She’s as sharp and resourceful as ever, and the intervening years have given her a centeredness and maturity she didn’t have before. Stationed in a sleepy, provincial sub-branch where nothing happens, she dreams of joining the violent crimes division. We skip forward a few years to a future where Jae-in’s worked hard to become a police officer. When she learns his secret, he promises to help clear her father’s name, but before they can do anything, she’s driven into hiding when her classmates find out about her dad. She confides to him that her father’s in jail, but as staunch as she is about his innocence, she also admits to doubts. They first meet in high school for a short time-a meeting engineered by Sung-mo (whose agenda remains as opaque to us as his mind does to An), and An quickly learns that she has a secret. Jae-in is fiercely smart, works hard, and ultimately, is a survivor. I’m not sure how true-to-life this representation is, but we’re told in-show that in brain terms, it’s the chemical opposite of sociopathy (overactive amygdala versus underactive), which basically tells us that he’s not a sociopath.īut it’s An and his partner-in-crime(-solving), heroine YOON JAE-IN (rookie Shin Ye-eun), who really form the heart of the show. We eventually learn (via that psychometric guy) that he has a condition called alexithymia, which broadly describes a lack of ability to identify and recognize feelings. It makes him an ideal foil to Sung-mo: Where An is an open book, Sung-mo is tightly-sealed and impenetrable, the one person An can’t read at all. As adorable as the sight of him is, enshrouded in scarves and hoodies with his hands bunched inside his sleeves, it’s also a constant reminder that his ability is a vulnerability, and that’s the only way he can protect himself from the world. With no ability to control it or switch his ability off, the perpetual onslaught of unwanted information-secrets and trivialities alike-leaves him shying away from every form of physical contact, however slight. His psychometric ability, which allows him to “read” memories from people or objects upon direct skin-contact, develops after that, and it builds the central conceit of the show.īut it turns out to be more curse than gift for young An. I admit that the show nearly lost me there, with its disturbing echoes of recent real-life events.Īn loses his parents to the fire, but his fate becomes entwined with KANG SUNG-MO (later played by Kim Kwon), who becomes hyung and hero after saving his life by jumping from the burning building with him. The show begins with his appropriately tragic origin story and a haunting opening sequence: An unseen perp murders multiple women in an oddly ritual way, and then sets fire to the apartment complex which ends up killing many more. Although he has a bright, affectionate personality, there’s also a side of him that’s so wounded, hungry and love-starved that it hurts my heart, and I’m so impressed with Jinyoung’s rendition of An’s emotions at all these different junctures. An has the most adorkable, beta-hero charm: an overgrown lovable puppy of a boy, with an utter lack of ego and an endearing dimness that I honestly think is my new favorite kind of hero. Our first introduction to LEE AN ( Got7’s Park Jinyoung) certainly lives up to everything I wanted and more. I know I’m not the only who sat up when I heard the premise-a kid who can read memories by touch? You mean like I Hear Your Voice, but tactile? Yes, please! With the conclusion of tvN’s Monday-Tuesday supernatural mystery drama, That Psychometric Guy last week, I figured it was worth taking a moment to look back on the show, and whether it lived up to my initial excitement. Dramafast he is psychometric series#76 That Psychometric Guy: Series review by Saya
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