Start-Up: Freaking love the interaction between Ji-pyeong and Do-san, and the Samsan Trio's hijinks. Cheering for the sister CEOs, their teams, and mentor Dimples in Sandbox's hackathon!

The Spies Who Loved Me: ha! Derek tying Ji-hoon's necktie!

The noble idiocy happened before the story started and I hope that's the last of it here. Ah-reum and Ji-hoon teaming up to solve Sophie's case + the tension with Derek is now my favorite Friday watch.

Tale of the Nine-Tailed: Haven't watched episodes 7 & 8 yet, will probably reserve for Monday morning because I've read that there are zombies and I'm not gonna watch that for Halloween xD

I've watched a lot of depressing dramas this year, but no drama has depressed me more than Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. I'm depressed Lee Jae-wook is in this; I'm depressed the writer of Shopping King Louis wrote this; I'm depressed I loved this. Can't Joon have run away from home and his mother been looking for him for five years??

Search: Lee Hyun-wook is the most charismatic. I was so sad when S P O I L E R S his characters died in Strangers from Hell, The Good Detective, and #Alive. Krystal Jung is perfect for her role because Ye-rim is so close to her IRL personality. Aeng-du is still in love with her husband Nokdu. Search has fantastic cliffhangers.

Finished Record of Youth (and I said my piece there); watching Start-Up (loving the flannel trio, not yet loving the plot); Search (quite curious why the Captain seems so cold); Private Lives (liked the beginning docus but feels like Seohyun's past drama Time wherein she tries to learn what happened to her groom); Do do sol sol xxx (curious if Ra-ra really doesn't know that the men like her). Maybe I will start The Spies Who Loved Me if I have time for Yoo Inna

This week:
Tale of the Nine Tailed: the story is making me really excited now, especially since we have more insight into Jia and Yeon’s past lives. I adore Rang even though he is definitely morally ambiguous, he’s not all evil and I’m really excited for him to develop more (with the help of puppy boy!). Shin Ju and Yuri are also making their way up to my favorite character lists. The show does a good job combining fantasy, horror, and lighter romantic and comedic moments. I feel it does the horror part the best though.
Start-Up: I’ve dropped it after last week, I can’t take the heartbreak of Ji Pyeong’s I’ll fated love. I’ll only watch if he ends up getting together with Dal Mi BUT also if Dal Mi’s character improves...I find her motivations to be really lacking and not justifiable for entering Sandbox. The distilling of the trauma of divorce and death into a “choice” to stay with the mom or dad is interesting but so far I haven’t found a reason to really care.
Private Lives: I said I was going to drop it after ep 7-8 so I guess the drama gods heard my plea because I really liked the episodes! They picked up a lot of drag and forwarded the plot while giving a background info on the characters. It’s still very much Jeong Hwan and Jae Wook driven but I’m hoping for Joo Eun and Bokki to become frenemies fast and show GK their place. Also really excited for Jeong Hwan to reveal himself (?) to Joo Eun!!
Flower of Evil: Going to start this today but I’m excited for Joon Ki!

Start Up: I love everything about this drama except the episodes are a little long, but at least I'm entertained throughout. Episodes 3 and 4 were so funny. Money! I also loved the knitting club. Nam Joo Hyuk has really improved and/or the directors of this show and The School Nurse Files are really good. Kim Sun Ho is killing me and the Go Stop scene was really touching. I'm rooting for In Jae to show the step dad and step brother what a mistake they made. Suzy's doing a good job, but for me, Dal Mi is the least interesting of the four.

Kairos: I didn't plan to watch this drama but pressed play while waiting for subs for another drama and was pleasantly surprised. Good acting, writing and directing. Some really interesting shots. I liked how fast-paced the first two episodes were. I didn't expect the male lead to figure things out as quickly as he did or convince the female lead by the end of episode 2.

Penthouse: Speaking of long episodes ... Holy moly. I don't think any drama needs 90 minute episodes and 90 minutes of screaming, shoving, slapping and scheming is torture. The plot is typical of this writer: The rich characters are evil, the poor are constantly being beaten, literally. One of the reasons I hate OTT makjang is the violence

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: No, no, no. The date and kisses would have been really sweet if he wasn't a minor. I hate that the writer went this route.

My Dangerous Wife: This was the week of the stun gun. Wife is scary and is sure to have something in store for the husband after his latest move.

Delayed Justice/Fly Dragon: The first episode was okay. I think the leads' dynamic will be good.

Search: The part of horror stories I hate is when secondary characters start getting killed. Now that we've been introduced to all of the villagers, the death count will surely rise. Is the male lead the son of one of the soldiers who died in the 1997 incident?

