Ironically, even though Confession’s subs were up early this week, I found myself with not enough time to complete all 4 episodes. I hope that Do Hyun doesn’t get stabbed once more after being whacked already not too long ago in this week’s finale!

A Beautiful World
One of the common twists in a show which revolves around a crime is the idea that the victim may turn out to not be so innocent after all. However, this show turns this twist on its head by giving us this idea only as a possibility since it may be that Da Hee lied since it is clear that Seon Ho and Da Hee’s mother have differing beliefs about the assailant. If this turns out to be true, there’s a chance that said assault didn’t even happen in the first place and the two-faced victim is actually Da Hee, much to the irony of her mother’s claims. I feel nervous yet excited about what will happen up ahead!

The Secret Life of My Secretary
Let’s list down all the tropes in the premiere week: female lead with a sob story (let’s pray that her’s mother killer is not related to the male lead), male lead with a traumatic & illegitimate past that affected him physically and mentally such that he needs a nannysecretary to pamperaid him and company politics involving family feuds as well as a possible backstabbing friend. I’ve also got a weird feeling that there will also be the shared childhood past to explain why the male lead can only recognise the female lead. Despite it all, I love the chemistry between the leads.

Abyss
So if Se Yeon morphed into Mi Do’s appearance due to Abyss, whose the owner of Cha Min’s current appearance? I do not like how the show treats the revival with inconsistency, especially given the reveal that the killer revived into just an older version of himself. There’s also nothing likeable about the characters, from Se Yeon laundering her rival’s identity and threatening the poor part-timer and Cha Min being a hapless romantic who doesn’t understand that he’s got more pressing issues than chasing after a girl. I hope Ahn Hyo Seop also brushes up his acting: it looks quite green.

Her Private Life
I don’t think the tropes are over just yet: with Si An being sidelined despite being a major supporting character, this can only mean that his story will come to the forefront with childhood secrets and whatnot soon. But I do want to see his reaction when he finds out that female lead is his super fan!

Did they hear us last week???
Because we got lots of real kisses this week!!! 😍 ...and after-kisses...and pecks... and holding hands... and loving gazes... and then when Ryan placed that kiss on Deokmi's forehead and I was thinking "I wouldn't be satisfied with that" 😈 and OMG he continued... oh Ryan, I'm blushing even now 😊
(Don't remember anything else... Not-Brother... who? Not-girlfriend... who? Not-Yet-Ex-husband... who?)

Balancing 🌈 and 🦄 from Fangirl by marathoning Dazzling... I know there will be some big twist/reveal later and already now some things don't match and I'm wondering who is actually who... and what really happened... and when. I'm also uneasy about the senior cultural centre... hope Nam Joo Hyuk will turn to the good side.

This week, i was oddly less interested in the abyss premiere. I actually enjoyed secret life of my secretary, tropes and all. It see,s like an easy watch, and the characters are endeering.
Abyss, on the other hand, feels weird, all over the place, and i just dont see the chemistry. And im looking real hard. Maybe i should try to finish ep 2...

Waikiki2: the last few weeks' episodes werent too good, but this week's episodes impeoved the show. It kinda feels redundant compared to its predecessor, so i cant say i like this show too much. I should really drop but im so attached to the characters that i wont.

My fellow citizens: addicting, wildride. Yes.

Her private life: squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. The good kind. SO MUCH BETTER than WWWSK, which made me feel dirty and i dropped it at 8. This. Is. What. We. Want.

Beautiful world: my favorite out of the whole bunch. It's a thoughtful show that is more on the slow side, but i reaaaallly dont mind. I cant wait for seon ho to wake up!

SPECIAL LABOR INSPECTOR JO (Ep. 10)
You’re not the only one watching @mary! I love this zippy show. Every week it gives me the satisfaction of watching Mr Jo win some battles against the bad guys. The most interesting characters for me are Do Ha and the female prosecutor. If they become allies they could become more dangerous than the chaebol villains, but I’m rooting for them to join Mr Jo instead. *fingers crossed* And LOL when Dok Gu has a meltdown seeing Do Ha walk into HQ. The ex-teacher-student relationships are the best. 😂

SIX FLYING DRAGONS (Ep. 20)
SFD has been at the top of my to-watch list for a while, so it’s about time I tried it! It was actually hard to watch episodes 1-4 (so many characters, so much evil!) but afterwards the strings of the plot started to come together. Almost halfway through now, it is everything beanies have said: magnificent, intelligent, fast-paced, and heart-wrenching.

