Week five of tvN Mon-Tues drama Doom at Your Service has not been kind to the series, recording a continued drop in ratings (episode 10 got 2.473%) despite delivering the type of fan service that would usually be enough for viewers. Leads Park Bo Young and Seo In Guk kiss, hug, stare, spout pithy sayings to each other, and spend a lot of time together in the series and definitely in the recent two episodes. There’s also beautiful backdrop scenery and gorgeous clothes. But yet viewers continue to jump ship and the negative grumbling continues. I popped into C-netizen forums lately and the feedback is just short and sweet: “This drama is like water, just flows with nothing at the center”, “The screenwriter wrote this script with her toes”, “The main story line and the secondary story line have zero connectivity”, “This drama is like a donkey pulling a mill, he walked a lot but went nowhere”, “Is this drama headed towards destruction, was that the point?” “For ratings to fall in every episode, that’s pretty darn impressive, right?” What are some other pithy zingers that would suit our collective disappointment at this drama?
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Poor park bo young rating drama will going down to 1% rating.I hope she recover with lee byung hun movie always hit and success. She very good in werewolf boy and outshine song joong ki.Look at her now being in big agency aka Lbh agency didnt help either.Hope she can choose good script thiller,suspence or makjang drama.
Kim go eun is talented!!!
If kdramas were like this the popularity would drop. This series was boring. I hope the actors pick better scripts to act in I only watch it because of them. But if the associate with this writer again it will lose them fans. Please select better scripts. The characters moved like robots and their lines were boring I loss interest after the 1sth Esposide I continued until the 7th and skipped to the ending.
@Koala - what cnetz forums are you frequenting? Douban?
I personally think this drama deals with a bunch of people going through a identity crisis due to various reasons e.g. illness, a previous traumatic relationship etc and how they deal with it. The fantasy outer cover however makes it confusing thus the low ratings and lack of understanding what the show it about.
It is a frustrating watch. The concept of a contract relationship with doom is thrilling and had so much potential... I binged the first four epsiodes and thought this drama is going to be great. Unfortunately, that all but fizzled out as the rules of this "universe" got fuzzier with each episode. If there's anything saving the drama, it's the great chemistry between SIG and PBY.
I cringe whnvr OTP is trying to act the inlove parts coz there was really no built up, no foundation whatsoever, they just kiss and suddenly so madly in love. Opposite to second leads whom had barely any development. But i ain't dropping it. One good thing about this is the getting introduced to that deity actress.
Dayum, C-netz are so brutal yet so right on the money. My favorite zingers are, “The screenwriter wrote this script with her toes” and “Is this drama headed towards destruction, was that the point?” BURN. Lol.
What other dramas are airing in the Mon-Tues timeslot? Maybe now that YOM is over, the K-viewers might be forced to watch this crapper which could make the ratings rise.
Racket Boys on Netflix is nice
Racket Boys is very good.
Oh yeah! I totally forgot about Racket Boys.
They have diff time slot, DAYS AT 8PM KST whereas YOM and Racket Biys at 10pm kst
Sorry 9pm kst for DAYS.
The problem is very simple, they argue too much. It was boring to the point that I felt this was no better than a political debate show.
The disrespect to political debates. They have much more meaningful conflicts than this show has.
Skipped this weeks episode but pretty sure nothing happened as usual. At this point it feels the drama just needs to end. Nothing ever happens and the dialogue is unbearable. The pathos couldn't be more fake and the ost pops up at the weirdest timings and cuts out just as quickly. The chemistry is forced and the kiss scenes feel vacant.
Yes! You’ve captured everything that disappoints me about this drama. The setup implies high stakes and an active plot... but doesn’t deliver.
If you wrote a summary of each episode and then shuffled them all around ... it would be impossible to put back in order. They argue, stare, kiss, have ambiguous convos with teen god. Rinse and repeat.
At this point I’m praying for some loan sharks, birth secrets, or truck of doom. Give me ANYTHING.
I blame the writer entirely. No actor could save this mess.
Agreed 100%! I felt the same way too! So disappointed with SIG for choosing this drama script! To the point i can see his expression that he too acting like he was bored too!
Agreed 100%! I felt the same way too! So disappointed with SIG for choosing this drama script! To the point i can see his expression that he too acting like he was bored too! I quit watching this drama already. Better watch My Roomate is a gumiho. Much fun!
Am I the only one who finds the lead couple barely has chemistry? Also what's up with the doom thick foundation and bb cream it's hard to unsee, new chin?
Writer Im meari try hard to copy kim eunsook and makes the second goblin but this 'doom' failed very badly just as its named