Watching this show does feel like walking through a gentle breeze. Slowly getting to know the villagers and their stories, while watching our leads get a little close to each other.
How adorable are these two!!
These two GOOFBALLS!! LOL
I really like how is trying to make amends.
At times it does strike as odd that Bai Mo would go out of his way to help people. I guess in a way we are seeing him being himself and dropping his guard around the villagers.
Can you tag me for this one? I’m watching it on the days I just want a slow drama. Nice that they have are filming outside and in real houses- Few if any studio sets.
I didn’t see it coming that he becomes the ‘official’ change agent for the village which is somehow different from the K-original. But I’m pleased they don’t waste time on his hard-to-please attitude but rather his inside-out and common sense take on things. It is really a comfy and lovely watch alternating between the intensive WTPR and the getting edgier Iron Family.
Face Me (Final)
Towards the end it became such an exhausting watch. It’s so annoying when you sit through a murder mystery and it falls flat.
Don’t cast someone so predictable if you want to create any curiosity for the audience.
At least we saw some smiling LMK towards the end. A bean earned with regret.
When the phone rings Ep 8
What’s fantastic episode. They really did a great job with the OTP this week. The emotional connection was so well done. You felt for both of them and totally shipped them. And the swoony moments were so 🥰🥰 I especially loved the elevator scene.
And YYS in unbuttoned night suits was a sight to behold.
The domestic scenes were lovely. The backhug was 💙
I also loved how they integrated the thriller/mystery element seamlessly into the main arc. I am now totally invested in everything.
p.s we all know bomb blasts don’t take out Sa Eon 😂
Just loved how they dived right into communicating openly face to face. Their flirting. Their declarations of do or die love for each other. I can watch hours of them together and not be bored, they’re so sweet together.
I’m happy that the burning hot kiss didn’t lead straight back to the bedroom, it would have been too fast. They’re building trust and opening channels of communication, so when they do go, it will be with full commitment.
Yeah this romance has me in a hold. OTP of the year, for me.
Breeze by the sea (twdrama), Ep 1-4 First impressions
This is a remake of kdrama ‘Top star Yoo Baek’. I haven’t watched the original but I can already tell this is very different and has a different feel. With Puff and Chen Bolin leading the show, I breezed through 4 episodes in no time.
Chen Bolin as a grumpy, cold, picky top star didn’t last too long. I really like how he is slowly starting to interact with people. I love that it was grandma’s warmth that thawed him. Can’t wait to see more of his goofy dimples!
Puff is delightful too! And these two already have good chemistry.
The village is lovely with the old buildings and ocean near by. The whole drama has a bit of slice of life feel to it at times reminding me of the beloved ‘Meet Yourself’. The small bunch of people are nice and slowly we are getting to know each of them.
Excited to continue. Its available on Viki for US region.
It does take a bit to settle down and for us to get into the mood of the show. It does have some cliched scenes etc but it still works. It’s been an easy light watch so far and very relaxing just watching the scenery which I appreciate.
The show works if you take the advice Bai Yin Mo is given for how to be on island that he is staying at and deciding whether to do a reality show there–“think it of it half as a show and half as a vacation.” There is something leisurely about the show that’s nice. Puff Guo and Chen Bolin are great so far. It’s really pleasant, and I mean that in the best way.
So glad that you have watched it. I like Top Star Yoo Baek and Chan Bolin is my bias – so I gulped up all four episodes when they came out on Viki.
Directed by Peter Ho, you can expect it to be more juicier than TSYB. It is a comfy and easy watch. Bolin certainly does not disappoint with his trademark charisma – I always like how he conveys his emotion ‘hiddenly’ – casually and barely there but it makes you feel more profound. This is why he is Chen Bolin. Puff is doing a great job and as with TW dramas, I expect the town folks to feature their respective stories along the way. I look forward to Chen’s character turning around and the romance.
Kinmen is in fact beautiful. I was involved in some projects there some years back and one was the conservation of the village where this drama is shot. The orange roofs never cease to amaze me. And all the seafood dishes shown in the drama are those you can’t taste anywhere else. I love in particular the buddha hands (ie sea barnacles). Can’t wait for the next two episodes this weekend.
@pickledragon and @dorothoka – have you started too?
So glad you and more beanies are watching it. @pickleddragon definitely must given her Chen Bolin love. @dorotka (correcting tag name)
It’s amazing that you have been to Kinmen. I love the terrace shots. It’s just so gorgeous. Yeah, I did google the Buddhas hand fish to check if it was real. lol. I love how it feels like a travelogue as well as a drama. Adding to my list of places to visit.
