Apparently, I'm in the mood of watching something fun and a bit 'nerdy', so I slowly went through the earlier eps of Problematic Men this week.

Woohoo Waikiki: Still hilarious and still fun to watch. Watching Dong-gu flailing around after each of Yoon-ah's aegyo attack is just so satisfying. How the table has turned now. I just kinda miss Seol and her expressive reaction this week. But I guess the baby has to rest well.

Hwayugi ends this weekend TT_TT. But besides that only watching Radio Romance, which really needs to have a bit of a push in storyline soon, because these circles are making me dizzy.

I can not wait for all the new dramas coming soon one after another with a whole bunch of baes!!

Radio Romance: My only weekly show at the moment although I'm hoping to join the M-train soon. (That's Misty, Mother and Mystery Queen). I agree with both @girlfriday and @javabeans. Every now and then this show is very very good but most of the time it's just there in a kind of comforting, mid-week way.

My Dear Boy - This great Taiwanese drama is on hold because it's taking so long to sub. I'll check back in a few weeks to see if they caught up. It's a shame because this show is possibly the best Taiwanese drama I've ever seen.

The First Half of my Life - A Chinese drama I promised a friend I'd watch. This is too slow for me and I couldn't face the thought of 40 episodes. Dropped after ep 6.

My binge watch this weekend was going to be what a certain Beanie wittingly called "Because This Lobotomy is My First" but instead I decided to binge Mystery Queen so I can start watching season 2 week-to-week.

Very enjoyable show with a pretty-good lead, although I'm finding some of the Korean-specific cultural aspects of the show a bit difficult to empathise with. I have heard some mutterings about the ending but since there's a season 2 that won't matter so much.

I'm only up to episode 9, but I admit I am shipping her madly with Officer Hong. And I know that's very very wrong but it's going to take a bit of work to get me to disembark Ship Second Male Lead (Third Male Lead??). He's just such a little cupcake of a person. I love him. I want to eat him with a glass of wholesome milk.

Outside the world of drama, I saw two fantastic films. And while we don't usually discuss Hollywood cinema, I have to recommend The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. These are extraordinary films.

As my work life cranks up its intensity, my drama life takes an unexpected detour. Despite growing up in Taiwan, I could never get into Taiwanese dramas until very recently…maybe something about the drama environ feeling too familiar to act as the setting for my escapist fantasy?

I am slowly making my way through the fluffy Lion Pride and am irrationally drawn to My Dear Boy. Both dramas are great when my brain needs to be zombified. But it is through a recent Beanie recommendation that I found Love Storm which really resonates with me on an emotional level. The tightly plotted show has a refreshing take on love with various sexual dynamics and I adore the two younger sibling’s stories to pieces. It is a well-written family drama with just an 8-episode commitment. It is available on Netflix too!

Mystery Queen 2: I am so happy that ahjumma is not only back, she is back with all those gorgeously quirky wardrobes. Show, please don’t make her a uniform cop. It would be a crime to underutilize this stylist!
And also seriously, how can I look at Profiler Woo and not want CEO Ma back?

The drama drought is still as dry as ever. The only airing drama that I'm watching is Radio Romance. The storyline is sweet and the acting is great, however, that's about it. I'm still ever so slightly disturbed about the age gap between our pairing in the drama. I mean they're great actors and all but I still find myself cringing at every kiss and whatnot. Age gap or not, I still find myself drawn to Radio Romance. Blame it on the drought, I guess.

I start watching Mother and Wohoo Waikiki this weekend.
Mother: OK, now I understand why many beanies worry about the child actor well-being. I'm at episode 3 now and each episode become more painful to watch. I'm considering to drop it.
Wohoo Waikiki: in episode 3 they changed the baby didn't they? baby sol didn't look like baby sol.

I was in the mood for saguek so I picked up Seven Day Queen this week. I'm not sorry to have missed live watching it. I'm so glad I don't have to wait a week before the next episode because I couldn't possibly handle it.

It's just the kind of saguek I enjoy. The tension is high, the actors have amazing chemistry, and the constant threat of court politics tearing our leads apart is so deliciously heart-wrenching to watch. I'm sure this will only make them want to be together even more! I miss the child actors from the first four episodes but the adult actors are just as convincing in their love for each other and their equal stubborness to save one another every single time.

