I finally finished I'm a Psycho, but it's OK. And it took me even longer, because I got stuck with the Evil Mom episodes. I didn't like them much, honestly, I think they should have left Mom dead and use some psycho crazy fan... if anything. Because the story didn't need it, there was enough material to work with and now they just glossed over the real problems... and the healing process. (Well, at least there was that ONE session with the psychiatrist.) What I liked was that at the end of the story, Moon Young has a family and a group of loving people around her... and Kang Tae is LIVING his life (and showing his emotions and moods - that "I love you" throwback was hilarious 😁... *cough* and then sexy *cough*...). And I looooved Oppa and Oh Jung Se should get an award.

I checkedLies and I can see the makjang pull. However, it doesn't reach the Secret heights for me and I'm not sure I will continue watching (I also may not be at the right mood). Plus, I much more prefer Lee Yuri in Father is Strange.

Brahms is still my crack. I like when the directing and writing work nicely together, like that shot on Song Ah's slippers during the concert. Song Ah and Joon Young are still so tuned to each other... And then my heart bled for Song Ah at the final scene when she got overwhelmed by her feelings and wasn't able to keep them inside 💔
(And I on purpose didn't watch the preview.)

CRICKET - England Vs. Australia - ODI

Fun 3 ODIs. Both teams tried hard to lose and actually did lose matches from winnable situations. This all created fun, tight competitive matches. All 3 matches all almost the same writing.

JAPAN -

Hanzawa Naoki Season 2 - 8 out of 10. Rarely a show remains so consistent performer and that too for a 2nd season. Now we have manga of it too. Bravo.

Doting Parent aka My Father is a Classmate - 7 out of 10 - This show generested buzz because of Yui Aragaki and then more buzz because of what role she got.
My Open post of next week - "What i won't do as an actor and director."
Overall pretty fun watch. Low budget. Ok everyone involved. I don't consider them actors. Its's Boomers way of life too. Yeah, tinge of boomers. Overly attentive father installing GPS on daughter's phone and even joining her in university. hehe.

We are not ourselves - shoujo trash - 4/10 - Soap opera fully fuctional

Love Begins When the Money Ends - 7 out of 10 - I was expecting easy watch show and it is an easy watch show but the way they have added value of money made me respect the show too. I often talk about wealth and resources in open post and some of facets of it were talked about in the show. Miura as a hero who is naive is ok ok but Heroine certainly has charm as well as side character Kimura.
Only 4 episodes and don't expect from me to show sympathy towards a guy who took his own life.

Kanojo ga Joubutsu aka Nirvana time - I want to be a Mangaka - 7 out of 10 - pretty fun weaboo 1st episode.
I don't think he's exactly a weaboo. Its just that our hero is enchanted by the culture of Japan and 1st time experiencing things is making him overly excited.

AliceIn Kdramaland: 8.0 Day 7 sure seemed to take a swipe at cohabitation dramas.

Flower of Evil: 7.5

Missing: The Other Side: 8.5 - I would have been happy with a case-of-the-week Master's Sun remake, but their chaebolsh*t succession murder plot can be ok if they do it well. I'm 98.83% sure the detective's dead girl friend will finally succeed in coming back to life, and either she or the ML will be the long-lost heir. Or both. Because twins. They seem to be setting it up to be the ML, but it wouldn't be a kdrama without a twist.

Find Me in Your Memory: 6.0 - Catch-up, day 9/11. But 9.0 for Kim Seul-gi scenes.

Do You Like Brahms Things have accelerated! I'm curious to see the next episodes. The story will place mostly in school so I hope to hear Song-Ah playing violin :)

Record of Youth I like this drama. The story is kinda repetitive but I like the ML and the FL, their strugglings, their dreams, their relationship.

When I Was the Most Beautiful Not sure I will continue this drama... The scenery was less beautiful in the last drama and I don't really care for the characters.

Alice I'm here for the SFI's side of the story clearly not for a romance between the leads.

Missing: The Other Side I'm curious how everything is connected.

Forest of Secrets 2 I would like some answers and not only questions. It's tiring to have only question after question.

