I rarely listen to reviews. I like watching things and making up my own mind.

With that said, I was a HUGE fan of the original Criminal Minds until they began replacing cast members. Then I just stopped watching because after Morgan and Garcia were no longer a thing, what's the point?

What everyone seem to forget is this is a REMAKE. It's not a continuation, it's not a whole new series around the same premise, it's a remake. Another thing people need to appreciate too is that it is fiction. It doesn't have to match culturally with the country it's being made in. It's fiction.

Now, even though I know it is a remake, people has this habit of comparing remakes to the original. That is one of the MAJOR reasons why we can't enjoy remakes because we go in with an expectation rather than taking things on their own merit. At the beginning of watching this, I pushed the original cast out of my mind and hit play.

First of all, if you're looking for romance - not the show.

Now, with that out of the way. The cases they chose from the original to remake are stories that I believe they picked so that he could match with the underlying story they've chosen to add to the series. They also had to ensure the cases are memorable from the original which I believe they did great because I remembered all those cases.

The major case that carried through the entire series was one I binged from the original with Stretch.

The acting was great. The cases had their little Korean writer twists which I appreciated. The music was great, I am happy about that. I don't think I've ever seen Joo Gi in anything before. His face wasn't familiar but he was a great actor. I loved the way the team talked out the cases between each other.

Lee Han - that character reminded me so much of Reed and I adored him fully. Gi Hyung wasn't that great of a leader but I could see this frailty and understand his hesitation. I get him as a character.

Now, what I had issues with.
1. The relationship between the cop and the computer girl - they needed to be closer, not lovers close, but their friendship lacked the kind of love and care I wanted.

2, I didn't like the Sun Moo character. While she lacked empathy and that could be a great character trait, if written well, there was something entirely too cold about her. Even in the end I still couldn't figure out what it was but I felt nothing fr her.

3. The team, though they had drama from the beginning, there isn't the same kind of close-knit kind of deal I wanted. I love a good team tv show and love seeing relationships develop, but this show had none of that.

4. The ending - um....yeah, nope. Nope. Nope.

I agree, the show needs little tweaks here and there but it is not half as bad as everyone is making it out to be, The actors I felt worked very well with what they had and if you put the original CM to the back of your mind and watch these actors for their own merit, you'd actually enjoy this.

I will be adding this to the rewatch list to watch with my niece once this COVID garbage is over.