Is this a 1- episode per week show only? If so, then I am not sure why the producers and Amazon decided to do it that way. Now I am thinking of just waiting until all the eps are out.

I didn't know this was on Amazon Prime. Actually, I don't know much of anything about this.

If it's only airing 1 episode a week, I imagine it must be a short series.

Great first episode..clever complicated full of highly educated writer ..the symbolism is full ..the eyes speaks all of the time ..anger .fear .lost .. magnificent..
I think we will have number one

Episode 2: Y'all I have no idea who Gaetal is. I keep thinking, "Oh it couldn't be this person because they are elsewhere when the broadcast is going out or part of the investigation" but honestly I'm not ruling almost anyone out. All this stuff could be pre-recorded, and the bomb was certainly set ahead of time. What are your theories so far? Side note: it's interesting to me that it was a bomb for this particular criminal; I was expecting something that had more to do with the way she killed people or her motivation. Maybe trapped in a car going to be hit by a Truck of Doom?

I'm loving the relationship between Hyeon and Jo-dan, and (oddly) the one between Mu-chan and Jin-soo. I certainly don't agree with how the cops handle most things, but I've decided to put that aside for the moment because they are such interesting characters and I want to know more about why they all became this way. Also very curious to see how the partnership between Hyeon and the rest of the team (particularly Mu-chan) develops, and if one of them will end up influenced by the other.

When the high schoolers were moseying out of their school after emergency vehicles screamed up in front and an announcement was made to evacuate, I was so mad. Apparently this is a trigger for me for some reason, I'm getting frustrated just thinking about it!

Park Hae Jin has always done dark roles best, so I was excited to try this out. I liked the first two episodes. It would be great for him if he could find his footing again with this. He was one of my favorite actors for a long time, but he got bad scripts that didn’t fit him after Cheese in the Trap.

Wow, episode 3 was really bad.

First, Jin-soo berates Mu-chan because he did not stick to the rules. As a true stickler for rules, Jin-soo then takes two high-schoolers to investigate a potentially dangerous place, because there are "no extra people on the police force" (Maybe they are all on the task force put together because of Gaetal? Like herself?*eyeroll*). Next, she just like that enters a house, which could still be inhabited, without any search warrant. (That is breaking and entering btw) Then she is all tears like a four year old because her little sister got worried while waiting for her. (20 minutes is nothing while searching a huge house. And: do not bring your little sister to work, especially not, if the work might be dangerous.)

I am tired of overconfident characters (male and female alike) who then have/do nothing to back their claims.

i sorta lost concentration at the latter part of episode 3 - there's a guy that i think is trying to look like Yoo Ah In... sorta bugged me. yeah, i'm being petty, sawry....

In a show that was dark to begin with, episode 4 definitely went darker. Between the sleazy teacher and the scheming high schooler, I'd say that the little sister is in danger.

Also, I suppose Kwon murdered an innocent kid who was put forward as a scapegoat instead of the real culprit (who will later become sleazy teacher).

Episode 5
I remember that the drama was supposed to contain a "horror" element, but there was nothing like that yet. I have some hope that the drama has a supernatural element. I imagine Dog Mask is an emancipation of the rage ML felt at his powerlessness in the past. Something like an evil spirit that contacts people who similarly hate injustice.

Episode 5
Caught up with this drama! Got really exciting and intense.

Joo Hyun, Mu Chan, Seok Joo are all interesting characters.

I don't think the show would go that far to make Mu Chan Gaetal, but it's still mysterious and unknown who he/she is and how many people/minions are involved.

Hyun's data gathering and narrowing down the targets was cool and actually helpful to the team. But Gaetal was a step ahead and added tricks so the hospital was a chaotic mess.

I haven't been suspicious about Young Joo. He does have something secretive about him and he keeps most of his thoughts hidden, but he seems to care about Min and look out for her. However, I don't know why he hid in the doctor's office. To confront him? To attack him? Oh, it dawned on me that he was trying to gather evidence (recording on his phone) like how he talked to Min about needing that to catch a bad guy instead of jumping to conclusions without concrete info.

Waiting for Min to share the photos she took of her homeroom teacher the night of the car bomb! Ugh, I guess she didn't recognize him. >__>

Episode 6

Kim Kwon is good at creepy faces! Ughhh

On one hand, it feels too soon for Gaetal to be revealed. On the other hand, we are at the halfway point. And maybe the writer has a plan for the viewers knowing who Gaetal is before the other characters. Or he is just a copycat.