SF8 ep. 5 How many times the ML will live the end of the world ? :p

Dating in the Kitchen Can they make a plot more plausible with normal characters?

Do you like Brahms?: When you catch lightning in a bottle. That is this show. I keep repeating it, but it bears repeating, there is a grounded realness in each character. I believe all them. The actors are top notch too. Jung Kyung is miserable, like utterly miserable and it is in everything she does. She needs to love herself and be alone for a while. Song Ah and Joon Young are actually perfect for each other. They intuit things about each other, and they have intimacy, which is so rare. Song Ah has the strength that Joon Young lacks, Joon Young has the emotions Song Ah tries to suppress. It is wondrous to watch them. Hyun Ho needs to start doing things for himself as well and not always think about Jung Kyung, he too needs to be alone. There hasn't been enough focus on the other too, so I will let that go.

Record of Youth: The show is still kind of meh to be perfectly honest. I know a lot of people love Park Bo Gum, but he has never done anything for me frankly so he is not helping at all. He doesn't have great chemistry with Park So Dam, and frankly for me at least her parts are the only interesting parts. I think the crew is. trying, but Park Bo Gum is not working. SIGh, I will continue to watch for her though.

Flower of Evil: SIGH, the level of stupid in episode 14 was actually shocking. My God, 😂😂🤔. I mean the pinnacle was no police escort for her child and the murdered not knowing what his target looked like. I mean that whole scene didn't make any sense. He is supposed to be this genius, but what a moron. As for Hee soo, he apparently discovered all his emotions at once, sadness, anger, defeat. What happened to the cool collected man of earlier episodes. He just poof, disappeared. SIGH, my only sympathies lied with Eun Ha who went through it because of the stupidity of the adults. SIGH. At least there is just the last episode left.

Forest of Secrets: I still love this show. Everything is starting to coalesce and I love it. Shi Mok is on the case!!

This seems as good a time as any to watch the great Ahn Pan-seok’s 2013 pandemic drama The End of the World in all its desolate, wintry glory. Apparently the quality wavers towards the end because some morons at jTBC slashed it from 20 to 12 episodes, but I’ve seen 5 episodes and so far it’s nail biting, insanely relevant stuff. Great acting from Yoon Je-moon and a lot of Ahn regulars too.

I agree with missvictrix regarding lies after lies . It is solid show I am enjoying thoroughly. It has some solid acting performances and heart touching moments.
I am sort of skimming through Records of Youth. Park Bo-Gum is solid as ever but something about this show feels hollow.

I always say I’m going to comment on WWW consistently, and then I go months without commenting… I didn’t even get to mention Into the Ring last time, I don’t think, which is definitely one of my favorite shows of the year. I always hope for more underrated gems like this in dramaland. They’re so much more enjoyable than the hyped, big-budget shows. I think one look at my comment and fan wall history will let you know how absolutely psyched I am with Nana being paired up with Lee Min-ki for a rom-com next year, but I won’t rattle on about that here!

To make things simple, I’m just going to focus on what I’ve watched this week, not what I’ve watched the past two months I’ve been absent, LOL.

Forest of Secrets 2 (10/16): I have to admit to not loving this season as much as I loved the first, which I watched shortly before this one began airing. It’s more political and involves many more scenes with people in meetings talking. This drama makes these moments much more interesting than most shows, however, and I do think the past couple of weeks have really picked up. As long as I can see Shi-mok and Yeo-jin on screen together, I’m pretty happy. Still, though, I find myself less emotionally invested in the other characters this season.

Record of Youth (4/16): This show is very, very pretty, but ultimately the sheen seems to have worn off for me already. I enjoyed the first episode, but as time goes by I find the conversations and character interactions to be less and less sincere. There’s a genuineness missing from the show. Everything seems staged. It’s a pity, because I like both Park Bo-gum and Park So-dam, and I like them together. I like slice-of-life shows, and I’m a sucker for coming-of-age stories. Nevertheless, this one just isn’t really working for me so far. That said, Park Bo-gum was fantastic in that last scene of episode 4! I don’t buy him as a model, but there’s no way he can’t convince me as an actor.

