I am. In a bit of a watching drought. :scary cry:
The only airings I am watching are Police University and Lovers of the Red Sky

Police University is… not very well written, or made, and is getting increasingly boring and annoying and is losing its sort of mindless filler “charm”, if you can even call it that, that it had in the first 6 episodes.

Lovers of the Red Sky is ok, and filling my sageuk and fantasy appetite for now, but I wish it were more cracky, and moved faster, because its editing and pacing is either weird or frustrating depending on the scene.

I tried to start Pegasus Market because it has weird supermarket shenanigans and apparently a ghost in it, but tragically, although I find it funny, I don’t find it grabbing, or bingeable, and I haven’t clicked past episode 2. To give credit where credit is due though, the music and the music numbers are great, and I screamed laughed at the Vocaloid Metal Band and subsequent theatre “performance” … but I still haven’t clicked past ep 2. *Cries*

I am NOT watching Cha Cha, because of the PD and writer credits, which is *almost?* a shame because otherwise it is almost something I’d pick up as another filler watch. But I just. Can’t. With that crew helming it. Nothing would make me. Don't try to make me. I’m not even sorry.

I am NOT watching Lost, because it sounds super depressing and I don’t have the headspace for it right now; which is also the case with the Majority! Of! My! Immediate! Watchlist!
All heavy, serious subject matter watches. Sigh.

And I WAS going to wait till Hosplay2 ended to binge it but the more I learn and read about it, the less inclined I am to pick it up at all... A travesty.

I am waiting for a few other dramas to start, but they’re all a week or more away and this drought has been going on for several weeks already, so the wait seems like an eternity~

And what I feel like? What I FEEL like watching is cracky fantasy! Except Red Sky doesn’t air every day, and isn’t nearly cracky enough.

I loved YAMS. Why did it have to end. I guess the drought will thus continue.
*despondently lays head on desk and makes sad faces*

Hospital Playlist 2 (Episode 11) - Mood: B
I’m sorry if the comparison is crude but the sailing of the Iksong ship reminded me of Was It Love when Dae Oh got injured which pushed Ae Jung to confess her feelings: sure, there weren’t stupid plot reasons but would it have hurt for the writer to come up with a better development for arguably the main OTP of the show? On a brighter note, we had plenty of development for the various interns and residents which is always a plus in my book: see we didn’t need Geon to have a lame crush for his arc! And I guess Min Ha’s confession was cute, even if I think a romance wasn’t necessary.

High Class (episode 1-2) - Mood: C
With the reveal that Do Young is having an affair with the chef, it's quite unlikely that she was Ji Yong's mistress: she did lock Yi Chan up but doesn't appear to have wrote the lipstick message. Yeo Wool will think otherwise: so frustrating when the viewers knows more than the main lead in a whodunit! For us, our red herring may be Na Yoon whose helpful nature and momentary reaction to Ji Yong's photo was somewhat suspicious. But given that this was the premiere week, does that mean it's neither of them?

Lovers of the Red Sky (Episode 3-4) - Mood: C-
Gong Myung, your last drama was Be Melodramatic, why are you playing essentially a simp in this show? I really hope there is something more to his character and pray that he won't be a friend-turned-enemy because of jealousy over the girl. On another note, the fact that we haven't seen the adult version of the Crown Prince is a dead giveaway that he'll most likely be assassinated soon. It feels like the painting scammers are going to be another obstacle: I'm disappointed but not surprised?

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (Episode 3-4) - Mood: C-
The first moment in this show where I was paying attention to the plot was when Yi Joon revealed that it's okay for his parents to drop the facade of a happy family in front of him: he's certainly grown up so much faster than usual and it's a nice catalyst for the parents to consider co-parenting going forward. But then the first love appeared and I don't think the writer will explore the potential there. Otherwise, I remain pretty nonplussed by Doo Sik rescuing Hye Jin from multiple scenarios: pervert takes the cake.

Also watching but not really:
- Check Out the Event: A lot of rushed side-arcs while the main triangle ended on a whimper.
- The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim: You had a nice cliffhanger … and the preview totally blows it apart. Sigh.
- Blue Birthday: I did remember to watch this every week at the very least but I don’t really remember much.

