I tried again Moonlight, but I really can't with the heroine's voice, sorry Ryan Ding... I started Ugly Beauty instead and I quite like it, though my problem is that it looks like a fluff, but it isn't... and now I'm pausing and rewinding 😅 to catch the commentaries on C entertainment industry (and I'm sure I'm still missing a lot as I'm not too familiar with C-ent).

Bossam - I watch for the epic scenes... like that boat ride. 💕 I'm also happy that we are most of the time outside the court... in the beautiful Korean nature. And I love the music.

Antifan - we got the Episode 8 kiss... but why so sudden... and angry... and forced?

Gumi Roommate - surprisingly a really nice watch! I had fun and laughed... and I think the actors are having fun as well 😀

Daebak Jang Nara - still daebak, but... where is episode 14??!! 😭

Hospital Playlist 2 - June the 17th! 🎉

Youth of May - I knew for a fact that this is a tragic story, and after watching Move to Heaven I thought I'm used to tears by now, but after watching episode six, I don't think I can handle the pain that's surely on its way towards our lovely couple. I'm keeping this on hold for now. Might pick this up, or might not.

Doom At Your Service - I LOVE this show. I know there's some meaning behind all this floppy dialogues and honestly, I can't understand what's going on because I simply can't concentrate when SIG and PBY appear on my screen. And Lee Suhyuk is so damn HOT!

My Roommate Is A Gumiho - omg it's so funny! This show is surely gonna be my mindless, guilty pleasure watch. Our Mr.Gumiho looks kinda creepy, but he's not a downright jerk like many other supernatural main leads appear. But the second lead is surely a jerk and I'm happy that our heroine is not a damsel in distress either.

And I want to watch Hospital Playlist season 2, like right now!

Bossam: Steal the Fate: The leads didn’t spend much time together but the episodes managed to progress their relationship nicely. I like how the characters catch on quickly, except for poor Dae Yeob. He needs to stop hatching plans. This drama balances romance, comedy, and politics well. The politics have been like a chess match which keeps it fairly interesting.

Mine: The flight of the peacock was the kind of absurdity the drama could use more of but the CGI was horrid. I’m just watching for the clothes at this point and maybe Seo-hyun’s storyline though I really hope the husband of the actress who plays the lover doesn’t actually know how the storyline is going to end up because oy.

Doom at Your Service: I’m out. I don’t care about what’s happening and it’s taking me too many tries to get through an episode. The writing wants to be profound but instead is repetitive nonsense. The secondary characters might as well not be there.

Youth of May: And the Gwangju Uprising begins … I'm not ready. The military trucks setting off was a pretty effective sequence. While I like romances, Romeo and Juliet type relationships make me roll my eyes, especially when the Romeo and Juliet in question have known each other maybe two weeks. I liked Soo-ryeon this week and feel for poor Soo-chan.

Mad for Each Other: A bit too much yelling but that is not surprising since the male lead has an anger management problem. It’s good to see characters in a k-drama receiving psychiatric help. It hasn’t captivated me but the episodes are short and there’s enough potential here to keep me tuning in again. I don't really find it funny. The tone is a lot darker and sadder than I was expecting, which I like.

Law School: I like that Professor Yang even turns a cross-examination into a lesson for his student. I don’t like that Congressman Ko is a Big Bad. I’ve seen his brand of villainy way too often.

JAPAN -

I'm low on energy this week and summer heat isn't letting me feel comfortable at all so not watched much -

Rikokatsu - 6/10 - This show is a disappointment. So now hero-heroine are mingling with others aka dating lite is being played right now. Seriously? Concept was so internet culture but writer cooked another shoujo drama.

Renai Mangaka - 6/10 - I knew i had seen riho somewhere and then b/c of announcement of Gen hoshino's marriage reminded me of her cute fox ads with him and then i remembered that she has done gravure too - raunchy gravure. ahem. That's her professional life - but her playing heroine here strikes a bit different but surely she makes good faces and making this comedy lively.

That's it.

Lots of drama time this week!

