A drama that stuck its landing and wrapped everything up nicely without any of it feeling forced or unnatural.
I really liked the tone of the drama. It didn’t reinvent the wheel with its corruption plot but I liked that there where mercifully few scenes of politicians scheming with each other. The case itself was multilayered and felt big enough for the 16 episodes. I don’t think I ever felt that something was just filler. The three leads were likable and had good chemistry with each other. Even the villains were three-dimensional for a change, well except for the cousin but I somehow liked his presence anyways. (Maybe it’s because I still have Oh Jung Se’s heartmelting portayal of Moon Sang Tae in the back of my mind.)
The side characters were great aswell and their stories were woven into the main plot very organically. I tip my invisible hat to the writer of this drama. Very well done!
My only nitpick is that the death penalty discussion didn’t really go anywhere and we never found out who was advocating what side, so that in the end it felt more like a plot device than an actual discussion.
Overall this is one of my favorite crime dramas I have watched and is up there with the likes of Signal, Children of Nobody, Nobody Knows and Forest of Secrets.
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peachnita
August 26, 2020 at 3:12 AM
The Good Detective – Final Thoughts
A drama that stuck its landing and wrapped everything up nicely without any of it feeling forced or unnatural.
I really liked the tone of the drama. It didn’t reinvent the wheel with its corruption plot but I liked that there where mercifully few scenes of politicians scheming with each other. The case itself was multilayered and felt big enough for the 16 episodes. I don’t think I ever felt that something was just filler. The three leads were likable and had good chemistry with each other. Even the villains were three-dimensional for a change, well except for the cousin but I somehow liked his presence anyways. (Maybe it’s because I still have Oh Jung Se’s heartmelting portayal of Moon Sang Tae in the back of my mind.)
The side characters were great aswell and their stories were woven into the main plot very organically. I tip my invisible hat to the writer of this drama. Very well done!
My only nitpick is that the death penalty discussion didn’t really go anywhere and we never found out who was advocating what side, so that in the end it felt more like a plot device than an actual discussion.
Overall this is one of my favorite crime dramas I have watched and is up there with the likes of Signal, Children of Nobody, Nobody Knows and Forest of Secrets.