"But then I found out that the writer is of Baker King Kim Tak-gu fame, and the director of History of the Salaryman fame. It all makes sense now."

So that's it! You are so right Heads!!

Jealousy incarnate...you'll be missed. ??? I need more of Hwashin's antics in my life. ??
1% of anything I'm counting on you to help me get my daily fix.

Haven't seen yet the last two episodes of Airport....but I will definitely miss Jealousy. Somehow I think it should be longer...and the side characters should get more space... perhaps like a good family drama (a la Five Kids)....

And 1% is pure love and enjoyment :--)

1% of Anything is definitely the highlight of my week!

Besides from 1%, the only thing I'm currently watching Sumika Sumire and gah, my love for Kiritani Mirei just keeps getting growing. She gives her characters so much life!

It's a bit depressing to bid farewell to so many shows and it's characters in a single week, especially wed-thurs with both JI and SKL... I hope Lee Min Ho's show works out for me

I now have to binge watch OTWTTA... K2 became crap long back and so it's end doesn't really matter.

SA1%, I'm looking at you... How many more episodes do we have!! When is Jae In gonna propose to Da Hyun!!

Javabeans wrote, "I’m also grateful for the show’s relatively low drama-angst scale, which makes me able to enjoy all the relationship developments without getting too wound up about any of the interlopers or complications."

This is exactly what I feel. I don't mind suspense, or tension in shows. But when you're watching a cute little rom/com (something like, but not necessarily Trot Lovers) and all of a sudden it's got murder, amnesia, cancer, and apocalyptic stalker/demons--well. It gets annoying. My watching of K-Dramas has trained me into thinking every time a character crosses the street, it's time for a truck squish over. I hope 1% of Anything can continue to be not too "angsty." And that the 2nd lead cousin who started out a good guy will remain a good guy through the end.

PS. I must reference "Heard it Through the Grapevine." It too was a pleasure to watch. Except, I must confess, every time a customer walked into the convenience store where Seo Bom worked, I "knew" they were going to have a gun/knife and rob the place. How refreshing that it never happened.

Thanks, girlfriday, for putting RTDK in a nutshell:

"It’s like House, but with romantic chemistry."

Now I get it. And now I'll finally have to get around to watching Bread, Love and Dreams... Thanks, HeadsNo2.

I hope more recappers watch JI so that it gets recognition in end of year awards because I seriously think only DB gives the right awards. After JI ended all of a sudden I wanted to see sth really funny because I know my weekly dose of laughter and equal heart on Thu-Fri is no longer there.

But "Wife", i'll refer to it as wife as the name is so long, is doing a good job too. But does someone else feel like skipping Ara's and Kim Hee Won's character's all scenes? Right now I find them a little useless. They look better when they are with the leads otherwise it looks like another drama.

I can watch 50 episodes of 1% of anything!

Jealousy Incarnate was such a gem. I'm going to miss this world of wacky, dysfunctional but loveable adults who tried to do what all of try to do in the real world - listen to our hearts, give things a chance and if all else fails...break into song and dance :)

Okay, maybe it's just me lol

This Week, My Wife Will Have an Affair is the only one I'm watching that is currently airing. I'm really enjoying it! I agree completely with JB's assessment of the characters. I love how flawed yet endearing they are! And I'm loving Writer Kwon, too. BoA completely surprised me! I've never seen her act but in middle school I was a HUGE BoA fan. Like, obsessed. She's not letting me down in this one!

I'm also rewatching Answer Me 1997 just for kicks. How I love the high school episodes! I'm almost done with them, which is a pity, but maybe I'll like the post-high school stuff more this time around.

"I’m much more in love with Lee Sang-yub’s tendency to overreact and devolve into panic and/or helpless sobbing on a whim. I can’t look at him without laughing now, which is a pretty good place to be."

LSY's character is giving me so much life this month. If I didn't already care about HW as much as I do, I'd watch the whole drama solely for his loyalty to his hyung.