Also watching Waikiki and Radio Romance. Waikiki is so ridiculous to watch yet why is it so funny? I'm loving the comedy but I love how everything is dramatic for these characters. Dong Gu being reduced to a cute puddle of goo after seeing Yoon ah's aegyo is probably the best thing ever. Followed by Seo jin's attempt at fashion. Dressing as a homeless person must be the new trend! Lol.

Radio Romance = love for Su ho. That adorable fist pump when Geu-rim agreed to date him was sooooo cute!! Just keep being cute Su ho~sshi! I can watch it all day!
Everything else is kinda bland in this show. None of the characters stand out (other than to whine and complain *cough* Tae ri *cough*). Not that I care about many of the characters other than Su ho and Geu-rim.

Also- excited for the new crop of dramas to premier! Fingers crossed that they're all good! *or is that asking too much?*

Mother: This week, especially episode 11, was very hard to watch, but I was very pleased with how the writer ended up telling Seol-ak’s backstory. He’s a psycho, but his character clicked into place and finally made sense to me this week and I’m grateful for that. Seeing the BTS clip with Seol-ak’s actor and Heo Yool after episode 12 was ADORABLE. It’s sad that the actor is apparently getting death threats on IG, but I suppose that’s a testament to how good he is.

Woohoo Waikiki: Still tons of fun, and I really appreciated the arc with Mal-geum this week. Yes, her Krav Maga move when Doo-shik grabbed her wrist was AWESOME (poor Doo-shik!), but that aside I just really liked that her character was treated with sensitivity. They didn’t use the fact that the show is a comedy to make her or her situation the butt of a joke and I appreciated that.

I picked up It’s Okay, That’s Love again—I watched the first few episodes last year and enjoyed it but just got too busy and forgot about it. Does that show have an awesome OST or what?

It’s my spring break and I keep telling myself I’ll watch ALL the dramas but I probably won’t. Considering starting Mystery Queen to join in on the season 2 fun! Also eyeing some other dramas to maybe binge watch. Ho-gu’s Love? Evasive Inquiry Agency? I haven’t decided quite yet. There’s a lot to choose from my 50-drama-long to-watch list.

Should We Kiss First? Anybody? Crickets? So good so far and sweet and romantic. Totally seems like it would be a sad sack show and just melts my heart (and makes me laugh every time). It also manages to be very “You’ve got mail”-ish but also very dark st the same time. It’s a weird balance but I dig it.

Also watching Misty, Mother, Waikiki, Radio Romance, Mystery Queen 2 and, because of mystery queen 2, Chief Kim.

Only watching Waikiki rn coz I dropped Hwayugi. Donggu's love arc is realy cute and funny but I'm most invested in Junki. Like what will this guy do next? Hahahha. I hope his ending would be satisfactory and that he'll get to star in his own drama or movie. The guy deserves it!

I started rewatching Bokjoo yesterday and omg it's still as heart fluttering as the first time! There's something wafm and genuine about that show that makes me love it so much.

I am behind in everything except Prison PlayBook, which I have startet maybe Monday this week?😮 And I am loving every minute of it. How come a drama set in a prison can make me so happy? I hate prisons! But you know better because many of you already watched it. Awesome! It is really really good, long and all but really good, so I am happy.
Let's see if I can catch up with waikiki and mother tomorrow Sunday. Today Saturday I have to work, and then I have my religious gathering (or meeting). I need my faith so that I can survive in the real life.
Happy weekend for all of you, beanies! ☺☺☺

Been so busy this week that I only watch Misty this week. It's one drama that I must find time to watch it regardless. It's so good that I'm craving for more of Go Hye Ran!

Other than Misty, I'm still trying to catch up with Hwayugi, haven't watched ep 17-18 yet and Eulachacha Waikiki, haven't watched ep 5-8.

Is anyone else watching Should We Kiss First? It's insanely hilarious yet serious and I don't know what to make of it but I just can't stop watching haaaaaaaaaalp meh.

Long time kdrama watcher and on/off lurker of dramabeans here who's finally decided to post because she's tired of talking to no one about her drama obsessions! Honestly though, I go through phases of watching and not-watching, and I'm eternally grateful for the recaps and discussions I've seen on this site when I'm in one of these watching phases. I currently have started a new watching phase because of Misty...

Misty: I almost never livewatch a series, and I am sad that I started this because waiting weekly for new episodes is killing me! Kim Nam Joo is such a BAMF in this (awesome wardrobe and all), and I can't not be rooting for her despite some of her questionable tactics and obvious flaws. I am rooting for a satisfying ending for our antiheroine...give her the career she deserves and the husband to go along with it!

