My thoughts about... Jekyll, Hyde, Me
This drama is a retelling from the novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde where the protagonist has a dissociative identity disorder, only in this version the personalities are inverted. The second personality, developed after trauma from his childhood, represents in a way what he wished he was, a sweet brave guy, always willing to throw himself to save others. However Goo SeoJin is the director of the theme park, Wonderland, so he can't risk having his mental disorder getting public or his position would get in jeopardy, so he will try anything to end once for all with Robin. That becomes more difficult with the arrival of Jang JaNa, the cirque director of Wonderland, since the personality of Robin comes to the surface with the mission to protect her, and with the kidnapping of the therapist with the secret of his cure.
THE GOOD STUFF
- It's a thriller! I love korean thrillers, they are always fascinating and super smart and it becomes more and more complex as we find out who kidnapped the therapist and his reasons. Also, it gets combined with a hypnosis element that works into the story and that makes things more captivating.
- The acting of Hyun Bin. From the way he looked, to the how he behaved and talk, it was as if the director and Robin were played by two different people. You can see the great acting, even more, when one personality is trying to act as the other.
THE BAD STUFF
- I'm not a fan of cirques, they have always kind of creep me out, but I'm surprised at how little it played a role in the episodes. The theme was there at the beginning but as the episodes passed, it became just a background.
- Whenever there are more than 16 episodes in a drama I worry. Prolonging the drama in more episodes affects the rhythm of the story. Is like they plan 16 episodes and then they request 4 more and writers freak out (that's my theory at least) because the last episodes feel different and slower. Here we finish the thriller section and the rest of the episodes are dragged to solve the relationship dilemma of the protagonist. Is important? Yes, but did we needed all those episodes to solve it? I don't think so.
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