I will miss jealousy incarnate too, girlfriday. It was one drama that I felt assured will make me laugh before watching every episode and it suprisingly made me cry few times as well. Will miss all the quirky endearing characters.

The k2 was the first that I watched on air (I recently only started watching on air dramas) that has become increasingly frustating and has just fizzled out now. I couldn't even finish episode 15 and just fast forwarded through it but I did enjoy the first 7 episodes. I am not sure whether I ll watch the finale or just read gummimochi's recap to know the ending.

Just watched the first episode of page turner and really enjoyed it. Ji soo crying while trying to laugh to cover his pain was so raw, I teared up.

My week:

I'm still not over Moon Lovers Scarlet Heart Ryeo, still checking the comments sections (Episode 20 has 1200 comments!). Clarify: I'm not over the story and how it could have been told better, the OTP romance wasn't what had be glued to the screen.

I picked up Horse Doctor at a friend's suggestion and made it through episode 25 without losing interest, but the increasing tendency among characters to just look shocked and not answer questions is starting to grate on my nerves: 'Tell me nurse, where is my father?!' ..... 'Nurse!!'.... O.o.

Wait.. what ppl is javabeans talking about in the K2? I will admit i have stopped watching it, so if someone could let me know....

I was on my way to start On the Way to the Airport because of the recommandations of the beanies and the comparison with In the mood for love but the more i read about it the more it seems very close to A wife's credentials.
This drama did perfectly this story of a happy and positive adulterous relationships which brought destructive marriages to a liberating end, so i don't see why to watch a remake?

Instead i'm going for Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, because i have never watched a medical drama before and this one being live should be less stressful (binge watching is taking too much time and leaves me sleep deprived, a condition that i can't afford right now during my internship).

I finished Misaeng and loved every bit of it and can't stop thinking about it. My heart and mind have been captivated by this drama in a way, that make rewatching it over and over as necessary as breathing.

Does anyone have news about season 2? I know they talked about it during Tvn 10Awards and that all the actors have signed to come back, but i need a confirmation about the date of filming or airing ro feel a little at peace.

Despite all the love that i feel for Misaeng, there's one thing that left me very frustrated: it's the way the love triangle wasn't resolved at the end of s1.
I really don't get where the idea that there's no romance in Misaeng comes from because i felt it was really heavily hinted even though it didn't come to full realisation. Characters have shown their feelings clearly, have been asked if they are dating, if they are falling in love, if they are jealous and i consider Suk Yool's long demonstration about Young Si's feelings for Geu Rae to be a shipping declaration that makes him the 1st fanboy for this ship (that i support woleheartedly).
I was rooting for Baek Ki at first because he and Young Si looked so good together and so compatible, also he was so ambiguous at the start (Kang Haneul did an excellent job at playing it), i had high hopes that he could become really complex, but the more the character's true colors were revealed the more insufferable he became. At the end, i wasn't convinced by his nice actions, i think he just softened because he was put in the good environment with the other newbies, but he's still can be easily influenced and could turn around and become a foe for Geu Rae, as Mr Choi was for Mr Oh. Or at least i can see him continue to have with Geu Rae the same kind of ambivalent relationship that both seniors had (since they were also able to work together to a certain point).

I reached episode 10 of Heartless City and lost all my expectations: the drama has thrown ways its noir atmosphere, its impressive cinematography, its quick but smooth pace, its complex and mysterious storyline for something more predictable and conventional. There's still few characters and actors that keep my interest, but it's really a waste. It could have been so good.