ONGOING
Bossam - I had forgotten this show is 20 episodes (so tired of those 😖) but the umpteenth instance of the princess being kidnapped and rescued again brought it home. I'm glad the story seems to be moving away into another phase this week. More hugs please!

Youth of May - I may have felt a tiny glimmer of hope that our OTP might get a happy ending. It's the hope that's going to kill me 😭

Doom at Your Service - The leads are very pretty and good at kissing prettily. Lee Soo-hyuk also very pretty. Bonus Nam Da Reum and Han Yeri. I think that covers it.

Law School - For a change some good things happened so I decided not to drop it. 3 more episodes to go 😤

Daebak Real Estate - At least we got another key to the mystery before the preemption.

Taxi Driver - I think the show should have ended last week. It worked perfectly as a finale arc especially with a major character death. Not sure why this bit has been tacked on but I'll watch to see what's in store.

STARTED
Mad for Each Other - Not bad. Will continue.

My Roommate is a Gumiho - Also cute enough to continue.

C-DRAMAS
Completed Miss Crow with Mr. Lizard and will finish The Imperial Coroner today.

Started and dropped Time Flies and You Are Here - the 'tries to sell his wife' ML's redemption story is not for me.

Started Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling and Flourish in Time.

Also 'watching' Moonlight. On mute.

Doom at Your Service (DAYS) (Episode 5-6) - Mood: C-
The kiss looked really nice but this plot is making zero sense: why would Dong Kyung use her wish to make Doom fall in love with her when the contract is about who she loves? She was also using the whole episode trying to find a man that she wanted to kill but then changes her mind and goes for the romance? She did appear to be enjoying the kiss and the wish appears to be tailored such that Doom isn’t doomed by the contract (but he already told her that he can’t suicide, so I don’t understand why she doesn’t make use of that loophole?).

In other news, I’m sharpening my pitchfork to equip when I see any sign of the noble idiot trope for Hyun Gyu: seriously though, it’s downright depressing that Kang Tae Oh is acting this crap of a character after Run On. Let me predict for more drama that the rice cake Joo Ik gave him was the indirect cause of the demise of his and Ji Na’s youthful love, though if it’s really that I’ll definitely slap the writer for such a terrible cliche. I don’t really like how Joo Ik is invading Ji Na’s space: it feels pretty manipulative as he uses his professional & personal connections to force her to move on from her first love. It certainly feels rather icky.

My Roommate Is a Gumiho (Episode 1-2) - Mood: C+
Not gonna lie, my main reason for watching this show was to see Kang Hanna get some justice after Start-Up: she’s having her own love line with Kim Do Wan who’s also someone else I like! The narrative has a lot of similarities with DAYS (supernatural male and human female / hand of healing / cohabitation) and characterisation is rather simplistic (indifferent guy with a tragic past and klutzy girl who’s fated to save him from his destiny), but overall I found it ok! Now, if they could find a way to somehow salvage Sun Woo’s character, I’ll say things could get interesting.

Law School (Episode 12-13) - Mood: C
So there was a very convenient bike that just so happened to have a camera that recorded the moment Ye Seul pushed her boyfriend, just as it’s very convenient that no one detected the potential conflict of interest with having Sol A’s mom as a juror (particularly when Sol A delivered the closing message that influenced the jury’s decision): well, I’m thrilled at self-defence verdict but I wonder what actual law practitioners out there might say about the whole court process. The cliffhanger isn’t surprising: I think it’s likely that Professor Kim is the true puppet-master rather than the Assemblyman?

Sell Your Haunted House (Episode 13) - Mood: C+, Filler episode.
Youth of May (Episode 7-8) - Mood: C, Soo Ryun breaking the noble idiot trope was something unexpected.
Dark Hole (Episode 7-8) - Mood: D+, Serial killer arc is done but now pops up another one for the teacher?
Taxi Driver (Episode 13-14) - Mood: D-, So many Truck of Dooms! And blood! Do Ki’s truly an...

