It’s been 3 hours and mine has already smoothed out. You’ll be OK.
Of course it took me something like 5 hours of frequently interrupted viewing time to hack my way through the last episode, so my face had less continuous cringe time to get stuck that way.
1. How is Sarang running a ‘hotel’ without any staff? Should it be called a ‘guest house’ then?
2. How long will her 100 year old grandma work for a living?
3. Now that they are married where are they going to stay? In her far away ‘hotel’ or in Seoul?
4. How did the noona’s motherly instincts kick in just like that?
5. Why isn’t the other friend leaving her husband?
6. How did King Hotel open up 16 branches in 16 different countries in a span of months?!?!
I am sure I would have had more if I was paying more attention to what was happening in the screen.
OK I have an additional question to which I actually do want an answer. This is not sarcasm. Again, I don’t know how to signal that on the internet, but I do mean it.
*Did we or did we not think that Hwa-ran and Won were half-siblings?
*Were we or were we not “told” that they are in fact full siblings at the wedding when Won’s mom seemed to greet Hwa-ran’s son as her grandson?
Moreover, that kid is screwed. There was no happy ending fo him. He’s going to try and please her forever, and she’s going to get someone to try and please her forever—and never succeed.
I think they were half-siblings, and that the kid was just doing little-kid family-math and calculating that his uncle’s mom must be his grandma. Also, he’d call her halmeoni as an honorific anyway, right?
Planning in a double feature tonight! Only have to watch these two episodes to get the BEAN dammit.
*looks around to see if I have extra laundry to fold*
Maybe I should start learning to knit while I force myself to finish?
I can’t knit and embroidery requires too much focus, but I brushed my cats SO MANY TIMES during the last two episodes that the poor things are probably sore and scared to get up on the couch. But I got the BEAN! I won’t cheat, but this one should count double for the time wasted and sheer aggravation.
YOU MADE IT TO THE END?? The gods of dramas know I did my best with this one. i really tried to go past ep 11. At this point, only the recaps on DB are keeping me updated on what happened in the next episodes. People watching to the end are currently the world’s bravest ngl 🤣🤣 I don’t have that level of patience
I was binging on the tdrama The Way You Shine and somehow missed the last episode of KTL. hmmm now I understand why I didn’t watch. But darnit I want a BEAN for at least one drama this year. So I’ll watch it, I guess sometime this week.
But thanks for the PSA! I’ve been enjoying the fluff of this show throughout, but the sister suddenly embracing her son in ep 15 left me hi and dry – ugh
Ha! That was the only clever moment; the rest could have been cut-and-pasted from ANY other drama. I wouldn’t have minded it quite so much if I hadn’t just suffered through the same date with exactly the same rides in King the Bland. Maybe it was even the same park but you couldn’t pay me to go back and look. I feel a little sorry for the child actor, whose existence in this drama was apparently only for the purpose of saying painfully clichéd (and painfully delivered) lines about love and allowing the leads to playact at being the family they never had. Definitely a false note.
I was hoping for the same experience In-hae had- didn’t want to go but it turned out fun once you’re there. But nope lol 🙈 It wasn’t the worst, but kdrama amusement park dates are, at minimum, a cringe and a half
I just loathe the ‘macho guy is actually scared of rides’ trope. We know a vampire cannot be scared of a haunted house! It makes no sense and it does not make him endearing. It’s eye roll inducing 🙄
I just fast forwarded the whole thing, I have no idea why kdramas keep trying to make amusement park dates a thing. It’s barely one step up from the “sandwich on a bench” date they were hard propping a few years ago.
I detest Kings Landing with a passion but come back and check it out every weekend with a yucky expression on my face and now the high school cosplay. Gagging!
I was just asking for this! (As I’m no longer reading recaps, never mind watching the drama.) I love the Junho pretties, but what is this? No amount of filters can make 30-somethings look good as high schoolers. But I’m sure there’s a story behind this. Some trauma they have to replay and revise so they can heal and love (trying to type this with a straight face)?
I saw this clip on IG. Basically he is just flexing that he has money and she prettily follow his around. Why can’t they go to amusement park like normal
People? In normal clothes. During normal
Hours. What’s this nonsense? It’s not like they are celebrities. Why does he have to buy the entire place or rent for her?
I knew there was a good reason why my fingers refused to click play on ep 14. after many weeks my Sunday was calm and peaceful 😇
I was already logging out after the tablecloth faffing and only holding on for the secondary couple, but I gave up checking for their scenes after the Thailand episode, and honestly, dropping it altogether was better for my mental health. There was just too much to gripe about.
The show really did Ru-Won dirty. I really would have liked to see how their relationship progresses. It actually had a conflict – her divorce and age gap, and would have made for interesting drama.
