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Criminal Minds

Title: Criminal Minds
Episodes: 20
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Main casts:
Lee Joon Ki as Kim Hyun Joon
Son Hyun Joo as Kang Ki Hyung
Moon Chae Won as Ha Sun Woo
Yoo Sun as Nana Hwang
Lee Sun Bin as Yoo Min Young
Go Yoon as Lee Han
Kim Young Chul as Baek San

Sypnosis: Profilers investigate cases from the perspective of the criminals to solve them. (cr. dramawiki)

Personal rate: 3.8/5 stars|☆☆☆

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Non spoiler review:

I recommend this to everyone who's kind of tired of cute romance dramas and wants to take a break from them. I watched Criminal Minds because at some point romance dramas just didn't appeal to me anymore. And I really don't regret watching this one. The plot twists are amazing. The stories made me cry. And each episode was really entertaining. This is the first drama that I've finished completely after a long while.

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Spoiler review

Why did I give it 3.8 over 5 stars; because I think 3 would be too low for it and 4 would be a bit too high(?)

To be really honest, I would have given it 4 stars if not for the ending.

• As I said in the non spoiler review, this drama has amazing plot twists. They just come at you so unexpectedly at times. That was really good.

• This drama knows how to tug at your heart. Seriously. I cried so much at several episodes. The acting of all the main actors in this drama are really superb!!~~

And speaking about the acting, it's my first time watching a drama of Moon Chae Won and Joon Ki. I don't know if it's just because of her role but Ha Sun Woo's expressions really stressed me out. Lol. Like, girl, you can smile. I know this is thriller but yeah, there are times that you can have more expression. 😂😂 I mean, her acting was good but somehow her character lacked expression.

Joonki, on the other hand, was amazing. His acting was really good.

As I said, the actors were really superb!! 👍 // I guess I should just talk about the ending because it's what I didn't like the most(?)

I feel like it abruptly ended.

And one of the characters went missing at the end: Min Young. Where the heck was she?

Not only did Sun Woo faded by the end, Minyoung totally disappeared. Lol. I wish Sun Woo was included in the battle against Kim Yong Chul because she's like one of the MAIN characters. And I wish Minyoung didn't disappear out of nowhere in the 'happy' ending because she was a big part of the team too. 🤔

Plus, Baek San freaking DIED. I'M SO MAD AT PD-nims. Hahaha! Like, do they think it's okay to kill off characters as if they're flies! 😭
I wish they just killed Yong Chul earlier if they were going to kill him at the end anyway! Like why are the cops so stupidㅡsuicide or any other condition that requires the hospital have always been used by criminals to escape prison. I'm not a genius but I know this...

And how come they found it so hard to trace some criminals when they didn't even use gloves? Did they wear concealers to hide their finger prints? LOL.

Anyways, I won't review each case they had since there were too many and too crazy. But despite all the things I didn't like; I REALLY LIKED THIS DRAMA. IT WAS ENTERTAINING.

I still recommend it if you're looking for an off-romance drama!!~~
PS. this is the first drama with no sprinkle of romance that I really liked. But if we're talking about crime/thriller dramas, my favorite remains SIGNAL. I recommend that one too!

So yeah, that's all I can say about Criminal Minds. After this, I'm ready to watch a romantic drama again. Hahaha

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Just an extra story from my personal experience while watching this drama. This is quite LONG. It's okay if you don't read it.

It was kind of stupid and funny and scary at the same time. So I got home from college really late because I live very far from it. And so, one time, I was watching this drama on my way home and somehow when I was getting off the train, the doors won't open and by the time I ran to the next one, the train had started running again.

So I live in a provincial area. I have never gone past my town in years of living here. When the train brought me to the next stop, I got off. And I was really surprised to see that nobody else got off. The town next to where I live is TOTALLY isolated. No single person got off with me. I was so nervous already because it was late. I climbed the overpass which was really high and it also smelled weird. Yes, I was interally panicking. When I got to the other binary that goes back to my town, I figured there were no houses near the train station at all. No cars. No coffee shops. It's totally like a ghost town. I was so SHOOK.

Holding myself together, I looked for posters or monitors indicating the time of arrivals and departures but there was NOTHING in this town but ticket machines and a waiting shade surrounded with transparent glasses.

I called my mom because the town was creepy as heck. And it's not like she could do anything anyway. My country is safe especially because I am in a provincial area. It's just really that I was scared because I just watched an episode of CRIMINAL MINDS where there's always murdering going on. LOL

So the thing is, I kept looking around and almost jumping every time I hear a movement. But there was totally NO ONE but me in the station that night and I spent about more than twenty minutes breathing abnormally because I was thinking if there would be a drunkass or psycho in there, I wouldn't be able to hide anywhere because everything was literally transparent.
My brother searched the time of arrival of the train and I even set a timer to know how long I've been waiting. Lol. Plus, it was so cold as winter is approaching and I didn't know this would happen to me. I was only wearing a thin jacket.

So anyway, waiting for the train was crucial. It was late. And it was the last one. When it stopped by my town, I was relieved to see people getting on it.

I'm still alive, obviously, I even finished Criminal Minds. Lol. But this experience was just a bit scary. And I hope you won't watch this drama while you're out and traveling. Hahaha

Now, I've been asking my mom to move somewhere in the city; because it's like our town is the last town alive in this area. LOL.