Unusual combi of three leads, with one of them the villain! You’d need a closely connected script and well-written characters for this to work well. Main reasons to watch: Seo Kang-joon as Jung Hae-seong and Kim Shin-rok as Seo Myung-joo Seo Kang-joon does well as the Stephen Chow undercover high school student, son of lost father, NIS agent and half of the couple, covering the whole range of being funny, cute, intelligent and emotional. Kim Shin-rok is superbly creepy and unhinged. Who else was entertaining Domestic Team 4: amusing as a group Boss Ahn (Jeon Bae-su) is predictable but has some punchy lines. Senior lady Mi-jung (Yoon Ga-yi) and junior Young-hoon (Jo Bok-rae) deadpan well. That Young-hoon is 26 years old makes me laugh every time he appears. I liked how Hae-seong’s being an outstanding agent doesn’t overshadow the others too much and they all have their strengths. The students: such an interest...
The show that brought me into the new year – mini time travel (by only two characters and going back just a year), spiced up with lots of greed, lots on family life, lots of love and a few murderous plots! Do-guk and Yi-joo Sung Hoon reprises his role as man with childhood trauma causing him sleep problems. Here, it is Yi-joo (Jung Yoo-min) who has the eating problem, and he pours his heart into feeding her. The larder he stocks for her… complete with dark chocolate Loacker! Do-guk’s devotion in some ways mitigates how weirdly their relationship develops. We don’t know till rather late why he loves her so much nor do we know why she loves him back in the end. Nevertheless, they make a cute couple, look fantastic together, and show much resilience and determination as a pair. Yoo-min (looking like Park Eun-bin in certain scenes!) acts much more strongly and her character development provides more room to showcase her skills....