Sketch: Getting better. They actually went one whole ep without any long, overdramatic fights -- at least until the preview of the next ep. Plot seems better than average.

Lawless Lawyer: The way one or two good guys can beat up lots of baddies is unrealistic even by my standards. The big hero has just got to be a big hero - with a macho muscle car. For variety they toss in death secrets instead of birth secrets, and instead of a cliff-hanger they put in a building-hanger. But there are other shows I'd drop first...

Investigation Couple: This week seemed contrived and overdramatic, and they stretch the cases out too long. If you are behind and thinking of dropping, now would be a good time. But with Stephanie Lee there, why would you let yourself fall behind?

Miss Hammurabi: I thought they stretched out Monday's cases a bit too long, and the rousing speach at the end wasn't all that great. Monday was the weakest ep so far, but still not all that bad compared to many other shows. Tuesday they were back in form.

Are You Human Too: I went into this with low expections on the believability front -- it's a lot harder to believe in a robot successfully pretending to be human than a human pretending to be a robot. After all, we see humans pretending to be robots in every robot show ever even if the title says Not A Robot. And actual robot/human romance sounds pervy -- I mean the episode-37 stuff, not the innocent kdrama love I expect to see thru ep 36. But I wasn't expecting so much melo that it was a struggle to get thru the first 15 minutes. Then it got better, which is actually bad because I'm watching too many shows and I need excuses to drop a few.

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim: The first few minutes... let's just say the awesome, perfect, handsome, rich young genius is not my cup of tea. Almost as bad as the bad-boy-on-motocycle infestation we had a while back. It's sooo much better now that he's a clueless idiot.

Come and Hug Me: Still good. Just not so special this week.

About Time: and
Greasy Melo: and
Handsome Guy / Undateables: Watched a little, but way behind. That might be the noncomittal, indecisive way of dropping them, I guess. Maybe.

Life on Mars: The original show was so good -- don't blow it *coughCriminalMindscough*

Wok of Love - Our love triangle is firmly in place and Kitty made another guest appearance. Yay!!
Sae-woo's conversation with herself while walking home was especially wonderful. I've fallen in love with all 3 of them - what to do??

Why Secretary Kim - I think I fell in love! A chaebol CEO who is so self-absorbed, yet unable to express what he really feels. His long-suffering secretary who wants to be herself after always living for others...
The ambiguity and counterbalance that means they are at cross purposes unless there is some serious change in the future, I am thoroughly enjoying all of it.
Park & Park are simply amazing.

Lawless Lawyer - Now I'm just heartbroken. Why Samchon? Why? Why did you go there alone???
Also, we still don't know who sent Sang-pil the notebook...

Marry Me Now? - Still the most interesting character, jealous Moon-sik is moving. Will he ever work through his insecurity? Park Se-wan (Pi from INAR!!) as Da-yeon is love. Finally! Eun-tae can't help but admit how he feels about Yoo-ha.

MoonShine and Valentine - 4 episodes came out this week! I'll be enjoying these very soon!!!

Are You Human Too - The first 2 episodes were action packed. Nam Shin III is the sweetest non-human possible. I'm not sure that I genuinely like anyone else though.
I'll probably keep watching it, However it depends on how much time will be available for drama watching... *snif*

Handsome Guy and Jung-eum - Standby. This is not hitting me in my happy spot. Even though I like these actors (a LOT!), I'm stopping here.
This might be okay to binge watch. Maybe.

Suits - on standby. The 3 new dramas this week were toooo tempting!!

Miss Hammurabi is a perfect slice of life in a legal setting. It reminds me a lot of how APAD did it in the medical setting.

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim did everything right so far. PSY and PMY are flawless.

Patiently waiting for Life on Mars. I hope it gets subbed.

Planning to rewatch King2Hearts or finish Lingerie Girls Generation 1979 tomorrow.

Hi all! I got introduced to K-dramas around 2010 through recaps and lurked for years, started binge watching some old dramas last year, started live watching this year with APAD, and now starting my first comment on WWAW!

WSK:
LOVE this drama right now (2nd drama this year after APAD to capture my heart + cause of delurking). It has that nice slice-of-office feel (is that a thing?) + interesting main leads and supports. I particularly liked LYJ and his friend’s meetings as well as how KMS keeps bringing narcissistic LYJ back down to earth. I am a little wary of that whole childhood-trauma-to-lovers setup though, but we’ll see. I spazzed about this drama on my fan wall and hope they twist KMS’s oppa to be LYJ’s brother though, because who said that first loves are last loves? #APAD

AYHT:
The story seems a little too common: corporate takeover and family drama. Still, the bromance between JYH and NSIII is interesting, and I’m curious to find out more about the 2nd female lead as well as the relationship between JYH and the real NS in the upcoming episodes. The rest of the characters bore me to death: screaming bodyguard, villainous FIL, mentally insane father and over-acting aunt. This drama has its second leads to thank for keeping me interested. I’ve always seen SKJ as the pretty-but-only-decent actor but surprisingly GSY is the one being carried.

