Doom At Your Service was one of the highly anticipated dramas of 2021. It brought some amazing actors together. A new fictional character,“doom”, was introduced and from the original plot reveal it looked intriguing. It also looked promising when the Ost track list was released which included TXT, Ailee, Gummy, Davichi, EXO’s Baekhyun and Seo In Guk himself.

Outstanding Leads

Tak Dong Kyung played by Park Bo Gum is a very practical and strong character. Park definitely justified the character but at times she looked pale(since the storyline demanded it). Dong Kyung lacked the spark, may be because she was already dying, but still,who goes back to work and lives monotonously for the last 100days ofher life? However, SeoIn Guk, who marked himself as an actor in The Smile has Left your Eyes, was fresh and outstanding. Every move of his will swoon you.



Drama will forever be thanked for bringing out Lee Soo Hyuk to the light. His deep voice and heart melting looks are going to kill you every time he is on screen. Kang Tae Oh put emotions powerfully on the screen while the other leading lady, Shin Do Hyun, was beautiful and performed very well too. Overall, the leads were brilliant, convincing and eye-soothing.



Equally brilliant supporting cast

Personally, I loved Dawon of Korean boy band SF9 as Dong Kyung’s brother. He as an actor has got all the potential. His screen time was less but he managed to pull out the smile on viewer’s face with his earnest and cute acting. Woo Hee Jin's characteris the family we crave for. The cameo role from the budding actor Nam Da Reum was commendable, but the best performance was given by Jeong Ji So; she nailed the role of a deity.



Storyline Review

It started off so well that fans compared it to one of the legendary fantasy series Guardian: The Lonely and the Great God. Cinematography wise, it is visually mesmerising.The representation of humans and their deeds, the deity, good and evil, the world and its caretakers was beautiful but at the same time the conversation in the drama made it difficult to interpret and all the theory seemed to be confusing at times,one of the main reasons why its ratings dropped.

It was one heck of a roller coaster ride till episode 6 but from thereon the drama slowed down and became extremely mundane. This weakening of such a potentially strong storyline made it highly predictable like you already know what’s coming up next. The fantasy soon came out as a very light-hearted drama which had nothing to do with thrill, excitement and suspense. It’s something you might have experienced in the past fantasies of Korea.

One of the best parts of the entire drama was the love triangle of second leads Lee Soo Hyuk, Kang Tae Oh and Shin Do Hyun. It had nothing to do with the major plot and title of the show but to be honest, it was still a better and more engaging storyline than the main. One of the best parts of the script was that this filler plot wasnot side-linedeven in a single episode.It held almost half of the screen time and sometimes looked as if it was the main plot and not the doom’s story. - Prashansa


Through the editors and novel writers in the show, the writer of the show himself continuously tried to convey what he thought throughout the drama and it looked nice to keep noticing his point ofviews. It somehow made the drama interesting of what actually going to happen but it is sad that it still remained too regular and predominantly missed the spark. Like most of the fantasy it brought back the person from death, simplistic love-hate relationship between Doom and Dong Kyung fluttered a bit but stayed dull. The last episode was way better than the rest and to a surprise it ended very well leaving no knots. Overallit didn’t meet high expectations and would be difficult to call it as a best drama of 2021. It is still good but there are better fantasies in the line.