Tell me what you saw (2020)

Hay muchas cosas para hablar de este drama, personalmente creo que no es lo mejor que OCN ha sacado o el mejor drama policial que haya visto, pero de alguna manera logra ser bueno; incluso si durante los primeros diez capítulos quedes con un sabor de “meh, pues malo no está”.
Empecemos con lo no tan bueno: la trama es bien usual y reutilizada por muchos, tenemos a un detective retirado que tiene la inteligencia para acabar con todo el crimen del mundo, obviamente representado por Jang Hyuk, así como la pequeña policía que sueña con ser mejor; hay una serie de asesinatos que los une y pues de ahí ustedes se imaginarán. La trama se vuelve, no sé si para bien o para mal, más complicada, puesto que se da una carrera entre el gato y el ratón, pero el ratón no es lo que piensas y eso está genial, pero en este caso, el ratón no es DEMASIADAS VECESSSS, hay que saber dónde parar muchachos. Igualmente, la historia es bastante predecible con uno que otro plot twist que te vuela la cabeza por completo.
Pero como al final del día es mas lo bueno que lo malo, empecemos por porqué es un must watch:
1. La trama, aunque previsible, te toca el corazón y no importa si ya se sabía que alguien iba a morir igual duele, tampoco se vuelve aburrida con el paso de los capítulos, todo lo contrario. El hecho que dejen uno que otro plot twist para morirte también ayuda, aunque sean muy pocos.

2. LOS PERSONAJES SON LO MEJOR Y LO QUE HACE QUE AL FINAL FUNCIONE TODO TAN BIEN, no importa que tan usada sea una historia si tus personajes son fuertes ya lo tienes ganado todo. Y en este caso existe un cuidado con cada uno de los personajes, principales o no, que los hace únicos. El personaje principal no es El Héroe, si no más un antihéroe que en su complejidad puede lograr incluso hasta el odio; pero aquí lo principal son las mujeres que, aunque solamente sean dos, te llenan el alma: son complejas, con miedos, son rudas sin llegar a ser “un hombre con cabello largo”, son ellas mismas con sus errores y son imperfectamente perfectas. Así mismo los demás personajes, aun teniendo poco tiempo en pantalla, logran compenetrar y te hace interesarte en ellos, algunos más que otros eso sí.

3. EL VILLANO es complicado, pero al final logran demostrar un psicópata en todo su esplendor, entiendes el miedo de los personajes. Es alguien muy calculador y al mismo tiempo tan caótico que te atrapa.

4. La actuación es muy buena en general, pero me gustaría exaltar la de Choi Soo Young que brilla con su naturalidad especialmente durante el mar de dramatismo de Jang Hyuk en los primeros capítulos (digo eso con el mayor amor y respeto que se puede tener hacia Hyuk).

Para concluir, este drama tiene buenas y malas partes especialmente durante los primeros capítulos, pero logra algo con los personajes que pocos han alcanzado, consiguiendo así que la balanza se incline un poco más hacia lo bueno. Yo odio esos dramas que tienes que ver 20 capítulos para llegar a algo bueno, pero con este lo vale. Así que, si eres fan de OCN, de los dramas policiacos o de Jang Hyuk esto es para ti, tal vez al principio no sea lo esperado, pero al final terminarás queriendo más. El arcoíris al final del camino.
Y si eso no es suficiente… solamente hay que recordar que es Jang Hyuk con el pelo largo. La bendición más grande que hay.

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This is worth watching if you love suspense/thriller dramas!! From episode 1 to 16 you're on edge and keep wanting more! The acting is powerful and soooooo well performed!! The cast is perfect from policewoman.man to killers...wow. From kids actresses/actors to adults actresses/actors...wow. And the plot, there's no 'useless episode'. All the episodes are important for the development of the story. Every second was well thought.

Watched it in two days. Now I am actually sad I've finished it so quickly!
AAAH I LOVED IT. I would definitely rewatch it.
OCN never disappoints.

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This was great to watch after all the romance dramas and cutesy couples.
It was intense and storyline really interesting and keeping in the edge.
BUT it did felt like something was missing, I really don't know what but after the last episode it did felt a little bit rushed and not satisfying.
That I wouldn't mind a second season.


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But the biggest thing that took my interest was Eum Moon Suk his acting was really captivating and interesting. I can't believe he has been appearing in movie/dramas only three years. His acting and portrayal were amazing. How could he change up his character so easily between the friendly cop and serial killer? I cant wait to see his upcoming dramas and movies.