STARTED
Hometown Cha-cha-cha - I like the feeling of settling in that this set of episodes gave us. In the beginning you feel ambivalent about the townspeople and as Hye-jin starts feeling at home, we do too. Our OTP is becoming cuter too as they learn from each other. Best parts - Grandma Gam-ri making a choice for herself + Hye-jin's epic kick and bitch slap + Hye-jin/Mi-sun 💖

Lovers of the Red Sky - Pretty OTP and pretty cinematography but too many flashbacks. How many times did we need to see Ha Ram remembering child Cheon Gi. Like other sageuks, the show feels filled with too many characters. I keep getting confused between the painter friends and all the palace factions.

The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim - I'm not worried about the cliffhanger but man these short episodes 😖

Taking a break from Hospital Playlist. Will try and finish altogether next week.

Will try out Lost over the weekend.

C-DRAMAS
Completed Song of Youth. It didn't hold up till the end the way I wanted but still pretty great performance from Bai Lu.

Started Forever and Ever - very good adaptation of the novel so far and the OTP are perfect.

Finished ZOMBIE DETECTIVE. While our hero makes the most of his compromised existence, the show presents three cases of humans - the cult members, the kidnapper and the serial killer - holding on to life in increasingly ruinous ways. In the hands of a more disciplined writer and/or PD, I think this narrative framework and all the characters populating it could have resulted in a truly great drama. What they’ve produced instead is a good-natured but rather fuzzy and superficial piece of entertainment. For instance, characters like the World King guys and the brother-in-law are allowed to extend their shtick to the point where they muddy the story and blunt the satire. The show is still pretty funny and the cast members are obviously a very sporting bunch, but IMO it could have been so much more.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: This is exactly what I needed, a sweet, funny healing romance. I love it. The leads are so cute. I really like the sense of community. The mark of a good drama is when you are invested in the supporting cast, and I find Mi-sun, the divorced couple, Gam-ri and the other villagers interesting too. I’m happy to see Lee Sang-yi arrive, but I really don’t want a love triangle.

High Class: Mine x Sky Castle with little kids but even more boring than Mine and not cracktastic like Sky Castle. I like Jo Yeo-jung and am all for female lead casts, but her character was bland and the drama predictable. I’ve had enough of snobby rich people treating those they view as inferior badly.

Human Disqualification: The first two episodes were well done, the acting is very good, Ryu Joon-yeol’s hair is amazing, but I don’t feel a connection to the characters yet. It’s good to see Park In-hwan as the female lead’s father. I hate the MIL.

Hospital Playlist 2: I’m sad that the drama is coming to a close. I think I’m the lone viewer that enjoyed Season 2 more than Season 1. I didn’t support Seok-hyung and Min-ha, but now that it’s happened, I admit he needs someone with her dogged determination. Do Jae-hak and Jun-wan are my OTP.

Police University: The fast forward button has been getting a workout.

CRICKET -

England Vs. India - 4th Test 5th day - This test was good. quite good and 5th day bowling from india was high quality. entertaining and engaging. Then there were like 10 articles on the beauty of Test Cricket. The romance of Test Cricket shines best in these words of various writers. Cricket is the only sport whose articles i like to read. rest of the sports i just check the score and stats and move ahead.

5th test - oh my - such nonsense - such headache - Don't put it on pandemic - What players were upto - what boards were upto - Such crucial test and so much of garbage being aired and no sport in sight. Reports and more in news to rile the spectators. And there is no answer to that question anywhere? Test is cancelled. woah. Too many people showed their incompetency and buffoonery in such a short time. Ofcourse, layers played part in it too.

And as i have said before too - I don't like IPL at all.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha: This is just an easy watch and my expectations are at that level.

Lovers of the Red Sky: I'm the only person who doesn't seem to mind the CGI. I just don't care if it is cheesy or not. It has a bit of an old historical feel to it while trying to move it along imo. For me a good blend of romance, comedy, serious with minimal "Churnaaaaah" going on.

PBS: Atlantic Crossing: Not what I expected at all but entertaining.

