this episode is very emotional for me. all thanks to jo jin woong acting as detective LJH. his acting here is top notch. he definetly played with my heart. how he cried like a baby. my heart sinked in the last scene theatre one. also last song along with titles, made me cry
PHY is brilliant as usual. he is quick in suspecting bus driver son and also finding evidence that lady had hidden. his disbelief in CSH clumsy search made me chuckle. in this episode, he definetly felt something for her. am i right? may be not? ahhh. i dont know. but he was definetly concerned for her.
also we got to see little bit about CSH and LJH past. which i am totally in love with. i love the way he is comforting her. how true it is....i do it, i also do it, its good to cry. thats exactly why we have to catch criminals
Feels Here:
1. thrill - 4
i felt thrilled at first part of episode, i was thinking that bus driver had definetly something to do with suspect. but the whole situation, how they find about it at the peak moment had raced my heart.
2. disgust -5
i hated bus driver and his son through out. i could not feel bad for either. also that dude was smiling at that roof top scene. you bloody rapist. when LJH was trying to save him, he was smiling. no wonder, why LJH has to leave his hand and let him fall. if i was in his place,i would have killed him myself.
also his father supporting his son like that, and was killing to protect his son like that. he was surely overboard. your son is rapist and murderer, how can he let them die like that? things would have been better, if they have turned themselves sooner.
3.sadness- 9
there were 2 transmissions in this episode. both were intense and sad, LJH being helpless, not able to save won kyung is heart wrenching. i was equally mad like him. PHY in last transmission letting him know, that it was LJH who left the evidence. although, it was late...... criminal got caught
it was sad to know lil PHY had to see his brother, kill himself. it would have been difficult to bear for a kid of his age.
won kyung mother handing over tickets to LJH, also letting him know that she liked LJH a lot, and also reason why he liked him. that was so sad and sweet. the whole theatre scene is bitter sweet ending to me. i really wanted to sit next to him and comfort him, like he did to CSH. but i had to remember this is drama
this episode already felt like a finale to me. we got to see gyeongi nambu case ending both in past and present. but point to be noted, it is still UNSOLVED case. victims families still dont know who is criminal, why their loved ones has to get raped and die miserably like that.
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ok. pilot episode itself is great. it already feels like i had seen good movie.
BGM is perfect and in sync with feels at that particular moment.
Brief intro to our Little Park Hae Young and Big Park Hae Young. i laughed out loud when he was caught by detective cha soo hyun for stalking lee bo young. also little tiff between PHY and CSY is treat to watch. those witty lines and CSY pulling it off like badass heroine. it was funny for a while. also he is rude, arrogant hates police man, despite himself being police. Irony it is.
no sooner we are back to business. it became gripping, fast paced, clock ticking. will the criminal be caught. story was so grippy, it did not let me relax even a second. also making my criminal guess gone to trash
Kim Hye Soo is unexpectedly so natural in her tomboyish character. PHY is creepy, How can he raise his eyebrows for every dialogue given to him. need not mention that slow head wag. its cringe worthy. he does that all the time he is profiling... Goose bumps... This is also oddly funny to me. the way he curses and slaps himself. he definetly won over me. also he was cool talking to reporters, his profiling is quick right at the moment.
Feels Here
1. trauma lil PHY faced when his brother got arrested. also his sense of justice. how he wanted to save little girl. also entering into Police Station despite trauma he faced. especially that brief moment where lil PHY and big PHY looking at each other
2.little girls mother painful wait for criminal to be caught. for 15 years.....
3. lee jae han completely pissed off because of his superior. how he had to investigate himself all alone
4. last frame of this episode. WHAT. you have only 20 mins left . how will you get her confession.
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i love how PHY is intelligent, how he gets things quick and reacts well. smart fella , he is. i love the way he is trying to comprehend , the changed scenario of the past. how he is digging and how LJH and PHY reached at bus clue. his acting got really better.infact, it is brilliant. i find it funny when he gets scared and becomes dumbfounded with the whole butterfly effect.
we see great team work started already in cold case squad. also between LJH and PHY. how they are fighting for their own case. also case took suddenly a turn because of transmission.
we got to see more of LJH here, than the earlier episodes. his younger self, also he is rookie here. how he is awkward around the girl he is in love with. you know its 80s. times at that time were different than now. also his frustration behind bars, and his girl in danger. his acting there is really good
CSH dialogues steal this episode for me. she is the best mentor and leader, undoubtedly.
"dont let your emotions cloud your investigation"
" I would try to save the person, who is important to me. even it becomes mess"
we got to see how CSH is great passionate detective.
Feels Here:
1. Thrill - 4
when the cold case become alive, all of a sudden. i didnot expect, there would be a new case.
also cliff hanger- well its not intense as first episode one.
