This episode really gets the action going, which is welcome because, as I mentioned in the previous recap, I prefer more personal storylines to politics. Not that politics is bad...
Return of Iljimae is back! I know, I know, it's been ages since I started this drama. I've been determined to finish it for a long time, but time kept...
Congratulations to the happy couple! Kpop singer Sean and actress Jung Hye-young are known around the biz for their super-sweet displays of affection and their adorable two children, whom they...
I love this shot.
The camera sharpens just a moment after this to focus on the couple in the background, but I like the imagery of leaving them blurred. It's...
I confess I don't always know what the exact deal is with some of these campaigns -- they seem well-meaning, if a little nebulous -- but I'll take whatever opportunity...
Ha, can I just say how odd it is to have a conversation with my mother about how adorable Jung Il-woo is? She knows him mostly from High Kick, although...
After such a beautiful, refined depiction of Iljimae's maturation, it's interesting to see him -- and the series -- take a darker turn. While I wouldn't say that the series...
This episode is an example of why I find dramas so much more enjoyable without spoilers, because I'd known what the big moment was going to be and was therefore...
Aw, look at that smile. It's what made Jung Il-woo famous, but we haven't seen much cause for it lately. (I remember reading in an old interview -- before his...
Jung Hye-young, who played Iljimae's mother in the just-ended Return of Iljimae, is blessed with a ridiculously adorable family and a doting husband (Sean of old-school kpop duo Jinusean). She...
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Return of Iljimae: Episode 21
by javabeans
This episode really gets the action going, which is welcome because, as I mentioned in the previous recap, I prefer more personal storylines to politics. Not that politics is bad...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 20
by javabeans
Return of Iljimae is back! I know, I know, it's been ages since I started this drama. I've been determined to finish it for a long time, but time kept...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
A third child for Sean and Jung Hye-young
by javabeans
Congratulations to the happy couple! Kpop singer Sean and actress Jung Hye-young are known around the biz for their super-sweet displays of affection and their adorable two children, whom they...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Sean
Return of Iljimae: Episode 19
by javabeans
I love this shot. The camera sharpens just a moment after this to focus on the couple in the background, but I like the imagery of leaving them blurred. It's...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Sean’s Cotton Day family look
by javabeans
I confess I don't always know what the exact deal is with some of these campaigns -- they seem well-meaning, if a little nebulous -- but I'll take whatever opportunity...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Sean
Return of Iljimae: Episode 18
by javabeans
Ha, can I just say how odd it is to have a conversation with my mother about how adorable Jung Il-woo is? She knows him mostly from High Kick, although...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 17
by javabeans
After such a beautiful, refined depiction of Iljimae's maturation, it's interesting to see him -- and the series -- take a darker turn. While I wouldn't say that the series...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 16
by javabeans
This episode is an example of why I find dramas so much more enjoyable without spoilers, because I'd known what the big moment was going to be and was therefore...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Return of Iljimae: Episode 15
by javabeans
Aw, look at that smile. It's what made Jung Il-woo famous, but we haven't seen much cause for it lately. (I remember reading in an old interview -- before his...
Tags: Jung Hye-young, Jung Il-woo, Kim Min-jong, Return of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo
Jung Hye-young donates her paycheck
by javabeans
Jung Hye-young, who played Iljimae's mother in the just-ended Return of Iljimae, is blessed with a ridiculously adorable family and a doting husband (Sean of old-school kpop duo Jinusean). She...
Tags: good deeds, Jung Hye-young, Return of Iljimae, Sean