Live watches:

Between him and her
I think I am in for the duration despite certain elements being hard to watch such a ‘friend’ consistently body shaming one of the side characters and him still falling in love with her. I am interested in seeing the main love story play out alongside getting to know all the characters around the main couple.

Welcome to Samdalri
I hope this ends well as there is a lot to tie up with the sisters. I hope ratings climb even higher so Wookie can get some good offers for future dramas in genres I can watch. Whilst there have been annoying elements in this drama it has been an enjoyable experience acquiring the bean for the year count.

Completed

Tell me that you love me.
Whilst I loved the show a few things were disappointing; the second female lead constantly over stepping the professional boundaries against the male leads wishes tainted the show for me. The main couple storyline would have benefitted from the air time given over to wrapping up the side characters issues. I was happy we saw the grown up art students at least. It was a show like Would you like a cup of coffee and Twelve nights that work well with the slower pace and focus on dialogue and the context setting.

Bingewatch corner:
Dr Storks - Japanese
I am quite enjoying this medical drama it reminds me of the staff who support each other whilst supporting the mothers and their families through their pregnancy in On a starry night. It’s quite old 2015 season one and 2017 season two but feels modern and has lots of public health awareness features regarding complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

Love me, love my voice -Chinese
The main leads are a Dr who is a top voice actor in his ‘spare’ time and university student graduating in music composition. Most K-dramas just mention the traditional food’s name and show the meal on the table or have someone cook the meal from scratch for their special person. In this show the voice actor is a pro level cook and the fan just likes to hear him talking so rather than go with the joke of having him reading the phone book I think they adapted it to him going through the cooking instructions for at least one dish per episode. It’s an interesting way to showcase traditional meals and as he is quite shy and new to the world of flirting it’s filler for when he can’t think of anything to say during their frequent phone calls. I guess with 33 episodes to fill this is a convenient plot line running through each episode!

One second ahead one second behind - Japanese film 2023
A man wakes up to find he has lost a day and it just happens to be the day he was supposed to go on a date.

One day - film 2017
A man is mourning the recent loss of his wife and has to investigate an insurance claim involving a visually impaired woman who was knocked down while walking without her stick. He meets her coma ghost and is the only one who can see and hear her.
Sad tale themes of abandonment, grief...

ONGOING
Like Flowers in Sand - "I've liked you for 30 years". "We're 32 years old". "Ah. It's 31 years!" 😂. Loved the way both episodes came full circle to their childhoods. The writing is excellent.

My Man is Cupid - The line about JDY's baby face was legitimately funny (and relatable! I can imagine some of my friends saying it!).

My Demon - What would drama writers do without last-minute noble idiocy? So many finales depend on it 😑.

Welcome to Samdal-ri - YongDal's conversation at the hideout was lovely and moving. Glad we're over the Dad drama. Still have the Eun-joo drama to go though.

STARTED
Knight Flower - Good enough start. Nothing particularly new but the usual elements play smoothly. Bok-kyu as the King amuses me.

WATCHLIST
4 of the 5 dramas I'm watching end this week 😔. Doctor Slump can't come soon enough!

Debating watching Sejak. It has Jo Jung-seok but it also has Shin Se-kyung…and the writer…

What else is upcoming 🤔?

C-DRAMAS
The Hope is exactly as good as Beanies said! I'm savouring it so only on Ep. 15 right now but there are so many scenes that are already embedded in my memory. I love the cinematic feel of the flashback scenes too (esp. Li Ran's life).

Gave a pass to the new Chinese Paladin shows but am planning to start Yang Zi's Stories of Youth and Love.

Live-ish Watches
My Demon: I’m holding off on episode 15 until they are both out, but very excited. As for 13-14: I am still really into this show. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but the leads feel magnetic to me and I’m so invested in their lives and happiness.

Death’s Game: I powered through and I’m glad I did! I watched Kim Jae-wook’s episode almost entirely through my fingers, but the whole thing was so well acted and really knew where it was going, which I so appreciate.