And we get 100 seconds of screen time for them. 🤬🤬🤬
@attiton lol. No. Definitely dropped at ep 13.
I continued the drama hoping the cutie hoobae gets more screen time. After our leads got together I thought they will focus a bit on the other couple but nope. But until 13 he got hurt a few scenes, much to my disappointment.
The only time I didn’t cringe was in my ID Gangnam beauty. She was bullied in school and didn’t do any of things that kids do, because of her issues. So they go back to their high school to eat and watch basketball match. I think they went on a weekend?
I was ok with it since it was like going back to school for some experiences. It felt personal rather than cosplay.
Ah, if it’s something culturally specific then OK. 🤷🏽♀️ Tho adults do wear school uniforms across cultures. But it’s err, not exactly a PG 13 thing. But that’s not where kdramas usually go.
No, having watched the episode—and all that came before it—there was no real narrative reason. The show is like “sketch comedy romance” where each scene doesn’t follow from the previous one but can stand individually as “this is what two young-ish people in love look like.”
Dude was going away on a three-week business trip, so instead of, I don’t know pulling a romance novel move and taking her to Jeju for some sexy times, he rented out a whole amusement park *at night* and they dressed up as highschoolers—without discussing it—and laughed while Junho pretended to be scared while riding the pirate ship.
I could go on, I guess. I think I should stop tho.
LMAO you described it better than I could! Without planning sexy times let’s do something nonsensical and totally dumb. I don’t know what the writers were smoking while coming up with this crap.
sooooo . . . Are we to understand that at a Korean amusement park you can change into high school uniforms the way you can rent hanbok when you visit a palace? Was this just more PPL? 🤦🏼♀️ this show.
I know this adults-cosplay-as-high-schoolers goes back at least to My Sassy Girl the movie so am wondering if the show is really really just trying to cover every single kdrama trope that’s ever existed? Sheeeeeesh. And now we had the “he went abroad on business for 3 weeks and even in the age of easy international phone calls, they didn’t communicate once?” from Kim Sam Soon.
Only 2 more eps, (how many more aged tropes can they fit in?) we can do it Beanies!
>The childhood connection trope is definitely coming. She met him in the hotel when he was young 😬
>He is definitely coming back earlier to surprise her.
> if this were a cdrama, all this was just a dream. She wakes up to realise she is late for the interview at the hotel.
> he gets into an accident and now has amnesia. He only remembers the time before meeting her. So basically, he doesn’t have to work again.
> he has to go meet her grandmother to make kimchi?
> did he take a shower yet?
> driving to the ocean while she is sleeping.
Came to check out Uncanny Counter 2 for a minute to see how the loveable Kang Ki Young looks like as a villain. Seems like I might have to stick around for his abs…🤓
The best villain with abs to me is still Lee Soo Hyuk in Scholar who walks the night, I didn’t even watch the drama, but watched many YouTube vids of him
It’s been like three minutes that I’ve not stopped chuckling because this is precisely my vibe…I just didn’t have the words for it.
I feel confident Mattel would buy our pitch.
Then, once we had these (the most perfect toys), we could all go over to each other’s houses, although, whoever has the Dreamhouse Shaded Oasis Guesthouse would always be the best place to assemble because then everyone else could just bring their own dolls, their clothes, and whoever has the car can bring the car…and…and…and we could play all day???
For the first time I actually put my phone down and concentrated on what was happening on screen at Kings Landing. I LOVED the employee centric episode. Your success comes from your people! My HR heart was blissful 🫶🏽
I am so glad that I looked past the campiness of episode 1 and carried on to the next! Heartbeat is so cute! He is the only vampire in cinematic history who gets beat up by a frail human girl 😂
You know if I was a boss and sending my best 3 employees on a trip they deserved for all their hard work, I wouldn’t have invited myself. Even if one of them was my gf.
#kingslanding
Hidden Love (C Drama) is cute except for the personal cringey factor that my best friends younger sibling will always be like a sibling to me. Even if I was a guy.
Woori SHS is looking extra skinny in my 19th life. Like a twig and she might break any minute now. That being said I have no idea how I am feeling about this drama. I am confused watching.
I know right? I am only sticking around for her. I managed to drag myself until about the last epi of Angels Last Mission. I almost died but I stuck around. Not sure if I am prepared to die this time though 🤔
I think it’s because she is so tall that she looks even skinnier. Her long skirt, calf-long dress, long pants, and heels also make her body seems longer.
I once imagined I would be so intimidated if I were her male costars. Not only is she tall, but her confident energy makes her seem threatening. I feel like I would be eaten alive, acting-wise.
I think the one that is pretty on par with her is Lee Joon-hyuk in Forest of Secret. They’re not even lovers there🥲. And with Lee Joon-hyuk’s choice of dramas I’ve given up hoping to have them reunited.