Been watching Undercover on dodgy streaming sites these last few weeks. The show takes its premise and a few key scenes from the 6-episode BBC original, but most of it is very specific to its South Korean context. As I’d expected, it’s glossier and more dramatic than the original, but surprisingly it’s also more overtly political. For one thing it seems to be suggesting that legitimate methods and ethical practices may not be enough to break the stranglehold of repressive right-wing governments.

Another thing that has surprised me is that the lead female character gets more to do than her BBC counterpart even though there are a lot more men in this version’s cast. In fact Undercover is a bit of a showcase for ahjusshi actors, with Heo Joon-ho, Kwon Hae-hyo, Jeong Man-shik et al eagerly sinking their teeth into their respective juicy roles. Leading them all is Ji Jin-hee, who gets to be devoted family man, square-jawed action hero and conflicted ex-NIS agent, sometimes all at the same time. So Kim Hyun-joo did seem a little eclipsed by all that testosterone and angst at the start. But as the show went on it became clear that the character is at least as formidable as her husband. What’s more, whereas JJH’s character mainly wants to protect his family, KHJ’s character is also motivated by her political beliefs. Such a combination of traits in a female character is rare in K-drama, and it’s great to see KHJ pulling it off so marvellously.

Doom at your service. Confusing pleasure. I don’t understand what’s happening or what characters are talking about. I even turned the subs into different languages to see if I could understand anything. I couldn’t. Still I like. I had the same feeling as with APOYM where I couldn’t stop watching even if I wasn’t pretty sure of what was going on. Blame it mainly on PBY and LSH.

Youth of May. On hold.

Sell your haunted house Jang Nara is all I can see. Episode 13 was a very 13 episode and even if I miss the episode ghost story, I know we are heading to conclusion. I really love this drama.

So I married an antifan continues to be badly good. I’m having fun, although I find the teenager fan part annoying (I get it, it’s a way to show us how FL has always lacked confidence, but even so…), and I wished 2FL wouldn’t have that expression of always being on the verge of tears. My favourite character is Manager Seo. I wish FL fell for him. He’s the best.

Scripting your destiny. I listened to all the beanies that recommended this cute little drama and I’m so grateful. I’t funny, touching, has a wonderful FL and it leaves you with a smile in your face. It’s not pretentious, and right now it is a lot.

Beyond Evil. Finished. Wow, it was good. What a ride. Somehow it reminded me of The Good Detective, in the sense that it’s like two dramas in a drama: you spend the first half trying to solve a murder and when you do, you just discover there is another mystery to be solved. Top notch writing, acting and directing. I loved the BGM.

What am I doing…

Taxi Driver:
How can something about such complex and serious subject matters, based on real life scenarios, still have absolutely nothing interesting to say. Other than that, apparently, Lee Je Hoon can STILL look good in an outfit thrifted from a tiger king ripoff of Macklemore’s famous MV.
At least someone used brass knuckles effectively for once. Although I still think he would’ve been better off with a gun. *sips tea*
… I can’t believe I just made a frakking tiger king reference on dB…

So I Married an Anti Fan:
Can a show be so bad it’s comforting?

Bossam: Steal the Fate:
I learnt all about how Joseon hairstyles are put up because of a rabbit hole started by this drama lol. I am definitely not into this as much as the rest of the Sageuk Gang but it hasn’t lost me yet so… *shrugs*

Undercover:
This is slow, and boring, and … not that great… and every week I keep pushing play because I want it to at least partially do something worthwhile with its underlying family themes, and every week it keeps disappointing me, and I need an intervention.

Here’s My Plan:
*checks just how many dramas about madly dysfunctional teenagers are in her top 20*
*checks self into therapy*

Doom:
You wanna know how bad this is? I wrote 2k words on it at the 4 episode mark. The 4 episode mark.
I should become a twitch streamer and live react to Kdramas because my eye rolls are wasted on my ceiling.

Sell Your Haunted House:
The best, by far, of the three skinship healing plot devices.

My Roommate is a Gumiho:
This is Tiger Discrimination and I will not stand for it. What did the tigers do to deserve this. Absolutely nothing.