THE LIGHT IN YOUR EYES
Completed. One of the better dramas I’ve seen in 2018-2019, though I wish the plot twist had come sooner. It has the feel of a drama special or movie extended into 12 episodes. Recommended with a cautionary “melo” tag because it deals with sad and depressing themes.

Beautiful World: I'm still halfway through eps 11, and this eps is particularly hard to watch. Despite believing in their kind-hearted son, it's still a hard choice for both Moo-jin and In-ha to acknowledge and tell other people about Da-hee's mom's accusation. Just like many other beanies, I'm also not sure how they are going to wrap up this sexual assault case. But given how thoughtfully the writer and PD have handled the other issues, I'm confident they know full well what they wanted to say and how to tell it to viewers.

Nokdu Flower: I finally mini-marathoned it this week, and it's as tragic as I expected. Maybe that's why the wry humour and the subtle but lovely lovelines surprised me. Though with story as heavy as this, I won't complaint for any possible lightness they provided. With none of the usual explanatory backstories, it felt like this drama moved a bit too quickly. So hopefully the writer knew how to handle the long 24 eps well.

The Secret Life of My Secretary: The usual cheesy and tropey romcom, but very fun in its execution. Kim Young-kwang and Jin Ki-joo positively crackled with chemistry, and surprisingly, their characters are also a much better people than what I expected from old school romcom.

@Radily, same here. Confession's episode 13 and 14 were subbed early but got to watch only ep 13 today. I like that Do-hyun can now file for a retrial of his father's case.

I'm excited to watch CONFESSION's finale this weekend. Idk what to expect but as long as our four leads don't get hurt, I'm ok. :)
ENCOUNTER - I'm slowly making my way through this drama. It barely fills the void JUST BETWEEN LOVERS left behind but it's a pleasant watch.
Side note: I finally went to see Avengers: End Game this week and lemme just say my heart hurt more than I had expected. The last time I cried in a theater was because of Toy Story 3. *__*

Did anyone watch Goodbye My Princess? Is it nice

Her Private Life: I know a drama is working for me when the episode zips by and I don't check the time. Do I think the writers could have done better by the 2nd leads, yep, but the pacing and focus on the lead characters is working for me. Ryan Gold is quickly becoming a favorite k-drama character because he's just kind of a solid guy - that probably doesn't make sense but I know what I mean ;)

Abyss: I'll check it out next week, but it was just ok and a bit of a mess.

Psychometric: I can't even totally remember the title. Dropping at episode 8. This is a drama that I realized I was trying to force myself to continue because I kinda liked the concept and lead actors, but there isn't enough to keep me going.

The Secret Life of My Secretary: I haven't given it a fair shot since I am not done with a full hour viewing yet but it's kinda of meh.

My Fellow Citizens: Still going great. Now the only thing left is for Hoo-Ja to fight with the other sisters and Mi-Young to find out. I'm both nervous and excited. I am also really sad this drama is coming to an end. What an excellent cast and well written show.

Special Labor Inspector Jo: I love all of this show, all of it. I love Jo Jin Gab fighting the good fight. I love Deok Koo and his rather ill fated relationship with Mal Sook. I love the side characters. It really reminds me of Chief Kim.

The Secret Life of My Secretary: This started off ROUGH. In the first episode Min Ik was completely infantilized, it was gross and super creepy. I understand they were just trying to show that Gal Hee was super servile, but it was incredibly off putting. That being said I watched episode 2 and it was vastly improved. She managed to regain her agency and he managed not to be completely useless. So I'm in for now. Hopefully ot gets better like Reach of Sincerity did.

Abyss: I tried, I did. I couldn't get into it.

Doctor Prisoner: I will say this once and I will say this 1000x, I stan Prosecutor Ui Sik and Jung Hee. They are so cute and adorable together. That being said I 100% agree with @mary on Lee Jae Hwan, he is awful. I couldn't muster much sympathy for how things turned out for him. Jae-In is very smart, not a psychopath, and is good at delegating. Why are we bothering at all with the two brothers. It'd honestly baffling. Also shout-out to Choi Won-Young as Lee Jae Joon, my goodness is his face expressive. 'he is an excellent, excellent villain.