Shin Hye-sun is a chameleon. She has the acting prowess to morph into any role. If you want to see a timid SHS, check out Five Children. She and Sung Hoon stole the show despite not being the main lead.
The ratings make me feel like I am watching a different show.
I do like that Jun Ho is more relaxed and his acting is better now. It’s just the writing which seems very bland. I didn’t mind ep 5, I even enjoyed it. But 6 went back to being draggy again.
Everything in Kings Landing seem so forced. It’s nonsense for sure but I wish it was ‘good’ nonsense. Half way through ep 5 and I have rolled my eyes 200 times.
I quite enjoyed watching the ML get excited over the heat shaped egg.
I still thought this episode was way better than the previous ones.
That last scene got me. Like nerdy said that was a jump to abyss.
My Perfect Stranger made me half satisfied/half confused with that ending. I liked that they went back to the future and saw the future that they wanted to see. I guess I also liked the fact that their ‘son’ was the creator of the car. But why did they go back? What’s May 16th, again? Why didn’t the parents remember ‘her’ face? I guess 34 years is a long time but if you were as super close as you were wouldn’t you like know know? I was sort of thankful that they didn’t have a kissing scene there because let’s face it – they are fake teacher/student and fake uncle/niece. 😕
16th May is when the murders start. They want to save the victims.
Yoon young mentions that her parents do remark on the resemblence between Hae Jun and their high school teacher, as well as the similarity between Yoon Young and theor high school friend.
Isn’t it bad if I start playing games on my phone while watching a drama? That was me during ep 2 of 19th life. Something is not clicking for me…maybe it’s the lukewarm childhood ‘love’, or the fact that the ML in his teen years wasn’t played by a younger actor or the fact that the leads don’t have any chemistry…damn…
its bad for sure….
both 19th n KTL arent going good with majority of audience i guess…
i was same with KTL1 but kind of liked 19th both epis as my mind dint wander a lot (but yes just a lil may be) and i loved how past lives make appearance here and there in BJEs references..
may be you can give another 2 episode a try and see if you feel better while watching?
Any other drama, this childhood previous life love would have me eye rolling. I am just going to accept it and enjoy the ride since I do like them as adults. And I like their quirky interactions for now.
May be next episodes will make us forget the destined love and enjoy the present time for what it is.
You know what I absolutely detest in dramas? Toilet humour! It is the absolute worst! So King the land just got a minus bean from me just for that…and also ‘King The Land’ feels like such a weird thing to say. I’ll call it Kings Landing from now on 😂 It seems like a quirky romance still so will watch ep 2.
As for SYIM19thL, I’d watch anything with SHJ. I liked it. I bit iffy about the childhood noona romance and also the ‘age gap’ in the current timeline. I also haven’t seen any glimpse of chemistry on screen. But that being said their shared screen time was minimal! Waiting for ep 2!
I agree about the pacing. Also, maybe it was just me because i watched it in installments but the scenes felt disjointed which i think is because of the pacing
I’m going to keep watching both shows, as I liked the first episodes enough to want to continue, but I wasn’t sold on the childhood connection in 19th Life. It seemed more like a noona-dongsaeng relationship, with a heaping dose of trauma, so the romance angle felt a bit shoe-horned in, but I have always struggled with romances involving old souls in young bodies being with ‘normal’s.🤷🏻♀️
I think it worked for me because for her she made a connection with someone who made her feel normal. His childlike innocence was what she needed to see and live that moment.
I did not expect her to ask him to date her. Which totally came out of the blue. I was expecting her to be protective of him and help him and in the process they fall in love. So yeah I need to see how this is handled in ep 2.
I like your version much better – I would have loved to watch that process of them falling in love!😊
I’m probably a hard sell because I am not charmed by precocious children.🤣 I love the sass and spark of the younger version of her character (especially in this 19th life), but I would have just found Seo Ha annoying. This is why I did the world a favour by not becoming a s school teacher.😁
Add me to that list. I don’t don’t find it funny. And I ff-Ed to the end of the drama when I saw she had to ‘go’ urgently.
I am sure there were better ways to make them interact.
i am feeling same he must hav lied abt him coming back sooner.. also his overly chirpy personality was suspicious to me from the start.
But him being the ONE and its out already is not going well with me. I still feel we will have another twist in future episodes… may be HE is the puppet and someone else is the master mind ?
I mean if he was trying to kill HJ he wouldn’t have stopped the car when HJ tried to stop him. He would have driven straight through. And also it seems suss that his American living Professor Dad will kill him in future. Nope. I refuse this theory
i think eventually it will go to FL’s daddy’s brother
And, i think he hated anyone who was involved in protests – this side or that.. i mean murders started once the brothers moved to the town.. bro was half the time in seoul so we would not know if he was killing there too!!
