This series is actually not bad. It fits into the regular B+ K-drama but it falls into the writing mishap of bending believable story lines to create tension and drama. There are areas where the characters don't communicate important information to each other when it is clearly relevant to them and it annoyed me to the point I almost stopped watching. I like the main guy (mostly from Kang Chul) but the writers wrote him into do-it-all superman just without powers. Having just watched Reply 1988 (amazing drama), this series just failed to match their 'gifts' with reality. Unlike 1988, human vulnerability in this series is the cool type where it aims to be endearing rather than show insecurities we all have. It doesn't make you feel the actors emotions as 1988 did. All I felt was intense rage as stupid plot points removed me from the immersion of the story. If you don't take this series seriously, you'll enjoy it as the deviation from regular, expected human interaction won't be a negative.
Review of While You Were Sleeping