Hulu: The new whodunit with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez. Not what I expected but entertaining.

I have Great Shaman on my list but I am waiting til it is done. Also looking forward to two forthcoming historicals. I really should go back to Bossam where I stalled around the halfway point.

Police University: So Dong Man continues to act like a teenager who can't control his emotions, Sigh. Everyone else is so fun though, now they think they caught the ringleader, what is next. We have 6 episodes left and it should be fun who all is involved in the conspiracy.

Lovers of the Red Sky: The fantasy element doesn't make sense. They are just adding and subtracting things without rules. However I enjoy the rest of the drama enough that I can ignore that part. The leads are really cute, also Gong Myung is so precious lol.

High Class: I really liked this drama, but that doesn't surprise me Cho Yeo Jeong always picks interesting projects. I love the mother-son relationship, it is really sweet.

Hospital Playlist: Well they used all the tropes to get Song Hwa and Ik Joon together didn't they, lol. 😅😅. Ik Joon and Ul Joo's relationship continues to be my favorite, how precious are they together. Their reunion was so cute. As for Min Ha and Soek Hyung their relationship doesn't bother me that much despite the difference in power.

Lost/Human Disqualification: Aww I loved it, the interpersonal relationships were awesome. Her evil mother in law can go away, but I enjoy our leads for now.

Hometown Cha Cha Cha: DS seems to be growing up and that is what we need in a male lead. However based on the previews I may have spoken too soon lol. HJ continues to be my favorite.

The Veil seems to be coming next week. Viki has it coming on the 17th.😔😔, I was looking forward to it.

I finally found the courage to watch the last two episodes of Monthly Magazine Home and yes, it was a total waste of time. Everything that was nice and sweet about in the first part was boring in the second. I mainly watched x2 and by FF, which says very little about everything. Another big waste of a bunch of super talented actors that ended with the worst trope in dramaland “3 years later”. Booooooo. My advice: don’t watch. If you are thinking about finishing it: don’t do it.

D.P. Finished. Loved it. It’s hard. The bullying scenes are hard. The message delivered is hard. We must not stay silent as a society to this problem. It’s not normal. Let’s not normalise violence, please.

The great shaman Ga Doo Shim. I love the sweet chemistry between DoShim and WooSoo is perfect, and that scen with them holding hands and being supportive to each other is what this drama is about. Keep recommending: don’t watch until it’s over and then binge. Learn from this beanie agony.

Lovers of the Red Sky. I loved it!!! I watched with no much expectations and mainly because it had been on the Viki “coming soon” list forever. I loved, loved, loved it. I hope it keeps this way.

Hospital Playlist. Even if S2 is not giving me what S1 gave me, these last episodes are being better. I really loved episode 11, and what I loved above all was SeokHyung’s smile. It made my day!!!

Hometown Chachahcha. This is my happy pill. I wanted a romcom and I have a romcom. I’m loving every minute of it. And, please, rise your hands if you are also find yourself singing “Romantic Sunday” for no reason. Such a catchy song.

ILost / Human Disqualification. I was fine until the Naeun realisation. Thanks to all the supportive beanies and their comments who know about my trauma. I will keep reading your comments and I hope her part is a minor one so I can resume.

So to compensate from this big disappointment, I decided to watch Confession because it seems I don’t have enough Junho in my life (ha!). Don’t ask me why I hadn’t done it before, I’m only on episode 1. I also recorded to rewatch Be Melodramatic: only one episode and I cried and laughed and loved every minute of it.

I'm still lounging at the beach with Hometown. It's my feel-good drama keeping me going in the hectic September. Shin Mina and Kim Sunho have such an effortless and easy going chemistry 💕... and I like Dooshik's house. 🙂

Hosplay 2: Tbh it was difficult for me to sit through the aneurysm patient scenes (it reminds me of my best friend, whose death anniv is coming up). So on my rewatch I ff’d them.