Alice: What? How? Sheesh! The actors tried but nothing made sense.

Lie After Lie: The final episodes were kind of underwhelming but overall, I enjoyed the drama and Lee Yuri and Yoon Jung-hoon in it.

CRICKET - Australia vs India Matches dates Announced

Teams announced. yes yes yes.

I was too busy so couldn't watch much but still am upto date with most.

JAPAN -

Maidens in Savage Season - 7/10 - episode 6 is increasing the raunchy factor. Afterall, they are young kids, with raising fluids and hot blood.

Homeroom - 6/10 - i'm behind on this crazy show but Yuki Yamada did good job here.

Do You Want to Warm up This Love - 6/10 - nothing new, nothing special. same old romance but still far more +ve and have something to show than your casual korean romance.

Seven Secretaries - 7/10 Nice 1st episode - good female characters and as usual more depth Business Japanese drama. wise females being centre of the show is where Japanese dramas show middle finger to korean +chinese plastic faces.

Older Sister's Lover - 7.5 out of 10. Good start. Arimura Kasumi. Refreshing female main character. Hero surely has some mental problems. everything else is a bit too shinny, like everyone is smiling a bit too much. Its not a toothpaste or dentist advertisement so keep you teeths in.

Dangerous Venus - 7/10 - I'm really liking this show but the people i know are terming it average. if this is average for them then you can easily guess what they think about a korean drama but i never hide that i'm a kdrama viewer. few identities with agenda surely conveniently ignore the fact. There is tension and some tension between hero-heroine. yup. Director is smart and completely utilising abilities of Yoshitaka Yuriko.

So many dramas, so little time 😅

Record of Youth - Underwhelming end to an underwhelming drama
18 Again - Ah poor Ja-sung getting his heart broken! But I love all the crossed wires and missed connections.
Kairos - Liking it more because of SSR than the show itself - the finger in the box is such a tired trope I actually rolled my eyes.
The Spies Who Loved Me - Surprised they revealed the truth so soon. Also there was a little too much exposition and not enough forward plot movement.
Tale of the Nine-Tailed - Was frankly bored with this week stories (except Rang and the reincarnated puppy-boy - SO CUTE) but the ending was exciting.
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol - Is it bad that I found the confession straight up boring not to mention problematic coz of the age secret? But LJW is so sweet I can't quit this show.
Private Lives - Wayyyyy too many flashbacks. Also not enough Lee Hak-joo 😔.
More Than Friends - Still on pause. Don't know if I'll restart.
Search - Watched most of it through my fingers like the scaredy-cat I am but I will definitely continue. OCN does thrillers really well.
Start-up - This is probably my new favourite. The combination of Nam Da-reum and this writer has never failed to make me cry and they got me again in the first episode. And everything after that has been cute, cute, cute (especially Kim Seon-ho).

Excited for this weekend's episodes!

I'm mainly watching Kim Sunho and Nam Joohyuk in Start Up. Those two are comedy gold and I didn't know NJH had such a good comedy timing (and I'm generally impressed with his recent drama choices and acting growth).

When I have more time, I'm also watching Eric and Yoo Inna in Spy. They are perhaps not as comedic as Kim Sunho and Nam Joohyuk, but I love whenever those two are together, their familiarity, joking, sadness or melancholy always get me. (I just hate Derek's fake smile.)

And I'm also watching Mimi in LalaLand.

Tomorrow November. How???

START UP: I had no expectations when I hopped in this train but hey! I AM loving the goofy characters! From Halmoni (love how Catholic she is in this show in contrast to her role in Hospital playlist 😆), more on Ji Pyeong than Dal Mi though? 🤣 to the Samsan duckies (haha!!) Can't wait for this week's episode! Oh and I love the show's OST too!!

SEARCH: We are about the half time and I want more answers, juseyo 🙏😅 Almost all of the seniors in the team were deemed to be shady and I can't wait to see who'll be loyal to who. Krystal indeed nails her stoic role in here, its natural! 💁‍♀️

2DN1.S4: Finally caught up with the latest episodes and they are getting funnier each week! We see how the members are turning into a varietystar (*coughs SeonHo 🤣)

Ps. Plans to start Chief Kim/Good manager while waiting Nam Goong Min's next tv show.

Is Kwon Sang Won's latest show good?!

