Episode one: Setting the scene for the main question of the series – Should you allow someone to kill other people if it gives you a cure for everything?
It reminded me immediately of the old Star Trek Voyager episode where a cure is needed for one of the crew or they will die. Someone comes along who has that cure, but it turns out that they have killed and probably tortured loads of people to find it. When it is found out what the cure cost, Captain Janeway decides that they will use the cure to save their crewman but then the cure and all the research will be destroyed because of how it was obtained. That ending really aggravated me and still does. Yes, punish the doctor but don’t destroy the cure!
Anyhow, with some in-trepidation I started watching Bloody Flower. The set up is done well, the serial killer, who only kills bad people, I like him already, intends to get off the charges by proving he has the cure
to seemingly everything. The prosecutor doesn’t care what he can do, I’ll call her Janeway, she just wants the death penalty. His defence council has a sick daughter so has extra reason to save the man.
The performances are top notch and the first episode does make you want to start watching.
However, if you are watching with the Kocowa app, the 14 days won’t get you the whole series as it is dropping weekly. There are currently 4 episodes, so you can watch them and then decide if you want to have a subscription, even if its just for a couple of months.
Ryeoun as Lee Woo-gyeom
Sung Dong-il as Park Han-joon
Keum Sae-rok as Cha Yi-yeon
The Story.
The story begins one day when a man is arrested by the police on charges of kidnapping two people with disabilities. During the investigation of the arrested suspect, it is revealed that he has murdered 223 innocent civilians in the name of not only kidnapping but also human body testing, and prosecutors arrest him. His name is Lee U Gyeom. A medical school dropout, he claims that he can cure all human diseases. He said that he has developed a technology that can completely cure not only simple diseases, but also various incurable diseases that current medical technology has not been able to solve, such as cancer. Unbelievable, the testimonies of patients who have already been treated by him are pouring in. He promises to unveil all this perfect medical technology for the benefit of mankind, however, on the premise that he will not be held responsible for the 223 human experiments he has conducted so far. He threatens to take his own life if he blames himself. When he dies, this medical technology that remains only in his head is lost. A lawyer who must save Lee U Gyeom for his daughter, who has a brain tumor. A prosecutor, Chae Yeon, who wants to put U Gyeom to death for legal punishment for the unjust deaths of 223 people. And the people who burn around them with their own stories, the artist asks questions. What do you think? Is Lee U Gyeom a rare killer, or is he the savior of mankind?