Chocolate is sooo INTENSE! Everyone and everything is so EXTREME! 😆 This is normally not my cup of tea and I think I only finished Thank You by this screenwriter (which I liked... and it also was my introduction to Jang Hyuk and Gong Hyo Jin)... but so far despite all those makjang melo tropes, I'm sucked in and watched the first two episodes back to back. I also think the directing (with all those beautiful shots) and majority of the acting elevates the story.

Another show I got sucked in is the Japanese drama G Senjou no Anata to Watashi which is the complete opposite to Chocolate. 😆😆 Slice of life story about 3 people accidentally meeting in a violin class. I was not planning to watch this and was actually contemplating to which show to go back before the next week(s) brings the new batch... but then stumbled upon a short info and the moment they mentioned violin I was intrigued as I used to play violin when I was a kid. And now I watched all available subbed episodes (7). 😆 I like how we often get to see the same situation from different point of view and how sometimes the same words get back, though with different / deeper understanding. I also like the changing seasons and how the characters grow. My favourite character is the main heroine Yaeko (though, uff, in the 7th episode there seems to be some noble idiocy) and I love how the actress portrays her.

Still enjoying No Second Chances 😍

Now that 2019 is ending I want to watch as many shows from this year as possible to see if I agree with the editor's picks. :P

Chief of Staff Season 1: Oh so gripping. There are bits and pieces I don't get but still I'm enjoying it so much. I'm so impressed with Shin Mina's character playing the two old men, and for being just so smart, perceptive and hard working. I just finished the episode where Lee Seong-min is being investigated for his election campaign funding and just questioning how he is so good and naive and feeling a little baffled by his choice.

Graceful Family: Now thats one creative show! I love both leads. And the superb villain! And the crazy family! But I was stupid enough to go through all the Graceful Family Instagram posts and saw all the spoilers so I know how it's going to end and I'm not looking forward to it.

-Completed-

MY COUNTRY (16/16): Ooof that ending. It felt like watching a movie. The drama wasn’t perfect, but in the end I shed a tear over the two friends and Jang Hyuk and his fan. I’m heartbroken and horrified that Bang Won knowingly turned into a monster to be feared when he could have had loyal followers. “It is better to be feared than loved”, but at what price? 💔😓😢

PEGASUS MARKET (12/12): This was the comedy musical I needed. Special shout to Lee Dong-hwi. I’ve been a fan of his down-to-earth acting since REPLY 1988 and RADIANT OFFICE and was thrilled to see him in a lead role. I do have a minor quibble (and I can’t believe I’m saying this), but I wanted a bit more romance! I guess that steamy shower scene was the most romantic it got. 🙈🤣🤣

THE CROWNED CLOWN (16/16): Finished for the bean, finally. It’s beautifully filmed, but I struggled to get through the long episodes with lots of staring and slo-mo. Takeaway message: Joseon people will never know how lucky they were in getting the rice tax law passed? 🤔😳🥵

That’s it. I have no ongoing dramas! 😱

Weightlifting Fairy: Rewatch! I might like it more this time around? The first time, I couldn't relate to Bok-joo at all, but now I AM her.

VIP: I started this and I got seriously into the first few episodes. I might end up dropping it, though - although its a very good show, like @missvictrix said, it's depressing me right now. I think I really have to be in a special mood to enjoy watching something that brings me no joy.

Pegasus Mart: So I binged most of it in, like, a week? And for the most part I love it - when Lee Dong-hwi of all people is the straight-man, you know that what you're watching is pretty bombastic. But watching episode eleven made me wonder what exactly the show is trying to achieve - it will occasionally throw an actual emotional moment into the fray and expect it to stick, but otherwise it effectively laughs at you for getting attached? I'm not verbalising this very well, but basically it feels like Pegasus Mart takes this sadistic pleasure in tricking the audience: "Ha! You cried over this scene? You fool! It's just a joke! Everything's a joke! Nothing means anything!"

