This exposition is given to us by an adult Hye-sung during her job interview for public defender, though she stops her story at the climax.

Tragedy was expected, but the thrill this backstory presents is surprising - though not unwelcome. Soo-ha is inadvertently saved from the same fate by a teenage Hye-sung ( I Miss You‘s Kim So-hyun) who, along with frenemy Do-yeon ( Jung Min-ah), had witnessed the incident. Ten years ago, a young Soo-ha (played by Goo Seung-hyun) and his father are involved in a car accident which takes on a much more sinister turn when the truck driver who barrelled into the pair kills the father in cold blood. This is seen with the reveal of Soo-ha’s link to Hye-sung, which was one of the vague clues dropped prior to airing. You won’t need to read my mind to know that SPOILERS FOLLOW. Luckily for the show, this ambiguity has paid off by managing to create enough suspense to keep audiences hooked the apparent need for “mystery” was seen as foolish going into the drama, but doing so has given what is a fairly standard drama story an edge that audiences are very much enjoying. Even information about the other two leads - public defenders Jang Hye-sung and Cha Kwan-woo played by Lee Bo-young ( My Daughter Seo-young) and Yoon Sang-hyun ( Secret Garden) - was kept to the basics, with a “fantasy romance” label, promises of mystery, hints of a love triangle mixed with a noona romance and Lee Jong-suk’s pretty face left to promote the drama to the masses. This was the meatiest piece of information revealed before the drama’s airing.

Monstar has been an enjoyable watch (and even more enjoyable listen) thus far, and School 2013 broke my heart - as does I Hear Your Voice.įollowing his turn as student Go Nam-soon in School 2013, latest it-boy Lee Jong-suk returns as another student, Park Soo-ha, who also happens to be a mind-reader. This wasn’t for want of good K-dramas of course, with runners-up School 2013 and Monstar also deserving praise for their naturalistic and engaging portrayals of high school life, among other strengths. Continuing our wrap-up of this year’s mid-year polls, the results for our “Drama Dilemma” are in! Unlike our first poll for Most Underrated Release of 2013 thus far, which resulted in a tie, I Hear Your Voice pulverised the competition.

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