Live watching Stranger and Flower of Evil. Thrilled with the acting in both.
Rewatched: My Love from Another Star--still great.
Finally watched I Hear Y

Of the currently airing shows my very favorite is DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? This has it all: good writing, good acting, good direction and great cinematography. Quirkycase is not alone in hating Jung-kyung, but that is just another indication that even the side characters are being portrayed well. This show is beautiful, deep and nuanced.

This weekend will be the finale of ONCE AGAIN which has been a good weekender. I will miss it.

My son found out that my wife had never seen TWIN PEAKS, which is available on NETFLIX. Not something I like but something to watch while I am working. But for something lighter to break things up she has also been watching CLEAN WITH PASSION FOR NOW.

My wife has also discovered the new period costume C-drama MAIDEN HOLMES. She loves it.

Some of the shows I was looking forward to have been delayed, so I got around to watching YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY. As promised, it was good.

Most of the J-dramas I have started recently have seemed flat so I decided to re-watch the classic HANNA YORI DANGO. This time around I realized just how well directed this show is- everything was so well put together.

I tried out Record of Youth, but I cringed for about 15 minutes and then had to stop. I think I made it/fast forwarded to the scene where the FL does Park Bo Gum's make-up and despite all the beauty on screen I was deeply bored. Not a good sign.

Flower of Evil - Still watching but somehow it has turned into a makjang-melodrama-fusion, not exactly my cup of tea.

Stranger 2 - Just watched the new episode, I like it. A lot more investigating that I can follow, instead of all the corporate shenanigans that went over my head and short attention span at the moment.

What I want to watch:

Perhaps try out more of Brahms, I am not too sure yet. The first episodes where a bit too depressing for me. And not enough actual "music making" for my taste. Does that change?

Zombie Detective - Only 9 more days to go!

The School Nurse Files - Bring on the jelly ghosts, I am ready!

Tale of the Nine Tailed - Somehow I am getting a bit of a "True Blood" - vibe from the promotional articles they are releasing at the moment. Colour me bloody-intrigued.

It seems like I am in the mood for some supernatural dramas!

Viki is messing with me. If I'm watching on my PC I've got all the shows, just finished the excellent 'My Unfamiliar' family' and started 'Alice'. If I watch on my tablet my permissions are messed up and I've been obliged to stoop to watching 'Forest' and 'Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter'. Cruel fate.

Alive (movie) - it came out on Neflix, out of nowhere or maybe I missed they saying that this movie would come out. Its.... not my style. Regardless, the first half of the movie is pretty much Yoo Ah In alone, not a lot of talking, just him, acting. It is pretty amazing, I have to say. Even if the movie was not my taste, just the fact he had do all those things, I am impressed. (also, I will be useless in those situations, I am not even gonna try to run to save myself). Park Shin Hye was bad ass too.

Do you like Brahms? - I am in love with this drama. The awkwardness, the silence, the warm of it. It is my "When the weather is fine" of the second half of the year.

Record of Youth - I watched 38 minutes, then dropped. I am gonna wait to binge it. The cast is great, the director is great, but I just... cant connect to them at all. I was bored out of my mind and no amount of Park Bo Gum puppy eyes could entertain me.

Alice - The story got a bit crazy on episode 4, I am gonna have to re-watch it, because I am a bit confused about Choi Won-Young character. I cant wait for father/son find out about each other. I could survive without the funny/comedy parts.

Hello my Twenties - Finally finished and I liked it. I am gonna wait a bit to see the second season.

Misaeng - Wow. Like wow. I dont know how to describe it. Ah, I was intern once. It was not like that, but I can relate so much to it.

Twenty Again - binge-watched 4 eps! Haven't done it in a while. Lee Sangyoon dimples!

Record of Youth - it's so refreshing(?) to see PBG angry lol he's always nice eee. Show let's have more bromance scenes before a big fight.

Switch: Finished! A super fun drama. JGS did great as a prosecutor and as a conman. And it's so awesome to see the good guys and the bad guys be equally brilliant. They just kept one upping each other through the entire thing.