I love Chen Bolin and you are absolutely right about him conveying things with very little action on his part.
And he is charming and attractive in an unconventional way.
That scene when she gives him the Buddha hands and his little smile and the way he picks it up from his chopsticks made the chemistry shine. It was just him.
I actually don’t think it is so different from the Korean version. I admit I don’t remember all details anymore, but the general feeling is the same (only the second male lead feels different, but it could be a lot my bias for Lee Sangyeob, he 😁). The TW version is a bit more contemplative perhaps, but only a tiny bit. The humour is in both and personal stories as well. Grandma and Bolin Chen are ❤️
Love Your enemy Ep 7
Screeeeeeee!!!!! Finally!! The adult Ji Won’s made me feel the feels!! Loved this episode.
That ending so freaking good!! They convinced me they were meant to be.
🥰🥰🥰🥰
p.s How awesome was it hearing Yoon Ji Won say that to 2FL!!
Phone rings ep 6
What a wholesome episode! So much fun. I laughed at the tropes, giggled at the ridiculousness and swooned. I got major chillbong feels during the team MT. But worried how this would look like an ‘affair’ and how are they gonna keep this a secret.
And where is this cliff of no doom?? lol. I almost expected him to jump to her from top like PMR.
But those last few moments. YYS delivered the desperation, angst, fear so well!!
lol. The whole sequence was so ridiculous. Firstly, there was no reason to walk to the rail. There were atleast two people gap between her and the crowd. Not sure why they edited it so poorly.
And then she survived to get up and make phone calls.
And yeah, it’s a straight drop. I laughed so hard seeing all those drones.
Anyway I loved seeing him frantically climb cliff and run and panic.
My favorite mess got to be ‘IMPOSSIBLE HEIR’. The show pretended to be something great with all the twists/stylish shots but was such a mess. It was so bad and I couldn’t stop watching!!
This is one of the worst pretentious show ever.
To begin with, why did it all began? Why did Taeho want so badly In Ha to become the heir? I was really hoping for an explanation all drama. It didn’t have to be a good one, just one… never got it.
Trunk Ep 1:
Intriguing!! Stellar production and visually stunning.
It’s an absolute joy watching Gong Yoo on screen.
And I barely recognized Seo Hyun-Jin
I’ve rewatched this one already… I loved it so much. And also listening to the OST, esp Savior on loop (both the versions are so different and beautiful). One of the year’s best shows… imperfect, and very random plot, but with that je ne sais quoi that makes it utterly gripping.
I finished it yesterday. Liked it a lot because he acting is superb (you can’t expect less from GY and SHJ), but I also think it’s a clear case of McGuffin!
I’m sure you will love it.
2024 Crush
Random participant.
My pick is Kwon-Yul !!
I have only known him as the cutie lawyer from MUF but then 2024 happened. He was everywhere. From a lovely 2ML in Sweet Mobster, to a terrifying villain in Connection to the adorable cameos in Frankly Speaking. I loved him in all these. Hope to see more of him.
When the phone rings Ep 3 :
I am loving the pace. Lot of clues and lot of reveals. And so much squeal worthy scenes.
The lunch scene was hilarious!! Love a good old ‘I am fuming with jealousy so I refuse your wine’ pfffttt
I really like that we got all these interactions between the couple this weak. Them sharing a bed!! 🥰
‘How well do you know me’?? ‘I won’t divorce you’.
Wishing you a Thanksgiving filled with love, good food, good dramas and great memories!!
Thanks to this amazing community for being a spark of joy in my mundane life. Wishing you all good health!
I love how stubborn she is and how it exasperates him.
If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the mountain.
Sa-eon – \’Come here and sit, we need to talk\’
Hae-joo doesnt budge
Sa-eon – Walks to her and says what he had to say.
LOL.
Sa-eon – Stand up.
Hae-joo doesnt budge
Sa-eon sighs and then goes DOWN ON ONE KNEE to put the ring
Hah! Easy peasy!
Check out any dorms, and people will be pretending all over the place …
Now, in many places people are ascribed a roommate and the dorms are seperated by gender or sex, so there will be fewer romances. But ind Denmark in many places you’ll have each one room and then share a kitchen. Where I lived there were nine kitchens, each shared by approximately thirteen people living alonside, with doors to the same corridor.
