

In fact, it provides the drama with its last moral dilemma to resolve any loose ends, especially with Moo-gak facing off against Jae-hee once again. While it is quite a cliched ending plot twist, the drama has switched things up on viewers so many times that it doesn’t seem out of place.

Personally, I love how all the detectives assume kidnap over marriage nerves when they find out she is gone.

After the bubbly wind up to Cho-rim’s wedding, involving many adorable attempts at proposing by Moo-gak, Jae-hee turns up and kidnaps Cho-rim. However, there is no way that this show can’t miss a chance to pull the rug out from under its viewers. With Jae-hee arrested and Yeon-mi safe, surely this is the end to this thrilling adventure it has to be all rainbows and sunshine from now on, especially with a wedding on the horizon. His portrayal pushed the usual two dimensional villain characters that are often represented in dramas, adding him to this drama’s list of complicated characters.
#THE GIRL WHO SEES SMELLS RUNNING MAN CAMEO SERIAL#
The desperation portrayed when Jae-hee was trying to stop the ‘records’ that he had made his victims write from being burnt drew pity from me, something not usually felt for a serial killer. While Nam Goongmin’s portrayal of Jae-hee was both chilling and deceiving from the start, whether he was forcing kindness for the people around him or fixing them with a cold stare, it became brilliant as the character started to unravel.

The way each scene is created reflects and adds a new dimension to the emotions portrayed in it, giving it a sense of artistry and careful attention.Ĭarrying on after the arrest, we saw Jae-hee’s control start to unwind when his reliance on living through his victim’s lives was threatened and then taken away from him when he was caught. The cherry blossom ‘date’, running through the shipping containers in the dark to the narrow passageways just to name a few. However, Girl Who Can See Smells has played host to some superb cinematography from fast paced action to beautiful romantic scenes. This leaves the characters and dramatic plots to push the drama forward. It’s a pretty standard expectation in dramas for there not to be any fancy camera work. There is one aspect that I have not addressed yet while reviewing this drama that has added to the superb creation of it. This decision doesn’t seem to absolve him of the hole in his heart as he proclaims later that he still feels ‘uneasy’ when Jae-hee is in police custody. Although Moo-gak’s character stalls between wrong and right, choosing to shoot instead, he astoundingly doesn’t take the shot to kill Jae-hee but instead chooses to shoot to wound. The camera shot was framed brilliantly, enhancing Yoo-chun’s emotional eyes that show Moo-gak trying to control his anger. You can see the gears turning in his head as he fights between doing the right thing, arresting Jae-hee or the ‘wrong’ thing, killing him. All this development compounds into the one moment when he catches up to the fleeing Jae-hee. He is no longer the detective solely focused on revenge. However, his character has been undergoing development from the very beginning, slowly gaining a resemblance to the carefree young man he once was. Moo-gak has declared from the very beginning that he will not rest until he kills the barcode murderer. With Yeon-mi safe, Moo-gak sets his sights on the fleeing Jae-hee. I bet everyone finally let out the breath they were holding when Moo-gak and the other detective burst through the door. It plays out as Moo-gak, with the help of Cho-rim, locates Yeon-mi just in time to save her from suffocating. The drama is riddled with astounding plot twists, anger-fueled confrontations and tension-filled bargains, as all the characters sought out the ending they want at incredibly high stakes it is make or break for the investigation, Jae-hee’s agenda and Yeon-mi’s life. Becoming the key to catching Jae-hee in the act, the detective team desperately tries to locate her before her time is up. The writer has saved up the most intense story arc for the ending with Detective Yeon-mi tricking Jae-hee into thinking she was Cho-rim and getting kidnapped instead of her. This drama has done its job of keeping viewers enraptured from start to finish incredibly well. Girl Who Can See Smells has met its end with possibly more thrills and nail biting moments than I could handle.
