Tunnel

After the last drama, I started to watch Tunnel. After watching Return, I was intentionally switching to a lighter show (hence the silly Strong Girl in between, which I wasn't as interested to watch as Tunnel) before coming back to a crime drama. I try not to watch two similar shows back to back, so as not to confuse their details...

Tunnel turned out to be so interesting that I started jotting my thoughts down as I watched:

• Firstly the crime part is done really well. The time travel part is poorly done though... this guy travels from 1986 to 2016 and does not have that much difficulty adapting. Sure, he looks puzzled at smartphones, but why does no one ask for his mobile phone number?

• And his then-junior has become his chief in the future. Why does he not even know the chief's name in the beginning? Even when the chief reveals that he knows classified information about the 1986 murder case, why didn't this main character find out the chief's name properly? They were just trying to delay the reunion of these two colleagues, and they couldn't find a proper way to do it.

• I like how they do have other cases in the meantime, which are not related to the main case. It makes it more believable somehow. And in a way, it gives the characters time to bond...

• Another part that is interesting: They even inserted one of the Detective Conan-style murder mysteries, where they get stuck in a rural area in rain and flood, and no one can come in or go out, so they have to catch the culprit before the rain stops. I'm liking this more and more...

• But there's some stupid stuff: This girl wants to become bait, but she goes out all by herself without telling anyone. This is not bait, you idiot, this is a sacrificial offering.

And now that I've finished watching...

Some details are not so well taken care of... we never get an explanation on why some elderly people are killed. Actually a lot of details are not well taken care of. Even the ending seems lacking, like they were running out of time and had to end it without taking time to tie up the loose ends.

But all in all, I think they have a really interesting plot, and that plot would actually be good enough even without the time travel arc. However the addition of the time travel gave them more plot points to develop, so I guess I can't complain. It's really an interesting watch, not a dull moment! I'm still very happy with this drama despite all its flaws. Definitely better than Return (which had its dull moments), but nowhere near as good as Nine (which took care of the details very well!)