Older Dramas
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper: romantic hints all around! They didn’t quite have time to push any of the ships fully into the water, but they left them all open and that’s enough for me. Maybe it was because I watched the last two episodes in a few different chunks, but the end felt anticlimactic to me, although I’m glad Huin-dal featured prominently. Still, honestly I don’t mind. This drama was so much fun.

K-action Movie of the Week
Mission: Possible: It’s been a little while since I watched a K-action movie and this was a great way to jump back in! I love the trope of “acts like an idiot to mask absolute competence” and Kim Young-kwang does it so well! His grin is so infectious and it’s so fun to see him in a role so completely removed from where I first saw him (Call It Love). Lee Sun-bin is great here too, but there’s no way around it - her character is just not as fun as his. Then again, his character wouldn’t shine as much without her earnest top-of-the-class energy, and I really enjoyed her too. There is a massive tonal shift that happens somewhere in the middle (and they go from knocking bad guys out to shooting them pretty quickly), but it’s somewhat justified and pretty interesting to watch. I sort of wish we’d gotten more backstory for both of our leads so that we could understand their motivations better, but that’s not really what the movie is, and I respect that. What we get instead are super fun action sequences (the kitchen fight scene might be my favorite) and KYK taking people out while wearing a plaid suit that matches a tablecloth. Since that’s what I signed up for, I’m happy.

Random other thing
Yuri on Ice: My partner and I blasted through the 12 short episodes of this show this week, and it was so great! For a show that is almost entirely a string of skating competitions, I was surprised how much I was on the edge of my seat for every performance, and I truly didn’t know who I wanted to win in the end. It’s a very understated romance, but incredibly sweet, and I love how much they both grew over the course of the season. The opening song has been living rent free in my brain for the past week and I’m not mad about it.

WELCOME TO SAMDAL-RI (Ep 13-14) The show continues to meander with the same conversations, the same non-solutions, the same of village gossip. Any sudden character change is unearned. So far, I think the viewers have been chained up like the village square dog.

TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME (Ep 15-16) This series did not disappoint. It was well written, well acted, excellent direction and pace. The pace was slow enough for the leads to breathe, reflect and act. The silence put us in the room with JW and how ME would perceive it. Even though it could be considered slow and not enough time given to secondary character arcs, it made sense. The OTP story was believable beyond belief. We got all the characters get through their insecurities and getting closure in a reasonable, adult manner. The ambiguity of the ending did not distract from the journey. Excellent series from beginning to end.

THE BEQUEATHED (Ep 1-6) Netflix is pushing k-content to its taboo limits. This mystery-murder series starts off with the basic cop-greed-double fakes of a drama, but then it goes dark and then very, very dark in its story. It was above average but none of the performances really stood out above the ensemble effort.

LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE (Ep 32-33) Still lurking and not really caring for any of the characters. The show’s current overwhelming truth is that everyone in the show is coupling up with the wrong person. Incompatibility and ulterior motives is not the basis for a relationship.

THE CONCUBINE (2012) It is very hard to find old k-dramas, especially films. On Amazon I saw a re-issue of this movie after the Parasite Oscar award so I purchased a copy. It is a standard early Joseon palace story with more graphic violence than R-rated scenes that showed beauty, attraction and sex as palace power. It did not have a great English dub, but it was a pretty good story, however the title seems to be a misnomer because part of the story seems to be lost in translation. I will probably have to watch the english sub version.

Knight Flower: 8.0 Because just one show per season in which a character's family was massacred when they were young just wouldn't be enough.

My Demon: 7.0 Show has both standard kdrama reincarnation and contracts to sell your soul and go to hell. How does that work? Do you reincarnate out of hell after a while? A short enough while to make it a good deal? I guess it depends on how evil you've been (?)

Goryeo Kitan War: 6.0 With the focus now on reigning in the powerful regional lords, I was wondering if they might draw some parallels to powerful chaebols, but so far they haven't gone there yet.