Cw: 18Again. What a heartwarming drama this turned out to be. LOL-ing at Lee Dong Hyun acting as a protective father at his daughter’s suitors. My only gripe is that Si-Woo doesn’t get enough screen time than Si-a but it’s just really a minor one. I know from the movie that the husband and wife will get back together but Ji Hoon is such a good guy, you’d hate to have his heart broken. Anyway... enjoying this one, despite the many comments about the kiss scene between Kim Ha Neul and Lee Do Hyun. Technically he is a minor in the show but he is already in his 40s, his birth certificate shows that! LOL.

Hi guys. Anyone watching any good romantic jdorama lately?

Zombie Detective It was really a fun show with a lot of references. A second season would be nice, but without a love story. They work really well like this.

Kairos/b> It was 2 good episodes, it made me very curious about the story.

Record of Youth It's sad. It could have been so better. It was a missed opportunity.

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol The FL has a lot of good will but it's all and not enough to make me root for her.

Tale of the Nine Tailed The story reminds thrilling enough to keep me interested like how Yeon will save his brother and his love?

The Spies Who Loved Me I was really happy that the first secret was revealed. I really like the humor like the tie scene.

More Than Friends This is the typical old drama with a love triangle but they got to write a worse ML. I didn't think it was possible.

Search I found the story kinda confusing, there are a lot of characters from the past that act weird and the hunt scenes don't really look professional...

Start-Up Ji-Pyeong needs to be happy at the end, it's all I ask :p Ji-Pyeong's scenes are my favourite : JP with Grandma, JP with the 3 San, JP with his AI fortune teller.

Record of Youth: Meh

Kairos: This was good. The background of the characters is interesting. We have some suspicious folks. Also the the timeline isn't oddly explained so that it doesn't make sense. It just happens which is good. When they explain it, it usually takes me out of the drama. I look forward to the new episodes.

Penthouse: LOLOLOL, it is so bad it is good. Everyone is awful and corrupt for no other reason than because. Birth secrets, fake students, single mothers, and I can't wait for the rest. 😏😏😏

Start Up. Can I have DoSan and JiPyeong as my OTP, please? Or even better, can I have both for me, please? I’m liking the writing and the solid characters. I’m waiting to see more of InJae. I want her to shine.

Search. This is so good and so much fun! And I don’t like horror movies at all! But this one is great, even with all the cliches and tropes. I don’t care. And I may have found a new crush on Lee Hyun Wook, there’s something intriguing about him (I also saw it in The Good Detective). Don’t get me wrong, Jang Dong Joon is an old crush.

Zombie Detective. Epic ending. i loved how the show took itself for what it was. All actors were fantastic, found the perfect balance between comedy and makjang. I never thought I could enjoy this show as much as I did, and I really encourage beanies who are looking for a show to have fun to watch. And you will see one of the evilest evils ever with the evilest laughter.

Kairos>/b>. OMG! What an opening week! Every one is a suspect. 75 minutes long episodes that feels like 30. Shin Sun Rok and Lee Se Young are nailing their roles, although that’s no surprise, is it?

Tale of the Nine Tailed. Distracting foxes keep distracting me. When I think I’ve decided to give my heart to good fox, evil fox turns into an adorable puppy and I’m a mess again. Evil snake thinks he stands a chance with Jia because once upon a time she was a sacrifice. Pfft. Dear evil snake, I don’t think it will be that easy this time.

I gave a try to My dangerous wife and to The spies that loved me but none of them worked for me.

Considering I see another lockdown coming in my corner of the world, I decided to start Six Flying Dragons. Yes, me, the one who always complains dramas should be shorter. Araso, araso...

DDSSLLS - I rewatched the episodes many times. Apart from the fact that Ra-ra is still kept in the shadow about the age of Joon still made me feel uneasy and couldn’t completely enjoy their cute moments. But it still made me kinda understand the character; no mature people in their right mind will keep the secret this big from their loved ones, so it kinda makes sense that the decision was made by a young person. Apart from that, I am enjoying everything tremendously.

Anne with An E - This one is heart-warming and tugged at my heartstrings. I’d love to watch more shows like this. Now, there are still 2 more seasons to go 🙃

I’m still thinking whether I should begin Start Up. I was warmed up to NJH’s acting in School Nurse Files but I am afraid that if this one is good it will take my attention away from dear DDSSLLS. That’s why I still haven’t tried watching it. ☺️

MY DANGEROUS WIFE: After burning through the main mystery in three episodes, there was a question on how the show would fill the rest of the series. It slid into a little of Perfect Wife, and now it is heading toward 9.9 Billion Won Woman territory. There are three couples whose husbands appear only about the money part of their relationship but I think all the wives have hidden, dangerous secrets to tell.
LIES OF LIES (Finale): The show twisted viewers until the very end then delivered what most viewers expected in the ending. I thought it was a good show. It was a blockbuster for Channel A.
TAIL OF THE NINE TAILED: I thought Yeon may have been caught in a trap to give up his fox bead, but it seems he was more in guilt than being clever. The story is getting cloudy with too many Harry Potterisms.
Variety:
HOW DO YOU PLAY? At this point, I just think the SSAK3 story was fresher than the Refund Sisters. I still like the singers interactions between themselves.
THE SIXTH SENSE: The high budget series ended its first season well. There is a question whether it will be renewed. It is difficult to repeat a well executed first run on a narrow premise (see, The Great Escape which started repeating story lines and props).

