Still loving Lovers of Red Sky. Sometimes we can see the drama's seams too much, like, it feels like they want to give us all the pretty scenes and
they pop out of nowhere (piggyback riders and bathing Evil Prince, I'm looking at you), but everything is just so pretty that I don't care. And Mawang is back, yay!

Yumi's cells: after a delightful start, episode 5 was all about the love triangle and, more importantly, about the issues that can end up being the fault lines in a relationship - lack of transparency, insecurity... Drama is following the source webtoon closely (the present was different, though, ah!), and this was also a least favourite moment for me while reading, but then it became clear that this isn't your typical OTP-centric story. It's all about choices, and how some relationships end up failing but help you grow, so, yeah, I didn't like episode 5 too much, but I know that it is necessary for the story arc, ​unlike most kdrama love triangles.

Dali and Prince: episodes 1 and 2 are delicious cotton candy.

Human Disqualification: iqiyi is being really stingy in my region, so I only got to watch until ep 4. Loving it, it's so affecting I can't even start to talk about it.

Beyond Evil: I can never watch murder dramas fast. On episode 13 now, and still loving this slow ride.

You raise me up: Yoon Shin Yoon, why? 😭 I now understand the concept of hate watch.

On hold: Racket Boys (ep 13), Wok of Love (ep 16, not even Junho's face can get me to watch yet another cooking contest)

Last Sunday I also watched animated movie Silent Voice 💚💚💚

HOMETOWN CHA-CHA-CHA : I like this, but I think I would like it better if it wasn’t so aware that everyone loves KSH right now so he needs to look cool and attractive. It stops his character feeling real.

DALI AND GAMJATANG - a lot of people don’t seem like the mystery, but I like a good rom-com with mystery hijinks so I’m happy. It’s kind of a shame they went the route of making her broke because I liked the dynamic of old money, new money but probably makes for better drama. I cannot get behind her hair though.

POLICE UNIVERSITY - it is there, I am watching it. It’s not amazing but it’s fine.

YUMI’S CELLS - I’m not sure if I will continue, the multi-season thing puts me off even if I know it’s planned.

Older dramas -

I finished rewatching THE GREATEST LOVE (for the millionth time) and it’s just the best.

HOMETOWN CHA CHA CHA continues to rock - we love this show.

But we love DALI AND GAMJATANG as well. This show just put smiles one our faces. It has the most endearing and perfect OTP I have ever seen in a romcom.

We continued to watch the Chinese rom-com GO INTO YOUR HEART on VIKI. There was a fun scene where the FL comes home to find her father crying in front of the television after a particularly heartrending scene from the great Chinese costume fantasy drama ASHES OF LOVE. A scene that my wife had just described to me two days before. She binged ASHES OF LOVE this week, and I could see why she liked it so much- there is a reason why it is considered one of the best of the Xianxia genre. It really is that good. In any case GO INTO YOUR HEART is light but good.

There are now a few more episodes of the Chinese costume drama JUN JIU LING which have been subtitled- my wife has really liked this show.

LOVERS OF THE RED SKY is back and we continue to love it. My wife will literally ask me, every evening, is there more RED SKY yet? I think that this show is really well done.

BE MY DREAM FAMILY ended this week. So what to watch now? There is a new weekend family drama starting: YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMAN. I watched the first two episodes and so far it seems to be OK, but we will see.

(b)HOMETOWN CHA-CHA-CHA (/b): (I tried bold writing, so plz forgive me if does not work). What a beautiful confession! I've been waiting for Episode 10 recap for ages, I can't wait any longer, so I'll vent my happiness out here a little. Can a Seaside romance be this beautiful? It really helped she confessed first. Waiting for Du-shik to finally spit out those words would take years. I'll spill out the remaining later.

(b)ONE THE WOMAN (/b): I was looking for another weekend drama to keep me busy since Hometown Cha will be ending in a couple of weeks, and I found this. It's quite bad and okay at the same time. Fake Kang Mi-na is the only thing keeping me glued on it. I seem to like the fact that no one in her in-laws house knows who she really is. The mild suspense is quite funny.

Are no Minions and no Beanies watching Squid Game? Here I thought I was the only one. I keep reading about how it’s a global phenomenon and thought that was a joke.

I'm watching BACKSTREET ROOKIE with beautiful Kim Yoo Yung !! In my opinion the most beautiful Korean actress.

The show is as fun as it can no longer be done in the West due to wokeism and paolitically correct.

Lovers of the red sky: I haven't watched this week's episodes, but I binge-watched it until episode 5. I particularly love the supernatural and the absence of court politics which sometimea can make sageuks too difficult to follow.

Hometown cha cha cha: I think the acting and the visuals are playing a huge part in why I am still watching this. The story is absolutely nothing new, but it's still nice to watch. I was a bit annoyed by Du Sik's way of interacting with Hye Jin's Dad, and I rolled my eyes when she stepped into the rain and recalled that day when Du Sik's pushed her into doing something she wasn't comfortable doing; also annoyed that it ended as a trigger to realize that she likes him, and I couldn't help but think about her poor friend that she left stranded with no ride back to Gongjin! Bref! Still watching this. Lol.

Human disqualification: I loved the first two episodes; but I am having a super hard time with episode 3. I feel like it's moving a bit too slow for me. Not much is happening. We still don't know a lot and I just want things to move along. I guess I am just not in the mood right now for something in that genre.

Hospital Playlist 2: Although the HP series is among my favorite series, I have to admit that season 2 left me a bit underwhelmed. Still, it was a nice watch.

