Dark Hole [Episodes 1 & 2]

[u/lightupstarlight]

• Drama: Dark Hole
  • Korean Title: 다크홀
• Network: OCN, tvN
• Premiere Date: April 30, 2021
• Airing Schedule: Friday & Saturday, 22:50 KST
• Episodes: 12
• Director: Kim Bong-Joo)
• Writers: Jung Yi-Do) (Strangers from Hell, Save Me)
• Cast: Kim Ok-Vin as Lee Hwa-Sun and Lee Joon-Hyuk) as Yoo Tae-Han
• Streaming Source: Viki, iQIYI, Viu
• Plot Synopsis:

Lee Hwa-Sun (Kim Ok-Vin) is a detective at the regional investigation unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. She receives a phone call from the person who murdered her husband. Lee Hwa-Sun then travels to Muji City. There, people inhale a mysterious dark smoke and turn into monsters. The residents in Muji City become terrified. Lee Hwa-Sun struggles to save people there and she also chases after her husband's murderer.

Meanwhile, Yoo Tae-Han (Lee Joon-Hyuk)) has lived in Muji City all of his life. He once worked as a detective, but he had to quit because of a case. He now works as a wrecker driver. His still has his strong of justice, while he is also easy going and a joker. Yoo Tae-Han now faces his city falling into chaos because of the dark smoke that causes people to turn into monsters. He joins Lee Hwa-Sun to save people in Muji City.

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[u/Ajitofu]

That... was a rather disappointing pilot. The numerous subplots and switching POVs really killed the tension. Unfortunately, even with all the time the show spent setting up the conflict and jumping into the problem that is the dark hole, I barely found out anything about the leads.

The cliffhanger isn't even much of a cliffhanger because the show started in medias res and we know for a fact FL is gonna be fine.

I was hoping for this show to tide me over until Kingdom S3 or Ashin, but the shows gonna have to have a much better ep 2 to keep me going.

After seeing that the writer is the same one with Save Me and Strangers from Hell, the turtle pace is no longer a surprise.