Pegasus Market (Episode 11)
Seok Goo has been the mainstay of the mart before Bok Dong crashed onto the scene and initiated his exposure of the corruption, so I find it absolutely fitting that he gets the right to decide the fate of the mart. I was a little surprised that he knew everything right from the start (I had assumed Bok Dong confided in him at some point), which honestly made everything so much more deliciously sneaky: his honesty provided a really good cover and he kept his cards until there was a need to use them. The question is: against Dae Ma’s intent to shut the mart down, how will he protect everyone?

Chocolate (Episode 1-2)
The one thing frustrating me about this show is the chaebol family politics: it’s close to impossible for it to be nuanced when there is no other plausible narrative explanation for why they treated Kang’s mother like that (I guess we have to accept the tropes as part of the writer’s lazy world-building). I still have hope now that they’ll explain why Cha Young’s brother is acting out rather than let the character be a shameless leech but we’ll see. Since we’re losing Min Sung (well nice characters sadly always die), Joon should take over the ‘bro’ role from him: please let’s not have the love triangle!

Psychopath Diary (Episode 5-6)
I think it is a really poor decision by the producing team to put those cliffhangers when the audience can easily predict the fake-out that it going to occur afterwards: unless this writer is a genius and has planned a mind-blowing twist next week, the male lead has copious amounts of plot armour at this point. Another thing bothering me is how the setting of the stock company has practically disappeared after the introduction: it’s serving as an accessory to the plot now that the writer has used it clumsily to highlight the main lead as a pushover as well as the daddy issues for the psychopath.

My Country - This show wasn't perfect but i'd still say it's my absolute favourite show this year. I was angry with Sun Ho for a large part of it but his and Hwi's relationship was the heart of the show and as sad as it was i'm glad they died together.

When The Camellia Blooms - This show was sooooo lovely and enjoyable to watch. I have nothing bad to say about it, also Pil Gu best kid on tv this year I think!

VIP - Sung Joon is just such a cowardly pathetic excuse of a person that I don't even want Jung Sun to get revenge, I just want her to leave that loser behind because he's not worth a second more of her time, what did she see in him anyway? and as sad as they're trying to make Yuri's story I'll still never care.

Catch The Ghost - They're making it so hard not to sympathise with Hee Joon! of course what he's done was absolutely awful and unforgivable but if I had to to witness my kid die and not a single person step in i'd go crazy too but also if Sae Rom hadn't have died, Yoo Jin would have and if she hadn't someone else would have. I do think it's incredibly annoying that the show is still insisting that Yoo Jin is somehow responsible for the killings, she has the mind of a child, she and Sae Rom where the most vulnerable people on that platform so enough with this already.

Chocolate - I'm up to ep 3 on this and i'm not sure i'll go further than that. Lee Kang is just so weird and I don't understand his motivations behind anything he does, he's being abused by his family and stays why? he went crazy over Cha Young breaking up with his friend why? he's still upset despite his friend being engaged and the breakup being 4 years ago WHY?

Hello everyone!
I just finished three shows last week and yesterday i finished Nobody.
THE TALE OF NOKDU I liked almost everything about this show, i liked both Lady Kim and Nokdu and their interactions with Dong Joo. Now the Review about how Yul MYU and Nobody were born on the same day was a surprise for me, i mean they had to wait for 16hrs

Secret Boutique - about half-way through. I hope the JJ- SW ship doesn't sail. Not a fan of her stoic, emotionless face.

Chocolate - nice raves from fellow Beanies but not invested into it yet

VIP - all about the struggles of women in the workforce. Realistic and actors are immersed in their roles

No great enthusiasm and overflowing praise, though, for any of the current shows being watched, as compared to how i felt about My Country. It remains my favorite this year. Woo Do Hwan gained a fan. Jang Hyuk is in my HOF.

I am not watching any new k-dramas *cries*.

I did watch a movie titled: Rich Fiancée on my connecting flights. The movie description: He is young and rich, he is in search of love but there are so many beautiful girls around. How can he find his true love?

