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@40somethingahjumma LOL..welcome back to JDramaLand~ Glad you mentioned about donor child's father~ I had the same kind of uncomfortable feeling at first when I watched how he was so obsessed with the child who received his son's heart. Although I could understand why he was like that because it was 'proven' in this case that truly the heart had its own memory and since that memory belonged exclusively to him and his dead son, he really thought the recipient was the embodiment of his dead child (now I'm not sure whether it's true that transplanted heart could actually such memory since I haven't done any research in this area but it's an interesting concept nonetheless). I forgot to say...WOW..you finished watching season 2 in the blink of an eye!

@abs-oluteM ahh..so no ep 8 this week? Just finished ep 7 ~ Now I'm feeling like...this drama is pretty slow moving Of course we're not even half way yet but really the case isn't moving that much forward. Only now we're getting a confirmation of the identity of possibly the blackmailing ahjussi abductors but I have a doubt that they're the same people who killed BSJ (I won't mention the names here until probably next ep since ppl might have not seen this ep). We're still getting the cat-and-mouse type thing (what's that expression in English?) between HWS and KYJ. HWS is now desperate again in hiding his affair and KYJ was sort of sensing it and at the end of the episode it's like back to square one trusting his husband again? I'm sort of losing focus because the drama divided almost the same amount of time between the murder case and the cheating scandal. If the writer in the end manages to connect both and shows how these two actually connected, that would be really great. Of course now in a way the affair affects the progress of the murder case because HWS trying to hide things so the policemen are suspicious of him and spent considerable amount of time in trying to confirm this. I think it is slowly taking its time to reveal things bit by bit. We're getting a bit more in relation to KYJ's mum and the Secret Prayer Room was mentioned again this time. Let's hope the drama picks up its pace after the first half is done~

@Jane Challenged accepted but you may not like my answers since I'm not a shipper 1. Not a shipper, so there was no moment when I started (sorry~~) 2. I already suspected that this couple is a pairing/ship since early on. Can't remember which ep but basically when JW scolded GU. 3. Didn't think it's not gonna sail or it would definitely sail ... 4. Never really post things in relation to supporting the ship (sorry again~~) 5. Nothing (sorry again again ~~~) 6. ?? maybe that GU would find someone else and JW would just be happy being single 7. I have a feeling that this couple might break up at one point before reconciling?

Episode 6... nothing is solved, more mysteries added. It seems there's also a woman involved in the attempted murder of the blackmailing ahjussi. And so far, how many women do we know apart from KYJ? There's the female detective (which at the point I don't think can be included in the suspect list); the art student whom HWS seems to have a mild crush on (and this ep we truly found out that she's rich! but what does that have to do with the storyline? I hope the writer has something in store for us which connects this girl with the case); the female NIS agent who likes to follow CSH around (oh..I actually don't mind if they end up together hehe); and last but not least the ahjumma who's been working for KYJ. And who among them wear high heels? Only KYJ I think but I still don't think she's involved in the murder of BSJ (shrugs). If only the male detective weren't married, I would already ship him with the female detective. I really love their interactions so far. We're getting more things related to KYJ's past. There's this one scene where she looked so shaken after WS asked her about her family in the past and there's another with the ahjumma talking about the book (the Secret Room??) and ahjumma wanted her to stop writing the book because what happened to YJ in the past. I wonder whether BSJ's case has any connection with the Secret Room? So we have seen so far KYJ slowly showing more emotions, funny enough most of them were shown when she's around WS. I think that just shows she really does love him. I just want to see her cry buckets because that's the only thing I haven't seen her doing LOL. I also hope everything will be well for our Jin Ho. He's being suspected of having an affair by KYJ (wrong deduction on her part) and then this ep HWS sort of affirming that because he didn't wanna be caught cheating! And we all know Jin Ho is actually faithful to his wife. LOL moments: - HWS imagining one or two ways his wife might kill him haha - The male detectives making suspicions on the real murderers based on their past cases

Caught up with ep 5 Okkk.. so after this ep, I have one prime suspect in mind (Baek Soo Jung's killer that is) It's I was actually expecting that Ko Mi Rae's plastic bag to contain something to show that she also was connected to BSJ in a way, but I was wrong. However, that very expensive bag (the one inside the plastic bag which HWS vomited into) was hers right? So she must be rich or something like that. At least that blackmailing ahjussi isn't dead, so there's no second murder case so far although not sure what's gonna happen next. Also another mystery is introduced - what's with MDK and BSJ? The male detective found BSJ in MDK's car in the past (which we could see this was prior to MDK having scar on his face and still with normal voice! @ktcjdrama Oh Min Suk's character was 'normal' in the past - I mean his voice was normal LOL!) LOL at the two guys (HWS and CSH) silently admiring each other's body HAHA and that Yeo Too was mad not because Woo Sung told her about him cheating but because he vomited in her car Here's hoping I can catch the next ep this week~

