The Midnight Studio: @Mistyisles did such a great job recapping and the part about collateral damage was so spot on. It is actually a nice change of pace that it wasn’t some massive mastermind, but just someone with a callous disregard for human life and an accident. It is good that one of the big bads, is bad just because he sucks, and not because of a dark spirit, especially in a drama about spirits.

Lovely Runner: So, we have come to the serial killer, sigh. So, it seems that one of the past rules is that big things will happen regardless, which I appreciate, but the outcomes might be different. I am really hoping Im Sol starts to get to know Sun Jae when she sees past him again and doesn’t try to railroad him. It is good that she recognizes that he liked her well before she started hounding him in trying to save his life. She also really needs to stop listening to her 17-year-old friend about boys, lol. I get she doesn’t know much, but neither does your friend girl.

Blood Free: We are in the thick of it now. We have a nefarious PM with either a crush or obsession. We have a CEO and body guard have enough sexual tension to make a diamond from rock, we have another rival CEO with crazy issues. He needs a strait jacket and not therapy. \ So much here. Also, we have a terrible African actor, who is supposed to be an NBA player, WHY? He wasn’t nearly tall enough for that, let’s do better writer, let’s do better. Lol

Chief Detective 1958: I love the case of the week and the cute romance. Mindless fun this one.

Queen of Tears: I am ready for anger, tears, and hopefully happiness at the end. I am also ready for 4 hours instead of 3, lol.

Goodbye Earth: I contemplated this, but I am just not in the mood for an end of the world drama, so I will pass on this one.

Blood Free : That basement surgery made me super uncomfortable. Not liking this super strength and insane hearing plot they added. Prime minister continues to be intriguing. Is he the true villain?

Lovely Runner : it’s fun while watching but I don’t think too much once I finish. The leads are adorable together. It’s nice that Sol knows how he felt about her in the OG timeline.

Parasyte - The grey 4/6. No time this week either.

Queen of tears : Hanging in there! I do like the leads, but the emotional rollercoaster went on for too long that I am exhausted. I hope the finale episodes aren’t two hours each 😭

Nothing uncovered : oh wow. That was unexpected. Drama got better after the psycho therapist died. But this twist was unexpected. I am not sure what the FL is thinking.
Does she really think she can keep the child?
Husband telling his father about the child also seemed suspicious. Clearly they are determined to keep the child. What is she planning to do?
I hope husband isn’t the killer.

Shogun : Thus, it ends! What a magnificent drama. Not a wasted moment. Easily one of the best dramas this year.

Mask 18/20 eps.
Paused.

Best Choice Ever (cdrama) : Ep 30
Finally the leads are together. They are sweet together. But I don’t like that the focus is still FL and her family. I wish we had more OTP moments.

Will love in spring (cdrama) Ep 4
Loving it so far! It is really nice to see Li Xian and Zhou You Tong together. I love them both and it’s great to see them together and their chemistry is wonderful.
It did remind me a bit of Meet Yourself ( slightly with the theme and Li Xian playing this small town character living with his grandma)!!
I love the way the show is shot, and town is so beautiful..It makes me want to travel! The music is wonderful. I already love the OST ..

ONGOING
Queen of Tears - Will watch last four episodes together tomorrow because I'm getting irrationally worried about how this will end and, let me tell you, it was quite a task avoiding the show EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET wants to talk about 😅.

The Midnight Studio - They did wrap the whole story around the multiple crimes well but it beggars belief that this homicidal maniac was just never discovered over a 20-year period where he worked as a cop. I'm assuming Ki-joo will be saved by his dead uncle in some form but props to the show for at least nominally killing off the ML.

Lovely Runner - SO MUCH CUTE this week though it ended on a sad and scary note. I understand Sol saying no to Sun-jae because there's really not a lot she can do with the situation she's in. At least next week's preview made me gasp! Side note - the mini Reply 97 callback and the drama titles made me LOL. Tae-seong's friend is funny.