People fell in love criss-cross and pretended big time, some skillfully, others with no talent. Sometimes they started dating, and actually, from my kitchen there were two married couples later. One woman had earlier clearly been into another guy from our kitchen, and her husband had actually had something for me at a point. (I’ll never forget the moment I realized that – I had a whole K-drama Flashback Collage in my head of him looking at me and I got so embarrassed because I had just made fun of him in a way that was only fun if he didn’t feel anything for me – Bad stupid me!!! ) uhm, and in the other couple the guy had been kind of dating two girls both from our kitchen and on top of that made a pass at any other girl in his visinity, ever. (He was such a jerk, bereft of any charm, I never understood how anyone could like him, not to speak of compete for him … ew!! ).
Anyways … people can live under the same roof and be in love and pretend not to be.
Yes but that’s living arrangement with strangers. He is in love with her and married her and they live alone. How can you ‘pretend’ to be an asshole to the one you love and see everyday and in close proximity?
I am having so much fun with this show. The moment I go \’Do adults beha….\’ I nip that thought in the bud.. and then I am laughing silly.
Joppa is so funny.. Giving me workout tips.
This scene had me rolling with laughter. Did he really fall into this. This looks super uncomfortable. I may have done this as a child, but my body will break if I attempt it now..
I’m really liking it, too. The flashbacks are integrated so well into the present day drama, the dialogue is pretty snappy, and the comedy is working for me as well. So far, it’s fun without being stupid, so it’s a win in my book.
Love on a single log Bridge :
Looking forward to todays episode. Will we get to hear him call her ‘Noona’ ??
The high school actors did a good job selling the OTP. Kudos to them
I wonder if there’s a special workout to make his veins pop out like that. I don’t remember them being like that in Hospital Playlist. Maybe one needs to conduct a research on his hands 🤭🤜🏼
This won’t be the first time going into the YYS rabbit hole rewatching his old dramas. I do think he has popping veins by default.
But yes, Hosplay rewatch is now needed for research purposes.
So upon a quick research, yes you’re right abt the veins though they’re not quite as pronounced as here. Sorry no pictures cos netflix and i don’t actually know how to post pics in comments.
Yup his veins pop by default. For more thorough research on his hands, I recommend Mr Sunshine. All his sword handling scenes are 😍. He really has one of the most beautiful hands and wrists I’ve seen.
When the phone rings Ep 2 :
Yoo Yeon-Seok in a three piece suit will be the death of me. And him taking of the suit and walking to his wife’s room or walking home disheveled in a white shirt partially unbuttoned, covered in ash will be instant death.
This episode was fire, yet at times it felt a little makjang-ish. Nevertheless, I loved that the ML was in a thriller genre and FL was in a romcom(sorta).
Many times the ML reminded me of the kdrama leads of the yore – jerks, possessive, jealous, acting tough etc but with a heart that is yet to be exposed to us. But I am lapping it all up.
Like @kurama said his hands and veins are just a vision and makes me go 🤤
The epilogue makes me wonder what he was upto? Did he save her from a bad marriage or did he have feeling for her. Why was he so cold towards her all along. Did he not want to expose his emotions?
And dude never learned the sign language for her. He is not selling the ‘I loved her all along’ without this.
Her Sunbae learnt it for her!!
That’s why it was satisfying to watch his face when he saw her ‘smiling’ in the photo with the Sunbae. A smile he has NEVER seen.
I wonder if she could always talk or if she got cured recently. Her mom does mention in the passing why she stopped going to the clinic. Which probably means she was going for therapy and has fixed her selective mutism. But she chose not to reveal it.
Yes! It does seems like it. He jumped on the first opportunity to marry her.
I am having so much fun with this show.
Yeah – that was weird. Why couldn’t they have just said he married one of the daughters. Or even the second daughter. Unless the elder one is the legitimate child ? And the world didn’t know about a second daughter.
Tell me about it! I’m such a goner for hands wearing wedding rings… YYS, Kim Young Dae, just about any Kdrama lead, wearing their ring like they mean it. Whole new level of smexiness. Sigh.
(though this ML’s intentions are still up for speculation, I hope he doesn’t disappoint) .
Tell me about it. The wedding ring! This year is the year of the wedding ring. I can’t take my eyes off them.
I am going to be rewatching both episodes today and will be looking at everything I missed in first watch.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Breeze by the Sea Ep 5 and 6
Watching this show does feel like walking through a gentle breeze. Slowly getting to know the villagers and their stories, while watching our leads get a little close to each other.
How adorable are these two!!
These two GOOFBALLS!! LOL
I really like how is trying to make amends.
