Beanie level: Wrongly accused fugitive

Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#265 – Romance in the House (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, It’s like watching a weekender
Objective: 1/5, Actually Screaming in the House

#266 – Perfect Family (KBS)
Subjective: 1/5, Where was the psychological thriller
Objective: 1/5, Not even a Perfect Makjang

#267 – Good Partner (SBS)
Subjective: 2/5, I did enjoy some procedurals
Objective: 1/5, Not much plot besides affair

#268 – Bad Memory Eraser (MBN)
Subjective: 1/5, This was a bad memory
Objective: 1/5, Erase this show right now

#269 – Cinderella at 2AM (Channel A / Coupang Play)
Subjective: 2/5, Would’ve liked to like more
Objective: 1/5, The OTP dragged it down

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)
#254 -> The Midnight Studio
#255 -> Lovely Runner
#256 – #257 -> Frankly Speaking / The Atypical Family
#258 – #260 -> Crash / High School Return of a Gangster / Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale
#261 – #262 -> My Sweet Mobster / Miss Night and Day
#263 – #264 -> Serendipity’s Embrace / Love Andante

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#263 – Serendipity’s Embrace (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, I wonder why Chae Jong
Objective: 1/5, Hyeop picked this miserable show

#264 – Love Andante (Lifetime)
Subjective: 1/5, This show could unironically make
Objective: 1/5, Korean reunification much more harder

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)
#254 -> The Midnight Studio
#255 -> Lovely Runner
#256 – #257 -> Frankly Speaking / The Atypical Family
#258 – #260 -> Crash / High School Return of a Gangster / Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale
#261 – #262 -> My Sweet Mobster / Miss Night and Day

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    “This show could unironically make
    Korean reunification much more harder”
    😂😂😂 THAT bad??

    Serendipity was filmed years ago, right? Maybe he didn’t have many options back then.

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Miss Night and Day: The romance might have been sidelined and underwhelming, but this BGM was so nice and I looked forward to it. A whimsical piano waltz melody and angelic voice accompaniment.

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    I’ve been noticing more background music pieces with vocals lately and I’m really enjoying them. This one is quite nice!

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      I dropped the drama but listened to the OST – this was one of my favorite tracks! It has a really nice instrumental score. I’m also a fan of dreamy vocals layered over instrumentals. ✨️

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#261 – My Sweet Mobster (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, Totally not sweet at all
Objective: 1/5, Childhood connection and adult romance

#262 – Miss Night and Day (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, Uninteresting romance and unneeded thriller
Objective: 1/5, Childhood trauma and adult resolution

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)
#254 -> The Midnight Studio
#255 -> Lovely Runner
#256 – #257 -> Frankly Speaking / The Atypical Family
#258 – #260 -> Crash / High School Return of a Gangster / Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR) – Sixth Year statistics (Dramas #213 – #260, Mid 2023 – Mid 2024)
(Previous statistics thread found here)

Subjective ratings (average: 1.58)
5/5:
4/5: 1 (Netflix’s Daily Dose of Sunshine)
3/5: 6 (ENA’s Lies Hidden in My Garden, Netflix’s D.P. 2, tvN’s Twinkling Watermelon, TVING’s Death’s Game, ENA’s Like Flowers in Sand, tvN’s Lovely Runner)
2/5: 13
1/5: 28

Objective ratings (average: 1.25)
5/5:
4/5: 1 (Netflix’s Daily Dose of Sunshine)
3/5: 1 (ENA’s Lies Hidden in My Garden)
2/5: 7 (Netflix’s D.P. 2, ENA’s Not Others, Netflix’s A Time Called You, Disney+’s Moving, ENA’s The Kidnapping Day, tvN’s Twinkling Watermelon, ENA’s Like Flowers in Sand)
1/5: 39

Breakdown by television/OTT
Cable (tvN, JTBC, ENA, MBN): 25 (Subjective average: 1.52 / Objective average: 1.24)
Terrestrial (KBS, MBC, SBS): 7 (Subjective average: 1.42 / Objective average: 1)
Others: 16 (Subjective average: 1.75 / Objective average: 1.375)

General remarks
2024 was a really bad year of drama watching for me as ENA’s Like Flowers in Sand becomes the only show to get anything but 1/5 on the objective mark. Maybe it’ll get better in the 2nd half, but still, I find that shows these days often find themselves manufacturing tension through poorly developed villains or antagonists. I don’t even need original stories, I just want interestingly complex characters. And yeah the shows that don’t bother with characterisation are a goner, but among those that at least attempt, we often get either predictably complex or interestingly one-note characters. It’s so frustrating.

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#258 – Crash (ENA)
Subjective: 1/5, Predictable thrillers don’t stay enjoyable
Objective: 1/5, Not another hidden makjang revenge

#259 – High School Return of a Gangster (TVING)
Subjective: 1/5, Yoon Chan Young pulled through
Objective: 1/5, The multiple unneeded cartoonish antagonists

#260 – Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale (TVING)
Subjective: 1/5, It’s just not funny period
Objective: 1/5, A freaking fairy tale indeed

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)
#254 -> The Midnight Studio
#255 -> Lovely Runner
#256 – #257 -> Frankly Speaking / The Atypical Family

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#256 – Frankly Speaking (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, Intentional parody would’ve worked better
Objective: 1/5, A mess of narrative themes

#257 – The Atypical Family (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, Moon Woo Jin deserved better
Objective: 1/5, A fantasy with atypical nonsense

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)
#254 -> The Midnight Studio
#255 -> Lovely Runner

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#255 – Lovely Runner (tvN)
Subjective: 3/5, Byeon Woo Seok’s career breakthrough
Objective: 1/5, Classic entrenched serial killer nonsense

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)
#254 -> The Midnight Studio

