Premiere Watch: Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, Private Lives, Tale of the Nine Tailed
by missvictrix
Yay, new shows! It’s not that we don’t have enough right now, but new ones are always welcome, and this week’s array has something for everyone. Cute, breezy music-themed romance? Slick tale of stylish swindlers? Darkish fantasy drama with room to be a huge hit? That’s the week we have ahead of us, ladies and gentleman.
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol
Time slot: Wednesday & Thursday
Broadcaster: KBS
Genre: Rom-com
Episode count: 16
Reasons to watch: It’s finally here! It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for our dose of cute Go Ara + Lee Jae-wook drama to premiere. In fact, I’m almost feeling a little sorry for this drama, which missed its timing due to pandemic delays, and also has its fair share of drama competition out there right now (especially in the music + romance department). While everyone might be tuning in mainly for Lee Jae-wook’s first leading role (myself included), let us not forgot that this drama is penned by the same writer of the hilarious, heartfelt mayhem that was Shopping King Louis. So, I’m rooting for this show. Be zany, wacky, and ridiculous — just don’t be boring.
Private Lives
Time slot: Wednesday & Thursday
Broadcaster: JTBC
Genre: Crime
Episode count: 16
Reasons to watch: Definitely the sleeper on this week’s premiere list, Private Lives just might be a lot of fun, with its focus on con artists, identity theft, and catfishing. I can’t put my finger on the exact sort of drama we’ll get yet, but with the writer of Heartless City behind it, I’m hoping for something with emotional depth to balance all the snazzy caper vibes I’m getting. The cast is also interesting and low-key, with Go Kyung-pyo, SNSD’s Seohyun, Kim Young-min (who everyone knows as Rat from Crash Landing on You but was actually even better in A Couple’s World), and Kim Hyo-jin, who hasn’t been seen on the small screen in a while. I’ll definitely be checking this out just for curiosity’s sake, with the hopes that it will be a cool balance of style + substance.
Tale of the Nine Tailed
Time slot: Wednesday & Thursday
Broadcaster: tvN
Genre: Fantasy, romance
Episode count: 16
Reasons to watch: Do you hear that? It’s the sound of the drama that just possibly could be the hit of the fall drama season. Tale of the Nine Tailed is being promoted as equal parts action, fantasy, and romance, and it has the delicious-sounding premise of a gumiho who’s living in luxury in Seoul, pestered by the PD that’s determined to uncover him. There’s something about this whole drama that feels sumptuous, gothic, and fun. While there’s always the potential for it to fall flat and crush us with disappointment, I’m hoping for the smash hit outcome instead. The cast is also exciting, with Lee Dong-wook in a role that looks awesome on him so far, and Jo Boa hopefully going back to her Shut Up Flower Boy Band era so I can finally forgive her for Forest. More than our leads, though, it’s Kim Bum I’m most excited for. He plays an excellently impish and sexy bad guy, and I might tune in just for his performance alone.
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Tags: Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol, Premiere Watch, Private Lives, Tale of the Nine Tailed
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1 hazelnuts
October 6, 2020 at 8:30 PM
Looking forward to these shows! They all look promising! Haha
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bong-soo
October 7, 2020 at 4:35 PM
Also MBN’s M/T drama MY DANGEROUS WIFE (Kim Jung-eun and Choi Won-young) began Oct. 5 and is available subbed at OnDemandKorea.
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2 soulsearch12
October 6, 2020 at 8:34 PM
Bummed that Private Lives wasn't picked up for recaps? This looks like it could go away and no one would notice, or it could be one of those shows that surprise in a good way but has small viewership but cult following. It's airing on Netflix, but you wouldn't know that b/c it's not promoted on The Swoon :3
Here for Go Kyung Pyo though! He lost his mom during shooting :( but he came back this week to shoot again. He said that the FL leads the action here, as the story resides on here which is what intrigues me. Heartless City also same writer was excellent at the gritty underbelly, which this show also shows. Hope its good!
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happiness
October 6, 2020 at 10:14 PM
Out of all three dramas I’m excited for Private Lives, I’m disappointed it’s not promoted on Swoon though, usually all netflix kdramas are so I wonder why this isn’t, I would’ve loved to see Seohyun and Go Kyung-pyo promoting their drama on Swoon..