Moment of 18: Finished! I wished all the drama in the last episode was better spread out to the other episodes. It felt a little incomplete. But, overall, a great watch with an OTP more mature than many an adult one.

Let's Eat Something, Anna: what a horrible show. It was a super short webseries where each episode felt more like a preview to a longer show than a complete episode. The worst scene was when the FL falsely reports the ML for sexual assault and to make matters worse the female cop that comes just says he's too handsome to assault anyone...just wow. It didn't get any better after that but it was only 5 15 min eps so finished it anyway.

Do You Like Brahms:
The drama that manages to drag me out of drama slumps. I haven't been watching any on air drama for sometime now. But the love pouring from DB makes me curious enough to take a peek and boy, I am now hook.
Side note, how is it possible that Kim Min Jae is only 23yo? The guy carries such depth and maturity in him that i thought he's much older.

DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS?
After applying my 4-episode rule, this one is a keeper, mainly because of the leads and romantic, contemplative mood. There are a few niggling doubts, namely if it will go down the melo route thanks to the love triangles, and that I wish there was more music-making. Several times when we are about to hear a piece, a phone rings, someone interrupts, or a string breaks. I think I will have to readjust my expectations: maybe it's not a musical drama, but a drama about musicians, with music as a constant theme (Does this make sense?) The actors are playing the instruments too, so it's not reasonable to expect them to play at length and sound professional.

MARY STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT. Now on Episode 11. I need this to be over soon @ndlessjoie. I also happened to binge half of FULL HOUSE TAKE 2. It's an easy rewatch and one of my favourite rom-coms, even though they sing the same song for like the whole drama. 😂 (At least the lyrics aren't "My Precious").

Currently Airing

FLOWER OF EVIL: I really like this (and I had so much fun with some of the episodes!), but I’ve spoiled myself a little so my enjoyment has wanted slightly. I’m going to try to catch up on the rest this weekend, so hopefully I’ll be able to participate in the recaps by the final! (ep. 3-8)

SF8: BLINK: This one had potential but fell a little flat. I think this is honestly due to the length. I think it would’ve been longer, because the idea of an AI in your head is pretty interesting, especially when you don’t want it there. It ended on a happy note, which surprised. I think I would’ve preferred a more bitter-sweet ending for this one. (ep. 4)

Forest of Secrets S2 We see that the cases are starting to intersect. We see additional reasons why we should suspect certain individuals. But it looks more interconnected and complicated than expected. I just hope our favorite weasel will be found alive.

Record of Youth i find the mood of the drama pretty chill although the subjects it tackle are heavy. Maybe its because its the premier week. I love the friendships and how the main leads met up. I can see the issues they will deal later on and looking forward to Hye Jun and Jeung Ah's success stories.

Flower of Evil One plot hole, I wonder why Hee Seong waited until he got home to bury Hyun Soo. If that has been his plan all along, he couldve gotten rid of the body anywhere along the way. 🤷‍♀️ Unless Hee Seong was dependent on his father's decision doesn't sound right though.

The best way to resolve this is for real Baek Hee Seong to die and so Do Hyun Soo can now take over his real identity. And I think that is where the story is headed. I hope.

Sort of watching 5 or 6 shows, but all but Lies of Lies, Missing, and Secret Forest are my only "can't wait" ones. Flower of Evil has kind of gone flat for me, Brahms is one I kind of like but just cannot get into much.

Oh yeah, and about once a week will fast forward through most that "My Wonderful Life" makjang melo just to see how weird things can get. Pretty weird - so far the chairman seems to have offspring all over, and none of them know about it. Meanwhile, all those living with him are not his kids (the old switched at birth trope). It's basically a horrible show, but I can't help FF''ing episodes just to see how insane it can get.

King2hearts - such a fun but more stressful than expected watch. I love a heroine who can help herself (and those around her). We’ve got two episodes left which means the one thing I knew about this show going in is about to happen 😢 I haven’t warned my sister, who is very invested in princess/guard romance, so I predict tears.