At times it does strike as odd that Bai Mo would go out of his way to help people. I guess in a way we are seeing him being himself and dropping his guard around the villagers.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 23, 2024 at 4:08 PM
tagging our twdrama beanies (let me know if you don’t want to be in the future) – @kurama @PYNYC @dorotka @pickleddragon @epyc2010 @miso2019
Neolttwigi
December 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Can you tag me for this one? I’m watching it on the days I just want a slow drama. Nice that they have are filming outside and in real houses- Few if any studio sets.
miso
December 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM
I love that he’s kind of like the resident agony aunt right now. Most of it voluntary 🤭
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 24, 2024 at 3:59 AM
😂He is settling in. It kinda makes sense why people would respect him because he is an outsider (no bias or history) and also a ‘celebrity’.
Dorotka
December 24, 2024 at 2:23 AM
I haven’t watched yet (family, family)… but I’m looking forward to the new episodes!!
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 24, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Busy time of the year indeed. Happy holidays!!
Isa is always time travelling
December 24, 2024 at 2:32 AM
I want to watch it but the original drama has been for a long time in my list and I think I should do it justice and watch it first.
Neolttwigi
December 24, 2024 at 4:18 AM
original drama on the long list of unavailable-to-me
PYC
December 24, 2024 at 6:09 AM
I didn’t see it coming that he becomes the ‘official’ change agent for the village which is somehow different from the K-original. But I’m pleased they don’t waste time on his hard-to-please attitude but rather his inside-out and common sense take on things. It is really a comfy and lovely watch alternating between the intensive WTPR and the getting edgier Iron Family.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 24, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Chen Bolins smile is the best thing to ease your worries. He is so adorable here.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 22, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Face Me (Final)
Towards the end it became such an exhausting watch. It’s so annoying when you sit through a murder mystery and it falls flat.
Don’t cast someone so predictable if you want to create any curiosity for the audience.
At least we saw some smiling LMK towards the end. A bean earned with regret.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM
When the phone rings Ep 8
What’s fantastic episode. They really did a great job with the OTP this week. The emotional connection was so well done. You felt for both of them and totally shipped them. And the swoony moments were so 🥰🥰 I especially loved the elevator scene.
And YYS in unbuttoned night suits was a sight to behold.
The domestic scenes were lovely. The backhug was 💙
I also loved how they integrated the thriller/mystery element seamlessly into the main arc. I am now totally invested in everything.
p.s we all know bomb blasts don’t take out Sa Eon 😂
I ♥️ bad dramas
December 22, 2024 at 11:37 AM
YYS in unbuttoned shirts 😍 I love his collar bones!
Blasts definitely don’t take out Sa-eon 🤣
Procrasti-NationFirstCitizen
December 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Just loved how they dived right into communicating openly face to face. Their flirting. Their declarations of do or die love for each other. I can watch hours of them together and not be bored, they’re so sweet together.
I’m happy that the burning hot kiss didn’t lead straight back to the bedroom, it would have been too fast. They’re building trust and opening channels of communication, so when they do go, it will be with full commitment.
Yeah this romance has me in a hold. OTP of the year, for me.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Phone rings ep 7: SO MANY FEELS!! Too much FEELS!! MY HEART!! OTTOKE!! 😍😍🥰🥰🥰😭😭😘😘😘💙💙💙🥰🥰🥰🔥🔥🔥😵😵😵😔😔
Aizaaiz 🫶💍🫶 A Love Story Swooner
December 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Somebody help me, I’m so obsessed with them!😍😍😍
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 18, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Breeze by the sea (twdrama), Ep 1-4 First impressions
This is a remake of kdrama ‘Top star Yoo Baek’. I haven’t watched the original but I can already tell this is very different and has a different feel. With Puff and Chen Bolin leading the show, I breezed through 4 episodes in no time.
Chen Bolin as a grumpy, cold, picky top star didn’t last too long. I really like how he is slowly starting to interact with people. I love that it was grandma’s warmth that thawed him. Can’t wait to see more of his goofy dimples!
Puff is delightful too! And these two already have good chemistry.
The village is lovely with the old buildings and ocean near by. The whole drama has a bit of slice of life feel to it at times reminding me of the beloved ‘Meet Yourself’. The small bunch of people are nice and slowly we are getting to know each of them.
Excited to continue. Its available on Viki for US region.
miso
December 18, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Ah I was going to comment asking how you’re liking it. Thanks for this – will start it today!
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 18, 2024 at 6:53 AM
It does take a bit to settle down and for us to get into the mood of the show. It does have some cliched scenes etc but it still works. It’s been an easy light watch so far and very relaxing just watching the scenery which I appreciate.