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SHOOT!!.. I just realized.. it should be the brother right!!
He or protestors wanted to create this big serial murder case in a village that has been crime free to take away the limelight and power from protest curbing police … i am SO SO SO SURE.. this is linked to protests and not general serial killing
RenOIshi
August 6, 2023 at 8:26 PM
I am cringing through the last episode of Kings Landing so much that I am worried I will have a permanent cringe face…
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
August 6, 2023 at 8:57 PM
It’s been 3 hours and mine has already smoothed out. You’ll be OK.
Of course it took me something like 5 hours of frequently interrupted viewing time to hack my way through the last episode, so my face had less continuous cringe time to get stuck that way.
PikPokPikPok
August 6, 2023 at 9:41 PM
I think we need a PSA out there for all those who have yet to watch it to prep a hydrating face mask to put on while watching it.
I think I need one today for sure. The face masks I got from my recent trip to Korea will certainly come in handy.
RenOIshi
August 6, 2023 at 9:49 PM
Good idea! I will slap one on tonight after I finish work.
RenOIshi
August 6, 2023 at 9:46 PM
I have so many questions!!!
1. How is Sarang running a ‘hotel’ without any staff? Should it be called a ‘guest house’ then?
2. How long will her 100 year old grandma work for a living?
3. Now that they are married where are they going to stay? In her far away ‘hotel’ or in Seoul?
4. How did the noona’s motherly instincts kick in just like that?
5. Why isn’t the other friend leaving her husband?
6. How did King Hotel open up 16 branches in 16 different countries in a span of months?!?!
I am sure I would have had more if I was paying more attention to what was happening in the screen.
pari
August 6, 2023 at 11:11 PM
All these questions make me glad that I dropped the show after episode 10. Thanks for not letting me regret my decision.
Seon-ha
August 7, 2023 at 6:30 PM
OK I have an additional question to which I actually do want an answer. This is not sarcasm. Again, I don’t know how to signal that on the internet, but I do mean it.
*Did we or did we not think that Hwa-ran and Won were half-siblings?
*Were we or were we not “told” that they are in fact full siblings at the wedding when Won’s mom seemed to greet Hwa-ran’s son as her grandson?
Moreover, that kid is screwed. There was no happy ending fo him. He’s going to try and please her forever, and she’s going to get someone to try and please her forever—and never succeed.
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
August 7, 2023 at 6:45 PM
I think they were half-siblings, and that the kid was just doing little-kid family-math and calculating that his uncle’s mom must be his grandma. Also, he’d call her halmeoni as an honorific anyway, right?
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
August 7, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Also, agree that kid would be in for a world of hurt. Thank goodness it’s a logic-deprived fantasy!
RenOIshi
August 8, 2023 at 12:11 AM
I think the Halmoni was the honorific title just like in some cultures you call your neighbourhood lady ‘auntie’
Linarrick
August 6, 2023 at 11:01 PM
Planning in a double feature tonight! Only have to watch these two episodes to get the BEAN dammit.
*looks around to see if I have extra laundry to fold*
Maybe I should start learning to knit while I force myself to finish?
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
August 6, 2023 at 11:12 PM
I can’t knit and embroidery requires too much focus, but I brushed my cats SO MANY TIMES during the last two episodes that the poor things are probably sore and scared to get up on the couch. But I got the BEAN! I won’t cheat, but this one should count double for the time wasted and sheer aggravation.
RenOIshi
August 7, 2023 at 3:47 AM
I swear I folded laundry while ‘watching’ 😂
fr3akyPotato0
August 7, 2023 at 2:03 AM
YOU MADE IT TO THE END?? The gods of dramas know I did my best with this one. i really tried to go past ep 11. At this point, only the recaps on DB are keeping me updated on what happened in the next episodes. People watching to the end are currently the world’s bravest ngl 🤣🤣 I don’t have that level of patience
RenOIshi
August 7, 2023 at 3:52 AM
It’s rage watching! I have had plenty of experience in this area! Not my first gig 🤣
stpauligurl
August 7, 2023 at 7:55 AM
I was binging on the tdrama The Way You Shine and somehow missed the last episode of KTL. hmmm now I understand why I didn’t watch. But darnit I want a BEAN for at least one drama this year. So I’ll watch it, I guess sometime this week.
But thanks for the PSA!
I’ve been enjoying the fluff of this show throughout, but the sister suddenly embracing her son in ep 15 left me hi and dry – ugh
RenOIshi
August 1, 2023 at 9:04 PM
I would like to surgically remove the amusement park scene from Heartbeat. Thank you and goodnight. 🫣
indyfan
August 1, 2023 at 10:02 PM
We will be in the minority, but YES!
