge perfectly and every decision lead to one of her bullies' downfall without lifting a finger of her own. Every piece of information is crucial and when it's put out in the open, the group turns on each other all the while knowing Dong-Eun is the one behind it all with help from her sidekicks, Dr. Joo Yeo-Jung and Kang Hyung-Nam. Even they are not the only people helping as it becomes more apparent that Dong-Eun has saved a lot of people in her life who feel the need to pay it back. She has help from all sides and that leads to her finally finding her happiness.

There are so many plot twists and pieces of the puzzle that even I didn't see coming that made this drama even more entertaining to watch. While you're constantly guessing along with the bullies as to how something happened, Dong-Eun is already onto her next target. One thing that I did find super realistic is how none of them felt sorry for her in the slightest. They knew what they did was evil, but felt that they would have no consequences because of their statuses. It was a masterpiece to watch it all crumble down piece by piece, person by person, until Yeon-Jin was a shell of her former self like Dong-Eun felt. She didn't care about anyone but herself and in the end, that's all she has left.

Props to the actors/actresses in this drama because everyone played their part fantastically. Even background characters such as Dong-Eun's coworker were acting their asses off. Im Je-Yeon played Yeon-Jin so well that watching the flip switch within her character was amazing. She could go from staring daggers to screaming and acting psychotic in a split-second. Kim Hi Eo-Ra and Cha Joo Young also stood out to me in particular and I couldn't get enough of them on my screen.

I did need a little more added on Joo Yeo-Jung's revenge because his storyline interested me so much too, but I was okay with what we got even if it was a small portion. I'm hoping that the ending left it open enough to where we could possibly get a whole series/season on that. I need more of Dong-Eun, Yeo-Jung and Hyung-Nam together. Especially Dong-Eun and Yeo-Jung. I knew from Part 1 that I would want them together and I'm so glad that it naturally blossomed. He didn't push for her to love him back and waited for her to feel and say it on her own. I loved that he was the definition of "If he wanted to, he would." Him and Do-Young were stand up guys and I'm glad that they walked away happy too.

This ending did not skip over ANYONE and they all got what karma was coming to them. Every person that they victimized was working behind Dong-Eun and she did it no questions asked. Learning that they not only killed a girl after Dong-Eun, but kept going with bullying people after was sick and added another layer to the story. It made it more satisfying when they all were brought down and So-Hee working behind them in spirit. I'm glad that she got the justice she deserved and wasn't left behind in the fallout. I did wish that we could've seen more of a happy ending with Hyung-Nam, but knowing her child is studying abroad safe was enough for me. I'm glad we got to watch hers and Dong-Eun's friendship blossom and that she got her somewhat happy ending.

I would recommend this drama to literally anyone. After finishing part 2, this one is definitely going on the favorites list. Every moment is a rollercoaster that never slows down until you get to the end smiling and cheering.

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"Where are we going?" "To get revenge."

Taxi Driver was a wild ride from start to finish and I'm glad it was a show I picked up. I loved watching Lee Je Hoon in Signal and Move to Heaven, so it was nice to see him in such a bad-ass role. While he still holds his soft side, this drama is action packed and he is at the front of it.

All coming together from backgrounds of trauma, a group of people make the Rainbow Taxi Service. They do what the law can't or won't and get's revenge on the people who did you wrong. They will do anything and everything to protect the victims and their families and make sure there is some justice for the wrongdoings of the criminals who inflicted the pain. While helping out their clients, most of the employees revenge gets solved as well.

While the Rainbow Taxi is out doing vigilante justice, a prosecutor is doing what she can to help get these criminals behind bars. Although, she is on the hunt for the deluxe taxi and who is driving it. This was one plot-line that I did not really care for in the show and found myself skipping through most of the scenes. After around 12-13 episodes (I can't remember exactly when), my care for that story-line changed as did the heart of Kang Ha Na. It definitely turned around the feelings that I was having and made the whole thing worth it in the end.

The one thing that helped get me so interested in this drama were the side characters. All of the rainbow taxi employees are amazing and the actors/actresses who played them did incredible! They are perfect side-kicks while all shining in their own light and don't fall behind Kim Do Gi too much with how much they do in the service. I can't pick a favorite out of the 4 because all of them were so great in their own ways and I'm glad we got to get more into some of their backstories as to how they ended up together. Every scene of them all together was so heartwarming.