Gum Shoe
December 18, 2024 at 12:15 PM
The show works if you take the advice Bai Yin Mo is given for how to be on island that he is staying at and deciding whether to do a reality show there–“think it of it half as a show and half as a vacation.” There is something leisurely about the show that’s nice. Puff Guo and Chen Bolin are great so far. It’s really pleasant, and I mean that in the best way.
PYC
December 19, 2024 at 4:24 AM
So glad that you have watched it. I like Top Star Yoo Baek and Chan Bolin is my bias – so I gulped up all four episodes when they came out on Viki.
Directed by Peter Ho, you can expect it to be more juicier than TSYB. It is a comfy and easy watch. Bolin certainly does not disappoint with his trademark charisma – I always like how he conveys his emotion ‘hiddenly’ – casually and barely there but it makes you feel more profound. This is why he is Chen Bolin. Puff is doing a great job and as with TW dramas, I expect the town folks to feature their respective stories along the way. I look forward to Chen’s character turning around and the romance.
Kinmen is in fact beautiful. I was involved in some projects there some years back and one was the conservation of the village where this drama is shot. The orange roofs never cease to amaze me. And all the seafood dishes shown in the drama are those you can’t taste anywhere else. I love in particular the buddha hands (ie sea barnacles). Can’t wait for the next two episodes this weekend.
@pickledragon and @dorothoka – have you started too?
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 19, 2024 at 4:43 AM
So glad you and more beanies are watching it. @pickleddragon definitely must given her Chen Bolin love. @dorotka (correcting tag name)
It’s amazing that you have been to Kinmen. I love the terrace shots. It’s just so gorgeous. Yeah, I did google the Buddhas hand fish to check if it was real. lol. I love how it feels like a travelogue as well as a drama. Adding to my list of places to visit.
I love Chen Bolin and you are absolutely right about him conveying things with very little action on his part.
And he is charming and attractive in an unconventional way.
That scene when she gives him the Buddha hands and his little smile and the way he picks it up from his chopsticks made the chemistry shine. It was just him.
The weekly wait for episodes begin!
Tagging a few more beanies who I recollect watching Taiwanese drama @isthatacorner @kurama @stpauligurl
Kurama
December 19, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Thank you for mentionning this drama! I already dl the 4 episodes following your post!
I liked the Korean version even if it had been complicated to find translation because of her dialect.
PYC
December 19, 2024 at 5:43 AM
You should watch it – I remember you were among the small TSYB fandom.
Kurama
December 19, 2024 at 6:18 AM
And a big fan of In Time with You where I discovered Chen Bo-lin.
Dorotka
December 21, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Oh, In Time With You, how many years it has been already? 13?
Kurama
December 21, 2024 at 10:39 AM
@dorotka Yeah, in 2011 😅
PYC
December 21, 2024 at 7:37 PM
We all love In Time With You, aren’t we? Da-ren ge and this explains the best why friends-to-lovers could be such a heartache.
parkchuna is Scouting for Stars in Hanyang 🍉
December 21, 2024 at 6:42 AM
I loved the satoori in Top star, but the subs! the subs was like a drama of its own. It gave me giggles n headaches trying to figure them out 😂
PYC
December 19, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Thanks for the correct tag – mine wasn’t working when typing the earlier comment.
You got it – that scene of his eating the Buddha hands IS the moment out of the four episodes. That faint smile!!!
Dorotka
December 21, 2024 at 8:14 AM
I thought the little smile just escaped Bolin Chen, the actor. 😄
PYC
December 21, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Agreed, it’s the actor not the character.
stpauligurl
January 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Thanks, Blue. I haven’t been here for a while, but this show sounds good. I like both the actors so I’ll have to try it.
Oh, and happy New Year!
Dorotka
December 21, 2024 at 8:12 AM
I actually don’t think it is so different from the Korean version. I admit I don’t remember all details anymore, but the general feeling is the same (only the second male lead feels different, but it could be a lot my bias for Lee Sangyeob, he 😁). The TW version is a bit more contemplative perhaps, but only a tiny bit. The humour is in both and personal stories as well. Grandma and Bolin Chen are ❤️
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 17, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Non kdrama recommendation: SHOGUN!!! Everyone must watch Shogun!! Sheer brilliance!
bbstl 🧹
December 17, 2024 at 7:13 AM
It’s a level above everything else! Fantastic. 👏🏽
korfan
December 17, 2024 at 10:52 PM
I really need to get to this one day!
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 18, 2024 at 5:59 AM
I hope you get time for this!