It took me 3 tries to finish it, since I dozed off while watching. The movie was dubbed and the dub was hilarious. I think it was dubbed by only 1 male and 1 female translator(?), all the characters had the same english voice and tone 😂.

Overall the movie was as meh as it's description, but the dub made it funnier than it should have been.

TOKYO SHOWER: 7/10. So sad. I felt like crying at the end.

CHOCOLATE: even if I like slow dramas, this seems a little too slowly and so far I don't like the FL very much. But I'm watching it with my sister, and it's fun listening to her comments! XD

VIP: even if the secret was revealed, I can't wait to watch the next episodes. I'd like to know more about Sung Joon, I hope he will be more active and talkative, now.

VIP: Man, I hate Sung-joon and his one, very serious expression and Yuri and her wide-eyed look. On one hand, I would like to see Jung Sun drag them down, but mostly I just want her to get the heck out of there.

Chief of Staff: I expected the ending of Episode 8 to happen next week.

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life: Cheong Ah and Jun Hwi are cute. I’m liking Seol-ah a lot now too, but I’m already sick of her ex-husband.

Chocolate: The writer throws all the tropes into her dramas, and I find myself yelling at the television a lot, especially in Episode 3. I do like HJW and YKS though.

Pegasus Market: Final episode - Aww, it's over. I loved the whole cast dancing at the end.

Chocolate feels like they want to be a more mature Just Between Lovers but accidentally blended it with an old school daytime US soap opera. After three episodes I'm leaning toward fast forwarding to see my favorite second lead and whether he turns into a tolerable human being.

I miss my stabby OTP. Impatiently waiting for something new to entertain me and watching Pegasus to fill the gap.

Catch the Ghost: 8.0 Alternate title: "Why you shouldn't be direct supervisor over your daughter or her x-boyfriend".

Chocolate: 2.1 If the first 21 minutes are so bad, it doesn't matter if it might get better later. Bye.

Leverage: 6.5

Pegasus Market: waiting for subs

Parasite: 8.0 (the movie)

9.9 Billion Won Woman: 7.0 Slow start in day one. FL / title character is the rich housewife from Parasite. Watching them in the same week leaves me wondering if the 9.9 billion is how she got to be the rich housewife. And will she hide the money in the bunker under the house?? Are we supposed to root for the woman who didn't make a phone call to try to save a life?

Signal: 10.0 or 11.23 if you know what I mean. When they finally have a show that earned a sequel and even teased one, but didn't give us one (yet), there's nothing to do but start watching for the 4th time. Also, the music holds up well. It's not music you might want to listen to by itself, but it does a great job of setting the mood.

I finished SECRET BOUTIQUE but in final hours the show lost it umph and went out with mere whimper. The best this week were VIP those ladies are so compelling, I can't wait to see more of them, but I still don't buy this supposed affair there is literally negative chemistry between ML and Yuri. CHIEF OF STAFF is now full blown political thriller and I'm loving that Shin Minah has more to this season and they added another mature lady to the mix.
CATCH THE GHOST had a lot of potential and great cast but now it's just messy plot with cheap tricks and twist to play on audience emotions, and I agree with @quirkycase the way they wrote people with mental issue is rage inducing.

A big shout out for the weekender ‘Never Twice’/ ‘No second chances’.

It’s absolutely delightful. Park Se Wan and Kwak Dong Yeon are so amazing. If I knew how to make gif’s my wall will be filled with KDY’s freaking facial expressions!!

Annyeong beanies!! Last month of the year, sigh, where did all that time go?