Now to go watch season 2. :)

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This drama had been recommended to me quite a lot and I finally decided to give it a shot. A very cute and slow burn love story, while also having a really great found family story that goes on as well. The one downfall to such a great story - a not so great ending - so if you're looking for something that ends happy and leaves you feeling satisfied, this isn't the watch for you. While the overall story and characters make this drama so worth it, the end made it fall so flat for me and actually had me a bit disappointed and confused.

I will add - a lot of people have a problem or find it problematic about the age gap in the relationship (900+ vs 19), but if you can look past this it's a great love story about fated and destined love.

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Kim Shin is a goblin that has been sentenced to live out an immortal life as punishment for the many sins he committed in his first lifetime. He has a ghostly blade stuck in his chest and the only way for him to be able to die and rest peacefully is to meet his destined, Goblin's Bride, and have her pull it out. From the outside, you can tell that Kim Shin is caring, loving and kind. He loves giving out tiny miracles and helping people out, but also harbors deep trauma and sadness from his life. He has outlived everyone that he once knew and will continue to do so.

Eun Tak is a senior in high school who can see ghosts. From a young age, she has been able to see and talk to lingering ghosts, but avoids doing so after her mother dies. She runs into a grim reaper as well, but is able to make it away due to the kindness of a granny passing by. She lives her life out with ghosts pointing out and telling her that she's the Goblin's Bride. On her 19th birthday, she decides to finally make a wish after her life is in a rut. Dealing with her abusive aunt and family to being bullied in school, she needed something. After blowing out her candles, there appears Kim Shin behind her. It starts a whirlwind up and down relationship between the two, where she knows she's the Bride but Kim doesn't believe her. They slowly fall in love and begin to actually feel for one another.

Wang Yeo, or known more as Mr. Reaper, is Kim Shin's friend that he lives with. He leads people on their death journey, helping them on their way before their next life. He himself knows that to become a Grim Reaper, you have to commit a great sin, but cannot remember his past life at all, not even his own name. He eventually runs into a woman on the street and feels as though he as seen her before and begins crying. This sensation doesn't only happen the one time, but again when he see's a painting that Kim Shin had been keeping of a woman. He falls in love with Sunny, a beautiful and witty business owner, and tries to be a normal human towards her. While at some point, she grabs him and he sees her entire lifetime, learning that she was involved in his and Kim Shin's, her being the latter's sister. They learn of his real past life, that he was the King that slaughtered many, and even was the cause of death of Sunny and Kim Shin.

Every single happening in their lives happens because of an evil entity named Park Joong Hun. He caused the car crash that Kim Shin reversed to safe Eun Tak, and he causes every little happening of possible death to her after. They eventually figure out his true identity and in the climax of the show, Kim Shin pulls out the sword and banishes him. Not long after he himself is banished to a world of nothing but snow and cold. 10 years go by and Eun Tak has no recollection or memory of the Goblin, but can feel in her heart that she is mourning the loss of someone/something important to her. Her and Sunny help each other out, both dealing with their grief of losing a loved one. Eventually because of the contract they made before his passing, Eun Tak makes a wish and he comes back. It takes a while for her to regain her memory, and after that it begins a happily ever after. They get married and everything seems well...

This is where I begin my small rant on the end of this show. After they get married, Mr. Reaper is waiting on a deadly car crash that is going to kill an entire bus of kindergarteners. Before this is slotted to happen, Eun Tak drives by and waves at him before continuing on. At this moment is when he realizes that she is about to die and get her death card and that HE was the reaper she was destined to see at age 29 just like he was at 9 and 19. She ends up sacrificing her life to save the kids, due to her destiny of having to die. A couple of years after her life ends, the Reaper's punishment is over and he can reincarnate in his next life. Before this he also leads Sunny to her afterlife and reincarnation. At the end, it's shown that all 3 (Eun Tak, Mr. Reaper, and Sunny) have all reincarnated, but Kim Shin is not apart of Mr. Reaper's or Sunny's new life, but they end up together again. Him and Eun Tak meet up again in Canada when she is 19 again. It ends with them seeing each other again.
My faults with this ending is in the bigger picture, was what he did that awful to deserve this bad of a punishment? Even the Reaper, who is Wang Yeo, has his punishment ended and can move on. It's also stated several times that you have 4 lives, and they should all be on their 3rd or 4th. So Kim Shin gets to continue and live on even after they can't come back anymore. Just a sad and flat ending for all of the build up.