Undateables:
Prior to this week’s episodes, I liked how Yoon Nam / Jung Eum worked together to help that couple find each other and how Yook Ryong seemed to be sorry to Coach after Jung Eum lambasted him for going after all the women. The story was full of cliches and I was fine with it, but then we get THAT STUPID BET + THAT STUPID CHEATER plot lines. The way the show showed the aftermath of the kiss was okay, and I was hoping for some progress in the two couples, but nope, we have to drag this conflict out and create some jerkiness in the males. I’m just so annoyed.

CAHM:
I like JKY’s and JKJ’s acting in this, and the episodes this week were good … if they were shown 2 weeks before. I don’t mind the constant flashback to the past because each time we flashback we appear to be learning something new, but the current timeline’s story development seems to have halted over the past 2 weeks and I’ve lost significant interest in watching. The cancellation isn’t helping and I’m probably going to give it one last shot next week. Show, I want some answers and they better be good. Also, no more staring at each other, I’ve seen that since week one!

About Time:
I watched this for LSY and I don’t know why I spent 6 episodes to see the writer pull out a love square. The side couple of CM’s Best Friend and her brother seems forced and sudden to me, the genius director is just hanging around waiting to be a love-interest for 2 episodes in the future when a conflict is needed and the 2nd female lead + male lead family are totally original characters we have never seen before. I liked the male...

I was attempting to wait to watch Greasy Melo until all the eps were up and I could binge...and I have failed spectacularly. I started it a few days ago and am basically binging now. Trying to let myself be distracted by About Time (which I really enjoy, despite some too-common-tropes--LSK is soooo adorkable, as tineybeanie sais <3), Handsome Guy / Undateables (loving this, too; the screeching has decreased and NGM is gold as always), and Marry Me Now?. I watch the first episode of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? and fell in love so hard that I'm saving the second for tiny tasty bites---savoring it as best as I can. I'd love to say I'll hold off on that until there is enough to binge, but I'm not sure I can resist. PMY killing it as always. I wasn't sure if I thought PSJ was the best casting choice for this role (and tbh does it sometimes feels like he's trying to be Ah Min-hyuk...but he doesn't have the same cheekiness to me), but so far I think it's going ok. As said, fell for this one pretty hard.

Are You Human Too: I have only watched the first two episodes and have not had the time to watch the third and fourth, but so far I really like Nam Shin III. I really hope it is good considering how long I've been waiting for this.

About Time: I love Lee Sang Yoon. I want to see him smile whenever he appears! Han Seung Yeon is also adorable.

I like the premiering shows.
Robot was a surprise. I love the tech things and the Asimov feeling...
Just please, don't teach the sweet innocent Nam Shin-III to be a bad guy!

Secretary has a great manga feeling (even though I haven't read the original source). And episode 2 showed some deeper layers. Watched it already twice, a rare thing for me.

Today Life on Mars... will it be good as well? I hope so!

I’m just here to say that the image I suggested actually got used as the header image and I have never been a happier Beanie. I finally contributed something of value to this website.

I will return later when I have time to actually share what I’m watching!

What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim?: I watched the first episode and really enjoyed it! Yeong Joon is hilariously self-absorbed (so much so that boi cannot recognise he’s low-key in love with Mi So!!) and Mi So is really a super-woman. Wrangling some one like Yeong Joon is no joke but she does it and still looks fabulous. I really appreciated seeing how both of them are so aware of the impact in each other’s lives and how it’s changed their lives, for better or worse. I cannot wait to see where this drama takes us. Also, I love the production values. They look absolutely amazing!

Come And Hug Me: Both the leads just can’t seem to catch a great break, poor things. I loved how even now Nak Won takes pains to assure Na Moo that his guilt is misplaced. I suppose things will have to get worse (as if they aren’t already bad) before they get better but I am looking forward to these two coming out on top.

Secret Mother: I shall continue to enjoy this drama while I can. I’m loving that everyone has an agenda that they would take drastic measures to protect. I’m also living for all the Yoon Jin/Jung Hwan scenes, even if they are only scraps. The only person I would rescue from this tangled web of deception is poor Min Joon. Despite receiving the best of care and facilities, what he really needs is his parents to acknowledges his feelings and reassure them. I love his scenes with Lisa. He’s so bright and cheerful when he’s with her. (The little actor dude is doing such a great job!!!)

