Kdrama Review: "Two Weeks" Ends On A Note Of Redemption

One of the most interesting things about kdrama plots is the transformation that characters can go through. Characters who seem to be good are shown to have a dark side and characters that appear to be bad may be forgiven once you understand how they got that way. Even the worst characters have a chance at redemption.

That's just what happened in "Two Weeks," the action thriller drama that finished its run this week.

If you haven't seen the last episodes, stop reading now because there are going to be spoilers.

The action in this fast-paced thriller took place over the span of two weeks of drama time and it was not a drama for the weak-hearted. Once you began to care for the character, your heart almost stopped every time he risked his life.

Although Lee Jun Ki played a shiftless low life when the drama began, it became obvious that once he had something to live for he was basically a principled decent person. He was also a person who had been cheated by life's circumstances. Growing up, he had few options in life and little love. When he finally finds love, he is forced to serve time for a crime he did not commit.

Once he discovers that he has a daughter and he can save her life, he is determined to do whatever it takes to save her. And that generates some intense cliffhangers. He is shot, jumps off a cliff, and escapes death repeatedly in his attempts to arrive alive for his daughter's surgery.

The drama delivered an upbeat ending with plenty of emotional rewards. When the drama ends, not only is his name cleared of the murder that he was framed for, but he is also cleared of the past crime that sent him to prison. He earns new respect for his quick thinking from the detectives who sought him. And he earns love and respect from the daughter he never knew he had. Played by Lee Chae Mi, his daughter may be the cutest child actress in the history of kdrama.

Jo Seo Hee, who starts out seeming to be a paragon of good, is exposed as a ruthless criminal. Even Ryu Soo Young, who was the good cop, compromises his principles when the love of his life is threatened.

Lee Jun Ki did a great job of playing a man who begins to believe in himself, something he obviously never did before his two-week adventure turned his life around. His face brightens as he finds justice and his expression conveys his chance at a new beginning. At the end of "Two Weeks," he is forgiven by his former love, by the law and most importantly, he forgives himself.