I just finished watching episode 6, latest that is available on Netflix in my region.
Overall, the show is watchable. The members of the Special Crisis Management Team have different characters/personalities:
We have the main lead - a young newbie who is supposed to be funny and does everything wrong. There were scenes where I found this character annoying. The plot so far goes in the direction that he will grow, gain work/life experience and become more humble (in certain aspects).
Then we have the team manager who is a badass lady and cold on surface. And the deputy who is a distant and misterious guy, and who keeps disappears when his watch alarm rings (never works overtime).
There's a back story for the latter two and I'd like to see them (how did they end up in this team - their deaths, who is the lead's lover from 1600s and if by doing this job she'll be able to meet him again, what's her connection/relationship with leader Park of the Humanitarian Crisis Team, and why does the deputy leave when his alarm rings etc.)
There are points leading that there was some romance between the team leads - or at least that the principle guy Park JungGil is actually into Guryun.
If you're familiar with Korean movies and shows, the actors skills are good.
The issue I find is in the writing and how badly it tackles the psychological/mental issues. I was shocked at the dialogues between the reapers and the suicidal people. Psychology and therapy might not be well seen in Korean society (from my knowledge), but what the hell? Suicidal people are experiencing severe mental struggles and they don't need someone to diss their life choices. The writing is terrible in such scenes, with stupid and insensitive replies to the suicidal ones. Some other scenes were cringe too, but these can be found in mostly all dramas and I just skipped those.
The best episode so far is #6 with the war veteran. This one actually made me tear up - as we're now experiencing the war in Europe.
The dialogue was not that bad when approaching the old man, and it went well because they were direct when telling them about tomorrow being his last day. Not sure how it would've went if the writers would've chosen another path... But at least in this episode we got to see another face of the director and Park leader (character development; director was portrayed as a kind person from beginning, but Park lead was seen as strict, distant etc. Seems he's kind of a softy too :D)
There are still many wholes in the plot, and logic is absent in some of them - e.g. The reapers using their skills (yeah, I understood there's an editing team - but how can they edit all the moves from everyone? :D), or the afterlife and existence of the whole reapers HQ. Is it only in Korea, is it something that exists in all countries? An example from ep. 6 - they rewarded the war hero but what does that mean in similar cases for other countries: will they also award their own soldiers? Is afterlife a single place, or per countries? Who is good and who is bad? (each country sees their soldiers as good, who fought for the future of their own country). There are also mentions of hell and punishments, and suicide is described as something bad which will send you to hell and will also sever your connection to your soulmate or reincarnation etc. But there's no other religious approach or explanations... Maybe something more will come in the next episodes. I'll be disappointed if it doesn't.
I'll still watch, because overall I'm curious about the stories and I like the actors. But writers, please... for future productions, please realize the weight of words and if you approach themes such as suicide and death, do some more reading and studying on Psychology, regardless if you put a short disclaimer about suicide at the beginning of the show.
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