Ep 11 had a lot of weird cuts but overall I enjoyed it. I swooned over Seokhyung raising the armrest (and him being all light and joyful!) and their run-in with Rosa and Chairman was hilarious. We all saw the Iksong thing coming but that slow zoom was just brilliantly done. Uju crying broke my heart. And I can’t believe I waited two weeks to see Jeongwon try and fail to lend his dr gown sksksksksfd

Lost aka Human Disqualification: I need episode three!!!!

I’m looking for another drama to start as well just to balance the Lost heaviness. I watched two eps of BTLIOF a few days ago so unless someone recommends something or I find one, maybe I’ll do a rewatch.

HIGH CLASS (Ep 1 & 2): Jo Yeo Jeong really does know how to pick interesting shows. The premise is fairly simple but the previews were slightly incorrect. The promos claim that JYJ character, Yeol Woo, was framed or killed her rich husband and she lost everything. But Episode 1 negated that statement. Her husband swindled investors out of tens of millions of dollars; then disappeared when he jumped off a boat (in an apparent suicide). She may have been charged, but she was a very good corporate lawyer so it appears she was not tried or convicted of any crime. However, the family’s assets were seized dropping her from the super rich class to being a single mother. We were immediately placed in a family mystery story.

Episode 2 puts the story into overdrive with the introduction of the “frenemy,” Hwang Na Yoon, another single mother, but who also has a secret grudge against Yeol Woo. But I like how the writer has used the “don’t jump to quick conclusion” card in ways that creates some doubt and suspicion on the apparent facts. I have started a mental list of many possible plot twists and misdirections.

Overall, High Class has not disappointed in its story, themes and its grand scale of the elite upper class lifestyle. The young actors playing the school children may become the stars of the show.

Variety:
DOGS ARE INCREDIBLE: With pet ownership skyrocketing in Korea, this show teaches many valuable lessons about dealing with pets and their issues. The biggest take away about dog training I already knew: you have to first train the pet owner.

THE SIXTH SENSE: The production added two additional episodes. The choices are getting harder to determine the fake business. The chemistry between the main cast continues to be stellar.

Police University The investigation doesn't make sense, but the students are cute.

Lovers of the Red Sky I really liked the fantasy part with the CGI, I found that for a Kdrama, they're pretty good.

Hospital Playlist 2 Now, we got 3 couples, can we go back to patient stories and friendship ?

Human Disqualification The beginning was pretty confuse. I can handle depressive characters but I need to understand why...

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha This rom-com is perfect! Great actors, lovely characters, beautiful places!

The Great Shaman It's tiring to have stupid characters like the friend... they made everything to save him, explained to him the situation but he absoutely needed to go back to school while he never studied before...

I have finally seen "On The Verge Of Insanity" and although I liked it I have not found it as enjoyable as the rest for the character of Lee Sang-Yeob and it turns out that I had an identical boss, without the fun part. A narcissist who stole the ideas of the workers and made them pass as his own, subservient to bosses and tyrant to employees, in short, a gem. So the series has been a trip to the distant past that I would rather have saved myself but otherwise a good drama.
I still had time this week to start watching the Cdrama "The Coolest World", I was interested in seeing it, not because of the drama itself but to see if they dealt with the issue of journalism under a dictatorship but I ended up drop it.

Hospital Playlist 2
I love slow-burn romances so I have no complaints about Iksong couple’s progress. I didn’t expect a kiss too. My jaw dropped when it happen.
Aside from the romance, that delivery scene was also intense. What a fearful sight.

I’ll be sad to see this one end next Thursday. Still no news about a third season?

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim
The show is fun and a great critique of the hyper competitive school system.
I hope to see Nam Dareum and Kim Saeron paired up again in the future. They have great on screen chemistry... actually I’m just happy to see Kim Saeron finally cast with someone her age.

Soredemo ikite Yuku
I re-watched this japanese drama this week. What a beautiful story about grief, guilt, anger and healing. I believe the translation for the title is « Life Goes On ». Eita and Hikari are wonderful as the leads.

The fact that the leads come together to heal from a shared trauma reminds me of Just Between Lovers. However, in this one, the main characters are on opposing/conflicting sides. The unlikely friendship they form with each other is truly the heart of drama.