Blood Free/ Dominant Species - Loved how Jang Yeong-sil saved the day in the beginning but was taken aback by the super-soldier turn the story took. Doesn't look like Bodyguard Kim will get the same treatment unfortunately 😔.

STARTED
Chief Inspector 1958 - Fun if not particularly original. I like that they included real people in the story.

C-DRAMAS
Completed Best Choice Ever - I thought this'd be a rom-com-y slice of life but it was actually more family melodrama. I think this just wasn't for me.

There's a Lover in My Hometown/ Will Love in Spring - I'm up to Ep. 5 and loving this just as I expected I would. It's sweet and funny but with a melancholic strain running through it. Looking forward to catching up with the rest of the episodes over the weekend.

Among next week's shows, Young Babylon looks fun. Will try it out.

Watching

The Midnight Photo Studio I am not loving the fact that we keep ending on odd numbered episodes because it makes the week’s episodes feel even more unfinished 😭 - praying on my knees for a happy ever after. PLS. PLSSSSS.

New Life Begins Thanks to @bebeswtz suggestion! It’s a very lighthearted self-aware rom-com that’s punctuated by a few more serious tones here and there. Ngl, I’m kind of so-so on the FL’s characterisation but I’m enjoying the feminist themes and a lot of the supporting characters, as well as Bai Jingting 💕

Destined Speaking of, just started watching this which is another BJT drama and I think this is filling the void that Blossoms in Adversity left behind nicely. Maybe not a direct parallel, but it shares the same grounded tone and also features a level-headed FL.

Will Love In Spring so keen to watch this, just waiting for some more episodes to come out before I start!

Lovely Runner I have officially paused but I’m thankful for all the posts and edits about it because I still feel in the loop that way and also it’s lessening the ‘what is going to happen/what bombshell will they drop now’ anxiety ❤️ We’ve got a lil playlist compilation going, you can find the playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55i0uKkatKWLvbPTvrpziz?si=4eaa7827deee4dff

It’s still open too, if you want to add any songs to it (the prompt is: any song that makes you think of Lovely Runner in someway, whether it be recent or old) feel free to post on your wall with the hashtag #lovelyrunnerPL or tag me.

Queen of Tears I’m not exactly watching this, I’ve just been skimming through mainly because of FOMO and all I’ve gathered so far is: crying. Lots and lots of crying. Ngl I’m exhausted - and that’s from only really watching like 15%

I’ve also been eyeing Young Lady and Gentleman on Netflix - any Beanies who’ve watched this Kdrama, let me know if it’s a skip or a stream in your opinion!

DROPPED

Hard to Find ok so like the story is intriguing and it’s pretty nicely made, but it’s lacking something and that’s made me fast forward a fair bit. Maybe it’s the script? It feels a bit flat at some points and a bit repetitive, so I’m struggling to properly form some kind of emotional attachment. The villain is also a bit of a caricature, which I don’t mind usually but it’s not helping when there’s other things that also feel lacklustre. Plus it’s quite grim & dark and I’m foreseeing a tragic ending EEEK…. I’ve not felt super compelled to click past ep 18 honestly so it’s a drop I think for now, might pick it up again sometime later if there’s a lull.

FINISHED

Best Choice Ever not without flaws but overall a fantastic watch, the final scenes between mum and daughter had me absolutely bawling. The lead couple were goals as well, so supportive loving and understanding, but the overarching theme of family and navigating...

Queen of Tears, ep 13 only
I liked the moving out of both young couples (high time!) and the it is closer to the airport reason left me giggling. 🙂
BUT what an utterly ridiculous way to bring the Amnesia Trope!! 😆
I also have to admit I had no desire to watch ep 14. (I will watch it together with the finale.)

Piggybacking Sunjae
I enjoyed all the high school scenes (uri second lead included) and heart fluttering moments 😊, but now I'm excited for the changed future when it seems that Sol and Sunjae will be finally equal in age.

