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Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching (January 27, 2024)

So, what are we all watching this week?

What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote through the screen? Time to weigh in…

 

missvictrix

Currently covering: Like Flowers in Sand

My Happy Ending: Oh no, I’m starting to not like this. The fact that people are manipulating Jae-won — now that they/we know about her mental illness — is super upsetting to me. I now find myself more sad than anything while watching, and that’s not what I signed up for. There was also a frightful lack of Lee Ki-taek this week. My ship. It’s sinking.

Marry My Husband: Wowwww Episode 7 was my favorite squee-full episode of anything I’ve seen in a long while. The high of those two ending OTP scenes (allowance heart mark and water-save) stayed with me for the whole week! But really, my favorite thing about the drama this week was that it took the time and space to have our leads talking about their shared time-travel experience, trying to figure out the rules, and discussing their plans to move ahead. Most dramas don’t take the time for this stuff, but I’m glad Marry My Husband did, since it underscored the shift in their rapport. After thinking the reveal between them came a bit too soon, I now actually love the timing — it sets us up perfectly for the second half of the show (as does the quick shift and callback at the end of Episode 8).

 

DaebakGrits

Currently covering: Flex x Cop

Marry My Husband: What can I say? I’m hooked. This is the drama I look forward to each week (best part of Mondays), and every time Ji-hyuk gives Ji-won sad puppy eyes I just wanna scoop him up and tell him he can change his future, too. Min-hwan is a villain I love to hate. He’s a total scumbag, but he’s such an idiot (re: marriage proposal in original timeline) that I find myself laughing and forgetting that he’s also an abusive jerkface.

Welcome to Samdal-ri: I may have gotten a little misty-eyed during Sam-dal’s exhibit. I’m surprised she went back to her old job, though, given how everyone ditched her and then came crawling back when it was proved she was innocent. I was expecting her to travel abroad with Yong-pil and become a different kind of photographer. I also wish I could have savored Eun-joo’s downfall more. I felt like at least one video of her going postal should have been uploaded to YouTube to make her just desserts seem more balanced with all the hell she put Sam-dal through. Overall, though, I’m pretty happy with how this one ended.

 
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I'll have nothing to watch from Monday to Thursday after next week 🥺.

COMPLETED
My Demon - I think him vanishing into embers might have had more impact if I hadn’t seen the same thing two hours earlier in the Cupid show. So he's still a demon and she'll just die as a human and then what?

My Man is Cupid - This was at least thematically consistent with the 1000 days of prayer part. I liked the tiny glimpse of the future.

Welcome to Samdal-ri - Not enough YongDal and not enough come-uppance for Eun-joo in the finale. But parts of the show were sweet - the exhibition was nice.

ONGOING
Knight Flower - It's funny that the Officer basically knows everything about her already. The second couple's interactions are fun.

Like Flowers in Sand - The new cop buddies are cute. I was right about the culprit💅.

STARTED
Sejak - Only watched the first episode so far. Might have been more impactful if not for My Dearest having just done better. Did anybody else think the King was faking his distrust of his brother 🤔? Side note - it's slightly sad that Jang Young-nam is playing mother to men only 7-8 years younger than her in two different shows right now.

WATCHLIST
Doctor Slump and Flex x Cop (Still hate this name!)

C-DRAMAS
Completed The Hope. Excellent till the end. The '12 years later' felt a bit tacked-on and unnecessary to the story but parts of it were funny.

Started Stories of Youth and Love. It's okay, I guess? I didn't realise the story would rely so heavily on flashbacks so there's an odd disconnect every time we move back and forth.

Looking forward to Amidst a Snowstorm of Love next week.

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I know I have tumbleweed in my week too😒

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Virtual hug!

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Thanks we need it. I can’t believe how full on weekends are compared to week days these days. We all a decent drama to rush home to after work. Hoping Feb brings lots of them.

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Fingers crossed 🤞

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Yes, we need an after work drama to wind down and relax.

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I wish I had some tumbleweeds! 🥴

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Might have been more impactful if not for My Dearest having just done better
You're absolutely correct here. My Dearest did a too good job that'll be hard to measure up to.
I'm glad Sejak(which also sounds nice beside Captivating the King) didn't dwell deeply/spend too much time on the history cause I'm not in the frame of mind to have another My Dearest take on the subject matter. I'm glad they wrapped it up in the premiere week. Sejak's honorable mention route worked pretty well for me.

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Yes I'm glad we moved quickly back to Joseon. The epistolary-style of running through Jin-han's stay in Qing was enough.

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Snowstorm is starting next week already??
Hmm, I need to clear my schedule... 🤔

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Twitter tells me it's scheduled for Feb. 2 barring any strange c-drama pre-emptions.

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Last night I finished my 30 episode journey with Zhang Ruo Yun (and terrific young actors) in the high school cdrama THE HOPE (available subbed on Youku’s Youtube channel). I loved it. ZRY did it again. He picked a great project and gave a great performance. All of his 5 students’ (and Shen Yao)’s stories were resolved nicely. The last episode was not a sort of kdrama crash landing but more of a head scratcher. It was a 12 year jump and what are we all doing now thing. I felt sorry for the young actors who at the end were replaced with older actors with me the problem being trying to figure out who was who.

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Right? The 12 year jump wasn't bad per se but it was confusing and like I said rather unnecessary. Strong agree about ZRY's performance!

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I also couldn’t really tell who was who and it seems like everyone broke up during the 12 years.

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THE HOPE was a highlight drama for me too, even with the awkward ending. Thank you again for recommending it!

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ZRY is far far ahead of the idol actors in c-dramaland. He chooses interesting projects and is a damn good actor. I heard that The Hope is an adaptation of a j-drama. Have you seen the original?