Are You Human Too: I am yet to check it out and my fingers are crossed. From the gifsets I’ve seen, things are looking good so far!

Life On Mars: This begins this week and I’m gonna be watching one way or the other!!! It’s got a bunch of my faves (which is a thing that happens as frequently as the most favourable alignment of planets) and one of my favourite tropes: time travel. I am excite!!!!!!!!!!

Greasy Melo: What's better than bromance and romance? An adorable friendship between the 3 leads. They are just so precious. And I'm continue to be in love with Poong and Sae-woo's delightfully odd and frank conversations.

What's Wrong with Secretary Kim: I have to admit I was afraid I'll loathe Young-joon as a character and want Mi-so to get as far away from him as possible. But Park Seo-joon played him with just enough amount of vulnerability and genuine moments that made him adorable in his own way. And Mi-so is the kind of heroine that's easy to root for. Hopefully the drama will continue to be this good.

Still watching Rich man... But my patience is running thin. Like come on!!! Ep 10 and no obvious romantic moment for Yoo Chan and Bora?? I want more than just a hug!!! 😤😤
Thanks to @wishfultoki I watched Falling for Challenge (or Falling for Do Jeon??) and God... Xiumin is so cute and adorable!! Just notice how beautiful his eyes are... I really envy his forever young and youth skin (he really drink that youth fountain in exo dorm, isn't he). Unfortunately the story was too short (only 6 ep and 15 minutes each?) and imo lack in character development. I don't think the story and the romance were also that convincing...
What is wrong with secretary Kim... Finally!!!!! Park Min Young, my ultimate girl crush, never disapointed me!!! I hope Kim Miso makes his narcissist boss miserable longer... Don't make her fall for him too soon, please!!! But... I do feel she actually like him too tho... Who what woman wouldn't fall with handsome, sexy and rich man like YJ (in superficial note)??? But she knows he is out of her league and his personality is not that charming, so i guess a smart woman like Miso probably tamped down her feeling after working for him for so long... Anw, really enjoy the show.. And hopefully the story will stay interesting till the end..

Are You Human Too - The special effects are good but the story is predictable. So far I like SKJ in this but GSY was disappointing. I'll give it another week.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim - I might have to renew my Viki subsription because the first week was a lot of fun. I hope it stays fun even if they go down the childhood trauma route.

Still watching Greasy Melo, Come and Hug Me and Miss Hammurabi.

1N2D - PD Jung Special! Yes!

Sense8 - Series finale I'm glad we got closure. Not perfect but it delivered the moments that made the show so special. Can Bae Doona and the actor that played her love interest star in a k-drama together, please.

I'm watching so many that I'll be brief:
Just watched LIFE ON MARS - sort of. I subscribe to OCN on YouTube and even though they've put up 3 minute segments of LOM, raw, out of order, it's still really good! (apparently not available to me in the U.S. otherwise).
SKETCH: About to drop it. Except, Lee Dong Gun is stealing the show. He has such a commanding presence. But every time I decide to drop it, he and Rain have an excellently choreographed fight scene.
ABOUT TIME: Meh, might drop it too. Full of tropes going toward cliches. But I love her singing voice.
FAVORITES:
WOK OF LOVE: what can I say...just adorable in every way.
COME AND HUG ME: There's just something about it that pulls my emotional strings.
LAWLESS LAWYER: Tropy, but hey, it Lee Joon Gi.
MISS HAMMURABI: Every time I start to get bored, there's a sweet scene.
ARE YOU HUMAN: Has it's faults, but why do I like it so much?? The robot, of course. He's more than human - or will he ever learn emotions?

Miss hammurabi- This week's episodes were filler, but we finally got to know OR's story. The confession surprised me- I didn't expect he would so soon, but I'm happy that he did. Also totally understand OR's reason for saying no.
Investigation couple- Too much drama this week( although it is a drama)- on the verge of dropping this
The undateables -Again predictable with the childhood connections and the generous use of tropes. But the last 5 minutes annoyed me. Hopefully show won't go that way.
What's wrong with secretary kim- The 1st ep was good, but it didn't draw me in like BTIOFL. I'll definitely pick this up if the reviews are good. PSJ's character is unlikable on paper, but he makes it such an adorable doofus.
Lawless lawyer- Now that JY's mother is back, please survive and help your children.
Secret mother- I think the mystery is already unravelled. What are they going to show now? Oh yeah, who pushed her.
mistress- Satisfying finale. Although there were some farfetched moments, the show was enjoyable.
come and hug me- Saw the cliffhanger. decided to catch up next week.
Hoping life on mars gets subbed.

