I didn't catch in the promotion trailers that they were a team of "loosers" except Jong-Hyeon.

Dong-Joo is the typical puppy character and Park Bo-Gum was pretty convincing. I guess Han-Na is the badass and Jong-Hyeon the brain.

I liked the action scenes even I didn't understand why Han-Na chose to kill her poor plants instead knocking out her ennemies.

I'm not fan of the trope of the ML being insistent with his feelings for the FL. She said she wasn't interested, so calm down a little bit or be subtile!

I'm excited to watch them working as a team! Hoping their chief will get better 😅

This is an interesting concept.
You have 5 ex Olympic athletes who specialized in individual sports - fencing, wrestling, boxing, shooting, and discus throwing. None of them were involved in any team sports, as far as we know.
You put them together in the same unit so they can work together to solve cases.
I am very intrigued to see how their team spirit and camaraderie will develop and evolve over the show.
Looking forward to the weekend episodes.

This was a lot of fun. My only issue, not really an issue more of a side eye, is that Tae Won Seok always plays these massively overpowered characters. He threw a manhole cover like it was a discus, he might as well have stopped the car with his bare hands, lol. That out of way, this was really fun and PBG as a puppy in love is cute. There is no pretense with him and that is great.

Length wise the premiere was tvn worthy-long that i had to check the broadcaster again. But they definitely n literally packed a punch. I honestly thought Good Boy would be a typical underdog story, but it’s also quite violent. Who knew Bo gum could box n bleed so well.

They balanced the dark quite well with comedy n lovesick Bogum: cue him saying yes immediately to join the team when Hana is also in it, and the smart team leader who used his crush to trick him is also the dumb one who took hallucinogen before going to catch bad guys. The whole scene was equally hilarious n exciting.

I’m loving the gang so far and can’t wait to see the five finally working while fighting with each other, because i have every confidence that they will fight and cause headaches for the Commissioner. Fun!

There’s A LOT going on in the first two episodes and the directing is uneven. It could be all over the place for some scenes but lifted to another very good level in the next.

However, what makes me stay are the main characters with each fleshed out quite distinctly as to who they are and what makes them tick. They are five different people but share the same trait for justice with varying degrees of wit and action. Park Bo Gum is great as the relentless puppy in both his pursuit for baddies and love. So is Lee Sang Yi as the brainy one and I guess he will eventually join the Avengers.

Looking forward to next two episodes.

Fun & flashy. Definitely feels big budget. The 5 different characters & their skills, the wide, full action shots, and upbeat music all add to the modern day hero vibes.

There were many extra, over the top scenes. Some were more entertaining than others. The glow in the dark paint scene looked cool overall. Man Shik hallucinating & zombie-like = not so fun. Nice to see Heo Sung Tae play a character on the good side though despite how silly his character has acted so far. Same goes for Tae Won Seok. It was fun to see the quintet use their particular skills during their jobs. Jae Hong throwing that manhole cover was fantastic!

I wish there wasn't a romance. There's plenty of plot and characters to develop without squeezing it in.

I am most interested in seeing the team grow and get along and of course triumph over the baddies. I would like the baddies to be formidable too. I was surprised that Coach Oh didn't hold back on his punches. And that Dong Joo and Joon Young have already met! He's a customs officer?! Not a director, chaebol, CEO, or something bigger? O: This drama is 16 episodes long... Curious how they will keep the tension between good vs bad. Cat and mouse game?

Stayed faaaar away from this one because COPAGANDA
But from what I've seen, I figure it'll be popular

I wanted to like this show more than I did, but for some reason it wasn't as immediately gripping as, for example, Study Group was for me. The fight scene with the day glo paint was technically beautifully shot and choreographed but I was rolling my eyes, wondering why there were so many open cans of paint conveniently lying around, and why was there a black light that turned on and off? Why is Dong-joo repeatedly following and declaring his love to Han na? What's there to like? After the first dozen times I was just yelling at the screen for him to leave the surly girl alone. I can't put my finger on why this fell flat for me - I usually adore these kinds of dramas and happily would suspend all disbelief to enjoy the ride. I haven't given up yet - I hope things will take off once the team gels.

This was such a fun premiere week! I went into it without watching trailers or anything, so for some reason I thought we’d have to spend time recruiting them all into the police force, but having them all start there already gave a different vibe to their character intros. I like that they all have dissatisfactions with where their careers are and that they have lots of room to grow individually and as a group.

My favorite part so far was the action sequence at the end of episode 1 - the paint was extremely cool looking and it was awesome to see each of them in their element! Also cool to see Lee Jung-ha in a totally different role than I’ve seen before.

