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“don’t get mad when I pull a you on you.”

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"i am actually working here."

i must say, that because of the fact that the writer did not add up a romance-line into this drama (so far?) made the watching for me super refreshing. because i thought from the beginning that a "brother-sister" kind of relationship fits the drama more due to the already very interesting main story line. but still - i could not have even imagined that he would have reacted so nonchalantly and the way she responded was also super hilarious - super refreshing somehow.

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confession - first (belated) thoughts

after i started watching the show "confession" i kept on stumbling on comments about more and more people dropping the drama, like after only watching a few episodes and honestly - i don't understand why. but of course - everyone hast their own thoughts on things they like and on things they don't like.

as for myself, healer was the first korean drama i had ever watched and i loooved it. so somehow i always liked the romance/action or romance type of dramas - where you can dwell upon those beautiful scenes of chemistry and such. on the other hand i didn't like all those thriller or investigative dramas, because they always had the typical story-line for me. but after i had seen signal I rejected my previous opinion - I rejected them even more after i started watching confession.

the series starts of with the scene where choi do hyun (lee jun ho) wants to visit his father in prison, but the interesting thing is that you only get to know their relationship after choi do hyun asks the prison guard if he actually said, that his son is visiting him. in short - thats what the drama is about - the reason why he does not want to see him and why he is there in the first place. i seriously like this little amazing things in the script writting - plus it adds such an undergoing mystery to the whole story. you see whats happening, but you dont quite understand why. the more you try to get behind he story, the more you want to know why everything is the way it is, especially how is everyone connected to each other.

in my opinion the series even has some kind of an scenery atmosphere from signal or maybe hello monster. one is always taking aback from the way the story unfolds. everytime you think thats how it is going to be - suddenly the storyline changes and with this, the drama keeps on dragging your attention. you keep on asking: really? why? is that true? - f.e. when choi gets his first state appointed case, thus he confidently delivers his statement in court, until the suspect suddenly states that he is innocent and the whole process needs to be stopped.

and of course - the thing which makes this drama really good are the actors and their way of depicting the characters. the main character choi do hyun - played by lee junho (btw goorgeous) - is so so interesting. i like his calm, relaxed, but also very responsible and straightforward way of portraying a lawyer. i mean a lot of people saw junho in chief kim and i mean wow, to go from that prosecutor to that lawyer (right now i am rewatching it)? plus the minimalistic acting? it amazes me every episode. i liked so far his passion of finding the thruth - even when it is the "ugly" thruth, f.e. when he says to the suspect: " you must at least tell me the truth. if you killed her, then you need to tell me. you reserved your statement in court without councelling me. how can i trust you?". so as a good/successful lawyer he is hated by the prosecution and he himself looks down on the police by doing a "bad" job in investigating. in fact i truly enjoy the turn of events, because he does more of what - in other opinions - a lawyer shouldn't do. this is why the development of the duo - him and the older police officer ki choon ho (yoo jae myung) - is so intense and on the other hand super interesting - it goes back and forth from disrespecting, to a kind of maybe good brother-friendship-relationship.

as this "short" review is quite late and of course i have already watched the newer episodes (but unfortunately not the 11th and 12th episodes) - i can say that it also reminds me more and more of the movie lucky number sleven (actually my most favorite one), because the things which seem unimportant at first, are getting more and more important throughout the story - so one gets more and more the "aha" and "wow"-effect. i think after watching the 8th episode i even went back to the first episodes, because at first f.e. i haven't even noticed te main lawyer at the law office, where choi do hyun had worked as a probationary lawyer.

in general i must say that the series is soooo good and sooooo freaking fast moving forward that i found myself saying "ok now the episode is over" or "wow, the process will be in two weeks. ok so we have to wait for 2 episodes until the story moves on" but no - the episode was not over and no, two weeks inside the story where like 5 sec. everytime i finished an episode i always had so much to say/discuss or to gif, but i just couldn't catch up - but on the other hand i love it, when you get this result out of a series.

one more point, which is really important for me - is the o.s.t. its really, really goooood. in some scenes its soo on point that you get the whole goose-bumb-feels (i really dont want to put up spoilers, but the scene at night, its raining and they are standing there with umbrellas - when you watch or have already watched it you'll know what i mean).

to summatize up i think over all this series is for people who are interested in an intriguing story with a lot of turn-over moments especially in the area of jurisprudence. as i have said above i myself find the characters and especially the writting for this drama superb. i hope more people will watch it and maybe like it as much as i do.

ps: i know the series is not over yet, so maybe i will slightly change my opinion - but leaving that aside, already the acting, directing and writting still deserves a looot of praise.

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if that's good, then how is bad?

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the most powerful way to win an argument is by asking questions. it can make people see the flaws in their logic. - unknown

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the tension was seriously palpable.

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facial expression trademark.

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It's about having strong feelings and very minimalistic, direct behavior to express them. It's a real economy of acting, when you move it's like a Japanese samurai, this is my intention and it's what I do, it's straight and not flamboyant, it's clean acting. - keanu reeves

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he is not hesitating even for a second.

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their interaction in ep.3 was so adorable and decisive for the plot. it was right after the business partner told her that zhang nanxian is “quite charismatic” - afterwards zhang nanxian himself came asking her what she heard. the fact that she just smiles and doesn’t answer is still an obvious answer to him. starting from this scene the firstly assumed plot kind of changes from some revenge from her side or whatsover to something more romantic - because she reacts as someone, who gets told that their boyfriend is a goergeous man - and not as an assistant. he is actually amazed by her smile and didn’t expect her to show her feelings to him (btw his look at her while walking away ohhh) - it’s was a short glimpse of her inner self and that’s where their not-so-business-like-relationship got more interesting.

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here to heart - first thoughts

like seriously - while watching the first three episodes of this drama, i found myself holding my breath everytime the two main leads (gorgeous af btw) interacted. it’s like you never know what will happen next between them. in regards of the plot, even their first meeting was not as cliche as i imagined it to be. there is like so much going on between them in terms of bodylanguage and looks - as i am really in to depicting/understanding the different characters in a drama - especially when the realtionship between them is not quite clear in the beginning - this drama appeals to my taste a lot (although i always hesitate when the series is longer than 25 episodes..).

what i also really like is that it was directed by huang tian ren - who also directed the drama "attention, love!" (ohh i liked that drama a lot as well). in my opinion it is very interesting how you can distinguish between the different styles each director has - so when i found out i was like "oh right, yes that's legit - it is actually his style". it really fits this drama.

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“the meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” carl jung

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