Memories of the Alhambra (4/16): I watched the first couple of episodes of this when it aired, and now that I’m revisiting it I find that I have the same complaints. This writer really struggles when it comes to writing interesting and competent female characters, and I feel bad that Park Shin-hye is in this high-concept drama with so little to do. Hyun Bin is great, but his character is an absolute jerk. I admit I’m automatically prejudiced against rich characters, but when you have Hee-joo considering him some generous angel for buying the hostel after he was so terrible to her in the beginning, it really rubs me the wrong way. All that said, the plot itself is quite fun and interesting, and Granada is gorgeous.

Flowers for My Life (2/16): I started this one a couple years ago but had to put it on hold because of school. After coming back to it, it’s just as quirky as I remembered, and I’m really enjoying it! It’s quite unlike any other kdrama I’ve seen before. I think 2007 was a pretty...

Wifi-less over the weekend, so I still haven't watched Into the I-land finale, but already saw what happened. How could they pull that crap on K?

Missing: The Other Side (Episode 5-6) - No new episodes this week. ARGH.
Jang’s monologue about the unfairness of it all could potentially be filled with dramatic irony if Jong Ah turns out to be his daughter since she is after all alive and well as compared to the other missing people. Both of them have had many scenes together and I don’t think her inclusion as a main character is justified strongly enough if her role was just to be Wook’s assistant. On another note, it is always heartbreaking to watch Joon Ho: the poor guy is holding onto hope that Yeo Na is alive and the truth will no doubt crush him. Unfortunately, any Yeo Na coma theories will ruin the entire story.

Do You Like Brahms (Episode 5-6)
I wasn’t surprised that Song Ah was the first one to confess to Joon Young: after all, while she had a tiny crush on CEO Yoon during their school days, he was entangled with Jung Kyung’s family from childhood which makes it more difficult to break the connection. Anyway, I do wonder if we’ll not see the motherly Cha anymore now that internship is over. I’ll be really sad if that’s the case since she’s the only supporting character that I like with all her shade in the eye staring and pointed statements. Next week’s preview features a malicious rumour: I predict it is the other nasty intern’s mouth.

Record of Youth (Episode 3-4)
There’s way too much focus on Hye Jun and his family and the other leads are not being developed at all (if you do not believe me, just see all the cliffhangers so far). The writing gives me the impression that Jung Ha and Hae Hyo are just characters revolving around his life that will come to play support or rival when the story demands them to be as such, while Jin Woo is the side arc that we’ll come to love when angst time arrives. I’ll be impressed if there’s no love triangle in the future between the 3 leads but it’ll definitely take more than that for me to stop pressing the fast-forward button.

Alice (Episode 5-6)
The background music and dialogue makes me really uneasy about a possible Jocasta complex occurring in this show. That isn’t the only writing problem however, for instance I have no idea how Do Yeon is just casually standing around in the storage room looking at confidential police reports together with Jin-gyum when she’s a reporter (I guess we got to pretend that it wasn’t lazy setup for the awkward family reunion later). I’m also annoyed at that cliffhanger: Tae Yi just went through a perilous situation but goes into her house when it was clearly broken into? Damsels in distress activate!

Also watching: Flower of Evil (Episode 14-15)

I do wish people would give Flower of Evil more of a chance. Yeah, perhaps Hyun Soo has developed more emotions than should be possible for someone with an anti-social disorder... but there are many sociopaths in this world who live normal lives and feel "love," though the love they feel is more of a sense of possessiveness, and an ability to take the desires of their lover into consideration. And I think his inability to empathise has been shown through small details like when he told Reporter Kim that he did manipulate him and will always do so. Though Do Hyun Soo's responses seem very emotional at times, it seems right considering he knows exactly what people want to hear. And his violence in the latest episode definitely shows that he is capable of murder and and doesn't really care about anyone except Ji Won.

Do You Like Brahms: There was a show I remember folks discussing (I think Dinner Mates) where it seemed everyone liked the relationship of the main couple but not the side characters. This is that drama for me. It is getting a bit better but still. Anyway, I give credit to the lead actress because on paper this is a very standard woebegone/doormat type character. There is a fine line where it just hits me wrong, but she is good and gives it more nuance.