Six Flying Dragons - Only five episodes in so I still feel like I’m in a settling phase and working out who is who, but am really enjoying this so far. I can’t shake the Game of Thrones feeling but I think that’s because I don’t watch many historical political dramas so that’s as close as I get. (And things like the planted trees to represent people to take revenge on is very much like Arya’s list of names).

I don’t have too much drama time at the moment so I’m holding off picking up anything new for now....but next stop on the Lee Seung Gi watch list will be Gu Family Book, will I be brave enough to finish it this time? 😄

I'm still hanging out in Slump Land, I decided to put in some blackout curtains so I can sleep through the rest of 2020 if I need to.

Forest of Secrets is the only show I'm watching and I can't gush enough about how much I love this season. The writing, directing, editing, music and acting are all at the top of their game. I think this show is and remains the best Korean drama. I love the way the writers used a literal fog to convey a sense of confusion and directionlessness and then expertly put both their characters and their audience into that figurative fog. It's masterful.

I wasn't interested in picking up anything else - Slump Land - but quietly monitoring Alice to see how Korea is pulling off the time travel. I wasn't interested at all in Do You Like Brahms but if it has orgies and cuckolding then maybe it isn't the drama I thought it was going to be?? I should check it out.

Do you like Brahms?

I am sooooooo in love with this show.😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
The acting is wonderful. The music is amazing. 😄
The story, so far, is really touching.

That even secondary characters make me cry, that I can just feel the emotions of our leads and their friends just by watching them, and let me tell you, most of them don't talk much, so we just have their body language and yes... it can connect us so badly, this is an amazing well acted story, and it is breaking my heart already.
That I can cry so longingly on ep. 3, I kind of feel predicting this is the best drama in 2020.

So, if you like classical music, art, poetry and if you can at times understand the language of the soul. You cannot miss this show.

It is very beautiful. 😍😍😍😍😍

Not Korean:

Go ahead (C-drama)
I just finished this week this show and I am missing them like crazy.
I love the dynamic of the family they built for themselves. I like the friendships and the family values that the show gives you; except maybe for certain crazy and antagonist parents who didn't know what was their place, corresponded with the way they acted before.

I found most of this drama very realistic. It made me cry and laugh very genuinely.
I will have to download it because it deserves a rewatch. 👍

I was scrambling around trying to find something to watch. I watched the first two episodes of, "Record of Youth," but it didn't grab me. So I started watching, "Stranger," and thought I'd better go back and rewatch, "Secret Forest," before continuing. BINGO! That did it. I'd forgotten how this drama hooked me from the first scene--and kept me hooked. Now that's my kind of drama.

I love the love that Brahms is getting on db. I thought I was the only one who just fell head over heels in love with this drama but I am happy to be among fellows who are just as in love with our Song-ah and Joon-young.

The other show I'm watching is Records of Youth. I went in with lots of hope and the premier week us just, uh average. I'm still going to stick around but I just am not into it atm.

And I've just been rewatching While You Were Sleeping. Missed our trio and seeing them made me happy.

I’m still down in the Thai BL hole 🕳 if anyone cares to try to find me....

Even worse, I’m still down the “Until We Meet Again” hole, which is a
hole WITHIN the Thai BL hole, that @jiayou and @sirena introduced me to, but said @sirena seems to have moved onto other things (I’m talking about you just finishing “The Gifted 😉😉).

Now, in order to try to get me out of this “Until We Meet Again” hole-within-a-hole, I’m going to attempt to watch “SOTUS: The Series”, because for my first attempt at trying to get out of the hole-within-a-hole, I tried to watch “2gether: The Series”, because everyone keeps raving about it, but I personally, just couldn’t get into it 🤔🤔🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

I am sooo jealous of everyone who has access to Do You Like Brahms and Alice (flailing around and kicking). I've never gotten over Secret Affair and still skim through it (for the music and everything else too.)

Watching Flower of Evil: not at all disappointed, I found the episode, when the leads fess up, one of the most moving and beautiful moments in kdrama. Subsequently, I've been kinda expecting what happened to happen in some form or other; otherwise, why would we have such an accomplished actor who can turn on a dime in the lead who has created a complex unpredictable character.