D.P.
I finished it this morning. The end is depressing and provoking. Bullying and sexual harassment are unfortunately issues that plage military organizations everywhere. We had a scandal broke out about abuse of power and sexual assault in our military just last year. The military culture needs to change. It is toxic and inexcusable. I’m glad this drama was made to shed more light on the issue.

Racket Boys
I started it this morning to balance out the depressing tone of D.P. I have only watched 30mins of Ep1 but I think I’ll love this drama.

On the Verge of Insanity: Four episodes in, and it's quite good so far, but as someone who works at an institution that is always looking to cut staff it's not necessarily a relaxing watch. Also, am I the only one who still thinks "SERIAL KILLER" when I see Lee Sang Yeob?

Word of Honor: Okay, but suffered from an overabundance of secondary characters and shaky plot structure. Also, while it portrayed its world as uniformly dysfunctional and awful, I wish it had actually examined the values underpinning that world more critically. Cause somehow, I don't think "more martial arts training" was likely to fix anything.

Hometown cha cha cha (3-4): Totally loving it. KSH was the reason I started it, but I am loving Minah too here. We cant ask for a more perfect cast here. I loved how both leads are shown flawed here and i am totally loving the way their bond is being developed. The SML has already entered and cant wait for a jealous and petty KSH. Besides the leads, I also liked the way the side stories are developing. The whole set up is so adorable.
And the final scene of ep 4 😍😍😍. The silence and vulnerability was so beautifully portrayed. It a proof that sometimes a drama doesn't necessarily need a kissing or hugging scene to make your heart flutter !!!!

HP 2 (11): And just like that all the ships sailed and the fangirl in me totally lose my sanity. I loved how the drama slow burned us with the two ships all through this season and finally threw two heart warming confessions in a single episode. I cant stop smiling.
I was worried about our bear leaving for US but I guess he took inspiration from our winter couple to make a scenario that Dr chu is the reason for him to stay back 😄

Penthouse 3 (13-14): And the show ends !!!!
It's been one kind of a journey. Am I satisfied ? No I am not. But we take what we get. I had ranted enough on my fan wall so I wont say much here. Penthouse has definitely set bar for makjang high and while I wont rewatch it, I guess I will be struck with the withdrawal symptoms from next friday. The almost one year journey was a long run. The drama made me a fan KSY and Han Ji hyun. They acted their characters so well and I am sure I will be checking out all their future dramas. I will remember this drama for making me feel almost all kind of emotions (from anger, ridiculousness and mostly extreme frustration) and raising my BP for almost all episodes. 😃😃

Hospital Playlist The only thing I care about is IkSong and I loved how it played out this week. Lovely work by both of them. I don't believe Min-Ha and Seok-hyung for a minute. Lots of fast forwarding for me. Good song performance this week, too.
Lovers of the Red Sky I am enjoying this one, even the crazy CGI. Love the idea of trapping an evil spirit in a painting. The FL lead is a little grating and annoying. Love our ML though. I'll keep after it, I think.
Police University It's OK. I was hoping for more, I think.
Human Disqualification Highlight of the week. It's fantastic.
Special Labor Inspector, Mr. Jo Gosh, I love this show. It's a blast. Speeding through it as fast as I can, hoping our rag tag team can take down the ultimate bad guy. Reminds me of The Fiery Priest somehow.

I am really looking forward to this week's episodes of LOST. The cast is great, not surprised that the ML is a successful escort! I can understand the anger and frustration of the FL much better now and am surprised that she is raging even more. Not the kind of husband you need in bad times.

POLICE UNIVERSITY still fun to watch even if there are fewer laughs, which is ok, it will become more serious the closer they get to the real, big villain.

Both CHA CHA CHA and LOVERS OF THE RED SKY are entertaining and easy to watch. Both are full of all sorts of common tropes, the more boring ones in RED SKY, which I find a bit slow as well. I like the actors and will not drop it for now. I quite like the CGI.

I finished YOU ARE MY GLORY this week and liked it a lot. The OTP was super sweet together and really complemented each other's strengths. I cringed a lot during the really patriotic parts though and would have enjoyed more scenes of everyday life between our OTP.

