If We Were a Season: 4/10 Take 1 really short rom-com, subtract all the "com", add cast that I liked in other shows, and what do you get? Not much.

Spring Turns to Spring: 9.5/10 A rom-com with "rom" subtracted works much better. Body-swapped wife with family is a riot. CIA & Stooges didn't get enough screen time this week to drag it down. Bride running out of her wedding with... Non-birth-secret...

Romance Is A Bonus Book: 8/10 More entertaining as a whole than the parts seem like they should be.

My Strange Hero: 6/10 for the week; 7 for the series; 9/10 Jo Bo-ah. Like every kdrama ever, they spent too much time on feel-good wrap-up after everything important was settled.

Crowned Clown: 5.5/10 Slow-paced & bland, "enlivened" only by typical sageuk politics. Yawn.

An Empress's Dignity / Last Empress: 9/10

Touch Your Heart / Reach of Sincerity: 9/10 LOL. Having an actress remember / reenact her CFs is a good way to work in some PPL.

Legal High: 4/10

After the Rain: 8/10 Short but sweet.

Memories of the Alhambra: With all my unwanted free time because of drama preemptions I went to bitchesoverdramas dot com (hey, I didn't pick that name) and read about a zillion posts that made sense and explained Everything You Ever Wanted to Know -- except why we need to read everything there instead of figuring it out when we watched the show. So it was "better" than most of us gave it credit for, or at least much more carefully plotted -- just over our heads. Highly recommend a read if you have the time.

I can't wait to watch Trap's premiere !

- Completed -

Clean With Passion For Now: I began with little expectation beside a basic rom-com but the angst killed the little pleasure gave me. At least, it ended quite well.

Kingdom: It felt more like an introduction to the zombies apocalypse than a first season packed with fast development like I expected. It was good but not to the point of it being incredible. The second season will be the real deal.

My Strange Hero: I already miss Bok Soo, So Jung, Se Oh, the squad and the teachers !

- Currently watching -

Band of Sisters: ep 14. My blood boils when I see the "mom" interacting with her son. Yes, it's hard when your child isn't like other children but he needs all the attention, care and love from both parents.

The Crowned Clown: I wondered what happened to the King's corpse. Was it thrown in the sea, burned or grabbed ? Because if the Clown's enemy ever find out his body, it will be the end.

The Last Empress: Na Wang Shik is finally exposed ! And it feels like the Emperor won't have a redemption (struggling his wife won't help even if it's less worse than attempted murder...).

Legal High: ep 1. It had good comedy and Jin Goo is just having a blast with his character. He reminded of an immoral Baek Jin Sang (Happy to Die).

Like A Flowing River: ep 38. Arrrgh, the young couple grew on me and now they might not be end up together ?!

Liver or Die: The siblings should just live together because their partners suffer the most in this show. Even if it's not volontary (in Wae Sang's case) or doesn't come from bad intetentions (in Poong Sang's case). I wish to see more of his (ex)wife and their daughter's life because they seem to be doing well without him.

Romance is a Bonus Book: I don't have much to say other than I like the leads' friendship.

Spring Turns to Spring: I always wonder how the husband doesn't notice that it's not his wife's voice when she (in Bo Mi's body) is on the phone. I needed to suspend A LOT my belief for the brain cancer as a side effect part...

Touch Your Heart: Jang Ki Yong's cameo was hilarious XD It just screams rom-com and I'm in for the comedy. I'm waiting a bit to see the romance develop.

The Crowned Clown:
Now that the real King is dead, the show is now developing one of two arcs: when screen time isn’t towards the tragic and forbidden romance, it would most likely be pushed towards the palace politics and Ha Sun’s hidden identity. I do echo some worrying sentiments that the show is moving dangerously into mediocre territory with these developments, but maybe this writer can surprise us again in the second half? I assumed that there was a plan better than the real King rehabilitating under Dal Rae and becoming a worthy contestant of the Queen’s heart but there’s nothing as of yet.