My thoughts on ep 1 and 2 First of all, if this season contains mostly this kind of crime in its future episodes, I will not stay around for long. I found this case to be pretty disturbing. I hate sexual crimes and I hate it even more when they are done to the children!!! There's no word to describe how evil the people who prey on the children and use them to satisfy their evil desires. And obviously, this sexual crime on children is the main theme of this first case (which was divided into two parts). Another thing I found disturbing was the photographs!!!! I would be thankful if the drama decided not to show the photographs and only infer to them!! Ok, the photos themselves didn't show anything graphic at all - but you could imagine what's going on in the background while seeing the photos and that just made them really...... really... disturbing. I'm guessing the photos weren't showing the child when he was being killed..but rather when the sexual assault was being done to him. Please tell me I am wrong and I'd thank you for that coz I would be able to sleep better. I found it sad also that at the end of the day, the real criminal got arrested, but look who got arrested too! The father of the murdered boy who got wrongly accused as his own son's murderer (and he also already completed his sentence and got out of jail -... only to be arrested again) and another father whose murdered boy got his son's heart from. I still love the squad and the overall presentation. And I had forgotten that really nice bit at the end of each case, where our detectives would usually see the victim/s doing something that made them happy as if they're still alive. That's a really nice touch. And at the end of this case, it's comforting to see that Child A, after going through the horrible incident, was seen smiling and riding his bike happily~ but it still didn't make it that much better for me when I think about what he was going through at that very very horrendous moment. Just sad. So very sad.

Ep 2 Overview/Recap (contain spoiler) - Case 2 (Heartbeat part 2) The episode started with the scene in the past (I missed the year) where by the 8-year-old child whose heart was being donated (let's call him Child B) went riding his bike before he got into an accident. The scene then turned into his funeral where a few doctors attended. In the present, the team found out that Det Takagi wasn't the one who threw the homeroom teacher body over the balcony. The detective, after hitting the teacher, also got hit and knocked out by Child A's father. So it was Child A's father again who killed the teacher. The squad found out that the doctor who operated on Child B following his accident (let's call him Doctor C), committed suicide not long after Child B died (and this doctor also the one shown attended the funeral and left unable to leave a flower on Child B's coffin). So the squad interviewed 2 doctors in the past (who were also shown attending Child B's funeral). First was the boss from whom they got the lead to the second doctor (let's call him Resident D) shown in the funeral. When the team went to interview this second doctor, turned out he quitted his job as a doctor and worked in (can't remember where). After being pressured, Resident D revealed that during the operation to save Child B's life following his accident, Doctor C decided to stop trying to save him. Doctor C said that if he continued with his effort to save Child B's life, at best Child B would be in a vegetative state. So instead of that, why not let Child B became brain dead and then his organs could be harvested and in turn saved a lot of lives. Resident D opposed to this idea but got pushed down instead. Resident D also revealed that at first the Child B's father was supportive of his child's organ being harvested but later seemed to have a hard time parting with his child's harvested heart. (I think) that scene also what made Doctor C regretted his decision and therefore later on he took his life. So next, the squad turned their attention to Child B's parents. They have been divorced and the mother remarried with a son. The mother told the squad that Child B's father figured out that Child A was the recipient of Child B's heart. He got another job and moved to the area where Child A lived. Child B's mother said the father thought Child A was his son and he was obsessed with Child A. The squad managed to bring Child B's father for voluntary questioning. Child B father said that he didn't kill Child A. He did check on Child A and watched him as he learnt how to ride his bike. Later on, when they were talking, Child A said things that Child B and his father only knew - yes you guessed it right, it was about the promise Child A had been mentioning to Child A's father and no wonder Child A's father had no idea what that promise was. Turned out, Child B's father was also not the killer of Child A. Having no new suspect, the squad decided to continue looking into Child B's father and the stray-cat killer. When visiting Child A's mother, the female detective was shown photographs of the crimes (I'm guess it's where Child A was sexually assaulted TT_TT). Child A's mother said she found these after the incident in her husband's box? That's why although she initially believed that her husband didn't kill their own son, she doubted him later on. BUT, forensic revealed the prints on the photos didn't belong to Child A's father but rather the stray-cat killer! Dum dum dum... The squad went to visit the house of the stray-cat killer and took him to the station. Child A's father went to the stray-cat killer's house too after he was taken by the police only to be greeted by cat killer's mother. During the interrogation in the station, we found out that the stray-cat killer was also abused as a child! And that he didn't kill Child A but he did what was told by the real killer to take photos? and to bury Child A's bike. It turned out, the real perpetrator was the cat killer's father. The squad quickly went to find cat killer's father whereabout and called his office. His office said he's out with a visitor. They quickly deduced that this visitor must be Child A's father (who found out about his whereabout through his wife I think). So the whole squad went to find them both - with Child A's father who was about to kill stray cat killer's father. Thankfully, Child A's father listened to the female detective reasoning and let the real killer go. Both men were arrested. When the real murderer was about to be put into police's car, Child B's father came and stabbed the real perpetrator with a knife. In the end, the three men were arrested. The end scene showed the female detective seeing Child A and Child B, both riding their bikes and went over the rainbow (this was Child B's father's promise to his son that he would take him to see the end of the rainbow when he went biking next). Note: of course the ep also showed the story of detective Takagi's brother. In the end, the brother seemingly agreed to testify about his abuse and came to the police station.