And to that end, I'm also slowly progressing through Iljimae and wanting to see some more smart action from LJG.

Just finished When the Devil Calls Your Name and am totally sold, once again, on Jung Kyung-ho and Park Sung-woong. I sped through this because I couldn't help myself, I had to know what would happen. Who would believe that I would feel vibes from Paradise Lost?

I'm obsessed with Forest of Secrets. I'm not sure if I can even make it to the next episode. The tension has been ratcheted up.

I've been struggling from episode 12 of Lie to Me. I enjoy Yoon Eun-hye. I thought she was great in Coffee Prince. I'll never forget her taking the rubbish out in high heels, and I never once could see her as a boy. I then became aware of Kang Ji-hwan's issues and that made me sad too. But apart from that I made the mistake of reading the weecaps and the comments as I completed each episode, and I shouldn't have. The premise is shaky and the brothers' synchronicity bears psychoanalysis, and I do feel sorry for the girl who misses out even though she is turning into another spiteful, passive aggressive cliche.

To compensate myself for missing out on Brahms and Alice, I've started to once again skim through My Mister to catch the interactions between Lee Sun-kyun and Lee Ji-eun which will forever stay with me.

Reply 1988 - wrapped that up this week, and my heart squeezed so bad leaving this wonderful street behind! This show did an amazing job of reminding me of how fleeting things can be in life, and how wonderful daily life can be if we only just realized it in the moment. Also: I am Team Jung-hwan 4 Life.

Do You Like Brahms? - I'm on this ship and sailing happily along with a very large number of my fellow Beanies as the comments here and on the weepcaps clearly indicate. It's gooey delicious and warm and cozy, and the Moonlight-Sonata-into-Happy-Birthday took my breath away. My god, JY, you are the man.

Melo Is My Nature - I've made it about 4.5 episodes in, but I can't really seem to get into it. I also find myself fast-forwarding pretty much through all of Jin-ju's scenes. She just annoys me so much, her 'problems' seem so juvenile, and her approach to life so immature, especially in comparison to her friends'. I am intrigued in particular by Eun-jung (her and Han-joo's backstories and current threads seem much more interesting and mature), but I'm not sure I'm digging it enough to keep going.

I was going to start Watcher, but based on comments here I'm thinking I might kick off with Misaeng instead. I've decided to binge FoE when it's fully aired, but am thinking of starting Missing this week and try to catch up. Still can't bring myself to start Save Me. I'm just too afraid of the anxiety right now.

And I'm waiting for Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, which was my top pick for the northern hemisphere autumn, but I think that DYLB may have stolen its crown - but I love happy surprises like that and am hoping it just means I thoroughly enjoy both!

With the virus as an endless issue and seems like it's not going away soon, my craving is going only to one palate: melo.
Currently watching Lies of Lies and When I Was The Prettiest.
Absolutely love LOL. Mother-daughter relationship is always heart wrenching. Plot is deliciously makjang, actings are stellar, pace is good. Rating reflects the overall quality of the show. Over 4% for relatively limited channel like Channel A is fantastic.

When I Was The Prettiest has the best drama cinematography so far for me. The scene where Yeji walks and Hwan quietly follows with his bike is a heart squeeze. So so beautiful.
Not a fan of ISH but I think she's not bad here. Of course it has plotholes and what-exactly-are-you-doing-here characters but this time, this time, please dramagods, let Jisoo gets the girl.

LONELY ENOUGH TO LOVE: Despite the low ratings, there is something about this drama that makes me wait for it every week. The concept of co-living, a struggling writer, a psychiatrist with a trauma its all cliches but still I am watching this. I knew there will be bad news regarding Lee Na Eun's book it's sad but I feel it might be a turning point in the relation between our leads.

DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS (3-4): I am just in love with the slow development between Song-ah and Joon-young. And yes I am just having a dislike for Jung-Kyung. I don't know if the writers want us to pity her for the tragedy but it still can't justify how manipulative she has been. Its like hurt people hurt people.

