Seo Woo returns to dramaland, seven months since her last role in the melodrama Flames of Ambition (and Cinderella’s Sister before that). She’ll be starring in the weekend drama If Tomorrow Comes, this time as a good girl — an actual good girl, not the kind that’s harboring a vengeance demon on the inside, like her other roles of late.

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And with that, we conclude the delightfully amusing Actress Special of 1 Night 2 Days, which is a little sad because it totally whets my appetite for more. But on the other hand, the rarity of such an event is a large part of the reason why it’s so entertaining when that blue moon swings around and we get such an unexpected burst of awesome. Well, the special may be over, but the memories last forever.

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Actress Special continues! Some lie, some cheat, some get a cold dose of reality (literally). It’s great.

 
EPISODE 336. Broadcast on May 29, 2011.

javabeans: It’s hilarious to see the difference in the two teams as they start the race. Team Su-geun gets the idea right away to search the car for clues, and turns up a good many of them, hidden under floor mats, behind seats, and in side pockets. They’re already deep in mission mode, driven by the sole motivator, “We can’t get dunked in the water!” Team Ho-dong, by contrast, is like the kid in the kiddie pool who eases into the water two inches at a time, thinking he’s got all this time to get used to the idea. It’s like the other team’s already busy playing Marco Polo, while his team’s discussing, “Well, the term Marco Polo comes from the explorer of the 14th century…”

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EPISODE 335. Broadcast May 22, 2011.

javabeans: So here we are with the highly anticipated Actress Special. I was half-anticipating it, and half-skeptical that the gimmick would wear thin. But I’m happy to report that I got a huge kick out of this episode, and thought it was a hoot. I wished it were longer! There’s surely enough material in this trip for an extra episode, even without extending the trip, no?

girlfriday: Seriously. I was worried that it’d end up being very un-1N2D, but what a fun episode, and a great chance to see the boys out of their element. Girls! Oh, no, what do we do? Girls!

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Well THIS should be interesting. Variety program 1 Night 2 Days has scored a rather impressive lineup of stars for its upcoming Actress Special. (Every other week is a “special” of some sort, so that’s not anything new, but a six-star guest roster IS.) So who will be joining the boys on their next outing?

Clockwise from top left, we have: Yeom Jung-ah (Royal Family), Choi Ji-woo (Actresses), Lee Hye-young (Queen of Housewives), Kim Sumi (I Love You), Kim Haneul (Road No. 1), and Seo Woo (Flames of Desire).

PD Na Young-seok stated that there wasn’t anything special planned in their honor, reinforcing the fact that they’d really be just participating in an otherwise typical 1N2D shoot. He said, “The actresses will play games, possibly starve, sleep outside, and go into the water, just as the members always do.” Heh. Hehehehe. Leave it to Na PD to be a hardass in the best possible way.

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So here we are. The finale. Tamra, you have been an excellent drama. While obviously the (cursed) cut hurt the ending, I still utterly adore you. And utter adoration is really all you can ask.

[As this is the final Tamra recap, I'd like to give nattacatta a big thank-you to taking on this project and seeing it through to the end. I hope you, like me, have enjoyed reading these recaps, which gave us a chance to re-live one of last year's underappreciated surprises. -javabeans]

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That damn Lady in Red! This woman grates on my nerves so much. I have long been wishing for her to stop smirking so infuriatingly smugly, but it seems I have another hour to wait, as she keeps putting all of our characters through twists and turns. The only good thing about Tamra ending is getting her to stop smirking.

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And if we thought last episode was enough angst for us, it seems it isn’t. As Tamra speeds towards the (imposed) finale, there is a lot of ground (and emotions) to cover. Luckily, however, the necessary plot developments aren’t getting in the way of two of this show’s biggest strengths: character and relationships. The characters are still growing and changing, and this episode, some of our relationships begin their journey towards resolution.

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The 8th Korea Film Awards was a big night for the folks affiliated with dark thriller Ajusshi (aka The Man From Nowhere) and the Cannes winner (for screenplay) Poetry, both of which took home multiple awards.

To wit: Ajusshi was nominated in 11 categories and won in seven, including acting awards for both its leads, Won Bin and Kim Sae-ron. Meanwhile, Poetry won three, two of which were the top honors of the night, Best Picture and Director.

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Hello angst. From the opening argument to the final tear, there is a lot of tension (and plot development) in episode 13. After our lovely reprieve in the previous episode, things for our characters are getting kind of awful. But Tamra does angst so amazingly well that I still love this episode.

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