Spring Must Be Coming:
I feel ambivalent about this week’s episode. The show handled the brain tumour red herring well with it being a nice reference to a classic kdrama trope (that wasn’t dragged for manufactured tension!) as well as serving as a good common anchor to bond both female leads together. On the other hand, the side stories feel really redundant and poorly integrated with the main body-switching story. I found myself fast-forwarding anytime we got to any CIA or bookshop scene, because why would you watch that when there’s awkward English dialogue and cringe monologues?

My Strange Hero:
There were some interesting arcs (Se Ho’s in particular was riveting and Kwak Dong Yeon performance was outstanding) but these were also accompanied by the standard cliches (Se Ho’s mother as the one-dimensional villain) as well as a truckload of characters that didn’t really add much to the story (Gyung Hyun and Min Ji suffered much once the misunderstanding was resolved and they’re certainly not just any side character). So I find myself pretty discontented with the execution even though the writing did have its shining moments with regards to the main leads.

I found Romance is a Bonus Book to be a little boring so I stopped at episode 2 but I hear good thoughts on DB. Did it get interesting or is it wholesomely better in its standard rom com ways?

I planned to finish Boksu and Cleaner to have my plate clean(er) before I dive into the new batch of shows... but then I wasn't in the mood for the (very likely) angsty episodes... and instead watched something else 😆

...and so I planned to write my thoughts about the shows I did watch... and how I like the lead actors and the supporting cast... and how I wish they didn't make Yoon Seo so ridiculously stupid during the first minutes (she was fine(ish) later) ... and how I miss Shin Dong Wook (though Lee Sang Woo is not bad)... and how I like the warm writing of Romance (I enjoyed Five Enough a lot)... but... the truth be told... I didn't pay too much attention to all this and what I really really did this week was...

... I rewatched the first two episodes of Well Intended Love (because I found better subtitles)... and I giggled and swooned again 😊

... I swooned with Yoon Seo in Heart (*cough* Jang Ki Yong *cough* 😍 ...and that Descendant sequence 😂 )

... I giggled with Dani in Romance. 😊

... and I hysterically laughed watching both Bom's in Spring (Lee Yuri and Uhm Jiwon are sooo good here!) 😂😂

My Strange Hero It was a nice drama. Not the kind I will want to rewatch but the story and the characters were pleasing.

Clean With Passion for Now I will miss it. It was funny and the couple was moving, I loved how they helped each other :)

The Crowned Clown I'm really curious about the rest of the story now they killed the King. I still love the music!

An Empress's Dignity I really want the end because it became more tiring than funny to watch.

Best Chiken I watched it for Lee Seung Hyub and just love his voice :p

Romance Is a Bonus Book I don't want the heroes to become a couple. I like their friendship like that.

It was a tranquil week with the end of CWPFN and My Strange Hero, only one episode of The Crowned Clown...

I watched the first episode of Coffee Friends with my mum, and she has taken a liking to Yang Se-jong 😂 She likes that he adapts fast to assorted tasks.

We both agreed that kaya is not a jam (they kept calling it "kaya jam" instead of just "kaya"), that the condensed milk ruins the french toast, but that the bread looks amazing.

The Last Empress

I was so mad when they turned Hyuk into a raving lunatic again. C'mon, he's come a long way since those early days, and it's no wonder he was rolling his eyes in all those crazy Hyuk scenes; he couldn't believe it himself. Sunny has turned into the very person she hated, cunning , conniving and manipulative. She didn't bother about Yoon's comatose state, it was all about the revenge plan for her. Woo Bin is just getting on my nerves; how many more times are they going to torture him? Yura is so beautiful and she just glows in that lady's maid attire, the Empress Dowager is awesome, I love her, the nanny is giving me a migrane with her I'm good/I'm bad scenes, Ari is heartbreakingly alone with nobody to guide her, and the adult princess is suddenly threatening to be nasty as well. Will everybody die in the finale? I say Sunny survives and Ari, as well. The rest will die horrific and heroic deaths. Can we have Hyuk die in a blaze of glory, please, saving Sunny or Woo Bin, or both? He's the reason I'm still watching this crazy drama to its bitter end.