1958 Detective Jehoon, ep.1 only
It was fun, but I'm not sure I am in the right mood.

Will Love in Spring, 5 eps, cdrama
Heroine is coming home for a short break (she needs rest after a small operation, but doesn't tell her family to not to let them be worried) and meets on train her old schoolmate, our Hero. Hero is a very professional (and very closed) undertaker and Heroine is... very forward and likes to tease him. 🙂 Sparks fly, tension builds up... and there is some old history we slowly reveal (=sort of cute high school scenes). We also see snippets from Hero's demanding work environment and Heroine has her own burden to carry. Besides the main couple, I like the chaotic dynamic of Heroine's family (Little Sis is played by young Heroine from Hidden Love) and Hero's grandma (who tries to find a wife for her grandson and is not ashamed to employ the whole town for that 😁).
Little spoiler: There is a very very nice kiss at the end of Ep.5!!! 🥰
Update after another 3 eps: What an unexpected turn of events. First comedy, then tragedy, I laughed and cried. Still very very good. And the actors are great.

Live Watches
The Midnight Studio: Bom’s hug that went straight through Ki-joo was as devastating as Seong-ho and Ji-won’s date was adorable. I hope our stabby murderer is actually dead after that fall, but I won’t really believe it until I see a body. This isn’t my first kdrama.

Queen of Tears: If someone just described the plot of this drama to me, I don’t think I would find it super appealing. So why do I still like it so much? I wasn’t surprised when the whole situation fell apart in ep 14 (It’s ep 14! It’s supposed to be dire!) and I’m not expecting them to get Eun-쓰레기 out of the picture immediately, but I hope they leave time to wrap everything up nicely.

Older Dramas
Our Blooming Youth: I’m nearing the end of my rewatch and this whole drama just makes me feel warm inside. There are other ones that are crafted better, have less annoying ministers, and don’t rush the ending so much, but this drama makes me feel so many things that it ends up beating some of those out anyway. It was in my top ten for a while when it came out and I can’t seem to remember why it isn’t still in there…

Random
Physical 100 (season 2): I FINALLY realized where I knew Lee Jae-yoon from - he was the lying ex fiance of Oh Hae-young in Oh Hae-young Again! I had looked him up super briefly before but just read a little “here’s what he’s most known for” section and they didn’t include this drama, which is the only one I’ve seen of his, I’m pretty sure. Ok, back to watching people haul weights through a maze (strangely riveting).

Queen of Tears - This one took a dip in my books with Eun-seong parading in Germany.
However, it maintained its highs so well. The Hongs are already missing Yongduri. They could have discussed Hae-in's surgery separately but Hongs took it to Yongduri to ponder over. I was worried that when the Hongs passed through their phase, they'd probably return to their life and continue as if Yongduri never happened. I loved the thought that their stay there made an impression on all of them, including Lady Hong.
The video call too. I liked how everyone laid it bare with the things they've done on their ends. And when Hae-in pleaded her case to them, they accepted her decision even though it hurt them so much. I love this two families.

But I really don't know how the ToD aftermath changed her decision. I mean Hyun-woo's outburst of grief. She always knows her husband will lose it if anything happens to his wife. He has been vocal about it, both in words and in deeds. That's why he was content with her not remembering him should she have a memory loss. So I don't think the ToD influenced her decision to take the surgery in any way. And if it did, it was only a very minute percentage, but never was it the pivotal factor.

Find Me In Your Memory - I've been putting this off for a long time so I thought to get into it since I'm not that into most of what's airing at the moment.
So far so good, I'm enjoying it. But I do find it a bit contrived that Ha-jin shares a lot of similarities with Jung Seo-yeon, Jung-hoon's late girlfriend. I understand if they might have read the same book and cherished the same quote. But, ballet as well? It's too much of a coincidence. That's not a good premise for a relationship. I'm still at episode 5 so I don't know how they progress things.
Lee Joo-bin looks very beautiful here. Those red shoes were enough to captivate anyone.
The Kim Eun-ho and Ro Woon cameo were a delight.

