![]() Seong-jin and Song-ja are two of my favorites-morally gray art thieves in a noona romance, anyone?-but the housekeeper and the firehouse crew are also awesome in their own ways. With just four episodes, there isn’t a whole lot of room to let the side characters breathe, but what space they do get, they take advantage of. There was one chase sequence in particular that made me an anxious mess, and the final showdown is a high-stakes exercise in just how much more awful can it get for the good guys? The reveal of his identity is jarring, and it becomes very clear, very quickly, that he’s ready to murder both the hero and the heroine (and anyone else who was going to stop him from doing that) in order to get away with his crime from a decade ago. Yeah, that murderer is more than a little terrifying once he gets going. While the humor falls off sharply in the second half-a murderer on the loose will do that to a narrative-I lost count of how many times I literally LOL’d at my screen because of what was going on. Too often I’m put off from kdrama comedy due to its slapstick nature or reliance on bodily functions, but Naked Fireman is at its most funny when the characters play everything straight and the audience has no choice but to laugh at the ridiculous situations they’re in. Have I already mentioned the absurdity of this drama? Because it is hilarious. He’s the hero with a heart of gold who rises to the occasion and falls head-over-heels for the rich woman who is only supposed to be spending time with him to draw him shirtless. Yes, he’ll trust his con artist and thief of a friend with basically everything up to in and including his life, and he’ll also put himself in embarrassing situations to help his father figure receive life-saving medical treatment. And while she goes from distrusting Cheol-soo to being deeply in love with him in just four episodes, the incremental thawing of her heart and budding belief in his innocence is magnificent.Ĭheol-soo, in the meantime, is a comedic slacker, who isn’t always quick on the uptake but nonetheless has a good heart and more courage than he probably should. Even though she is still very traumatized over the whole thing (and is receiving treatment for it, and not shamed for needing it!), she throws herself headfirst into investigating based on the clue she recently remembered via therapy. Jin-ah is blunt, clever, and utterly determined to solve the mystery of her parents’ murders. I love it when prickly ladies fall in love and are loved in return without having to completely wipe and rewrite their personalities. The prickly, jaded heroine and innocent hero fall in love. Here are five reasons you should watch Naked Fireman the next time you have a spot open on your to-watch list:ġ. And while I got that in spades, I also got a heaping dose of believable romance, found families, and an exciting thriller. I originally went into this show expecting the absurd. Don’t lie now-you know that the title of this drama special totally caught your attention.
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