@40somethingahjumma glad you liked the second season. I have a strong feeling that this drama isnt gonna be subbed at lightning speed since it's not that popular. I checked yesterday night and it's still not subbed. Now that you mentioned about the original was getting bleaker for you... I wondet whether that's in a sense of the crimes being more and more disturbing or the crimes being unable to be solved completely? This third season started with the 'possible' type of crime which I really hates but I hope the season will not show these types of heavy crimes throughout

@SilverMoonTea i can see he s current oppa now but unfortunately...LOL... Since i even struggled to recall what dramas i watched this year without help..let alone remembering a certain character (and one who only appeared in 1 or 2 eps ). You can check it out and just watch that particular ep since ur oppa is there? Hehehehhe and who knows you ll decide to watch the entire drama

@40somethingahjummaYour guess is right that the FL is the leader of the 4-person squad..although one of the ahjussis is the boss (i suppose he is in charged of other investigation teams too). I just looked up New Tricks..and no I dont think it is from that TV series. LOL..def the ahjussis were not retirees. It is def a remake of the US TV show of the same name.

Ehh..let me see.. in 2020 I watched/ am still watching these: Still watching (and please let me take this moment to advertise this drama...WATCH IT hahaha) Cheat on me if you can Delayed Justice Cold Case 3 (Japanese Drama) 1night2days season 4 (variety show) Finished watching (in alphabetical order): K-dramas/movies: (I put * next to the ones I enjoyed watching) Ashfall (movie in 2019) Crash Landing on You Flower of Evil The Good Detective (*) Graceful Friends (skipped a few eps towards the end but did watch the finale and read recaps) Hospital Playlist (*) Hot Stove League (the best in 2020) Hyena Kingdom Season 2 (*) Kundo: Age of the Rampant (movie - 2014) Lies of Lies (*) Mystic Pop-up Bar (*) Nobody Knows Oh My Baby (*) Stranger 2 (*) Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation (*) Tell Me What You Saw J-dramas: BG: Personal Bodyguard Season 2 (*) La Grande Maison Tokyo (aired in 2019) (*) Hanzawa Naoki Season 2 (*) Dropped: Children of A Lesser God (aired in 2018) Little Giants (Japanese Drama aired in 2017)

