(Fan Wall Spazzing) Life on Mars (Episodes 9-10):
I didn’t think the pace of the show could get any more intense after the cliffhanger that ended the first half of the show, but it actually DID! I really loved how we saw some new sides of the main characters with male lead bending his strict principles and female officer displaying jealousy, though I was disappointed by how curly hair’s development stalled. Curly hair will be the main highlight in episode 11 though as shown in the preview, so maybe maknae will get his own feature in episode 12? The mystery is close to being solved, so I do think 1988 will come to an end soon.

(Fan Wall Spazzing) Your House Helper (Episodes 9-12):
Anytime Lee Ji Hoon comes up on the screen, I always prepare myself to holler in laughter because his antics are SO adorkable yet embarrassing at the same time. I’m looking forward to next week when he gets closer to the truth and maybe even discover it, which will certainly change the dynamics between him and the designer (maybe she might be the one chasing after him?). The male lead’s drunken kiss does remind me a little bit of Taek’s kiss (Reply 1988), in that the female involved in the kiss would go on to hide its existence as well as her own feelings (as seen in preview).

(Watching) Let’s Eat 3 (Episodes 1-2):
Outside of all the food porn, the plot is pretty predictable: female lead helps male lead move on as they bond over food and go from friends to lovers, 2nd leads develop feelings under cohabitation trope and sisters fight over the male lead alongside their family issues (money + mother’s dementia + father’s death?). It isn’t a bad thing per se, but it does mean that the drama will have to go above and beyond in its execution to escape from mediocrity. Maybe the drama will surprise me with the 2004 trio? I will give the show 2 more episodes to convince me it shouldn’t be fast-forwarded.

(Watching) What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim (Episodes 13-14):
Penultimate week was hit or miss! The parent disapproving trope was turned on its head effectively, but the jealousy trope was quite cliche. The one suit guy and understudy’s restaurant scene was nicely filled with character development, but the driver and thick lipstick lady side’s stairway scene repeated the same conflict the main couple had. There were nice messages on love and what it means to compromise for each other, but then there was zero followup on the family when their issues formed the bulk of the conflict. And WTF was that reversal, female lead!

Life on Mars: is back and is kicking our brains with nerve-racking twists involving Kim Min-seok's past and the real killer behind the deaths of the key characters in the show! Despite the seriousness of the show, I love the fact that it can still give us the bromance between Tae-joo and Dong-cheol we never knew we needed, jealous Miss Yoon (which I adore and love so much), and the possibility for a better teamwork between the Inseong Police Team!

To. Jenny: is a cute little show I will always treasure. Tiramisu Cake is now on loop on my music player. I never knew I needed musical dramas in my life until I watched this show. 100/10 for making me cry with those wonderful songs (To. Jenny is right next to Tiramisu Cake. That song is just so goooooood) and giving us a nice little ending.

Are You Human Too: Show was filled with complex characters you never know if they're bad or good but the greatest surprise was OriShinal! I am still on the borderline of liking and hating him as a person, but I love him as a character! Comma boy just woke up but that stirred a lot of events: we get to see So-bong completely accepting her feelings for RoboShin without expecting anything from him and doing her best to protect him at all costs (if Cinnabong says we must protect Shinnamon then WE MUST PROTECT SHINNAMON ROLL AT ALL COSTS) and we also get to see Ro-ra's true feelings toward our RoboShin (I am not hating on her now). Human Shin is capable of so many things that he can stir our characters even without having fully recovered from the accident himself. Can't wait to see more of him and the potential love triangle between him, RoboShin, and So-bong because I love jealous RoboShin

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim: I really don't know what's wrong with Secretary Kim. I know the fact that she is 200% great at her job and seeing her stay made me feel conflicted. As much as I am happy that she finally found something she wants to do for a looooong time (and that Young-joon will support her no matter what she wanted to do), I was kind of hoping she'd do something else. The leads were great, funny, and cute but the story is not doing anything for me right now. The side stories of the OG OTP Bong Se-ra and Yang Cheol makes me remain invested and the blooming romance of Kim Ji-Ah and Go Gwi-nam made me ask for more.

