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2014: Choi Jin Hyuk played a brash prosecutor in “Pride and Prejudice.”
2024: Choi Jin Hyuk plays a brash (or not?) prosecutor in “Miss Night and Day.”
I prefer his comic side like in “Zombie Detective.”
Episodes: 16
Start Date: Saturday, June 15
Where to watch it: Netflix
Network: jTBC
Enjoy the show!
The FL wasn’t anything to write home about, though I understand she played a rather iconic role in the Reply Series upon which her fame rests. Miss Night and Day has a rather intriguing premise which is the key reason for watching, the close second reason is of course CJH who is magnetic on screen.
The first set of episodes didn’t really grab me until a serial murder plotline emerges! Then my interest is piqued (this is totally up my alley)
But just a heads up to all: cos I do know many romcom fans get totally mortified or traumatised when murder subplots got smuggled into romcoms and they get massively dropped midway
Thanks, @Empress. I’m enjoying this show. Already finished Ep 4. I should be back stateside by this afternoon (Washington DC time) and write more about it.
Choi Jin Hyuk’s nostrils are distracting (they eerily remind me of Voldemort’s) but I like how manly he is, in an understated way.
I don’t get why the male lead is attracted to her, though. Maybe he has a savior complex? But the ahjumma version of the female lead (Miss Day) is killing it.
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Hi @pkml3, I’m glad to see you’re on your way back, safe and sound, I trust.
I left a message for you on opening the next Freaking Fairytale thread please, and I also saw a request by someone for a My Sweet Mobster thread (or one thread per every 4 episodes, I think).
So you managed to watch the Miss Night and Day. I look forward to your impressions, although I did not pick this show up myself. 🙃
I have been watching. I am fond of the female lead because of Reply 1997. I think she is criminally underutilized (slight hyperbole). It is nice to see her natural good looks on the screen. I like how we are seeing how capable of an employee she would be if she had been able to get hired on her own merits.
To me ML will forever be the half brother who after being toxic for 3/4 of the Heirs sacrificed his happiness for his younger brother’s. I don’t love the serial killer plots in general, but that seems to be what kdramas do. I am ffwding the gruesome parts.
There is some connection between either writer or director to Strong Woman and the drama is very similar just a different device (body swap vs. incredible strength). @packmule3 – I am the opposite, I don’t understand her crush on him since she sees how cold he is at work. I am enjoying the relationship between ahjumma and the idol. Agree 100% that the actress is owning this role!! I did think the parody of King Land for the idol was dangerously close to describing Junho (and not very flatteringly). @packmule3 – as always I look forward to reading your impressions of this Kdrama!
Like time travel, body swaps really require of logic free zones (the rules bend to suit the drama not reality). I was fixated on how she is getting paid from a municipality in a different name and without whatever the Korean equivalent of a SSN would be! I have just let that go . . .
@Good Twin, I believe she’s using her aunt’s name and SSN (social security number). In the beginning of Episode 2, there was a flashback of the day her mom went to the police to report her younger sister missing.
The camera zeroed in on the family registration numbers:
Children: Lee Min Jin
DOB (and social security number?): 690316 – 298412
Sibling: Lim Sun
DOB (and SSN?) 690123 – 298263
Min Jin must have used that when she went to apply for a job. Remember, it was the
Magical Cat that made her go up the attic where her aunt’s stuff was stored.
If you watch the latest episodes, you’ll see why she’s fallen for him. One, he’s always saves her. Two, she realizes that he’s only cold on the outside but sweet and thoughtful in the inside. She saw the wireless earbud he had bought for her alter-ego, Miss Day/Lim Sun. Three, she mistakenly believes that he got her the job as his assistant.
Yes, the gruesome parts were such a bother. I suspect the latest senior intern who was the replacement hire has something to do with the murders.
Will do, @GB.