Mr. Plankton opens at a sprint. Bike chases. A kidnapping or two. Then it slows down and turns into something slower and stranger, a meditation on found family, on love and death and the people we end up tied to.
For a stretch I thought it might be a top-ten show for me. Then it flounders, caught by the curse that takes down so many good kdramas: a strong build the ending cannot pay off.
Woo Do Hwan is the reason to stay. He plays a roguish, terminally ill man on the ride of his life, and he sparkles, all eye candy and real feeling at once. He is one to watch.
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