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Captivating the King - That was a solid premiere. This is my first Jo Jung-seok saguek and it's been a blast. Shin Se-kyung...? It is not equal but it is impressive. However, I can't separate her acting here from her acting in Arthdal Chronicles. In a positive light, I think she really shines in playing her characters with this mystique aura around them so even though she carries her performance in a still way, it still has this air of class. And the characters she plays requires them to maintain that classic facet which she perfectly understands how to mirror.
I would love a little dynamics from her end though.
Sohn Hyun-joo is unrecognizable here. I almost didn't recognize Choi Dae-hoon. It took a lot of piercing gazes to know he's King-hyung and Sohn Hyun-joo - I was done pairing each actor in the news bites to each key character.

LNTS - I loved this one. I didn't expect to like it. Samuel's friend from episode one is the worst. I'm very sure he was trying to bully+shut up Samuel which is why he told his wife about Samuel's car situation and money need so his wife will talk to Woo-jin. His plan backfires and he still acts like the victim, again. If Samuel was Woo-jin, I know how much douchefriend will cough.

Goryeo-Khitan War - Gam-chan putting his opinion aside to assist the King was spot on.

Live Your Own Life - Father figure...? Really? Gosh!!! Hyo-shim needs reorientation cause her head ain't in the right emotional space to date at all.

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Wait what? LYOL what? Will go skim for sure!

I'm also with you on LTNS. Was surprisingly engaging this week...

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No, don't... you don't want to imagine Ha Joon as... a FATHER. 🙄🤦‍♀️

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(I mean as a fatherly figure.)

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Don't I tho?? 😏🤭

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NO! You don't @attiton !
** shocking shocking shocking **
** how can @attiton think of Ha Joon as a father figure?? Did she forget Destined already?? ***
** munching a bar of chocolatechocopie to calm down ***

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Oh, @dorotka. Oh, @dorotka. Spoken like a lovely, well-balanced Beanie without a single Daddy Issue to her name. I hope I at least bring spice into your life as a crazy-ass, out-of-control Internet Friend. 😮

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I found it disconcerting that anyone would describe our man-child ML as "fatherly". I could see him someday growing into being a great father, but he is not really fatherly now.

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Got the impression that she meant he has her back and best interests...but, clearly, she has different emotions than father-daughter. That was just a lame line in the dialogue, for sure!

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Is LTNS on any international streaming platform?

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Viki!

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I was also surprised by what Hyo-Shim said in LYOF. That's not a very good foundation for a relationship.

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LIVE WATCHES
Marry My Husband
I think I'm learning something: if I'm not loving or hating a show...I'm dropping the show. I've got no middle-ground. I'll forgive and forgive and forgive--until I don't. Like with My Demon. I forgave all the faults that we all could plainly see until some switch flipped and I began to really despise it all. There wasn't really a moment when I thought, "Oh, it's fine, I'll keep watching. I'm ambivalent!" Right now, I love MMH! Let's not think further.

Flowers in Sand
I love also the Flower Show, and am sad that we had a case of the dreaded "Sports Intervention." Or worse, possibly a case of, "Oh, shit that ending's not gonna fly." Either way, I'm afraid it's not going to end satisfactorily...there literally aren't enough minutes remaining.

🎶Flex Your Chaebol🎶
If you're not singing some KC and the Sunshine Band, I hope you are now. **flexflexflex doodooduhdoodoo flexflexflex doodooduhdoodoo...**

Between Him and Her
"Intervention: here too! Only this time from the schedulers--what's going on with moving all the shows around? WE BEANIES HAVE SCHEDULES TO KEEP! Why is no one ever thinking about our needs???

LTNS
Me, leisurely, FF-watching, hum-dee-hu...WAIT WHAT WHOA?? Where... are... they... going... thematically... with... this... show???? Korea. KOREA?? Surprise me.

FROM THE RESERVES
If you've made it this far, can I ask a favor? If you had to pick between the following two Yoo In-na dramas, which would you pick: Queen and I/Queen In-hyun's Man or The Spies Who Loved Me?

ON DECK
Dr. Rhinoplasty and Dr. Meloplasty
We shall see, surely altogether as one!! I do so hope it's a hoot and that the whole community watches and comments together.

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LMAO @MMH. Well I am glad you are enjoying it.

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EVERYBODY will be shouting Queen Inhyun’s man as apparently it’s in a league of its own. @elinor will fill you in.

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I liked it a lot. It's not perfect (what show is, except maybe Healer?) but it's super fun and has a great romance. With all the love and respect in the world to the beanies who hate it, it's a classic example of people having different reactions to and opinions of the same material. I literally have a whole essay about why I love it. There are some dated elements, like the 2012 styling and the screechy friend, so do think of it as a period piece if you choose it. I rewatched it last year and there was actually less crying than I remembered.

For context: I really like time-travel/alternate-worlds stories if they're done well (this one is, in my opinion) and I watched QIHM in the context of two of the writer's other shows that explore those themes (Nine: Nine Time Travels and W - Two Worlds), paying as much attention to the mechanics and the implications and results of the time travel as to the romance, so that no doubt affects my take on this show.

I haven't seen Spies and can't compare.

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Healer is in fact perfect.

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It's very 2 different shows. I liked both Queen In-hyun's Man and The Spies Who Loved Me. For QIHM, I remember only the romance. In TSWLM, I think the FL had more to do in the plot.

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I liked both as well, but they are indeed very different (Also from different kdrama eras). One is a romance and one is sort of the opposite of the romance. 😅

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Hmm, opposite of romance...in a good way though? Or not?

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The leads meet again after some some time since their relationship has failed.

I found it interesting. But don't ask me the details, it has been more than 3 years. 😅 It does have two smexy male leads. 😉

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Any place to legally watch Queen In-Hyun's Man in US? I can't find.

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Tubi

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And you can legally watch STEALER on Pluto. We can get both of these services free on our Roku stick, although you may have to put up with commercials. These days one almost needs a scorecard.

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The Spies Who Loved Me

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I found Queen In-Hyun's Man pretty meh... but it is a Beanie classic! Overall, glad I watched it so I could understand the references 😊

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I also wasn't a fan of Queen In-Hyun's Man, but I haven't seen The Spies Who Loved Me so I can't compare.

