The First Responders (2022)

Not much need to fast forward!!!

The acting is all very good, but I am loving Kang Gi Doong as Myung Pil. He usually plays a nerd/geek/loser type person and he's great in this. He's got good comedic timing and I love his relationship with Jin Hoe Gae. I was especially enjoying it up through about episode 7 when the big bad guy was the focus. That was the only place I felt the need to fast forward.

I do have to say I'm tired of corrupt parents. What is the deal with Jin Hoe Gae's dad?!?!

I am also not feeling the potential romance between Jin Hoe Gae and the FL. He's cold, and definitely a lone wolf. If she's willing to accept the scraps that he's willing to offer, that's just sad.

I wish we got to see more of the fire and paramedics. Through most of the drama, it was the Jin Hoe Gae show. He worked alone or with Pil, and it seems like he's the only one able to solve the crimes. I wish it was a little more balanced.

I hate cliffhangers, but at least I waited until season 2 came out before I started watching this.

If you like police/fire procedural dramas, you will enjoy this.

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " First Responders " Season One is a thriller with a well-crafted team of responders.

The drama uses its two main key factors to its fullest. The main team of three was excellent, with their personalities bonding smoothly together and just working out perfectly. Their interactions were entertaining and their chemistry perfect. Though, the romance was an odd choice and it could have worked without it.

The other highlight of the drama was its cases. Each one was interesting to follow, dark and suspenseful, but also emotional and humane.

The performances, in addition, were perfect and enjoyable by everyone in the cast, who acted out their action scenes masterfully.

So, overall, eight out of ten.

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Worth watching!

i find the story really interesting and how storyline progression was easy to understand. it may not be the best one out there but definitely worth watching. of course if expect something like "Love me if you dare" than i am sorry to inform you its not like that. lets say for begginners of k/cdramas its good. so if are interested in something more light i recommend watching but be ware of some explicit scenes as it may be a little too hard to see for some. But don't worry. the series has a lot of funny moments and the characters interactions and story are pretty well explained and shown. Peace!!

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THE HERO POLICEMAN ... oh, and bit parts for his fire/paramedic lackeys

I started this show for 2 reasons: Gong Seung Yeon, and the advertised concept of a show about the emergency services working together. GSY was great (and so was Ji Woo), but the premise turned out to be a lie.
Instead of a show about the 3 services working together, we got a show about one 'rogue' detective using the fire and paramedic services as his personal investigative lackeys. Openly derisive of the value of their work from the start of episode 1, he did everything. Which is just as well, because EVERY episode of the 4 I watched turned into an investigation for the police. Not what was advertised and not what I signed up for.

The other BIG problem I had was with the "Big Bad". I am not a fan of multi-season shows, and when I saw the "Big Bad" in this first series, I rolled my eyes. Sure enough, I see he's in S2 as well, and that was the kiss of death for me as far as my watching this show went.

That's a bit of a shame, because KRW was doing well in his role, and it was great seeing SHJ and GSY together. Had the show actually BEEN about collaboration, perhaps with each emergency service taking the lead in different episodes, and had the writers not stuck on a superfluous "Big Bad", it could have been a fun watch.

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Helpful

I would like to compliment the leads on a lovely job they did for this season. Kim Rae Won really portrayed his character so well I was able to feel all his emotions and his trauma as my own. The dynamic friendship between the male leads was a breathe of fresh air. This show portrayed the friendship between the male leads so beautifully. The relationship between the male lead and the female was beautifully written as well. This show could be easily be one of the best Kdrama of it's time. The characters are so well written. I loved every episode. The plot and twist were most definitely worth it. The cliff hanging ending tho. I am a little worried but really excited for Season 2

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Se avete amato tutte quelle serie americane come Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, 911 e Criminal Minds, non potete assolutamente perdervi questo spettacolo. Per la prima volta da tempo mi sono sentita nella mia totale comfort zone. Qui davvero c'è di tutto, è anche parecchio cruento a volte quindi per le persone troppo sensibili metterei un freno alla visione. Per tutti gli altri, invece, un'unica raccomandazione: non siate troppo pignoli su alcune cose. In vero, non ce ne sarà nemmeno il tempo perchè questo drama va alla velocità della luce con continui colpi di scena, suspense, azione, congetture, e chi più ne ha più ne metta. Esiste un filone romantico ma è davvero il nulla in confronto al resto, non fa "rumore" e non getta nell'ombra e alle ortiche tutta l'altra parte. Altra cosa che ci tengo a sottolineare, nonostante si parli di primo soccorso, è che c'è una forte componente poliziesca che a volte sovrasta vigili del fuoco e medici; ma dopo i primi due ep non ci ho fatto più caso in quanto la cosa funziona talmente bene che non mi ha dato alcun fastidio.
La recitazione è al top, il sentimento di famiglia è forte, la crescita dei rapporti di fiducia è evidente.
Non vedo l'ora che arrivi la seconda stagione anche in Italia perchè voglio assolutamente andare avanti.

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