I finished Date (jdorama) and it was great.
I finished 5 to 9 (jdorama) and it was so fricking boring and meh..

What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim - I love them both. This might be the first kdrama I finish since Waikiki.
Miss Hamurabi - I like this, although GO Hara's character still jumps the gun a lot...
Princess Jellyfish - I just saw the first episode and I'm impressed. It's like an anime.

Waiting for Knowing Brother subs, this week it's Go Hara and L.
Will probably watch episodes 21-22 on Family Outing with Rain.

The two show which have good ensemble cast and good PD. Come and Huge Me and Lawless Lawyer. Make the show is still worth watching despite lacking in other aspect. That's the power of good PD I guess. PD come and HugE me is suprising me. It's the opposite with Hold Me Tight lol... Oh if only if only ..

- Completed -

A Poem A Day: Already knowing who will end up with Bo Young helped me focus on other characters and aspects of this drama. My favorite “couple” is Tae Bong and Joo Young because I can see sides of myself in both of them and I like their friendship even if Nam Woo and Alligator came close to being my favorite OTP. Also, Bo Young is definitely one of my favorite female characters in dramaland.

Miracle That We Met: *deep breath* I didn't know how the problem with Son Hyun Chul would be resolved and I think the writer didn't know either. Yeah I still don't understand the ending but the daughter is a scene stealer ! She's the little girl in The Wailing, no wonder she looked familiar.

Mistress: Were they hinting at a second season with the last scene ? I liked the drama and I don't want to see the girls go through hardships again. But if there is one, count me in !

My Husband Oh Jak Doo: Okay I got my happy ending for OTP and Eric always stayed precious and wonderful. I don't care about anything else.

Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food: I just feel exhausted after 16 episodes. At one point, I wanted to go in the drama and just shake everybody and mostly our main couple to tell them to communicate. Maybe Son Ye Jin should really stick to movies.

The Boy Next Door: I already liked the webtoon so watching the webdrama was a blast ! The playback in ep 14 is my favorite moment HAHA

Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season: ep 6. I can't be happy for Oto x Tenma when Haruto is hurting. But if it were the other way around, I would feel the same *sighs* Megurin is a sweet girl but I can't think of her as anything more than a plot device.

Koe Girl: ep 8. Loyalty to the agency for this week !

Ms. Hammurabi: ep 1. I'm currently reading To Kill A Mockingbird what a coincidence ! I really like the female lead's personality. I wish I could find the courage to take as much initiatives as her. The male lead feels like a real person – well I'm not a people person neither.

Shall We Live Together: ep 24. I appreciate Da Yeon's development. Her standing up to the highschool bullies made me clap for her.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim: ep 2. Vice Chairman Lee is so full of himself. What a hilarious narcissist ! I admire Secretary Kim for working for him for 9 years.

Wok of Love: ep 20. Mr. Light's heart is officially broken just when the bromance is blossoming. I'm pretty secure with Sae Woo's honesty. She knows what she wants, tells her true feelings and she's not letting Poong going the noble idot way.

- On hold -

My Ahjusshi and Oh My General

Current:

ARE YOU HUMAN TOO:

What I like: The cast for one thing; I don’t know that I’ve seen anyone in anything before (with the exception of Kim Won-Hae and I’m looking forwards to seeing what he’ll do as the female lead’s father), but I’m very impressed, especially Seo Kang-Joon in his double role. It really didn’t feel like the same person was playing two parts. I like the stylized opening credits and the look and feel of the series as a whole. Also I love their house in Czech Repuplic. I love robots stories like this because they allow exploration into questions like what it means to be human and the nature of abstract concepts like the soul and love.

What I’m worried about: On the flip side, because I love stories like this with robots, I find myself worrying about whether they’ll be able to do the concepts justice. I already adore Nam Shin III as a character, and I pray to the dramaland gods that he doesn’t end up as just a tool to help human characters live happily ever after (a la Absolute Boyfriend). I might throw something if he isn’t deemed worthy of a happy ending because he’s perceived as just a stand-in for the real thing.

What I’m hoping for: I’m hoping for many things – I’m hoping for a Pinocchio storyline for Nam Shin III (original Pinocchio story, not the K-Dram of the same name lol), where he gets to be considered a “real boy” by the people in his life and not a knock-off. But I’m hoping that that doesn’t have to be achieved by making despite the upbringing flesh and blood Nam Shim an evil double trope; I know our first impression of him wasn’t great, but he did decide to cut and head back to Korea rather than risk leading his tail to his mother, so I hope he doesn’t become a permanent antagonist eventually. I know it’s unlikely, but I’d love if he and Nam Shin III could end up like brothers (wouldn’t that be a nice subversion of expectations?).