Touch Your Heart

I love Yoo Inna. She's bubbly and sweet and sad beneath that ever-smiling exterior. The Grim Reaper is the perfect foil for her.

My favourite line: I didn't dodge this time. *melts*

Touch Your Heart: Apparently, even my love for Yoo In-na wasn't enough to make me sit through 2 hours of cotton candy fluff. I found my finger hovering over the dreaded FF button throughout the eps, and I realized that it's probably better if I cut this one off much earlier. (That cameo of Jang Ki-young though, is soo~ much fun)

Now that I have one more empty slot in my currently watching list, I'll check Possessed's premiere eps next week to see how they are going to pull off the horror-comedy genre.

Romance is a Supplement: The leads, guys! The leads! I love the relationship between them & I love that the characters themselves are realistic dimensional people. Its honestly unfair how well LJS plays the guy pining after his lady love. The way he looks at his leading ladies can make anyone’s knees go weak. But while this particular power of LJS is no news, & I really don’t need to say much about his character because its all right there, I would also like to talk about the way Danyi’s eyes also soften every time she looks at Eunho. I love the way she doesn’t stop from telling him how much he means to her, & also shows it through her small gestures! Like secretly making food for him that exactly fits his palate, or enthusiastically eating the weird tasting hangover soup he made for her for the first time, saying how its the best thing she has ever tasted, all because he took the effort to do it for her. Or how about gently telling him to not bother about her at work because she didn’t want him to be distracted because of her. She waits for him when he comes home late, worries for him when he is drunk, sings for him when he needs some comfort. Also, she doesn’t mind asking for his professional criticism. Hello, well-characterized FL (at least so far), nice to meet you.

The Empress’ Dignity: It’s plain silly fun, this show. And I am also here for the slow-burn romance.

Secret of the Three Kingdoms was so good until episode 8 or so, but it's starting to drag. It's hard to watch C-dramas when they're longer than 30 episodes because it affects the plot. Did anyone finish this drama and what are your thoughts?

The clothes, make-up and headgears are the most beautiful I've seen in a C-drama.

I'm in a slump, and I have a confession to make. I didn't finish Encounter, stopped watching at episode 11. I tried hard, really.. but it got sooo boring then i decided it's not worth my time anymore. I'm sorry my lovely bogum, i still love you.

TOUCH YOUR HEART :
The only reason i decided to watch it was because it's one TVN asia, express from korea. But then i was glad that i watched it. I really like both of the leads, and it's giving me major Goblin's vibe. Cannot say much for now, but only that i enjoy it so far. 2 cute first episodes.

CLEAN WITH PASSION FOR NOW :
Im trying to finish the last 4 episodes, but I'm unimpressed. Maybe i should just skip to the very end. It's sad, because i really like it at first, and YKS is such a big teddy bear.

FANTASTIC DUO :
South Korean singers really do have great voices. And then came the amateur singers, just wow. They really need to be known more than just the land of Kpop, boybands, and girlbands.

KINGDOM :
I need more!! I finished all 6 episodes in one sitting, and i really love it. And oh, that smoldering look from the crown prince, rawrrr!

Just "Romance is A Bonus Book" interested me this week. Tried to watch "Touch Your Heart" episode one, but I ended up doing something else. I know the story is not new; but still... it's not "punching" enough to make me glue to the screen. Skipped "Empress Dignity", and I'll wait for the final episodes next week, and marathon them.