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 14, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Love Your enemy Ep 7
Screeeeeeee!!!!! Finally!! The adult Ji Won’s made me feel the feels!! Loved this episode.
That ending so freaking good!! They convinced me they were meant to be.
🥰🥰🥰🥰
p.s How awesome was it hearing Yoon Ji Won say that to 2FL!!
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 14, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Phone rings ep 6
What a wholesome episode! So much fun. I laughed at the tropes, giggled at the ridiculousness and swooned. I got major chillbong feels during the team MT. But worried how this would look like an ‘affair’ and how are they gonna keep this a secret.
And where is this cliff of no doom?? lol. I almost expected him to jump to her from top like PMR.
But those last few moments. YYS delivered the desperation, angst, fear so well!!
Isa is always time travelling
December 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM
It couldn’t be so difficult to find her. She can’t fly, after all 😂
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
lol. The whole sequence was so ridiculous. Firstly, there was no reason to walk to the rail. There were atleast two people gap between her and the crowd. Not sure why they edited it so poorly.
And then she survived to get up and make phone calls.
And yeah, it’s a straight drop. I laughed so hard seeing all those drones.
Anyway I loved seeing him frantically climb cliff and run and panic.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 12, 2024 at 6:27 AM
My favorite mess got to be ‘IMPOSSIBLE HEIR’. The show pretended to be something great with all the twists/stylish shots but was such a mess. It was so bad and I couldn’t stop watching!!
Eazal
December 12, 2024 at 10:49 AM
This is one of the worst pretentious show ever.
To begin with, why did it all began? Why did Taeho want so badly In Ha to become the heir? I was really hoping for an explanation all drama. It didn’t have to be a good one, just one… never got it.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 6, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Trunk Ep 1:
Intriguing!! Stellar production and visually stunning.
It’s an absolute joy watching Gong Yoo on screen.
And I barely recognized Seo Hyun-Jin
Procrasti-NationFirstCitizen
December 7, 2024 at 4:21 AM
I’ve rewatched this one already… I loved it so much. And also listening to the OST, esp Savior on loop (both the versions are so different and beautiful). One of the year’s best shows… imperfect, and very random plot, but with that je ne sais quoi that makes it utterly gripping.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 7, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Oh that’s great to hear. I am already loving the tone!
Eazal
December 7, 2024 at 4:23 AM
I finished it yesterday. Liked it a lot because he acting is superb (you can’t expect less from GY and SHJ), but I also think it’s a clear case of McGuffin!
I’m sure you will love it.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 7, 2024 at 4:26 AM
I had saved it for the holiday binge. But after all cancellations this weekend I decided to watch it this weekend.
Looking forward!!
Ghost of Tim (eccentric observations from a male perspective)
December 7, 2024 at 6:00 AM
I won’t reveal spoilers but let me just say I’m glad Gong Yoo’s character has development. His Sad Puppy Dog acting went on too long for this Ghost.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 7, 2024 at 6:45 AM
ha ha… I feel you. But deep down I knew his acting chops wont be wasted and there was more to come.
Blue (@mayhemf)
December 5, 2024 at 5:51 AM
2024 Crush
Random participant.
My pick is Kwon-Yul !!
I have only known him as the cutie lawyer from MUF but then 2024 happened. He was everywhere. From a lovely 2ML in Sweet Mobster, to a terrifying villain in Connection to the adorable cameos in Frankly Speaking. I loved him in all these. Hope to see more of him.
miso
December 5, 2024 at 6:06 AM
He was so funny in Frankly Speaking! Only memorable part of the show for me tbh.
jerrykuvira
December 5, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Seconded.
Isa is always time travelling
December 5, 2024 at 6:10 AM
As you say, this year he was everywhere, even appeared in Cinderella at 2am (good surprise!).
I hope he gets a role as ML next year.
PYC
December 5, 2024 at 9:53 AM
I approve your choice!!!
23new2kdrama 🌱
December 5, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Also in other years, Dali and the Cocky Prince- villain and The First King in The King :Eternal Monarch
loveblossom🌸
December 6, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Gosh, yesss! I need to see him in another cute, glasses-wearing role. 😍😍😍
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM
When the phone rings Ep 3 :
I am loving the pace. Lot of clues and lot of reveals. And so much squeal worthy scenes.
The lunch scene was hilarious!! Love a good old ‘I am fuming with jealousy so I refuse your wine’ pfffttt
I really like that we got all these interactions between the couple this weak. Them sharing a bed!! 🥰
‘How well do you know me’?? ‘I won’t divorce you’.
Gimme
More!! MORE!!
