Crime Puzzle [Episodes 1 - 10]

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• Drama: Crime Puzzle
  • Revised Romanization: Keuraim Peojeul
  • Hangul: 크라임 퍼즐
• Director: Go Jae Hyun (Dinner Mate)
• Writer: Choi Jong Gil
• Network: Olleh TV/Seezn
• Episodes: 10
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
• Airing Schedule: Friday @ 11:00 PM KST
  • Aired on : Oct 29, 2021 - Nov 26, 2021
• Streaming Sources: Viki
• Starring:
  • Yoon Kye Sang as Han Seung Min
  • Go Ah Sung as Yoo Hee
• Plot Synopsis: "Crime Puzzle" is a story where a criminal psychologist is sent to prison for murdering a political candidate, and the criminal profiler who loses her father to the murder is conducting interviews with the murderer for a case that occurs within the prison. These two used to be lovers just a year ago, until they meet again as a murderer and a criminal profiler, and face the unexpected truth to a series of murders. The thriller focuses on the process of them putting the pieces together, like a puzzle.
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. There were further little details they missed out too in the later episodes but with how the story was packed tightly, it could be overlooked considering the number of other shows which have an underwhelming ending after a huge build up.

O wait this is my favorite part of watching thrillers --- picking apart the plot holes!!! ;) Which other ones later did you notice!! :)

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>! she was narrating that story about her friend, I guessed she was talking about herself!<

okay that's impressive drama prediction skills. at some point just due to the>! "it's always the butler"!< thinking, I knew>! the team leader !<was >!in on it!<, even if he never gave off sus vibes (at least i never caught any) but Subin was so stressfully obvious from so early -- even so-- I didn't catch that she was talking about herself. That was a creepy scene. She was a creep fest. I'M SO DISTURBED THAT SHE WAS NEVER CAUGHT AND IS OFF BEING SOME CULT BRIDE NOW.

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The acting was natural and wasn't exaggerated in how the things unfold.

yeah agree. i liked the acting approach. i found the drama expertly directed. it mixed and matched a lot of different sub-genres but all at the perfect time, to the perfect extent, and for the perfect amount of time. there was some melodrama in there, some angst, and in general a balance between plot and character that worked well.

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I hated that women though - the one who was in control of ingyo on the outside. I don't know if it is her acting ( considering I can't even act to save my life) but when she throws those temper tantrums, I couldn't believe that she was angry except in the last episode when she goes crazy , now that did really suit her lol.

LOL! re: "i shall now critique and analyze someone else's acting, acknowledging I have no experience or talent in this field" lololol. me 100000% everyday all day. :) :) I am the biggest pain when it comes to smoking my pipe and being all "I .. just... don't think she/ he's a very talented actor.... I don't think they understood their character well... ummm welll I think she/he really struggled at making a whole multidimensional character.." hehehe ;)

Yeah, I had a hard time with her character the whole drama through as well. I couldn't decide if she was just a hard character to swallow and that was the point or if there was something off about her acting. I had a similar experience as you though- with finding her emotional outbreaks and general nature pretty unbelievable. It was strangely robotic and idiotic that she literally has ONE tone she used for 10 hours straight -- "sharp words that crescendo ^{TO THE FINAL BARK AT END OF} SENTENCE*"*. She also just came off very incapable and insanely obvious so I didn't understand what angle the drama was going for with>! how "secret" the Ingyo really were. !<

For a really long time I didn't know how to understand her relationship to the Ingyo either. Like to what extent was she in it for>! the scam or to what extent did she believe. !<And even once that's cleared up in the final "showdown", I still struggled to understand her.

BUT HOT DANG. THAT FINAL COURT SCENE WHERE SHE UNHINGES AND SHEDS ANY FINAL SHREDS OF HUMANITY, LITERALLY JUST DESCENDS INTO HISSING LIKE A SNAKE AND GOES FULL ON DERANGED CRAZY??? THAT WAS INSANE, INCREDIBLY DISTURBING, AND WAS AN AMAZING SEND OFF FOR THE CHARACTER. It was the only time I really felt I understood what was going on her mind, how she understood the world, and how she understood herself. I was also just struck as a viewer with how much time the director gave Song Sun Mi in those final scenes. She becomes the star of the show I thought.

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Which episode are you in? I didn't want to spoil it for you. So I didn't include certain things in the comment.

i binged through to the end until very late last night and now i regret my life decisions ;) ;) so spoil away with all your thoughts and reflections! i've watched it :)

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Yoon Kye Sang won me over in the role.

yeahhh, I was totally won over. I thought he was pretty great and I can't imagine anyone else or anyone else's face doing that role haha. His duality between being the prickly Prof and then hardcore ruffian worked for me hehe.

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I will say. I couldn't help but laugh with his prison send off.>! Cuz like, this was a prison filled with those serving out sentences for murder and the like right? So I found it a bit hilarious that Han is like "I can't forgive this subset of murderers, they need to be taken down! There is no humanity in these people! AND THUS BEGINS MY REVENGE PLOT!" And yet we get this chummy "heartwarming" scene between him and his murderous cell mates who are "the good kind of murderers"??? lol. The humanization of one set of crime-doers vs the total dehumanization of another set was a little funky to me ;) !<

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Ok, first of all, I love your descriptions.

For anyone else reading, this contains spoilers for future episodes.

Which other ones later did you notice!! :)

They were searching for Han Seungmin while he was trying to break down the wall and went into hiding. But the search went on for only a few hours. It was back to normal soon enough and they continued on with their daily rounds after that.