Strangers: Okay, so it is not good to be watching a drama and have a scene go so sideways you take notice. I'm talking about the 15 police officers standing around looking at a picture of a bloody tie. That scene is horrible and I think they thought it would be compelling as if somehow talking about the color of the blood means a dang thing. I'm invested enough in this drama to finish it, but I'm okay with no season 3.

Flower of Evil: This is just fun. I'll ignore the k-drama coincidence of who the baddie is. Of all the cars in Korea that could have hit DH, it just had to be that one. And also the leads making the wrong move in opening of episode 13. This drama has been well paced and has also got me invested in the people so it's a win. I actually love that Detective Wife did the fingerprint thing. It is so realistic that there was just a tiny tiny tiny bit of doubt because he still isn't communicating about what is going on. I actually loved that.

Record of Youth: I didn't make it through episode 2. Bad I can deal with; boring is a serious no. However, I think I will let some beanies take the hit on this one and watch so I won't have to. I am middle-of-the-road on PBG so I know some will continue and if it gets better, I'll jump back in. Oddly, it kind of reminded me of a weekend family drama, but I can't stand his family.

ONCE AGAIN: (Finished) The last two episodes really began to focus on the central theme of the weekender: parents. Even in bad times and good times, parents are the backbone, the foundation of families, the support to get through troubled times, especially in 2020.
LIES OF LIES: (Episode 5) This show was sold as a revenge drama but so many secondary characters (the ex-wife of Jin Min, the evil mother in law, her ex-secretary, and maybe the golf pro) have bigger revenge motives that Eun Su's "revenge" (if one can call reuniting with her daughter) will be muted as she easily creates a charming web to capture Jin Min. The writing is tight and the acting is great.
Variety:
THE SIXTH SENSE: It has the first year big budget of the Great Escape and a simple puzzle premise that hooks the viewer: find the fake business. But it is really not easy. The cast is really having a good time.
HOW DO YOU PLAY?: Another Jae Suk attempt to herd four strong but funny women into a semi-scripted reality show.

While waiting for new episodes from FoS2, I’m catching up those on my to-watch list.

Feel very blessed that I finally watch and complete Dear My Friends. What an amazing ensemble piece with all my favorite veterans telling almost-as-real stories which look familiar and perhaps what I might go through down the track. I thought Jo In-Sung is only a cameo but it’s not - we need to see him more on our screen. Nonetheless, this is a drama paying homage to our grandmas and grandpas. And Madam Kim Hye-ja, why you always make me cry?!

Then I am now half way through Stove League. It’s far exceeding my expectation as I binge episode after episode. This is coming from someone who knows nothing about baseball and normally think underdog stories are too sappy. It deserves all the awards it’s garnering. And thanks to those Beanies who rave about it.

Do You Like Brahms - Their smiles gaaah my heart keeps melting when I watch them. I essentially become a puddle smiling like a fool :D haha jokes aside, I really admire Song Ah. I love her honesty, her straightforwardness, her passion for the violin, her strength, her bravery. I admire that she's so honest with herself, knows what she wants and has the courage to act according to her beliefs. She's someone I would look up to and I'm rooting for her for the rest of the drama! I'm also super curious to see how Joon Young will respond to her confession! While keenly waiting for the next few episodes, I guess I'll just have to keep rewatching their cute scenes hehe

Hospital Playlist Throwback - watching them be complete silent and stare off into space for 5 whole minutes was excruciatingly painful >-< the awkwardness aaahhh but of course Jo Jung Suk saved us all in the end :) It seems like we're moving onto behind the scenes footage so that's exciting!! I was anticipating to see footage of Young Seok Min, Heo Sun Bin, Yoon Bok and Hong Do, even Dr Bong's auditions, but I guess they didn't film it?