I really feel for GKP :( Hope he receives support from the cast and staff as he continues filming
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soulsearch12
October 6, 2020 at 10:25 PM
Same. Visually they're a hot pair. Plus spy/con hijinks written by Heartless City/Bride writer! IA. Was It Love? got promoted well on The Swoon, but Private Lives is cricket, cricket :/ I was hoping for an interview at least, but I think they're more promoting ROY/DoSolDol instead.
Yeah, I can't even imagine his pain rn. He's a trooper, he's also signed on to Park Chan Wook's new film which is filming this month. I believe P.L is almost at the end point filming wise (Ep 12: They're filming), so I hope he stays strong as he's going to be filming both show/film simultaneously.
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brian
October 7, 2020 at 3:57 PM
It's the first time I've heard of this drama. I like Go Kyung Pyo, and I like Seohyun as an idol. I haven't been that impressed with her acting but she's amazingly beautiful on-screen. I am sure she's improved a lot and I'll tune in to this new drama :)
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CharmingKey
October 7, 2020 at 6:27 AM
Omg I had no idea Private Lives would be on Netflix. Thank you for letting me know!
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soulsearch12
October 7, 2020 at 3:06 PM
Lol np! I should be paid by Netflix, b/c I'm doing a better job promoting the show than them!!
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OldLawyer
October 8, 2020 at 7:41 AM
I get a daily email from Netflix and they made sure to mention PRIVATE LIVES- and more than once. So they are at least doing something.
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Misky
October 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM
Agreed. I've found some if the choices lately odd. Some really great dramas have been passed while not so great ones recapped. For inathave I would have done without "was it love " it honestly wasnt review worthy
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soulsearch12
October 7, 2020 at 3:08 PM
I really think that if Drama-beaners had an option to choose which shows get chosen or not (Maybe not all, but 2 shows), then it would possibly open up the window to selecting under the radar shows to re-cap on here.
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bong-soo
October 7, 2020 at 4:47 PM
I am not privy to DB management decision making but I have always ‘assumed’ that the wonderful DB ‘minions’ are not assigned dramas to recap. Recapping I think is hard and time consuming. Our great recappers make it look easy but a I am sure it is anything but.
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hazelnuts
October 7, 2020 at 4:53 PM
What its on netflix??!!
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3 Ayalynn
October 6, 2020 at 8:40 PM
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4 Ayalynn
October 6, 2020 at 8:47 PM
I was surprised that Private Lives was also on Netflix.
No promotion what-so-ever...
I'll check it out because of Kim Young-min and the theme sounds fun. It could be a gem.
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windsun33
October 7, 2020 at 10:15 AM
Don't see it listed there, maybe too early.
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Ayalynn
October 7, 2020 at 10:50 AM
In the US, it started streaming today (Ep.1 today, Ep.2 tomorrow).
It depends on where you live... Some Korean dramas aren't aired simultaneously on Netflix and a Korean channel in some countries like Japan.
They stream all the episodes together on Netflix...
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5 Jayne❤
October 6, 2020 at 9:00 PM
I'm on Kim Bum's ship. Glorious mane is highly expected.
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Diana Hansen
October 7, 2020 at 8:20 AM
on both of them for me!
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6 panshel
October 6, 2020 at 9:11 PM
I'm ready for Lee Jae-wook to sweep me off my feet again after Search: WWW and Extraordinary You.
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7 Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
October 6, 2020 at 9:47 PM
"Private Lives" seems to be overshadowed by "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol" (geez, could I title be any longer?? XD Jkjk) and "The Start-Up" on Netflix, as it's not getting much attention on the platform so we'll have to see how that goes....
Y'all can tell me how "The Tale of the Nine-Tailed" ( say that 10x fast and 10x more lol) will go-- I'm scared to approach, even if it IS sweet Kim Bum's first comeback drama in four year-- because it just seems so painfully cringe-y and campy, imo, from all the promos XD
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Ally
October 7, 2020 at 4:59 AM
If you sing the title, it’s the first seven notes of Twinkle, twinkle little star.
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Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
October 7, 2020 at 7:51 AM
I noticed!!! 👌🏻👌🏻😁😆
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Ally
October 7, 2020 at 8:22 AM
So the title isn’t that long, 😆, it’s as long as the the nine tailed title. Now, “I’ll go to you when the weather is fine” is a long title, 😂.