With the ending of the recent crop of dramas that I watched & mostly loved, nothing interest me currently except for Pegasus Market (my absolute fav of 2019!) which also ends this week 😭 So I thought I’m done with kdrama for the year until one innocuous night of browsing YouTube for something non k-drama related and clips of Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life popped up in my feed. Feeling slightly curious, I clicked on one and let’s just say the rest is history. OMG I simply adore Cheong Ah - she is so precious - and her unabashed love for Joon Hwi 😍😍 I don’t want to commit to a 100 (or 50 1-hr) episode of a weekend drama but the heart wants what it wants. Luckily I’m only invested in Cheong Ah/Joon Hwi and their love line and to a small extent, her older sis with the Chef so I’m good, I fast forwarded the screaming, scheming MIL, the cheaters and the boring plot lines until I’m up-to-date. The chemistry between Seol Ah-In and Kim Jae-Young is just ❤️❤️❤️ I’ve watched Kim Jae-Young in other dramas but he didn’t catch my eye until now. He just need to smile his little smile and I’m a goner. So, down the rabbit role I went and now I’m (binge-)watching Secret Boutique for him, being a bad-ass for Jenny Jang. I read that some beanies found the ending of Secret Boutique disappointing so I’ve tempered my expectations accordingly. Anyway lesson learnt - avoid YouTube at all cost in the future or maybe just stop being so curious 😝

Until next time, have a wonderful day beanies!

PEGAGUS MARKET (Finale?): It was sort of an anti-climatic episode: less wacky twists and more final cast bows. Overall, it was great diversion; well done. I did like the use of web cartoons in ending credits. Not sure how it would go forward except for the Jo and Moon budding romance.

BEAUTIFUL LOVE, WONDERFUL LIFE: The lead OTP now dating with ML holding back secrets from his mother is a landmine field. I'd rather have that reveal done sooner than later. I really hate the entitled, rich man mania of Seol-Ah's ex-husband trying to force his way back into her life without realizing his own faults.

CHOCOLATE: (Ep 1-2): The show has burned through all of the standard tropes in two episodes so it is easy to think that this may turn into a slow, painful, bittersweet experience of the leads watching their friend pass in hospice. I can see why some viewers would drop a show like this. On a bright note, the show does have a sweet food porn element missing since Wok of Love.

9.9 BILLION WON WOMAN (Ep 1-2): It bugs me that the translator keeps on saying the loot was $10 million (US) when in fact the exchange rate is $8.6 million (US). We have the quick set up the main characters, but I do not want to see a sudden, complete change of the suicidal, timid, introverted Seo-Yeon into some badass avenger.

FUN RESTAURANT (Variety): It must be winter as the urge to have warm comfort food has drawn me into this KBS cooking competition show about celebrities making their own recipes to win a chance to have it sold in a convenience store.

I have no current shows 🙁 It’s effecting my mood! Trying to rewatch Melo in an effort to stay amused. Waiting for Crash Landing (yes, even if it’s awful) especially @yyishere’s interpretations of the Strange Wind.

TharnType That show about a crazy couple. I can't decide if they deserve each other or if they make each other crazier. I guess I'm watching to find out.

Chocolate The first ep was bad, full of cliches. Childhood small conversation that leads to an adult calling that kid her first love, incredible coincidences, awkward dialogue and yet another plot about a family competing for the approval of an annoying rich elder who owns the company. When will kdramas EVER get tired of that? I will watch second ep only because it seems Jang Seung Jo gets a chance to use his melodramatic skills, but guy deserves better.

If Talking Paid My favorite thing about this show is it makes me feel regular people still exist in dramaland. When I try almost every recent kdrama people don't act or talk like anyone around me, sometimes I think I'm being picky or it's about cultural differences, and then comes ITP and these people should be on the other side of the world but they could easily be my neighbors. I'm still on ep 4 and the only bad thing about it is the drama relies on Mitsuru a lot and sometimes he becomes pushy but it's still very nice.

Psychopath Diary It had a good premise but it's kdrama so they prefer to use it for jokes instead of analyzing the interesting possibilities. The ML has become a moron with shifting morals so the real psycho is the only interesting character, maybe if he could become lead, but that's against the rules. The FL could have been nice if only she was as smart as she thinks she is or had a better sidekick.

9.9 Billion Won Woman- Great show! beanies you absolutely should check it out. All our dreams about conflicted, greedy female protagonist have been granted. No idea which direction this show will go but I am super excited for it.
P.S the dead brother was obviously played by an idol. His acting was so bad, I didn't even feel all that sad for his death. Well. Actually I did, but that's because I felt bad for his brother.