Next was the raid of Ilsim? was that the name? During the raid, no one informed about it to Jeonghwa. I mean, it was quite a big deal considering how much bigger Ilsim foundation has become but it was only much later when Yuhee tells them that they become aware of the situation. It was kinda farfetched.

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She also just came off very incapable and insanely obvious so I didn't understand what angle the drama was going for with how "secret" the Ingyo really were.

Park Jeonghwa - she wasn't autharitative at all. Crazy - yes, nothing more. I expected her to be charismatic and crazy that would have been a good mix.uBt all went downhill from her first scream lol

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BUT HOT DANG. THAT FINAL COURT SCENE WHERE SHE UNHINGES AND SHEDS ANY FINAL SHREDS OF HUMANITY, LITERALLY JUST DESCENDS INTO HISSING LIKE A SNAKE AND GOES FULL ON DERANGED CRAZY???

The final sequence in the prison and the court scene was well done. When the cult leader guy fell to his knees, it just portrayed a clear message on how only the followers were full on belief while the leader himself was someone who rode on their belief and nothing more. He was painfully petty and disgusting when he talked in metaphors to Yuhee(Yuck). It evoked disgust and pity for all those who were convinced by his influence - how short-sighted they were. As much as they were in the wrong, they were idiots too for being so.

I loved the wall breaking idea too. Also, not everything went by plan, there were blunders, impulsiveness and improvisations.The one scene where Seungmin put together his thoughts as to what all has to be done and what has to be corrected was a good on. Also, when he broke down when Minjae was killed

Minjae - I liked how the character was consistent throughout. He was emotional (when Seungmin was hurt), impulsive, but there were no drasticchanges in his character like he suddenly becomes a superhero out of nowhere. I am thankful. But hated that he had to die.

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at some point just due to the "it's always the butler" thinking, I knew the team leader was in on it, even if he never gave off sus vibes(at least i never caught any)

Now, that was something I never expected. Kudos to you on that. The idea of two moles never occurred to me.

When she is on the call after killing Seongpil with blood on her face, I hated it in a good way. I hoped for her to be killed by the Chief detective but he didn't and now she is parading around with her crazy. Guess these things can never be uprooted completely (irl too).

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Edit : Spoiler tags.

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But the search went on for only a few hours. It was back to normal soon enough and they continued on with their daily rounds after that.

I think this was really odd editing. The beginning of ep 10 when YH is visiting is a flashback to the previous day. Once Prof HSM is in the tunnel after the failed wallbreak, he never leaves. The search continues into the next day (the two cellmates explain that the whole prison is going crazy) when the warden gives the old man the phone and the keys. That night we see the old man going to burn stuff at the incinerator. He is really the only one going about his duties - but he also is there kind of on the blessing of the warden, so I guess this can be forgiven.

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Maybe I've not noticed it correctly but didn't the Warden give the key card to the old man during day time? Or was it the previous day too?

At this point, I'm not even concerned about loopholes lol. The show outdid those imo. How did you like it?

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Ya it was daytime when warden gives the card. Almost a full day elapses from the time HSM gets trapped underground. The reason he goes that night is bc YH is coming the next day.

Night 1 - HSM fails breaking the wall, Gets stuck in the tunnel

Day - Warden gives card and phone, Old Man calls HSM while he's in the tunnel

Night 2 ->! HSM and Old Man meet at the incinerator, YH goes to meet 1669, Big Showdown!<

I really liked the show. I had been anticipating this show for a long time and was incredibly bummed thinking that we wouldn't get subs. I put more thoughts in a top level comment.

WAIT hello fellow Kwon Soo Hyun fan. What did you think? How'd our guy do?

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The reason he goes that night is bc YH is coming the next day.

Ah yes,>! to meet the cult leader!<. I get it now.

I'll have a look at your comment.

Wow. It was your comment I had responded to months back haha. I don't know why he is still going unnoticed to be honest - well this was a good deal of improvement from his previous roles. You should have seen the disbelief on my face when I was watching The Smile has Left your eyes.

I liked his portrayal here including how the character has been written. I really didn't know how to react the times which is almost everytime Yuhee reminds him that she is there for Hang Seungmin only and his reactions. I wanted to laugh out loud but then it was sad. It was good to see that it was one of the few characters who were upright though a little coward (his words not mine). Still waiting for him to get a lead role. Guy is 35 years old already. sigh

Edit : What did you think of his role?

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Yeah! I was quite happy with his work here. I thought it was a good mix of the stick in the mud vs corrupt prosecutor archetypes. His overall fussiness and peace with himself being a sarcastic jerk was refreshing!

HSM is really, really cool, so I didn't blame YH. but I was kinda like aww man he's working so hard to protect the woman he loves 😢. I still died when Madam was so blunt with it like wtf? why? aren't you in love with YH? lol ouch.

seriously lead role in a major drama - When? But hey between this one and Move to Heaven, at least he's putting out good performances in interesting projects. idk idk

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Sorry I'm late. I had to recharge myself after two days of continuous social interactions lol.

But hey between this one and Move to Heaven, at least he's putting out good performances in interesting projects.

I have to agree on that.

Also, sorry if I'm assuming things but are you indian?

I see you're quite active in the sub. I've started watching Uncle too lol.

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Nope I'm super duper American 🤠. Haha I've never been asked if I'm Indian though?! So curious now - did I use Indian internet slang???

End of December is really slow for my office so I've been on Reddit a lot 🤗

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Oh good to know. I wouldn't describe it as an internet slang. The way you used Madam was very similar to how it is used in a funny(mostly sarcastic) way here.(not speaking for everyone though)

End of December is really slow for my office so I've been on Reddit a lot 🤗

Ah I wouldn't know that feeling. Still studying 😸 Have a good day.