Good drama recommendation｜The story of being blocked in the building due to madness - Happiness

Happiness

Korean dramas like to take the opposite of the title of the plot, in order to express the gap between reality and people's expectations, and to satirize human nature.

Yin Xinchun (played by Han Hyo-joo) dropped out of school due to illness in high school and felt out of place after returning to school. At the same time, Jung Yi-hyun (played by Park Hyung-sik) was unable to continue his baseball career due to an injury. He sat on the rooftop and looked up at the sky in a daze. Being mistaken for suicidal thoughts and alerting the police... The plot begins to tell the story of two people.

For Yin Xinchun, having her own home is her happiness, and having an ordinary and stable life is her happiness. She has planned for this since she was a child, joined the police special team, worked hard to save money, but unexpectedly, because of this mutant virus change the goal to be achieved;

But she is not discouraged, she still believes that she can overcome this difficulty, face the disease bravely, and protect others at the same time, hoping to restore peace one day...

Madman

According to information on the three episodes currently playing:

1. Taking a drug to get sick
2. Contact transmission, any wound that comes into contact with blood can lead to infection (eg. bites, scratches)
3. Initial symptoms: feeling extremely thirsty
4. Need human blood, it will only hurt people
5. Will still remain in the disease, can understand the speech of others
6. fast wound healing
7. Severely dying patients slow down
8. Recovers sanity after sickness
9. Those who do not get sick and gradually heal from wounds may produce antibodies in their bodies and will not get sick (Yin Xinchun was injured and did not get sick)
10. has an incubation period
11. afraid of flashbangs
12. During the disease period, encountering light and humans will wake up
13. Can be used to stun the patient
14. Lower temperatures slow virus spread
15. Slow heartbeat and pulse during the onset
16. No vaccine or drug treatment

The plot does not have a demonized disease state. If the scope of infection is not wide enough, a certain amount of force can be used to control the patient. It tells more about the attitudes of various stakeholders in the face of the epidemic, the contradictions of human nature, and greed.

The infectious disease was initially spread by a certain drug, which caused the blockade of the building where the protagonist lived because unknown drugs were sold through the gym in the name of weight loss. Ironically, the gym is only used by the tenants who bought the property, and the tenants who rented it cannot use it. The amount of management fee varies”; and after the first patient was discovered, members of the management committee hoped that the protagonist would keep his mouth shut, otherwise it would affect the housing price.

 It is really ironic that people are materialized by the definition of spending power, but irrelevant tenants are also isolated and exposed to risks. This kind of "successful people" love to look at people with their noses, and even if they are unreasonable, they refuse to do so. He does not reflect on his apology, he is only influenced by his own interests, and he maintains false "happiness" and "peace".

If the first patient was discovered, they immediately held a meeting to think about how to deal with it, and actively contacted the relevant departments, would they face such a sudden blockade?

The content of the preview for the next episode (to be broadcast tomorrow) reveals that the building next door has been voted to block the building where the protagonist lives. From the perspective of the plot, these people would rather sacrifice others than let themselves face an unknown and terrible situation. risk, as long as they are safe, but will they be treated in the same way by others? The plot behind will definitely be revealed (even if you don't watch it, you know that it will definitely be backlashed.

Humanism vs Realism

Yin Xinchun and Zheng Yixian are both police officers. They are not panicked when they encounter a madman. They are even brave enough to rush into a warehouse full of sick people. They are very brave and just. The concept they hold is that patients are also human, and they must work hard to save and respect them. The plot also seems to support their ideas. For example, the patient still has the ability to think, and only chases those who murdered them. Although they have no ability to express themselves, they can act. Can reflect their thinking, know that the person who murdered them will be arrested without harming others, and will die without resistance... These patients still maintain their humanity from an individual point of view . This is different from other similar dramas and movies. They dehumanize patients more, and they can no longer even be called "patients", probably because this drama describes more human coping .

Different from them is Lieutenant Colonel Han Tae-seok (played by Zhao Yu-jin). He dehumanizes patients and only considers how to control the epidemic from the overall perspective . From the current plot, it seems that his actions have a purpose behind them. In the face of the sick, he chose direct shooting instead of control methods, and concentrated the seriously ill in the freezer, without paying attention to human nature and their rights; in the face of an unknown certain number of latent patients, he chose to block the entire community, Ignore tenants who don't have access to gyms, and probably don't care.

The difference in thinking between the two may also be related to their identities. The two protagonists' careers are more inclined to performers, paying more attention to each individual's story and personality, while Han Taixi, as the control leader of the madman, plans the entire country. Can a leader who lacks human care and empathy really make the most effective control measures? Just like when the community was locked down, they did not educate residents on how to prevent it, and directly blocked it across the board, almost telling them to fend for themselves (based on the current information).

 I started watching this drama because of the starring Han Hyo-joo, her last drama "w" was so good! This drama did not disappoint me. It is not a simple bloody killing/escape movie, but a drama with deeper meaning. The current 3 episodes are very good, and the emotional line is not perfunctory. I am looking forward to them. What kind of story will be in the apartment, and will it be safe to leave in the end?