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I truly dislike QIHM.

TSWLM isn't phenomenal or even very logical, but it is very entertaining and fun. The last episode was way too cheesey for my taste but I will take that over going straight downhill any day.

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Yay I'm not alone! 😅🤭

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@midnight Could I ask you to be a little more specific about your dislike? That would really help me! Was it thematic? Was it a particular character?

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@attiton

Well I wouldn't like to badmouth a show loved by so many, but since you're asking...

The ml character is named as the epitome of green flag around here, but to me he was very conceited and condescending. I never did warm up to him.

The fl character kept reminding me of Liesl in The Sound of Music. A 16 year old being swept off her feet by too much sudden attention. Very immature.

The romance was unreasonably fast. I think they only used too soon kisses and the fl initiating them for shock value and drawing in viewers. It was in no way earned and heartfelt to me.

The fl cried incessantly for more than half the show and after a few episodes I was ready to scream at her.

I HATED the ending scene, the resolution to the show.

There are a lot more reasons in the same vein but they might be spoilery.

There is exactly one 2-second scene in this whole show that I loved and will forever remember.

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I'm in the same boat - I haven't seen Spies Who Loved Me, either! I know my mom watched and enjoyed it, but she's a big fan of the ML 😉

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Of course @HopefulRomantic you are not alone! In DB there will be at least one person to agree with your opinion. I dropped QIHM man on Ep 4 and went on to read the recaps for the entire drama just to understand the hype, but alas, I did not understand.

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I have even rewatched it a few times and I still don't understand 😂😂

I didn't like it at all but there was a time I didn't have access to too many shows and I would rewatch even shows I didn't like because I needed something to take my mind off of real life. At least it had pretty colours??

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I absolutely hated all of the secondary characters, and I really dislike when female leads are written as immature, selfish and stupid and this is supposed to make them endearing. The massive power/maturity imbalance between the male and female leads also made the romance really uncomfortable for me.

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I have not watched Queen In-hyun's Man nor The spies who loved me, but the first one is on my list because I usually read good comments about it.

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I loved QIHM but watched it a long time ago. I couldn’t get through TSWLM

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Trying to find a place to rewatch QIHM, loved it first go round.

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May we ask why you are choosing between these two shows right now? 😉

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No ulterior motive whatsoever. Just choosing which show to watch from "The Reserves," and I like Yoo In-na fine!

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I also enjoy a good Yoo Inna drama. Have you seen Touch Your Heart/Reach of Sincerity?

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I have! Thank you for asking. That's definitely a two-for-one ;)

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Both of the Yoo In-na dramas that you mention are good and both are a good choice. So you cannot go wrong.

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Always the voice of reason. 👏

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I love the great example of respect and friendship that I'm reading here. That's why I joined DB. A simple question- lots of opinions- but tons of respect. You guys are the best🥰

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Oh, I hate to be a downer...but we CAN "bicker" too 😉. 9 times out of 10, though, it's because all of us share the family name, "Dramabeans."

Welcome to the family, @23new2kdrama Dramabeans!

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hehehe we should get another drama with a really great "who's the husband" debate to wage in the comments. I won't watch it because I value my low blood pressure and the security of knowing who my OTP is, but it is hilarious to watch from the outside.

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I won't be watching either but I will definitely be camping in the comments section 😂

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Personally I'd vote QIHM. I loved it amd would rewatch (I've seen it twice, but my last rewatch was a few years ago)

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Welcome to Samdal-ri (Series review) - Mood progression: D+ / D+ / D / D / D- / D- / D- / D-
His characterisation in The Kidnapping Day wasn’t great but at least Kang Young Seok could try and act. I also bemoan how underused Sazal Mahamud was as compared to Gaus Electronics (diversity casting lol).

My Man Is Cupid (Series review) - Mood progression: D+ / D+ / D / D / D / D- / D- / D-
Huh, after spending a significant amount of screen time building up the secondary couple, we don’t get to see their reunion scene? Then what was the point of all of that? But then again the show was literally introducing new rules during the finale.

My Demon (Series review) - Mood progression: D+ / D / D / D- / D- / D- / D- / D-
Look, all Gu Won needed to do was teleport himself and Do Hee away once he had distracted the villain! Why hug and wait for the gun to be shot? I know, because we had to pad this finale with some really pointless drama while limping to the end.

A Shop for Killers (Episode 3-4) - Mood: C-
Well, I was hoping against hope that it wasn’t the childhood friend but Jin Man would’ve never been killed in a fight when Ji An couldn’t even get near him (and she was clearly his main weakness). The plot did lose my interest with all the gratuitous action scenes and it does look like greed is the primary motivator driving our villains (boring). But I’ll give it one more week.

Knight Flower (Epsiode 3-4) - Mood: C-
I’m surprised the show seems intent on pushing a romance between Yoon Hak and Yeon Sun given the realities of that time period, but alas, any possible excitement I felt from that was quickly extinguished by the palace politics and the reveal that of course it’s the father in law who’s the big baddie. Who honestly cares what happened 15 years ago? But that’s the story.

Marry My Husband (Episode 7-8) - Mood: D+
Although the show did jump a few steps with the proposal cliffhanger, I liked that Ji Won has finally waged war against Soo Min given that she had asked the latter to marry her husband ever since Episode 1. On the other hand, the show has 0 plan for the chef’s arc and I’m frankly not sure how there’s still 8 more episodes of plot. But we’ll see if the 2nd half can keep up.

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I'm a bit uncomfortable with Sazal Mahamud's casting as a saudi (judging by his clothing) prince, when he is in fact Bangladeshi. They did the same to Anupam Tripathi (who's Indian) in King the Land. I get that they may have a limited number of foreign actors who speak Korean sufficiently well, but still, it's a bit on the nose to pick just any actor with roughly the right skin color. (Nothing against the actors - I like them both!)