Liking "Coffee Friends" more and more... And the new menus have raised the donation. Happy for them to raise more than $1,500. Hope they will have more donation this week.... I ended watching "Three Meals A Day: Gochang Village." Loving Cha for caring for other people, like he cooked what Joo-Hyuk's favourite meals; and asked Hojun to return the scallion for the "kids" ice cream, LoL. And I can see how Hojun was finally feeling relax in Gochang.

After what felt like a super long hiatus because of my hectic schedule- I’m finally back for good!

Decided to kick off with Noona romances because my new neighbor is into kdramas and TV shows and invited me to watch! 🙌🙌

Encounter I’m on ep 4 and I really love the whimsical musicality and soft reddish hues the drama is filmed with. It’s perfect so far, as a show to watch before sleeping. Not that it’s boring but cause it’s so comfortable and floofy (not a word but whatever). I’m more interested in Soo Hyun and her complex spider web rather than Jin Hyuks almost too happy pixie personality. Either way I’ll be sticking with it for the long run. Wish more could’ve been filmed in Cuba though, without the soundtrack breaking in between scenes.

Pretty Noona I started this long back but put it on hold after hearing disastrous reviews about the latter half. But the first few eps are so mushy and the chemistry sizzles! So we decided to just fast forward to our main couples scenes and avoid everything else. It’s cheating but 🤫

Stranger Things S1 It’s not Korean but I finished it off as a buddy watch last weekend. After watching dramas for so long it’s weird seeing 40 min eps as they breeze by. Loved our 4 kid squad and the banter between them, Hopper and Will’s family. I was expecting more overall, but it was an enjoyable watch.

Will unpause: Children of Nobody, SKY Castle, 12 Nights
Will eventually Start: Crowned Clown, Romance is a Bonus Book, Trap, Spring Must be Coming, Kingdom

Gloria
This week I realize I love Bae Doona more than any of my oppars. She could make me finished a mediocre 50 episodes soap opera in six days! Or...maybe I just miss the old telenovelas with their usual set up of hardworking but poor Candy with Chaebol. Beside Bae Doona's amazing performance, I can't really tell you what makes Gloria special. I love Memory Lane family and their interaction in Halmeoni's boarding house. I love the main couple and their cheesy interaction. As expected, of course there's frustrating time and logic fail in a 50 episodes drama, but I decided just to brush it off and watched what I enjoy. I can see myself rewatching this drama many many times in the future.

Touch Your Heart
I love woo bin the grim reaper more than this lawyer. He's so cold....whyyy?? I loved that woobin fell head over heel for sunny, and he became very awkward around her. I don't see it here. Sunny is perfect, she's amazing as a bad actress. I will keep calling them with their Goblin's name because let's be honest here, I won't watch this drama if it's not for Sunny and Woobin

Cold Case s2: the last three episodes redeemed the drama in my eyes. They were so good; it brought back all the feelings of s1 and made me wonder what went wrong this season: did they pick up the wrong scenarios from the original? Did they hire the wrong writers?
Anyway, i would watch a season 3 and even more if they can fix it for good because this ensemble cast is too good to let it go.

Nusumareta Kao: Miatari Sosahan (3/5): i picked it on whim and don't know what to make of it. Its' a WOWOW's drama in all its excess and qualities: atmospheric and hypnotic in a unsettling way like a David Lynch's show/film, but not making much sense and with a lot of plot holes. Also it's a mature drama that doesn’t shy from sexy and violent scenes and I must admit i didn’t expect it to go this road.
It's short enough for me to stick with it but i refuse to have expectations: let the end be what it will be.

Stepmother and Daughter blues (5/10): i stopped at ep5 because i have been sadly spoiled about ep 6 and i'm not ready to face what's coming.
I was so ready for a family comedy about a new stepfamily trying to make sense of their non biological connection and to create happiness for each other. But it’s not taking this road, isn’t it?