Alarm bells went off when I saw Young Joo's grandmother is the ONE treating Seok Joo in prison. Now I remember she was purposely hidden from our view in a past episode. I'm curious about these two and their connection to the rest of the story. Small world, ya'll. =P

Young Joo was off to me. I'm not quite suspecting him to be bad just yet though. His grandmother may be the bad one.

episode 6 -- Lee Wan!!!!! i haven't seen him in years.......
must say however, the story is losing me... i might have to come back to this drama later as it isn't holding my interest very well at the moment.

Episode 6: I’m still really loving this.

That scene when Seok-joo was telling Mu-chan that he wished he was Gaetal *chills*. They were totally electric. I love them together so much.

I’m so glad SOMEONE finally asked who the other person in Seok-joo’s daughter’s drawing was. I’ve been wondering for forever! I think the friend in the drawing grew up to be Ji-hoon. He has seemed sus at various times, but maybe it’s that he is suspicious of his teacher. He might also sympathize with Gaetal’s cause a bit if his best friend from childhood was brutally murdered. Everyone is so connected in this drama though, it’s hard to tease things apart. At this point I really like his character, so I don’t really want him to be involved with the crimes.

It was clear that Min-soo was involved to some extent from early on. I’m still not sure exactly to what extent though. If he’s the mastermind behind all of it, is the philosophy behind it (killing “devils deemed innocent”) just an excuse to kill people? Because he is one of those himself, if he really did murder or help murder Seok-joo’s daughter eight years ago. Also, can we talk about his relationship with his mother? One of the creepiest I’ve seen in a while…

As an aside, it’s so funny to me that the actor who played Woo Young-woo’s little brother (the hacker) from Extraordinary Attorney Woo is also playing a hacker in this show. It’s like he didn’t quite learn his lesson last year and he crossed over into another drama to become a psychopath and escalate things.

Episode 7: Ooooph, the tragedy. As if it wasn’t enough that Seok-joo killed someone who (probably helped with but) was not really responsible for the murder of his daughter, as if it wasn’t enough that both of Woo-taek’s parents committed suicide after their son died (OR DID THEY!?!?), as if it wasn’t enough that Ji-hoon’s happy family prospects were driven into the ground, on top of it all Ji-hoon saw Seok-joo, the only father figure in his life and the father of his murdered best friend, stabbing someone mercilessly. Can we just take a minute and make sure he has had some high quality therapy?

I wonder if Seok-joo arranged for someone that he knew to adopt Ji-hoon instead, or at least sponsor him, and that’s how he ended up with the woman he calls his grandmother (and might explain why she’s the one treating Seok-joo in prison). The show made some reference this week to the fact that Min-soo changed his name and his face, but Ji-hoon seems to know or at least suspect who he is. Does he also know that he was involved with Na-rae’s murder? Has he been positioning himself to expose Min-soo’s crimes? I can’t decide yet. I think he and Min could do it though. And I was so grateful for that sweet healing moment between them at the end. I hope he doesn’t turn out to be a bad guy, and that he gets a good ending.

So it seems like Mu-chan knows Seok-joo through his classes also. He must have started as a student and then they kept in touch? That conversation between them last week was amazing, and the part that they revealed this week was no less impactful. Mu-chan isn’t Gaetal because he would have gone after Na-rae’s killer first? My breath caught in my throat. I just love them together.

As to Gaetal’s identity: I stand by what I said last week. It might be Min-soo, but I’m not 100% satisfied by that explanation at this point. More info needed. I wish I could remember all the knowing glances that were in the first few episodes. That’s the problem with them coming out this slowly I guess - I end up forgetting evidence!

little bit of a late start of watching this, but i just finished episode 1 a while ago, so here are some spoilery thoughts about it.

I don't like some of the directing choices, the zoom ins are kinda unfitting for a serious thriller, but so far the series is great.

I took a peek into the first few chapters of the webtoon, there are quite a few differences. I think the names of characters and their relationships are quite different tbh.. i also noticed some dialoge said by other characters where changed to be said by the mains? I do want to read the webtoon after i finish this whole drama to see all the differences!