Seon-ha
August 2, 2023 at 4:22 AM
It was, however, sweet when she pulled out the thermos full of ox blood.
That was a sentence I don’t think I could have predicted I would ever type.
indyfan
August 2, 2023 at 5:19 AM
Ha! I’ll give you that. When the drama does something unexpected but completely logical within the show’s universe, it wins. But the rest of it…
I didn’t want to open up the discussion until the recap but I was so, so high after Ep. 11, then 12 happened. But RenOshi did it for us!
Still TeamHeartbeat tho. At least they didn’t cosplay!
RenOIshi
August 2, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Sorry 🫣
indyfan
August 2, 2023 at 6:36 AM
No, no, no. Thank you for opening the floor! As you saw, so many of us disappointed waltzed right in.
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
August 2, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Ha! That was the only clever moment; the rest could have been cut-and-pasted from ANY other drama. I wouldn’t have minded it quite so much if I hadn’t just suffered through the same date with exactly the same rides in King the Bland. Maybe it was even the same park but you couldn’t pay me to go back and look. I feel a little sorry for the child actor, whose existence in this drama was apparently only for the purpose of saying painfully clichéd (and painfully delivered) lines about love and allowing the leads to playact at being the family they never had. Definitely a false note.
Cori
August 1, 2023 at 11:03 PM
I was hoping for the same experience In-hae had- didn’t want to go but it turned out fun once you’re there. But nope lol 🙈 It wasn’t the worst, but kdrama amusement park dates are, at minimum, a cringe and a half
RenOIshi
August 2, 2023 at 1:09 AM
I just loathe the ‘macho guy is actually scared of rides’ trope. We know a vampire cannot be scared of a haunted house! It makes no sense and it does not make him endearing. It’s eye roll inducing 🙄
Blue (@mayhemf)
August 2, 2023 at 2:27 AM
Would have been lot more fun had he scared off the ones trying to scare him.
This made no sense. Zero
RenOIshi
August 2, 2023 at 2:55 AM
I was expecting that! Boo hoo!
LT is Irresistibly Indifferent, Dame Judi
August 2, 2023 at 2:34 AM
I just fast forwarded the whole thing, I have no idea why kdramas keep trying to make amusement park dates a thing. It’s barely one step up from the “sandwich on a bench” date they were hard propping a few years ago.
RenOIshi
August 2, 2023 at 2:57 AM
I hope this trend goes away soon! It’s like those mandatory tooth brushing scenes that was in every drama ever. *shudders*
Blue (@mayhemf)
August 2, 2023 at 3:20 AM
I will take the convenience store ramen dates any day to this atrocity.
redfox
August 2, 2023 at 4:14 AM
money. sponsorhip.
Cori
August 2, 2023 at 7:35 AM
Me too! They’ve dodged a lot of tropes too so it was kind of jarring the writer picked such an illogical and annoying one to embrace 😅
RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 10:34 PM
@indyfan I was making squealing noises 🫠
indyfan
July 31, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Ooh, watch a bit more. Loads more squealing to come.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
August 1, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Me toooooo🥰
RenOIshi
July 30, 2023 at 10:04 PM
I detest Kings Landing with a passion but come back and check it out every weekend with a yucky expression on my face and now the high school cosplay. Gagging!
indyfan
July 30, 2023 at 11:42 PM
I was just asking for this! (As I’m no longer reading recaps, never mind watching the drama.) I love the Junho pretties, but what is this? No amount of filters can make 30-somethings look good as high schoolers. But I’m sure there’s a story behind this. Some trauma they have to replay and revise so they can heal and love (trying to type this with a straight face)?
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 31, 2023 at 2:51 AM
I saw this clip on IG. Basically he is just flexing that he has money and she prettily follow his around. Why can’t they go to amusement park like normal
People? In normal clothes. During normal
Hours. What’s this nonsense? It’s not like they are celebrities. Why does he have to buy the entire place or rent for her?
I knew there was a good reason why my fingers refused to click play on ep 14. after many weeks my Sunday was calm and peaceful 😇
kadota
July 31, 2023 at 6:13 AM
I was already logging out after the tablecloth faffing and only holding on for the secondary couple, but I gave up checking for their scenes after the Thailand episode, and honestly, dropping it altogether was better for my mental health. There was just too much to gripe about.
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 31, 2023 at 7:00 AM
The show really did Ru-Won dirty. I really would have liked to see how their relationship progresses. It actually had a conflict – her divorce and age gap, and would have made for interesting drama.
And we get 100 seconds of screen time for them. 🤬🤬🤬
RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 7:11 AM
It’s moving as slow as fast the main
leads got together.
Seon-ha
July 31, 2023 at 9:41 AM
WAIT…I thought you said you weren’t watching and only caught stuff on IG…
NABBED!!! 😉
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 31, 2023 at 10:15 AM
@attiton lol. No. Definitely dropped at ep 13.