I guess they also tend to cast any Caucasian actor as American when a good number of them are clearly not native English speakers. I actually often find myself cringing a bit at extended scenes with white actors in k-dramas, whether because of over-acting (e.g. stereotypical rude white guy) or awkward English dialogue written by non-native speakers.

My Korean is slowly progressing into intermediate territory, but I still watch with subtitles. However, they tend not to have subtitles for conversations in English, and with some Korean actors I have to switch to French subtitles in order to understand (e.g. Song Joon-ki).

I read the webtoon for Marry my Husband, and I think they'll either have to pad out the chef's original story line, or else we'll see a bit less of him in the coming episodes.

I rewatched Run On last week, and had completely forgotten how much I like it.

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Respect different perspectives, but I my take is a bit different. Maybe cause I’ve completed the original webtoon for Marry my husband, so know that the chef is not a major player, don’t worry for him 😉 and the revenge will happen, and have more impact due to the buildup, especially with the great changes the drama has made, most webtoon readers agree too. So personally, I love how they are taking their sweet times to flush out the characters and growth more, after all it’s not about the ending, cause we know these trash will get payback, but the process and internal growth of our leads that matters most. It’s almost healing in the way the pacing it done, which is very refreshing in a world where shows try to be quick past to be sharp. Now that I’ve seen what the drama has done so far, surprising webtoon readers in good ways, I have a lot more faith in the drama team. Please have a good landing.

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Live-ish Watches
My Demon: I didn’t think the last two episodes were as special as the first 14, but I’m not angry at this conclusion, so we’re calling it a draw. The real gift was the memes friends we made along the way.

Like Flowers in Sand: It’s been so long since my drama dance card was this clear! I started this on Sunday and I’ve watched through episode 10 now because I couldn’t stop. I’m waiting on ep 11 until the finale releases but it’s taking all my willpower. Last year I got to start the year with the blazing green flag of Park In-seong from Unlock My Boss, and this year I get to kick things off right with Kim Baek-du filling a similar niche. I don’t know when I’ve seen a more endearing ML, and if they can stick this landing, the drama will easily make my favorites list for the year. I can’t tell if I need to start watching competitive ssireum or if I’m just enamored with these characters. Is it both? What a gem of a show.

K-action Movie of the Week
Badland Hunters: Hahahahahaha!! Let me start by saying: my husband and I were totally entertained for the duration. All quotes have been lovingly stolen from him.
Overall impression: “I think we found the limit of what Ma Dong-seok can elevate.”
Plot: “Well, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end.”
Characterization: “I’ve never seen a villain with so much flop sweat in my life.”
But still: “I’m always down to watch Ma Dong-seok punch people 10 feet in the air. Always.”
And there you have it! The action sequences were great as usual, Jun did everything he was supposed to do except look like an 18 year old, MDS started things off right by killing an alligator with a serrated machete, everyone who was going to die made it Very Clear through their dialogue, and while I never need to watch this movie again, I have no regrets.

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Haha
"[He] did everything he was supposed to do except look like an 18 year old" haha

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Aw, I am pleased you are loving Like Flowers in the Sand. I am a bit--just a smidgeon--jealous you were smart to wait and watch episodes back to back. :)
Yes, Kim Beak Du is a stellar green flag hero. Yay!

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Samdal-ri
It wasn't as great (and deep) as I wanted it to be... and I wasn't fan of the sudden move (and success) of ALL of them to Seoul... and that Aziz Mansoo turned out to be rich. If anything, I wanted the opposite, that Chaebol Ex-husband would ditch his family and join Mansoo in the shop, I think they could be a nice duo. 🙂 I also wanted Eunjoo to crash more and somehow by her own doing, like reach the deadline of her work and show with NOTHING (or with mediocre photos), that her (terrible) work would speak for her (and would clearly show the truth). And yes, I could definitely do without Sangdo and his unrequited love. 🙄
That said (and there could be more 😆), I still enjoyed the show and I especially enjoyed watching Ji Changwook and Shin Hyesun acting together (and also Ji Changwook admiring Kim Mikyung after her speech to Sangte 🙂).
And there was Jeju, of course.

Marry My Husband
If Perfect Marriage Revenge was Crack on Speed, this is the polar opposite in a sense that I enjoy the most the silent looks and lingering moments (and I don't, gasp, fast forward!). I also think that all 4 leads are doing great job with their roles (and this is the first time I can't take my eyes off Na Inwoo). I just wish they would tone down a bit the wardrobe of PMY, it's sometimes distracting, and I occasionally even miss the old (but natural) Jiwon. 😅
I was surprised that the blue heart 💙 was revealed so early and I hope Jiwon will also discover soon Jihyeok's future death and gets him out of his current depression (and Noble Idiocy).

Unpredictable Family
I'm not yet caught up, but I reached the part when Hayeong recognises herself in Bio Mom and her obsession with separating our leads. The turning point is here and Hayeong is finally giving up, apologising to Eunseong... and actively trying to reconnect with our Detective. Unfortunately that's the only bright point currently as our leads are in misery because of their parents' past (and because of a scandal caused by their jealous colleagues).

I'm still watching Live Your Own Life and checked 2 episodes of cdrama Love Endures about 6 childhood friends meeting again after a long time. Planning to finish Demon and check Dr.Slump and maybe Cop&Chaebol.

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But IS it noble idiocy if she doesn't know???

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Is not that the definition of the Noble Idiocy? He decides on her behalf? And thinks he is being noble?

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I think it's just idiocy. They don't have a relationship for him to be backing out of.
She hasn't yet committed to him.

What he IS doing, though, is hanging around, still clearly caring about her--doting even--when he has no intention of committing.

So, yeah. Not noble idiocy to me. Worse.