Blood Free - Mirroring the thoughts of a beanie, I also, "without any doubt, don't personally see anything immoral regarding the emergency procedure that was done on Chae-woon esp. given the do-or-die circumstances. But of course San's "secretly repairing" Chae-woon's ear was just plain wrong, not only was it not necessary for life-saving purpose so of course you need consent, San's intension itself was like 1 part benign 9 parts malicious."

San went overboard by calibrating it to the highest decibel. It is no longer a BF cochlear implant of some sort. He made it a personal vendetta for reasons I don't understand beyond jealousy and/or he made Chae-won into a lab rat in that moment.
I don't think the procedure gave him superhuman strength. But the superhuman earing is outta here.

HIDE (Ep. 9-10) I would not say these were the best episodes of the series. Episode 9 was slow and the trial was basically paying off a past sin with another lie. But nothing ever appeases Baker Lady Joo whose sole mission in life is to destroy Na. The final chess piece is Bom, who is suddenly under child welfare services which allows her to be kidnapped by Grandma without any red flags to the authorities. Of course the Haesan residents were investors in the development that Joo has now pulled from them (at a loss of their savings) in an attempt to frame the Cha family for malfeasance. FIL political career goes up in smoke as quickly as a piece of cigarette paper. Cha is surprised he is arrested not for murder but a lesser included charge of assault and kidnapping. The only unexpected element was Joo’s minion turning on her. When Na meets CEO Choi it looks like they had a hidden plan from the beginning to take down Joo. If true, then Na may have more “determination” i.e. tortious schemes than Joo; as the old saying goes, “It takes one to know one.” As the series went on, sympathy for Na has begun to wane. Fighting evil Joo with more evil does not put you on the moral high ground but in harms way. The final deal with the Devil, evil CEO Choi, will bring that to bare.

SHOGUN (Finale) Epic series with excellent but reserved performances by Japanese cast. It took a long time to realize that Blackthorne was not the central point of the series but a surrogate for the viewer who is suddenly caught up in unfamiliar and confusing ritual honor and obligations of feudal Japan during the beginning of substantive change in its society.

However, the finale went out with a sigh. There were a lot of viewers who really liked it. But there was no great final battle; we were only told in a ten second “tell” what would happen. (Perhaps the show ran out of money as the 6 month shoot turned into a 10 month film schedule. Side note: It was really annoying that the finale on FX had more commercials than actual story content.) It is hard to believe that Ishido would collapse without one violent attempt to kill Toranaga. (Not clearly shown, but in history, the battle was fought and Ishido lost as the regent armies abandoned him.) If the last theme was “letting go,” than the high water mark was Blackthorne taking Fuji to the sea to pour ashes into the water (his seafaring ritual not her tradition) and he dropping Mariko’s cross as closure. The same was true for Toranaga letting go his good friend Yabushige who betrayed him but yet allowed Crimson Sky to work. Even Mariko’s obnoxious husband let go his ill will towards Blackthorne to help raise his ship for repairs. A Barbarian and Savages could respectfully work together. But those character changes, and the flash forward of old man Blackthorne having fractured dreams about his past was a disappointing and ambiguous end for a series that had built up real tension and laser point conflict through its characters...

Chief Detective 1958: 8.1

Queen of Tears: 6.0 How did they know the new experimental treatment would be a 99.99% effective source of damnesia? Did they test it on dozens of subjects who then forgot the consent forms they had signed, or did they just know because they understand Kdramaland?
Were you crying because of:
1: The makjangky stuff the show wanted you to cry over?
2: Grief and shock over what happened to the show you once liked?
3: Crying? I don't remember any crying. I don't remember anything before Monday. Who are you?

Missing Crown Prince: 8.0 Day 3 had promising situational humor, day 4 was a slight letdown.

Lovely Runner The Which Soul Is In Sol When Show: 6.5 I'm fine with straightforward time travel like in Faith, Queen In-hyun's Man, etc, but I got enough confusing timey-wimey-ness in A Time Called You to last me quite a while.