I'm still trying to watch VINCENZO but between the highly violent content and children going to bed a bit late, I seldom get the chance to watch an episode. Agent Ahn still rules and Song Joon-ki really shines when dark, that sums it up pretty well.

However, this hasn't bothered me in the last couple of days because nestled in my watch-list has been THE DAY OF BECOMING YOU, a C-drama well on it's way to becoming my favorite of the year. 20 episodes in, and I haven't felt the need to fast-forward even once. It's the body-switch trope done very well including all the cringe, the humiliation and the comedy needed to make it a credible story. I highly recommend it. The only sadness is the male second lead whom I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about since my judgement of the actor is too favorable since Le coup the Foudre.

So, my drama watching has been all over the place. Last week, I tried to post about how much I loved D.P., but Beanieverse swallowed my post and ended up giving up. I've also been watching lovely drama Racket Boys (on ep 11 now) and been catching up with pretty but disappointing Nevertheless - hey, Beanies, don't judge me, I knew it wasn't going to be ok because I've watched enough dramas to know that Dramagods would never consent to a FL with agency to break up with the ML and ride towards the sunset, but I was so bored and the Art School setting caught my attention. Anyways, I still have EPs 9 and 10 on hold and I'm getting really annoyed at Nari's lack of development. I get it, Nari - dude is hot, but so not worth all the drama... (*eyeroll)
Airing dramas:
Lovers of the Red Sky: loving the fantasy bits, not so much the plot. People complain about the lame CGI. I complain about the sageuky trope salad (Ailing Father, Brooding Evil Prince, Hopeless Lovestruck Prince, Hidden Identities agogo, Plotting Beards, and so on). And I complain about the butterflies. No more butterflies, please.
I also checked out You Raise Me because of Yoo Shin Yoon. Didn't find it great. Apparently, Viki also doesn't love it, because it disappeared from airing shows.
Finally, last night I checked out Beyond Evil. Wow, I'm loving both leads. So going to watch the hell out of this

Hometown Cha Cha Cha: 7.0 Why does a show with so little happening have such long episodes?

Lovers of the Red Sky: 7.0 Promising but confusing. Needs to prove itself.

Police Academy: 7.5

High Class: 5.0 The description sounded like the kind of show I loathe, but I tried it anyway. The first half of day one seemed mostly harmless, but then... Bye.

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim: 8.0

3Cha - each episode seems to be getting better. Some of the humour still falls a bit flat.

Lost - I feel like I know more than I should because some of the pieces in the show they've already pointed out in the trailer, so it was hard to initially appreciate the show's pace.

C-drama
My Bargain Queen - the opening is good. I don't really understand what her job is though.

BL
Peach of Time - it seemed more like he was trying to scam the mother into giving him money.

Love Area - the pacing is uneven and the writing could be better. Best watched at 2x

Bite Me - I think I assumed something from the trailer (that I watched months ago or I just wanted to watch enemies to lovers trope), so I feel disjointed with the show.

Real life got in the way last week, so this is both a recap and a catch-up for me.

Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim: At this point, I feel like I’m just repeating the same thing over and over again: Kim Sae-ron/Nam Da-reum good, short episode length bad.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: Exactly what I needed. The first episode was mixed, but by the fourth, I am completely on-board. The seaside setting is beautiful, the characters are interesting, and Romantic Sunday is one helluva catchy tune.

Hospital Playlist: As nicely shot as that kiss was, I do wish they avoided the “injured male lead leads to female lead confessing long-held feelings” trope. At least Min-ha got what she wanted. She deserves the world. The show has lost the magic it held in season one, which makes me sad.

Human Disqualification: This is very depressing and very much NOT the headspace I need to be/should be in at the start of September, but I can’t resist long hair Ryu Jun-yeol, who is already amazing in this show. The filmmaking is excellent (no surprises there), which combined with (most) of the cast, means I can’t look away. This one will be special.