At first, I was rooting for the main couple to fall for each other, to ignore the contract which started their relationship and stay married for real, but after 5 episodes it doesn’t seem true to Akiko’s personality to do it. I feel that she’s being manipulated into believing that her fear for Miuki’s father health and her gratefulness for being accepted in their family was love. I can’t shake the feelings that if Miuki’s father clearly wants this relationship, Akiko is more uncertain but doesn’t know how to say no (the romantic dinner at the restaurant was a fail), after she agreed to marry him and to live with him (and his daughter whom however she embraced completely as her own child). It really hurts to feel this way: the cute family scenes are so adorable and filled with optimism, I almost curse myself for not being able to enjoy them.

I wanted too a strong female lead and though Ayase Haruka served perfectly her character and made her Akiko everything i want an modern young heroine to be: conflicted between the pressure to socially and financially succeed and her desire to get in touch with her warm emotions, free from the social expectations on feminity and assuming her independence and strong will; the sexist script undermined a lot of her efforts.

That’s a pity because there’s so much to love about her personality. She’s really well defined and so relatable in the way that she's repressed emotionally and have a hard time to create emotional intimacy, that she doesn't dream of romance and isn’t looking for maternity in the usual way (she doesn’t look like she wants to experiment giving birth without being sterile), that her career was important enough for her to give all...

My wife and I have just finished watching “Goblin”. It was great to see it again and my wife loved it. And now we can all watch “Touch Your Heart” which has Lee Dong-Wook & Yoo In-Na as the leads and they still have the same hairstyles that they had when they played The Reaper and Sunny in “Goblin”. At least one of the minor characters (played by Park Kyung-Hye) was also in “Goblin”. I have watched the first two episodes and so far it is good. It is a rom-com but the emphasis is on the comedy. “Touch Your Heart’ is a comedic pleasure from the beginning.

I finished ‘Clean With Passion For Now’. It has a happy ending but the show never really recovered from its hard turn into melodrama in episodes 14 and 15. I still enjoyed this show- the actors were great but they deserved better writers.

I also finished “Dae Jang Geum is Watching”. The final episode wrapped things up but in truth this show steadily lost momentum over its second half. It is my understanding that it was originally supposed to be an ensemble comedy with 12 episodes and a unique episode format. Midway it was suddenly transformed into a rom-com- and expanded into 16 episodes. This is like trying to convert a motorcycle into an SUV. Perhaps I heard wrong but somewhere along the line something went wrong.

I have now seen the first four episodes of “Romance Is a Bonus Book’. This is another first-class comedy although you need some patience to get through the first two episodes. “Romance is a Bonus Book’ has a host of interesting secondary characters and perhaps a mystery about a writer who chose to disappear.

Hello beanies! Hope you had an amazing week! I've finished Life on Mars and it was such an amazing show! ♥️ Will forever love our 1988 gang!

Gonna start on I Remember You for Jang Na-ra and Ziggie. I'm just not feeling JNR's look though. I'm hoping she's a badass cop!

Haven't watched Touch Your Heart. Will check out the recaps and the beanies' reactions if it's any good.

Spring turns to Spring: That's called acting! I love all that happens in the show and its definitely funny and heart warming, I am already rooting for lead ladies!

Touch Your Heart That's what is called a great PPL show and Yoon ah is great in her role. It was much better than I expected.

The Silenced (2015 movie) I should be renamed, the making of strong woman do bong soon, the real story.

Kingdom Woah! where is season 2?

The last empress
When in need call for Min Yu Ra! She must be the most useful person in the whole palace. They can never live without her.

To.Jenny such a sweet watch.

Coffee Friends ....Diner Dash. Yes. Lol. Just finished ep 2. I want all the treats. They look so delicious. Also, the yellow coffee cups and those glasses for the cold coffee. Sometimes it still surprises me how differently food is served than what I am used to. When they'd bring out the toast I expected it to be a single serving or everyone sharing the soup bowl.

Meteor Garden I'm finally in the 30s for ep count. I just want to see them date and be happy. Ok, I especially just want to see Dao Ming Si just date and be happy. He just wants to be her boyfriend so bad.