Ep 1 overview (Case 1 Part 1) Ep 1 started in 2010 with a press conference announcing the first successful heart transplant to a child in Japan, the child (let's call him Child A) was then called a 'magical child'. Fast forward to a time after the surgery, Child A with his parents went to learn how to bike and he was really eager in mastering the skill because he said the Father has promised him to do something when he could bike on his own. However, the father couldn't recall what he promised to do with him. On one final try, the father let go of Child A bike and we saw that he was able to do it all by himself. This scene in the past ended with Child A's dead body found in the trunk of a car. In 2020, there's a murder case involving an ex-convict? with history of sexually abusing children. This criminal was found dead after being pushed from his balcony. While the squad was looking into the crime scene, they received a phone call from Child A's father. The father demanded the detectives to capture the real perpetrator of the murderer. When the detectives said that the case was closed and that the justice system found the father to be the perpetrator, the father said that they got the wrong person and that he was innocent. He threatened to keep killing similar-type of criminals (child sexual predators) until they find the true murderer. The squad opened the old case again and started reinvestigating the case. Along the process, they went to interview and talk to a few people such as Child A's past homeroom teacher (who also had a history of indecently assaulting a child which led to him being fired from his job?), Child A's transplant doctor, Child A's mother, Child A's donor, and a male who used to kill stray cats in the past (he encountered child A once when he killed a cat and later on we found out this guy buried the child's bike). Up to this point we know a few things: - Child A's body was found in his parent's car's trunk - they happened to find it when the father was about to drive the car to look for him - The bike was missing at first and then later found buried by the stray-cat killer - There's a possibility that Child A was sexually assaulted Along the main case, a case involving boxing teacher who most likely sexually assaulted many children under his care was brought up to light. However, they were struggling to find any witness. It was pointed out that it was really hard to find witnesses because they must feel ashamed especially if they already have family etc. As it turns out, Det Takagi's older brother was suspected to be one of the victims. Det Takagi later tried to ask his brother if this was truly the case, only to find his brother became really defensive and refused to answer any further questions. (note: his brother is married with a son). Previously, it has been shown that Det Takagi seemed to have no sympathy to the first victim (the one being pushed down the balcony) and later on showed much contempt to Child A's ex-teacher due to his history of sexually assaulting and grooming children. After coming back from his brother's house (still being mad and all), he went to Child A's ex-homeroom teacher and asked him a few question in relation to child's grooming - how he did it etc. Takagi got very angry and later punched the teacher several times. Skip to the next scene (still on that very night), our squad received a call of another murder case - they thought it was done by Child A's father. They also received a report of something peculiar - the doctor of Child A's donor (not Child A's transplant doctor) killed himself soon after he harvested the organ from the donor. They went to the crime scene to find Child A's homeroom teacher dead body - also suspected falling from the balcony. The squad quickly went upstair to his apartment, and when they entered the apartment, they found Det Takagi there, also bleeding from his head and later collapsed. The episode ended with Det Takagi being hauled into an ambulance and with the rest of the squad looking worried. To be continued to ep 2

Hello ~~ (for whoever is reading and watching this drama) So happy to finally find out that they make Season 3 for this series. I watched S1 and S2 when S2 already finished airing and didn't think that they would make another season. But yayyy~~ they did. I haven't really seen the US version (probably did a few eps but a long time ago so I don't remember anything atm) so I can't compare the two. I must say I really enjoy the Japanese version very much and (probably just like the original version) I like how they sometimes show the characters in the past while interviewing or talking to them in the present. Season 3 still has the all squad back which I'm very happy about..so all throughout the 2 seasons they haven't really killed any main character yet and I love all the main characters (no one annoys me at all). It is still shot in a more sombre and darker mode which I think suits the overall theme. Anyway, ep 1 started with a heavy theme and one that I dislike the most - the death of a young boy (and possibly also being sexually assaulted). This kind of crime - sexual assault on children really makes my blood boil!!! More about the episode later when I manage to find time to write some more. For now, hope someone else is watching this with me..if not then... I'm just gonna enjoy this ride myself

A remake of “Cold Case” US TV series. Episodes: 10 Airing date: 5 December 2020 – 6 February 2021 (every Saturday) Network: WOWOW A group of detectives who specialised in dealing with cold cases. Cast: The Detectives Yo Yoshida as Yuri Ishikawa Kento Nagayama as Shinjiro Takagi Kenichi Takito as Daisuka Tachikawa Ken Mitsuishi as Toru Kaneko Tomokazu Miura as Hidetoshi Motoki Cr: Asianwiki More details (in Japanese): https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/116505?area=ranking1 For trailer please check this link below: https://www.wowow.co.jp/common/player/index.php?pcd=116505_m6226894?TB_iframe=true&width=1000&height=520

I shall put this on my watch list then

Did Kim Kang Woo have a lot of screen time or prominent role in this drama? Or do we get to see mainly the younger actors in 2017 timeline? I like KKW

@abs-oluteM yayyy!! Lol..more of who the young boy is will be revealed in ep 3 don't tell me you re liking this boy more than Go Joon now? Honestly in the first 2 eps..the wife is just like ice queen..very cold