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If you're looking for something to keep you on the edge of your seat with twists and turns this is the one for you! There were so many scenes and times that my heart was beating so fast for the main character and watching the mystery unravel had my jaw on the floor. This drama is half police/detective, the other half a criminal trying to hide his secret from the people he cares about most. Very good mystery and I couldn't see the ending coming at all.

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Lee Joon Gi does such a good job at playing Do Hyun Su and bringing his character to life. Hyun Su suffers from a personality disorder where he doesn't feel any emotion and is diagnosed young in life after news breaks that his father is a serial killer. He's running from the cops and has been for years due to the village leader being found murdered and him being the only person to blame. His wife is a detective with the police and hiding his secret is the biggest thing in his life. While spending time in his workshop, he learns that murders are starting up again and that the killer is looking for him. He begins playing a game of cat and mouse with this killer, trying to figure out who helped his dad commit his crimes. Eventually, it comes to light that Hyun Su is living out his life as Baek Hee Seong, due to being involved in a car crash and the family taking him in. Everything slowly unravels getting closer to the end as he reunites with his sister and they begin to search their minds for the accomplices face. Hyun Su over the course of the show realizes that he actually does have feelings towards his wife and their daughter and cannot live without them.

Ji Won, or Detective Cha, started to notice things were off with her husband pretty early on into the show. She puts a GPS on his watch that she finds after a scuffle with "Hyun Su" and follows his every move without him knowing. While following him, she realizes that he is indeed Hyun Su after overhearing a conversation between him and his sister. She begins to help him live out his life as Baek Hee for the sake of their daughter and helps divert police attention to others. Detective Cha even helps him at moments where she'll give him information without letting it be known that she knows who he really is. She struggles with wanting to love him for him, but hate him because she thinks he's a murderer. There were a few points in the show where I found it super hard to like her, but towards the end she becomes more likable as she learns and realizes that Hyun Su isn't all he was made out to be all these years.

My faults with this are that it moves in a pretty fast pace with Detective Cha learning her husband's identity pretty early. An upside to this drama is while I thought I had figured out the twist, I had guessed wrong and I feel like it really catches you off guard when it's revealed. Learning that the real Baek Hee is evil and a psychopath, and was actually their dad's accomplice was something I never saw coming. I had originally guessed that it was Baek Hee's father who helped. There were many twists in the story, another being Hyun Su had never killed anyone at all. He had actually been covering up for his little sister who had been attacked and killed the village leader in self-defense, but because their father had just been outed as a serial killer felt nobody would believe a word they said. I wish that the show had went more into the exorcisms the village had forced on Hyun Su and how much this affected his mind and emotions. It played a huge part in his and his sister's secret (being that she killed the village chief after trying to confront him to stop the exorcisms) you don't get much info or flashbacks to them. Even the mystery about his mom going missing and leaving the tape was a huge plot point that didn't get answered or tied up fully.

I rated everything a 10 besides the rewatch value because personally, I think once you know the twists that it wouldn't hit as much or hard as it does the first time without knowing! I still think you could get a good rewatch in if you really loved the characters.

Overall, the ending of the show helped make it a little better for me. I was worried that Ji Won was going to be hard-headed and that Hyun Su wouldn't realize that he can emotionally feel things and care towards people. The ending with him crying and seeing his daughter was a happy solution to this wild adventure.

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Signal was a drama that I kept seeing recommended and now that I have finished it, I can see why.
If you're looking for a crime drama that has a great cast and story, then you'll be hooked with this one.

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Park Hae-Yong was such an interesting character. I loved how his story tied in with the overall arc of the story with Lee Jae-Han. I also loved his backstory as to why he became an analyst. He is smart, caring, and good-looking so everything you want rolled into a lead. I'm glad he got his happy ending with both of them and they solved everything together.