Love Song for Illusion: 6.5 Because just one show per season in which a character's family was massacred when they were young just wouldn't be enough. But they were doing ok until the end of day 5 when they came to that cliff with the deep river and they somehow failed to have them splat into rocks along the river bank. Sigh.

A Shop for Killers: 8.1 😲🤣

Moving: 9.0 (ep 9/16 rewatch)

The Bequeathed: 1.8 Bored now. Out after 18 minutes.

LTNS: __ Soon

Like Flowers in Sand (Episode 9-10) - Mood: C+
Seok Hui’s intuition is fascinating: on one hand, he was able to analyse that someone was purposely releasing Snowball for yet unknown reasons, on the other hand, he remained totally oblivious about Du Sik until the cliffhanger. Which by the way, it was glorious and I recommend rewatching it, though it’s annoying that the male leads sans Baek Du are underdeveloped.

A Shop for Killers (Episode 1-2) - Mood: C
Given the body and autopsy, I think it’s safe to assume the uncle’s really dead: that usually indicates some sort of betrayal, which means I’m really suspicious of the people inside the house rather than outside, particularly Park Ji Bin’s face which is somehow more of a baby face than Lee Dong Wook himself. The story isn’t particularly great but it’s okay.

Knight Flower (Epsiode 1-2) - Mood: C-
I guess Kim Mi Kyung got bored of playing so many good mom characters and this is a good change of scenery for her, but I did just watch this exact same setup for the virtuous woman title minus the time travel fantasy. Instead, we got all the usual power struggle nonsense (yawns) and a who’s oppa mystery. Surely it’s not the adopted Soo Ho: that’ll be incest!

Marry My Husband (Episode 5-6) - Mood: D+
There’re moments when you can feel like the writing’s going somewhere: take for instance Ji Won pretending to like chicken so as to bait Soo Min into her main character syndrome (this ties in nicely with the whole ‘steal my fate’ theme). But there’s still too many tropes and the cliffhanger felt like the writer gave up and said ‘what’s the easiest way of revealing the truth?’.

Welcome to Samdal-ri (Episode 13-14) - Mood: D-
Well, the good thing is that they finally got blessings from Yong Pil’s dad and we can now move past that uninspiring arc. In return, the bad thing is that of course, the assistant’s still there to muck things up in the finale alongside the reporter. Sang Do continues to be written so badly that it would’ve been better if he was a villain instead (the actor has skills to pull it off).

My Man Is Cupid (Episode 13-14) - Mood: D-
Ok, now that we know who’s the killer, can we actually get back to finding out what on earth did the gods want since Cupid was dragged into their tug of war? And will there ever be an explanation as to how come the king’s reincarnated as the cop with the same physical features whereas Baek Ryeon changed bodies each time?

My Demon (Episode 13-14) - Mood: D-
So you’re telling me that a normal human being can survive falling from a clocktower? What bullshit is this nonsense! And it gets even better when Do Hee inevitably gets into danger as she always does with Gu Won having to save her. I didn’t even mention about Gu Won’s amnesia or the soul-sucking procedure Do Hee coincidentally witnessed or that pathetic breakup.

Marry My Husband: Not as crack-y as PMR but still enjoyable. It’s easy to root for the FL as she makes the most of her second chance. Also, her so-called BFF and boyfriend are delivering a masterclass in toxic friendship, reverse victimization and gaslighting.

Knight Flower: I really hope this stays fun and sassy instead of taking a hard turn to tragedy like about 80% of so-called fusion/comedy sageuks. The societal injustice is already tough enough to watch. Don't waste Honey Lee's comedic chops. Have her dismantle the patriarchy but let us have some laughs at the same time. Otherwise I’ll wish Yeo-wha and Yeon-sun would have made that run for freedom 12 years ago.

Welcome to Samdal-ri: I'm eagerly anticipating Eun-joo's ultimate crash and burn as she doesn't have the good sense to realize she's not main character material. Also looking forward to resolutions for Jin-dal's and Hae-dal's romances. Show should’ve spent more time developing their bacsktories and less time wallowing with Mopey and Grumpy.

