Silence (2020)

Un detective quien a vude dure et un débutant : bromance et réussite assurée.

Je le dis tout de suite : j’ai beaucoup beaucoup aimé ce drama ! En premier lieu, j’étais soulagée qu’il n’y ait ni socio/psychopathe, ni fils de meurtrier, ni maladie incurable ou bizarre et qu’on ait affaire à des gens ordinaires dans leur bon et leur mauvais !

ça ne les rends pas fades ou quelconques pour autant !
Kang Oh Chang est le flic blanchi sous le harnais, qui n’a pas d’avancement parce qu’il a tendance à marcher sur les pieds de la hiérarchie par amour de son travail bien fait, et il est affublé d’une sœur en cours de divorce que la perte de la garde de son fils rend hystérique et insupportable !
Le jeune lieutenant Oh Ji Hyeok est assez froid, fermé et individualiste, solitaire, extrêmement perspicace et un poil mystérieux !
La journaliste adore son métier, a un idéal très haut de sa profession, mais au dessus de tout elle admire et respecte son patron Yoo Jung Seok, rédac’chef de son journal.
Les autres personnages sont à l’avenant, et le scénariste leur a écrit des scènes souvent drôles, ou touchantes, très réalistes et des dialogues vivants qui permettent aux caractères de se dessiner peu à peu, ce qui fait qu’à la fin on les connaît tous individuellement, ce n’est pas la masse des figurants anonymes, chacun existe vraiment. Les rapports entre eux sont très justes, avec la bonne dose d’amitié, de mépris, de rancune ou d’ambition. D’autre part, ils ne sont pas tous sympathiques, même ce qui ne sont pas « les méchants », et parfois ils sont louches mais sympas quand même !
L’intrigue est parfaitement menée, les voiles tombent peu à peu, les vérités cachées sont déterrées une à une, on se dirige vers la résolution de l’énigme avec du suspens (je n’ai pas deviné qui était le vrai coupable avant les policiers eux-mêmes…)d’une façon progressive et équilibrée, comme au cours d’une vraie enquête.
La première moitié monte avec intensité vers un pic d’émotion, après lequel l’action retombe comme on retomberait aussi après une forte commotion le temps de reprendre ses esprits, puis ça repart très vite et là ça ira jusqu’au bout. Pour moi, il n’y avait pas 5 minutes de trop, pas de longueurs, simplement un changement de rythme imposé par l’histoire elle-même !
Autre très bon point : le réalisme. Il n’y a pas de débordement d’hémoglobine, façon « Voice » mais les poursuites, bagarres sont très vraisemblables, et il n’y en a que le nombre nécessaire pour que ça reste dans la mesure du possible d’une brigade de policiers de quartier.
Pour finir, un grand coup de chapeau aux acteurs, tous excellents même les petits rôles, tous parfaitement dans leur personnage, et les lauriers vont au personnage principal : Son Hyun Jo, que j’avais croisé ici et là mais qui ici assume le poids de tout le drama, incarnant parfaitement l’homme simple, faillible comme nous tous mais qui ne peut pas vivre sans que la vérité éclate et que l’innocence soit reconnue. C’est l’homme qu’on aimerait avoir comme copain, ami, grand frère, d’ailleurs ses hommes l’adorent et un jeune est rentré dans la police « pour être comme lui ».
A côté de lui, légèrement en retrait, jetant souvent un regard ironique sur son chef et ses éclats de voix tonitruants, mais solide, sûr, intelligent, le lieutenant, joué par Jang Jeung Jo que j’avais déjà remarqué dans « Chocolate »,. A mon avis ce garçon ira loin. Il a une intelligence du personnage, un instinct et une justesse de ton qui ne s’apprennent pas. Moi qui adore la bromance, je me suis régalée de la relation quasi filiale qui finit par s’établir entre les deux homme si différents.
Lee Elijah campe une journaliste encore pleine d’idéaux, qui admire son patron, et qui va avoir à faire un choix terrible et surtout à l’assumer ensuite. Elle aussi est très juste, pas du tout l’héroïne chichiteuse souvent vue dans les dramas. J’aime qu’elle fasse des choix qui ne sont pas ceux habituels des dramaturgies dramaesques. Cela lui donne une réelle humanité.
Dernier point : l’OST est très belle, parfaite et IL N’Y A PAS DE CHANSONS !!!!

Conclusion : excellent drama policier aux airs classiques mais avec une grande richesse d’écriture et une belle atmosphère d’humanité.