Meteor Garden 2018: I grew up watching Meteor Garden as a kid on our local tv station so I had reaaaallly high expectations for this remake and gosh, Meteor Garden 2018 exceeded my expectations! The actors are doing an amazing job in making each and every character feel like a real person (a quality which I think the side characters of the original version kind of lacked). Although we all know who Shan Cai is going to end up with in the end (not gonna lie but who doesn't), the show is doing an amazing job at making me invested in both the...

Life On Mars: This show continues to be my favourite thing that’s aired so far this year. Assuming it all goes well, it just might become my favourite show of the year, unless another gem comes along and makes me eat my words.

The show is doing a fantastic job of ratcheting up the suspense without making us the viewers feel like the plot is being too dumb or too complex. While I’m going to be so sad about the drama ending, I cannot wait to see how this drama wraps up. In particular, I cannot wait to see how the timelines collide. I was stunned and creeped out by the reveal in the last episode. I honestly did not expect it to be so close to them.

Also, I’m glad to see more bonding happening between the team members even though it was bonding that came at a great cost. While we know that Dong Cheol has got that father to his men thing going on, it was really neat to see Tae Joo develop a similar attitude towards Nam Sik.

I also really enjoyed Officer Yoon’s huffiness. Poor Tae Joo was so blindsided lmao. Other than her huffiness, I also enjoy her astute observations. She can always spot something that everybody seems to gloss over and I am beyond impressed by the way she powers through information and makes sense out of it. Truly, she’s my favourite thing in the entire drama!

Secret Mother: I finished up the drama last week and you know what, I’m pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it, especially towards the ending. I was shocked to find out the original reason behind Yoon Jin’s daughter’s death and I really loved the way the writer tied up all the lo0se ends and even had the character development fairy show up for a visit! When the drama began, my one wish was for Eun Young and Yoon Jin to team up, and team up they did! I was just so thrilled to see these two women band together and even share some of their deepest fears and at the same time, cheer each other on. All in all, a good drama.

Come and Hug Me Finale. What a beautiful and healing drama. Reminds me so much of My Ahjussi. It gives you nothing but warm feeling tugging on your heartstrings. I am glad that rainbow and sunshine have finally shone on Na Moo and Nak Won. Hyun Moo had the best character development in the story. If you haven’t seen it or dropped the drama, please give it a chance. Totally worth seeing the entire cast with A+ acting. It’s very rare in a drama. Kudos to Jang Ki Yong - looking forward to see him more in leading dramas!

*about to write my post* but first I read what DB staff are watching and
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@#$%^&**!()!!!!! JB is watching a Chinese show???!!!!😮

And of course, it's Meteor Garden!!!

I'm so deep into Chinese drama rabbit hole that
1. I watch Meteor Garden episode 13&14 raw.
2. I watch Candle in The Tomb although I hate thriller, horror or any kind of Indiana Jones type of movie.
3. There are more cdramas than kdramas on my 'currently watching' list.
I hope my affair with c-drama don't last too long, each drama usually has 20-60 episodes. There are still so many series from other countries that I need to see and I'm not getting younger.

I still watch K-drama, Mr. Sunshine and Life on Mars. Mr. Sunshine don't leave me with much impression. It's not the drama's fault, it's me. I'm too ignorant to read the meaning behind the pictures. They look beautiful, but that's all for me. I don't understand what they are supposed to mean.
I love Life on Mars personally because of the 1988 set. I think it was episode 4, I was so amazed the production team could bring back 1980s shopping center without any trace of the 21st century.

I'm cautiously optimistic about the third season of Let's Eat, I'm interested in both couples... though so far the highlight are the fighting sisters 😁

I'm falling in love with Helper, it's full of interesting characters (and it often surprises me).

I'm in love with RoboShin. Sobong is not alone. Now the question is what the lonely RealShin will do.

But Mars is the show when I'm constantly in "oh, this is so good!" mode (despite ep.9 being a bit predictable). Totally smitten 😍

PS I also watched first two episodes of that plastic surgery weekender (About Her?), don't ask me why, probably some hidden makjang desire 😁

I have fallen behind on many current shows, but I've been re-watching some oldies...