Chocolate : OMG! I am so much in love with this beautiful drama. What a pleasant surprise.I thought this drama would be so much slow and draggy with more of a melancholy tone. But the episodes i have seen so far have just captured my whole heart . The drama has stroked the right balance between the fun and sweet scenes with more emotional scenes. The pace of the drama is good.

Loving the chemistry between the leads. I am hooked and hoping the drama fares well till the end. I have a feeling this is going to be a tear-jerker at the end. So i am keeping my tissues ready until then.

Catch the Ghost: Oh my this show is amazing and I love it, twists and all. Okay so it's less about the plot and more about the two leads who I just adore to death. Also what's up with the shows pulling us in with the light and funny, and then doing a sudden or almost 180 for it too goo to dark too fast. I swear this used to be less true before. Shows used to take time with going from light to angsty instead of doing it so suddenly and yet the shows these past few months have been so interesting after doing just that, I guess good job show. Cause they got me hooked. This drama is an absolute delight as far as I am concerned. I just wish my otp (a phrase that I would have never thought I'd use) gets the happy ending that they both deserve. Also somethings that I said for the recap. This show has already tried to do a lot that others shows won't even do. It has these amazing leads who are absolutely well developed and the show did so many things right and many things wrong. It took on a lot to handle and I don't think it can be done in 16 episodes. In a way it's challenging our perceptions (again am I giving the show too much credit? But I had been right before so...). Also Yoo Ryung said it was her sister's fault cause that has been said to her over and over again and she was surprised at the reason her sister was almost killed. We'll see how the drama ends cause there are still two episodes left. And if the ending is satisfying to me it will be my most favorite drama even dethroning Squad 38 (gasp).

2. Pegasus Market: I finally finished uptill episode 11 but have yet to see 12th. But I loved it. It was funny and then had it's sad moments. I am surprised that I liked the humor. My favorite (funny) moments. 1) The foreign names. Keep them not western, heh. It was just so funny. 2) The Korean Halloween for the same reason as above. 3) All the dancing scenes are fun. And so many others I can't write all here.

3) This one turned out to be be quite interesting, loved the beautiful scenes and music and the mood, the movie like feel, (funny cause I prefer dramas over movies and haven't seen many in months), etc Haven't yet seen yesterday's episode so can't comment on that.

4. Psychopath Diary: This week's were a little too violent though I wasn't surprised. But it still has it's humourous moments. Dong Shik thinking he's a psychopath, failing to kill, his frustration, is all too funny but I think things are going too fast and wonder if things might get slow and boring.

Okay so the other airing dramas. First off I am not sure I want to watch 9.9 billion won Woman. Seems too dark for me. Second People with flaws, I was enjoying the show, regardless of some ridiculousness, up untill the toilet humour which I dislike a lot. I actually wanted something light after all the other shows and so was interested, but that humor I can't. Almost ruined my enjoyment of Shopping King Louis. I am not going to see it cause it seems it...

I like Chocolate, a lot.

I guess there is no reasonable explanation why I like the show this much (watched up to Episode 3), but I guess sometimes you just like something for no explainable reasons. I am really liking it.

I just want to see if I'll like it until it ends.

I totally feel you, mary! I was let down by that too. When we finally got to see a bit into Bok-dong's mind, they resolved it way too quick like whattttt?

Catch the Ghost: I enjoy all the twists and I'm glad there was a reason why the serial killer targeted those victims. I do take issue with Yoo Ryung assigning Yoo Jin fault in that subway tragedy. I hope it's not the writers' true intention to assign fault to Yoo Jin, and it's just the lack of finesse in the writing. The drama has a lot of great ideas, but it seems like the drama is produced from a brainstorming board rather than a real script.

Psychopath Diary: Very enjoyable and I really like the absurd, farce-like vibe to it. I do wonder if they have enough material for an entire series.

