@mary makes a compelling case for watching Live. I'm 20 mins into ep 1, and those job-hunting woes made my heart hurt. Hahah - I need to go steady my nerves and pick it up again.

My Ahjusshi Ep 15. I can't bear to watch this Show end. Don't want it to go on any longer, but I also don't want it to end! What do I do? :/

Poetry. To me, the fun lay in the Beanie walls and comments and the recap threads. Once the Ye Liner sailed and the Beanie excitement cooled, so did my love. I may have skip-watched the last two eps.

Noona. Paused. Please tell me if mum has seen the error of her ways and it's safe to start watching again.

This week saw the end of so many dramas!

My Ajusshi - what can you say when a show takes your heart away and then gives it back to you still aching but BIGGER?
Absolute perfection.

Suits - Da-ham, why can't I be like her? (wardrobe and all!)

Switch - I thouroughly enjoyed this. At first I thought it was too slick, but it just kept picking up speed!
Jang Geun-seok and Han Ye-ri both did a great job.

My Husband Oh Jak-doo - Waiting for the last 2 episodes. I love this couple. I love the three ajummas and their dance moves (pfft!). Makes me want to just move to that mountain...

Marry Me Now? - My weekend watch. I'm enjoying the leasurely pace and getting to know all of these characters. Moon-sik is a bundle of insecurities hiding behind entitlement power plays and anger. Can't he just trust his mom (Mi-yeon)?
(oh that's right, this has to last for 50 episodes...)

Wok of Love - I love the zaniness of this show. Hoping that Poong will work through his anger and show us something more attractive...
Jang Hyuk has made me forget the other characters he's played. Dang. The guy's a geeenius or something. ^^

Lawless Lawyer - The first episode set up the story well. As more subbed episodes are available, I look forward to seeing how Bong Sang-Pil and Ha Jae-Yi will work together.
Lee Jun-ki is a charismatic magnet, so I'm kind of a mush ball here. <3

Amazing : North and South
Thank you for the suggestion, @wishfultoki and @natzillagorilla!

A Poem A Day - As I'm still behind on this, I can't read the recaps yet. Should I read them anyway? Maybe? Maybe not? Maybe?

... should we just adopt Dae-bang as a DB mascot or something? Or has alligator already become the mascot?
Or was it that bunny plushie with a pig snout??

I'm excited to start Live, but also scared. Dear My Friends nearly killed me.

And yes, Choi byun, Yeonwoo saves your ass every week, give him a fist bump already!

A Poem a Day: Finished it.

Greasy Melo: I think this is the case when the sum of the drama is far greater than its messy parts. It's weird and wacky, but I already love all the odd characters, which means I'm ready to be thoroughly charmed by it.

My Ajusshi: A beautiful drama with the most precious love story I've watched. It reminded me of what being a human should be like, and that we're the one who get to decide what's important for us and what will make us happy. This might be the most satisfying ending I've seen in the last couple of years.

My Husband Oh Jak-doo: I'm just relieved that Jak-doo and Seung-joo got to spend so much quality time together and grew even closer. And Eric might be my new favorite 2nd lead male with all his hilarious antics and also his shrewd business mind.

Should continue suits, live and start pretty noona... and maybe some of the new shows.

But I can't bring myself because I am still recovering post-Ahjussi, and I don't want any of the other shows to feel like they are underwhelming because they're not Ahjussi.

It's like a post INAR slump all over again but completely different.

Hello, everyone! I didn’t write a post for last week so I guess I have 2 weeks to cover!

My Ajusshi: Just... wow. This show is magic. It’s one of those pieces of art that truly makes me want to become a better person, and I think that’s absolutely invaluable in our society. This show was about kindness, and how showing someone that they matter can dramatically change their life for the better. Ji-an and Dong-hoon will live in my heart forever. Ji-an sits prettily atop my favorite characters list. I am picky about my male leads and only considered 4 to be absolute favorites, but Dong-hoon easily nudged his way in there, making my top male leads a nice, round 5. Thank you for giving me these characters, show, and for showing us all that being a good person is more than worth it.

