Premiere Watch: Shadow Detective, Bargain
by missvictrix
We have two streaming service offerings this week — both dark and shadowy. But maybe that’s just what is needed to balance all the rom-coms and comedies we’ve been getting of late?
Time slot: Wednesdays
Broadcaster: Disney+
Genre: Crime, thriller
Episode count: 8
Reasons to watch: In this gritty thriller (with epic posters!) Lee Sung-min plays a veteran detective who’s poised to retire when he gets embroiled in a new case. A mysterious phone call soon wreaks havoc and he’s implicated in a murder and drawn into an intense psychological battle with an unknown enemy. Jin Gu also stars (why does he only pick these kind of dramas?) and joins forces with Lee Sung-min to uncover the truth. But the real excitement (well, for me), is Lee Hak-joo, who’s always awesome at scene-stealing.
TL;DR: Lee Sung-min, Jin Gu, psychological warfare, crime, detective, shadows
Time slot: Fridays
Broadcaster: TVING
Genre: Thriller
Episode count: 6
Reasons to watch: This short-form disaster-thriller is a remake of a short film by the same title and stars Jin Seon-gyu, Jeon Jong-seo, and Jang Ryul. The premise is super shady, with a creepy motel, a proposition, and then a by-force organ auction. But all this hell is cut short by something else: a deadly earthquake that traps everyone inside said motel. It sounds dark and desperate, but interestingly, the PD has done much lighter work in the past, with House Helper and Strongest Deliveryman on his resume, so this is quite a departure.
TL;DR: Cool cast, disaster-thriller, organ theft, deadly earthquake, general mayhem
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