Rescue Me: This drama is so unexpected. Up until the end of the episode 2 I was curious as to how this cult business was going to begin. Elder Choi is actually more terrifying a villain than Cho Seong Ha's character was in Rescue Me. He is mild manner and kind, so you don't expect much, but that last scene of his anger was terrifying. Also I have never seen the actor Um Tae Goo in anything, but his character Min Cheol is not at all likeable. He is terrible, but that voice, wow, 🥰. That being said, we will see where it goes, it is looking to be very interesting.

Her Private Life: Park Min Young is gunning and might be a co-ruller with Yoon Eun Hye for Queens of Kissing. Also KIM JAE WOOK, OMG, 😮 , HELLOOOO. Why he hasn't done rom coms up until now is a mystery, but well he has stolen all of me. Episode 8 was kind of tedious, but then I thought about it and realized, honestly it was written to show what insecurity feels like (shout out to the beanie who made me think about this, don't remember the name). That was what the episode was about and I appreciated it. Plus, that kiss, HEYYYYYYY. MY favorite kiss though, was the rooftop kiss. When he kisses her forehead(I love forehead kisses), her nose, and then a proper lip kiss, I died. It is one of my top 5 kdrama kisses. That being said, I'm so glad he understood that she was hiding not because of Eun Gi, but because of of her...

Ashi Girl - I think I don't know how this will end. this show proved to me that other time travel dramas have the ability to underestimate both Mcs.
mukai no bazuru kazoku- the internet is so scary cause you never know who is on the other side.
takane to hana- typical story.
kakafukaka - this will end up way deeper than I thought at first.
Atama ni Kitemo Aho towa Tatakauna!- found eng subs.

thinking to start some old drama of Kimura Takuya since most subs are getting too much delayed 😅

This hot summer can kill anyone.

CRICKET - World Cup - 9 hour long matches. It will consume too much of my time.

Mukai - 8/10
Nurse - 7.5/10
Channel - 8.5 out of 10

Different Dreams - 8/10 - quality right there. Direction is average. Lee Ye Won's strong voice, stern eyes, serious non-expressions make the atmosphere.

Its Vagabond vs. Arthdal(+1 in rating for having only 6 episodes)
After Alhambra these 2 have ignited most of the interest.

Secretary - trash. They can just go ahead and re-air all previous such shows. 1st episode drop. Work slave with favours.

Kill It - C Grade or in Trash category? C grade for the outcome
Trash for episode 12 - terrible writing and direction.

Pushing Hands - just watch 24-to-29 to know why this one is trash. Heroine looks cool and elegant in opening but these 5 episodes tell what her status is. writer clearly tramples over her. As i said few weeks ago - Why she deserves such males around here. Its her own fault for inviting them to disrobe her of any identity, respect and pride.

Eagles and Youngsters - 20 episodes. this is pretty dumb drama. Interesting concept, bad execution.

All is Well - 7.5/10 (11 ep)
Brightest Star in the sky - 3/10 (25 ep) - fire the writer. swimming pool nonsense, falling off building nonsense. most of all those mentally unstable fangirls.
In Youth - 6/10 (20 episodes) Much pomp about nothing. Friendship of 4 friends is highlight of this soap opera.

Confession - It's been a good ride. I do have a few questions and there are some aspects that could have been enhanced, but this was a good show. Thoughtful and well thought-through. I like the clever building of the story around the many confessions, the look at why confessions are made and the effect they have. I was so touched by the father and son meeting, and those confessions they made, and am totally invested in the re-trial.

Put Your Head on My Shoulder - This is comfort food and mindless fun, or it could be mindless but since there are folks thinking solidly about the many aspects of relationship and communication, it's also a fun-thought-provoking, fun show.

Abyss - I see that I'm far from being the only one, on the fence (or over the fence?) with this show. "Show, make me like your main characters, and I'll forgive a whole bunch of stuff!" I'd like to see the main duo interacting in ways other than bickering, with girl constantly having the upper hand. The next few episodes will determine a lot of Beanie viewer-ship (or end of the same) for this show!

her private life: I spent the entire week thinking about this show and what they were gonna throw this week after that frustrating but heartbreaking ending last week. Thankfully it wasn't as angsty as the preview made it seem and the secret pining that both Deok Mi and Ryan did despite the misunderstanding was still delightful to watch (when she called him greedy during the restaurant and his expression had me dying). This week delivered the perfect amount of sweet and emotions that i wanted filled with lots of kisses, heart eyes and genuine laughs (from our actors) that it's been 24 hours and i'm still gawking in the afterglow of their relationships by revisiting clips and gifs and screen shotting a bunch of pics. I can't get enough of this show and i honestly hate the thought of a thursday/friday without them ㅠㅠ

secret life of my secretary: I can't believe Kim Young Kwang hasn't done enough comedy and romance because his dorky smile has got me swooning like crazy. Whoever decided to pair these two dorks together needs an award because they are both just so endearing and cute.