Shop for Killers: It’s different and it’s so good! I was hooked after the brilliantly executed opening scene. Maybe things will eventually get noisy with nonstop gun battles, but for now I appreciated the quiet moments of character development in the first two episodes.

My Boss: Has taken a turn for the better! The OTP are catching feelings and it's quite cute. The titular boss might be a bit emotionally stunted, but he's never cruel. He also gets points for promoting a healthy working environment and rejecting compulsory drinking culture. It says something about the sad state of most drama offices that I was surprised how supportive the veteran colleagues were of our newbie FL. Both sets of OTP parents just appeared, but I think they’ll be funny rather than frustrating.

Currently watching
1. Knight Flower: High on my list as Honey Lee is back on screen, with plenty of social commentaries, humor and mystery.
2. Welcome to Samdalri: Love the friendship and the slice-of-life aspects.
3. Goryeo-Khitan: Love the Goryeo historical aspects.
4. Marry My Husband: I have not watched a PMY drama for a long while.

Sand Flowers: that final scene was wonderful.
Tell Me That You Love Me: do couples just change the way they handle problems after the relationship becomes official? Is that a real thing? Serious question.
I didn't get it with 25-21 and I don't get it now.
Unpredictable Family: the mom had no right to say that. You just don't talk about someone else's parents like that.

Watching my babies in pain was heartbreaking. Eun Ah needs to do something. Someone needs to do something. 🥺
Welcome to Sam Dal: ajá.
Knight Flower: loved the first episode. I didn't get to watch the second one because of Percy Jackson, tho.

BONUS
Percy Jackson: the books are about the quest, the ambience the action; while the show is focused on the characters and their stories. That makes reading and watching at the same time great. I get the full experience by combining both versions of the story.

Tell Me That You Love Me It was a good drama. It's sad that the writer couldn't choose an ending and let the public choosing himself.

Love Song for Illusion The difference between the 2 MLs is not very clear and doesn't make sense at all. The OST I Was You, You Were Me is nice.

Marry My Husband None character feels like real person but just clichés.

Between Him and Her I wonder what Lee Seol is doing in this drama, the writing is bad, her character not so interesting, her ML is not really good at acting...

Like Flowers in Sand I don't want it to end!

Welcome to Samdal-ri I just want to see Eun-Ho loosing everything now.

Knight Flower If I need to compare this drama to another one, it's not The Matchmakers but The Story of Park's Marriage Contract with the widow virtue and abs making the FL loosing her mind :p

My Demon The villain can fly?

Captivating the King Jo Jung-Suk is back! It's the only important thing.

My Man is Cupid (and not stupid like I read one in two) The story is so slooooow.

A Shop for Killers I liked the first 2 episodes but the FL seemed very naive.

LTNS I didn't like the first episode. I didn't like the characters. I wonder why KDramas always are so cynical with formed couple and can't show the same romance than in other dramas.

Aishiteiru to Ittekure After watching Tell That You Love Me, I was curious about the original JDrama. First, this one aired in 1995, so it's interesting to see the difference with the technology, no phone to write on, so the FL signed more. He's a painter and she's an actress and otherwise, it's very different. I read the second part will show the insecurity of the FL, so I guess the KDrama followed this part too.

Like Flowers in the sand: 💙💙💙💙💙
My man is Cupid - what happened there!! Shook. Can’t wait for Ep 16 today
My demon: I will earn my bean.
Sam dal ri- I am here for Eun Joo’s epic downfall.
Knight Flower - Fun so far. But not sure how long I will last given all the politics coming soon.

Derailment - Ep 24. Or enough time to finish this.

Hope - need to get started soon!
Marry my husband - definitely ready to start once all the live dramas end this week.

