Hello~

I do not usually write reviews for shows. I just rate them and that's the end of it. However, the annoyance I felt for Maria and Moo-yeom compelled me to write this review. I WOULD ONLY READ THIS IF YOU ALREADY WATCHED THE SHOW OR ENJOY BEING SPOILED. XD

I began this show because the plot sounded interesting and the photo of Lee Joon on the Netflix title was damn fine XD. After probably the second episode, I was only watching the remainder of the show for Lee Joon and to find out who Gap-Dong was. I was not, I repeat not, disappointed in Lee Joon. OMG, he was amazing, I loved every single moment he was on screen. Now anytime I see him, I get this creepy vibe from him. Even when he plays in more fluffy dramas like My Father is Strange. Like wow. However, because of his impeccable psychopath acting, when the real Gap-Dong was revealed and I saw him acting psychotic, I was just disappointed. However, the actors did do a good job. Even though half the characters annoyed me to no end. I have to say they were cast well and did a good job.

I figured I should start with some things I enjoyed about the show before my long rant on the things that annoyed me.

I enjoyed the relationship growth between Moo-yeom and Detective Yang. By the last episode, the trust between them was so strong that, without a second thought, Detective Yang put the pill given by Moo-yeom to Do Hyeok for suicide in his mouth and ate it.

The relationship and banter between Moo-yeok and his wifey was funny and enjoyable. Their relationship was nice and light with a lot of loyalty which was nice to see.

I also enjoyed watching Tae-oh and Jiwook together. It was nice seeing her try to explain human nature to him and try (how ever futile) to gain humanity. She was the only one taking him seriously and trying to help him when no one else would. I secretly wanted them to get married and have like a Bonnie-Clyde relationship. Too bad Jiwook was rich in compassion and not a badass killer too or just chill with him killing people till he is caught. (wow this sounds horrible lol, I would never approve of this in real life. trust.)

Now to the stuff that annoyed me, which ended up being a lot. whoops XD.

The first episodes annoyed me because Detective Yang was only accusing Moo-yeom of being the killer, and his only reason was because he believed his father was the first Gap-dong. Which I found ridiculous. Moo-yeom's father had difficulties walking, let alone could he chase after a girl to kill her, and he was mentally disable. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying mentally disabled people cannot commit crimes by accident or on purpose. However, it did not seem like he would have been able to kill 2 or 3 girls and leave no evidence but a bloody jacket. He also was unable to tie a fishing knot, which is repeated multiple times in the show, hence I'm not going to go any farther with that reason.

Once Detective Yang stopped being an annoyance by blaming literally anyone who looked at him funny or honestly just walked by him, we then had Moo-yeom doing the EXACT same thing. Now sure, Tae-oh was in fact the copycat. However, Moo-yeom did not know that at the beginning. All he saw was a mentally-ill man who was getting close to the pretty doctor he had his eye on, and BAM, "Tae-oh is the copycat. Stay away from him. He is dangerous. I'll make sure I catch you." One would think since Moo-yeom was falsely and unfairly accused and his dad was falsely accused because of his mental disability, Moo-yeom would not go around accusing people with no proof. But nope, that's exactly what he does, and not just with Tae-oh either. He also does it to Dr. Han and Detective Yang as well. The latter I felt deserved it for what he did to Moo-yeom over the years. (I feel he did it to someone else, but I'm drawing a blank).

Maria annoyed be beyond belief as well. It was honestly ridiculous. She would act like this badass bitch just to break character like ten minutes later. This can be seen when Tae-oh tries to kill himself in front of her. She was also so blind to the obvious. When it came to Tae-oh she could see right through his acts, yet when the real Gap-dong pretends to have a multiple personality disorder, she not only believes it, she also recommends another professional to evaluate him. When she finally realizes that she was tricked, she acts as if she was never tricked in the first place and that she never diagnosed him with the disorder. Also what person who was a victim allows the person who tried to kill them into their house with just the two of them alone. What else was annoying was how she was the only one who couldn't believe that Do Hyeok was Gap-Dong because of the gap in his character. Yet everyone who has worked with and under him for 20 plus years believed it without hesitation. Maria only knew him personally since the first copycat killing. She couldn't judge his character. However, she should know that people can alter their personalities. I mean she studied the human brain and human behaviour. Jeez, she goes out dressed differently then usual, wearing wigs and acting differently, so she should have been able to grasp how simple it is to lie about yourself and behave differently.

The way Tae-oh was treated throughout the whole show was probably the most annoying. I understand he murdered 6 people but still. First he was unfairly treated by Moo-yeom before he became the copycat. Then when he wanted to get better and get help, both Maria (a doctor who is supposed to help people) and Moo-yeom just ignored him and called him a monster who could never get better, and it wasn't like he only asked for help once, but he asked multiple times. Then they only asked him for things without giving anything in return. That is not how favours work. One needs to give to get anything, especially if the people involved don't like each other. But nope, they just expected Tae-oh to help them for nothing. Then when one thinks Maria is finally treating him like a human in the last episode, it's really because she realized she wasn't treating him like a human and felt guilty and didn't like feeling that way. So really she was doing it for her self. Not only is he mistreated, he is then killed at the end. I feel this was done to show the viewers that one cannot get away with murder, and somehow one will suffer for what they did. However, some murders do get away with what they did, and I think it would have been better to let him live and get away with it for the remainder of his life. It would have shown the two extremes murders would face: either being free or life in prison/death penalty. (ps. this opinion is not just because I love Tae-oh and didn't want him to die.) I honestly think it would have made the story better.

Personally, I felt that the side story line with Moo-yeom's brain lobe growth was pointless. The hallucinations were only shown and a problem for like 2 episodes and then he got the surgery, survived, and everything was peachy for him. Wow. Did. Not. See. That. Coming.

Moo-yeom and Maria had very similar personality traits that were aggravating. Both needed to be at the center of everything. They had to know everything that was going on, wanted to solve the case on their own, got angry when other people kept things from them, walked blindly into every dangerous situation, never called for backup before entering said dangerous situation, very self centered and believed everything was happening because of them.

This was not really annoying I just found it odd how at the beginning, Nam Gi Ri (kiss ass detective in case you didn't remember his name) hated Moo-yeom, but when Moo-yeom told him the true identity of Gap-dong, he believed him right away and they became besties.

Speaking of telling people who Gap-Dong is, no where would everyone undoubtedly believe another cop is a killer without any proof except a girl, who couldn't identify him 20 years ago, saying he is the killer. Also how does that info get spread throughout the whole place without said person hearing.

Also what was the point of Nam Gi Ri and that reporter? The writer made it seem like something would happen, and then they just stop talking and we only see her on the news.

Also, I don't know if anyone else noticed it, but why introduce a potential love interest for Jiwook literally 30min before the end of the series. When she puts her hand over the side detective's face (which I found cute the whole series and should have had a larger part, but not the point) and then takes it off, he gets all smiley, as if he likes her or something. Introduce that shit at like epsiode 10 or something. If the writer did that, maybe Jiwook could have ended her crazy obsession with Moo-yeom. Now that was annoying. He rejected her so many times and tried to get her to move on, but she wouldn't. If a guy doesn't like you why are you still pining after him. Get over him and when it seemed like she was getting over him, he would pop back up in her life and the pining would start all over again. She could have had a happy relationship with that highschool boy at the beginning of the series (he was only in the one episode), or a short messy relationship with Tae-oh, or a relationship with the detective if it was introduced earlier. I mean she's like 18 and he was probably only 23 or 24. So its really not that bad.

Well that's all. Wow. I did NOT expect to write that much. ahaha XD. sorry.

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