It's officially the holidays woohoo~~ I still have a whole bunch of work to catch up on but I'm going to binge dramas to my heart's content anyways~~ first up I need to get myself up to date with Stranger, then I think I'll start Into The Ring or Nokdu Flower or Hot Stove League (or start them all simultaneously, that works too :P), oh and I still need to finish Pegasus Market!! I'm so excited heheheh

Anyways, hope you all have an amazing week~ remember to take regular breaks and take it easy :D

Saw some positive comments about the latest FoE episodes, and decided to save them up (13-16) and binge watch. Hope this drama finishes in a high note, after a couple of shaky episodes. So, no airing dramas for me this week.
But I watched Itaewon Class! Kind of skip-watched the first 2 episodes, but when Park Saeroyi sets up Danbam, drama got my whole attention. Really enjoyed the ride - excepting Geunwon's nasty return, which really belonged in another drama. Loved the underdog journey, the found family, Kim Dami's good psycho Jo Yiseo, the power OST, and PSJ's, ABH's and KDH's suits are on point. Also loved YJM's - CEO Jang- contemporary take on hanboks

Watched The Harder They Come (1972)
Watching anime Isekai Izakaya Nobu
Caught up on Alice I was expecting a “Luke,I am your father”moment.

I suspect the Alice guy may have told the professor that she was his lover from before and that the Lt. Is their boy.

Missing: The other side. It’s really getting better. I’m glad Wook is finally being honest (well, sort of) with Det. Shin, because it’s heartbreaking watching him trying to hold to anything not to break down because YeoNa is dead. The scene in the balloon made me hope for her not to be the one in that bag thrown to the water and that she may somehow not dead, but then I don’t know why Wook haven’t been honest with his mum. I guess he needs time. Also, am I the only one to think that the daughter lost to Mr. Jang can be Jong-Ah.

Do you love Brahms.Can an OTP be sweeter that uri Song-Ah and Joon-Young. I seriously doubt it. I love how these two introvert and shy people are drawn to each other. That confession was so heartfelt and honest and real. I can relate so much to SongAh if I think of my younger self. Awwwww. I can’t wait to Monday. As for the rest of the angles of the hexagon, as much as I dislike JungKyung and DongYoon (she’s depressed and annoying and he’s a jerk) I have to stand for them in this week’s episodes. They both have taken a decision, and they’ve been honest (at least now) about it. They’ve told the other parts (HyunHu and MinSung) many times that they don’t want to be in relation anymore. Their timing may be wrong, they may have done it the worst way possible, but they have all the right to finish a relationship they don’t to be in anymore, so I really hated the way bot HyunHy and MinSung tried to impose their will denying what they were listening. It was violent, specially HyunHu.

Flower of Evil. I’ve only watched episode 14, and it was better than the ones of last week. I’m refraining myself for watching episode 15 after watching beanies comments about how absurd this episode was. I will probably wait to episode 16 to air and watch them next week. I used to love you so much, show...

Stranger 2. Anyone can be the culprit. All of them. Everyone is hiding something. It makes me think how we always withhold information even when we are committed to tell the truth. It reminds me of House and how he always said that patients always lie. Well, here everyone is lying.

Misaeng (ep. 13) I’m loving it. I recognize each an everyone of the stereotypes office workers shown. I also work in a big corporation. It’s as real as life.

I began A beautiful mind (episode 3). Too many tropes made it almost suffer the episode 2 drop, but I love all the actors, so I’ll give it a couple more episodes.

I finished Familiar Wife and it was such a delight to watch. I loved how JooHyuk slowly realized how much he loved his wife and how her life had become so miserable because of the way they lived and how little he cared for things he got for granted. The bright WooJin he met in this alternative life was a different person from the sad bitter person he lived with. Four last episodes felt a bit down, though, but I loved it: from the character development, to the relation among the...

LONELY ENOUGH TO LOVE: It's a bad week for Na Eun but fortunately, she has people to lean. The show explores how important it is to have people around you when life keeps dragging you down. It's a light and stress free series, a good balance to all the heavier dramas.

DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS?: The show continues maintaining its charm. As always the interactions between our leads are too charming cute. Jung Kyung is still on my hate list. I try to reason with her behaviour but her character just hit my nerves too much.

RECORD OF YOUTH: Despite being repetitive I am enjoying the banter between our leads. Hae-Hyo's interactions with Jeong-ha is doubtful. The interactions between Min-Jae and Hye-jun were lovely though I wish for a bit more plot development.

