| Title: | You're All Surrounded
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| Alternate Title(s): | N/A |
| Genre(s): | Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Romantic Comedy |
| Episodes | 20 |
| Network: | SBS |
| Year Produced: | 2014 |
| Available to Watch On: | DramaFever, viki, Netflix, dramafans.org |
Summary: This hard to define police drama follows Kim Ji Young (Lee Seung Gi), whose mother was murdered when we was a child. Twelve years later, he has returned as Eun Dae Koo and become a police detective secretly trying to unroot Seo Pan Seok (Cha Seung Won) as the corrupt detective responsible for his mother's death. When he joins the Gagnam Police force to get close to Seo Pan Seok, he is inadvertently reunited with Eo Soo Sun (Go Ara), a childhood acquaintance from his hometown that has also become a detective. He must tread carefully in he presence lest his real identity be exposed. This wild adventure is a little bit
NYPD Blue,
21 Jump Street, and
Police Academy.
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| 4 = Pretty darn good |
Recommendation: You're All Surrounded is a surprisingly good k-drama. It may have initially given the impression that it was more akin to
Police Academy than a hardcore police drama but it strikes a nice balance somewhere in between the two.While the primary story surrounds Lee Seung Gi's character, the drama really felt like an ensemble piece that gave every actor an opportunity to tell his or her story and find a resolution. The pace is quick, every episode is exciting, and twenty episodes was the perfect number to wrap-up all the loose ends. There aren't many k-dramas that leave me wondering what the future holds for its characters but this one is an exception. A second season that explores their lives as veteran police detectives with a new set of challenges would make for an interesting tale.