Lovers of the Red Sky: I’m truly enjoying every minute of this show. It’s filling the empty fantasy and sageuk hole in my heart. I’m not having issues with the mediocre CGI because fantasy cdramas and low-budget western productions have already beaten out any reservations I had on that front, as long as the overall story works. The cinematography is gorgeous and every frame looks like a painting. I do wish they cut back on the constant flashbacks, however.
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Completed dramas section. I managed to finish Check Out the Event. I’m baffled as to how it won an award for its script. A total waste of my time. Guess I should also count D.P. in this category even though I binged it all by the last recap. Now *this* is a show that deserves awards.

I shouldn’t be allowed near 50 episode dramas because I get hooked on one storyline then stop everything to finish them - I started (and finished in about a week) MY FATHER IS STRANGE. There was much fast forwarding of basically everything that wasn’t related to the two younger sisters, but I really, really enjoyed it.

Otherwise -
HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA - am up to ep 4 and I feel like it’s getting better? And bit less fan-service-y maybe? I really enjoyed the fangirling moments.

POLICE UNIVERSITY - (ep 8) is losing its charm a bit but I’ll keep going for now. Unfortunately I’m more interested in the characters than the mystery so the focus is going in the wrong direction for me.

Currently watching--nothing T_T
I am quite picky about my dramas but I don't remember the last time I had a proper drama slump. I just don't feel inclined to watch any of current crop.
I guess I should use this time to do something productive :/

I am now watching CUPID OF CHOU DYNASTY with my wife. A fun light comedy. I have decided to pause TRUTH OR DARE and then go back to the start to share it with her. Meanwhile my wife returned to her beloved Chinese Costume dramas to watch THE KING’S WOMAN which stars the great Dilraba Dilmurat, who is one of her favorite actresses. The ending is tragic but- that is how many of these dramas go. She definitely found this one to be one of the best of these dramas.

We are now through the first four episodes of HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA and loving it. Expanding the original story into a full length drama has really worked thanks to all of the side characters. We are really enjoying it and looking forward to Episode 5.

So soon after HIKARU NO GO one would not have expected to see another drama with GO at its center but I have just started the new C-Drama GO INTO YOUR HEART on VIKI. So far it is charming and I am enjoying it. Apparently GO is a spectator sport? It is a great game to play but surely watching it is on a par with watching paint dry. Which reminds me- I need to go find my GO board and my stones.

Meanwhile we are really loving LOVERS OF THE RED SKY. It is a fantasy costume sageuk and we are still a bit puzzled by the ‘rules’ for this world but we are having fun anyway. Kim Yoo-jung is so believable in her role.

BE MY DREAM FAMILY took a serious turn this week but still had some wonderful moments too. As well as a little silliness at times. With only 15 episodes left we are, of course, now setting up the final story arcs. I have really enjoyed this show and look forward to how things will turn out.

HOSPITAL PLAYLIST was back with the penultimate episode for this season. I think that I agree with Quirkycase about the romances but we did see some movement- but does this very slowness portend a Season Three?

We started the C-drama MY BARGAIN QUEEN but had to pause when subtitles ran out- and now w are about 6 episodes behind.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: The show turned a corner in Episode 4. I can't help feeling that when it's not trying too hard to be funny, it's a much better product. When the characters aren't being tropey or overacting, it's a decent enough piece of television. When characters are making genuine connections through common goals, the possibilities seem endless. Whatever it's strengths or weakness, I'm thankful for the leads and for whomever had the notion to put Kim Seon-ho and Shin Min-ha together in a drama.

Hospital Playlist S2: Still to my mind one of the best written K franchises in terms of how all the threads are woven together in the larger tapestry. I'm always in awe of the creativity and the attention to detail given to it. It's an incredible juggling act each week and I don't know too many shows that have achieved this level of management.

Okay, not K-drama but sorta? Hubby talked me into going into town (a 45 minute drive) to see Shang Chi + Rings. Now I am not a Marvel gal but I am definitely an Asian-themed subtitle gal. The movie was thoroughly enjoyable. Yes there were fights and CG dragons but there was also HEART and family and nuance and layered characters all the aspects we Beanies love. So, if you have a theater you trust in Covid times (ours removes seats on either side/front and back to your purchase) I heartily recommend this film. We've seen five films in the last couple months: 2 musicals, one mystical, one misery (Bourdain) and one Marvel. The Marvel wins hands down.