You Who Forgot Poetry: After a couple of frankly boring weeks (and one angering episode 14), I really enjoyed the last two episodes of this show. It was the Beanie experience that made the journey truly worth it, but I also loved Lee Yoo-bi and her portrayal of our darling Bo-young. A nice show that I will miss watching week-to-week.

Greasy Melo: I think I’m dropping this, actually. I’ll wait out and see if the reviews get better, but I’m sadly not feeling this one, even though I usually love wacky shows.

I started and finished 1% of Anything, which was a nice, easy watch with a winning female lead, although I was bored at times.

I’m currently watching Flower Boy Next Door and I’m really enjoying it! Its characters are delightfully quirky and I love Dok-mi. I may not have crippling social anxiety, but I can relate to her to an extent. I’m on episode 9 and I’m looking forward to watching more. It’s just a fun show, and easy to watch.

With both of my currently-airing shows ending, my schedule is completely empty! That makes me so sad. I’m looking forward to several of the upcoming dramas, though, including About Time, Why Secretary Kim, and Are You Human, Too?. This year has been a real winner so far, especially in terms of melos, but I’m hoping the upcoming rom-coms have a lot to offer as well!

I’m also planning on eventually checking out Come Here and Hug Me, especially if Beanie reviews continue to be positive!

Thanks to @hades’s post, this week I am really enjoying the C-drama Moonlight and Valentine. The literal and mouthful translation of its original title is The Love Knot: His Excellency’s First Love which Viki goes by sounds a little ridiculous, but is probably truer to the feel of the show but in a good way. I do find the Twilight-like mythological premise intriguing: the hero who leads the Fox Clan originally from an alien planet suffers from dayblindness, moonbathes, with flowers as his main diet, and has supernatural powers.

Throughout centuries he finds the reincarnations of the heroine so they would fall in love all over again (talking about a spin on serial monogamy!) In the current life, the heroine who already has a boyfriend does not fall for the hero at the first sight like she does in previous lives. It is quite hilarious to see the stoic hero trying to learn the modern day dating etiquette and experience petty jealousy for the first time in a thousand years. The dialogues can be sharp, the pace breezy, and there is so much pretty in the show especially with the fox clansmen.

It could all implode of course before its 25-episode run, but the sweetness is satisfying to my early summer taste buds just right! Once I get enough fluff, maybe I will finally be able to absorb more drama nutrition from My Ajusshi, Mother, and Six Flying Dragons.

My Ajusshi - I can't even put into words my feelings about this drama; It is truly one of the best dramas I've ever seen with one of the most satisfying endings. Kudos to the cast and crew. Lee Sun Kyun, I love you. IU, you have a new fan.

A Poem a Day - A flawed but satisfying, easy to watch drama. I'll remember it for the poetry and Lee Yu-bi's loveable Woo Bo-Young.

Greasy Melo - Wacky. Messy. Lovestruck Jang Hyuk is adorable.

Come and Hug Me - I was afraid I would be in a slump with APAD and My Ajusshi ending, but I started this on a whim, and I'm hooked. The young actors are engaging, and I can't wait to see more of their adult counterparts. Jang Ki-yong is looking fine.

Secret Mother - Off to a good start. Song Yoon-ah and Kim So-yeon are great and the story seems like it will have lots of twists and turns.

Live - Finally arrived on US Netflix; I was intrigued by Episode 1 and will definitely keep watching.

Have been live-watching and enjoying SUITS and WOK OF LOVE.

Just watched the first 12 episodes of SHALL WE LIVE TOGETHER / MARRY ME NOW with fave Lee Sang-woo and his sister-in-law from LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

Rewatching GRAND PRINCE.

LAWLESS LAWYER on hold after watching the first episode raw. After the frustration of waiting for LIVE's subtitles, I think I'll hold off until this one has finished airing as the Viki subs are taking a while. I was looking forward to fangirling over Lee Joon-gi, but it's better if I spare myself the stress.

