Just started watching Taxi Driver, and spent the first half hour going: “Now what have I seen him/her in?” and now I have them all sorted. The one I couldn’t immediately place was the mechanic with the awful wig and the gorgeous grin – of course he was the lovely Mr Bang in Suspicious Partner.

We’re only on to case number two, and honestly I am a major sucker for the vigilante mindset. The abuse and bullying, and the inability to get redress, absolutely turn my stomach, and I am itching for Lee Je-hoon and his squad to get in there and DO them.

I have to say Lee Je-Hoon does intense and taciturn with the best of them. And I don’t think anyone else can park a car like that.
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    You reminded me how I enjoyed the atmosphere of the first eps of Taxi Driver… feels almost like a ghost huanting the roads and communicating via paranormal arcade game.

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      Yeah, there’s certainly that atmosphere going on…

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    @claire2009 Would you please like to share your experience of Taxi Driver. 😊

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      I noticed this post but haven’t got the time to go through DB posts thoroughly after returning from my trip, and I am going through this this weekend, hopefully 😄 Always happy to talk about Lee Je Hoon☺️ I also saw Lee Je Hoon’s photo used for the “still waiting for season 2” post, which made me smile, but I haven’t got to read the comments either😅 I’m catching up with Dr Slump and hopefull soon with Marry My Husband so that I can participate in the recaps. And typing this I’ve just realised I still have the last 2 episodes of A good day to be with Cha Eun Woo I’ll need to finish 😂

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    Lee Je Hoon did a lot of stunts with the car by himself in both seasons. I knew him through Signal and watched Taxi Driver for more of him, although I was skeptical about vigilante shows at first (I didn’t survive Nam Joo Hyul’s Vigilante later last year), and came to love him. I think both seasons of Taxi Driver worked well hugely thanks to the ensemble cast. Recently viewers praised the villains in Perfect Marriage Revenge and Marry My Husband, but those villains are nowhere near the level of the villain in Taxi Driver 1, i.e the Big Baddie. But I’ll just stop here for fear I may give you spoilers.

    Lee Je Hoon in real life is very different from Kim Do Gi, like there’s no common trait between him and the character, especially the intenseness and taciturnity, the near-half smiles, the quietness… I’d say his performance in Taxi Driver is his best so far, it’s very nuanced and subtle.

    I’m not sure if you’d fall into LJH’s charm like I did, but I’m glad that you’re enjoying the show 🙂

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      Ah, that’s interesting he’s nothing like that in real life! I like that, because it shows he is acting, which is his profession! Yes, he feels wonderfully nuanced to me, and I too came here from watching Signal. I never quite finished Signal, strangely enough, because I was getting so intensely involved in it, particularly his back story, that when it got to the part near the end where they were going to go deeper into his brother’s case where he is falsely accused of rape, I couldn’t bear the thought of it, and sat the show down for a bit. I may go back and watch the whole thing again. I think I was also slightly put off by the fact that solving cases in the past had actually undone the formation of the cold case squad, and I started getting disoriented!

      Anyway, am a happy sucker for LJH. I have also watched a bit of his airport drama (trying to remember the name) and will probably continue with that.

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        Airport show is Where Stars Land or Fox Bride Star.
        Omo, I felt the same about the last episoded of Signal. I felt a bit overwhelmed, so I fastforwarded towards the end. But after that first watch, I watched it a second time and paid attention to every minute. I guess I’ll be forever waiting for Signal season 2.
        Chief Inspector: The beginning will be released this April though. I’m already excited!!

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          It’s weird how these shows have different names. Confusing. Also confusing to me is the different spellings of the same actor’s name!

          Anyway, I am gratified to hear you had that same reaction near the end of Signal. I am sure I will watch it all through again… so many things you pick up that you missed on the first watch.

          So Chief Inspector the new LJH show?

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            I think one is the literal translation of the Korean name into English and one is the name that may appeal more to international viewers. Airport show’s name in Korean is 여우각시별, where 여우 means fox, 각시 is an old word for wife, and 별 means star.

            About the actors’ names, it is because the Korean alphabet does not map 1-1 to the Latin alphabet. Take actor Jo Jung Suk as an example. His Korean name is 조정석. And its roman version can be any combination of Jo/Cho + Jung/Jeong + Suk/Seok. It’s because ㅈ can be pronounced as j or ch;ㅓis eo, pronounced as uh; and ㄱ can be pronounced as g or k. Both Kim Do Gi and Kim Do Ki is correct ^^.

            Yes, “Chief Inspector: The beginning” is LJH’s latest show, it’s a prequel to “Chief Inspector” aired decades ago.

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            Healer’s — thanks for that language explanation. Are you Korean or do you speak it?

            I have a problem remembering actor’s names, and then when I think I have it right, I see it spelt differently, and wonder…

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            @kas61 I’m neither Korean nor a Korean speaker, but I know the Korean alphabet and can read Korean words without understanding their meanings. I’m learning Korean (very slowly) and hopefully when I retire (in nearly 20 years), I can watch Kdramas without subs 🙂
            I am not good at remembering names either, but when you spend much time reading about the actors then your brain will register some 😄

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        If you’re interested in fanfic, here’s a wonderfully written piece with the most spot-on characterisation out there
        https://archiveofourown.org/works/47015368

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          Will it spoil me? Should I hold on to it until later?

          I have been a huge fanfic fan over the years (from the Buffy fandom)… of course the secret is being able to winnow out the great writing from the majority dross. And the weird crossovers.

          I found a great piece of Boys Before Flowers fanfic recently that had me hooting with laughter. Most of the BBF stories were writers sighing over Jandi and Junhoo, which made me roll my eyes…

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            Oh yes it will spoil you, so you should hold onto it until after you finish the show. I usually go to fanfic if I love a show so much I need a closure. That’s how much I loved Taxi Driver.

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