Air Dates: : July 17 - September 5, 2019

Episodes: 16

Where to Watch: Tubi

Genre: Legal Thriller

Starring: Yoon Kyun Sang and Keum Sae Rok

Class of Lies is a mystery drama.  The plot involves a high school girl who is stabbed in her own apartment and her childhood friend is arrested for the crime.  I'm not going to lie.  I didn't read anything about this drama before starting it, and after the beginning I thought it was a drama about a high school that was haunted by ghost.  I guess in some ways that isn't entirely untrue, but not in the Hotel del Luna kind of way. 

The school board from the high school the students attend hire a big law firm to make sure the boy confesses and is sentenced quickly so the school will be out of the news and people will forget the bad publicity.  A young lawyer at the firm is assigned the case, and originally intends to do exactly what he is told, but as he spends time with the suspect and starts to learn the facts of the case, he becomes determined to find out the truth.  He ends up faking teaching credentials and posing as a temporary homeroom teacher, teaching law classes at the school.  With the help of his teaching partner, the two begin to unravel the web of deceit that connects the students, teachers, and school board administers. 

I didn't love this one.  There wasn't anything to hate about it, it just didn't hold my interest very well.  If you like the suspense drama style, you may enjoy it.  There was definitely enough evil spread among the characters to keep you guessing who the actual suspect was.  I guess I like to have some likeable characters to counteract all that evil, and they were lacking in this case.  There is not even a hint of romance to be found, so if that is your thing than this is not for you.  I also found it hard to relate to the arrogant students who have been raised in the lap of luxury and have no regard for others.  They deserve some credit for taking on difficult themes, but I wish there had been more opportunities for some redemption. The beginning starts strong and there seems to be a lot of promise, but the story begins to drag toward the second half, and then the ending feels suddenly rushed.  I gave this one a 1 out of 5 ramen.

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