Midnight Photo Studio: 6.0 And it takes her how many episodes to remember that time she was hiding from the baddies?? Sigh.

Blood Free: 6.5 So in Moving Han Hyo-joo had super hearing; this time it's her future love interest (?) who gets it?

Goodbye Earth: 1.9 Quite fitting that a show that promises the end of the world impacts on a Friday Night of Doom. But I have escaped my Doom by losing interest about 19 minutes in. Unless/until others praise it to the skies, I'm out. Goodbye Show.

Little known fact - if a writer doesn't put enough damnesia into her story they take away her writers guild card.

Lovely Runner: I feel like a hypocrite for shipping adult Sol with 19-year-old Sun-jae. Even though she is in her 19-year-old body, mentally, she's 34. She calls herself noona, Tae-sung calls her noona, she calls the students kids those days. This is literally the reason why I hated Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol with the fire of a thousand burning suns. Not because he got a terminal illness, not because he faked his death, not because he returned five years later like nothing happened, but because he was a 19-year-old underage minor. I was even uncomfortable in Twenty-Five Twenty-One, and their age gap was only four years. Sol and Sun-jae are 15 years! I love that Sun-jae fell for 19-year-old Sol. Usually in body-swap romances, the hero or heroine falls for the soul (Oh My Ghostess, Big, Mr. Queen, Alchemy of Souls, or Tae-sung), so it's always a cop-out when they end up with the body, but 19-year-old Sol was his first love. The "I'll Be There" OST is so emotional, especially Byeon Woo-seok's vocal in the final chorus. No wonder Sol cried seeing her bias sing again. I'm going to be annoyed if crazy taxi driver is the one who killed Sun-jae in the present. I need this serial killer plotline to be one and done with. The funniest scene this week was Sun-jae Cyworld stalking Tae-sung, who then gifted his 100,000th visitor 30 acorns. Sun-jae slumping down in his chair in humiliation made me lmao. Tae-sung is total ulzzang.

Queen of Tears: Hyun-woo and Hae-in's honeymoon phase is the reason why I watch romances. Their constant touching and kissing while washing dishes were so cute. Maybe I would've been invested in their romance if Hae-in were an orphan, but her family ruined the romance for me. They really could've been happy if they had lived alone. I shrieked when Hyun-woo's dad told Hyun-woo's brother, "If someone asks you who your father is, don't give them my name." That's a meta-reference to Pyo Chi-su's poem in Crash Landing on You! I squealed when we found out that Secretary Kim had turned and come to Hyun-woo's side.

The Midnight Studio I’m not really feeling attached to any character.

Nothing Uncovered The FL’s choices about her marriage are really weird.

Lovely Runner I’m more interested in the future because I want both characters being the same age even if they're super cute as highschool students.

Hide I said she should have sent her daughter far from this big mess.

Chief Detective 1958 I thought I will be more interested by this era but the story of the 2 episodes didn’t make me curious or nostalgic.

Queen of Tears I’m ready for the end. I will miss KSH and KJW on my screen every week.

Blood Free I wish the focus was more about the ethics and less about investigation/murder.

Under the Gun Zuho looks good :D

Will Love in Spring (cdrama) I really like the characters, the bond between the members of the family, friends, etc. Both leads have unique characteristic (his job, her leg) and it makes the story interesting. The actors are really good.

How, just how do you manage to wait till Tuesday, @Javabeans ??
Lovely Runner is CRACK! and I need it IMMEDIATELY! 🤩

Currently Watching
Carry Sun-jae and Run: 🏃‍♂️‍➡️❤️ The first six episodes were pure, butterfly-inducing magic. It will be interesting to see where they go from that cliffhanger (and that preview). This sounds bad, but I've been hoping since day one (*that sus doorbell*) that Sun-jae was murdered, because it will be easier to save him from a murderer, than from himself.

