Glitch

 

Glitch is k-drama done correctly. There are no unnecessary scenes - the Story begins when it should, ends when it should, and its middle is where it should be. But there is of course product placement, but it feels natural to the characters involved. This is the first k-drama series that I have watched where there is actually a love making scene - but it's not titillating at all, it's more depressing and suits the characters perfectly. In most k-dramas the male and female leads are working towards establishing a relationship together - but in this one there really isn't a male lead, and the female lead begins the series in a relationship and spends the rest of the series trying to help her ex-boyfriend. Another thing that is strange and not something I ever noticed before is that a lot of the characters smoke - weather real cigarettes or e-cigarettes. I don't think smoking is a great thing, but it's a fact that people do smoke in real life, and I've never actually seen any characters in a k-drama smoke. I will talk about the plot because I think it's incredibly well done and even if you do decide to watch this, me telling you what happens is not going to be any surprise or revelation. Hong Ji-Hyo is a woman who seems, on the outside, to have everything she could ever ask for - she has a great job, a wealthy father who provides for her, and a boyfriend that seems to be making plans for their future together. But she is dealing with a great deal of trauma. She believes that this trauma is the result of her family breaking up when she was younger, and also the fact that she hallucinates aliens. Throughout the story, we see that she may or may not have been abducted by aliens. She meets an old friend or rather frenemy from her past, and they discover a link between the aliens and a gruesome cult. The cult is wonderfully portrayed because you see the motivations of the people who are in it and what kind of horrible things being in such an environment can encourage people to do. It also seems to be inspired by real life events where members of a cult were found in a mass suicide having hung themselves like in this series. The great part is that we never know if aliens actually exist, or if these are just hallucinations. I believe it's the first k-drama by Netflix - and you can tell. It doesn't lose the craziness of what makes k-drama wonderful, but it adds unexpected character development and proper pacing. So if you like k-dramas check this one out.