Watching SkY CASTLE. Reached ep 9. loving till now.
It is so weird, watching the characters go through such length for education makes me feel like I m watching smthing from another world or dystopian world but then when u hear abt the pressure on students in korea and asia in general or the college scandal in USA, u feel sad realizing that this dystopian world is actually very real.

Special Labor Inspector Jo It's fun. I love to see them fight for justice. I love the humor like the mum repeating her name like if it was a sesam :D

Woohoo Waikiki 2 In the first half of the serie, it always was the guys who helped the girls, I'm happy to see girls showing help too.

Her Private Life It's like WWWSK, the plot is not the most interesting, but this time the male lead is not a man who thinks he's the most handsome, smart, perfect, etc. Ryan is really a good male lead and it makes the couple more lovely and charming.

Different Dreams I liked the 4 episodes. The casting is really great.

Nokdu Flower There is humor that makes all the politcs/war bearable.

A Beautiful World I need to watch the last episode.

Voice 3 I liked the season 2, so I'm excited to see the new one!

Put Your Head On My Shoulder I found tiring when some characters expect that the other understand or act like they want without talking before...

Takane to Hana It's cute and funny.

He is Psychometric - I pulled a classic Aya move with this one and dropped it midway though episode 1 only to start it up again out of boredom and completely fall in love with it. Perhaps its the pessimist in me but I had a bad feeling about Seongmo since the very beginning and didn't like him until the end, I understand his mother was in danger but I don't think the ends justified the means and the losses of life to keep 1 person safe just never sat well with me. I loved this show though, it was entertaining throughout and i'm glad that Jinyoung got to show how much he's improved as an actor.

Her Private Life - Nothing about the marketing of this show appealed to me so i'm late to the party but this show is adorable, i'm still catching up but it's so nice to see Kim Jae Wook play someone stable lol. Park Min Young also has the best chemistry with him than anyone else I've seen her with.

Abyss - I love anything Park Bo Young throws at me but this was hard to get into. I liked enough of it though to give it a couple more episodes. Even with that, I do think the criticism the show is getting is too harsh and it almost seems as though people hate the show just because they want to. I've seen complaints about things that quite literally did not happen in the show at all. The mythology behind abyss is confusing sure but we're also only on episode 2 and I've never seen people expect the full story behind a show to be handed over in the first 2 episodes the way i'm seeing it here. Also referring to Park Bo Young as 'do bong soon' and then complaining makes me take you about -1000000x less seriously, let it go already.

Beautiful World - This show is exhausting. Maybe i'm too sensitive for it but I have to watch it slowly and in intervals, watching more than 2 episodes is just too much. I can't stand watching bad people get away with bad things and the adults are all infuriating in their own ways but the show is beautifully done so far. I'm only on episode 5 though so no spoilers on my comment please!

This week Banker took the lead, it's really great written drama, with more grey than black and white character. I how they add dimension to character of Pres. Kang and Han Suji this week. Han SuJi becoming my favourite character in this drama.

Abyss: 😯

My Fellow Citizens: 😂

Her Private Life: 🤤🤤🤤

Nokdu Flower: 😍

Drama slump, variety bump: watching Mafia Game in Prison, Problem Child in the House and Running Man.
Contemplating dusting off some old anime like Ghost in the Shell for a weekend binge.

So I’ve been in a drama slump for a while. The last dramas I remember completing are my ahjussi and the beauty inside. I started watching my private life and I LOVE IT! It’s super cute but I especially enjoy how Ryan Gold is written. Is this becoming a thing now? Are k-dramas presenting us with more emotionally intelligent male leads? His character is really refreshing to me. I like that he’s thoughtful and tries to consider things from Deok Mi’s perspective. He’s having conversations about his feelings y’all!! What a time to be alive lol. It’s not a perfect drama and has its own cliches and tropes but it feels really good to look forward to a drama again

Did @mary choose the top pic?
And dang, he is looking real good.