WHEN I WAS THE PRETTIEST: Agh !! Just when I thought there can't be any more cliches, here comes the paralysis trope. I don't know how long I can continue watching this series so far it's testing all my patience. Still, I was not expecting Jin to make a comeback this soon. The cinematography and the bright colours are, as usual, the saving grace.

Old Dramas:
QUEEN IN HYUN'S MAN: Such a wonderful watch it was. The chemistry between leads was undeniably superb. It witty, entertaining and romantic and cleverly tugged all the right emotional strings.

Flower of Evil - The crazy twists didn't make for a better drama but it still had some very nice moments. It could have been great if writers cared more about logic but in show's defense when ML personality became something directed by the plot it was already stated that this wasn't about being realistic, it's about the feels, the dramatic moments they think audience will enjoy and become interested, to get more ratings.

DYLB - Thinking about maybe dropping this. This drama had a sweet awkward main couple and a nice discussion about how a person should try to do what they like despite financial gain and social status. I'm not getting these characters anymore. Maybe it's cultural but having all of them be so worried about not saying anything that matters gets boring and when they do act and talk I have no idea why, like the reason FL and SFL are so quickly crazy in love with ML and why his bf hates him and if any of them actually really likes anyone else as a friend.

Lie After Lie Very nice makjang drama. The main characters are good people but not stupid or naive. The villain is corny but not ridiculous. The kid is natural and side characters are also nicely developed.

@quirkycase I thought I'd be alone in my feelings towards the latter parts of Flower of Evil because the drama has been getting rave comments until now that only 1 episode remains. For me, I think I've had enough of over-the-top dramatic, crying and hugging scenes between the OTP. Even Lee Jung Ki appears to have been too stressed already.

Do You Like Brahms: I continue to enjoy the leads though I would have liked a little more development before the confession.

Flower of Evil: I know this drama jumped the shark for a lot of people, but I guess I'm easy. The plot contrivances don't bother me; it works for me on an emotional level.

Alice: Okay, I finally see the weird romance-y vibes. I don't think anything will come of it, but yeah ...I thought they'd put an end to it in Episode 5 and 6 but Episode 7 and 8, by the looks of it, ramped it up again.

Lies of Lies: This is makjang done right. The acting is great and the story is engaging.

Missing: The Other Side:

Currently watching:

1. Coffee Prince: Still continue re-watching this one. This is my oasis in the middle of the world crises we all are facing. Gong Yoo and Eun-hye have strong screen presence, and I'm happy every time I'm watching this one. Now I am at ep.13. I'm really liking this one.

2. Alice: I had to suspend my disbelief oh-so-many times, but I just don't know why I intend to do this. I guess it's because I already made my decision after watching the first episode that I'm liking this one, so I just went through with that. Even though I don't really understand how this time travelling thing or the parallel universes work at the moment, or find how strange the romance between the past version of ML's mom and ML is, I am still willing to enjoy this ride as there are a number of actors I like in this project.

3. Record of Youth: I liked the first episode. Don't know about the second and the episodes after that because I didn't have time enough to continue with this one; however, judging from my feelings watching the first ep, I might go back to it soon.

Wow I'm pleasantly surprised that you're also loving Lies of Lies. Lol. I have been avoiding makjang melos ever since but this time I've been waiting for this drama to air because of Yeon Junghoon. And I wasn't disappointed. I'm really into the story. This type of heroine is much more compelling than a candy or cinderella. And the romance is kicking in this week! I'm so intrigued because we, as viewers, already know her motive but seeing her put it into action will be very interesting. And of course I'm loving YJH in this.

Also loving DYLB? because of all the things you said. I love the slow development of the main couple because it feels more authentic. I love PEB ever since I discovered her and she's killing me in this. The only problem I have with this show is the other park. Jihyun. Lol. I hate her character.

So far I'm still watching Record of Youth because I kind of like PBG's character. I don't remember seeing him with this kind of character personality. And Park So Dam is such an underrated actress before Parasite happened. I want to support her too.