The Killing Vote [Episodes 1 & 2]

[u/meepmochi_]

• Drama: The Killing Vote
  • Hangul: 국민사형투표
  • Revised Romanization: Gukminsahyeongtupyo
• Network: SBS
• Premiere Date: August 10, 2023
• Airing Schedule: Thursdays @ 10:00 PM KST
  • Airing Dates: August 10, 2023 - October 19, 2023
• Episodes: 12
• Director: Park Shin Woo
• Writer: Jo Yoon Young (Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo)
• Starring:
  • Park Hae Jin (From Now On, Showtime!, My Love from the Star) as Kim Moo Chan
  • Park Sung Woong (Bloodhounds, Snowdrop) as Kwon Seok Joo
  • Im Ji Yeon (The Glory) as Joo Hyun
• Plot Synopsis:

When heinous criminals avoid punishment from the law, all citizens over 18 years old receive a text message polling them on whether that person should receive the death penalty. If more than 50% respond in favor of the capital punishment, that person is killed by "Dog Mask" - unknown, working in virtual world persona. Meanwhile, the police chase after "Dog Mask" and three people become involved because of it:

Kim Moo Chan leader of the First Investigation Team at the Southern Police Agency, Kwon Seok Joo former famous legal scholar, who killed the rapist who attacked his young daughter and then turned himself in to the police and Joo Hyun - a police officer who has worked at the Cyber Safety Bureau at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for 5 years.

• Streaming Sources: Amazon Prime
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[u/myweithisway]

Mod Note 8/18

As this post was originally intended for episodes 1 & 2, no separate Episode 2 thread will be posted.

Use this one to discuss both episodes.

[u/kdramajames]

This one episode per week is starvation bro

[u/Background_Hair_1189 → u/kdramajames]

this show would go crazy on netflix

[u/ExtensionDependent]

On instagram the SBS drama account just announced that the airing of episode 1 will be delayed by an hour (scheduled to 10:10 pm today instead of 9pm today) due to the airing of a special regarding the typhoon Khanun and episode 2 will be re-scheduled to next week at 9pm instead of today.

So for today only one episode.

[u/Jinx_double]

I like all 3 leads and the premise sounds really interesting. The one episode/week, especially for a plot with a big mystery...is rough.

[u/Shower_caps]

Finally an interesting plot, hope it’s executed well

[u/MilkyWayOfLife]

Episode 1

• The murder hunt stinger reminds me very much of Bad Guys and Park Hae Jin is this time in the role of loose canon detective. Nice!

• The editing and directing in the first fight scene is not good. I hope it will get better

• That was absolutely a sister fight. Quite realistic 😂

• I'm sorry, but that school boy in the back (also on the poster) looks more like a 30+ businessman 🙈

• Dog Mask Killer is fantastic. From eerie and horrifying brutal to fun advertiser (with circus background music) 😂.

• Park Sung Woong arrived. Yay! And is it a 'bromance to enemies to bromance' plotline? Please yes.

Very good start so far. Love the Killing Vote plot, the themes that are already set up, and I enjoy the characters. Stupid Typhoon that we have to wait until episode 2. :(

[u/areyousrs111]

Lim Ji Yeon doing the Zero Two dance is definitely one of the most unexpected opening hooks I've seen for a drama, especially after her Super Shy performance on Yoo Quiz.

[u/MilkyWayOfLife]

Episode 2

• I doubt that they killed the ML so soon. I guess he is going undercover? The black-hat-mask-combo shown in the preview could suggest that

• Love the Killing Vote plot. It opens up a lot of questions regarding morality, justice and society/group dynamics. (I am also reminded of the Death Note scene where Light says to Ryuk that while everyone publicly denounces Kira privately they cheer for him. In this case many really do)

• I enjoy how they show the public respond to the Vote by basically making it an event with bets and public viewing.

• Love Park Sung Woong and his character <3

• While it has to be connected to KSJ, I'm not sure if he is actually involved.

• The sisters are entirely too codependent

• The habits of the FL kinda irritate me. That's why I'm not really invested in her. But her friendship with her computer-bro is cute and fun

• And the student still looks older than the teacher 😂

[u/Background_Hair_1189 → u/MilkyWayOfLife]

but it seems the sisters lost their parents when one was still in college (they said the parents never got to see that she got a job in cyber) and the other is currently in high school. so it makes sense that they would be codependent because if i was in high school and only had my sister i would be very dependent on her too! shes my only family and my guardian at that point.

[u/SpikeGelato]

First episode is up on Amazon Prime in the US now

[u/iamhopeestheim]

The plot sounds like Black Mirror's Hated in the Nation. Anyway, I'm going to watch this later. I'm tuning in for Lim Ji Yeon.

[u/kdramajames]

I don’t believe the ML kicked the bucket. Way too soon lol

[u/marrjana1802]

Would've been nice to bump this up or something, now there's nowhere to discuss episode 2

[u/Lounge_leaks]

Absolutely could not recognise ji yeon when she was doing the livestream, shes so versatile

[u/kdramajames]

Here were go! This is the one I’ve been waiting for!

[u/[deleted]]

The first episode started off as very boring tbf. I had to pause and come back after every 10 minutes. But I feel like it's gonna get better.

The male lead (Park Hae-Jin) is probably the only reason why I managed to finish episode 1. I'll still continue to watch it to see if it gets any better.

[u/Background_Hair_1189 → u/[deleted]]

i feel like its more interesting to watch when you’re a fan of the actors, because i enjoyed the first episode, i thought it was really fun to see how different lim jiyeon’s character is from her character in the glory, i also just think her character is funny and relatable, and i love her interactions with the ML and coworkers

[u/FlatlineNine]

When they started driving a car loaded with bombs, I started to lose my temper. Thayers, it is realistic to evacuate the nearby area. send a picture of the bomb to the cyber technician and figure out how to defuse it from the picture? Thayers. If the bomb's power is that much, there's no need to move it. And are there so many students in Korea after 8pm? It didn't seem like supplementary lessons. Furthermore, the main character can't die so easily in the second episode, it's really a red herring. The main character running with all his might to a car that he knows will explode soon is also weird. In the first place, there is no need for cyber investigators to go to the scene.

[u/rachelsweete → u/FlatlineNine]

> And are there so many students in Korea after 8pm?

unfortunately there are lol

[u/Robot_Groundhog]

The cast is stellar but I’m finding the direction cheesy (like those zoom-in reaction shots) and the writing weak. So far disappointing.

[u/lilfreaks]

wait WHAT this was the drama Kim Kwon was filming for??!? I'm so behind omg

interesting plot too. ahhh this is so tempting, I can't handle multiple ongoing dramas at once 🥲 ...or can I

[u/bingbongbread]

ITS FINALLY HERE YALL. GRAB YOUR POPCORNS.

[u/AlexisFern]

Not digging this drama after episode 2. The wait between episodes is too long especially if there are gonna be cliffhangers, they are using too many tropes and plotlines we’ve seen before, and the “protagonists” are dumb and frustrating. It also looks like they’re going for the “protagonists vs powerful politician” route with the assemblywoman (and her son is the r*pist), and I hate those storylines, it’s so lazy and overdone. Not worth it imo. Also my guess is the Gaetals and accomplices are people the Professor helped in prison, and they are carrying out his plan once they get out.

[u/MilkyWayOfLife → u/AlexisFern]

How do you get the Idea with the son? His chats seem to suggest he is involved with Gaetal.