Tale of the Nine-Tailed: still in it, still thoroughly enjoying it, still forgiving it all manner of sins. It's exactly what I needed after the melo train ride of DYLB, and I'm so glad that it brought back the creepy/horror this week.

I'm going to kick-off with Search in honor of Halloween, try to finish up the School Nurse Files, and probably start The Spies Who Loved Me. And since we're now in lockdown, I'll probably be digging into my to-binge list as well.

Start up I should catch up to good shows soon. It has become really hard for me to marathon now even if it's just 4 episodes that I have to catch up to. However, whatever I've seen yet, I'm liking it. Ji pyeaong and In Jae are more interesting than Dalmi and Do san like quirkycase said but I'm still roooting for them. I'm glad this is more like Page turner, which made me a fan of Park Hye Run and less like WYWS.

The spies who loved me Still good. The best part is the relationship between Ah Reum and Jin hun and Derek while shady and creepy seems interesting. I love the background instrumentals and they won't be available befire the show ends, but i don't want it to end anytime soon.

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol: It's funny, I could care less about the age difference that is stressing out so many Beanies, but I really don't think this show needs a maybe-dangerous stalker. Just, why? Will it be that defending Ra-ra from the stalker gets Jun noticed by the police and sent home?

I wanted to start My Mister this week, because of all the comments, but since I am still a bit in a melancholy mode, I decided to start Zombie Detective.

Zombie Detective - It wanst on my radar to watch this. For me, Choi Jin-Hyuk is a hit or miss, he was great in Justice, but The Last Empress is a pass for me (I think I survived until episode 14 of whatever mess that was). But after all the comments... This is a fun show! I am glad I am watching (episode 8 now). It is a great show to get me off from my sad mood. I love everything so far. And Park Joo-Hyun is really great in it too. After Extracurricular and APOYM, it is great to see her in something like this.

Start Up - I liked the first 2 episodes, but I wasnt really planning on coming back. I really dislike the idea of Dal Mi and Do-San and how it is gonna go, but again, after reading the comments, I decided to give another try. And I enjoyed it. I may skip some of the romance in the future (these episodes are so so long), for me it is the weakest point of this drama. Everything else is really good and refreshing. And please, bless us with more Ji-Pyeong and the Samsan Tech boys.

18 again - Ah... This drama is good. Episode 9 and 10 (last week), were flat, but we are back to the emotional episodes again (I am buying this for my father, then he goes and gives to his real father, ahhhhhh). I really like Kim Gang-Hyun and Lee Mi-Do in it. They are on point with the comedy. Like, really really good. 4 episodes and I am not sure if I am ready for it to end. I hope he tells the Da-Jung soon.

Planning to catch up or start this week: Tale of the Nine-Tailed, The Spies Who Loved Me, Kairos (Ive heard so many good things about it) and My Mister. I was planning to start/finish (I watched only the first 30 minutes of the first episode) of Record of Youth, but the comments are not very good, so thanks guys for saving me from that one.

Do Do Sol etc: So I just started this and already knew about the age thing. I binged it this past week. I am going with him being 18 international age so a legal adult. The actress often gets grief but she is good in this type role and I thought she is a bit like the lead guy in Shopping King Louie. Someone wrote that the writer of this drama wrote SKL so that explains that I guess. I was very unhappy with the kid connection of SKL and hope she doesn't decide to go that way here.

Zombie Detective and Tale of the Nine Tailed I have stalled on but hope to jump back in. I am having trouble sticking with shows these days. I might give Kairos a try.

I see Netflix is raising their rates in my neck of the woods. Really the only reason I am with them at this point are the k-dramas.

Start-up: I wasn't going to watch this, because I know too much about the industry and I find Suzy mind-numbingly boring, but Beanies convinced me and rightly so. The plot is wildly far-fetched and a lot of the tech details are off, but they nailed the engineer personality - and the investor personality, for that matter - and the interactions are great. Moneyyy! I laughed so hard at the acceptance video, that was worth the first few eps right there. The show is strongest when the focus moves away from Suzy, I hope the creative team takes note and keeps it up.