WHAT’S WRONG WITH SECRETARY KIM: This isn’t going to be long because it only took a few minutes into the first episode for me to become enamored by every aspect of this show, and I’m desperately determining if I can justify taking out another subscription so I can watch every episode as soon as it airs.

Catching up/Rewatching:

I AM NOT A ROBOT: Just finished showing this to my Mom, and I was more than happy for the excuse to rewatch it. I love that it’s sort of a Beauty and the Beast story (my favorite fairytale). Ji Ah is one of my favorite dramaland heroine thanks to a combo of her easily triggered imaginative swearing rants, quick wits, whimsical inventing dreams, and the fact that she is frankly TERRIBLE at pretending to be a robot, and that it is only Min Kyu’s gullibility that saves her. I love this drama’s combo of humor, whimsy, and unexpected sweetness. It even has the only fart joke I’ve ever found funny.

GREASY MELO: I’m not so obsessed with it that I’ve buckled and subscribed to Viki, but I’m...

SECRETARY KIM: Fun, slick, and magnetic leads. Will keep watching, I have high expectations.

THE UNDATEABLES: Fun, campy, wacky. Namgoong Min is the reason I'm still here.

ARE YOU HUMAN TOO: Nam Shin III is a lil cinnamon roll that I want to protect from the cruel cruel world. <3

It's a week of upended expectations for me:

- I was so ready for PSJ as a typical jerk chaebol in Secretary Kim, but he turned out to be hilariously vain in a cute way - who knew this could be a thing??

- I was fearful of a clunky, robotic (ahem) performance from Seo Kang Joon thanks to that release delay, but he's really bringing the warmth and nuance.

- It was time for Noble Idiocy to come into play in Greasy Melo, but all the sting was taken out of the triangle when you see how much they all love each other.

- I was loving Lawless Lawyer's zippiness, but then they had to go and do Samchoon dirty with a completely unrealistic demise. Cliches are only tolerable when they make sense in the scheme of things.

So yeah, (mostly) thanks dramaland, for keeping things interesting!

Wok of love: not the best drama i've seen, but somehow i like it and waiting impatiently for this one. Many people hate the way poong keep yelling at sae woo but i understand why he did that. His anger toward her definitely not because he hates her but mainly because he hates himself for liking her. At forst because he had his ex wife, and now because of chil seong. Feeling frustate with his own feeling, he showed it through anger and try to hate and push sae woo away.

Miss hammurabi : 9/10. Unexpected perfomance by go ara and L. And honestly i bit skeptical by a new writer, but this writer drama definitely know what is her work and doing very well about it. Good job.

Come and hug me: cliffhanger should never exist in drama world. Someone please banned it.

Are you human too : she going to fall in love with a robot? Right? I cant chew on this kind of romance. But the directing is good.

WWWSC : i have to watch 2 more episode of this show to decide if i like it or not. I dont know if it just me, but the more i watch this, the more i find dong man and ae ra is a ultimate pairing. Maybe because park min young' acting isnt my style or maybe i just love fight my way too much.

Goodbye to goodbye: the issue is heavy, but somehow a lot of scenes were gimmick and unimportant. But i quite like this one. I want to know if she keep the baby ol abandoned it at the end.

Are you Human too?- production quality is A+, the amount of money spent is fairly obvious. The drama itself is okay, I think mostly because I don't know how they will resolve it. I think there were easier ways to get to the point they are, but hey, we shall see.

Greasy Melo- still entertaining.

Lawless lawyer- still entertaining

What's wrong with Secretary Kim?- my favorite for the week. One of the best pilot episodes ever. Hopefully the trend continues.

Come and Hug Me- I want to hug the two leads, how utterly utterly sad is this drama, my goodness, please add some happiness drama writers

Secret Mother- I'm behind.

Investigation Couple - the last couple episodes was incredibly melodramatic, I rolled my eyes a lot. But I'm still watching.

About Time- so strange, this show, so strange. I'm not even sure why I'm watching. Lol

Really loving the buzz What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim is bringing to DB and the Beanie wall. So glad to see full recaps too. ^^

Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young are awesome. Excited to see more of their dynamics as the show goes on. First episode was a decent intro, 2nd episode was better. Show has some funny, quirky moments. There are a lot of sound effects.

I feel like everybody watches the same dramas :). I'm looking for different ones, korean or non korean dramas.