Finished:

1. Tell Me That You Love Me: An exquisite art piece.

Love Song for Illusion. Not as much fun as the first 3 episodes to me but I'm still curious about how things will play out, more specifically how Park Ji Hoon will continue to play the characters now that they're away from the palace and the king is dead so argubly, Hyun's now freer (even though he is also on the run) to be himself and both he and Gyera know the truth about each other.

Night Has Come. I watched this solely because a Youtuber that I watch covered it and said it was one of the best shows they had seen recently. When I watched it, it just made me think that I thought I had seen a Japanese recap of a show with the same premise. About the actual show, I'm not a fan of the ending because it sucks that people have to be punished for others' actions. How can not knowing something or not being able to stop be equal with actual perpetrators? But I guess that was the only way of showing that things would continue indefinitely.

Knight Flower. Abs! Haha. But seriously, those are the kinds of moments that I liked; the comedy and the interactions between the leads. I kinda tune out everything else because I just hate it all so much: the way women are just seen as how they can improve the look of the family, how poorly people are treated because of their social status, and whatever political scheming is afoot. I know it's important for the plot but I just like the comedy. I think Honey Lee is doing an awesome job playing the different aspects of this character.

A Shop for Killers. After reading the weecap and seeing some of the comments, it made me think "do I really not grasp *good* shows?". When I was watching it, I never once thought "this is so suspenseful", "what good world building". I thought that Jinman was kinda relatable and pragmatic. He definitely seemed like he had lived a life that made him that way because even though he didn't see his family for years, I got the feeling he did care about them in some way. I also thought his approach with Jian seemed like something I would do. Not necessarily the driving off (the world is a dangerous place, she could get kidnapped) but the silently coexisting in the same house. I also thought Jian is kinda relatable (sidenote: I was also reminded of, I think the movie is A Cry In The Dark, where the dingo ran off with & killed a woman's baby but because of how detached and stoic she was, people thought she wasn't grieving properly so she must've killed the baby). Not everyone grieves the same way, especially if there's complicated or complex feelings involved. I liked the scene where she finally cried and asked the guy to sit with her. It doesn't seem like she would easily ask for help or comfort so I thought that was a nice moment.

Welcome to Samdal Ri. Something I thought was nice was Yong Pil's devotion to Sam Dal and how he never allowed himself or others to make him feel uncomfortable about or around her. He was...

Starting
The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: I also finished it, so look at the end of this post.
Knight Rider: Very exciting. But why do all my new dramas drop on the weekend?
Watching Continued
Welcome to Samdal-ri: I am still charmed and also, still really like Shin Hae-sun. A vicious circle of shame and violence coming from the parents (at times tragicomic: I mean … what? https://www.dramabeans.com/members/CecilieDK/activity/1516681/ ) was revealed in more fulness last weekend. I am looking forward to seeing a rebellion from all the lovers, putting an end to it. Hopefully!
My Demon: I like it. It’s very beautiful. I think scary uncle is more scary when he looks normal, it’s a pity they changed that.
I really hope they will show a beautiful end today … I think they will, considering that self-sacrifice has been the key to magic power hitherto.
Finished:
The Secret Romantic Guesthouse: Very exciting, and a very well-written. My first “love” in that drama stayed my favourite throughout. The final was lovely!
Hold on to that thought, because here comes my sour face:
It stresses me out when people are noticeably DUMB and ought to be really busy saving their own lives or that of someone dear to them. At the time when many dramas lose momentum, this one had people standing around uselessly in stressful situation, and a person killing a small squad of young soldiers, no problem, and then having scruples about their obviously evil commander. Really?
There was a really wonderful character who suddenly turned into a toddler towards the end. She was my favourite women until then. And she could have had all those psychological problems in a much more satisfying way. My fan-fic idea will appear in my spoiler gif post: https://www.dramabeans.com/activity/p/1521241/
Also: Queer-coding the king (i.e. plugging into many people’s fear of ambiguous gender expression and confirming that fear by having a very feminine king indeed and then letting him be insanely decadent and sadistic.
Also: Slutshaming the courtesans in the way they are written (which was just repeated in My Demon) stupid, gossipy, horny, mean – and a homogenous mass of the same, as a generated species in a computer game. And then only *one* who is different, as if a prostitute who is a human being is an exception.