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Well, for me he decides about their relationship without her. He decides they can't be together, because he is going to die in 10 years, WITHOUT telling her the truth. (If he did tell her, she could still choose to be with him and they could spend very happy 10 years together whatever would then happen afterwards.) So for me this is Noble Idiocy. But it could be that you and me have a different definition of what Noble Idiocy means. At least we communicate and so we are not Idiots, nor are we Noble about it, trying to reach some greater good... or are we??? 🤔

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Of course! Human conversation is the ONLY thing--K-dramas, are you listening??

See, they don't have a committed relationship of any type...so he can't be making decisions for her about "them."

He's only making assumptions that he'll die in 10 years, too.

I guess what I am saying is that if every person who told you they liked you, and to whom you responded, "I'm not interested," or "I am already in a relationship," then chose not to pursue you any longer for whatever reason they might have--mystical death in 10 years, found someone else, discovered that you often chew ice and couldn't stand to be near you--and didn't tell you...that'd be fine, wouldn't it?

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Per Aziz, that was so random and very weird. I guess the industry heard the criticism from folks about Arab portrayal and this was their weirdo answer.

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It was soooo random. I was also disappointed that they didn't use the character more (I so enjoyed the actor as Aziz in Gaus ❤️).

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Welcome to Samdal-Ri: All is well that ends well. This was a mostly pleasant watch for me. The characters were a little shallow, but overall, I had fun watching this.

Knight Flower: This was rather boring for me, so I dropped it. Until next time Honey Lee

My Demon: An epic slog, what a tedious drama, lol.

Maestra: I liked this drama so much, mostly for Lee Young Ae, who was spectacular in this. I would have loved this drama if not for the trying to normalize the antics and creepiness of Jung Jae. Otherwise, the acting in this drama was Top-notch.

Tell me you love me: This was also an all is well that ends well. A sweet drama, that needed more to be memorable. I will have pleasant memories of it though.

Marry My Husband: I don’t understand what is happening with the chef and Ji Hyuk. It is such a weird triangle. Also, unnecessary. The drama is also starting to meander.

Like Flowers in the Sand: I love this drama so.

My man is cupid: LOL, so stupid, but I finished it.

Between Him and Her: I will be dropping this soon, yeah.

Flex X Cop: It was exactly what I expected in a good way, so no complaints.

Doctor Slump: SOOOOOO excited for this.

LTNS: Pretty funny, I am on episode 3.

The Bequeathed: I only watched the first episode, so I look forward to the rest of it.

Captivating the King: I find the drama captivating. There is something “quiet” about it that I really like.

A Shop for Killers: On my list to start soon.

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With you on Knight Flower friend--think I'm Joseon-ed out for a bit. Also with you on My Demon/b>...also on Flowers...also on...this is getting boring. What I am thrilled to see is that you liked FxC. I very much WANT my reaction to be what you've written here!!

PS: I do have different opinions about two of these ;)

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I know friend. I hope you like Flex X Cop too, it is really a paint by numbers drama.

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I saw @seeker posted "the abs" already, so I don't even get that as a treat! Or, more precisely, I guess already have. @marysadanaga is saying it's formulaic as well below... I guess we'll see if it stays light and cute!

Between you and me, I'm more worried that Dr. Hotnesses will be unwatchable.

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😳 Can I offer you a candy as recompense. 🍬

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I thought I was the only one that Knight Flower didn't click for!! I watched the first two episodes, and Honey Lee is awesome, but everything else was very mid for me - I hoped the whole thing would be like the first five minutes. A gender-bender, time-slip The Fiery Priest, if you will. It seemed to be a more heavy-handed amalgam of some of the themes done better by Matchmakers and Bossam: Steal the Fate, but here, the emotions weren't landing for me. Maybe I'll come back to it when I'm feeling less complain-y, maybe I won't. 🤷‍♀️

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You're not being complain-y just that The Matchmakers is going to make everything else look a little less by comparison. 😂 Your description of it being heavy handed is very apt and I guess its just too soon after MM to settle for anything else. Maybe when we're little more desperate during a drama slump we may find it more palatable. 🤷‍♀️

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Live watches:
Looking forward to Dr Slump and hoping I will have new dramas to fill my empty week.

Between him and her
We continue to see the back story of the members of the friendship group; we see how Mr playboy came to be cynical and cold to the women he has one night stands with. The too good to be true boyfriend shows his true colours. Jealousy reigns with the male lead. The friends’ reaction to the male lead’s anger makes me wonder how a trait that is understandable in youth due to lack of emotion regulation skills is still such a worry now he is a big man. The main question for me was who filmed Sungok that night she was celebrating getting her design contract. Why was she so drunk she could barely stand? The last time that happened she woke up in a motel with a male acquaintance. This is another example of the behaviour associated with some teenager years well known for signs of poor impulse control. Has the leads’ 7 year relationship and remaining with a limited circle of friends from college prevented them from developing emotionally?

Completed

Welcome to Samdalri
I enjoyed most of this story, the friendships and rebuilding of self and relationships.

Dr Storks - Japanese
I really enjoyed both seasons; the stories raised some important points about the complications of childbirth, the implications of science saving very preterm babies and the reality of parents raising children with significant disabilities due to their early birth. The stories behind the staff in the hospital also covered issues like being in care, family loyalty, friendships and childlessness due to physical health conditions rather than choice.

Bingewatch corner:

Eunjoo’s room/Dear my room 2018
Watching for February’s Watch and Discuss K-drama club. A sweet friends to lovers, finding oneself drama. Second lead was the boss/friend of the male lead in My lovely liar. I didn’t recognise him he has grown a lot in the last 6 years.

Hide from the rain - Japanese

Webtoon corner:
Second lead syndrome

Book club:

The calligrapher’s daughter - Eugenia Kim
Covers the period of transition from the traditional ways to alternative lifestyles; religion, gender and class changes during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Told through the eyes of the daughter in a family as she grows up with a dad who pines for the Independence of Korea and a return to class and traditional roles and a mother who wishes her daughter to have full access to all the opportunities that education will bring.

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Eun Joo's room is a nice and sweet slice-of-life kind of drama. I hope you enjoy it 😊

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Loved Eun Joo's room!

