Ji-young character is lack of depth and motivation for doing what he has been doing. This is like watching Marvel Superhero movies churned out by Hollywood, so emotionless (and u** propaganda uppps 🙊) that is why I never like them. I think this is where is Disney dramas trajectory going to be

Right off the bat, the appeal of vigilante is shown. This is right up my alley. I think this already feels different compared to The Worst of Evil. I compare the two because I think both were supposed to feel dark and gritty; possibly make you think about morality.

I think it does have a noir feel and I think it shows how gross sensationalized media is.

I have mixed feelings about this only because of how it has to end and I don't know if there's anyway it can be satisfying to me. If he's actually caught & arrested, that's not satisfying. If he continues to just be used for sensational tv and the entire point of what he's doing isn't the focus, that's not satisfying (though realistic). If he's discovered and has to run, that's not satisfying. If he's able to continue being a cop and vigilante, I imagine folks would have complaints or criticism about that.

I'm interested in the show and I will likely continue watching it but ugh, I'm dreading the ending already.

That aside, one of the things that I thought about while watching was: at least Batman wore a cowl. Seriously, how is he just showing his face to the criminals he's confronting? I rewatched the 1st episodes a couple of times because I wasn't sure if he just assaulted or killed the first few cases shown and I think he just assaulted them. So couldn't they describe him? I don't know about the other 2 but the guy who was hospitalized and gave an interview, wouldn't he have described him? (Granted, how do you even describe him?)

The cop that's on the team to find him is awfully intimidating. I don't know what to think or feel about him.

The reporter seems like she's in charge instead of the chief and I'm wondering why she doesn't just have that position. Does she prefer to be out in the field or was she forced to stay in that role so she decided to get the best possible results no matter what?

@mistyisles Thank you for the recap. “color me intrigued” is just right. There is something which pulls you right in and it is difficult to deny there is some sense of cathartic justice.
While one cannot say we “enjoy”violence but then, Dexter just happens to be one of my all time favourite shows and I’ll take lumber-jack Dexter anytime thank you very much over anything else as Dexter: New Blood never happened in this world.
To repeat an oft quoted platitude media has “desensitised” us to violence in our movies/ dramas. But the fact that vigilante stories are so popular worldwide across different media, one has to acknowledge that in someway they placate one’s sense of injustice faced in our day-to-day lives. Like Dexter Morgan, we also want to cheer on Kim Ji-yong too, while he takes out the trash from this world.

Ohhh, so he did kill his mom's murderer? Did he also kill the doctor? Oh did he kill one of the guys who was terrorizing the lady and her son but hospitalized the other?

Do guys not look out for each other at clubs?

I think I'm sensitive about drug use cause of the recent scandals because what came to mind when she slipped him whatever that was via kiss, what came to mind was that if it's discovered, his career would be ruined. Why did this even have to be a thing? For what reason did he need to be momentarily high only to end up back home? Am I missing something?

Disney+ shows have the same issue. They don't take the time to set up the decor, introduce the characters, show us their life.

Nope, they gave us a fast flashback to show us the ML is a poor victim too, then how the fact is a police student gives him some access to the informations and voilà, they can show all the violence they want now.

I don't like how it focus more on the perpetrator than the victims because I feel nothing and don't agree at all with his acts as Vigilante.

The journalist has no depth, it's just a spectacle for her...

I had a lot of hopes for Yoo Ji-Tae character but at the end, he was disapointing too...

In the same style, Taxi 1 did better.

I am seriously underwhelmed.

The "Vigilante" has the vibe of just another serial killer. The fact that your family was murdered and the perpetrator got away might give you the right to exact justice on them. But going on a killing spree every weekend? That is just as bonkers as the perps he is chasing.

I might watch the next two episodes, but right now this looks more like a drop.

Yoo Ji Tae got bigger for this role, wow. That being said this was fine, unexpected because it is "quieter" than I thought it would be. Ji Yong is ANGRY, his anger is cold though. His mother is murdered and the murderer not only gets 3 months for it, but there is no remorse and he continues to hurt people without recourse. So the best way to get the info he needs is to become a police officer. It is revenge that turns to vengeance for anyone wronged by a system that doesn't punish the people who deserve punishment. Revenge is best served cold, so he is meticulous and calculating. I dig it.

All these vigilante shows have the same appeal and the same theme: the legal system is too soft on criminals, or too corrupt, so its necessary for brave individual to take justice into their own hands. Some shows completely glorify the vigilante (Marvel's The Punisher) other raise a question about whether the vigilante doesn't himself become a criminal; but in any case the whole appeal is seeing the hero beat up or brutally kill the bad guys, because that's what they deserve, and society and its legal institutions have failed because they are soft on crime and yet sensationalize it through the media.

This show tries to complicate things a little bit. It makes the media as much a villain as the justice system. In fact, for these two episodes, didn't it seem like the most amoral character, or at least the most villainous who has yet to be punished in the show, was the one woman?

This show also has a police officer pursuing the vigilante who uses vigilante methods himself (it remains to be seen whether he is corrupt in other ways, but regardless, the show's point is that in their heart of hearts, everyone like vigilantism and roots for eye for eye punishment.)

Finally, it has a drug gang which is obviously going to be the main subject of the vigilante's efforts, that way attempting to ensure that despite what we might think of the vigilante's methods, we have to root for his success.

It is likely that the drug gang has taken incriminating photos of the vigilante when he was drugged by the beautiful young woman, and is going to threaten him as a police academy trainee with exposure, unless he helps their cause as a policeman. I would predict that he will pretend to agree, engaging in a dangerous game of corrupt policing in the day, while pursuing honest vigilantism against them at night.

Eventually the gang will realize who he is, there will be a climactic showdown, the Vigilante will destroy the gang, but at the same time his career as a policeman will be over, probably because the woman reporter in pursuit of ratings will expose the Vigilante. The Vigilante will then disappear and the series will end with him living incognito, while he waits to see if Disney gets good enough ratings to justify his reappearance in the Vigilante Season 2.

Is this something I'm going to watch? Probably not, because the only reason I saw episodes 1 and 2 is that I'm at my daughter's place and she subscribes to Hulu and Disney + and I don't. I could courageously fight against a corrupt and criminal streaming system by enacting my own type of justice, watching on unauthorized streaming sites, but I think I'll save my vigilante viewing for a quality romance show, since I like to think of myself as the Vigilante of Love.

The best part of the show is slick directing that made me feel like I am watching a movie. Although the story was okay and reminds me of The Killing Vote. Its not doing anything special with the genre so far. I do hope the show delve deeper on the characters a little more to get to know them.
Yoo Ji Tae's physique surprised me since he bulked up for the role. He looks to be the monster his character is known to be.