Park Se is so broken – we just want to hug him and tell him that everything’s going to be okay! He’s fascinating as a character; as well as being clearly broken from the loss of his daughter, he’s driven, obsessive and reckless- all of which makes for great viewing!
As hopeless romantics of the worst kind; we are already loving the odd couple interactions between him and Min Joo. We kept wondering: how on earth were they going to form a realistic relationship between these two characters? However to our delight it was done surprisingly well considering how screwed up he is and how annoyingly persistent Min Joo can be. We like how Park Se was worn down by her presence and at one point or another he just accepted her hanging around. We really like their interactions- there wasn’t an obvious chemistry between the leads, instead we got a weary exchange of meetings which slowly developed into an unexpected and reluctant partnership between the two. This in many ways is better as it allowed viewers to get a better representation of both characters as individuals rather than as just a couple. In lots of dramas the writers throw their OTP together really quickly and you get the bickering and the hate turns to love element but you lose out on who they as people and only get the superficial factors like; he’s rich and she poor ect.
To have Min Joo be present at one of the dark and lowest points of Park Se’s life was the perfect way to show the audience that she can understand him despite the fact that he’s so damaged. We also like how Min Joo has issues of her own; they aren’t as obvious as Park Se but she’s from a broken home with an ill mother and no father present- so she’s not without her own heartache and pain. In many ways they complement each other really well and we look forward to seeing their odd couple relationship blossom as the weeks progress.
Park Se’s baby mamma Eun Young is in a romantic relationship with Jung II Do – could it get anymore sticky and screwed up!? If we were Park Se we would totally lose it- we are actually surprised that he didn’t physically attack Jung II Do or tell Eun Young the first chance he got.
Side note: Park Sun Young who plays Eun Young looks good in this drama- we last saw her in Sons of Sol Pharmacy where she looked okay but in CS she’s looking hot!
Other mentions:
We’re really disappointed to hear that Sun Woo Sun who plays Jin Mi Sook in the drama has decided to leave. We liked the potential of her character and wanted to see how she would have developed in the drama. We thought she made a great addition to the team. She had an interesting role within the drama – as the only female within a team of guys that often let their emotions or their lack of common sense get the better of them. Also we liked how she was a tough cop who really wanted to do the best she could but at the same time she had a vulnerability to her character, it was nice to see a female cop presented in a realistic manner- usually they are either tough tom boys or hopeless damsels that get in the way. That said, we did notice a distinct lack of presence from her character in the last couple episodes, where she was relegated to being a part of the wall paper. So we can understand how that can be disappointing for an actress especially when she’s used to playing crazy love rivals that stomps and schemes her way through scenes.
Final thought: Did they really have a scene where Detective Nam complimented Detective Shin on the size of his manhood? Really?
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