This week on Running Man, we’ve got four, yes FOUR killers on the loose. Their objective – catch the Running Man. Will the cast catch on to the killers’ mission or find themselves eliminated without a trace? It’s the Killers vs. Running Man episode and there’s more testosterone in this hour and a half than this girl can handle. (Fans self)

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I guess today is just going to be photo-overload day. Take a look at a massive collection of stills from Take Care of Us, Captain, SBS’s new entry in the Wednesday-Thursday race. It’s up against two promising other new entries — The Moon That Embraces The Sun and Wild Romance — so all eyes will be on the ratings numbers once the three have made their simultaneous bows.

I’ll admit to being lukewarm on the concept of Captain, but now that I’ve seen more from the show, I do think it looks very pretty. Plus, Ji Jin-hee looks awesome. I don’t just mean that in the “He’s so hot” way — that doesn’t hurt, though — but that he looks completely into character and charismatic, even in still photographs. Not that we’d expect any less of Ji, who’s so good when he’s got a good script and cast to work with. (Not that he’s ever bad. But he can be wasted, that’s for sure. See: Spotlight.)

But let’s get right to the good stuff:

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The first stills are out from Take Care of Us, Captain, starring Ji Jin-hee as an airline pilot, which began its shoots on October 30 in Incheon. I do wish the stills told us more about the show, and they’re not even set in the drama’s airport milieu. But I suppose that’s the nature of teaser stills, made to keep us guessing.

The story follows the growth of his smart, enthusiastic young co-pilot, played by Gu Hye-sun. In Gu’s stills, her character Da-ji is looking at her younger sister Da-yeon in her kindergarten class, gazing on fondly as the doting unni.

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Mr. Chunderella, aka Lee Chun-hee, has been added to SBS’s upcoming airport drama Take Care of Us, Captain, which earlier cast Ji Jin-hee as an airline pilot and Gu Hye-sun as his co-pilot and love interest. Let’s just hope that the romancing happens off-duty, because there’s enough to ruin air travel already without having to worry that the two knuckleheads in the cockpit aren’t doing their jobs properly, isn’t there?

Lee Chun-hee plays an air traffic controller at Incheon International Airport with seven years of experience under his belt. He’s prickly and cool, but possesses a cute, playful side that sometimes crops up. He’ll add another side to the love polygon as a romantic rival for Gu Hye-sun’s affections. Again, I reiterate: I really hope all this romantic competition is off-the-clock, because two pilots and an air traffic controller are exactly the types of characters I have no patience for seeing futz up their work with personal baggage.

Lee’s character is also described as a man “who boasts the best tower control skills,” which just makes me go pfffffffffffft. Seriously, Korean dramas, not every character has to be The Best at everything, especially in fields where having A Best is a ridiculous notion. “Oh, he’s The Best salaryman ever!” “My postman? He’s not just great, he’s The Best postman in the district!” Are we basing this distinction on how many crashes he hasn’t been responsible for? Because frankly, that’s a category that shouldn’t have an award; it’s called Just Doing Your Job.

The drama follows the lives and careers of the various characters who populate the airport, from the aforementioned airline pilots, the flight crew (of whom Yoo Sun is a member), the airline executives (Honey Lee), the maintenance staff, and others. Take Care of Us, Captain will begin shooting mid-November and will premiere on January 4.

Via TV Report

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Newly married Lee Chun-hee (Gloria) and precocious young actress Kim Sae-ron (Do You Hear My Heart?) are teaming up to play uncle and niece in a new movie by Mom’s a Whore and Dad’s a Dog director Lee Sang-woo. Seriously, does this girl have all the luck or what? She got to act in Ajusshi with Won Bin, I Am Dad with Kim Seung-woo, and now Lee Chun-hee. Course, it’s hard to hold anything against her when she’s just so darned endearing; she’s currently winning hearts the country over with the weekend drama Do You Hear My Heart?

Director Lee’s also the writer for this movie, titled Bobby, which features the friendship between a Korean girl, Soon-young, and an American boy named, you guessed it, Bobby. Kim Sae-ron plays Soon-young, a young girl living with her younger brother, mentally handicapped father and loutish uncle (Lee Chun-hee). Despite her humble circumstances, she maintains her innocence and sense of hope.

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It’s time for each broadcast station to put on their end-of-year awards. The MBC Drama Awards are first of the bunch, and man, Kim Nam-joo must be peeved. She finally gets her Daesang — and it goes shared, with Han Hyo-joo. Yeesh. This is almost as bad as when MBC split the Daesang between Kim Myung-min and Mr. Hand Towel.

First off, let me say that I did watch several episodes of Dong Yi and found Han Hyo-joo better than expected — not bad at all. Thing is, she wasn’t what I’d call great, either. Powerful enough to win the Grand Prize of the year? Not so much — certainly not over Shin Eun-kyung, who had to settle for a Top Excellence award.

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Bae Doo-na (God of Study) and “Chunderella,” aka Lee Chun-hee (Smile), are starring in MBC’s Saturday-Sunday drama Gloria which premieres this weekend. She plays a nightclub singer and he plays a fighter and a gangster, which would explain the look he’s sporting, and I have to say, it pretty much melts my brain.

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These two were fun, sweet episodes. Nothing earth shattering but sweet and clean. Kind of like the next door puppy when she comes up to me for a belly scratch. I don’t love her like my dog but she’s sweet enough to smile at and play with for a few minutes. Smile has become like that for me. I don’t especially look forward to it nor do I think about it after the fact, but it’s a nice sweet moment while it’s in front of me. So onward with the recap!

SONG OF THE DAY

Jo Won-sun – “Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do” [ Download ]

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Surprisingly, rewatching these two episodes weren’t as torturous as I thought it would be. I wouldn’t say I enjoyed it, but just as soyjoy mentioned in her last recap, I can sympathize with the writer’s plight to stretch out a storyline by 16 episodes. Now that Smile has ended, I can look back and see how the frustrations of these two episodes fit into the big picture. But man oh man, it’s taking a circuitous and nonsensical route to get there. (More on this later.)

The one person that I’m enjoying immensely is Lee Chun-hee. I’ve recently finished watching the masterpiece, Conspiracy (BEST) in (DRAMA) the (EVER) Court (directed by the man behind Chuno) and my little crush on Lee has turned into a full on lovefest. I’m sure we’ve all had our fangirl/boy moments, so you’ll have to excuse my indulgence on all things Sung-joon in the recap. I especially found his scenes with Hyun-soo to be quite amusing and endearing. And the bathroom scene above where Sung-joon turns on the water is so reminiscent of Chunderella (see last recap by soyjoy) that it made me giggle with glee.

SONG OF THE DAY

Conspiracy in the Court OST – “일월지가” (Song of Sun and Moon) by Sunye of Wondergirls
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It was totally unexpected but my wishes are finally fulfilled and I get some real quality Sung-joon (and Ji-soo) time. With the Hyun-soo/Jung-in/Jung-kyung issue percolating, the Sung-joon/Ji-soo line is a welcome addition.

I have some mixed feelings on how the whole love triangle thing was handled in this episode, but I found the giggle factor to be fairly high mostly to due Lee Chun-hee‘s cute, frivolous, and lighthearted Sung-joon.

SONG OF THE DAY

Smile OST: Yang Sun Mi – “많이 아파” (Hurts a Lot) [ Download ]

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