Cha Soo-Hyun should've gotten more time with her backstories and story-line in general I feel. It showed glimpses of her and Lee Jae-Han, but that's all it was really. Just glimpses of the two of them and not really any of her own experience. I understand a huge part of her story was missing her partner and the person she loved, but I wish we could've gotten more bad-ass moments of her. You get some of her home life with her sisters and mom... just needed so much more. How happy she looks at the end with the two of them made me so happy.

The glimpses back in time to Lee Jae-Han investigating and his backstory could be quite dry and boring sometimes because you are wanting the mystery solved and for them to figure everything out, but I wish it showed more of him and Cha Soo-Hyun together. I loved the glimpses it did give and loved the way he saw her. It's sad seeing all the people who could've listened to him and even turned on him while he was trying to save lives. I'm glad that he could be happy at the end with the two of them.

Overall, the time loop ending can be a little tricky and took me a while to fully understand what happened and how they all ended up together. It gets mushy with the plot and understanding how that all ties in together with the walkie-talkie, but loved the show and is a great watch.

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Woooooooow.. If you want something super emotional, but with a great story - then jump right in! This show is super heavy and deals with a lot of heavy topics like death, grief, etc but is also light-hearted enough to not be so sad the whole time. The portrayal of Asperger's was so nice and not exaggerated. The editing goes really nicely with showing you how Han Geu-Ru thinks inside his head and sees things.

I cried every single episode, but loved every story they had with Move to Heaven, and I loved the overall ending.

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So, the actors in this show are amazing. Han Geu-Ru was such a great character and I loved seeing his journey through life without his dad. Him taking over the business and teaching his Uncle on how to do things throughout - him accepting his Uncle unconditionally. He followed through with everyone's things for Move to Heaven and got so many people closure through their things just by looking at them. My favorite story he solved was definitely the Doctor and Cellist.

The Uncle, Cho Sang-Gu, had such an interesting backstory that I was so ready to see when he was introduced. Through the small glimpses into his story, you learn that he was a great boxer and gotten into illegal fighting. The conclusion of him not being a murderer, but just a bad twist of events and bad people, was obvious.. But the actual conclusion of the story line is abrupt. It relied on one character that was minor, but was nice to see that their story mattered in the big picture.

My one flaw that I personally found was with Yoon Na-Mu. She was there the entire time and was such an incredible friend to both Geu-Ru and Sang-Gu, but didn't really get any ending. Just with her telling her parents that she was actually working with them at Move to Heaven. Her and Sang-Gu have a conversation about how much she likes Geu-Ru even since they were little, but the conversation doesn't move from there and nothing more comes of it. The show ends with him staring at a girl who is supposedly going to be dying, and it insinuates that he's seeing how beautiful she is.... But why couldn't that have been an ending scene with Na-Mu? Especially since it falls immediately after her telling her parents and her dad saying that they were meant to be.

This show definitely has so much re-watchability. The music choices, the actors, the characters, the story.. I love the overall concept. It was so emotional and deep. Really puts into perspective life and how things are when you or loved ones die. Even random people. A beautiful story that everyone should give a watch.

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I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about this movie even almost a day after watching it. The story and twists were something I did not see coming and had me rethinking everything I had just watched.

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The way this movie is laid out, I thought that she had fallen in love with him and he lost weight for her and it was the same guy the entire time. Skip ahead... we're all in a huge hidden twist.

Hyuk was likable and funny in the spots that we got to know him at his job and he definitely tried to make an effort with Da Eun. He was coming back home every night to see her, granted it was just to sleep, but he made that commute and took the time to do that for her. It was hard to like him during the pregnancy scenes because of how obviously detached he was from the whole entire situation. It's also around the same time that it becomes obvious how much he likes Bo Yeong. It's also hard to watch their relationship knowing that Da Eun is an hour away working while him and a co-worker are flirting. He shouldn't have given in so easily to the flirtation and temptation of another woman before fully breaking it of with Da Eun.

Speaking of her, her character was incredibly likable and sweet in the beginning. She was a nurse that went above and beyond to make sure her patients got the best care and healed quickly. In the scenes after the beginning, she becomes incredibly cold to Hyuk and you can tell that the shift of him getting a job in the city was huge in their relationship. During their long distance relationship, she doesn't really put in too much of an effort and wants him to do all of the work and help even though he is commuting to work. During the pregnancy, she also is so detached and I couldn't tell if she was even excited at all about it. She tells him to go wait in the car and seems stressed talking about it at all, even when she was depressed afterwards.