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A good crime thriller which lost its pace halfway through

Overview : “The good detective” started off pretty well, but the ending was not upto the mark. A crime thriller with an interesting plot which lost its pace in the middle. Out of all the detective / crime thriller dramas I have watched, I couldn’t find anything particularly unique with this series. The drama is neither too good nor too bad. It’s an okay-okay drama to watch. You can watch it once, If you are really into crime thrillers / detective dramas

Plus points : The bromance between the detectives and their bickering here and there was so interesting and good to watch. There were a lot of emotions and bonds throughout the series which got me emotionally connected with the drama. Though there was no romance in the drama, I really loved the bond between the leads which gave out a special vibe. The casting was extremely good - each and every actor had done amazing justice to their roles. The music was pretty good but not exceptional.

Minus points : I personally felt that the drama was really dragging. It would have been good if it was upto 12 episodes. Unnecessary dragging with a lot of revelations, flashbacks and recurring sequences was a major turn off. I wanted to drop off in the middle, but I really wanted to know the ending and that’s why I competed watching it. Though I know that if there was romance, the drama would have been offtrack - still I was hoping for a slight romance between the leads as they were so good. I felt disconnected halfway through the drama as it had lost its pace in the middle.

Conclusion : Overall, the drama was okay. The series doesn’t have much of a rewatch value.

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Good start, great potential, but...

There is one thing I am grateful with the Good Detective: once you have watched it completely (all 16 episodes), you will be able to watch ANY other kdrama from romantic-comedy to fantasy to thriller/detective etc. and find MOST of them excellent, well acted, well executed, well produced, well directed, well written, etc. You will be so happy to realize how much any random kdrama is in fact quite good and wonder why you did watch the Good Detective.

Well, it has good material and potential at the beginning, but for some reasons (probably lack of budget or internal disagreements between producers, directors, writers ??? or maybe just boredom of being forced to work on this project, or pure and genuine boredom), everything become so incoherent that you keep thinking "oh! maybe it is just a joke from the actor because he or she wasn't happy with his or her salary..." or "oh! maybe it is just a joke from the writers becase they didn't feel they were paid correctly..." etc. until you reach the end of the drama and realize that all of it was no joke, no twist, nothing...just the fact that all the characters become really stupid. The transformation for the many characters of this drama is that after going through all the twists and turns of their stories they all get a formidable transcendance and become less intelligent that they were at the beginning, less fair and less right that they were. I guess that was what the drama was about: if you want to do something good you cannot, but if you really want to become a good whatever, just become stupid. Yes, just become stupid and act as a coward, don't think before you talk, conclude just based on your blind anger and feeling and so on..., just become really really - but really ! - stupid so you then really think you did something meaningful and good.

Anyhow, the first half was kind of interesting to watch meanwhile waiting for a new drama. The second half was kind of okay but it became gradually unbearable as there were too much nonsense (or stupid thinking from most of the characters). But, come on, I did watch it till the end in case the common sense and judgment would come back miraculously in the story. That was not the case.

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Good watch but pace slows down and doesn't pick up

Story: great beginning with a funny scenes thrown in. The struggles of being a detective, and a police officer at that are well portrayed. There's a good fast pace as they rush to save the death row convict's life. Then things trickle down when they fail too. I think they reveal all the cards too early in the drama and where they aren't, it is too easy to guess 'who-done-it' which kills the suspense. Feel like Ji-Hyeok's childhood trauma wasn't brought out as well as it could have been which made it hard to really empathise with him.

Acting: commendable acting all round, can't really fault it. Do-Chang and Ji-Hyeok make a great time . Seo-Kyung did a great job with her role, didn't feel cringey as is common with many FLs in K-dramas. Jong-Tae is not the cliché psycho killer common in many drams which is refreshing . The Violent Crimes team two is also good fun to watch, especially Dong-Wook's baseball scene.

Summary: enjoy the first nine episodes or so to follow the story. It makes for good lazy Sunday afternoon watch after that.

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Whatever

All I have to say about this series is that every single female character was written to look bad. The sister, the female reporter, the female witness, the daughter, and the female investigator. In the end, the good guy gets executed for nothing because the women couldn't get their sh*t together.

I honestly held out hope that one of these women would pull a Hail Mary but none of them did. Whatever the writers have against women, they obviously didn't care much for them to give them any stronger roles or saving grace. There wasn't ONE single likable female on this show. It's really pathetic the female reporter wept tears for the person who actually murdered an innocent detective rather than the innocent guy who got wrongly framed for his murder and she didn't do anything to help in order to preserve her job. Not to mention how she constantly drinks away her sorrows.

No one gets actually punished for the murders and cover-ups they all actually did. Not the murderers, the corrupt prosecutors, the higher-ups in the police force, no one. All the innocent people who died, none of them gets real justice.

Whatever.

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Exceptional Crime and Life Lesson Drama - Thank God for Season 2 -- Cannot Wait!