Lots of new kdrama (Save me 2, Different Dreams) have sparked my interest but i have a hard time to get out of this drama sleep and to start them.
I went back to j-drama because it's easier to find cozy watch here:

Ishi No Mayu 2/5: it's a classic procedural from 2015 but very good and solid in term of directing. Productions values are way higher of that the japanese tv is used to do, or at least of what i have seen so far in j-drama.
However the cast is mostly male and though they are all very good in their roles, i regret the lack of strong female characters, especially since the heroine is just really hard to take seriously: not only the actress lacks talent but her character spends her time screaming and panicking. Even for a newbie, it's setting the bar very low.
Add to that the male characters are dumb downed to make her space to shine and found theories that their experience should have largely guaranteed them to find by themselves instead of looking at her as an oracle, and it becomes a big fail when it comes to portray convincingly women on the police force.
It made me miss Cold Case and Yoshida You deeply, despite the disappointing season 2.

Mukai no Bazuru Kazoku: i tried the 1st episode based on the beanies positives reviews but i'm not sure where the drama is heading or what to think of it.
The plot seems so thin and the romance so boring and predictable, hopefully the drama will dig deeper on the social network issues and the family relationships in the next episode...

Her Private Life: I enjoyed it but actually I’m not loving it like most beanies. Yea, they kissed. I guess waiting 8-10eps to see a real kiss (and nothing else) is not interesting to me. Nothing against HPL, but that whole subgenre of kdrama pushed me in a slump for romcoms already. That’s why I appreciated the child abduction and PTSD backstory in WWWSK. The writer intended something like so in HPL but so far it’s just sitting on the bench waiting for the cue.

Just Between Lovers: After the Junho highlight, I’ve decided to revisit Just Between Lovers. I had too much to watch when it was airing and I know this is more of a binge drama. And binge I did, finally. Finished it all in 3 nights. Loved it! (Somehow made me even more critical of HPL because this romance drama had so much substance.)

Abyss: I don’t know where this is going or whether I will like where it’s going. However, it’s unpredictable and the only airing drama that I’m keeping my eyes on the screen for the entire episode. This PD always does that to me. I don’t always like the ending, but he keeps me interested to find out.

My Fellow Citizens: 9.5/10 By far my favorite of current shows. Kim Min-jung knocked a lot of people's socks off with her performance in Mr Sunshine, but now that just seems like a warm-up/audition for her role here. And the music doesn't suck.

Abyss: 8/10 Bonus point for reaper cameo. Not bad, but I'm having more fun commenting than watching.

Her Private Life: 6.5/10 Maybe if I were the type to squee over kisses I'd rate it higher.

Secret Life of My Secretary: 4/10 What's Wrong With Sec Kim meets 800,000 face-blindness shows. With standard corporate power struggles and assorted childhood traumas & mysteries. And a bit of Happy to Die. Not quite as terrible as I expected. Sensory Couple, Beauty Inside, Surplus Princess, Girl Who Sees Smells, Undateables, -- make that 800,005. Only made it halfway thru day 2, and unlikely to continue.

Confession: When subs finally showed up I watched about 10 minutes and decided I just.didn't.care. Bye.

Abyss. Even though I love AYS very much since Splash-splash Love until 30 but 17, just like everyone else said AYS seems not that ready to be main lead opposed to PBY. Maybe it's too early but I'm expecting their chemistry since very first ep which hasn't appear yet. There is Seo In Guk as cameo and I start to wonder if the male lead is him, it'll be more fun to watch.

Different Dreams.
Lol Im Ju Hwan fell in love toward Lee Yo Won for like two or three seconds after their eyes meet. It's okay. I can't wait for next episodes. Is Yu Ji Tae related to Go Ae-Shin or something because their spirit and love for country is no joke.

Mother of Mine: After 3 weeks worth of accumulated episodes I am finally caught up. Yay. So this series has four types of characters for me: The ones I love to watch (Mi Ri and Tea Joo basically plus mom and cutie Da Bin, especially with grandpa), the ones I love to hate (the corporate types CEO mum and chairman dad), the annoying selfish ones (Mi Sun’s husband and mother in law), and the I don’t mind but I don’t care for much characters (Mi Sun, Mi Hye and people surrounding her).

