１９３２年イギリス。ゴスフォード・パークと呼ばれるカントリー・ハウスでパーティが催され続々と貴族が集まって来た。傲慢なかれらのお楽しみはキジ撃ちと豪華な食事と他人のゴシップ。中には破産の崖っぷちにたつ人間もいて、裏では欲望がどろどろと絡み合う。一方屋敷の「階下」では数え切れないほどの使用人が「階上」の貴族たちの様子を伺っている。そんな中で、突然起きた密室殺人。容疑者は屋敷にいる全員。果たして犯人は？その目的は？
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脚本: Julian Fellowes / ボブ・バラバン / ロバート・アルトマン
音楽: Patrick Doyle
制作会社: Sandcastle 5 / Chicagofilms / Medusa Film
It was a really hard sell when a core part of the plot was the male lead treating the female lead like a piece of shit, combined with the "oh no he doesn't know how to express his feelings", these tropes are better left in fanfiction. The case was even worse due to the absolute lack of any chemistry between any of the four leads, this was the definition of negative rizz. It got even worse, all of the three leading cast Ju Ji Hoon & Song Ji Hyo & Kim Jeong Hoon brought an utterly abysmal joke of a performance, admittedly, this was their first main role and was totally incomparable with their current performance, all of them went to do much better and bigger things, it's better to forget they worked on this drama. On the other hand, Yoon Eun Hye was pulling the entire thing together, solo carrying whatever left to be salvaged. Her dynamic with her friends and family was quite good, but not with any of the leads. The puppets at the end of each episode were a nice touch, it would have been nicer if they incorporated that in the drama itself. The earlier parts of the drama were generally better, the events in the palace were a bit boring. To build up for the climax, the last 4 episodes created the last point of tension however it was seriously atrocious writing, one of the worst conflicts I've seen a writer come up with. It was just pure bad writing from that point until the last frame of the drama. If they slapped in some random terminal illness nuances it would've been a better serviceable finale. If anything, I'm only remembering this drama for its awful last few episodes. At least it was much better than Boys Over Flowers (2009).
