Stranger
비밀의 숲Checked and re-read
The smartest script on the site and the coldest. A prosecutor who cannot feel much of anything works a corruption case with a detective who feels everything, and the show trusts you to follow a genuinely complicated conspiracy and barely recaps itself. It has no interest in romance and less in speeches: the tension is all institutional politics and who owes whom. It is dense enough that half an episode of inattention will cost you, and the payoff is worth the concentration. Start it awake.
Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but he is ostracized because he lacks empathy and social skills. He is also one of only a handful of upright prosecutors who have refused to take bribes. One day, he encounters a stabbing victim while investigating corruption. He meets Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin at the crime scene. They join forces to root out corruption at the prosecutors’ office and solve a serial murder case.
Hooks early Episode 2, once the first autopsy contradicts the official story.
Where we recommend it
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