I continued the drama hoping the cutie hoobae gets more screen time. After our leads got together I thought they will focus a bit on the other couple but nope. But until 13 he got hurt a few scenes, much to my disappointment.
RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 2:59 AM
Unfortunately this is not the only time i have seen adults cos playing high schoolers in kdramas. Could it be a thing? An experience you can purchase?
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 31, 2023 at 3:15 AM
The only time I didn’t cringe was in my ID Gangnam beauty. She was bullied in school and didn’t do any of things that kids do, because of her issues. So they go back to their high school to eat and watch basketball match. I think they went on a weekend?
I was ok with it since it was like going back to school for some experiences. It felt personal rather than cosplay.
indyfan
July 31, 2023 at 4:02 AM
That’s funny. I was tongue-in-cheek thinking it might make sense if it’s done to deal with some trauma.
Isa is always time travelling
July 31, 2023 at 3:28 AM
I watched something like that in Meteor Garden too.
indyfan
July 31, 2023 at 4:01 AM
Ah, if it’s something culturally specific then OK. 🤷🏽♀️ Tho adults do wear school uniforms across cultures. But it’s err, not exactly a PG 13 thing. But that’s not where kdramas usually go.
Seon-ha
July 31, 2023 at 4:43 AM
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER IF THEY HAD GONE THERE!!!!!
indyfan
July 31, 2023 at 6:23 AM
😂😂😂
And you know, I might just have gone back to watch it then.
Seon-ha
July 31, 2023 at 3:56 AM
No, having watched the episode—and all that came before it—there was no real narrative reason. The show is like “sketch comedy romance” where each scene doesn’t follow from the previous one but can stand individually as “this is what two young-ish people in love look like.”
Dude was going away on a three-week business trip, so instead of, I don’t know pulling a romance novel move and taking her to Jeju for some sexy times, he rented out a whole amusement park *at night* and they dressed up as highschoolers—without discussing it—and laughed while Junho pretended to be scared while riding the pirate ship.
I could go on, I guess. I think I should stop tho.
RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 4:05 AM
LMAO you described it better than I could! Without planning sexy times let’s do something nonsensical and totally dumb. I don’t know what the writers were smoking while coming up with this crap.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
July 31, 2023 at 3:26 PM
🤣🤣🤣 This is better than watching it!
Mani-chan
July 31, 2023 at 4:52 AM
Wait, they did a HS cosplay? That is just so forced and ugghh. I think I have dropped this show cause I do not feel like resuming it at all
bbstl 🧹
July 31, 2023 at 7:48 AM
sooooo . . . Are we to understand that at a Korean amusement park you can change into high school uniforms the way you can rent hanbok when you visit a palace? Was this just more PPL? 🤦🏼♀️ this show.
bbstl 🧹
July 31, 2023 at 7:55 AM
I know this adults-cosplay-as-high-schoolers goes back at least to My Sassy Girl the movie so am wondering if the show is really really just trying to cover every single kdrama trope that’s ever existed? Sheeeeeesh. And now we had the “he went abroad on business for 3 weeks and even in the age of easy international phone calls, they didn’t communicate once?” from Kim Sam Soon.
Only 2 more eps, (how many more aged tropes can they fit in?) we can do it Beanies!
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 31, 2023 at 10:23 AM
>The childhood connection trope is definitely coming. She met him in the hotel when he was young 😬
>He is definitely coming back earlier to surprise her.
> if this were a cdrama, all this was just a dream. She wakes up to realise she is late for the interview at the hotel.
> he gets into an accident and now has amnesia. He only remembers the time before meeting her. So basically, he doesn’t have to work again.
> he has to go meet her grandmother to make kimchi?
> did he take a shower yet?
> driving to the ocean while she is sleeping.
Hoping beanies will keep us posted.
bbstl 🧹
July 31, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Excellent job! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I’m still watching and will get that Bean! 😒
RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 1:54 PM
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RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 1:56 PM
And he gets into the amnesia causing accident by a truck of doom 👏🏼🎬
bbstl 🧹
July 31, 2023 at 2:06 PM
. . . which is driven by one or both of her missing parents! 😂
RenOIshi
July 31, 2023 at 6:55 PM
🤣🤣🤣
RenOIshi
July 30, 2023 at 4:27 AM
Came to check out Uncanny Counter 2 for a minute to see how the loveable Kang Ki Young looks like as a villain. Seems like I might have to stick around for his abs…🤓
Chubbysocks
July 30, 2023 at 11:49 AM
The best villain with abs to me is still Lee Soo Hyuk in Scholar who walks the night, I didn’t even watch the drama, but watched many YouTube vids of him
RenOIshi
July 30, 2023 at 5:37 PM
Yeah I am pretty sure I won’t continue with UC2 but yes! I shall go through the YouTube route to check out evil KKY and his abs 😄
Cecee
August 1, 2023 at 12:30 AM
Oh My! Attorney Jung, what happened to your suit, my good man?