Romance is a Bonus Book ep 1. Enjoyed the set up and our two leads. Catch up is for my weekend watching. The hero, so far, has this sort of calm and slightly serious vibe that I like.

Boyfriend ep 4. I know it has mixed reviews, but honestly what doesn't? I am liking the quiet vibe of it. I'm a very private and guarded person so it is sometimes nice to see a character like that.

Crowned Clown ep 2. That second ep was painful. Very long episodes, but also very well done. I'm definitely not going to catch up, but might just be a slow one ep a week watch for me.

Top Star Yoo Baek one ep to go. This was just fun. Some of the humor was too broad for me and the subs are not great, but still look forward to every ep.

The Last Empress: still for Hyuk. Be better please~

Return: awesome mystery thriller. SSR is deliciously cray. And dare i say, i like Oh Tae Suk more than Hyuk, he's a calculative villain who makes his own decisions. Hahaha

LIVER OR DIE: I can see why a lot of people are dropping this show. People who only seek pity will lead pitiful lives. You really can't root for any of the characters because irresponsible, stubborn, self-absorbed idiots who won't blame themselves for their own problems. The only lesson from this show is bad parents = bad children.
BEST CHICKEN: The show added some late conflicts but flat lined to one of the softest and milk toast (weak, timid, or bland) conclusions. I liked the characters and premise; it was like k-drama snack rather than a full course meal.
SPRING2SPRING: As I said before, the female leads are having so much fun with their characters it makes the show very enjoyable. However, it is looking to hit a hard plot wall as sudden switch trope needs to come to an end with other characters finding out the cat's out of the bag. If the only hope is Nerdy Bom recreating a complex formula in a junkyard alley, our leads are in trouble.

Romance Is A Bonus Book: I finally watched the first three episodes on Netflix and found it boring. I’m not feeling the chemistry between the leads either which is a strikeout for me. I can watch about any drama if I like the OTP.

Touch Your Heart: I found the first two episodes of this drama boring too plus the drama “plot” feels old. I didn’t find it particularly funny, but at least they are trying to put the “com” in rom-com. I like Yoo In-na, but she’s played the ditzy actress before. Lee Dong Wook is about what I expected.

The Crowned Clown: Not much to say with only one episode this week but it looks like things are going to blow up next week.

Liver or Die: I pretty much dislike everyone and am disgusted by a couple of the plot lines, but for some reason, I’m still watching to see what the second half brings.

THE CROWNED CLOWN Ep. 9: There was only one episode this week. Next episode promises to be intense. *buckles seatbelt*

REACH OF SINCERITY Ep. 1-2: AHAHAHAHAHAHAAH that DOTS parody sucked me right in, thanks @superwhopotterlock. I don’t like legal dramas, but there was hardly any legal stuff. I don’t like secretary dramas, but she’s not a real secretary. And the BTIOFL PD is a geeeenius at creative uses of PPL. Case in point: that Subway PPL 😂😂😂😂. I’ll keep watching for now.

MY STRANGE HERO Ep. 15-16: Final review. I loved the premiere, got bored in the middle with all the kissing, and smiled during the finale. Sometimes it’s better to have the romantic conflict at the beginning of the drama than thrown in towards the end. In short, Bok Soo is a Care Bear and his secret weapon is flower power. The end. 💮

BEST CHICKEN Ep. 11-12: I’m sad to see this one end. The story, although predictable, never dragged. I liked the grumpy female lead. MBN should consider making more youth dramas like this instead of rom-com hiccup Rich Man, Poor Woman. The use of “Lucky” OST was a nice tribute to BOYS OVER FLOWERS (it’s been 10 years since BOF!!)

Can't handle too much drama because I am sick this weekend, so I am watching old Running Man episodes ('cause laughter is the best medicine :P) and just started Plus Nine Boys. I think that will be an easy watch.