Also watching Nine-Tailed, but wishing for more scary bits because I'm not buying the love story. How can they have so little chemistry? And as for DDSSLLS, I haven't watched this week's episodes yet but I will; it is all so fluffy and unrealistic that even the high school angle doesn't bother me. I just can't take any of it seriously.

I finished Record of Youth. The Completionist in me rejoices, the rest of me has already forgotten this forgettable show. I folded laundry during the final hour.

On my plate to start: Kairos and The Spies Who Loved Me, if I can find it online - why is it so hard to find iQiYi whatever and why do episodes randomly seem to disappear? Really dislike this platform, it makes DramaCool look stable.

Lie after Lie - Gladly the ending was a fake out. Would have accepted the "sad ending" too, but this way, I can say goodbye far more easily. Sad that Jimin missed out on the kisses, though. He would have deserved a little (a lot!) more romance. Well. One can still imagine on her own.

Tale of the Nine Tailed - Liked the first episode this week (the fox's spell is working just fine on me), loved the second one. More horror, more backstory, I could even surprisingly get on board with the noble idiocy this time around. Won't last long, I am sure, but still.

Dodosol... - Haven't finished the second episode yet. If it wasn't for LJW I wouldn't be watching it, I am sure. Apart from the minor problems (pun very much intended) the show has, I am getting quite annoyed with all the smartphone PPL, especially Ra Ra's "flip phone" that has a character arc all on its' own at this point.

Kairos - Watched the first episode and liked it. Planning to continue... even though that is what I said about "Search" last (?) week, too, and somehow it didn't happen.

Do Do Sol La La Sol - Lee Jae Wook is so cute, I will not drop this ever! He's 18 so it's fine with me. But such a cute drama - overlooking everything else for this.

Start Up - Nam Joo Hyuk the god. I just. Ugh.

Tale of The Nine Tailed Fox - Love it. Super interesting. I don't care much about details as long as the drama is fun to watch and this one is perfect with my weekend dinner and beer/wine. I love how it's not totally focused on the romance. I'm so over romance (been single forever - no complains until I'm drunk)

Alice: 5.5 It seemed like Teacher magically changed goals and motivations (??) But the Get-Out-Of-Logic-Free card had already been used. And it would have been less creepy if Do-Yeon had got the guy instead of...

Kairos: 8.1 Signal meets God's Gift 14 Days? God's Signal? Also, shouldn't Alice just swoop in and help them jump around to fix things? Alice never had anything better to do.

Startup: 8.0

Zombie Detective: 8.5

Spies Who Loved Me: 8.0

Tale of the 9-Tailed: 7.8

Private Lives & Search: Dropped.

Fly Dragon / Delayed Justice: 7.9 Fun start, but it seems like the kind of plot that usually goes south when they get into the inevitable big conspiracy & cover-up. Don't be shocked if I give it crappy scores in a few weeks.

Start Up: There's knitting and silliness, and honestly, that's exactly what I need as I watch the slow death spiral of democracy in my country. (I hope I'm wrong) But you guys, I would have totally been lured in by a knitting club and that clueless goof. But I'm also glad they don't seem to be drawing out the secrecy too long. Please stay good and fun show because I don't need anymore death spirals of badness.

Finished Zombie Detective. Totally subscribe @quirkycase's assessment. Drama had a nice balance of serious and zany, and, although I don't really think I will remember it for long, it was a nice ride. Also, props to Choi Jinhyuk!

Just watched 9tailed. Things are picking up, and Lee Rang has already started his redemption arc. Lee Rang and his Puppy/kid pal is adorbs. And Aengdu has been super busy lately, because she managed to make a cameo in Search (haven't watched it yet, but saw it on the Beaniewall) AND be the spookiest kid in the 9 Tailed (no small feat - this drama is stock full of spooky kids). Also, welcome back Dried Skid Fairy/Imoogi!
Happy Halloween Beanies!

LOVE IS SWEET: I capital LOVE Luo Yun Xi as and actor. He has incredible attention to detail in his acting and really uses his whole body. He's just mesmerizing. Have been anticipating this drama every since I first saw the news about it. Bai Lu is also my favorite chinese actress, she's great at emoting. Together, they're just a hoot in this drama. I don't care about the story, the secondary romance is disturbingly bad but all of this fades in the wake of the fast-forward button and the diabetes-inducing sweetness of Luo Yun Xi.😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

TALE OF THE NINE-TAILED: I'm not sure that the story is, but I do know I love the scenes with Rang, Yu-ri and Shin-joo to the point I don't really care.