Dear My Friends: I binged this this week, and it might now be my favorite kdrama of all time (or at least it's up there). Thank you to whoever submitted this in a "Name That Drama" post from earlier this year, and thank you @odilettante for linking that MV as an answer.

I have so much to say about this brilliant little slice-of-life drama that maybe I'll try to write a post for it for the "Theme of the Month: Best Friends Forever" (or at least I hope someone else does it). All I can say is FRIENDSHIP GOALS! TT.TT

Beyond the beautiful and realistic depiction of friendship and aging, I was also moved by the often fraught mother/daughter relationship and the "not even the main storyline" OTP. Seriously?!?!...Go Hyun Jung and Jo In Sung just oozed natural chemistry, and I don't think I've ever rooted for a couple to make it more than Wan and Yeon Ha, and they probably had 5 minutes an episode together. Their love felt lived-in; I cared about them and believed their history together despite minimal screentime and knowing actually little about them. Writers, actors, that's how you do an OTP justice!

Without a doubt, Misty and Mother are so good, but my mood is up for something fun + awkward + romance for now, so have to put them on hold for a while. Will definitely pick them again. Promise 😅

What I'm watching - Shall We Kiss First (at epi 5) and Waikiki. (I can't be the only one who keep replaying scenes from Waikiki 😆 )

Will also watch new batch of drama which start this weekend and next week.

Good Witch - Lee Da-hae is back ❤ I hope this is a real romcom because that's what Lee Da-hae is best at.

My Husband - Kim Kang-woo looks weird and different this time, the main reason to watch. Sadly Uee still looks dangerously skinny during press conference, I don't know if she will be able to eat properly since the filing schedule is tight. This is genuinely a concern, because normally I am not a type to pick on someone's physical.

Children of A Lesser God - Need a good thriller with great female characters from OCN, besides there is Kim Ok-bin too ❤ Hopefully it is good.

That Man Oh-soo - Lee Jong-hyun & Kim So-eun are cute + awkward together in real life so it might transform well into their characters.

I've been looking forward to Mystery Queen 2.... ep 1 was ok but 2 just seemed off. The cackling masked maniac was overdone, and -- speaking as someone who can accept a Robot and a Strong Woman -- I just can't believe the exam results.
Otherwise:
Mother +++++
Hwayugi +
Radio Romance - well, I haven't dropped it.

Go Hye-Ran needs to put Kang Tae-Wook out of his misery! Just tell him you love him already!

I'm starting watching cross, beside the scandal over Jo Ja Hyun, I still watch this show. I watch Radio Romance just for YDJ. this drama is the last before his enlistment right? I still don't hear that he will take the lead of Let's eat. Hwayugi is end tomorrow, hmm....

Watching up to episode 10 of mother, seriously the serial killer boyfriend is scaring me but every time I'm watching this I'm praying that Soo-jin and Hye-na won't be caught.

Also I hate Soo-jin's older sister, she is so insecure of Soo-jin, she is trying everything to make her look bad.

Smart Prison Living is still on my list once I get hold of the last episode that I watch, same goes for Misty, Hwayugi and Radio Romance.

Check out some Mystery Queen because I've been missing Lee Won-Geun's smile and damn if he isn't the cutest substation chief.
Love the bickering of the the duo, ajhumma and detective though it takes getting used to the way they handle the police/investigative thing, like they got all the time in the world. Also isn't Seol-ok's friend just the bestest friend ever? Hoping I'll see her again the season 2.

Check some c-dramas?/t-dramas? for a change, watch bromance as I saw it was recommended on the thread and I have fallen in love with Megan Lai's character and appearance. I really do have a thing for tall girls with androgynous features!!! the otp is cute but the amount of cheesy lines is just ugh but the same time its so fucking hilarious, makes me remember one of the c-dramas I've watched before, devil beside me. I have a love-hate relationship with that show. XD

I am taking a breather from watching Misty ep 9 right now to type this post before I lose all my fingers. Yet with all the tension, one thought keeps circling in my mind - "Hye Ran is a robot" More than 40 hours in detention, not a strand of hair out of place, her make up fully intact and her wit not an iota blunted.

Other dramas -
Mother Things are even more interesting now that baddie is gone. Can law be upheld and yet protect?

Shall We Kiss First Wasn't expecting to like this but honestly I just can't help watching Kim Sun Ah. The leads are just great together.