I believe how much you like a drama/show depends on the type of person you are/ your preferences as well as 'when' you watch it. Romance is a Bonus Book is a soothing cup of tea for me when my life is a complete mess right now. It's my remedy, the nice way of life giving me a piece of advice not to take things too seriously and that there are many more things in life to enjoy and appreciate.

So because of ecerything, I give this show a 10 out of 10, for possobly being the show I like the most this past year.

❤️❤️❤️😖😳

just watching two dramas atm.

Criwned Clown cause I followed the original and coz YJG 😍 tho throughout the series I started to like chief lee

and to offset my sad mood coz of episode 8, reach of sincerity, which is a surprise for me, I never knew how much I love Yoo Inna until I saw her in a romcom again, god, she's so cute abd funny in this role 😆,

the show might be cliche but its all kinds of fun and that's all that really matters.

I really am sold on jung rok and yun seo pairing. wahhh, i need to see the next episode stat 😁😀

I took a break from Kdramas and it seems like I have no inspiration to come back. I sought solace in Turkish dramas instead and currently, I am deep in that hole. Most of them are longer than most Korean dramas but I like it long if it is good.
If you like a little bit of action and melodrama I will suggest two of them. Icerde and Cukur.
Unlike Korean drama translating websites, Turkish series are completely dependent on fans' mercy. I even subscribed Netflix but they have only very few of them.
One thing I have noticed in most of the shows are secret keeping Heroines. They lie to the hero and most probably it is before they fall in love and later they kept on lying to him to cover the original lie. My god at the end it is all potahto potahto...
Currently watching
Halka ep 4
Vuslat Ep 4
Erkenci Kus 27 (not sure if I will continue)

Yes!! Coffee Friends needs @mary to set up a computer order entry station and me to help wash dishes so that Yunho can escape! I can also make drinks, but don't ask me to cook. Call me, Yeonseok-nim!

- TOUCH YOUR HEART: I thought I wasn't in a mood for a rom-com and watched it only out of curiosity for the leads together again. And it was FUN. Yoo In-na is hilarious. The second episode wasn't as brilliant as the first, but fun anyway.

- THE CROWNED CLOWN: there will be troubles, and troubles, and troubles. But, meanwhile, how cute are those two together?
(Anyway, does anyone care about poor Court Lady Kim and her whereabouts?)

- ROMANCE IS A BONUS BOOK: so far, the perfect drama for the end of the week.

This week I've found myself restless and in need of something new to turn off my brain, so I watched some pilots:

- MOTHER: this drama will break my heart in lots of little pieces. Some of you recommended it to me, but I didn't think it was SO beautiful!!

- THE SINNER 2: an American show. A 13-years-old kills his father and his parner. Now I want to find out what was going on in that family.

- REVENGE NOTE 1: the young actresses are cute, but it's not my cup of tea.

- ROOM NO.9: a little heavy, but intriguing.

- SPRING TURNS TO SPRING: nice, but it won't be on the top of my watchlist.

Hymn of Death - This show almost did me in. Tragedy done right with so much to feel. Although I can't approve the decision(s), it was portrayed as something that we can probably understand and might even empathise with.

RBB - ❤ A joy to watch. ❤ Show has got me invested in Dan-I's progress at work as well as in her 'growing up' in other areas of her life. Eun Ho continues to make noonas swoon as he starts to let himself go at last and to act on his long bottled up feelings. I love the book metaphors and the mystery of Writer Kang. This so far is a true rom-com ... rommy enough without needing much skinship and very commy with all the happily quirky character interactions. ❤ 😋

I caught the first episode of 'Touch Your Heart' (I don't know if there are alt titles), that vehicle for the Goblin alums. The series appears to be soooo insubstantial that its fun to watch just to marvel at the producers' audacity putting it on the air in the first place. It makes 'You Who Forgot Poetry' seem like a grim melodrama in comparison.

