During the first lockdown this year I discovered the blockbuster Spanish series called LA CASA DE PAPEL and thought I would not find any better than that.
Well, Wow oh Wow - I have. This Korean series is the best series I have seen this year (2020), surpassing La Casa de Papel and Stranger.
It has everything at a very high level : sensitivity, suspense, acting depth, superb direction, critique of South Korean endemic deference to hierarchy and ensuing political and police corruption, sub-plots, the beauty of human beings, the failures of human beings, emotional conflicts, humour, team spirit, injustice, justice, and, throughout, how life is often simply not just Black and White.
All the while following an investigation into a murder for which a seemingly innocent man has been incarcerated.
The South Korean series STRANGER, which I also discovered this year, won all sorts of praise worldwide, deservedly, and scores 8.6 on IMDB.
This one, THE GOOD DETECTIVE, manages, for me, to be even better than STRANGER - that's saying something.
Superb, Superb, Superb !
Well, Wow oh Wow - I have. This Korean series is the best series I have seen this year (2020), surpassing La Casa de Papel and Stranger.
It has everything at a very high level : sensitivity, suspense, acting depth, superb direction, critique of South Korean endemic deference to hierarchy and ensuing political and police corruption, sub-plots, the beauty of human beings, the failures of human beings, emotional conflicts, humour, team spirit, injustice, justice, and, throughout, how life is often simply not just Black and White.
All the while following an investigation into a murder for which a seemingly innocent man has been incarcerated.
The South Korean series STRANGER, which I also discovered this year, won all sorts of praise worldwide, deservedly, and scores 8.6 on IMDB.
This one, THE GOOD DETECTIVE, manages, for me, to be even better than STRANGER - that's saying something.
Superb, Superb, Superb !