MS. HAMMURABI premieres on 5/21. I'll tune in for Ryu Deok-hwan's return from military service. Manseh, King Gongmin!

A poem a day- I'm happy with the ending and with this show overall. I'm probably one of the very few people who liked JW just like he was and he's definitely going in my top 5 ML for the simple reason that he was a gentleman through and through. Also LYB was amazing in this.
Switch- A satisfying finale to a satisfying show. Wasn't amazing but it was good enough. It was my first time seeing JGS and he did a good job portraying the stylish conman and the straitlaced prosecutor.
Investigation couple- I have a few issues with the FL and also handling of some scenes, but overall I'm on board, atleast for now.
secret mother- I liked it! the mystery is very well done and the two FL are amazing. The ML's don't really have much to do in this, I think. Looking forward to this week's episodes.
Finally planning to catch up on lawless lawyer if subs are available and watched 30 mins of come and hug me- I'm planning to stick with this one.
Still not sure about greasy melo- maybe I'll pick it up later.
Looking forward to hoon nam and jung eum

Hi Beanies! I watched the finales of the three main dramas I was watching this week and I kept getting excited more and more by them. I talked about them on my wall, but these are my final thoughts on them:
*A Poem A Day: I liked it! Bo-young was such an endearing character. It's hard to choose a well paying job over your passion, but she was so good at what she did that I'm glad she got a full time position in the hospital and someone who could understand her love for poetry by her side!
*Prison Playbook: I really liked and enjoyed this drama! I love watching friendships unfold and it's super awesome to see friendships reconnect as well. In my wall post I forgot to mention Jailbird, so shout out to him, lol!
*My Ajusshi: Loved it! The story was built every episode and you wanted more. I was so satisfied with the ending. I cried more in this drama than any other, but for me it was cathartic. It was just so good! I'm the type of person that watches dramas to distract myself and relax at the end of the day. I prefer dramas that are romantic and funny and lighthearted. The farther they are away from real life the better. I don't need to watch something that pulls at the heartstrings or that is bittersweet. Well, at least I thought I didn't. My two favorite dramas from this year have healing dramas and My Ajusshi is one of them. I went into this drama blind, only knowing that IU and the male lead had a big age difference, but Beanies raving about it in the fan wall made me curious (Beanies always see good dramas!). The first couple of episodes I watched with interest and then suddenly I wanted more. In real life, I'm pretty lonely. I have my family that loves me and a couple of friends, but I hardly talk to anyone the way I want to talk to them. They are too busy or maybe I'm just no good at opening up. My struggles are not as big as Ji-an’s, but when Ajusshi started being nice to her and caring for her, I got invested in the drama. I wanted her to feel loved and have someone she could trust because I want to feel loved and have someone I can trust too. I cried many times for myself while watching this drama. Not because my life is horrible, but because I'm blessed in many, many ways. I'm shy and introverted and it's hard for me to trust others and open up, but I like myself. I too will live happily and stay strong. Too all you Beanies out there who also feel lonely, you aren't ever alone. Fighting!
*My Husband, Mr Oh: The will they/ they won't do the documentary part is over so now we get cute for two whole episodes and a wedding, right?!

Happy weekend, beanies! This week, two of my k-dramas ended:

My Ahjussi: If I am allowed to describe it in only 1 word, it would be "masterpiece" 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

A Poem A Day: Writer-nim, you don't have to put down one character to elevate the other. If your character is good and great, it would shine through. Shame on you to treat your characters, actors and us viewers so shabbily.

In the meantime, I'm still watching Wok of Love. The premise is wacky (to say the least) so I kinda enjoying it and Jang Hyuk wearing suspenders is a treat to the eyes.

I also started on Come and Hug Me. Love the title and I'm intrigued with the storyline. Nam Da Reum's acting is just so nuanced that I see great things in his future! And how creepy is the antagonist? I'm all in unless the drama goes off-rail.