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Nessa (Bebe) 🌹
October 7, 2020 at 8:30 AM
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
8 javinne
October 6, 2020 at 9:57 PM
Only Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol for me, please.
I am pretty busy, but there is music again!!!!
How can I say no???
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9 halofan68
October 6, 2020 at 10:32 PM
I have not had much luck with big, splashy dramas in the last year plus dating back to Arthdal Chronicles, followed by King and now Record of Youth (admittedly, this one is nowhere near the disappointment of the first two.) They share certain similarities: too much reliance on male star power, not enough tightening/editing of the script and underwriting the lead female role(s). I see the potential for the same problems with Nine-Tailed but I dearly hope it is good. My wife's Zoom-viewing parties with her girlfriends are heck of lot more entertaining when they get squee-happy.
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Misky
October 7, 2020 at 9:00 AM
Okay how cute is this! Your wife has zoom viewing parties ? Ah Covid, you cant stop drama lovers from congregating
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halofan68
October 7, 2020 at 4:10 PM
Yeah, their reactions are not infrequently more fun than the dramas they are watching. And I have gotten actual insight into workings of my wife's mind and those of her friends based upon how strongly they like or dislike a drama or character.
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10 seoul_searcher
October 6, 2020 at 10:55 PM
This is definitely an exciting bunch of shows all different genres but have fresh plots. Especially looking forward to private lives hope it’s good
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11 calexxor
October 6, 2020 at 11:07 PM
I was going to be skipping on all three - not having enough time to start new shows - but learning that Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol is from the Shopping King Louis writer means I'm definitely going to watch at least the first couple of episodes.
Hopefully, it is as charming as that one.
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12 OLakes
October 7, 2020 at 12:30 AM
I find myself genuinely interested in all three of these. Back in the summer I'd say it was Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol that I was most pumped for and confess that DYLB probably stepped into its shoes. I'm getting my dose of music right now (and am not a big Go Ara fan), so I may reorder my interest and put Private Lives in place of priority. I'm hoping you're right and it's a sleeper hit!
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Jezz
October 7, 2020 at 1:24 AM
At last, DYLB episodes 11-16 or final six episodes (which episode 11 had a Monet painting inspiration) will be faced off on ratings war with the first six episodes of Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. I'm very excited to see on ratings. I hope DYLB will win so I already braced myself.
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miss h
October 7, 2020 at 4:04 PM
Why is it a ratings war? Different dramas, different nights. I hope both do well.
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13 ava
October 7, 2020 at 12:40 AM
I want all of them!
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14 Jezz
October 7, 2020 at 1:04 AM
I picked all three that I will watch this.
That Nine Tailed show was great and powerful show while Do Do Sol Sol... makes me feel-good funniest ever despite one of the rare longest titles on K-dramaland.
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15 Iamelise
October 7, 2020 at 1:28 AM
Rooting for Seohyun and Private Lives. Felt so bad for her after The Time debacle.
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16 Hanami
October 7, 2020 at 3:58 AM
They all sound like they could be interesting... if it wasn't for the fact that all the FLs are sub-par actresses...sigh... With so many good actresses out there, why oh why do they have to choose these ones?!?
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soulsearch12
October 7, 2020 at 3:31 PM
Tbh, not to be rude but I find a lot of the actors in K-dramas that typically lead their show to be more hit/miss. I would look more to their films to see more of the acting side unleaded w/o much backlash. Maybe they could surprise? Wasn't Seohyun good in Time?
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17 Edgar Pordwed
October 7, 2020 at 3:59 AM
Oooh great that 2 of them will be on Netflix. Also Choi Won-young's new drama released this week on MBN, My Dangerous Wife.
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Ayalynn
October 7, 2020 at 6:01 AM
Yes My Dangerous Wife premiered 10/5. It is pretty good and started with good ratings.
(It's from 11pm so it's not against other Mon-Tues dramas but still great for a MBN drama.)
Choi Won-young is doing a fantastic job and I'm happy to see him and Lee Jun-hyeok together again (Mystic Pop-up Bar & Doctor Prisoner reunion)
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OLakes
October 7, 2020 at 7:38 AM
I'm so excited to watch it - loved him in MPUB and was happy to see another project with him so soon after.