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Why don’t they make dramas like this any more😬

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It’s a rewatch for me, and so sweet .

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I can't wait for Dr Slump- but will have to for 8 weeks 😫😫 please be good
I guess I'll start Eunjoo's Room and take notes for the discussion. Is that club for everyone?

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We meet on Zoom monthly on UK time zone so a lot of beanies can’t make it. Hopefully other beanies will set up their own clubs in their time zones. If you are interested in joining us let me know and I will tag you into a discussion on my fan wall.

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Hmmm 5 hours difference. Might just have to watch the show and see😊

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I have tagged you but because of the reply feature you need to scroll up a bit to find the comment with the details so you can decide if the timing works.

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Knight Flower: 8.0 I knew the petals were poison! (because of the preview at end end of ep 4)

LTNS: 7.5

My Demon: 6.0

Goryeo Kitan War: 5.0 Office palace politics with the king unconscious with a contrived illness for most of ep 19 and doctors trying to gin up drama by saying he might not live. If that's the best they can do, just let the Khitans take over. Give them a chance to do better.

Captivating the King: 7.5 Starts as My Dearest 2.0 but with more baduk & cross-dressing and hopefully less damnesia and perhaps less tragedy (?)

Love Song for Illusion: 4.5 Sorry, getting really tired of the characters with different personalities, especially that sorcerer. Did they set it in a fictional kingdom out of fear that depicting a real Joseon king as having those mental issues would get them Joseon Exorcised?
At least the the FL is pretty. I could say that about most kdramas, but it's not a good sign when I have to say it in order to find anything good to say at all.

A Shop for Killers: 8.5 I'm more eager to rewatch this one than to watch new episodes of other shows. Enjoying the bits of Chinese being spoken -- all my Chinese classes and years in Taiwan are paying off :) Of course, their excursion to Jirisan went about as smoothly as you'd expect, considering that other show.

Flex x Cop: 7.0 Silly but watchable. The rich guy antics could get old fast.

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About Goryeo-Khitan War, that was surely inevitable and predictable. I just skipped to the end of the episode and I found myself right where young King woke up.

The Queen move though...that was brilliant.

I'm quite surprised that the king with food intentions marrying into a family empowers the family in some sort but the son of a family entering into a marriage with, and becoming a royal relative means truncating the son's prospects at moving up the social ranks.

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I feel like I'm watching this show through your guys' comments. Lol

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LIKE FLOWERS IN THE SAND—(ep 10) Still in love! Trying to decide whether to wait to watch the final two episodes together or just gobble up episode 11. My fellow viewers, do you have advice?

THE HOPE(CH)—I could write an essay on how well done this was. I did not want to leave even though we were given closure.

MY MAN IS CUPID (ep 13)—I continued watching for Jang Dong Yoon but I am finding I am enjoying this once I got over the bumpy tonal shifts and I just ff through the filler. Although I care more about the Joseon story and I think JDY has better romantic chemistry with the actress who plays the past life court lady.

REBORN (CH)—A melancholy crime drama that follows a police officer who lost his memory in a gunfight and is suffering PTSD. The novel part is that no one—including him and us—are sure if he was a dirty cop who set up the incident in the first place.

AN ANCIENT LOVE SONG (CH)—Beautiful drama that plays with time, but it is also hard to watch for me because you know going in that this is not a happy ending (unless there is a big twist).

OH NO, HERE COMES TROUBLE! (TW) —only one episode in and I can’t wait to continue. It was a perfect premiere episode for me and I lap up the crazy blend of poignant drama, supernatural horror and comedy. It will fill the hole that I AM NOBODY left, I think.

THEY KISS AGAIN (TW)—nostalgic and fun to rewatch. The cast chemistry is natural, the cinematography is a little clunky in a good, old drama (2007) way, and the story is not demanding.

OTHERWISE

IU’s LOVE WINS ALL MV (with Kim Taehyung)—this music video is as good as (and better) than many dramas. In a short 5 minutes I fell for the characters, wanted them to win, and my heart was devastated. It is emotionally gripping, beautifully grim and desperate, and wonderfully acted. IU and V are tremendous as actors, especially considering the constraints of the shoot (you know if you have seen it). On the singing side, I mean it’s IU. I could listen to her sing recipes.

Highly recommend to anyone who loves a good story and doesn’t mind having a box of tissues ready.

MAGE AGAIN—A surprising webtoon and I want to give a standing ovation to the artist and author who put the BIG twist IN PLAIN VIEW.

ELECEED—an unwilling master takes a naive but supremely talented apprentice. Done many times, right? The genius is the characters and the expressive art. I have laughed out loud reading it just for the expressions. No spoilers, but cat lovers would enjoy this one.

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My advice is to wait on Flowers if you can!

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I will muster up my will power!
Last time I knew you were not sure about starting the drama, @attiton. Are you enjoying it even with the sports aspect?

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Thanks for asking! Yes, I took the plunge despite the sports--and still like the relationship parts better than the wrestling. But for better or for worse (as you know) there hasn't really been much actual wrestling for a number of episodes now!!!

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I have decided to watch the last two episodes of LFIS together, for what it’s worth. I just binged the rest of the show in a week, so I think I’d be more sad that it’s over if I only get to watch one episode all by its lonesome in a few days.

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Zhang Ruo Yun is going to keep me watching C-dramas this year.
The Hope
Joy of Life 2
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee

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In cdramland one is never quite certain when a drama will get that final license and ok to air but I am definitely following Zhang Ruo Yun to JOL 2 and JUDGE DEE. JUDGE DEE may be up sooner rather than later.

According to MyDramaLand, CELEBRATED CASES OF JUDGE DEE (ZRY is not cast as Judge Dee but Zhou Yi Wei is) will be 32 episodes on Youku. Possibly JUDGE DEE may be made available subbed on Youku’s Youtube channel I guess we will have to wait and see.