BOSSAM: 4/10 The kid alone is -5. The annoying nobleman star-crossed lover is -1.

DEABAK REALTY: Things felt slightly tonally off for me this week. And they weren't mean enough to Hwa-jung for me. So there's also that.

DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE: A big ole yawn. I think I'm ready to drop this because it's silly. And the plot is inorganic. But I really like Seo In-gook's wig/hair dye. It's fascinating

DAEBAK REALTY (Ep. 13-14): Event with the clarity of Mi-jin’s death, it still creates more questions as it appears In-Beom touching of JiAh during the spirit awl stabbing transferred the scrambled memories from Mi-jin to JiAh and back to him. So where did the egg ghost wind up? I assumed it was entangled with ghost mom’s spirit. But I guess it was extinguished. I was surprised by the amount of cover-up of the murder case since JiAh does not remember being questioned or punished for the incident because a child has to be over age 14 to be criminally responsible for their actions.

I did like the world building nugget of the Blue Salt house lady making the spirit exorcism equipment (I thought JiAh made her own devices.) It added another person who supports JiAh. The idea that ghosts cannot be exorcised if there is a person who strongly wills their spirit to stay is the rationale why JiAh can’t let her mother go. I did like the comparison that JiAh pushing away everyone around her as a living restless spirit.

BOSSAM (Ep 7-8): The push-pull between Ba-woo and the princess is becoming tiring. It is almost like breaking up before even dating. She continually demands that she will leave first, be on her own, but then immediately gets captured and put into more danger. Ba-woo continually wants to run away from her, but cannot accept that he likes her despite her family’s destruction of his clan. And Ba-woo’s plan was as flawed as the Vice Premier’s: if the princess committed suicide, where was her body? Young Master continues to be a clueless interloper. He wants to be an independent noble but he crawls back to his father when his plan blows up in his face. So he and the princess did have feelings for each other - - - but a sudden switch of grooms destroyed their romance. He was not man enough to run away with her at that moment; she rightly questions his motives now. I think the biggest takeaway from these episodes was the princess’ confession that even a hard, normal life is “fun.” The show is more fun when it focuses on the outcast family instead of palace politics.

Variety:

HOUSE ON WHEELS 2 (Ep 8) Yoon A and Kim Byong Cheol are very nice and introverted people. Their quiet demeanor but natural smiles fit well in the laid back atmosphere of the camping show. Kim is so different than from his Pegasus Market crazy role. This crew will have a two parter; usually the guests open up more after overnighting in the camper. But Yoon A did remark that she usually goes to sleep around 3 a.m. because after a long shoot day, her personal time usually starts around 10 p.m. She uses her phone, reads internet stories and watches a movie before bed. She says she needs to have time for herself.

Youth of May The heroes are suffering a lot like a pure tragedy but it's weird when we think they just met after all.

Doom at Your Service SIG in a kissing scene will always be delightful to watch :p

Sell Your Haunted House Our favourite ajhumma is here!

Law School It's me or no law element looks credible?

My Roommate Is a Gumiho It's funny like 2 good actors can make me forget the drama's weakness like Doom and 2 meh actors just can't... It's sad because the story is fun. The best part is Kang Hanna as a beautiful, sexy and absolutely clueless character!

Taxi Driver Our hero is busy.

Here's My Plan It was darker than I expected. Not sure that the FL deserved her cute puppy :p But Kim Hwan-Hee was great!

Imitation The characters are a little bit too cliché and the main actress doesn't suit this role.

Bossam I'm behind...

House on Wheels 2 I watched the episode with Kim Yoo-Jung and I juste love her. She's so bright! I'm surprised she went camping alone during days.

Sell Your Haunted House: Frankly speaking I'm not too fond of the newest episode. I don't like how important things are being swept under the carpet as if they don't matter, and less important ones are brought to the forefront instead. I also have issues with In-bum's dialogue and character.

The Imperial Coroner: I started but can't get going. The first episode isn't enough to draw my interest and unfortunately I'm at the stage where I need to be engaged 20 minutes in to give it any attention.

