Drama Rating: 7/10 Neck Score: A+
I loved everyone in this. Even the nasty rich folks were played super well. Although I preferred the douche bag brother to his crazy sister. She liked playing with fire way too much, and was a horrible judge of character. I saw that coming from miles away, too bad she didn't. Her brother should have seen his fate coming too, but he was also a rich idiot not nice person. Basically, this show is messed up, because the main characters are all super flawed and probably couldn't be called "good" but then the "villains" are somehow worse, even though they aren't really doing much worse, but maybe get away with more crap because they are rich.
Basically all the main characters are not "100% good." Well, Jung So Min's character, Jin Kang is good. She's a very good girl, but then she isn't one to let her brother dictate her relationships, and you're not sure whether she should be or not either. He is being unreasonable and overreacting, I'd have a hard time listening to that tirade (no matter how well founded) with no explanations. But then we know that Kim Moo Young (Seo In Guk) is bad news. Attractive, addictive bad news that we have no idea how bad the news is type bad news.
There are actually good people in it. They are just side characters. Eom Cho Rong, the cute little police makne, was a very good boy. Every time I saw him I thought: I need a boy like that. He's cute and nice. But not as charismatic or addicting as Moo Young, so he didn't stand a chance. There wasn't that connection. Actually, that was one thing I loved about this show. The connections. There was a reason behind everything. We saw the couple get to know each other, hate and love each other, and make very deliberate choices. I do have to say that was a very cute moment of consent (even though I was terrified of other potential implications at the time, at least I knew they were both 100% in that moment).
I had heard at the start of it, that a bunch of people, impatient to wait, watched the original Japanese drama and were really mad about the ending. With that as a back thought, I knew that the ending was potentially going to be bad. I didn't know how much the Korean version would soften it, so there was room for grey area. Considering how dramatic it was going, I was pretty ready for anything. I was biting my nails (not literally) at times wondering which option of the ones I had predicted would be the case. And then ran through them all. I saw some of the things coming (what else could happen when they were being that crazy?) but some things were completely shocking. Even when I felt like something would happen, it still shocked me a bit. It was pretty crazy stuff. I mean in a dark, twisted way.
If only people had talked more at the start. Like the people who actually knew what happened in the past. It might have made a difference.... I don't know. But even with some of the frustrating zip lips and uncalled for outbursts, it was a very intriguing show. Definitely on the dark side. You have to be down for a show where anything goes and the "heroes" are not exactly white knights or anything. They are wounded, twisted, and a bit dark. But you might have heard that I like villains... and bad boys... and psychopaths.... So be warned. It's that kind of show.