Chocolate: Just the second episode because I didn't feel like watching the sad backstory. Riveting second episode. I've only watched one other Lee Kyung Hee drama (Nice Guy). Then and now, I'm surprised she's able to get me to stay tune to something that is usually not my type of drama.

Chief Kim: Finished my rewatch. I loved it the first time around and love it even more after this second round. Very rare for a drama to get more exciting and more funny with each episode.

Watching Chocolate is like time travelling back to the golden K-melo era in the best sense - that total package of an intriguing script, beautiful scenes, great cinematography, and a very compelling couple! Just wish all episodes are available for one gulp consumption. Haven't had this feel in a long while.

We have now watched all but the final episode of PEGASUS MARKET. What a real treat this has been. Anyone who has not watched it has missed out. Subtitling on the final episode should be available in the next few hours. PEGASUS MARKET is a true comedy and one of the best shows of the year.

Having finished FIVE CHILDREN my wife and I are now enjoying the classic PRINCESS HOURS (aka GOONG). We are also enjoying our new furnace (thank the Heaven’s- things were cold for a while).

YONG-JIU GROCERY STORE is the best written T-drama in years. If you are not watching it you have missed something that is very good. In a way it is a shame that it only has ten episodes and yet one of my complaints about recent Chinese dramas has been that some shows simply get drawn out into too many episodes. Some people found the ending flat but it seems to me that it was entirely appropriate for a slice of life show: This was a gentle show about people so a grand emotional climax would have been out of place. Instead we got the assurance that love can flower even for people who have had a tough past.

I was going to say I haven't been watching anything but actually the world is being burned down around me so I stayed inside yesterday and watched bad Netflix Christmas films and, eventually, all six episodes of Triad Princess. And it is a waste of time, you guys. I know, I know, Jasper Liu is adorbs (a word I never use and... won't again)... but the show is just downright bad. it's a 20 episode Taiwanese drama done in 6 episodes of 40 minutes. Which means nothing makes sense, everything is super rushed and the whole thing is ridiculous. Oh and there's clearly a season 2! Which... if they knew that why not spend these six episodes having them fall for each other and then the next six on the separation, noble idiocy, family opposition, public scandal, arranged marriage, kidnappings and Rise of the Big Bad - rather than trying to do all those things in TWO EPISODES.

Ignoring the bad writing and terrible pacing, the female lead's fangirling is super super annoying and I see nothing in this that says she fell for Adorable Jasper rather than Adorable Jasper's public image and that is a big big problem when I'm supposed to believe they're SO MUCH IN LOVE after they met a week ago and slept with each other once.

I should probably warn you from watching it but I'm in Share My Pain mode so... tune in, guys! Enjoy!

Chief of staff 2 , No Second Chance , will try to watch more

Catch the Ghost The main characters are appealing but in the same time I don't agree with their actions, it's kinda frustrating.

Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life Still confused about who knows what but the young couple is the cutest!

No Second Chances I need more Kwak Dong Yeon with the baby!

Chocolate After the episode 3, I still feel it's the introduction and waiting for the story to start...

When camelia blooms: finally watched the last 2 episodes and I liked it! The finale was good and I think everything tied in very well. Am glad I watched it, it was a beautiful story. And my girl Gong Hyo Jin is seriously the best 😘
VIP: soooooo I started this...aaaand could not stop!! I am binging this and it is sooo good! I still have 2 episodes to catch up on but it is very well written and executed. I love that all characters' stories are interesting.
Tale of Nokdu: Still on hold. Still have a hard time picking it back up😭😏😑

Non-Korean Dramas

PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER: I like our main characters. But everyone is right about the SL. He’s an oblivious jerk. (ep. 1-2)

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN THE SERIES: Still somehow watching this. I wish I had waited until it had finished airing to fast-forward to the scenes with the two main couples. (ep. 4)