I can’t wait to rewatch!!
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Wishing you a Thanksgiving filled with love, good food, good dramas and great memories!!
Thanks to this amazing community for being a spark of joy in my mundane life. Wishing you all good health!
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
November 28, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Well said, Blue!! 💙 Happy Thanksgiving to you and our lovely DB community!!
korfan
November 28, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
🌸 Seeker 🌸
November 28, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to our entire DB family – Beanies and Staff. 😊❤
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 26, 2024 at 5:37 PM
You know nothing, Jon Snow!
parkchuna is Scouting for Stars in Hanyang 🍉
November 26, 2024 at 6:03 PM
🤣 fake it til you get it right but he doesn’t know he’s wrong.
RenOIshi
November 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Ugh! I want him to SUFFER!!!!
Isa is always time travelling
November 26, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I’d say more, I don’t want a happy ending for him.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 26, 2024 at 11:01 AM
When the phone rings
I love how stubborn she is and how it exasperates him.
If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the mountain.
Sa-eon – \’Come here and sit, we need to talk\’
Hae-joo doesnt budge
Sa-eon – Walks to her and says what he had to say.
LOL.
Sa-eon – Stand up.
Hae-joo doesnt budge
Sa-eon sighs and then goes DOWN ON ONE KNEE to put the ring
RenOIshi
November 26, 2024 at 8:49 PM
How can you fake not being in love while living under the same roof?
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 27, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Come home after she sleeps and leave before she wakes up. Seems to be their routine.
DK-Drama ❤️🎄 Giffing n Space Cadetting 👼🏻🌟
November 27, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Hah! Easy peasy!
Check out any dorms, and people will be pretending all over the place …
Now, in many places people are ascribed a roommate and the dorms are seperated by gender or sex, so there will be fewer romances. But ind Denmark in many places you’ll have each one room and then share a kitchen. Where I lived there were nine kitchens, each shared by approximately thirteen people living alonside, with doors to the same corridor.
People fell in love criss-cross and pretended big time, some skillfully, others with no talent. Sometimes they started dating, and actually, from my kitchen there were two married couples later. One woman had earlier clearly been into another guy from our kitchen, and her husband had actually had something for me at a point. (I’ll never forget the moment I realized that – I had a whole K-drama Flashback Collage in my head of him looking at me and I got so embarrassed because I had just made fun of him in a way that was only fun if he didn’t feel anything for me – Bad stupid me!!! ) uhm, and in the other couple the guy had been kind of dating two girls both from our kitchen and on top of that made a pass at any other girl in his visinity, ever. (He was such a jerk, bereft of any charm, I never understood how anyone could like him, not to speak of compete for him … ew!! ).
Anyways … people can live under the same roof and be in love and pretend not to be.
RenOIshi
November 27, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Yes but that’s living arrangement with strangers. He is in love with her and married her and they live alone. How can you ‘pretend’ to be an asshole to the one you love and see everyday and in close proximity?
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 25, 2024 at 6:00 AM
I couldn’t have asked for more. My top fav ML’s all have a show! Happy holidays indeed!
Isa is always time travelling
November 25, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Definitely you are lucky! Good way of ending the year in Dramaland.
I hope you enjoy the three shows 😊
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
November 25, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Yay, Blue!!! May all your fan-girl dreams come true with these dramas arriving like an early Christmas present!
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Love on a single log Bridge Ep 2
I am having so much fun with this show. The moment I go \’Do adults beha….\’ I nip that thought in the bud.. and then I am laughing silly.
Joppa is so funny.. Giving me workout tips.
This scene had me rolling with laughter. Did he really fall into this. This looks super uncomfortable. I may have done this as a child, but my body will break if I attempt it now..
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
November 24, 2024 at 2:30 PM
This is looking so fun!!! 🤩
LaurenSophie
November 24, 2024 at 3:05 PM
I’m really liking it, too. The flashbacks are integrated so well into the present day drama, the dialogue is pretty snappy, and the comedy is working for me as well. So far, it’s fun without being stupid, so it’s a win in my book.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I am loving the flashbacks and the actors are doing a phenomenal job. I am thoroughly enjoying it too!!
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Love on a single log Bridge :
Looking forward to todays episode. Will we get to hear him call her ‘Noona’ ??
The high school actors did a good job selling the OTP. Kudos to them
alasecond
November 24, 2024 at 11:02 AM
HS actors are the saving grace of this drama
they are really really good
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 23, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Ottoke!!! WHY IS HE SO FREAKING HOT!!
#When the phone rings.