This all makes sense towards the end, after Hyuk mistakenly called Da Eun Bo Yeong's name, the two split up and go separate ways because Da Eun senses that he is cheating on her. Months go by and he begins a relationship with Bo Yeong as they finish their project for the city. He goes to meet up with Da Eun who hasn't cancelled their vacation to Juju Island yet and changes her name to insinuate meeting him. When he arrives at the airport he sees Da Eun and goes for an embrace, where he bumps into a man... The man from the very beginning.

It turns out the entire time almost Da Eun was cheating on Hyuk already. She had met Hyeok at the hospital and slowly fell in love with him and started inviting him over at night. Their relationship stretched out even after Da Eun and Hyuk break up. He is the guy she's planning on going to Juju Island with and that's what they end up doing. Hyuk curses and goes back to Bo Yeong who he confesses he has feelings for, he asks for her hand in marriage and she says she isn't ready for that yet. It basically ends on that note of things and had me really conflicted on if I liked it or not.

I couldn't like either character at all really, I felt for Da Eun until the end when it showed she was actually cheating on Hyuk first and then it clicked as to why she seemed so cold and detached around him. It made me rethink everything like why she aborted their baby, which is probably because it was Hyuek's, why she blamed him for abandoning said baby when she was literally cheating on him behind his back, and made me just feel so icky for the both of them.

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I do not know what I was expecting when I started this K-Drama, but it certainly wasn't the story and characters that I fell in love with. The characters and plot all continue and form together towards the end of the season, and I feel like it does a really nice job of jumping back and forth between past and present enough that it doesn't confuse you as to what's happening.

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Gang-Tae and Sang-Tae were such a duo that I fell in love with and couldn't get enough of their story. I loved how much Gang-Tae took care of his brother and took the time to understand him and his trauma. The way Gang-tae also started slowly showing emotion and having fun around Ko was so refreshing and something he deserved. He was so patient and kind and made for a really great main character that added to the story. Reliable and always there, I loved how much he loved Ko and was willing to do anything for her. His story coming together and character development of actually loving his brother and wanting to be a caretaker tugged so much at my heart. He deserved every happy thing and to be happy so much.

Their relationship is nice and slow, but I love the way it is drawn out. It makes it so much more nice when they actually do kiss and get together. I loved the family dynamic and how they adopted Ko immediately. The family portrait made me tear up with how happy they looked. It didn't matter that she was cold and stand-offish they accepted her and brought her in. Her and Sang-Tae's friendship was so refreshing and added such a nice comedic relief to the show. Together they were so funny and always had me laughing with how similar they would act. They bickered just like brother and sister, perfectly meant to be. I loved the way that she believed in his art and work so much and eventually published and used his work. She even helped him overcome how to draw facial expressions.

Them knowing each other as kids was such a cliché, but so cute when paired with the story. Their mom being murdered, her mom disappearing after being attacked by her dad, them liking each other as kids, her saving Gang-Tae as a child. It all adds up so much and adds such a layer to everything that happens during the season. The impact of finding out that it was HER mom that murdered their mom was jaw-dropping. Even learning that she was the one who saved Gang-Tae out in the frozen lake. It was such great writing.

Her character is so insane and crazy and I fell in love with her in an instant. Her backstory with her mom and dad was so interesting and the way the mystery played out, I was not even expecting. I would've never guessed the turns that the mystery took. The way she was raised and the way her parents were was so interesting and creepy. It helped show how isolated and actually lonely Ko was and how much she wanted relationships and love. When she wants them to move out at the end and they refuse had me crying. She asks, "Why is everyone so nice to me?" and it really showed how much her mom made her feel completely unloved. The family she has now and how warm and happy she becomes throughout is beautiful.

I did wish she took more time with her dad when he was in the hospital, but I totally understood where she came from with his dementia and him choking her almost to death. He saw too much of her mom in her, and didn't take the time to learn that she wasn't anything like that. She had a warm and loving side that her mom could never have. Her mom still being alive and being the character that she was, was such a shock to me. I was not expecting it and would never have guessed. When they started talking about the reason Sang-Tae was so scared of butterflies I was on the edge of my seat.