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miss h
October 7, 2020 at 8:17 AM
I've only seen the first episode but so far, so good. I really like Choi Won-young.
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Edgar Pordwed
October 8, 2020 at 8:18 AM
Ooh interesting, hope it keeps doing well.. I'll probably watch it after its run.
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welh
October 7, 2020 at 7:09 AM
I agree, My Dangerous Wife started off strong.
The mystery is a tangled web of bad motives which is a good thing.
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18 Kafiyah Bello
October 7, 2020 at 5:01 AM
I'll watch all because I loved Shopping King Louis with an unabashed optimism, the private lives is on Netflix, and I love Love Kim Bum who doesn't get nearly the credit he deserves.
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19 neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
October 7, 2020 at 5:02 AM
Here I was thinking for the past few weeks that I needed a mid-week drama. Guess dramaland heard me and gave me three!!
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20 CharmingKey
October 7, 2020 at 6:29 AM
Beanies, what do we think the chances are that I will be able to juggle all 3 of these, not get behind on episodes, and watch all of them through to the end? I'm so excited for all 3 but just know something is going to get in the way hahaha
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Zora
October 7, 2020 at 6:56 AM
😆 I’m having a hard time juggling Mon-Tues dramas and now we have Wed-Thursday. So many dramas, so little time 😂
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CharmingKey
October 7, 2020 at 7:47 AM
Seriously! October is smacking me over the head with all these appealing dramas. I'm currently watching 18 Again so my plate isn't full, but this is going to be tough. Especially with Yoo In Na's new drama premiering soon.
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Zora
October 7, 2020 at 9:25 AM
I am waiting for that one too! It’s going to be hectic.
Fighting Beanies!
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Ayalynn
October 7, 2020 at 9:59 AM
I know!
Basically my sleep time is getting shorter and shorter LOL!
Dramas in the second half of the year are better the the first half usually because they are looking at the drama awards?
Anyway, Mon-Tue, I have to juggle with Do you like Brahms, 18 Again and Zombie Detective. My Dangerous Wife is added now.
Wed-Thurs, I don't think I'll watch Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol but still two new dramas to follow... Ugh
Oh right, The Spies Who Loved Me is coming too.
Happy to have too many dramas to watch than nothing good to watch, but it's so hard...
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21 Vincy
October 7, 2020 at 8:06 AM
Woohoo! Very excited for Private Lives (gotta love a dual personality vibe kinda drama and I've always had a soft spot for Go Kyung Pyo) and Tale of the Nine Tailed (I can't remember where I read it but someone said that Kim Bum is like seeing an old crush, and yes, I totally agree!)
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22 Diana Hansen
October 7, 2020 at 8:16 AM
please be good all of you! going to give them all a try. i love the guys and i do not have an allergy to go ara either so here goes to a hopefully busy happy run!
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23 miss h
October 7, 2020 at 8:25 AM
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24 miss h
October 7, 2020 at 8:28 AM
I'm behind on last week's shows and now all of these new shows are starting!
Definitely trying Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol and Private Lives. I admit the teasers for Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol didn't impress me much, but the writer's earned a lot of goodwill from me. Her dramas have ridiculous premises but a lot of heart. Private Lives looks like my kind of drama.
Tale of the Nine Tailed just looks like it will be a mess to me, but we'll see.
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mmmmm
October 8, 2020 at 7:09 AM
Her dramas have ridiculous premises but a lot of heart..
I understand where you come from watching the first episode of Do Do.
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Screentime
October 8, 2020 at 8:28 PM
@missh
That is the way I saw work her too. But this reveals a subtext that I had not noticed in her earlier work.
In the earlier stories, mobility was both ways and the pathos not about the fall from position but the about how no matter where you are injustice forces people to become 'lost' and the struggle to survive.
This is different. For some reason even though it looks like a re-telling, there is a subtle change in how it constructs why the should feel for their fall. In this it feels more like the sadness is about how it is unjust for princes and princesses to fall or even live the life of mortals. This is a momentary "Ugly duckling" - who was always a swan.
I have a hard time connecting with the idea of the god king or its modern equivalents.
