Though this was promoted as a spy series, it kind of isn’t. It’s more so a dramedy series with a little bit of spying and romance thrown in.

The actors are all well cast and do great with the material given. The story starts strong when Seol-woo is actually working as a spy, but then quickly loses momentum when it gets bogged down with the power struggle between the Congressman and Seung Jae. It didn’t make sense why a national secret intelligence agency would be involved in what seemed like a case of corruption etc., on a local level.

Despite the weaknesses in the overall story, I thought the series was most fun when they did revisit the spy game i.e. the trip to Russia and the Asian Investment Forum. The bromance between Seol-woo and Woo-gwang was also fun as was the romance he developed with Cha Do-ha. Though very cute, I can see why many thought she wasn’t beautiful enough to attract the attention of the extremely attractive Seol-woo, but I think that’s what made the romance work. She wasn’t rich and glamorous, just an ordinary woman working in the film industry, but she had some spunk and pretty much called his scam from the moment she met him. She was likely very different from the women he’d encountered on his previous missions, which is what fueled his attraction to her.

I did like some of the twists in the story i.e. one of the enemies switching sides,one of the allies working in a gray area while another was completely dirty. Some twists were completely predictable which is not at all uncommon with most tv series.

I will say I didn’t get some of the character’s choices in the end. One in particular was baffling considering her choice it seemed to remain aligned with someone who’d participated in corruption that included murder, attempted murder and kidnapping.

Overall it was a descent series. Not outstanding, but not terrible either. I think the strong acting saved this a LOT, most especially when the plot was a little iffy.