Indeed an exceptional drama, subtle but with a loud message. It only takes one good detective (Jang Seung Jo) and person to affect change and help others realize they each hold within them the change they want to see around them. My biggest takeaway from this drama is that only when you experience injustice do you realize how invaluable justice is -- justice is the sum of all moral duty and that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. This drama revealed that the enemy of the truth is blind acceptance, and no matter what path an individual chooses the truth will always be the truth, even if no one believes it, and a lie is just a lie even if everyone chooses to believe it. Kudos to excellent penmanship, directing, and impeccable acting by Jang Seung Jo, Son Hyun Joo, Oh Jung Se, Lee Elijah, Seung Hyun, and all the others. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this refreshing drama and if you decide to watch it I am sure you will enjoy it as well. See you in Season 2

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Enjoyable But Nothing Stand-Out

Has funny moments, somewhat engaging storyline, cute relationships (Dochang taking care of Eunhye, Eunhye being a friend to Jaeung? Or whatever the little boy's name is). I always love Korean shows and movies with a small shitty detective office where the group inevitably has multiple scenes chasing criminals down on foot in groups of, like, 7. They're so unprofessional and run-down it amuses me every time somehow.

However, the acting is sometimes rocky, the storyline convoluted, people always yell for no fucking reason, and some main characters I just don't fucking care about. The short haired middle aged woman? So fucking annoying. I don't care about her and Ms. Jin becoming girl boss besties. Please bring us back to Dochang and Jihyuk.

The show does make Dochang morally grey in a way that he can still manage to be likeable. Jihyuk is a bit boring and too clean but whatever. He's the eye candy side kick. I'll let it pass. Eunhye joining family was cute. Jaeung's mother getting him back was wholesome. Ms. Jin and Jihyuk whistle scene was adorable. Was really happy with the ending.

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High Quality Across the Board

What a wonderful series! Everything about it was excellently done, entertaining, and engaging.

Story: Nicely written with well-timed plot development. It was a complicated story to tell and each new aspect was revealed with enough time to digest it and incorporate it into the preceding events. There was' very good continuity of logical progression and a skillful, smooth meshing of plot and character development. Very good dialogue - appropriate to each character, and there were nuances and details in the wording that were placed naturally - which can be tricky to do.

Acting/Cast: Almost every role was cast perfectly and acted with accuracy, depth, and skill. If there was a flaw, it was in the sister of the main character, but for me, not being intimately familiar with Korean culture, she seemed overly dramatic and shallow - not up to par with the rest of the company. I truly enjoyed watching the characters come to know each other better, to start trusting one another first with a little trepidation and then unhesitatingly. Each had normal human flaws - another breath of fresh air.

Music: The only time I pay attention to the music is if it annoys me - otherwise the best I can do is say it was OK.

Rewatch value: I'm giving it a 10 because there were twists and turns and layers to how the plot played out that merit a rewatch to better appreciate the intricacy of the story development and how smoothly the actors handled it.

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An interesting way to start and end the drama. We go from an innocent man being framed for a murder he didn't commit to an evil man who ended up framing that innocent man being framed himself for a murder he technically didn't commit. Karma anyone? Same with the police. Thinking they did right in the beginning but was wrong only to do wrong in the end but ended up being right because that was the only way to get the villain, play at his own game.

There are 2 sub stories in this drama but the amount of attention of these stories are pretty much ignored until the very end. In a way it bothers me because I see importance to these sub stories. These sub stories could've led to character development for some of the characters, including the 2 male leads but at the same time, you wouldn't want it to overpower the main plot of this drama. While one of the sub story does have a little connection to the main plot, the other doesn't. I rather the writers not mention this at all if there wasn't going to be much focus on these sub stories.

Romance? More like Bromance. You just see the developing bond between the 2 male leads from start to finish. They really do ended up being close as bros, not just with each other but with their whole detective crew as well. I will admit it, I am disappointed how there weren't more scenes with Ji Hyuk and Seo Kyung. They had the connection & chemistry with the little scenes of them together. I mean the writers even threw in a monkey wretch at the last episode, showing the viewers there was something there between Ji Hyuk & Seo Kyung. There scenes were cute. I'm just sad that their relationship didn't evolved as much as I would've liked to see.

Only one character that really stood out to me and that was Eun Hye. She had a good character development from start to finish. From being hopeless and depressed to having hope and living her best with dreams. Through all of her issues, she managed to overcome the hurdle she's been stuck in for so long.

To summarize: This drama focuses on 1 case so there are no other cases that play a role in the plot other than a past case being connected to this only case. While this drama seems serious, there are a few comedic moments that will give you a laugh. No big romance between the ML & FL but a big brotherhood between detectives is definitely present. Plot is easy to follow, OST music is pretty absent in this drama, & a good twist in the final episode, a lot different from your usual crime investigation dramas. I say this drama is average but good enough to watch.