As an aside, during THE HOPE’s airing I did take the plunge and subscribe to Youku’s international app (for $35 during a half off sale lol). I have it on my iPad. I watched the JUDGE DEE trailer and it looks really good.

Subtitling report. For awhile I watched 2 subbed cdramas on Yotube. Although I enjoyed both, the subtitles on 1 left a lot to be desired. On Youtube the subtitling of Youku’s THE HOPE was fine. The subtitling of Tencent’s contemporary cops/crime/mystery THE LONG SEASON (2023) was poor and a struggle for me. The story and performance were so good and interesting that I persevered for the 12 episodes but it was disappointing to see such poor subtitling by Tencent. To be fair I have watched only that one Tencent drama on Youtube. I can’t comment on the subtitling of the other Tencent dramas available on Youtube.
I like that so far both Youku and Tencent are making some of their dramas available free on Youtube.
Of course I had to shell out and go Youtube Premium to avoid the annoying ads.

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JUDGE DEE may be released next month. I'm thrilled! I love the trailer, and Zhou Yi Wei is one of my favorite C-actors.
iQIYI has the best subs IMO. I don't think I'll buy another for C-dramas.

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Shop for Killers: What a day Jian is having! 😱 Hopefully Uncle's lessons will help her survive the latest plot twist. The show continues to use flashbacks masterfully. And LDW is amazing -- this might be my favorite role of his.

Flex x Cop: It's not easy being the mother of a drama ML. Chances are you'll die young and tragically in order to provide your son with his required inner trauma. 🥹 I'm not sold on the rogue man-child chaebol after the first episode, but perhaps things will improve now that the main characters are ostensibly working together. However -- is this going to be yet another show where the FL has to spur the ML to finally grow up? 🙄

Knight Flower: Drunk Su ho with a crush is pretty darn cute. ☺️ The music director for this show must be having a blast. The instrumental selections help lighten the mood when the virtuous woman business gets too dark. Gat tip to the Beanies who correctly predicted the petals were poisonous! ☠️ 🌸

Welcome to Samdal-ri: Finished better than it started, which not every drama can say. From a glass-half-full perspective, it delivered on the healing for multiple characters and had a believable friends/lovers rekindled romance. With this cast and setting, though, it could have been outstanding with a more focused script.

I Am Nobody: So compelling it wreaked havoc on my drama-watching schedule. It's irreverent and heartwarming all at once. The modern version of the wuxia young masters tournament was hugely entertaining. Halfway through and I've got no idea where the story will go next but am enjoying the ride.

My Boss: An addictive romcom thanks to a host of appealing characters -- from the OTP to their coworkers to, yes, their parents. His mom is hilarious and is such a shipper. Yes, there are some bad guys with the typical toxic traits, but they'll help bring the couples together before meeting their downfall.

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Re: My Boss. ML's mom is hilarious and scary at the same time! A few more hypnotic eyelash flutters from the mom, and the FL could be finding herself hitched to the ML before the next blink.

I loved I Am Nobody! Binging it did wreck my sleep schedule, but so worth it. I've already gone back to rewatch some of the battles.

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She is a riot. And his dad just indulges her. 😂

The Nobody battles and various powers were so creative. They kept the tournament was interesting throughout. It had a bit of summer camp flavor, too, with the different heroes getting to know each other.

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Re: Flex X Cop I hadn't thought of that before, but I can totally see the dead mother of drama leads being the equivalent of the dead father for Disney heroes haha

Re: Knight Flower I ALSO love the music. The instrumental and the end of episode rap :)

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I could be reading too much into it, but the music reassures me that things will end well for the OTP and hopefully most if not all their allies. You wouldn’t use a rap track if it were all going to end in tragedy and tears.

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Right?! I also feel like this is the case.. except for me it's with the excessively swoon-y moments for our male lead. I just feel like he's falling for her so hard and fast that it would be criminal for them to bait-and-switch us into a sad ending between the two of them.

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You wouldn’t use a rap track if it were all going to end in tragedy and tears

*laughs in CHUNO* Be sure to check lyrics first. Just in case.

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WELCOME TO SAMDAL-RI (Ep 15-16) The Saga of the Alcoholic Sisters turned into a slog. Samdal, the lead, mainly followed repetitive juvenile behavior of others until the forced happy ending was given to just about everyone. The other sisters may or may not found their end game. For a rom-com it was very little rom and weak com. It was an average drama with a weak script.

LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE (Ep 34-35) The show continues to roll along with gigantic factual and practical nonsense to the point of aggravation. But the Drama Hangout/Highlights is nice.

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TRAIN : it took a while but the plot is finally yere in all of the alt world glory. Also kinda have SLS for the 2nd FL- which is new

MY HAPPY ENDING- not sure how I feel about FL hit with convinent amnesia to take her out her own story for the interesting parts to be handled by her husband (who is currebtly speed running his redemption arc after speed running the ruin of his marrige) and the infatuated white knight who just might be a creepy stalker . My fave character is still detective Nam, professional pot stirrer who is anybody's business and outsmarts them by a mile.

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I LOVED Train. It was just such a fun premise for me and I thought it was really well acted. I also think it'd fun you have SLS for the FL :)

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What I am watching:

_ Love song for illusion (7/16). As I said before, this is not a very good drama but for some reason I find myself thinking a lot about it while I'm waiting for new episodes. I'm really interested in what's going to happen next. I love the OST too.

_ My Happy Ending (8/16). This is a surprisingly good show imo. Good acting, editing, script, OST... I have watched these eight episodes in a few days this week.

_ C-drama A Journey to love (20/40). Episode 16 was one of the best so far. The young actress who plays the Princess is awesome.

What I have finished:

_ J-drama Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi. This drama is weird! But the ML is so cute. While the FL is too deadpan and I don't understand their dry humour... This has been my first j-drama and I find it was like a silly anime in many ways. I couldn't take it seriously, but it was an easy watch. And the intro song is so catchy!