LIVE WATCHES
Welcome to Samdal-ri
Still like this one too. Eager to see how it wraps up this week. Even if it ends poorly, I'll still be satisfied. It was just one of those dramas that got me around episode 6 and never let me go. But it took more than four episodes to get interesting, that's for sure, and there's probably no hope for a rewatch except for targeted scenes from our attractive, chemistry-packed leads.

Marry My Husband
A delightful show about a cat! And Judo! And BTS!

My Demon
I think the least said the better, but I must say just this one rant comment somewhere: OMG HE ABANDONED HER AGAIN. That's twice in two back-to-back episodes. It's like he doesn't actually love her at all, only himself. I will not be moved from this position, so feel free to push back, but it will be on an immovable object.

Flowers in Sand
I'm in. It's great. I almost only want to show pictures and not even turn my thoughts into words.

Between Him and Her
I keep watching this! I have literally no idea why...but it keeps pulling me back in. I don't watch carefully and I freely 10-second skip, but I know what the plot is, unlike...

LTNS
I was up from 1-4am last night, just 'cause, and watched the first two episodes. Well, "watched." It took me maybe 1 hour total to watch 2 hours of show. It got way better once the actual blackmailing started, but I don't think that I really kept up with the plot. So, dropped except for at 3x speed to see if our leads actual show signs of chemistry/healing/anything.

FROM THE RESERVES
Stealer: The Treasure Keeper
It's the last week for the Fan Wall Community Watch, and what a ride it has been! I'm team Stealer/Ae-ri 4 Lyfe.

Tell Me That You Love Me - This is a masterpiece no doubt. It left me with mixed feelings, such that I do not know exactly how and what to feel.
I'm okay and satisfied with the way it ended. But I don't think I'm okay with it. That's the only thing I'm sure of after having finished the drama that I have been expecting since November 2022.
The heartbreak was too personal. But, I loved the fact that Jin-woo was the person doing the breaking up.

The Intro song by Kim Kyung-hee and the Don't Try to Cry are my favorite OSTs. It is hard for an OST to catch my attention even in a drama I adore but Tell Me That You Love Me succeeded to grab my attention in that drama aspect as well.

Jung Woo-sung was Jung Woo-sung. Kim Ji-hyun owned it. Shin Hyun-bin finally sold a romance for me. Heo Joon-seok redeemed himself from Grid (Gosh! I didn't know I'd fall in love with Ki-hyun).

Overall, I enjoyed this. It is more than worth the wait.

Before I forget. The scenes of Jin-woo and his students, or his students doing their thing are pure gold. They were a complete look forward to each week since their introduction. l loved every single moment they had on screen. I'm lending my beanvote into having a spin-off of Jin-woo and his students doing their thing.

Marry My Husband - One douchebag down, more to go.
The time travel reveal over music was perfect and realistic.

Goryeo-Khitan War Episode 17 - With Kang Gam-chan's once again sack, I'm looking forward, in episode 18, to his wife tearing his ears to pieces and him sulking as she lectures him once again for the umpteenth time to not use his stubbornness to jeopardize his career.

Live Your Own Life - Once again. "Tae-min. Get a grip!"
I love love love Tae-hee.
Hyo-do 😒😒😒. He sure knows how to sink into the unlikeable territory.

Kinght Flower - What a premiere episode! Honey Lee is sashaying through this like the pro she is. I'm getting the evil Kim Mi-kyung I've always wanted (I really hope they keep her this way). And the king...he's one of the best.

Live your Own Life
I got tired of hating every character on this show, so I decided to like atleast some of them, whether I want to or not.