Welcome2Life: (20-23) He's back and is confronted with the reality of who he is, what he's done, and what he's given up. He has a new resolve and a scorched-earth attitude! It's really good, but the cases are SUPER dark - almost too much for me 😰

Like Flowers in Sand: (1-6) This is a straight-up masterpiece. Every episode is crafted with the same care as a movie. It encapsulates the intrinsic magic of kdramas: the best ones are an experience: watching good stories, well told, unfold before your eyes. How did this (and Jang Dong-yeon) get snubbed at the Baeksang nominations?? HOW? I can tell this drama is going straight into my top-ten rankings.

Miscellaneous
● Hopeful's Mom's Reviews she watched and enjoyed Eye Love You. Her take: "It's very thin on plot - very thin - but Chae Jong-hyeop is the best boyfriend ever. And so adorable. So. adorable." (We're both Chae Jong-hyeop fans, if you couldn't tell, haha) She also tried Chicken Nugget: "I'm trying to watch it, but it might be too absurd." It's a drop for her, but I appreciate that she tried!
● Taskmaster (UK) season 17 is releasing on YouTube weekly, YAY!! It's a never-fail recipe for laughter.

Thanks to DB’s knack of linking like minded international beanies, I am sending this from a Korean Restaurant in London sitting with @9tailedvixen who is visiting the UK. Unfortunately I am the sole representative of the UK beanies as the others who wanted to come today have been taken down by the bugs that are doing the rounds.

Live watches
Lovely Runner
Loving this sweet as candy drama. I am hoping the nasty liquorice elements are dealt with quickly so we can continue to get to know our sweet leads and the story behind the 2023 events and the time travelling watch.

Queen of tears
Please, let the baddie storyline wrap up fast as it has already overstayed its welcome by at least 4 episodes.

Binge watch corner
Idol: The coup
Thank you to the beanie who recommended this one I have a couple of episodes left and have enjoyed it so far.

Completed
Troubles all aboard - Japanese
Top HR consult joins a small company to help solve the mystery of their poor retention rates.

Eye love you - Japanese
Watched solely for smiling boy Chae Jonghyeop I hope it was just to increase his reach into the Japanese market re commercials and fans and that he won’t do more unless it’s one of the more sensible ones.

Daddy you, daughter me - body swap comedy film
About an strained father and daughter relationship. It was nothing special but a light watch. The dude in me was funnier.

Book club:
A passage north - Anuk Arudpragasam
Novel that talks about mental health and death from both a personal and political perspective in terms of the impact of the Sri Lankan civil war on the civilians.

Lovely Runner (Episode 5-6) - Mood: C-
Ah yes, a serial killer. While the show continues tugging at all our hearts, I guess there are limits to the writer’s creativity as we also saw a love triangle, noble idiocy, terminal illness, kidnapping. I wasn’t so thrilled with the use of misunderstandings and coincidences to drag out or develop the story as needed. But maybe we’ll resolve all these stupid tropes by next week?

Queen of Tears (Episode 13-14) - Mood: D
Well, this was the penultimate week and we all know that dramas love to pile on the most bullshit of last-minute conflicts in this week (the shitty ones, mostly), but even then this makjang still threw at us murder, kidnapping and amnesia, which btw were with different people in previous weeks. I guess the show at least narrowly avoided noble idiocy despite flirting with it.

Hide (Episode 9-10) - Mood: D-
Oh, the preview shows a potential birth secret that’s waiting to be unravelled in the finale? With Bom written out of the plot, we won’t have to see her be a pawn in the dirty fight between the adults, which I guess from a meta standpoint works great for the child actress. It’s funny seeing Lee Min Jae be scared seeing his senior actresses brawling it out in the BTS.

The Midnight Studio (Episode 12-13) - Mood: D
So that’s why Ahn Chang Hwan was casted, silly me forgot about the typecasting! And of course it’s a coincidence that the evil spirit was in the right place and time to tempt and possess the cop. We still don’t know why the evil spirit is too obsessed with the camera but we have time for filming Beauty Inside. Yeah, good luck writing a ghost-human OTP.

