Posts Tagged ‘first episodes’
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Saturday Night Live Korea: Episode 1
Right off the bat: I think I’m going to like this show. Kim Joo-hyuk is brilliant. The format, surprisingly and unsurprisingly, works. It really does. As I mentioned in the previous post about Saturday Night Live Korea, I’ve been looking forward to Korea’s take on the iconic American sketch comedy show because, well, I have... More »
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Me Too, Flower: Episode 1
Me Too, Flower premiered on MBC today and got off to a slow start, both ratings-wise and plot-wise. (It recorded a 6.8% viewership rating, against Tree With Deep Roots‘ 19.1% and Man of Honor’s 12.9%). It took a while for the story to get going, and the first half of the episode was lightly amusing,... More »
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Flower Boy Ramyun Shop: Episode 1
Yesssssssss! Flower Boy Ramyun Shop is better than I was hoping. Admittedly my hopes were tempered — I expected it to be cute and frothy, but was expecting it to be purely frivolous, very little substance, like a puff of cotton candy. But to the contrary, there’s some meat to the story — not a... More »
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Tree With Deep Roots: Episode 1
[New recapper alert! HeadsNo2 has graciously offered to lend her recapping skills in covering the new kid on the sageuk block, Wednesday & Thursday's Tree With Deep Roots. It's a highly anticipated drama that's already commanding the top ratings spot, and looks like a lush feast for the eyes. Hopefully also for minds and hearts.... More »
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Thousand Day Promise: Episode 1
Thousand Day Promise premiered today, and has all the makings of a taut, angsty melodrama. To be perfectly honest, by the halfway point I wasn’t sure I was enjoying the episode, but I was captivated by the conflict, the emotion, and the acting. One of the things that make the writing great about this episode... More »
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Vampire Prosecutor: Episode 1
And cable does it again. Vampire Prosecutor premiered today, and it is one stylish beast. I’d wondered if it would be able to be as slick and edgy as its promos were making it seem, because it’s a lot harder to be cool than, say, campy, which is what you get when you try a... More »
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High Kick 3: Episodes 1-4
New project! As you know, High Kick 3: Counterattack of the Short Legs (hereafter called simply High Kick 3) is a long-running series, with 120 episodes scheduled to air on a daily basis, Mondays through Fridays, for the next year. We generally don’t tackle long projects on this site, because I know from experience that... More »
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Poseidon: Episode 1
Take one part NCIS, one part Baywatch, one part Top Gun, one part k-pop music video, and mix it all up with some tragic-revenge and fall-from-glory themes. Are you wondering how on earth all that coalesces into a coherent, action-packed, thrilling hour of television? Answer: It doesn’t. Sadly, Poseidon falls into the category of Tries... More »
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The Musical: Episodes 1-2
I’m back with a new musical drama! I guess after You’ve Fallen For Me, my fix for musicals wasn’t sated. I honestly was not going to watch this drama at all. I was quite partial to What’s Up (Im! Joo! Hwan!) and didn’t want to bother watching this drama. But just one episode and I... More »
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Girl K: Episode 1
Pretty badass. Girl K continues the recent trend of cable offerings that take advantage of their format to do what broadcast stations can’t or won’t do, and in this case it’s by going dark, violent, and edgy. But it doesn’t forsake emotion in the name of style, which is key to getting me invested into... More »
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