Lhong Klin Chan: Surprise! A procedural drama from Thailand. I like it so far. The only problem I have is that they are making the female lead a bit too rash. Overall though, I thought it was pretty interesting and it had the right balance of drama and comedy for the first 2 episodes. That said, dramas usually start out well and falter toward the end (SYHH started out with the potential to be one of the year's best).

I'm watching, re-watching and squeeing over BOSSAM, not so much for the slow-burning romance but rather the layered dialogue, interweaving of history and fiction, and the excellent acting. I know I'm in the minority, but I could watch Gwanghae and VP Lee having afternoon tea for hours, attacking each other with proverbs and compliments that have 2 or 3 meanings.

@stroopwafel since you are enjoying it too can we interest you in starting a new Hangout thread or a mid-series Review thread? We are grateful for what we have, but at 500 comments the current one takes ages to load and is eating up everyone's data. 🙏
https://www.dramabeans.com/2021/05/drama-hangout-bossam-steal-the-fate/

Into the Ring/Memorials
Finished this drama earlier this week. It was cute and fun for the most part. Great kiss scenes.

Youth of May
I am relieved that Sooryun finally came around. I am looking forward to seeing Myunghee and Heetae working at the hospital. I'm curious to see if Heetae will be able to overcome his trauma.
Am I a fool for holding on to the hope that we will get a not-so-tragic ending?

Doom at Your Service
SIGH.

Hospital Playlist
I started re-watching the first season in preparation for the second. Even a second time around this drama remains so heartwarming and heart wrenching. One moment I am laughing at these lovable characters' banter and quirks, the next I am crying over the fate of a minor one-episode character. Oh how I missed the world of Yulje Hospital and its inhabitants.

This time I recognized Kim Sungchul in his short cameo lol

My Roommate is A Gumiho: I went into this drama for Kang Hanna but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the drama. I laughed a bit watching it and I had fun. I like that our Gumiho is calm and chill but not pitch perfect. Also I've said this before and I will say it again, the female lead is quirky in a good way and not just for the sake of it. She seems to have a good head on her shoulders. Also it looks like Kang Hanna is having fun playing her character. I'm really looking forward to her storyline now.
The Romance of Tiger And Rose: I didn't catch this drama when it came out but I remembered all the beanies loving it a lot. It is so fun. Zhao Lusi carries this show on her shoulders. She is amazing. Also her stylist deserves all the praise. All her looks are on-point.

Mad For Each Other

It’s been so so so so SO LONG since I saw oppa-ya on the screen and oh my God I’m living for it. This has been one of my most anticipated dramas this year, and that’s not only because Jung Woo (Reply 1994 ) is my favorite actor, but because I’ve grown a soft spot for Oh Yeon Seo (A Korean Odyssey ) ever since I saw her in Come Back Mister when she portrayed a guy in a woman’s body to perfection. Plus it doesn’t hurt that both are gorgeous. True, Jung Woo oppa has a very unconventional handsomeness, but if you watched Reply 1994 , you will understand what I mean. Plus my name “Heartoppaya” is a tribute to his character in that drama.

Anyway, for some reason, after watching these three episodes I kept comparing it to other movies and dramas I’ve come across where these kind of conditions are mentioned. Even if Anger Management is an issue and a sickness, I can’t help but feel for Detective Noh Hwi-Oh who from the get go had to control his frustration. I mean, if I was him, I would’ve let off my steam in the bus itself. So, he actually has come a long way from where he started.

And his trigger, Lee Min Kyung (Oh Yeon Seo) is no stranger to craziness. While Hwi Oh seems like the extrovert crazy guy with a loud mouth, Min Kyung seems like the introvert crazy lady with a flower in her hair. And a mean mouth. I love the fact that Hwi Oh keeps avoiding her in order to calm himself down. And hands down the best line: “You don’t avoid crap because it’s scary, you avoid it because it’s dirty”. Lmao, Jung Woo oppa never fails to get a laugh out of me. If this wasn’t scripted, I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s already a veteran indeed.