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#254 – The Midnight Studio (ENA)
Subjective: 1/5, Not another deus ex machina
Objective: 1/5, Another fantasy that’s gone astray

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #253 -> 2024 Shows (Jan-Apr)

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#252 – Queen of Tears (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, Kwak Dong Yeon deserved better
Objective: 1/5, A makjang with higher ratings

#253 – Hide (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, Lee Min Jae deserved better
Objective: 1/5, A makjang with lower ratings

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri
#242 -> Like Flowers in Sand
#243 -> A Shop for Killers
#244 – #246 -> A Killer Paradox / Knight Flower / Marry My Husband
#247 – #248 -> Branding in Seongsu / Doctor Slump
#249 – #250 -> Chicken Nugget / Flex X Cop
#251 -> Wedding Impossible

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Hide: Objectively speaking, the writing’s way too makjang for my taste, but this show’s scratching that cheap thrills itch I’m having these days well. And I guess I do like this soundtrack too!

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    You basically described why I don’t want Lee Bo Young dramas anymore:
    Ever since “God’s Gift – 14 Days”, she’s been taking role after role that just seems like cheap thrills of makjang with no lasting substance and is like “same plot, different delivery”

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#251 – Wedding Impossible (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, Infuriating fumbling of minority representation
Objective: 1/5, The plot just fell apart

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri
#242 -> Like Flowers in Sand
#243 -> A Shop for Killers
#244 – #246 -> A Killer Paradox / Knight Flower / Marry My Husband
#247 – #248 -> Branding in Seongsu / Doctor Slump
#249 – #250 -> Chicken Nugget / Flex X Cop

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#249 – Chicken Nugget (Netflix)
Subjective: 2/5, Some references were quite funny
Objective: 1/5, The ending kinda ruined it

#250 – Flex X Cop (SBS)
Subjective: 2/5, I don’t mind Season 2
Objective: 1/5, But I mind makjang setups

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri
#242 -> Like Flowers in Sand
#243 -> A Shop for Killers
#244 – #246 -> A Killer Paradox / Knight Flower / Marry My Husband
#247 – #248 -> Branding in Seongsu / Doctor Slump

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Wedding Impossible: There\’re comments online about how Do Han is selfish for not coming out of the closet and ruining Ah Jung\’s life even though she agreed to be a beard. Do most Beanies agree?

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    I think he’s wrong because running away it’s not the solution. The power that his grandfather loves so much, in his case, is the truth, as long as he lies, he will always be afraid.

    For Ah-Jung, what she agreed and what it’s happening are different. It became way bigger than the original idea of registering the mariage and going to the USA. But he didn’t lie to her and she accepted it, so I don’t think he’s selfish towards her. But I don’t think any of them understood the extent of what he asked of her.

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      is it running away?

      One shouldn’t force others to come out.. they are not living in a society where they feel comfortable and if they choose to not come out they shouldn’t be judged on that

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        He ran away when his boyfriend was beaten, he left the country. He didn’t take the time to talk with him. And now, he’s doing the same thing leaving and choosing to marry a woman. It’s not just not coming out, it’s building lies.

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          hmm .. don’t agree.. atleast in case of AJ it isn’t running away.. he can’t come out and wants a solution to the persisting marriage problem… everyone pressurizing.. even in real world people crib when their parents nag about marriage and it starts affecting them

          regarding the bf – we don’t know the full backstory but where he is wrong is not giving his bf a closure (we don’t know if he actually did talk about it with him but ex was persistent in having his own way) rather than “running away”

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    nah!

    There is no compulsion to come out; his fears are his fears and he needs to be comfortable and take life at his own pace

    He has done nothing wrong to AJ. She made her own choices.

    If anyone, he probably did wrong to his ex, but we don’t know the full story and he is running away from the responsibility of being a brother (not even elder brother)… he shouldn’t just abandon Ji han who is going through hsi own traumas

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#247 – Branding in Seongsu (U+ Mobile TV)
Subjective: 1/5, Boring from start to end
Objective: 1/5, Writer needs to be soul-swapped

#248 – Doctor Slump (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, Sorry I’m staying alcohol free
Objective: 1/5, Another love conquers disease nonsense

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri
#242 -> Like Flowers in Sand
#243 -> A Shop for Killers
#244 – #246 -> A Killer Paradox / Knight Flower / Marry My Husband

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Queen of Tears first impressions: The writer thinks trope reversal is good writing but shit is still shit even when viewed from another angle. Even trope subversions aren\’t great by themselves.

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Hide: I was really intrigued after watching the trailer (and there’s also Lee Min Jae who’s one of my favourite up-and-coming actors) but the writer doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence.

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#244 – A Killer Paradox (Netflix)
Subjective: 2/5, The Son Suk Ku point
Objective: 1/5, Devolved into makjang revenge story

#245 – Knight Flower (MBC)
Subjective: 2/5, Frankly a point for actors
Objective: 1/5, Recycled plot from other sagueks

#246 – Marry My Husband (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, Show burned through my interest
Objective: 1/5, Things just became more makjang

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri
#242 -> Like Flowers in Sand
#243 -> A Shop for Killers

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#243 – A Shop for Killers (Disney+)
Subjective: 1/5, Hated the nonsensical violent gore
Objective: 1/5, Ends on predictably lame reveal

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri
#242 -> Like Flowers in Sand

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#242 – Like Flowers in Sand (ENA)
Subjective: 3/5, Baek Du is adorably disarming
Objective: 2/5, Missed potential in the narrative

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #235 -> 2018 – 2023 Shows
#236 – #238 -> Death’s Game / The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract / A Good Day to Be a Dog
#239 – #241 -> My Man Is Cupid / My Demon / Welcome to Samdal-ri

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