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25 loveblossom🌸
October 7, 2020 at 8:48 AM
I'm watching dramas at a snail's pace. Need to catch up on Zombie Detective. Don't know what I'm in the mood for. There's so many dramas premiere TODAY. Gonna wait for the initial impressions.
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26 Misky
October 7, 2020 at 8:57 AM
THESE were the shows I've been looking forward to. Right now all I have to watch is Brahms (of which I wasn't excited about but now love )and Lie after lie . Her private life looks sleek and sexy, kim bum (and dimples) are finally back and finally Lee Jaewook gets his time to shine! Oh October what took you
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27 Viki
October 7, 2020 at 9:46 AM
Hmm, was only going to check out Nine Tailed Fox (waited so long!) but I think I will check out the other 2! I love Shopping King Louie! And I can't believe the ahjusshi from Crash Landing on You end up being 2nd lead now so I might check it out. He did great in World of the Married.
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OldLawyer
October 7, 2020 at 3:38 PM
Everybody loved SHOPPING KING LOUIE.
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28 bong-soo
October 7, 2020 at 2:05 PM
OCN’s SEARCH (Jang Dong-yoon) (available 10-17 on Viki) is my most anticipated drama. However with MISSING wrapping up next week I will be down to 2 current dramas (BRAHMS and ZOMBIE) so my viewing card will have openings.
There are some interesting dramas starting. I really enjoyed Lee Jae-wook in WEATHER. At only 22 years old he projects older and pulls it off in his acting beautifully. Go Ara was redeeming herself nicely (from HWARANG) in HAECHI when she had that unfortunate accident on set. So I think I will be watching TWINKLE, TWINKLE (that is how I will refer to DO DO etc).
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29 OldLawyer
October 7, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol is on Netflix but where do I find the other two shows?
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bong-soo
October 7, 2020 at 4:25 PM
PRIVATE LIVES is also on Netflix.
TALE OF THE NINE-TAILED is on Viki.
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OldLawyer
October 7, 2020 at 5:11 PM
Thank you.
Suddenly I have too many shows to watch.
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30 mmmmm
October 7, 2020 at 7:51 PM
Among all these three, I'd say Do Do Sol Sol interests me the most. It's a little sad that I don't find DYLB that engaging, so I hope this one would fix me and give me the appropriate portion of music for now.
Have never seen Go Ara's work, but was anticipating Lee Jae-wook first leading role. Now, I'm thinking of Weather again...
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31 theimprintonmynose
October 7, 2020 at 11:51 PM
I need a drama I can replace Missing the other side which is already ending in 1 wk.. And while waiting for Kairos, I'll pick up Tale of nine-tailed. I hope it's good.
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32 azkiya
October 8, 2020 at 7:55 AM
popping by to report that Private Lives premiere ep is so entertaining! ah, I’m a happy viewer :))
in a minute or so I will start to watch the 2nd ep, and hopeful that the story will stay good,, this is a rare occasion where Netflix carried on-going kdrama that I like,,only watching (and loving) Forest of Secret S2 which has ended couple days ago, and I’m happy that I can look forward to live-watch a show on weekly basis again, simultaneously with Korean airtime,,and on HD quality kekee
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33 Tazzo
October 8, 2020 at 7:04 PM
Soooo who’s watched which and plan to continue? For me it’s gumiho and dodo!
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OldLawyer
October 9, 2020 at 12:51 PM
Gumiho and DO DO for me for sure- but maybe PRIVATE LIVES if I can get to it. This may depend upon work as well as the other dramas that we are watching.
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Tazzo
October 9, 2020 at 3:33 PM
Yeah same for me
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34 OldLawyer
October 9, 2020 at 12:55 PM
I have now seen some of TALE OF THE NINE TAILED and ... yippee, a new Halloween Drama! To join THE MASTER'S SUN and a few others.
I have also now seen the first two episodes of DO DO SLO SOL LALA SOL and so far it has simply been laying the groundwork. I will keep watching.
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35 missjb
October 11, 2020 at 12:42 AM
watching a private lives, It's freaking good! and seo hyun surprisingly good and her acting has layer and depth. I watched her in Time, and she was good in that drama too. It might her breakthrough rokes which get her acting recognation. it will one hell of a ride! fighting!
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