Wait, really???? Season 2??? I was half joking about wanting a second season - it will be interesting to see what those plans do to how they choose to wrap up the plot threads for the finale... I'd love to spend more time with this team, though!

Oh! That’s nice. This format works well for another season. I won’t mind seeing this team for another season.

I can only imagine the level of pressure on not just PJE and KSH but also on Kim Ji-won, when you've got the track records they - especially the former two - have and Korean media is writing (in KJW's case) about how it's her first time playing leading lady in the big leagues...... as her fan, I'm really glad this is working out.

and I agree, the Park Ji-eun/Kim Soo-hyun dramas are imo the best of her dramas too. The Producers was so unique, legit sui generis material and I'm glad PJE used her leverage from YFAS's success to get it made. I remember it got short shrift on db at the time because people got hung up on the initial premise of a pseudo-variety and were not pleased that it leaned more towards being, well, a comedy drama using variety/k-ent world as its framing device. I also rewatched recently and it's still brilliant - like you said, it doesn't feel dated and I LOVE that its resolution or the weight of its characters' stories isn't predetermined by who was the biggest name in the cast (Cindy 4ever <3).

The Producers is an underrated gem at least in part because it's NOT a conventional kdrama, while Queen of Tears is like a peak Classic Kdrama - apples to oranges, really. I love them both for what they are, QoT may follow more of the kdrama playbook but it still got me.

Oh gosh, I know that feeling is it just this site or generally? Mine usually happens when I am in a therapy session so I immediately feel I have lost credibility on the days it keeps happening. I have paid to upgrade my internet to the best version and still…😞

For us international viewers rating is not a big deal, but these dramas depend on ratings. Lower the rating/popularity, lower will be the percentage of production of such lovely content. Plus, it doesn't matter that this drama did well on netflix because netflix isn't sponsoring it, but rather a distributor of it and these distribution profits aren't a huge factor in "production" decision, otherwise there wouldn't be 100s of dramas in the backlog waiting for an air date.

💯 Truer words have never been spoken M. Let's just enjoy our dramas and let SK have their ratings. I know my ❤ and SK ratings hardly ever match.

I can’t compare because I didn’t watch Samdari. But I think low ratings of DS might be because of these reasons:
1. As Reply 1988 suggested: Mental health issues being front and center;
2. OTT acting (exaggerated acting) in some scenes for the fun factor and OTT of the ML for almost every scene for the same factor;
3. PSH being married and already having a child.

I think it might be more easier to cheer for the FL in any show if they are single irl because it’s easier to see the character, not the actresses, that way.

I dropped Samdalri in week 2, but the actors in Samdalri are more popular and powerhouses in acting. Also, it is not just in SK, but most viewers do not like an overdose of aegyo and consider them to be embarassing or cringe. They want happy but the happy should be hard earned and not a fan service.

I watched both and thought Doctor Slump was a lot deeper and also simultaneously funnier and had more heart. In Samdari there is also the dreaded love triangle with a pathetic SLM who never had a chance. Also the “villain” was rather one note. There was also a lot of drinking and the dreaded OTP separation and time jump.Maybe it’s really the competition.

I believe it was just against Park’s Marriage contract and Maestra (I completely slept on this drama and haven’t a clue on how it was perceived) My Demon would be a write off lol. So all in all, definitely much weaker than the current line up.

You’re right. The mental health theme is probably a big factor outside of competition. I didn’t finish DS so didn’t get to the parts you mentioned. But murder plots are the unfortunate new trend in rom coms so you’d think that would help the drama.

Sigh. I think I maybe be trying to figure out something that’s not figure-able lol

kJW did indeed imbue his thankless role of Taemin with a great deal of dignity notwithstanding his early desperate attempts to woo Hyoshim. I would really like to see him in a good KD or two.

Now, there is Nothing Uncovered in addition. You commented the post of 2 weeks ago.

I hope for them that the postponed episode won't disrupt the whole drama.