QUEEN OF TEARS wraps up this weekend. It has been my favorite show. But I can also see where Javabeans is coming from about the final story arc. But I am sticking it out for our lead characters.

The new Daily SU JI AND U RI lacks the spirit of UNPREDICTABLE FAMILY which came before it. After 21 episodes I have simply called it quits. I think that we got spoiled with UNPREDICTABLE FAMILY and I hope that its writer will give us more shows in the future. To fill in my lunchtime viewing I have taken to watching the excellent 2017 Weekender MY GOLDEN LIFE instead- it seems well written and the FL is played by my favorite actress, Shin Hye-sun.

My wife has now watched the well rated YONG AN DREAM when episodes of the excellent ‘historical’ Chinese Costume Drama BLOSSOMS IN ADVERSITY ran out. She enjoyed it. As for other Chinese Costume dramas she has enjoyed ANCIENT LOVE SONG and also HARD TO FIND. When she wanted an English language costume drama she went to Netflix and watched THE WITCHER even though she found it somewhat weird.

The new weekender BEAUTY AND MR. ROMANTIC is not dragging but rather clipping right along. The contrast with the previous one could not be greater: That one wasted time with the worst sort of timewasting filler. This one does not.

Queen of Tears: Going to take a four hours emotional roller coaster ride.
Chief Detective 1958: It mixes crime, friendship, romance and comedy. A nice Friday-Saturday drama from MBC, a nice change and solace after the QoT ride.
Midnight Studio: Loving it as there are lots to learn
Hide: I can't believe it is ending this week.
Blood Free: JJH and the young bodyguard is doing a good job!

Old drama:
Mask: An old favourite of mine, featuring JJH. Watching it makes me look forward to his next romcom drama.

traveling... ✈️

COMPLETED
Unlock My Boss: I really loved this drama, even more than I thought I would. It's engaging, entertaining, and delivered at just the right pace and tone. Despite the fantasy storyline at its core (the boss being trapped in his cellphone), it actually never veers into silly. The ending is surprising and spot on. This is classic k-drama, tightly written, well-acted, nicely filmed, and solidly produced. Even the soundtrack is fabulous. Of course I loved the main leads, but actually, the standout for me here is Kim Sung-Oh who is an exceptionally good character actor. I loved his journey in this story 👍👍

WATCHING
Carry Sun-Jae and Run: I can't remember the last time I did this much squee-ing, omo'ing, and second-hand-embarrassment squirming while watching a k-drama. I'm having so much fun! I love it all. 다!
The Midnight Studio: eps 11-13 This was a great trio of episodes. The back stories are both shocking and poignant, and I love how all the individual threads of each person's story are woven together. I'm also really enjoying the deepening relationship of the ML/FL and the resolution to Nam Goo's story.
Missing Crown Prince: My 4-episode trial was a success and I'm going to continue on, even if I have to brave it alone 😬 Let's see how long I last haha.
Flex X Cop: Squeaked in an episode this week, so I have 3 left. Still loving it!

Have a great week beanies! 🌸

Hi beanies!

My week started with a try on Missing Crown Prince, but I dropped it halfway the first episode and I still don't know if I will give it another try.

What I am watching this week:

_ Lovely Runner (4 out of 16).
I can't say I'm in love with this show or its characters as much as the rest of beanies and I'm not hooked yet, but it's funny and easy to watch, and it makes me laugh many times. Maybe my problem is that I have watched better dramas (or at least some shows I love more) with similar situations before. I can't help comparing it with "Shining for one thing" or "Twinkling Watermelon".

_ C-drama "When I fly towards you" (20 out of 24). Totally loving this cute and natural "slice-of-life" about a group of five friends in their teens. China makes this kind of dramas wonderfully and it happens they are my cup of tea. This one gets better and better, btw. The second half is beautiful.

Have a nice weekend!