Mi Ri was being punished by the CEO for speaking truth to power but her motives are originating from her feelings towards her mother. I really hate Mi Ri’s birth mother. She is a nasty piece of work. Coming from humble origins herself and trying to make it in a man’s world she’s the one that should understand Mi Ri the most but she’s one of those people who does ten times worse what was done to her to others. She was trying to squash Mi Ri because she dared to defy her. I expected that to backfire on her for two reasons though: 1) I couldn’t wait to see her reaction when she learns she’s torturing her own daughter and I wanted that to happen before the 11th hour and I wanted her to suffer as she made Mi Ri suffer and even then I don’t want her to be easily forgiven. I hate this aspect of weekend dramas most. Bad people are all forgiven very easily in the end. It’s not fair. But I didn’t expect she would learn the truth anytime soon because I expected her objection to Mi Ri as a potential mate to Tae Joo first. 2) Because of her closeness with Mi Ri Tae Joo started to see what a nasty piece of work her omoni is. I thought he already likes her a lot but once he completely falls in love omoni will lose his respect.

Tae Joo learned his lesson and is supporting Mi Ri but as he started to ask her omoni to understand Mi Ri he will be torn apart between the two women in his life at some point. Tae Joo’s drunken banmal confession was cute. LOL. But I’m impressed he didn’t take it back when he sobered up. After his relentless pursuit she also took the first step towards him by joining him for a drink, apologizing, inviting him to call her sunbae outside of work. His distress when she revealed her plans of resigning and going overseas prompted him to take his confession to a higher level from liking to falling in love accompanied with a kiss! His persistence paid of in the end as he is now freely able to hold hands with her outside of work. Too bad it won’t be long until shit hits the fan and they will be torn apart as episode 14 is way too early for lovers to unite in a 50 episode family drama (which is my gripe with them, they may start great but most of them extend the 2 episode angst of the 16 episode dramas to over 10 episodes – I wish I wasn’t a completist and could skip those 10+ episodes). Anyway, back to the topic at hand: I am very wary of many things and annoyed by many things with the latest developments. First, I was surprised at how early “she is my...

1. Her Private Life - be still, my heart. Thank you Ryan Gold and DeokMi for bringing me out of my recent kdrama slump.
2. Possessed - finished watching this. Despite the very bleak ending, it was a well-made drama.

I found myself watching a lot of variety shows - I Live Alone, Running Man..those that I had stopped few years ago. No show could ever replace 2D1N though, and my heart breaks every time Sunday come and there's no 2D1N to look forward to. Variety shows are good. Less time consuming, less emotional attachment, tons of fun.

Her Private Life - This week's highlight. The lead romance makes me giddy and happy. The kiss scenes are the most natural ones I’ve ever seen. Ryan Gold is one of my favorite leads ever. He’s cute, clever, handsome, considerate, caring, etc. I’m glad Kim Jae Wook is playing a great character after seeing him play the second lead in Temperature of Love. Not sure how I finished that.

Nokdu Flower - Only on EP 5-6. I like the actors and their acting and I’m curious about the story, but it’s also going to be a heavy one. I'm not quite addicted to it yet.

Beautiful World - EP 3. Another interesting drama, but also sad and slightly disturbing so far. There were several moments that made me want to cry.

Possessed - Finally finished this drama a while ago. It was too bleak in the last few episodes. I was ready to move on. I could accept the leads' actions in the finale because Dae Doo was such a powerful enemy, but there were still too many excessive deaths to the point where I became numb to it all. No one knows that Pil Sung saved the world. The drama started off so well, but the writing was weak in the 2nd half. I'm glad I got to see Song Sae Byeok for the first time though.

I’ve been feeling tired this week (and that's way after finishing Possessed lol). The 2 darker dramas are good, but I’m not quickly chipping away at each episode. Feels like I need another crack, fun drama to watch besides the dark ones and waiting for HPL.’

Anyways, looking forward to Voice 3 today~! Heard mixed reviews on Abyss so I will wait on that before checking it out.

Her Private Life - Soooo good. I found my self squeeing at various points in the show. Ryan Gold has become the gold standard for rom-com MLs from now on.. those kisses melted me and my screen.

Abyss: Okay start...I think I was more excited by the cameos from Seo In-Guk and Jung So Min (she does great cameos right? the one in WWWSK was fantastic as well) . I do like Park Bo Young so I will soldier on to episode 2 . And it is on Netflix so I can watch on the commute.