ALICE: I haven't watched episode 6 yet because of the unavailability of subtitles in my region I am not so hooked but it's tugging my curiosity regarding all the questions and I guess I will continue watching this. I am waiting for Min-Hyuk and Joo won to realize who they are actually. And O-Won has been an interesting character so far making us wonder which side he is on. The story continues to be interesting so far.

Missing: The other side: I just started this series and was bored to the core but still managed to finish the first episode and the last few minutes spiked my interest a bit. I guess I might go back and continue watching more for the village and its people.

RECORD OF YOUTH (1-2): The first episodes were a bit boring but I liked the interaction between leads. I find myself rooting for Hye-Jun to succeed. Crying Park Bo-gum seriously tugged my heartstrings. I am also waiting for the backstory of Jeong-ha. So far it's not as interesting as I thought it might be but I will still watch it for the leads and the friendship between the boys.

WHEN I WAS THE PRETTIEST: The only reason I continue watching this show is for the curiosity regarding Jin's disappearance. I am not on board for the romance arc between Hwan and Ye-Ji. The cinematography is still just fab.

I am also watching a few old and finished dramas of my watchlist
Dr Romantic 2: Aww...I still miss the leads of the first show but totally loved the second season too. Totally a different arc and I hope they go for a third season with both the cast together. It will be fun to watch Dong-Jo, In-Beom and Woo-Jin dealing cases together with dearest Doctor Kim.

Wednesday 3.30 pm: Such a cute watch it was. Although the story is nothing new I loved it. It was a short sweet series to watch.

Are you Human? : Six episodes into this I dropped the show. There are few Korean artists I avoid watching either due to their actions or because of the irrational off feeling I get whenever I watch them. Gong Seung-Yeon is one among them but I still tried to watch it for Kang-Joon and Joon-hyuk. It doesn't help that the FL was totally annoying in the first few episodes and I knew its impossible for me to endure her antics till her redemption arc.

Once Again (Episodes 11-17)
The drama ended this week and I am way behind but this may be what brings me back from my slump. I am reading the comments as I watch because I don’t want to be spoiled.

I watched 5 episodes today and if I had time I would watch more. Overall I am also enjoying that there aren’t any annoying characters, it’s overall a feel good drama with good acting. There are annoying sides to most characters (like real life) but they also have a pathetic side. I am happy to see that my faith in the writer of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Oh My Ghostess and High School King of Savvy for good feels and warmth was justified. But I don’t find it as funny or the romance as appealing as Father is Strange so far.

It is a typical weekender in one sense: The parents always overreact first before they finally reconcile with their children and their choices. I know that reconciliation is supposed to be the payoff for the suffering but may be it’s cultural differences, I don’t have patience for such heavy-handedness from parents or seniors at work etc.

Regarding the romances: I don’t find the second chance romances of the two siblings appealing. I have no interest in seeing the divorcees get together. Oppa Joon Sun is not a bad guy. He clearly loves his wife and children and he is sweet but I can see why his wife’s patience with him ran out. She is so cold to him that I would only want them to get together for their children’s sake. The story I am interested from their family is their little girl finding speech.

I am even less interested in Na Hee and Gyu Jin coming back together because now they are in the middle of a love quadrangle. I don’t like it when people need an external push to see the value of someone they know well and should appreciate. I find Gyu Jin’s noona very boring (as a story as well as the actress). I find Na Hee’s sunbae and his story extremely dull as well. If this couple is to get back together they have very serious issues to overcome including a miscarriage for which one feels guilty about and the other said things he shouldn’t have and an interfering mother-in-law who looks down her daughter-in-law’s family. They don’t need the complication of other suitors.

Ga Hee has one of the more interesting stories in the drama. I am glad she said she will look for a job because with that louse of an ex she should be a better role model for her son. I find it sad and unfair that everybody (including her former colleagues) think she is not qualified to work anymore because she gave a career break. Her story with Hyo Shin is going in the direction I wanted with him bonding with her son first so I am loving that aspect. He needs some good male role models as well and her uncle isn’t there for him. No one at home seems to have realized he is being bullied at school. Hyo Shin is so far a black box. I am very curious about the “incident” and his past but...