Toilet humor is pretty famous in kdramas so starting with that seems like a ballsy move, because we don’t even know the characters. Also I wouldn’t live in that neighborhood, even if Jung Woo oppa was next doors to me... okay, but if he’s a policeman/detective and lives next to me that would be an exception.

I’m loving this. The grand reveal that he’s a policeman doesn’t affect the craziness of this drama. I already love the chemistry they have. And I can’t wait until we get to the kisses. We all know how it would be when two kiss masters are involved in one drama. Oh God.

So I married my anti fan

I know, I know. The acting is so bad. But I’m watching this for the chemistry. I mean, JJ has the baddest luck when it comes to women. He can’t even protect the one he loves. But I’m not really interested in JJ or In Hyung because Geun Young and Who Joon are just delivering it so well.

Spoiler Alert:

The kiss in episode 8 delivered so well I had to collect myself after watching it. After that accidental kiss in the start of the series I honestly expected a fish kiss scene. Not a passionate one like that. I love how they’re just running away from their feelings and not exactly confronting each other. They just couldn’t believe that they actually...

Sell Your Haunted House - Jang Nara continues to be fantastic in this. I still have mixed feeling about Hwa-jung. I'm up to episode 12 and it's completely understandable why Ji-ah is so upset with her.

Mine - So it's taken 6 episodes, but I think things may really start to get interesting now. And Mother Emma, I'm starting to suspect she's been pulling a string or two behind the scenes to cause all the drama we're seeing with the family.

Undercover - Ji Jin-hee! He's just fantastic in this role! His character is doing one thing after another to protect his wife but it certainly isn't going to make the fallout any better.

Bossam: Steal the Fate: 6.5 Forget about kidnapping widows -- go kidnap a faster subber.

Doom at Your Service: 7.0 Maybe there would have been less meandering dialogue if it had been a 3-hour mini-series?

Taxi Driver: 7.0

Sell Your Haunted House: 7.5

Law School: 8.5

Youth of May: 8.5 First time I've ever watched a show where I dread starting each new episode. #sosaditsgood #doomatyourdoorstep

My Roommate Is a Gumiho 8.0 Hyeri has improved since Hyde Jekyll, Me. There was a lot of room for that.

Mad for Each Other: 4.0 Poop humor in day 1 -- sign of a crappy show? Days 2 & 3 - well, at 6 1/2 hours at least it will be a low-cost Bean. And why do I want to change my wi-fi to "any kdrama fans around here?"

Mad For Each Other

It’s been so so so so SO LONG since I saw oppa-ya on the screen and oh my God I’m living for it. This has been one of my most anticipated dramas this year, and that’s not only because Jung Woo (Reply 1994 ) is my favorite actor, but because I’ve grown a soft spot for Oh Yeon Seo (A Korean Odyssey ) ever since I saw her in Come Back Mister when she portrayed a guy in a woman’s body to perfection. Plus it doesn’t hurt that both are gorgeous. True, Jung Woo oppa has a very unconventional handsomeness, but if you watched Reply 1994 , you will understand what I mean. Plus my name “Heartoppaya” is a tribute to his character in that drama.

Anyway, for some reason, after watching these three episodes I kept comparing it to other movies and dramas I’ve come across where these kind of conditions are mentioned. Even if Anger Management is an issue and a sickness, I can’t help but feel for Detective Noh Hwi-Oh who from the get go had to control his frustration. I mean, if I was him, I would’ve let off my steam in the bus itself. So, he actually has come a long way from where he started.

And his trigger, Lee Min Kyung (Oh Yeon Seo) is no stranger to craziness. While Hwi Oh seems like the extrovert crazy guy with a loud mouth, Min Kyung seems like the introvert crazy lady with a flower in her hair. And a mean mouth. I love the fact that Hwi Oh keeps avoiding her in order to calm himself down. And hands down the best line: “You don’t avoid crap because it’s scary, you avoid it because it’s dirty”. Lmao, Jung Woo oppa never fails to get a laugh out of me. If this wasn’t scripted, I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s already a veteran indeed.