Unpredictabe Family
Noble idiocy on steroids, unnecessary angst, childish situations, so all in all, pretty good. The SFL sobered up, and now the ML's mother has taken her place

My Demon
Gawd this is a good succesor to PMR. So love this show

Welcome to Samdalri
Its interesting in parts. meh in parts

Two dramas wrapping up this weekend! About to be fully in 2024 kdramaland.

LIVE WATCHING
Marry My Husband: This just gets better by the episode. The four leads are nailing their roles. And the instrumentals are bomb 🤓

Like Flowers in Sand: Almost caught up and thoroughly enchanted by this warm and refreshingly different story. More dramas like this one please! 🥹

Knight Flower: The story is fun. The comedy is smart and lol. The heavier topics are skillfully woven in. And the acting is on point. What more to ask for?! 🦹🏻‍♀️

Love Song for Illusion: Started this on a whim. It's entertaining me right now so I'm sticking with it 😉

My Demon: This drama has had it's ups and downs, but there really have been some brilliant and surprising episodes. Last night's denouement was certainly one of them. I admit to shedding a few tears when Gu-Won said, "All things are possible through him who gives me strength." (Phil. 4:13) It was beautiful and unexpected.

Welcome to Samdal-ri: Last week's episodes were the best of the series so far. I'm looking forward to the final eps this weekend and really hope it finishes strong. This story grew on me in the second half. 📸

Have a great week everyone!

The only show I am totally caught up is Goryeo Khitan War probably because no other family member likes history stories. I guess now the king is in a coma, his queen and others may try to change his plan to remove all the regional lords including the loyal ones. Will the fired Kang join?

Slow watching Welcome to Samdari. About 3 episodes behind. That chaebol ex-husband is so dorky but his adoration for the older sister is so cute. I can’t believe how long they are dragging out the SML story. He is just coming across acting like he’s entitled to a chance with FL just because he has liked her forever. She seems clueless that they are fighting about her.

Cdrama- The Hope. So far pretty interesting. Reminds me of the movie Stand and Deliver based on a real life math teacher in LA. I am a bit distracted by what they did to Li Ran’s hair though- are they trying to add gray to make him seem older than 35? His psychology partner doesn’t look like they tried to age her. I wonder if that rich kid was cutting himself. The pain that hides inside.

Watching:
Samdalri - I've enjoyed the ride but I'm ready to move on to the next one.
Marry My Husband - this is my favorite of the week. My first NIW drama...how have I missed him all this time? Tried to resist the temptation to read the webtoon because for once I didn't want to be spoiled, but I eventually caved lol.
Castaway Diva - started this one mainly to distract myself from the wait for new eps of MMH. On ep 4 and struggling to continue.
Our Interpreter - another one started to fill up time between MMH eps. Has a lot going for it, but I'm on ep 16 and getting tired of the FL constantly pushing the ML away. I could deal with it if the drama would simply give us a reason why, but there's no explanation.

Will probably start Knight Flower today.

What I am watching:

_ Love song for illusion or The most bizarre k-drama (I have) ever watched. (5/16) This is a roller coaster: intense, dark, sad, silly, funny, weird, cute, dark again, romantic, makjang, wuxia-wannabe, etc. I'm having fun. I'm loving Park Ji Hoon in this show because it seems he had a blast too.

_ My Happy Ending (2/16). I watched the first two episodes yesterday. I started it because I like the main actors, but it happens the drama is good and well directed. Fortunately, it's not a makjang so far, it's a thriller. I'm in.

_ C-drama A Journey to love (10/40). I started to enjoy it after the first four episodes. I love the male lead (Liu Yuning) to pieces, since his brief first scene in the show, but I can't say the same about the female lead, I hope I can warm up to her.

What I have finished:

_ My name is Kim Sam Soon. I was so hooked that I watched the most part of the show in three days. The series has its flaws but the script is good! The OST too. This is the oldest k-drama I have watched so far (I had watched dramas which were released in 2009 and 2010) but it is bolder than some modern shows.

_ C-drama We Go fast on trust. What can I say? It was not bad nor good. I won't miss it, but there were some nice dialogues and sequences.