Jealousy Incarnate - It should end up as a mess but it turned out great surprisingly. The drama is definitely unconventional – it incorporated the typical Korean drama clichés and used a different approach to resolve the problems. Two guys fighting over a girl? Disease stricken male lead? Chaebol second male lead and a tsundere male lead? All these drama clichés who usually ended up as makjang or a typical Korean romcom drama with a predictable plot (I will still watch it though because I’m a sucker for such plots). Instead, in JI, nothing is predictable, or if it is predictable, then it must be for satire. I LOVED IT. However, there were a lot of glaring problems in the drama which should make the drama into a complete mess, such as underutilised characters (extremely), second male lead who disappeared into the background in the last few episodes, unnecessary plot, unanswered questions etc. These problems were enough to break a drama but surprisingly, these problems had no significant impact on the drama watching experience. I guessed Jo Jung Seok and Gong Hyo Jin played a huge part in preventing this drama from becoming a disaster. This drama should be a 50-episode family drama in order to fully utilise the side characters. The two moms and Chef relationship should be explored deeper. Even Pal-gang and the two boys can be another side plot to immerse in. Pyo Nari’s family story and Hwa Shin’s ‘relationship’ with his brother. Despite the flaws, JI will remain as one of the most unconventional Korean romcom I’ve watched.

Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim – I have high expectations for this drama. Episode 2 left me with so many questions that I can’t wait for Monday to come. There are just so many things to explore and discover through the drama and I am really excited to find out how everything will turn out. Throw in some interesting medical cases that will require our doctors to face difficulties, watch them grow, and see how they resolve their past ‘conflicts’ to fall in love (again), I’m sold. As long as the characters do not suffer from amnesia due to some freak accidents, or a ‘my dad kills your mum’ story which forces the lovers to be apart, or even an incestuous relationship which they only discovered later on, this drama should work out fine. It has the recipe to be a good drama, and I’m hoping that it will exceed my expectations.

My week of drama viewing:

1% of Something - still an enjoyable watch and currently has my favorite feel-good, grounded OTP

Romantic Doctor Kim - intrigued enough to continue watching. Also, Yoo YeonSeokkk and that ep 1 sizzle with SHJ! <3

K2 - I thought of giving this up but then I thought, what's 2 hours more of ridonkilousness right?

Love O2O (Cdrama) - came across this incidentally and was hooked with the breezy watch. Old school perfect guy meets sorta perfect girl, with side characters and friendship I appreciated. This is a 30-episode series but I skipped the first 9 eps or so without missing much.

Do you guys do recaps for C-dramas as well? If you like 1% of anything because of it's low drama and devoted feelings to one another, def check out Love O2O! It can be kinda cheesy at parts and I'll warn you ahead of time the female character is not amazing at kisses, but it's an overall fluffy drama win which the character's feelings for each other never sway.

In a nutshell: I finished Shopping King Louis and loved it to pieces! I think I'll hang onto Entourage because it's an easy watch with actors I do really like. I'm not going to bother trying to marathon The K2 now that it's over, as much as I love Ji Chang-wook; from the reception it sounds like a mess. Same thing with Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart -- I don't think I want to put in all those hours just to reach such an unsatisfying conclusion. I am definitely going to start Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim. And, looking to the future: I can't wait for Legend of the Blue Sea next week!

oh my lord.......

I just watched the movie The Tunnel.

it was a good movie, very good, but... uri Bok Shil, our Nam Ji Hyun! She... her character...! OMG Nobody in the movie theater understood why someone was wailing like a mad woman, going "Bok Shiil! Bok Shiiil omg Bok Shil....!". they must have thought I just had to use the loo. But! ah, I can´t. Fans of Shopping King Louis shouldn´t watch this movie, at least not right away. It may leave a scar.

But it is still a very good movie.

It made me think how, in american and some of our domestic movies the hero kind of battles with his fate, then in asian movies the hero and his fate flow together and maybe a crack appears however small, you don´t try to surrender your fate but crawl and slip through that crack... if you can... and in the end no matter what is lost, you are left with a light and calm feeling.