Movies:
A Taxi Driver: 10/10
Going By The Book: 10/10
Man From Nowhere: 8/10 Child Kim Sae-ron acts circles around the adults.
Arahan: Well, there's a teargas scene a few minutes in that's 11/10.

Drama re-watch:
I'm Not a Robot: 9/10 Chae Soo-Bin as a human pretending to be a robot never gets old.
Waikiki: 6/10 on rewatch (9/10 the first time). The jokes aren't as funny 2nd time around
Mother: 10/10 Emotions hold up on rewatch better than jokes.
Queen's Classroom: 9/10

Current:
Sketch: 5/10 for the series. 4/10 for the final episodes. Another pointless indecisive Rain storm fight in ep 14. Ep 16 had one of my least favorite things - when the two guys who hate each other both fast-draw, point, and don't shoot. The last few minutes seemed like a pitch for a season two, and would have been fine if the rest of the show had been good enough to earn another season.

Miss Hammurabi: 7/10 for the series. Ep 14 - 3/10 your mileage may vary, but the whole-world-ganging-up-on-someone trope doesn't resonate with me. Ep 15 - 5/10 neither does moping about it, but at least it wasn't all moping. Ep 16 - 8/10 Excuse me while I go buy some eggs.

Come and Hug Me: 6/10 Ep 22 / 24 Same-old, same-old. Too slow, too many flashbacks to stuff we just saw. Not as interesting as it used to be.... Ep 31 stretched out the will-he-hit-him-or-not far too long. Go ahead, just this once it's ok to hit the bastard.

Your House Helper: 3/10 First day didn't really have anything interesting until the last few minutes. Tip of the Day: try to put something good in the first few minutes or we might not make it to the last few.

Mr. Sunshine: 6/10 OMG! Early in ep 1 they had American actors who weren't embarrasingly bad! But I haven't gotten to ep 2 yet.

Greasy Melo: 5/10 I'm almost at the end, and I smell noble idiocy and in-law trouble, not delicious food. If Dad won't support his daughter and the noodle & cutting parts, please send him back to prison.

Windows 10 April 2018 Update: 1/10 Somebody please tell those clowns to test their stuff before they push it out on everyone. I don't know whether to throw things at the screen or flip tables. (I just got it Wednesday).

Hope to get back to these soon:
Are You Human Too:
What's Wrong with Secretary Kim:
Life on Mars:
Investigation Couple:

Greasy Melo: I could say it's a disappointment, but truthfully this drama is my happy pill of the week. The storyline might be weak, but I adore our OTP, the bromance, the strong friendship between our 3 leads, the wackiness, and especially the bizarrely made sense conversation. It's not going anywhere near my favorite list, but thank you all the same for making me so happy while watching it.

to.Jenny: What a charming short drama. It has many sweet relationships and touching coming-of-age stories, and yet it's the OSTs that elevated it to another level altogether. The music felt like a character in its own right, alive and ever-changing. I hope both Kim Sung-cheol and Chae-yeon will appear in more dramas after this project.

Life on Mars: It's coming back even stronger after its one-week break. That cliffhanger, omaygad!! Why are we dealing with yet another creepy serial killer? Aargh... Our poor '88 team just couldn't catch a break, could they?

Also, Life is going to premiere in 2 days! It's hard to contain my excitement for this show.

but now I’m crying into my noodles while rewatching the second season. I need a hug.

I know a certain robot who can help with that @girlfriday
And yes, mildly sad that nobody is watching the one show I'm watching.

Let’s Eat 3 : I miss Bara and Lee Soo-Kyung😢
Sunshine: Here for Kim Min-jung, hoping for some hot romance🤞
Life On Mars: ⭐️
J drama Genkai Danchi. Sano Shiro plays a grandfather who thinks he can unite neighbors in a housing complex to create a friendly, cooperative neighborhood, just don’t cross him. Really good, suspense and creepiness too. 😬
C drama Nothing Gold Can Stay, Sun Li ❤️

Wok of Love: I'm not satisfied at the fact that Sae Woo's mom is still selfish and ungrateful as ever and Chil Seong didn't meet the vet for the 5th time. But overall, I'd give 8/10 for this drama.