Oh My Venus: 5/10 for the series - Solid, average show. I was looking for more Shin Min-A and this was one show of hers I hadn’t checked out. The chemistry was…fine, but I have to admit the teaser that I saw before the show was way sexier, and I was kind of hoping it had a bit more of that vibe.

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha: Still good, and I’m so glad the love triangle didn’t end up being angsty. They’re all friends, and grown ups, so it was a nice touch to not have this devolve into standard kdrama tropes. At least in this regard. Still plenty of tropes of course.

The Veil: Brutal, with an unreliable narrator as our main character. Definitely not a single character is trustworthy, and that’s one way to keep us guessing.

Dali and Gamjatang: Definitely better since the duo has entered each others’ orbit again. I could use a little less of our ML yelling so much. It’s that awkward yelling when he gets flustered, and I’ve known people like that, but it’s certainly going overboard. Nothing standing out, and if I’m honest, it’s not as good as I was hoping (especially because I love both the ML and FL). Of course I’ll keep watching for now, as it still has room to improve…or get worse. I suppose we’ll see!

The Veil (Ep 5&6) - It's scary to think that technology can allow people to manipulate surveillance feeds for harmful intentions. At this point anyone can be your friend or foe depending on their agendas. Still intriguing so far, can't wait for next week.

Hometown (Ep 3&4) - The latest episodes seems to indicate that there are more than meets the eye with those who have come in contact with the VHS and cassette tapes. I do believe that the gas attack tragedy has more than one accomplice.....should I be surprise if Jung-hyun and her friends might have some role in it?

3Cha - Glad their abandoning the pining route of the movie (or they seem to be) though I'm going to chalk up my discontent with the show as something to do with the writing. Certain things just don't land well for me. Hopefully Seong-hyeon will get his own HEA.

Lost - Park Ji-young and Shin Shin-ae are great actresses. While I can't find myself liking their characters, even when giving more information about their motivations, its nice watching their portrayal.
Enjoyable watching Bu-jung and Kang-jae slowly becoming friends. Slow might be the key component. I was frustrated with the pacing before I started to respect it. Its not often I feel a drama is subtlety saying its okay to slow down.
Soon-kyu is slowly becoming a favourite character contender, though its hard to compete against Chang-sook.
Might have identified too much with Soon-joo but I remain worried about what he may choose to do in the future. Too bad Min-jung couldn't have stayed missing.

You Raise Me Up - they are certainly milking how unprofessional they can imagine a doctor to be. The portrayal as mental illness as being easily fixed is also a large turn off.

Dali & G - remains delightful

Young Lady and Gentleman - survived maybe 5 minutes. The obsession with meeting as children had a 40-year-old actor pretending to be his 20-something counterpart and riding around with a 13-year-old. They might have been aiming for cutesy and failed.

The Veil - I want to like this more than I do. Did they seriously just fridge her?

I finally earned my VINCENZO bean this week and I'm happy it stayed good into the end. I did find the last couple of episodes too long and I found all of the extended revenge a bit too extended.
But seriously, Vincenzo was such an underdog for me. The premise sounded downright silly and I started watching it with large expectations of cheese and cringe. Surprisingly, the show hit the balance of silliness, humor, cleverness and malice remarkably well if a tad too much on the violent side of things for my taste. I have rarely seen a show where I felt the individual effort to make each character shine in their own way like I felt VINCENZO did.

Hometown Cha Cha I find that I watch about 15 minutes of the whole episode anymore. I loved the confession scene in ep. 10 but episodes 11 and 12 were so cringe-y, I could barely watch them. It's not my cup of tea.
The Veil This is entirely my cup of tea and I love it. 100% all my catnip. Namgoong Min is riveting to watch. I love the propulsive action, the nutso plot (which is only going to get more nutso, I'm guessing) and I am here for all of it.
Squid GameI watched it all in two days. Holy cow, I was really surprised to see the actor behind the black mask. Dang. Hands down best episode was the marbles one. Great build up to that with the previous games, my heart was broken. The VIP episode was a huge let down after that. Still pondering the ending.
Dali and GamjatangDali is such a wonderful character and so is Moo Hak. I don't mind all the yelling - it's all he's ever learned from his family. And I bet he is about to unlearn some of that as their relationship progresses. Dali is filled with such quiet strength and confidence. I love a show that makes me root for all the good outcomes - the museum will survive, the Basquiat show will go on and our two leads will change and grow as they fall in love. Oh and the murderer is revealed. That plot point seems extraneous but oh well.
Human Disqualification My soul waits each week for the two episodes. And I feel like each week, I am torn apart by them. No different for eps. 9 and 10 which I just finished. The show is brilliant at the brief and emotion-packed scene - so little "explaining" - the writer and director just let it unfold. This show is an astonishment to me.

Watching Lost, Hometown Cha Cha Cha picked up D. P. , dropped The Veil
Finished J drama Kodoku no Gurume Season 9

i am watching just to much..
1. Lovers of red sky - my fav but all the side stories have become too much to handle. Cen we get some good OTP moments ????
2. Hometown cha cha cha - KSH and his smile.. and Dimple Duo just too cute to handle.. then Halmounis and their friendship is a dream friendship that i wish i'll hv in my old age. and the the First Love confession.. was absolutely beautiful... no love triangle can match upto its level
3. Dali and cocky prince - battle of Dali's Elegance vs Moo Hak's shenanigans... loved each n every second of it.
4. Yumi's cel - watching it cause .. ahh just for the animation and how cell's interact with each other... just to know what actually happened inside my brain when i want to buy a new expensive gadget.
5. The Veil - just finished 1st episode and i loved it. NGM is all i was waiting for.
6. Devil's judge - last episode on hold for ages cause i am not able to finish it cause other on air dramas are just so fun to think abt it.