Waikiki My happy pill! Recently, beanies expressed concern over overworking cutie baby Sol. Coincidentally, she didn't appear in last week's episodes except for mere couple of seconds. The script had to work around Sol's disappearance. Baby is the boss on the set. She will decide when she wants to work. So don' worry 😜

Fated to Love You (TW drama): Completed. I liked it more than the Korean version ! I liked characters quirkiness, especially the female lead's grotesque but loving family. It was nice to have a bit of information about characters lives during the ending credits. It felt like they kept leading their life after the drama ended.

I'm Sorry, I Love You: Completed. I never particularly liked So Ji Sub but now I understand why people love his sad eyes and intense gaze. They can pierce your heart anytime (something I didn't feel in What Happened in Bali). I didn't know Jung Kyung Ho was in it. What a baby he was haha ! Some parts didn't make sense for me and seeing Australia being depicted like if it was a country that dangerous made me laugh.

King is Not Easy: Completed. I was not into this drama at the beginning mainly because of both leads' personalities. They grew on me like they did on each other and their life in the present deserves to have a season 2. However I didn't like the last few episodes which went crazy and had a totally different tone. It was so unexpected that it took me a lot of effort to finish it.

Beyond Light Years: ep 2. It's produced by the same company which did Love O2O if I'm not wrong. So far the plots are similar but the male lead is not a perfect human being. So I'm immediately more interested.

Flower Ever After: I think the 7 year old couple will break up because they have different views on their careers. Since the girl got accepted for the internship in the US, they might not be able to keep a long distance relationship.

Hwayugi: ep 18. I loved Ma Wang and Secretary Ma scenes, even if they did it for nothing ha. OG finally took off GGG and it still bothers than he didn't tell JSM. I truly think they could come up with a solution if they communicated.

Iron Ladies: ep 6. Ok I kind of understand why she wanted things to work out since they have a long-term relationship but they're both workaholics. If cheating didn't break their relationship, that may be the definite cause. I didn't expect her married friend to acknowledge her husband's mistress. That's really depressing going to that extent because she can't get pregnant.

Misty: ep 8. Cliff-hangeeer. Chief Jang being connected to the evil CEOs deceives me. Also, last week episodes made me like Han Ji Min. That's one less obstacle, so yeah ! They had to spoil the farewell party to arrest her ! Now she must prove her innocence and I hope Tae Wook will help her. Even after all that happened, he still loves her and will trust her again. It will be hard but I trust his love for her. Eun Joo is getting her revenge and believes stealing TW from HR. It seems more like jealousy than "just" betrayal feelings. At least we know how Jail Guy and HR are connected.

Mother: ep 12. It feels like the creepy boyfriend was a way to lessen the responsibilities of both Hye Ra and Yoon...

I've been trying to watch Hwayugi because my friends have been telling me to check it out, but after 6 episodes I still can't really get into it. I keep dozing off mid-episode and I wake up not remembering what happened because it seems like nothing concrete really happens. I guess it's just not my cup of tea. I'll maybe go back to it if I ever feel like it.

I decided to check out Misty instead as I've seen many rave reviews here. Boy am I glad I did because I'm hooked! Now THIS is a good drama! Hye Ran is a badass on so many levels and I can't even hate her despite everything she does. I just wish she'll put her poor husband out of his misery and love him back the same way. I'm still on ep.5 but I know I'll run out of episodes to watch very soon. Noooo, the waiting game's going to kill me!

Also plan to continue watching Mother. Another very good drama, but I had to put it on pause so I'll have enough episodes to binge watch. Sounds like Should We Kiss First and Children of a Lesser God are also up my alley. I'll have to watch these next.

@teriyaki I am all for the live showdown between Su-ho and his mother!

I'm watching the first season of Mystery Queen and am really enjoying it. Our crime-fighting duo are really great and I'm so interested in her family life.

Then I'm still watching Mother and am gripped by the story. It looks gorgeous and I so want a happy and safe ending for the little girl but I can only watch it by 30 mins at a time, so I'm making it into my own 4 episodes a week.

But it's Should We Kiss First that I'm looking forward to watching most. It's about two damaged people who find eachother, sure, but it's seeing them throw caution to the wind (up to a point) and do the things they haven't done before (like get matching tattoos) that just made me fall for this show.

I love that there are melo moments that get totally undercut by a comic beat the next instant. He will say some very deep & meaningful stuff over breakfast and then you hear her think 'what is he saying? is that a green light?' It's as if the show is having a little laugh at itself at moments like that and I'm loving it.