Western shows:

_ All the creatures great and small Season 1. I liked it, but as it happens in many Western series, the main couple's feelings are undeveloped.

_ As we see it. A lovely series full of endearing characters. Unfortunately, it won't see a second season. I have enjoyed it a lot and it's sad to say goodbye.

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Also love All Creatures Great and Small.

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It's very nice. I hope the streaming service where I'm watching it adds the rest of seasons soon.

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I've been checking out He Lan Dou's upcoming dramas, but nothing is coming soon.😔
She is such a talented little actress; I was so impressed with her in "A Journey To Love."

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She is a great actress, I'm impressed. I definitely want to watch new series starred by her.

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Love Song for Illusion The MLs characters are so inconsistent that it makes the story hard to follow...

Marry My Husband Inconsistency is the word of the week, how she can be scared that Min-Hwan will kill her if she broke up with him but not drowning because it's not like she died... So nothing happened during these 10 years that she can be killed now? The ML is boring... He was drinking because he couldn't save her, now because he can't save himself? Could he just let the poor chief alone?

Like Flowers in Sand I wished they gave us more scenes of the gang and sooner. It's just so fun to watch them together.

Between Him and Her I didn't watch the last episode yet.

Doctor Slump I'm really excited to watch it!

Knight Flower After the weird worm in Our Blooming Youth, we got petals!

Flex x Cop It was really a very drama-esque way to make him join the Police. 😅

Captivating the King JJS is really good in this role. I'm excited to see him as King.

A Shop for Killers I don't understand how the FL wasn't suspicious about her uncle, he was super weird!

LTNS I followed my rule of 4 episodes and I can't stand any character. I don't need to start every episode by a sex scene to understand they're lovers neither.

My Man is Cupid I understand why they didn't find a channel for this drama...

Welcome to Samdal-ri Where is my Ji Chang-Wook's scene in Switzerland?

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I agree with you about Marry My Husband. I love how idea of how the consequences ain't changing despite going back 10 years. Some things have to happen irregardless of any attempt to bypass it.

My first impulse would be to break up with Min-hwan. I don't know how that doesn't make sense to Ji-won. Worrying about what happens as a result is like trying to curate things as it were in the original timeline. If she's going that route, before we know it she'll find herself winded into a bind if no wound for wound exists.

Ji-won should extricate herself from situations that ain't worth it and insert herself into situations that do. Worry about the effects what she extricates from ain't doing her any good.
So do hope for the love of me that she has something planned out for accepting things to play out as they did in the original timeline.

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I am getting more and more uneasy about MARRY MY HUSBAND mainly because of how the time travelling rules are set up. Ji-won cannot simply break away from her enemies, her only way to solve the relationship issue is through manipulation which I find highly problematic. This reminds me of the ML in STRANGERS AGAIN who shied away from addressing the problems in his relationship and used a lie instead to manipulate his wife into a divorce. These are very red flags. The characters are still entertaining to watch, but there is a good chance I will drop it.

Wasn't prepared for only one episode of FLOWERS IN SAND, but I am now sure I knew who the killer is all along. I will miss the drama after next week and especially the childhood scenes. These children are so natural and believable.

The editing in SHOP FOR KILLERS is very well done. Past and present scenes reveal the story by and by and slowly, in a good way.

I hope Jo Yeo-Hwa will serve her MiL the Virtuous woman Book to eat at the end of the drama! I won't rule out that MiL herself will end up as a widow, she might then not like to book so much anymore. As suspected, the flower petals were not just decorative.

Will continue with CAPTIVATING THE KING. Maybe Prince Lee-In has noticed that he was playing Baduk against a girl already, but can keep a secret.

Lots of new dramas to watch, but most at the weekend! This sucks.

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Wait you think you know who the killer is? Whisper it in my eeear please (or come and comment on a fan post of mine or tag me in a comment on one of yours). I want to hear your guess before next week!

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He is too good an actor to have such a small part as yet. He was also in the Fiery Priest.

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Thank you! That is such a clever way to talk about actors imo - it adds a level of secrecy at least because it means they'd have to know each cast pretty well.

I agree with your guess. I had an inkling it would be them earlier but then it drifted away as we got into the later episodes.

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Also, I totally get the weekend drama rush. I want to watch them all as soon as they come out, but then there's not enough time. And then I get to the start of the next week with NOTHING and am feeling super unbalanced. I may even pick up My Happy Ending again just to listen to when work gets super slow/monotonous.

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Interesting, so it seems people are not understanding or buying the time travel rule, and thus don’t understand why Ji-won has to manipulate the trash humans into marrying each other instead of breaking up. From our understanding, which the drama made more clear than webtoon, is that after JW came back to the past, the first thing she did, was breaking up MH but he turned very violent, which after years of abuse and being murdered by them, she is understandably traumatized by what he might do if she tried that again. They also established that if she tried to avoid the situation, like take her self out of these bad situations, she will still get the bad situation somehow in different ways or it will happen to others, innocent people.

So the rule, at least what they discovered so far, is yes you can’t avoid your fate, you can only transfer it to others whether you like it or not

So this rule should clear the conscience of our leads to go and pair up these two, but what I love about Ji-won is she still had a slimmer of hope that they would not turn out to be such awful humans, which they reveal even more in this new timeline. Ji Won was still emotionally impacted by their betrayal and loss of these shitty but still long relationships, bad and good times, because she is a decent human been.

This show basically forced our lead to not take the high road, which so is refreshing. Because most people have regrets to how they felt or didn’t respond to some protractors or their pain and wished they could have done somethings differently, instead of taking the high road or the least conflict or work option.

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As for our male lead JH, knowing his fate can’t be blamed on others, he does not want to sacrifice another life for him, so he believes he’ll be domed. This does differ from the original but I have a lot more faith In the drama team now, after seeing all the great changes from the webtoon, so I have faith in the ending. I’m happy to come a long with the ride and watch our leads heal, learn and grow to love again! Wohoooo

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