The first death was also not a cp-seller in the webtoon but a guy that got accused of killing his girlfriend with a hotdog(??) but was let free because the death was ruled an accidental choking. I feel like the contrast is quite big, the drama guy was very clearly guilty and just got an insanely short sentence, meanwhile the webtoon guy might even be innocent, there is no proof he actually killed someone, the public just believes he did.

I think if this actually existed i would still vote no, even if i whole heartedly believed someone was the culprit and even deserved to die. I don't know how some people could live with themselves if they killed an innocent person :// Anyway, even though i am very anti-death penalty, i LOVE morally grey characters and i love dramas with complex and layered storylines like this, can't wait to binge the next 6 episode until the next one comes out in two days :)

Episode 7 was a bit of a slower episode, focusing partly on the past and giving us important details. It really made me wish there were 2 episodes each week though! LOL

Now we know who Ji Hoon is in all this. I don't think he will or should be a bad guy.... He has faced a big trauma in his childhood.

Ji Hoon's rain scene was nicely done. Na Rae with her little umbrella. Min with hers. ;-;

Seok Joo has many Number One Fans. Mu Chan was revealed as one, but Seok Joo said that was Na Rae. I'm more inclined to think Mu Chan is not Gaetal and does not have a connection with them after his deep one-on-one with Seok Joo. Such a good scene.

SBS is killing the momentum 🙄

I just read there is a possibility episode 8 will be released on the 12th october, not the 5th october. Please.. i am begging you sbs. Just give us the damn episode today 😭 i am already forcing myself to not watch episode 7 so i can binge 7 & 8 together...

Ep7 was excellent and the show continues to grow on me with the exception of the casting of Lim Ji-yeon as a police detective. Her overacting and shrieking (my poor ears!) is a constant distraction that takes me out of the plot. She did the same thing during The Glory. To the show’s credit they really ratcheted up the tension in the hospital scenes. Very well done, show!

A big bugaboo of mine is happening. I don’t know too many people who leave the key click on when they type especially if you’re typing at top speed attempting to hack into accounts. Also, at this point in time, police would not be using older style keyboards that click and clack so loudly. I get they have to leave the key click sound on because they want us to believe/hear how fervently everyone is working, but gah, that sound drives me nuts.

Watching Ep8 and within the first 8 minutes Lim Ji-yeon is screeching away.

I’ve heard decent things about Provoke which is also on Prime. Think I’ll give that a try after this Ep.

episode 8....

oh man, so glad i found this - i have been DYING to find good discussion about this drama.

just finished watching ep8. first off, not sure what the deal is with their schedule, why didn't we get an episode on the 12th? i know sept 28th was due to their national holiday, but why nothing this week? ugh!

anyway, big reveal at the end of ep8 but man i'm still so confused. for one thing, i just cannot seem to square the idea of min-soo - who is so morally repugnant and clearly a psychopath - getting wrapped in anything that involves punishing the guilty. like, i get the general lust for murder, but he is just so twisted that it's hard seeing him in any sort of vigilante role.

i love park hae-jin in this so much. love him anyway, have for ages and he's a must-watch actor for me, glad to see him excelling in this role. and love seeing him with park sung-woong again!

do-hee is going to regret her entanglement, i'm pretty sure. she'll be collateral damage and i'm not sure i care lol. one thing i've always enjoyed about kdramas in particular is that the vast majority of the time, people get what's coming to them. pretty sure she's going to end up being one of those by the end of the drama.

well here's hoping we get a new ep on the 19th!

I suspected that there were accomplices, but I didn’t suspect that there were multiple “Gaetals” so that was huge for me. Except now I’m getting them all confused! Who was the person who was at the meeting with all of them and ended up taking his mask off? Should I know him from a previous episode? Ugh, this schedule is killing my detective ability hard.

So Ji-hoon and his Grandmother are both involved, and I think she is the one whose mortal enemy is in the prison on death row. We saw the face of another (but I didn’t recognize him - help!), and then we find out at the end that Seok-joo is another, and presumably is also some sort of leader. Which one changed the victim to Mu-chan at the last minute? Not Ji-hoon and Grandma, that’s for sure. Min-soo must be involved somehow, since the electricity was surging at his house, but it doesn’t seem like his murder of the Russian woman was part of the plan. And did I see Jordan get a Gaetal text too? Ooph where’s a weecap when you need one…

I don’t know how I feel about the reveal that Seok-joo is (part of) Gaetal. On the one hand, it sort of makes sense, since he’s never seemed repentant for what he did. On the other, how is he working with Min-soo, the instigator of his daughter’s murder? Did he not know who was writing the letters to him? But Hyeon also said that he went wild five years ago when he got the first one, so maybe that was the strong emotional reaction we were all expecting when he found out the truth about the culprit? I’m so confused. Pretty relieved we have four more episodes left because I need to sort all this out hahaha!