Toilet humor is pretty famous in kdramas so starting with that seems like a ballsy move, because we don’t even know the characters. Also I wouldn’t live in that neighborhood, even if Jung Woo oppa was next doors to me... okay, but if he’s a policeman/detective and lives next to me that would be an exception.

I’m loving this. The grand reveal that he’s a policeman doesn’t affect the craziness of this drama. I already love the chemistry they have. And I can’t wait until we get to the kisses. We all know how it would be when two kiss masters are involved in one drama. Oh God.

So I married my anti fan

I know, I know. The acting is so bad. But I’m watching this for the chemistry. I mean, JJ has the baddest luck when it comes to women. He can’t even protect the one he loves. But I’m not really interested in JJ or In Hyung because Geun Young and Who Joon are just delivering it so well.

The kiss in episode 8 delivered so well I had to collect myself after watching it. After that accidental kiss in the start of the series I honestly expected a fish kiss scene. Not a passionate one like that. I love how they’re just running away from their feelings and not exactly confronting each other. They just couldn’t believe that they actually like each other...

Bossam: There are lots of individual moments/details that I like in this show - Hwa In's character/arc, the music, the relatively nuanced look at class, gender and political alliances, but the lack of coherent plot structure is driving me nuts. Every time I think we've moved on from the death loop of noble idiocy, faked suicides, and running from people with swords, we seem to drop right back into it. Maybe now that our couple has finally acknowledged that they actually - gasp - want to be together, we can move on from that?

Law School: All the characters I care about are safe and I don’t really care about who killed the former prosecutor/professor.
The show allocated too much time for corrupt politician, his lackeys and the human trash. The show would have been much better if it had focused on students, what it means to be a successful law professional – lawyer/prosecutor/judge.
Sell Your Haunted House: I do believe Ji-ah has every right to be hurt and angry. It was one thing to keep things from a child but another to lie her about it for twenty years.
Mine: Yawn fest. I didn’t know that show containing two powerhouse actors would be so boring and run of the mill chaebol makjang.
Doom: Vague and confusing. It is proof of PBY and SIG’s acting performances that I am still watching this show, otherwise I would have dropped t at episode 2.
Mad for each other: Better than expected with quite so far honest and careful portrayal of mental illness.

DOOM AT YOUR SERVICE: I did not get that kiss. But I'm thoroughly charmed by all the actors, I'm just gonna go with it.

SHE'S THE ONE: In terms of ridiculousness, this show just keeps on giving. The rude, dictator granddad really was the icing on the cake. And now with both sisters pregnant and the male lead disowned, I'm wondering if we might've reached the pinnacle of this drama?

I discovered YIN-YANG MASTER: A DREAM OF ETERNITY on Netflix. Great movie, I even had to watch it twice to get everything going on in the subtext. Fell a bit in love with the micro expressions of actor Wang Duo and will be tuning in to Cdrama Bloody Romance where he plays a second lead. Also watched the shared universe but totally unrelated YIN-YANG MASTER, a movie of entirely different quality. It's apparently based off an action-RPG and it really shows.

Mostly, this week, I've been reading webtoon LORE OLYMPUS and am currently a bit obsessed. It's greek soap opera with the most adorable leads ever. Definitely recommending it!

Youth of May: This drama should be called when tragedy strikes. The love story is only about 2.5 or 3 weeks old, but there is so MUCH drama.

Doom: I like SIG and PBY is great with him. This is. why I watch this drama, lol.

My roommate is a Gumiho: I know it is a romance, but Hyeri is playing really young and JKY is playing old. He is super paternalistic to her, hell she calls him Oroshin. I have no idea how they will convert that to romantic love. That being said I liked the second episode way more than the first, so I will stick to it.

Law School: This show doesn't do the law well, but it is one of the few times I have seen partner abuse trauma portrayed well in a Kdrama. Also I love the characters in this, so despite the supposed underlying theme of the drama, the characters except for the pedophile are so great that I continue watching.

Sell Your Haunted House: Our favorite Ahjumma and Jang Nara together. I need nothing else.