Touch Your Heart: I’m happy with how things span out by the end of episode 2. I like that this love-hate banter isn’t just dragging on and on. Also, those PPL moments are gold. If you’re gonna have PPLs might as well go all out and have that be a part of the character. Haha

Can’t wait for Trap this weekend!
(Also The Item bc I gotta balance out all the cotton candy sweetness with some grit and blood.)

Currently watching: Queen of No Marriage: A little bit dramatic and unbelievable but full of genuine quotes/advices. Sometimes funny, sometimes tear inducing. Liking it so far. Tribute to Name that drama

Story of MingLan: Last week I would be happy for another 20 episodes but this week I hit the wall. The Kang story is going on too long for me so though this is definitely one of the best C-dramas I've ever seen, I will happily watch it conclude in the next week or two as I have no doubt the quality will continue to be top notch.

I have all sorts of dramas I've started and need to jump back into, but find myself starting Romance is a Bonus Book which I'm continuing because I've heard episodes 3 & 4 is when it gels. I also find myself interested in Haechi and the drama about supernatural items (sounds kind of like Warehouse 13/The Librarians) whose name I cannot recall.

Also Viki got the two dramas I was watching when DF went kerplunk so slowly waiting for those to be subtitled. Devilish Joy wasn't anything spectacular, but I only had 4 episodes left and, honestly, I'm just happy Viki paid some licensing so maybe the poor actress can get paid now.

So few I hesitate to comment (but I will):
TOUCH YOUR HEART/REACH OF SINCERITY: I was determined to not like it and I didn't like the first 5 minutes because I thought they made her too ditzy. But by the end of the 2nd episode it "touched my heart". Great writing, pacing, comedy (which I usually tire of and can hardly wait for the angst) and literally (and I mean that literally) for the first time ever I have 2nd lead syndrome. Then I found out Lee Sang Woo is the guy who married Kim So Yeon, so oh, yeah, I'm up with that.
While I was waiting for something new I decided to re-watch the modern Chinese drama about drones, starring William Chan:
ONLY SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU: I must have skipped a bunch of stuff before because there are a lot of scenes I don't remember. It's okay, but filled with so many flashbacks that are used for filler - because there's not much story to tell. And it's basically propaganda for Chinese drones, but oh, well, William Chan and Bai Bai have a lot of chemistry, so what are you going to do.
Looking forward to: The Item, mostly because of the actors. But I'm a bit skeptical as the promo on Viki is an hour long and way too promotional. When that much promo is given it usually means the drama (or film) isn't very good. We'll see.
Glad I'm so pleasantly surprised with TOUCH YOUR HEART as I said some fairly mean comments about the first five minutes.
I know I've watched AN ORIENTAL ODYSSEY too many times when I start ff to all my favorite parts with Zhen Ye Cheng. Can someone please make a video of just his scenes?? Pretty please?

30 but 17: It was a cute drama.

Ever Night: I am up to episode 31. The girl in white show up. So far, it was getting good. I hope them being in Wastland is good battle. I am curious of who is Shrine Leader.

I Never Let You Go: I am caught up with raw and with English sub. I love it.

Fate and Fury: I am up to episode 11. It is getting really good. I love the music and cinematography. However, PPL of coffee is way too much. Lol I am gonna continues to watch it.

Sky Castle: Final rating, 10/10

My Strange Hero: Final rating, Joy/10

The Crowned Clown: With only one episode this week I decided to wait till I had one more. I also needed a breather after the emotional wringer of episode 8. Yeo Jin-gu is extraordinary. It's worth watching for him alone.

Romance is a Bonus Book: I'm still on the FINSE about this show but it has all the elements to make it great. They just need to pull it together and deal with the daughter elephant. Watch this space.

Clean With Passion: I dropped this. Hahahahaha. I'm so happy! The Year of Dropping is the best. I'm the master of dropping. Watch me drop.

Best Chicken: DROPPED