I will also go see A Man And A Woman with Gong Yoo and Jeon Do Yeon - which, as I found out only now, was filmed in Tallinn in 2014. Gah! where the hell was I? and the director stayed at the same house with my former colleague? goodness. Gong Yoo stayed in someones´ HOME in Tallinn for 4 weeks? Gah. I just can´t even.
I slept through an earthquake.

and then of course TRAIN TO BUSAAAAAAAAN! on the 25th.

Aha! I wasn't thinking of watching Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim (I mean, what's with that title?!) but the writer is from Baker King? Now, I'm interested. Thanks, Heads!

Lee Sang-yub is really some actor. When he first showed up on My Wife is Having an Affair I got chills, mostly leftover from his creepy psychopath character on Signal. But after a few minutes it all went away because he is downright hilarious. He makes a whiny man somewhat likeable. In general though I've totally enjoyed My Wife and I hope it's not only just a funny show but a meaningful one too.

Also, this week I had to say goodbye to Jealousy Incarnate and On the Way to the Airport. I feel like there's an empty spot in my heart now without them. Despite being completely different genres (one a comedy, the other a melodrama), I've found one similarity in both that made me fall in love and that is their commitment to the truth. In both dramas the characters had to go through some really unexpected and rather crazy circumstances, but their demeanor remained truthful to their characters. Their growth was natural and in line with their personalities. Plus the directing and editing in both is absolutely fantastic. One is erratic in the best way possible and the other is thoughtful. And both have a penchant for long shots used in ways that is appropriate for each drama and I always love that.

I have to agree on Entourage though. As much as I love basically every actor on that show, the story is weird. It felt like it was masquerading as a show it was wanted to be while forgetting about the drama its supposed to be. At the moment it lacked a plot that makes you curious to come back every week. And honestly, I don't know how much I enjoy a bro pack story (I didn't watch the original). I might give this week a shot but honestly, it doesn't look too good, especially since it's a pre-filmed one at that. And I hate the color palette of that world. I guess bright lights aren't my thing.

<Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim- Enjoyed both episodes a lot. It had intensity and mystery with a dash of quirkiness (due to Teacher Kim) so far. I'm not critical about the medical procedures. Most of them gross me out so I try to skim over those scenes lol. So glad to see Seo Hyun Jin in another strong role and to see Han Seok Kyu back on my screen too. Looking forward to Mondays & Tuesdays again, haha!

Entourage- Just finished EP 4 and it ended up being really nice. Starting to see more of the bromance. I like this show overall. It's an easy watch. There hasn't been many emotional scenes. Just a few short, subtle ones. I don't need to overanalyze anything. The raunchy jokes and the guys teasing each other still get a chuckle out of me.

This Week, My Wife Will Have an Affair- This week's episodes are also on my to-watch list this weekend, but I'm excited to sit back and catch up soon. The pace of this drama and the interest on it seems to be less than the ones above. Gonna just take my time to absorb it. I feel like this drama is the one that makes me want to analyze the characters' motivations and perspectives on infidelity & more.

Gahhh, back to juggling a bunch of live shows! @-@; I still want to catch up on older dramas too. xD

After a drama drought since Sep I have 3 dramas on my plate. Man In Our House & Romantic Teacher Kim and the soon to start Legend of the Blue Sea. And I have my final exams in 3 weeks. What timing! Not like thats gonna stop me :P

No more weekly dosages of Ji ChangWook and Lee Sang Yoon next week, how could I survive T.T
I didn't expect that their drama will be ended this week omg why nobody tell about this, so cruel T.T I thought they had more episode left
Oh at least there's Legend of the blue sea next week

Song Yoon-ah and Jo Jeong-suk- I was one happy viewer because of their superb acting. They will be missed.

I love Han Seok-kyu in sageuk. But i Love him more in badass medical drama. Seo hyun jin and Yoo yeon suk chemistry is so palpable. And the Doldam hospital is sure is creepy.

I felt sad the most to say goodbye to Jealousy INcarnate. PalGang must be so happy of getting both mothers and Chi Yul for herself. The mothers turn sister are super adorable and cute.