Fight My Way- Rewatched this. Still as good as I remembered. When is Park Seo Joon going to do his next drama?!

Avengers Endgame- I am a MCU fan but was taken slightly aback to my emotional response to this film. I was teary-eyed at the end. Definitely going to see that again.

Memories Of the Alhambra: rewatching this with my family. I know it is a flawed drama but there were some good innovative ideas and Hyun Bin’s acting was on point. It is going to be interested what my family who are in their second year of watching K dramas think.

Run BTS!- discovered this variety show series on V live through an article on my news feed. I am a fan of their music but not so hardcore..I have to say they are very delightful and get up to some very funny shenanigans. After watching a couple of episodes, I felt I knew the members and found myself saying ‘Ahh, that is so J-Hope’ LOL 😂

Thank goodness yesterday was the last day for Teacher’s Appreciation day!! I am exhausted. This week is even busier. 😓 The only thing that I get caught up is My Fellow Citizens. I have watched four episodes of Different Dream. It seem good so far. I will continue it for now. I am behind of Chinese dramas due to waiting for subs for Le Coupe de Fondue, Put your Head on your shoulders and Detective L. Legend of White snake. I watch here and there. But, not really interesting because to be honest. I like the original better. I love the cast but the main lead couple is pretty boring once they get married. My favorite story is green snake. I am gonna watch to the end for her story. Lol

Have a great weekend. Happy Mother’s Day to all beanies here. I hope you have wonderful day tomorrow with your love ones. We are not doing much. We are just gonna visit my mother in law. My aunt is in Europe. Therefore, we are not going to celebrate Mother’s Day for my grandmother. I am just gonna call my mom tomorrow and kids will call her too. Happy Mother’s Day!!!!

Lol @mary. Re DOCTOR PRISONER. Hang in there (from your mouth to Writer-nim’s hand).
Namgoong Min et al have been wonderful in DP. It is a great go with the flow drama. ( I have this idea that there are 2 teams of writers. Someone determines who goes first. Team 1 writes a 30 minute segment and tosses it to team 2. Team 2 then writes a 30 minute segment and tosses it back to team 1 and back and forth it goes.)

I am also a Kim Kyung-Nam fan. What a year he had in 2018: PP, CAHM and FBS. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to work in INSPECTOR JO.

Her Private Life & A Beautiful World are the only two dramas I've been watching. Wish I had something else to keep my mind off a series of doc appointments these next few weeks! </3. But DAMN are these shows good.

Special Labor Inspector Jo: I love Mr. Jo and his former students. Deok-gu is hilarious and Do Ha has emerged as quite an intriguing character.

My Fellow Citizens: As always, I love the women in this drama.

Abyss: I'm giving it four episodes. I hope the main characters grow on me, especially the male lead who is just too dumb and shallow and played by an actor who is a little too green to make it palatable for me.

The Secret Life of My Secretary: So tropey but the second hour was better than the first and mindlessly entertaining enough to get me to tune in for another week.

Her Private Life: I mostly like the OTP's scenes together but dislike everyone and everything else.

Different Dreams: The first episode was rather confusing, but I liked the twist at the end of the second.

A Beautiful World: This drama has so many moments that hit me so hard. I have to be in the right mood to press play but I'm totally immersed once I do.

My wife and I are glued to "Smile Dong-hae". This means that I have now fallen behind on "My Fellow Citizens".

I am watching Woo Hoo Waikiki 2 on Viki- and the subtitling is going slowly. I am enjoying it though.

"Her Private Life" is very good.

HER PRIVATE LIFE: Honestly, this drama is quite inconsistent for me. I really enjoyed episode 6 but seven bored me. Sometimes the plot’s good and other times just plain weird (her best friend hitting on her clearly uncomfortable employee). Not to mention that a lot of the character’s are just irritating or add nothing to the plot. But most importantly, I really like Ryan and Deok Mii together. R seems to have a good head on his shoulders, DM’s view on her painting and dealing with sadness is quite beautiful. Pretty excited to continue. Just not sure that it can stay interesting for 16 episodes. (ep. 6-7)

Marriage Contract

I've picked it up since yesterday and I've fallen in love with the show after 2 episodes already which have effectively ended my kdrama slump. I love there's a good steady flow of developments without throwing too much info at the audience. I look forward to see the evolution of Eun-Sung and Mr.Han's relationship, starting out as not liking each other to eventually warmed up to each other. I'm not loving the subplot of the ex-girlfriend and Ji-Hoon brother, I hope it gets more interesting in the later episodes.