Heo Sung-tae dominates the screen, and Man-sik is so main character coded that I don't know why he's not higher billed in the cast (he's listed fifth). He has chemistry with Park Bo-gum as a buddy cop genre, but the two characters with the best chemistry are Man-sik and Chief Hwang. They play off each other really well. I know this show is called "Good Boy," but how awesome would it have been to see Heo Sung-tae vs. Oh Jung-se? Speaking of whom, I wish they hadn't introduced Joo-young as the big bad so early. The cliffhanger with Dong-ju finding the driver's watch would've had more impact if that was the first time we had met Joo-young.

It's odd how the other officers ostracize our athletes. Unless you're Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt, you can't make a living off of being an Olympian. Who cares if they got in through special recruitment? They're risking their lives just like the rest of them. It would've made more sense if they hate Dong-ju because they thought he doped, or they hate Han-na because they're jealous that she's the agency's poster girl.

My new favorite OST is "Time Lapse" by JUNNY. Such a smart directing choice to match the scene with the lyrics. When he sang, "너의 미소가 (your smile)" right as Park Bo-gum smiles. In their flashback, Han-na totally looks like she liked Dong-ju, so I wonder what made her date Jong-hyeon.

A big thanks for recapping, @Unit!

I absolutely loved it!— the first episode was a bit uneven in terms of pacing and too much exposition, but ep 2 more than made up for it. The fight scenes were fantastic, especially Dong Ju's with the UV paint, so stylish!
I really enjoyed the humor, especially the scene with Man Sik who accidentally took hallucinogens — that moment had me laughing out loud. Totally unhinged in the best way.
The former athletes are each compelling in their own right, and I’m really looking forward to seeing their emotional wounds revealed and their healing journey.
The good boy despite his sweetness was quite intense in how he chased after Ha Na - a bit pushy with those lingering stares but somehow it still felt emotionally sincere.
Damn, Lee Sang Yi is hot!

I loved the opening episodes of JTBC’s GOOD BOY (Amazon Prime Video). The editor deserves a special award for the last 10 minutes or so of episode one where all 5 of the athletes now police officers displayed their athleticism and physicality in individually and simultaneously taking on the bad guys. A special note has to be made of Park Bo-gum’s fight. It was the best kdrama fight in years.
One of my favorite scenes (after PBG’s fight) was when Hanna (Kim So-hyun) leveled her rifle and shot the Police Commissioner in the chest! She did what probably most cops working under this guy would have loved to have done one time or another. That should instantly make he a legend in the force.

I usually love shows like this (Flex X Cop, Chief Inspector, etc) where a disparate group of people come together as a team. But this one kind of fell flat for me and felt a bit all over the place. The comedy especially, is too cringe for my taste...
The team hasn't come together yet, and are right now, not really working as one. I guess the first 2 eps were more for exposition?
My favourite characters are the shooter and the fencer, PBG's boxer comes off too childish for her, and doesn't really sell the romance to me (I totally didn't mind the UV painted shower though 😂- so gratuitous, but so hot) Wrestler chief is a bit too silly, though I did snort out my coffee at his ecstasy fueled antics, and I sometimes forgot there's a fifth team member even oops.
The action scenes, now, are where it shone... Especially the sequence at Ha Na's house. As I was watching, I was trying to remember a similar scene, and it struck me that I may have seen it in the movie Hanna with Saiorse Ronan (I may be wrong, but I know I've seen this shooter holed up in a cabin *somewhere*) ... The similar names struck me as funny too! It's a great film for anyone interested though!

I wish it had been an episodic procedural, with one over-arching back story, but let's see. I wonder which direction it will go, since Big Bad has already been revealed.
Still, it's a decent time-pass show, and I'll probably continue to watch.
Even if only for Lee Sang Yi whose Clark Kent avatar in this one is super hot LoL (now maybe I should put Bloodhounds on my list... Is it too gory?)

Thanks for the recap @unit

Well this has way more violence and police corruption than Crash which I was comparing it to as the only other action/comedy I have been able to watch through to the end. I think the humour and the other characters like Gyeongil’s mum and the neighbourhood restaurant crew balance out the darker elements of the drama so I should be able to stay with this one too.

It is so disappointing to have the chief more concerned about appearance so he can keep his job than actually making his area a safer place on his watch. His physical assaults on Manshik are reminiscent of Miseang, how is this still the go to strategy to represent poor leadership and people skills in a 2025 drama?

I am struggling with how disrespectful everyone is to the athletes when they clearly have the skills that demonstrate dedication in bucket loads. The petty jealousy is annoying to watch.

I like the athletes’ unit and look forward to them getting some recognition as they grow closer and prove they are the ones that are actively making a difference to improve the safety of the district.

Side note: someone stabs you with some dirty metal object and draws blood wouldn’t you be in the queue to get that seen to as a means to avoid infection?