9.9 MILLION: No, no, no. Maybe it's okay for someone who's never seen a k-drama and thus thinks it's really different and cool. But once you've seen a dozen of these, they're all the same predictable mess. Of course it goes without saying this is just my opinion.
NOKDU: Nothing since the cuteness of Tale of Nokdu.
UNTAMED: I realized another good thing about Untamed - the color palette is made of beautiful blue hues, not the same ugly brown tones I've seen in other dramas lately, and the blue gives such a nice tranquil emotional tone . And Marcus Sim in a nice review called it "captivating".
HOT BLOODED YOUTH: Fast forwarded thru most of it, some subbed, some raw but still predictable. Although ep 56 is exciting. Since it's only 60 episodes, I guess I'll watch til the end, where I know the "hero" will be able to take back his girl because the evil guy will die. The evil guy who used to be friends with the hero but now hates him because he fell in love with the same girl he loves (sound familiar?), is a cop, puts the hero in jail long enough to threaten the girl that he'll kill the hero if she doesn't marry him. The surprise was, she really does marry the bad guy to save her love's life, but then the bad guy is going to kill the hero anyway because no matter what, the girl will love the hero (sound familiar). Etc.
HISTORY 3: The only "good" scene in the whole mess is the explicit scene between the two guys.
MOVIE: Jade Dynasty. Again, just no. Unless you don't mind silly, plotless and pointless with cardboard one-dimensional characters.
JOY OF LIFE: Looks really good, if only Viki will sub it.
Looking forward to: Hyun Bin.

I'm currently watching, One Spring Night, and can't keep my hands and mind off it. I also just finished, Love Affairs in the Afternoon, which I really liked. BTW, OSN and LAITA sort of remind me of each other in that people finding their soulmates are blocked by both idiots and Korean cultural taboos. I watched, Designated Survivor: 60 Days, not long ago and it hit on all cylinders for me. I really like a drama that has a mystery for the viewer to figure out. Now I'm waiting for the next two episodes of, Chocolate--hope it keeps serving "just desserts."

hello beanies, hope all's well....another week wherein i'm far behind on all things 'drama', but stayed up late on saturday to start Chocolate, and ended up watching all 4 episodes...its intense but i think i may just watch this one...also, throughout last week, i completed King's Avatar - Cdrama, which to my surprise i enjoyed quite a bit...i don't know much about the book or any past anime on it, but just this show (on Netflix) and it totally had my attention...i hear there will be a season 2.
Until next time, take care:-)

When the Camellia Blooms:
I didn't expect a mash up of rom-com/melo/crime-thriller drama would ever work, so I was pleasantly surprise how much I love this show. It's not perfect by any means, but there's so much heart in the writing. It's the kind of drama that warm my soul.

Lee Dong Wook's talk show I Want to Talk with Gong Yoo as guest.
I love talkshow and I love Goblin. So a talk show featuring goblin and the grim reaper? Hell yeah! Sadly it doesnt deliver to me. It's full aegyo fluff without much essence. I am not oppose to Gong Yoo aegyo, I mean look at that gorgeous man. But I wish the show would explore more of the man. Something more in the line of what inspires/ drives/ motivates the man. Hope the show will evolve more with time.

I mainly watch dramas as therapy, and right now my real life requires a lot of therapy, but I am in a drama slump. I finished Camelia and loved it all & had no idea the lead actor had it in him, I finished the ridiculous but horrifying Lies, the adorable but still loose ended Extraordinary You (who is the writer? Does he even know that some of his characters are alive?) and The Great Show, which I liked. Graceful Family was crazy fun, and heartbreaking but I thought very well done. Be Melo reminded me of the 1940s style American romances in the witty, cracktastic dialogue and I don't care how realistic it was I love zingers and stingers and one liners that just pop out one right after the other.

But currently, I mostly have nothing. I'm watching Leverage, Catch the Ghost, and I was going to watch The Secret Life of My Secretary and was enjoying it, but with the episode where the secretary takes advantage of her boss's serious and traumatic disability and fools him so she can eat nice food and all, I'm suddenly not enchanted at all, I'm horrified. That was a despicable thing to do.