Episode 8:

The reveals and acting were really good! The broadcasting delays affected the show and its ratings badly though. =(

The Gaetals have their own personal motives for joining this group. I think they have revenge/hatred against someone and want to cover up their crimes with this grand ol' group scheme.

Dong Gyu is Gaetal #3 who was the taxi driver that drove the first voted criminal.

Ji Hoon's grandmother (the prison doctor and Gaetal #2) has a personal target = Moon Chang Hoon, the death row inmate.

omggggg you guys! the end of ep 9! and the preview for next ep! won't spoil for those who haven't seen it yet (uploaded today but the date says 10/11? i know this ep wasn't there the other day) but MAN my heart sunk at what joo-hyun found in that file. UGH CLIFFHANGERS.

Episode 9:

I feel like I need a chart, and I doubt I’m the only one hahaha! I almost think #1 is Ji-hoon, since taxi driver (#5, right?) said that he’s the one who built the system, and Ji-hoon was apologizing for not having tighter security. Then #2 is Grandma, #4 is the one who killed the doctor and got arrested, and they are being a bit tight-lipped with #3, who apparently knows Seok-joo well. I don’t think that Seok-joo has a number, since he was in prison and I don’t think was one of the ones in masks. But obviously I could be super wrong about that. I instantly thought that Mu-chan could be #3, but then when Grandma asked about it, it makes me think it could be a misdirection instead.

So the first letter was definitely from Min-soo and definitely revealed that he killed Na-rae, and the audio (video?) file on the computer is pretty good evidence too. (But we already knew that existed because the poor accomplice showed it to Seok-joo back in the day.) That explains why we hadn’t gotten a rise out of Seok-joo when we (the audience) were finding out about the real murderer, and he did have a pretty intense reaction five years ago. I can’t imagine all the different levels of awfulness that must be. Ji-hoon wasn’t able to let go either, and I wasn’t sure whether to feel happy that he reunited with Seok-joo or sad that it was under these circumstances.

Finally we were able to clear up some of Min-soo’s involvement too! So he’s not a Gaetal but he’s trying to co-opt their whole operation, which means it was either him or his mom who switched the target to Mu-chan during the last vote. And the electricity was surging at his house during the vote because he was running all the hacky stuff (it’s a technical term, try to keep up 🤓) to steal it from the real Gaetals! It’s all coming together. I wonder if his whole motivation is to get Seok-joo to pay attention to him. That obsession runs deep.

I really appreciated what Jjoo Hyun said to the reporter about how she says she’s making a show about justice but really it’s just a contract killing show. I often find Hyun annoying, but then she has moments like that I and forgive her.

Ok Beanies, tell me all the things I got wrong! I’m sure there are lots, and will be more by the end of this journey.

Episode 9:

The father&son reunion was so lovely and poignant! It felt a bit quick that they were back to business after. On the other hand, they got probs with their program being hijacked and Seok Joo being a fugitive now. 😅

The last scene was nicely thrilling, background music and all. I kept thinking that there would be back up cameras of Min Soo's private room so he still would know Hyun was there.

EP 10

not gonna lie, i did not predict who was going to be the voice behind the mask doing all of the streamed vote presentations. i mean, it was him doing all of them, yeah? was that your guys' understanding also? because of the 10pm thing? man, that's a lot for a young kid.

two eps left!

The casting of Shin Jung Keun should have been a clue, but I didn't this it would be that side.

And having the casting office in a internet cafe is pretty genius and it makes sense they could never really locate it.

Episode 10 was damn good.

With some dramas, I know what I hope will happen, what I think is likely to happen, and who I want to get a good ending. With this drama I honestly don’t know. I love Ji-hoon and I don’t want him to go to prison forever, but also he helped plan and operate a system that killed people in incredibly brutal ways. I like Seok-joo and I understand his trauma, but he made an awful decision eight years ago and continues to make merciless decisions now. I like Mu-chan but he’s a crooked cop who will do anything he needs to in order to secure a conviction, even when that method has had disastrous results in the past. They were all so broken by Na-rae’s death in different ways. I know one thing: I hope Min-soo and his terrible mother get what’s coming to them. Actually, the mom might be my least favorite character. She should have gotten him help/separated him from society when he was a kid killing dogs.