**Dramas
*Waikiki ep7-8 : Dong Gu trying to resist to Yoon Ah aegyo, Jun Ki eating bones, Seo Jin and her Muharmusi fashion , as usual stupid things I need it, I love it 🤗🤩😎 😍🤣💃, and more screentime for Sol please~
*Mother ep11-12 : I was so scared for Yoon Bok, it’s a relief they managed to escape, I can’t help thinking why don’t they stop all of this and go to the police, easier said than done but next week preview it seems the chase will come to an end
*Age of youth S2 E5-14 : just nearly 5 minutes in an entire season to see Yoon Sunbae with Chef-nim 😒, overall review this season was meh compared to the first one, I had some good laughs but that’s it
*Because this is our first life E1-16 : I think I would have loved it much more if I had watched it while airing, good drama but like many other ones I laughed a lot in the first half and then lost interest in the 2nd half , 7/10
**K-shows
*Hyori Homestay S2E4 : Goblin Sang Soon 😎 , I just love this show 🤗, aju manhi 😘
*1n2d E204: Dong Gu 🤗🤩😎😍 the only one who can save the F4…aka Fail 4 🤣

Waiting to check out the first episode of Mystery Queen and Grand Prince !

Currently watching :
Mother - loving it ! 💕
Waikiki - still on ep 3, I'm focusing myself to catch up to Mother's latest episode, and also can't stop marathoning Missing Noir M (which is so good !) on my way back home from work

I have never watched a weekend family drama before, but because of Missing Noir, I'm considering myself to check Kim Kang Woo's upcoming drama My Husband Oh Jak Doo 😁 is there anyone planning to watch that drama too?

Currently watching:
HWAYUGI
RADIO ROMANCE
SHOULD WE KISS FIRST
DISCOVERY OF LOVE (rewatch)

Finished – dramas:
GOD'S QUIZ season 1
BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME

Films:
SPELLBOUND
WARRIORS OF THE DAWN / DAERIB FORCES
THE THRONE
THE BROS / BROTHER
OUR SOULS AT NIGHT (referenced in SHOULD WE KISS FIRST?)
SUNNY (2008)

Eagerly awaiting:
GRAND PRINCE (for Yoon Si-yoon, starts 3/04)
LIVE (for Shin Dong-wook, starts 3/10)

woww Mystery Queen is being loved by DB team too... its so entertaining that while watching that one hour passes by in a blink... and yes that wait for next week is hard very hard.
I am also watching Cdrama Across The Ocean To See You and loving it very much. its just the role reversal of typical kdrama where female lead does all the task for male lead. its funny and reak at the very same time.

Eurachacha Waikiki: I'm not sure why I watch this. Well, maybe it's Jun-ki, but I don't have a lot of affection for the rest of the cast yet.

Mystery Queen 2: Hm, I'm not enchanted with this yet. It took me a while to really get into the first season too, so I'm not too worried. Episode 1 was great, but Episode 2 left me confused in the wrong way. As in, I wasn't sure how much of this case had been unraveled, and I don't get why Wan-seung decided to move, or when it had been established that Kyung-mi took part in the police exam too. I think Mystery Queen wants its viewers to complete a puzzle, but always gives them too many pieces.

Hwayugi: I'm a little bit sick of everyone now, I just want to the end. I hate that no-one is capable of thinking except Oh-gong, that no one communicates with him or each other when spooky stiff happens. Asanyeo is still around to remind me that Buja probably won't be coming back. Also, this show keeps trying to play the sympathy card with her, and I won't have it.

Princess Jellyfish: Watching these guys jump into the business world so quickly makes me worried - we've established multiple times after all that Mayaya and Banba aren't bothered at all about being there, so the team is more fragile than it lets on. I'm still not quite sure what Tsukimi feels for Kuranosuke, but hey, it's fun to guess.

Unnatural: I LOVE THIS SHOW. I don't want this show to ever end! Episode 6 lacked the originality and gravitas that a lot of the other cases had, and then Episode 7 came in and blew me away. I'm still so moved by the horrifying portrayal of bullying and planned suicide. Ishihara Satomi never fails me.

Anone: I'm an episode back, which is a little difficult to get through since it lacks the emotional weight of the last few, but the characters are worth it.

To be honest, I've gotten back into anime lately, which is nice since the episode lengths are far more digestible. Plus Kyoto Ani makes things that are soooooo pretty to look at.