TIME OF DOG AND WOLF
From now on, episode to episode rambling will contain spoilers, unless stated.
Overall review is an exception since they can be made without spoilers while that's impossible for episode blabbering. :)
Lee Soo Hyun is adopted into Kang Min Ki's family because his parent's were murdered by gang memebers. They both grew up to become NIS agents, brothers, and best friends. Suh Ji Woo and Soo Hyun, who knew each other from childhood, are accidentally reunited when the beautiful Ji Woo caught the attention of playboy Kang Min Ki. She and Soo Hyun are separated once again because of Soo Hyun's vengeance against his parent's enemies.
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So I've started with Time of Dog and Wolf, a kdrama. I'm giving this a shot after reading about it's worthiness. It get good critics although not doing so well in viewership rating department. I ought to see this myself and judge.
I've been watching two episodes as I'm writing this.
So far so good. I found myself weeping and crying at the end of episode 1 and early of episode two. The first episode took place in Thailand and was the childhood time of the lead character. Soo Hyun's mom is a prosecutor in Thailand. He has no father, from what I can get he died because of some secret mission. So Soo Hyun's mom in doing her work at the same time fulfilling the last wish of his husband; to take down a mafia organization. Soo Hyun made friends with Ari, a Korean living in Thailand who turns out to be the daughter of one of the mafia.
one night when having dinner outside with his mother, he become a witness of his own mother's murder. by Ari's father. His mom passed a watch by his diseased father to him, and it fell down the table, and just by the moment he pick it up his mother was shot to death. I cried. Now he's an orphan. He was then brought back to Korea by his mom's friend who has a son his age. The mother was hesitant to accept him first, but eventually he became part of the family. One touching scene would be when he was punished alongside Min Gi, his new 'brother', he speaks up about his parents and why must his new 'dad' brought him back to Korea and not leave him in Thailand so he can do things he want. It's very touching. It must be hard for him to get along in the new family especially thinking that he's taken cared of due to sympathy. Everything turns good eventually.
He grew up to become an NIS agent with Min Gi. One fateful day, he encounter Ari or Ji Woo her korean name thanks to Min Gi. Now Min Gi became jealous.
"you've always been better in everything. But I was never jealous...."
"...but now I feel like competing"
Ji woo's father has come to Korea. let's see what Soo Hyun is going to do.
now i can't wait to watch next episode. There's Soo Hyun with guns in the preview ^^
overall so far so good. very good execution. I like the pace. I hope the upcoming episodes will also be good.
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