287. Mad Dog 매드독 (2017) Korean

Yoo Ji Tae, Woo Do Hwan, Ryu Hwa Young, Jo Jae Yun, Kim Hye Seong, Choi Won Young

Drama Rating: 6/10     Neck Score: A++

I think that this one was more about who was in it than the actual plot, or quality of the show.  Lizabreff and I already had noona crushes on Woo Do Hwan, and Curdy is in love with Yoo Ji Tae, plus it's a con man mystery plot, which is also her favorite, and I will watch anything for Choi Won Young, so we had to watch it.  However, it wasn't necessarily amazing, but the characters at least were very compelling.  The villains were all over the top bad.  Like all of them.  They would all take turns trying to out do each other, or take turns who was going to be the "good" bad guy, or the person who was the most humane and decent at the time.  It got annoying how overly powerful all the villains were, backstabbing and ridiculously evil.  Wow, no wonder everyone would pause to over react to the next evil plot, or passionately scream at how evil their deeds were.  It was like crazy cheesy at times, but it was also good.  I loved it, even when the dramatic reactions made me laugh.



So we have a insurance investigator who has gone rogue after his wife and son died in a plane accident who creates an undercover detective agency, who then gets conned by the younger brother of the pilot who supposedly committed suicide taking that plane full of passengers with him, into helping him clear his brother's name.  Obviously everything is just an evil cover up conspiracy between the airline company and the insurance company, but it's going to take 16 episodes to actually stop them.  Such is the power of money.  It also took an annoyingly long time for the friendships to blossom.  I got pretty frustrated that it took them forever, like a whole half of the show, to all trust each other and become a team.  It took Dr. Kim (the sexy conman Woo Do Hwan) almost dying several times by the monkey ear killer lawyer man for them to actually accept him as their own.  Wow, he almost died so many times.  I was constantly screaming: "don't walk by yourself, dude!  Gah!"

But I loved the team, especially when they were all loving each other and being all romance or bromancy.  I know this is a crime thriller, but it could have had more romance, just a bit.  Just a tiny bit more!  I shipped all the people!  I loved Cheetah Ahjussi and Noo Ri!  BROMANCE!  Noo Ri was actually our favorite by the end of it.  We also called him the Korean Billy Boyd, cause he would pull faces that made him look like him.  If Ken from Vixx and Billy Boyd had a love child... haha.  I also waited for forever for the "hyungs" to be distributed more freely.  Just wanted more bromance, although I loved what they had.  It was all about the bromances.  Woot!

So apart from spurts of over acting, too many attempted murders by Monkey Ears, and the villains out doing each other with the backstabs, it was great.  I love, love, loved Choi Won Young.  He is so good at what he does.  At being a despicable person who you sometimes also feel for, who is brilliant and stupid, and just a little gae saekki.  I was constantly being like: "Oppa, you're wonderful.  Nasty and wonderful."  I love him.  Really, everyone did a pretty good job... except in some scenes where the writing was just a bit off and they were just a bit too... emotional.  It was hilarious.  Betrayal!  The horror!  I enjoyed it, flaws and all.