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Detective bromance

If you are going to watch a crime detective drama you expect a detective to be handsome but with some problems, strong bond with an investigation team, corruption in the higher level of the police, nasty villain, blood, chasing, sacrifice.
“The Good Detective” has all of these and adds some more depth and nuances.

We all love a younger handsome detective with problems in his life and the older detective with his problems. Yes, Jang Seung Jo quite well plays a cool detective. He is a hero who defends women and children and hates the criminals and he beats bad guys very badly. But the real gem of this show is the performance of Son Hyun Joo. His older detective is so authentic, strong and vulnerable, with lost dreams and hope, so human.
Both detectives create fine duet and it’s entertaining to watch them. Their humor, loyalty, chemistry, bromance are great. And that’s why you could be a bit disappointed by the rest cast. Even the perpetrators are not so absorbing.

Since the drama focuses on the brotherhood between detectives, it’s extremely difficult for a female character to act properly and show something interesting, even beautiful Elijah is not able to escape from stereotypes and low level of the scenario for her.

Probably there are too many criminal cases, suspects, too many names that you can feel lost about episode 13th. And I’m afraid Oh Jung Se will remain autistic Moon Sung Te from “It’s Okay to not be Okay” forever. Can’t help. I can’t see him in a different way.

Behind the scenes creators of "Good Detective" ask us if the death penalty is right. And you, what do you think?
You can watch this drama when you are tired of silly romances. Actors and director did a good job.

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Vi pessoas comentando que pelas capas e o título acharam que seria um dorama investigativo com toque de humor como Further Investigation, mas não se engane, ele está mais parecido com Watcher.

Falando em Further Investigation, Ji Seung Hyun está tão diferente, isso é uma agradável surpresa, pois não sabia que ele estaria no elenco, estou maravilhada com sua versatilidade. Outra surpresa foi o Oh Jung Se, que estava nesse dorama e em Psycho But It’s Okay ao mesmo tempo, então pude ver como sua atuação é versátil, mais ainda porque também estava tentando terminar When The Camellia Blooms, foi realmente três extremos de comparação. E tinha o Son Jong Hak que também estava no ar em outro dorama chamado Flower of Evil;

Mas falando de Ji Seung Hyun, seu personagem Yoo Jung Seok, tinha uma ligação com Seo Kyung podia ter sido melhor trabalhada, aprofundada, mas gostei da amizade que criaram com a Sang M.

Sobre Seo Kyung, fiquei um pouco decepcionada, pensei que seria uma mulher forte e inteligente. Como jornalista, os fatos estava ali em sua frente, mesmo assim preferia continuar negando. Levanta a perna que ela está passando pano.

Talvez porque este ano estava tendo uma leva muito boa de personagens femininas assim, por mim ela foi um retrocesso. Porém tenho que destacar as personagens Eun Hee e Eun Hye, as duas tiveram um grande crescimento no fim

Mesmo com que citei, não me conquistou. Me incomodou o ritmo, mesmo já no episódio nove parecia lento de mais para essa altura, nem o que aconteceu no final dele me surpreendeu. Era bem óbvio até, sempre pensei que aconteceria isso lá no começo.

Faltou carisma, nem o vilão principal tinha, não acho que seja porque Oh Jung Se ter tido um personagem diferente em It's Okay to Not Be Okay, pois como disse também via em When the Camellia Blooms ao mesmo tempo, apenas o roteiro é muito morno e este assunto de irmãos e primos tão zzzz.

Se tivesse ficado só no caso do cara do corredor da morte, acho que seria mais dinâmico, três ou melhor cinco casos diferentes é muito confuso, os últimos quatro episódios vi empurrado.

O final deixou um gosto amargo, nem tudo teve desfecho, senti falta da solução de algumas pontas soltas, mas o Bromance teve um bom desenvolvimento.

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The Incompetent Naive Detective

Regarding season 1, I liked the earlier episodes and I was looking forward to the upcoming ones but things didn't go as expected. They had a really poor mix of investigators and journalists/reporters working on the case. Not even the involved characters from that side were appealing to watch. You often hear in any police/investigation drama how they keep information away from journalists/reporters to not hinder the investigation, it turned out they were right. I liked how Oh Ji Hyuk didn't stand out as a main lead too much to allow those around him to have a space, he blended in nicely. Him and Do Chang had a nice dynamic but they started to drift apart a little bit later on. Moving on to season 2, the main case was definitely less interesting. The involved parties were boring. The investigation was slower and much simpler. There was barely any tension, not much action and thriller anymore. Most of the time they were slacking around. Less budget maybe? Throughout both season there was a very small side plot in the background regarding Oh Ji Hyuk and finding a meaning in living but the writer didn't allow for such development and, eventually, after 2 full seasons, everything boiled down that he found a meaning in life through being a workaholic detective. The way they handled that after 32 episodes was the most disappointing thing about the whole thing.

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