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim: While the romance is all good, it sorts of turn me off when Kim Miso wants to stay as Young Joon's secretary. I don't know, I really want her to explore other things.

Your House Helper: I didn't have any expectations for this drama, but it turns out to be so good! It's warm and definitely a healing drama.

Let's Eat 3: While the food porn is all good, I somehow feel invested with the rekindle relationship between Dae Young and Ji Woo. I really want both of them to heal together through food.

Are You Human Too: I'm still catching up with this drama. I've watched up to 20 episodes and I must say I'm a bit tired of this drama. I can't really ship the romance side of this drama, but only could appreciate So Bong's kindness towards Nam Sin III. Other characters make me so tired as most of them are so selfish and annoying.

Seriously WWWSK is not all that. Besides the stellar cast, the show falls short. The plot is simple and often boring and very unrealistic. In fact I'm considering taking a break from dramaland. The conflict was so...meh. so anti-climactic I skipped most of those scenes with the very obvious, very cliche childhood drama. And seriously, why hasn't she left the company yet after all this time? And sureee its completely normal to fall in love with a narcissist who demeaned her for NINE YEARS and for what? To make her better at her job? I just can not understand the hype about this drama! My favorite character is the bestfriend. Sec Yang too.

Also, a big thank-you to the cast of Come and Hug me for a wonderful show and finale

to. Jenny had my heart this week. I need more musical dramas.

Life on Mars -- This. Show. Is. So. GOOD. Episode 10 left us on a pretty dark note but now the stakes are higher, since we know who the killer is but our team doesn't!

Mr. Sunshine -- So. Much. Pretty. It's a sweeping sageuk for sure. I'm most interested in Yoo Yeon-seok and Kim Min-jung's characters, but everyone is growing on me.

WWWSK -- I ranted about episode 14 on my fan wall. I really do not like that Mi-so has decided to remain his secretary. Not. At. All.

The Undateables -- Eh... this show fizzled out a long time ago. At least Namgoong Min was good and looked dashing in that tux. Easy popcorn watch but forgettable.

Voice -- Because I'm impatient for Life on Mars and have been meaning to watch more good crime shows, I tried the first episode of Voice. I'm not sold on it yet... Jang Hyuk has never been an actor that draws me in so I'm hesitant to continue, as much as I want to see Kim Jae-wook and ma boi Yesung. What should I do, Beanies?

So Miss Hammurabi ended. This was a surprise hit for me and I discovered L! Not that I haven't watched him before but he's really good in this show and did I mention his dimples? Probably every time. This drama is an unexpected and underrated gem. It was far from perfect but more importantly, it is that type of show that made you think and offers new perspectives. It's also one of the rare legal dramas which got the 'legal part' right. At least, it seemed that way from my layman's POV. I never bother to check accuracy but the usual legal scenes or dramas are so absurd that you just know it. All in all, a wonderful watch and Elijah and Ryu Deok Hwan were simply adorbs in this.

Life On Mars continues to be awesome. I've run out of superlatives for this drama.

Your House Helper behind in this week's eps but I am catching up now.

Mr Sunshine Everyone is drooling over Yoo Yeon Seok and he got me at that scene where he cut down the two baddies. I have a weakness for disheveled swordsman. Well, that was until Byun Yo Han showed up a.k.a. Lee Bang Ji. Of course, now he's all dandy but man, this chap charms the socks off me . Please be badass! Sorry, Lee Byun Hun, I've already got these two in my pockets.

so happy a recapper watched to. Jenny. It was the highlight of my week. Had my eyes on it for weeks now but waited until the sub of the second episode came out... The pain.
@odilettante you are right, since I watched the show I've been practically shoving it down people's throat to watch. The songs, the characters, Ok kee is my favourite. it's not the first of its kind but the blend is refreshing. The songs are deabak👍, it's a well thought out drama. Now I'm back to shoving it on people's throat. Believe me, you won't regret your two hours if you watch it. Kim sung-chul is a gem in this😍😍😍