RenOIshi
July 26, 2023 at 6:06 AM
I want a Woo Hyeol Barbie and an In Hae Barbie. Pick them up, smush their faces together and make kissing noises *smooch* *smooch*
Seon-ha
July 26, 2023 at 6:37 AM
It’s been like three minutes that I’ve not stopped chuckling because this is precisely my vibe…I just didn’t have the words for it.
I feel confident Mattel would buy our pitch.
Then, once we had these (the most perfect toys), we could all go over to each other’s houses, although, whoever has the
DreamhouseShaded Oasis Guesthouse would always be the best place to assemble because then everyone else could just bring their own dolls, their clothes, and whoever has the car can bring the car…and…and…and we could play all day???bbstl 🧹
July 26, 2023 at 8:36 AM
“and whoever has the car can bring the car”, whoa what a flashback to my childhood! (I had the car)
😁😁😁
Seon-ha
July 26, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Bring it on over!!! Vroom-vroom!
RenOIshi
July 26, 2023 at 2:09 PM
*claps like a seal*
indyfan
July 26, 2023 at 7:23 AM
At the rate the romance is progressing, that may be the fastest route to get them to kiss!
RenOIshi
July 26, 2023 at 2:08 PM
I love me a slow burn 😍
vienibenmio
July 27, 2023 at 7:17 AM
IMO the slower they get together, the less likely we are to have a last minute breakup.
vienibenmio
July 27, 2023 at 7:15 AM
I sort of forgot that we even already had a kiss until they showed it in the clip show moment.
RenOIshi
July 24, 2023 at 6:07 AM
I fell asleep during my 19th’s final and didn’t even bother to go back and check what I missed. Guess that says something…
Cecee
July 24, 2023 at 6:18 AM
It speaks volumes, both to you dedication to sticking with the show and to your sense of sanity preservation for not checking what you missed.
bbstl 🧹
July 24, 2023 at 9:38 AM
👍🏼 for that kind of dedication, and if the screen was on all the way to the end, I say you get the bean!
RenOIshi
July 24, 2023 at 6:04 AM
For the first time I actually put my phone down and concentrated on what was happening on screen at Kings Landing. I LOVED the employee centric episode. Your success comes from your people! My HR heart was blissful 🫶🏽
RenOIshi
July 22, 2023 at 1:04 PM
I am so glad that I looked past the campiness of episode 1 and carried on to the next! Heartbeat is so cute! He is the only vampire in cinematic history who gets beat up by a frail human girl 😂
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 22, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Uri softie vampire 🧛♂️ . We loves him!!
indyfan
July 22, 2023 at 10:18 PM
Every time I recommend this show, I ask folks, pls, pls, move past the first episode. This is an unusual show that so far is getting better (for me).
In the recaps, several beanies mention how refreshing it was to have a balanced vamp-human relationship. As well as funny, ofc.
RenOIshi
July 17, 2023 at 6:24 AM
So I guess almost everyone from her 19th life made an appearance in her 1st life *sigh*
panshel
July 17, 2023 at 7:46 AM
Pretty soon we’re going to see Ae-kyung in her 1st life too. 🙄
RenOIshi
July 17, 2023 at 2:25 PM
I wouldn’t be surprised 😒
RenOIshi
July 17, 2023 at 4:14 AM
What in the name of double lapel is this?
Seon-ha
July 17, 2023 at 5:15 AM
I noticed the same on Junho…! Must be lapel PPL 🙂
Minka
July 17, 2023 at 8:29 AM
😂😂
RenOIshi
July 16, 2023 at 4:59 AM
You know if I was a boss and sending my best 3 employees on a trip they deserved for all their hard work, I wouldn’t have invited myself. Even if one of them was my gf.
#kingslanding
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 16, 2023 at 5:46 AM
You won’t get the ratings without JunHo! 😂😂 he goes everywhere the plot goes.
Seon-ha
July 16, 2023 at 8:27 AM
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RenOIshi
July 10, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Hidden Love (C Drama) is cute except for the personal cringey factor that my best friends younger sibling will always be like a sibling to me. Even if I was a guy.
RenOIshi
July 5, 2023 at 3:15 AM
Woori SHS is looking extra skinny in my 19th life. Like a twig and she might break any minute now. That being said I have no idea how I am feeling about this drama. I am confused watching.
mmmmm
July 5, 2023 at 3:37 AM
I was also confused I stopped at the end of ep2.
