Ghost/ Phantom

I just finished episode 8 of this series, and I felt like I had to write something about this show before it ended. I want to capture how I feel about the show now, because I'm not sure if the momentum can be kept up by the writer until the end of production.

 

First let me start by giving a few facts about the show:

Name: Ghost or Phantom

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Year: 2012

Starring: So Ji Sub and Lee Yeon Hee

Writer: Kim Eun Hee (Sign, Harvest Villa)

Now, since the first episode, I have been drawn in by the twists and turns in this drama. I’ll try to explain without giving too much away.

So Ji Sub plays the head policeman in the Cyber-crimes unit and is very good at his job, but there seems to be some mysteries surrounding him and elusive hacker that only goes by the name of Hades. By the second episode something that at least I was not expecting at all, happens. You have to watch to find out.

This show reminds me of American action police shows like the Mentalist or the Japanese drama Boss. There is an overall mystery and mastermind that needs to be caught, but each episode features a new murder case. For now I think this show is doing a great job, because they never take us so far away from the “real” crime that set up in the beginning. Not to say that they skimp on the current cases, only that they make everything feel as though it’s somehow a part of this grand puzzle that needs to be solved.

The only problem that I’ve had is some of the crimes are a little predictable, as far as ‘who-done-it” but at the same time, those crimes usually lead directly into the next crime which I can’t predict.

I really like this show so far, the suspense has me sitting on the edge of my desk chair, wide-eyed  and tensed in anticipation of what’s next, but surely, this can’t last. I hope it does, but so often I’m disappointed by shows that start off great and end with me feeling cheated. I really hope Ghost isn’t going to join the list of dramas that let me down. Eun Hee Unni Fighting!!!