2 intriguing-7
plot definetly became intriguing. who could be the killer. if its not bus driver? then who? where did LJH lost the criminal. whole bus clue
pace of this episode is deliberately reduced. i think its good for us. we will be able to understand what is all the fuss about. also writing could have been mess here. but writer did fine job.
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this episode is very intriguing and panicky one for me. things are not going good, although we dont know what exactly happened. but glimpse of what happened says everything went terrible and out of hand.
just like won kyung, LJHs first love.... we got to see another person who is dear to LJH, eun ji something terrible had to happen her. details we were yet to know. but its going to be heart wrenching for LJH and me. its been so hard for me to see LJH crying in last episode. now it had to happen again? oh god why?
we got to see little bit of CSH and LJH first meet. rookie CSH is completely different from our team squad leader CSH. CSH misses LJH so much, that she is still single, has his diary and also searching for his skeletal remains.. she also comes to meet LJHs father. she is still in love with him. awww, this is so sad, and i cant comprehend that feeling.
PHY curiosity is worth mentioning here. how he was curious being a child and adult reminds me how intriguing the whole episode is. my curiosity intensified in the entire episode
Feels here:
1. Intriguing -10
why is LJH framed? why are heads of police covering up? what exactly happened to him.
at the first part of this episode, this is exactly what is going through my mind
why were there no transmissions for 6 yrs of LJHs timeline, while it was only a week in PHYs timeline. why is there such a huge time difference gap between past and present. how is exactly all the timelines working. i wish we could know about all that in later episodes.
also why it is only at the time 11.24 pm of PHY. but where as different timings of LJH.
oh kyung tae. was he really guilty of burglar case? but his finger prints were there at the mail box? was he wrongly arrested and jailed for 20 years, like PHY suspects. if it is the case, isnt it terrible.
oh kyung tae kidnapped a girl who is also victim to bus accident, in which his daughter died. why? what exactly happened that day? what are his motives?
why is he deliberately leaving finger prints?
2. Panic - 6
the entire glimpse of what happened that day is so alarming. if the glimpse itself is so frightening, i wonder how much we will be hurt , if they let us know later?
why did that poor girl had to die? oh that hurts me so much already.
also cliff hanger: LJH blaming himself and saying " the transmission should never had started". his voice completely broken down at that moment. this is so sad and terrifying. now i am really not sure, if i should watch next episode. will i be able to take it? oh man, this hurts so much.
next episode is going to be very disturbing.. signal will never let me relax, it had to agonise me every episode.
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a new song introduced - I will forget you. which pleased me very much. it seems like a classic korean song remixed. the voice in song is great and rhythm is too addicting. i am on it.
episode started with cliff hanger and clock ticking. you have only 10 mins to get the confession. like seriously? WTF
the director and writer did awesome job executing that whole confession and arrest scene. oh yeon ha who played that bitch character is just flawless. she was completely on my nerves. her confidence-nervousness- disbelief is so perfect. i really wanted to slap her hard.
we got to see little past of detective CSh and LJH. they are completely embarassed and awkward to see that photo shoot. i find that cute and funny. oh i just love romances which start being awkward. believe it or not? they remind me too much of oguri shun and ishitara satomi in drama named "Rich Man Poor Woman". also CSH is like completely different person in past. like polar opposites.
Also finally LJH and PHY realised what this radio transmitter actually does. i am glad they figured it out earlier. we will be back to business sooner.
Feels Here:
1. Thrill level: 9
whole clock ticking. 10 mins to 3 mins- it felt like she took the bait. ( CSY fake evidence- glasses) YES YES its easy peasy. she will confess sooner.
3 mins to 1 mins- what??? she is not tricked, Oh that bitch is clever and confident. Ottokeee?
last min- PHY came with fake DNA. last hope. ohhh . my eyes almost popped out of sockets. please please please 10 9 8 7 6 5 I did not kill her . DAAAAMNNNNN. SHIIIIIIT. wants to flip table.
CSh presence of mind finally. yes she could be arrested for her BF murder.
CLiFF HanGer::::: whole butterfly effect. past changes -------> future changes
2. depression level: 7
when little girl mother felt helpless that criminal cannot pay for all her crimes. how she waited 15 years for nothing. ohhh goddd.
PHY paying respects for little girl and imagining her smiling face. i felt butterfiles in stomach at that moment
LJH last transmission. how he still did not lose "HOPE" and asking PHY to tell person of his past to not give up.
3. Comedy level:4
whole cold case squad formation made me chuckle now and then. PHY cool entry as profiler only to get backlashed as an incompetent profiler. LOL. also CSH comparing him worse than shaman. like anyone?
fight between detectives is little funny.
PHY toned his acting here, he is not doing those creepy antics here. may be because there is no much profiling in this episode. i could already see this drama has great potential. every thing is spot on. nothing overboard, nothing less.
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