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I quite liked this for about first 6-8 episodes, but then it started going downhill. At beginning, I enjoyed the cases and, although characters could be frustrating, I liked them well enough. But as things progressed, the plot got more and more ridiculous and needlessly convoluted. I mean how many serial killers do you expect me to believe are in this one city?! Furthermore, I hate when police are shown be absolutely incapable and is the worst case of that in any drama I've seen. I might have been able to forgive that, but the characters mostly became awful after that as well. Several innocent people die directly as a consequence of our main character's actions - he doesn't seem to care and is never held accountable. Not only were they unlikable, but also super inconsistent. I don't mind gray characters, but at least let their actions make sense!

Acting was pretty good and the music was fine. But all in all, I definitely do not recommend this drama. Don't waste your time, there are much better crime dramas out there.

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I started watching this drama with no expectations which is probably the reason why I managed to thoroughly enjoy it. The description wasn’t really detailed but another police drama, sure, I’ll give it a go.

And oh boy, did I get hooked.
Cha Soo Young is a character I had a love hate relationship with. You can see how genuine and determined she was but sometimes I thought to myself “how the heck did she manage to finish the police academy.” In the end, I ended up actually adoring her. (Bonus points for actually resembling a detective and not a runway model from a Police themed collection!)

Hwang Hwa Young is a character who didn’t manage to have her full story told and I am a bit disappointed, although I absolutely loved Jin Seo Yun’s acting and the portrayal of the character! I always appreciate a strong woman in a drama and she definitely delivered.

Oh Hyun Jae is just a whole rollercoaster ride, that’s all I am going to say. (Jang Hyuk’s acting was also amazing, God, it was so good.)

I liked the storyline, but I feel like the writers had too many ideas at once and instead of narrowing them down, they just rolled along with everything. I felt like a lot of backstories were only partially told, I wanted to know more about the Ji Min and Chief relationship, the relationship between Hwa Young and Yi Soo. The ending felt like it was rushed, as if they wanted to expand more but they ran out of tape or something.

Aside from that, I absolutely loved the chemistry and the subtle portrayals of friendship and closeness between character, especially Hwa Young and Detective Man Soo, and just Team 2 in general, but that’s just probably me. I also really enjoyed the weird relationship between Soo Young and Hyun Jae, especially in the last episode.

My advice to anyone wanting to watch it: start it with absolutely zero expectations and just go with it. A lot of people seem to have had high hopes and ended up disappointed but I found this drama to be pretty enjoyable and involving.

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It was extremely good crime drama except final 2 episodes. Their i think writer switched off their brain and did a story round off. Every scene in those 2 episodes has either logical or story or time line or some other irregularities. Some to point. 1. Senior officer telling team 2 to kill their colleagues. 2 profiler teaching teens where as by time-line he himself should be in college. 3 team leader unable to shot criminal on shoulder when he has remote switch not Deadman switch of a bomb. 4 profiler leaving clues for team one then blocking them with no palpable reason. The list is too long...

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Amazing drama with an amazing villain

Tell Me What You Saw is a South Korean drama with thriller and crime investigation elements that's directed by Lee Jong Hyeong. While the synopsis given on My Drama List and Viki doesn't make it sound like anything exceptional to other dramas, it's actually a very well-written and executed story with superb acting, that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Before getting addicted to this amazing show, I stopped watching two other dramas with good premises because of a few things that I found annoying- in both of them the detectives lost their wives which was what would drive them to do what they had to in order to catch the killer but they would also ignore anything the main female lead would tell them in order to help them. I was so glad when this turned out to NOT be the case with Oh Hyun Jae who also lost his wife because of the serial killer. While it did drive him to find the culprit and punish him, he wasn't acting irrationally and it wasn't what motivated him to be a good profiler, he was already all of these things and his motivation only made him stronger. If you wnat to read the rest go to https://nerdalert-official.blogspot.com/2020/04/k-drama-review-tell-me-what-you-saw.html?m=1

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At first a few bad plot devices bothered me. But the pace was good, the suspense was there and the cast acted well together.

After the mid-part the actions of some main characters became inconsistent and illogical. It makes sense if they are mentally ill, but they were not presented like that. Still the good parts prevented me from dropping and the pace picked up.