Currently on hold: Suits - not sure why......

So a few beanies were discussing their favorite male leads in British period dramas, and my interest piqued, I decided to watch North & South to see what the fuss was all about. Four hours later, I'm in love with Mr Thornton. Sigh.....as if my life is not hard enough choosing the many Oppas populating the kdrama universe, now I have to add British period drama swoon-worthy heroes into the mix. #firstworldprobems

You Who Forgot Poetry The finale was sweet and I'm happy with the ending. Still, I found myself yearning for more. I wanted more Dr Ye and Bo Young, I wanted to see what had become of Nam Woo, I wanted to know if Dae Bang would adopt another baby and I wanted to see everyone's shock faces when they know Dr Ye and BY are dating.

My Ajusshi Left with 15 minutes of this show, going to watch after I finish this post. It's almost as perfect as a show can ever be from start to finish. When APAD was floundering and Oh Jak Doo lost his mountain chic, this gem continued to shine week after week.

I hardly had time to watch any dramas besides these two, much less post on DB. Moreover with My Ajusshi and APAD completed, I look like I am going into a drama slump. None of the new dramas interest me except maybe for Come Here and Hug Me. I admit I am drawn because I've been quite taken by Jang Ki Yong's performance in My Ajusshi.

My Mister: One thing that hasn't been getting much attention is how civilized the owner was compared to so many kdrama bosses.

Live: Finally finished, at bit late. I had a bit of a belieVability issues with the last two episodes. Does the Korean news media really ignore some of what they should know and stampede off in different directions like they did in the last two episodes? And then reverse course when a little more evidence comes out and they suddenly remember the other stuff they should have been mentioning all along?

Switch: Not great. My look-alike thought it was really fun.

Greasy Melo: Started late because rarely has a title been such a turn-off for me. Don't like grease or melo. And food porn isn't really my thing. If enough new shows are good enough I won't find time to continue with this one.

Investigative Couple: Silly, but fun to watch. At least the lab guy is not as annoying the one from Mystery Queen 2.

Come and Hug Me: Only a half hour in, but good so far.

Drama watching status: Panda eyes after a marathon. No current ongoing dramas. In order of completion: 🐼

Nirvana in Fire 2: Not as good as the first, but I still cried my eyes out in episodes 26-30.

A Poem A Day: Thank you show for making me read AND write poetry again, even if Bo Young didn't get to do it. Thanks for all the fun beanies, no crocodile tears were shed.

North & South: After shamelessly promoting Mr. Thornton on the fanwall and inducing a wave of frantic hand-fanning, I decided to rewatch it myself. I had forgotten how gritty the drama was, which made me love the character journey and the ending even more.

Go Back Couple: Binge-watched this and LOVED IT. I missed it last year due to the hype that was BTLIOF. Thank you @raonah @jenmole @mindy for your unfailing support in getting me to watch this. I tried to watch the first episode at least 3 times but found it slow and depressing. Once I skipped the first thirty minutes, it was easy to watch. Characters I will remember for a long while. 💓💓💓

All of these dramas ended either this week or last week. Can't believe I managed to survive live-watching these and a few others

Live Simply an awesome show. The cases were dealt with care despite the sensitive topics. I'm just happy we didn't focus much on the romance. And Kwang Soo will always be that Asian giraffe prince from Running Man but it was interesting seeing him here.

APAD The Parties on the Fan Wall and poetry shared made the experience worthwhile. Lee Joon Hyuk, looking forward to your next project.

Switch Just finished it today. It was alright. A show I can watch while scrolling through the fan wall.

My Ahjusshi A.M.A.Z.I.N.G

My Ahjussi ended this week and I don’t know what to do with this melancholy and sadness that’s been inside me since the last episode. MA consumed my soul like rarely any drama (I usually move to next drama right away without a second glance).

No words can describe how perfect this drama was to me. I wonder when any drama will be able to make me feel this way again...