@loveblossom called it on Jin-soo being suspicious, but it was in the opposite direction! Aaaand if anyone still had any doubts (not really me but it’s nice to be sure), we finally got drama-level confirmation of Na-rae’s murderer. I don’t think there’s any backing out of the video evidence.

Episode 10:

I think Mu Chan is going to resist and not completely join Seok Joo's side. He may be real tempted to let Min Soo die, but he won't. Especially when he has a ton of officers watching him. I wonder if he will remember Hyun's criticism before he does anything extreme in the end.

FYI, Episode 11 was delayed to next week~ (11/9/23). 😩😩

ep 11

went from SHEER JOY to UTTER SADNESS

who was that beating ji-hoon at the end??

man. so much to process from that episode.

The finale is releasing in korea in less than 5 hours as i am writing this, mark me down as very scared for everyones well being... having the strong feeling this does not end in a happy end. I want to read the webtoon after this, interested what kind of changes they made. I already know they made the criminals in the drama a lot more guilty than the webtoon? At least from what i read so far.

I think Seokjoo has a high chance of dying, even though i really don't want that for him.

Just as i thought, i am still as against the idea of killing vote even after learning all the tragic backstories and the people that died mostly deserving it, like i was at the beginning... they even dragged a student/minor into this whole thing, i hope all Gaetals are caught in the end. With as little death as possible.

Episode 12:
I think I need more time to think about this ending. Honestly I was in total disbelief about Ji-hoon’s end (similar to how I was during Heartbeat, I thought they were going to bring him back until the credits rolled pretty much. Even though it wouldn’t have made sense). The one character I wanted to come out of this okay. I’m going to need him in more dramas immediately please and thank you.

I guess the point of it is that nothing will change as long as people are still victimized and there is a lack of justice in the world? I suppose it’s the ending we were always headed toward, but it was still a little difficult to swallow. I did think that some things would change for the better, but the only bright points in that ending were the individuals’ relationships with each other.

Who do you think started the vote back up at the end? Kim Mu-chan, who got what might have been the program by special delivery? Kwon Seok-joo, who claims that he regrets not accepting his daughter’s death at the time and resulting in Ji-hoon’s death? The prison guard, who was the most motivated to continue the project (I wish we’d gotten more backstory revealed for him)? Assemblywoman Min, who was teaming up with another psychopathic hacker at the end to kill someone else’s daughter? Ooph. This feels heavier now that I’m typing it out. Looking forward to reading other peoples’ thoughts though!

Episode 12 Finale:

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Whew.. Gathering my thoughts now.

I thought after Min Soo's death, the show would falter, but it still kept up with the suspense and action.

I thought Seok Joo and Ji Hoon would survive and turn themselves in or get caught and face the law. Or Seok Joo would be the only one to die. I didn't expect it to be Ji Hoon. T_T Gosh, I was crying hard because of him. His grandma's reaction. Seok Joo's reaction. And again when Min received his text message delivery 1 year later.

On one hand, I was sad for his young soul. To get caught up in all this and then his life was cut short. On the other hand, he willingly took part and had a major role in the killing vote plan. It was realistic that Seok Joo and any of the Gaetals would be in danger by being part of this whole scheme.

There were good dialogue scenes. Seok Joo admitting his fault, Ji Hoon shouldn't have been involved. Mu Chan and Seok Joo. Admitting their mistakes with Na Rae's case.

I didn't mind that Min Soo's mother escaped punishment for now. The main culprit was Min Soo and Na Rae's case is finally closed. Min Soo dying due to his own mother's action was a wickedly good move.

Glad Jo Dan was not a spy! His loveline with the other cop was completely random and last minute.

The time skip is a typical element, but it kinda seemed fast. I was probably not over Ji Hoon's death though.

I liked that this show had more of an emotional draw than just weekly criminal cases. There was no sudden romance between Mu Chan and Hyun. I liked that there wasn't much teamwork between them. They shared info most of the time, but they weren't immediate friends or close.

I would be open to a second season... However, the writers rarely ever get them right.