The background characters all were so great and added so much to the story, especially in the ways that they were helped and actually got discharged and better. I loved that when they published the book, the characters they helped were in it as well. They each were brought in and each were an integral part of the storyline. It was such a nice story of friendship, love and shined such a great spotlight on mental illness without being dramatic and fake.

I could re-watch this drama many times. It was so amazing and had me crying not wanting it to end. Forever needing more of the trio. I loved every minute of it.

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This show was definitely out of my comfort zone of k-dramas I usually watch, bur I'm so glad that I gave it a chance.
It made me laugh, cry, get annoyed, be angry. I fell in love with every single one of the characters, and even if I had iffy feelings on one of them, I ended up loving them in the end. It made me wish I lived in a small town where everyone knows and cares for each other. It felt like one huge family, and made me wish I had that close of friends as well.
I loved that every single character mattered and they each had a story and a past that went into an episode. All of their relationships were given so much time, and it helped create a bond with each and every one of them.
If you want a show that can have you laughing, but then also have you crying so hard then def give this show a watch. It's so wholesome, but has moments where you have your head in your hands in embarrassment. You'll be laughing and then crying.
The story flows so well and has many call-backs to things that help give you more answers and insight onto what was happening.
10/10 amazing.

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This show really made me upset in that it was seeming to go pretty well, but then the story got super lost.

While not realistic, the start of their relationship was super cute and exciting and I was excited to see where things were heading. The story of her past and her parents was brought up, but never really done anything with? Same with his backstory with his mom. It's brought up, but never done anything with.
It just drops all the major plot points brought up in the first 6 episodes or so and changes it with a car crash. I literally could not even tell if she had amnesia or it jumped forward in time.. It also made absolutely no sense the way this "time-line" plays out. They just have sudden memory loss and his "best friend" comes and basically tricks JoJo because he knows everything and she doesn't. It's really messed up, but even Sun-Oh was the same way to him in the beginning of the show.
Most of the background characters are really annoying and sort of frustrating. Gul-Mi is so insufferable and I could hardly watch any scene that she was in. She blamed JoJo for her parents wanting to literally murder her and them having to take care of her? Also tried to get with Sun-Oh any way that she could, if she could spill a secret she tried. She went out of her way to be a horrible person to JoJo and Duk-Gu. His backstory is another that drops off as well. It's insinuated that he created Love Alarm, but never brought up again. Him and Gul-Mi's story never goes anywhere either from what I've watched - which is slightly disappointing because it could have been something to make her character actually a little likable.
Just too many plot holes and too many things that didn't make sense at all. It could've been really great.

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This drama picks up where S1 left off, but I feel like the story didn't progress much within this season. Still working to change the system from the inside and working against even the military itself.

The acting is incredible as always. Every character does a really great job, but the two ML's and their bromance are always the best part to this drama. Their chemistry is incredible.

I wish we could get more episodes within a season because sometimes I feel like the stories that they are telling within them are important, but quickly told so you get to feel for the character... but it feels rushed. There were definitely less "cases" than last season I felt, it was mostly focused on the case that ended S1.

Incredible show, beautifully shot and masterfully acted. Speaks on some heavy topics that should be spoken about. Just wish we could get more of it!

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If you're a fan of the US shows: Criminal Minds and Mindhunter, then this will be a favorite for you. As for any crime show there's a ton of TW's and can be a bit more gruesome due to it being about the killers being interviewed. If you're okay with heavy material, then proceed!

What initially kept my interest in the show is how well the two ML's mesh together. Their friendship and bond and overall chemistry together really helped keep light when needed after the heavy subject matter. It adds even more of a great mix when you add the Seoul Police Department team into it too. I also loved the psychology aspect of the show and seeing the team delving deep into the minds of criminals.

The show never once slows down, but I left the rewatch at 9 since you already know all the twists. Although, I could see this becoming a favorite or a show I would be down to rewatch in a year or 2.

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The one problem I did have is I felt that the BAU team didn't actually really catch some of the criminals. They helped put together a profile for them, but some just fell into their lap or had a really easy solution to finding them.

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