@ktcjdrama ah Oh Min Suk when i first saw him (turning around with that scar on his face i was like...wowww)...then i heard his voice i was like...poor him he has to speak with that kind of voice throughout the drama...hope he doesnt get sore throat or sth hahahah. I couldnt tell about the BGM being loud or soft since i always have to turn down the volume when watching the drama (dont want to wake the kids up) ...

hang on...were you two @bairama and @Jane watching 1n2d because of KSH? Ohhh... I really like Se Yeon too ... I know it can get pretty repetitive showing him eating stuff..but for some reasons.. I haven't gotten bored of watching him eating And I'm just amazed at how much a spoonful he can fit into his mouth in one go

@Tofu kim seon ho although i like him... But Ravi was more naive and funny at times in 1n2d..while Seon Ho was sometimes naughty (a bit like Kim Jun Ho LOL). My least fav is probably DinDin @Jane oh u r watching too...jia you jia you. Havent watched the latest ep 53..but it's so funny how recently it has been highlighted how the members had difficulities in understanding game rules resulting the PD to have to explain so many times and answer questions

@bairama Ravi loves his ramyeon very much~~ he's really an adorable maknae I enjoy s4 so far .. different dynamic than s3 (which I also like very much). Who is your fav member so far out of the 6? I think for me..if I have to choose one.. I'd probably choose Ravi.

@mademoisellewelcome madamhopefully you ll get to try this among all your dramas :D at first i also thought this drams would focus on the infidelity part and I had that mindset when watching the first 2 eps. Ep 3 and 4 changed that... I no longer cared so much at this point of time about the infidelity as the show turns its focus on the mystery part (i love it! Coz i think if it turned out to be the drama which focused on rom com ..this would be an average if not a bit below average drama). I just hope the writer continues on this trajectory

Finished watching ep 4 yayyy~ Honestly, up to ep 2, I still wasn't sure how I felt about this drama. But after watching ep 3 and 4.. I must say this drama is getting really interesting and there's something about how the writer fleshes out the characters and how she mixes all these funny - serious, dark - light...etc..that for me is really smooth and just interesting (in a good way). I'm glad the writer managed to carry out such an interesting story-telling so far considering I like Queen Mystery 1 and 2 (they're written by the same writer). So now, it seems that while we haven't even solved the first murder, it seems that the second murder will happen in the next ep. The last 2 eps seemed to want us to think that KYJ and HWS are not IT. But looking at how more and more people seem to be made suspicious, I won't come to the conclusion that fast that both of our leads aren't in fact the perpetrator. It is also satisfying to some degree to see how HWS got into troubles due to his infidelity although so far he seems to be getting out of the troubles unscathed (but may not be long since the policemen now have him on their suspect list). We now know who the 'second' male lead is but I hope there's something more to the second 'female' lead apart from she's just a pretty college student whom HWS might have a crush with. I like how we get a glimpse of KYJ's smile - I got a bit annoyed up to ep 2 when all we're shown was her cold expression. Ep 3 and 4, she smiled...and what more we got to have a peek at her naiveness. I silently laughed at how she was able to deduce everything right about the gift box and possibly the giver only to come to the wrong conclusion on who the true cheater is I also like how the two policemen weren't portrayed as 'stupid' only because they're not the main leads in the drama. They're both smart in their own ways. And I must mention Jung Sang Hoon. I love this actor so much, he's just funny! Almost every scenes that have him in it were able to make me chuckle heheheheh. @abs-oluteM I know you've been busy watching all these other dramas... do give this a try at least until ep 4 (LOL) ... I have a feeling you might like this very much :)

@Chocolate love your spreadsheet~~~ and I was lucky to guess your lie LOL! @Jane so sad I got yours wrong! Somehow I though I ever heard about you and earrings..but since you're in the HP club I just assumed no 1 is right -.- @im0202 T_T another surprising wrong on my part... in the past you did say you ever went to South Korea right? @JenL I got yours wrong because I know you're sometimes doing subs BUT I forgot the part where you said that you get help in doing the subs because you don't really understand Korean (think we talked about this in Dabang...hrrrrr)

@-StrongTower-congratssss and like @LaLa i was so sure you're rooting IkSong but this just proves i didnt know you that well. Thank you tributes xx And huge thanks to @Jane and @mademoiselle who took so much effort in organising this game (can't thank you enough xx). Since I just woke up..havent really read the answers properly..will do that later and also check out @Chocolate spreadsheet hehehehhe