It was getting to the point there were so many on air dramas I was trying to watch that I'd just skim through to get it over with. Thankfully I've whittled it down to:
LIFE ON MARS: Read @radily post. It says it all.
ARE YOU HUMAN: How will it end? That's what keeps my interest. Someone posted it's just full to tropes, ho hum. To that person I say, what drama or any show or any literature is full of tropes? Check out tvtropes.org.
MR. SUNSHINE: I'm amazed I like one of her dramas. A first. Plus, we're having such a great discussion on Dramabeans about the history (and accuracy thereof).
RE-WATCH: Bits and pieces of my favorite dramas from the past year.
LOOKING FORWARD TO: Voice 2,
WOLF: (Majesty of Wolf): A Chinese drama with Darren Wang (Wang TaLu) but it doesn't come out until December. Here's a preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN4L6Yi12mc&feature=share
More to look forward to but I haven't had the 2nd cuppa yet.
What are you looking forward to??

Seeing also other comments besides Javabeans' (gasp, Cdrama mentioned!)... does it mean I should start Meteor Garden???? 😁

PS Kaguragi from Hana Nochi Hare, the sort of sequel of BOF, has some similarities to Javabeans' description of the main lead... Still waiting for subs...

Partners for Justice is what I'm agonizing over!
Can't believe it's over! And the To Be Continued message at the end didn't help.
So now we know the race is not over, it has only just begun.
Is there going to be a r.ship between Beom and Eun? Stella and Soo Ho? What would it be like? I got a feeling that supervisor of theirs is down and dirty with the best of 'em and that new deputy will clearly stir muddy waters.
Uh, I'm going to miss this show and my favorite bad tampered character (Dr Psycho). WWWK ends next week too, oooh eotteokke?! I think I'll always remember this 2018 summer fondly because of these two shows, They were worth my time and thoughts.

Life on mars - I love this show! Nothing else to say. The pacing, the characters, the comedy everything is perfect. The romance- I'll lower my expectations.
Investigation couple- Wish they had introduced the new male prosecutor sooner. I liked him much better than the previous guy. The side stories were not resolved as well as I would've hoped. What was the point of the love triangle anyway?
To. Jenny- Can I get a park jeong min somewhere?
Your house helper- I'm behind on this. But the story seems good for a lighthearted watch. Love that the girls misunderstanding didn't last that long. Also HSJ is not a jerk( compared to 1% of something, and I still ended up liking him so..)

OMG I cracked up reading that Javabeans is watching Meteor Garden too! Welcome to the #whyamIwatchingthis club! I totally blame @hades for posting the trailer on the beanie fanwall. I seriously question why anyone does anything in this show, but Dao Ming Si has already become adorable, and I'm "stupidly hooked". I dislike this Lei even more that in BoF. "I don't know what I feel for you"...proceeds to kiss her. GO AWAY.

I'm busy in RL but somehow managed to watch more dramas than usual: Are You Human Too (no words, LOVE), Mr. Sunshine (slowly gaining momentum), Your House Helper (totally in this for the flailing Lawyer Prince), To.Jenny (I need... tiramisu cake).

I also started Hotaru No Hikari per @pakalanapikake's recommendation for a drama with a heroine who is a lazy slob, hehe. First J-drama (apart from Nodame Cantabile). I'm impressed that so many things happen in one episode of a J-drama while K-dramas usually stretch it out to 4-5, and conversations are fast-paced.

Finally, at night I lie awake because I have Tiramisu Cake playing in my head followed by Almost Paradise. So that was my week. Ta ta for now.

I've been in a bit of a slump, but now need to maybe hunt down eps of Meteor Garden. I really liked the lead actress in A Love So Beautiful. Plus, Boys Over Flowers was one of my first marathons when I started watching k dramas last year.
I can't say how much I actually liked it but I couldn't stop watching it.

To. Jenny is another I need to look up. Odilettante used some catnip words in that discription. Plus I've been listening to alot of music right now.

One song is Jinho's cover of Havana:
https://youtu.be/Nx3cTJ1_BXQ

Probably should post that on my wall, but haven't quite figured that out.
I am only a noble idiot.

I just saw that Tom Cruis is going to be on Running Man. Already filmed I think? I'm not sure what to think about this, lol.