Posting in comments don’t want to spoil. More gifs later.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 23, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 23, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Why are his hands so BIG!! I watched the third gif a hundred times already.
This show has me completely hooked.
How to wait till next weekend???
owl 🦉 🫰
November 23, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Right? The wait (sweating it out)
parkchuna is Scouting for Stars in Hanyang 🍉
November 24, 2024 at 2:04 AM
I wonder if there’s a special workout to make his veins pop out like that. I don’t remember them being like that in Hospital Playlist. Maybe one needs to conduct a research on his hands 🤭🤜🏼
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 3:28 AM
This won’t be the first time going into the YYS rabbit hole rewatching his old dramas. I do think he has popping veins by default.
But yes, Hosplay rewatch is now needed for research purposes.
parkchuna is Scouting for Stars in Hanyang 🍉
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 AM
So upon a quick research, yes you’re right abt the veins though they’re not quite as pronounced as here. Sorry no pictures cos netflix and i don’t actually know how to post pics in comments.
I ♥️ bad dramas
November 25, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Yup his veins pop by default. For more thorough research on his hands, I recommend Mr Sunshine. All his sword handling scenes are 😍. He really has one of the most beautiful hands and wrists I’ve seen.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 26, 2024 at 2:38 AM
He does have beautiful wrists and he wears those watches so well!! Of course, swords too.
owl 🦉 🫰
November 23, 2024 at 7:16 PM
So hot (remember the intern break room kiss in Dr Kim 2??!!)
Kafiyah Bello
November 24, 2024 at 7:30 AM
One of my absolute favorite kisses in dramaland YYS and SHJ. WOOF, so good.
owl 🦉 🫰
November 24, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Just one of those memorable kiss scenes from kdramaland 💋
Kurama
November 24, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Oh, it will be recap!
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 23, 2024 at 3:46 PM
When the phone rings Ep 2 :
Yoo Yeon-Seok in a three piece suit will be the death of me. And him taking of the suit and walking to his wife’s room or walking home disheveled in a white shirt partially unbuttoned, covered in ash will be instant death.
This episode was fire, yet at times it felt a little makjang-ish. Nevertheless, I loved that the ML was in a thriller genre and FL was in a romcom(sorta).
Many times the ML reminded me of the kdrama leads of the yore – jerks, possessive, jealous, acting tough etc but with a heart that is yet to be exposed to us. But I am lapping it all up.
Like @kurama said his hands and veins are just a vision and makes me go 🤤
The epilogue makes me wonder what he was upto? Did he save her from a bad marriage or did he have feeling for her. Why was he so cold towards her all along. Did he not want to expose his emotions?
And dude never learned the sign language for her. He is not selling the ‘I loved her all along’ without this.
owl 🦉 🫰
November 23, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Really, he never bothered to learn sign language. But she never bothered to talk, either.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Her Sunbae learnt it for her!!
That’s why it was satisfying to watch his face when he saw her ‘smiling’ in the photo with the Sunbae. A smile he has NEVER seen.
I wonder if she could always talk or if she got cured recently. Her mom does mention in the passing why she stopped going to the clinic. Which probably means she was going for therapy and has fixed her selective mutism. But she chose not to reveal it.
Kurama
November 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
He clearly fell for her in the past.
It’s so fun to watch when there are so many misunderstandings.
But I wonder how his family thought it will work to tell he married the other sister… People will wonder why they never see her.
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Yes! It does seems like it. He jumped on the first opportunity to marry her.
I am having so much fun with this show.
Yeah – that was weird. Why couldn’t they have just said he married one of the daughters. Or even the second daughter. Unless the elder one is the legitimate child ? And the world didn’t know about a second daughter.
Procrasti-NationFirstCitizen
November 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Tell me about it! I’m such a goner for hands wearing wedding rings… YYS, Kim Young Dae, just about any Kdrama lead, wearing their ring like they mean it. Whole new level of smexiness. Sigh.
(though this ML’s intentions are still up for speculation, I hope he doesn’t disappoint) .
Blue (@mayhemf)
November 24, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Tell me about it. The wedding ring! This year is the year of the wedding ring. I can’t take my eyes off them.
I am going to be rewatching both episodes today and will be looking at everything I missed in first watch.
Kafiyah Bello
November 24, 2024 at 7:33 AM
I gasped when I saw the wedding ring too, the design is stunning and that is now the design I want for my wedding ring.
Kurama
November 24, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Kim Soo-hyun’s ring was beautiful!
Kafiyah Bello
November 24, 2024 at 7:31 AM
I too noticed he has really nice manly hands.