I don't know if Ji-Hoon's mother have depression or it's just her personality, based on how she cried and left him with his father because she couldn't raise him properly, being a neglectful parent to him and seeing how she felt so much guilt over that even years later, it appears to me she is suffering from depression which can make it hard for anybody to be able to take good care of themselves, let alone take good care of their own kids without getting proper help. I hope the show gets to explore that part of her mental illness and addressing it to be able to develop a more healthier relationship with her son Ji-Hoon. If it doesn't address the mental illness aspect, I'll settle for Ji-Hoon's mother to realize she need to change and better herself in order to be a better mother to Ji-Hoon.

With my Korean 402 finals coming up, I shouldn't be marathoning "Her Private Live," but I am >.<

It is so adorable. I wouldn't have imagined Kim Jae Wook in a comedic role, but I would be wrong. In fact, his buttoned up style makes it just that much funnier. I have finished five episodes, so I am forcing myself into an hour of studying before soldiering on.

I am up to Episode 15 of Doctor Prisoner, only two episodes in on the Abyss and I have only completed episode 10 of Confession. *Sigh* so many episodes to catch up on all of them.

HPL going strong! Hot kisses!
Watched Angry Mom and its one of my favourite dramas now. Love each and every character, even the baddies! So well written. I was thinking that Angry Mom should have been given a civilian award in the end but then realised that the new President is of Hong's choosing or something like that. That would've been great.
Going to give Special Labour Inspector Jo a try, its by the same writer right? Is there going to be a series review on it?

Didn't enjoy Episode 1 of Abyss much Episode 2 was great! The mistaken identity hijinks to come will be funny I guess.

I started watching Abyss and Secret Life of My Secretary (primarily for the female leads) and like both so far!

Abyss' first ep was kinda boring because PBY only appeared by the end of it but the 2nd ep was good! I like that the two main leads were friends before the events started. Somehow from the synopsis I thought this would be two strangers. So, I really like the relationship of our leads! And is it only me or was she already invested/interested in him before his body change?

Secret Life of my Secretary is -so far- basically a mix of Jugglers, Rich Man and the rest of the secretary-boss-romcoms. But it's charming and the main lead isn't a total jerk (no comment on the actor) and the female lead has that spunk without being annoying.

Besides those K-Dramas, I'm watching C-Dramas Guardian and HIStory 3 Trapped. All that chemistry, yessssss. And all those fanfic tropes in HIStory 3, mafia boss + police detective, enemy to friends to lovers, the having-to-live-together-suddenly trope, just all of them i love it. Also one of the male leads reminds me so much of Colin Morgan in his Merlin-days...it's the ears and the cute hair, I can just adore him.

Currently binge watching The Guest. So, I decided to put on hold for the latest episodes of Her Private Life just because I dont wanna get mix up between Choi Yoon and Ryan Gold! Love both of them tho'😍

So I'm going to take a moment to talk about What The Duck because it's second (final) season has been airing in Thailand and I tuned in this week to watch a few episodes.

Now, I openly admit to going down a BL rabbit hole at one point although when I came up I realised I'm not a huge fan of the genre for a number of reasons. I totally get why people are. There are some good ones - especially out of Taiwan. But while Thai BL is a genre in and of himself, most of them are just inadequate remakes of Lovesick and nearly all of them have problematic elements in them.

And then I watched the first season of What the Duck.

So, what was different about it? Well, for a start it established all the standard tropes of a BL and then basically threw them all up into the air in the back half. The sexual harassment, the psycho girlfriend, the problematic consent issues - all these problematic aspects of Thai BL - were critiqued rather than embraced. It also has far more realistic portrayals of the seedier side of things. As one disappointed fan said, ironically but without irony, "it's about actual gay people".

So I've been looking forward to season 2. A lot. I haven't seen any decent BL since Taiwan's History series cut short its excellent season 2. But what has What The Duck: Final Call served up for its final episodes? A bad gay soap opera with awful sexual violence. I don't need to see what I saw in the first few episodes of this season. I don't. I definitely don't need to see it portrayed as romantic.

I have no idea how the same people who wrote the first season wrote this. It's terrible. I am out.