3.5/5 stars Lead cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-soo Acclaimed Korean actresses Jeon Do-yeon (Crash Course in Romance) and Kim Go-eun (You and Everything Else) face off in the dynamic small-screen thriller The Price of Confession, a murder mystery balancing prestige and pulp with a wealth of twists. Bold performances and punchy scripting by Kwon Jong-kwan - better known as the director of Sad Movie and Proof of Innocence - make the show a binge-worthy experience, though patience is required to navigate the slower, predictable first half before reaching the dizzying, eyebrow-raising second act. Jeon is An Yun-su, a free-spirited art teacher married to a painter and mother to a young daughter. Her happy life shatters one evening when she discovers her husband stabbed in his studio. He dies in her arms, leaving her grief-stricken. Following her husband's funeral, a dark chapter begins as she becomes the prime suspect in his murder. With damning evidence mounting against her, she is sent to prison, where she awaits trial. There, she meets inmate Mo-eun (Kim), also awaiting trial for p