I need something light and fluffy and totally escapist, or riveting and interesting and attention grabbing, and escapist. Signal and Watcher were two that met the latter conditions, I am not a robot was in the first.

Chocolate sounds really well done, but not what I need right now. People with Flaws is adorable and fluffy but the toilet humour is just so hard for me to deal with.

Catch The Ghost - last week episode has finally, finally shed some light into all of the mysteries. Everything comes full circle and now I can understand the motive behind the serial killings. It just take too long for the story to come to that. I almost lost my interest. Fast forwarded all scenes involving the Head Police. I want to drop this but we’re on the final week so lets just get this done and over with..

Completed My Country The New Age. Well, quite an expected ending. It would be better if the two best friends survived but I don’t think it’s possible. An overall a very good sageuk with amazing actors. Jang Hyuk, Yang Se Jong and Woo Do Hwan. My ideal finale is if the 3 of them joint hands and make a new country.

On a happier notes, 2D1N is gonna be back with a new season! I’m sad that the old crew is not gonna get together (minus JJY, of course), but, but, they can just include Lee Yong Jin and be a 6 members cast as usual..😭 It would be weird watching 2D1N without the other members (Donggu, Junho, Tae Hyun and Defconn) but I survived all 3 seasons and cast change of 2D1N and surely I can survive this new one! 🤭 I’ve been a loyal fan since Season 1 (10 years plus!). I am super attached to the show, it would be difficult not to watch the new season.

Speaking of Lee Yong Jin, you guys should check out his YouTube programme Monstrous Date (on tvD Ent channel). The MCs are hilariously brutal. I binge watched all episodes in 1 sitting. (Short 10-15minutes each)

Watching Ore No hanashi wa nagai based on other beanies suggestion and I was hooked! Ikuta Toma is so good. I love all the siblings bickering. Hahaha

Late to this party, this week, but I startet to watch again the Rooky historian, and I love it! It is so touching and funny but also serious and very scholar. I am now in ep 15.

Also, very slowly, I started to watch Live. I see how and why people compared it with Misaeng, or at least to have the Misaeng vibe. I am watching it super slow. Right now in ep 3.
I couldn't make myself to watch a show I know I won't like and torture myself😂😂😂😂
Maybe in another occasion!

I have really been frustrated with moving from watching fully aired/translated dramas, to watching currently airing (or previously aired, but currently being dribbled out and sl-oooooo-w-ly translated) dramas. Weekends are when I want to watch, but the dramas that are driving me crazy with waiting for the next episode air on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, so aren't available Friday night, or fully aired and translated on Saturday night, for me to watch.

I am watching and really liking Wonderful Life, Beautiful Love. I really love the main couple, Cheong-ah and Joon-Hwi (Kim Jae-Young is gorgeous, and I love his character's total cluelessness when it comes to dating/romance!), I love Tae-Rang, and much to my surprise (and slight annoyance, because she was so truly horrible for the first 30 or so episodes), I think Seol-ah has gone pretty far in redeeming herself. (The fact that she left a 9-year marriage - that she entered solely for the money - with no alimony was a good sign. Ditto for reuniting with and showing love for her family. And her growing appreciation of, friendship with, and now what looks like real love for, sweet, not-rich or socially elite Tae-rang also helped.

I dislike Jin-woo and loathe Hae-rang, but I feel like they will end up together in the end. Again, annoying, because I hate cheaters - and in Hae-rang's case a cheater AND a mean girl bully - so I absolutely hate to see them "win" anything. They need to suffer and be miserable. If Hae-rang hadn't intentionally lied, knowing it was going to send poor Baek Rim to prison and ruin his life, hadn't been so hateful to Seol-ah, didn't seem like she's a horrible Chairwoman Hong in training, and wasn't ready (if she follows Chairwoman Hong's suggestion) to use Tae-rang to get Jin-woo, then I suppose I could have considered the possibility of character rehabilitation, but nope. She's been too awful for too long. NO forgiveness from me.

And speaking of cheaters . . .