Then towards the end nothing makes sense anymore. I almost rooted for the evil guy since the other characters were not much better than him :
- The male lead continues to be obsessed over something stupid and irrelevant and disaster follows.
- The team leader wants to cover the sky with her hands to hide her story but if she only tells the truth it will hurt for a few minutes then she will be relieved and everyone will forgive her.
- Everybody think he/she can be alone with the most vicious criminal (but to arrest some other characters they deploy 50 policemen)... Well some tried that before and nobody's there to talk about it...

In conclusion I had to drop the show at episode 14. It was a really good show on many aspects, and if you can put up with nonsense you might be able to watch it until the end.

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This series is so far the most exciting series i saw from any kdrama so far.. I haven't skipped any episodes.
I hope writers would maintain the goodness in every episodes, the unique patterns of every crimes, the different strategies the profiler shows.
I usually skip episodes on kdramas everytime it gets boring..but this one. I never get to skip one., I'm looking forward to the upcoming episodes actually...
i hope this would be shown on netflix so it gets more viewers.. This one deserves a spot.
It's actually my first time to see Choi Soo young, and her acting needs improvement. but overall it's good (the story).
I often watch jang Hyuk's series and it's the reason why i stumbled to this one.
The story is about a young detective who has photographic memory and a top criminal profiler who joined forces
to solve crimes.

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This is probably the most absurd movie I've ever seen. The whole time I was wondering if it was some kind of parody.

What are the chances of meeting so many psychopaths in one city and a special investigative unit made up of the stupidest cops?

The lead female cop in the leather coat comes across as the most badass, but when she meets the killer she shits her pants and lets him get away.

Every secondary killer basically kills with a hammer.

Poor silent kid is kidnapped by psychopath 1, within 24 hours he gets to psychopath 2, and meanwhile psychopath 3 buries psychopath 1. Seriously?

The body is hanging in the woods 2 meters above the ground in a tree with no lower branches and it's closed as a suicide.

And there's plenty of nonsense like that.
Whoever wrote the script probably drank a lot of soju, otherwise I can't explain it.

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Not bad but not good.

Well, I'm pretty mixed on this series and I might be one of the few people who think this way.

This is the story of Oh Hyun Jae who used to be a top criminal profiler, but one day an explosion, caused by a serial killer, ended the life of his fiancé. After the horrific incident, Oh Hyun Jae vanished and he now lives in seclusion. Meanwhile, Cha Soo Young is a police officer in the countryside. She has a special ability which allows her to remember exactly everything she sees. Due to her special ability, she is selected as a rookie detective who will partner with Oh Hyun Jae informally.

For starters, I think the show seems a bit all over the place with the story overall, like the script, the plots and sub-plots, too much estranged. Also, the killers have little light and they're pretty much cartoonish - the insane laughter, the grandiosity, the wish to be the best.
As for the "main" killer, I figured out who he was basically three or four episodes before he was revealed, honestly it wasn't hard and the twist wasn't there. But he was the most interesting character of the whole cast, because he was precise, calm and intelligent.
By the way, the killers aren't the only ones too theatrical, the character Oh Hyun Jae was too, too dramatic, emphasizing a lot on his "mystery", like over the top, really playing too much on the behavior, the intonations. Also his monologues which explained the whole situation were frankly cringe and moreover, it does not let the audience think.

Their superiors are self-centered jerks, really it's for the biggest surprise that the female lead, actress Cha Soo Young is the one who saves the drama, her character is relatable, she tries to do her best but doesn't get enough light, and I have found that her colleagues are also the nicest to watch and her relation to her father.

I really feel like overall this series was empty, very little realism, far too much fiction. I couldn't empathize with Oh Hyun Jae, even for his profiler character while I love profilers, also he made me feel like he was more a mentalist than a profiler. The story is based on this killer and the truth of the events that took place 5 years ago, but the show really lacks substance and flavor. As for the end, the epitome of cringiness.

A disappointment to be honest, because the actor who plays Oh Hyun Jae, Jang Hyuk was excellent in his role in Voice, so I expected a lot but he missed the boat. I really finished the series to finish it, but god it was slow, messy and boring, the bad acting of most of the actors really didn't help.

Afterwards, I'm sure that the series can appeal to others, it's quite pleasant to watch - overall - but personally, I haven't seen anything in particular that would make this series stand out.
So do I recommend ? I would say yes, some people will probably find this series fantastic to discover and I think it can fill the time if you are bored, but hey, it's not a masterpiece or a chef d'oeuvre, I have seen a lot better in terms of thrillers produced by South Korea.

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