RenOIshi
July 5, 2023 at 5:13 AM
I know right? I am only sticking around for her. I managed to drag myself until about the last epi of Angels Last Mission. I almost died but I stuck around. Not sure if I am prepared to die this time though 🤔
bewitched
July 5, 2023 at 5:03 AM
I think it’s because she is so tall that she looks even skinnier. Her long skirt, calf-long dress, long pants, and heels also make her body seems longer.
I once imagined I would be so intimidated if I were her male costars. Not only is she tall, but her confident energy makes her seem threatening. I feel like I would be eaten alive, acting-wise.
mindy
July 5, 2023 at 5:04 AM
She’s certainly putting in about 50x what Ahn Bo-hyun is 😭
bewitched
July 5, 2023 at 5:12 AM
I think the one that is pretty on par with her is Lee Joon-hyuk in Forest of Secret. They’re not even lovers there🥲. And with Lee Joon-hyuk’s choice of dramas I’ve given up hoping to have them reunited.
RenOIshi
July 5, 2023 at 5:15 AM
He is not doing anything for me. And that lip stick is so distracting lol! My eyes automatically go to his maroon lips lol
RenOIshi
July 5, 2023 at 5:11 AM
Oh she is great. There is no doubt about it! She is the only reason I am watching.
PYC
July 5, 2023 at 7:24 AM
Shin Hye-sun is a chameleon. She has the acting prowess to morph into any role. If you want to see a timid SHS, check out Five Children. She and Sung Hoon stole the show despite not being the main lead.
Mani-chan
July 5, 2023 at 7:40 AM
Glad I was not the only one thinking that. She really reminded me of a twig and I too am confused about this show
RenOIshi
July 3, 2023 at 4:33 AM
The cringe is intense in Kings Landing! I mean I am all for cute BUT THIS IS NOT CUTE!!! They are just shoving the leads into our throats!
Why am I watching??
Jingbee
July 3, 2023 at 6:45 AM
Glad I skipped this one, then.
Mani-chan
July 3, 2023 at 7:06 AM
I liked the cute *hides in corner* but I do feel that it could have been reduced by 30%
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 3, 2023 at 7:33 AM
The ratings make me feel like I am watching a different show.
I do like that Jun Ho is more relaxed and his acting is better now. It’s just the writing which seems very bland. I didn’t mind ep 5, I even enjoyed it. But 6 went back to being draggy again.
RenOIshi
July 3, 2023 at 4:45 PM
I always thought he was a good actor! I loved him in Just Between Lovers! My all time favourite!
Eazal
July 3, 2023 at 12:47 PM
Junho. You are watching because of Junho.
HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
July 3, 2023 at 3:24 PM
👍yes😊
RenOIshi
July 3, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Very likely 😂
RenOIshi
July 1, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Everything in Kings Landing seem so forced. It’s nonsense for sure but I wish it was ‘good’ nonsense. Half way through ep 5 and I have rolled my eyes 200 times.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
July 1, 2023 at 10:54 PM
I’m still laughing.
RenOIshi
July 2, 2023 at 2:42 AM
That jump took me out 🤣🤣🤣
Blue (@mayhemf)
July 2, 2023 at 4:11 AM
I quite enjoyed watching the ML get excited over the heat shaped egg.
I still thought this episode was way better than the previous ones.
That last scene got me. Like nerdy said that was a jump to abyss.
Eazal
July 2, 2023 at 11:55 AM
Just tell me how many times you rolled your eyes on episode 6 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Finishing this will be hard, but I’m all for this Junho fest!!!!
RenOIshi
July 3, 2023 at 4:34 AM
Oh boy! Countless eye rolls
RenOIshi
June 20, 2023 at 8:40 PM
My Perfect Stranger made me half satisfied/half confused with that ending. I liked that they went back to the future and saw the future that they wanted to see. I guess I also liked the fact that their ‘son’ was the creator of the car. But why did they go back? What’s May 16th, again? Why didn’t the parents remember ‘her’ face? I guess 34 years is a long time but if you were as super close as you were wouldn’t you like know know? I was sort of thankful that they didn’t have a kissing scene there because let’s face it – they are fake teacher/student and fake uncle/niece. 😕
emsel
June 21, 2023 at 8:22 AM
16th May is when the murders start. They want to save the victims.
Yoon young mentions that her parents do remark on the resemblence between Hae Jun and their high school teacher, as well as the similarity between Yoon Young and theor high school friend.
RenOIshi
June 20, 2023 at 4:06 AM
Isn’t it bad if I start playing games on my phone while watching a drama? That was me during ep 2 of 19th life. Something is not clicking for me…maybe it’s the lukewarm childhood ‘love’, or the fact that the ML in his teen years wasn’t played by a younger actor or the fact that the leads don’t have any chemistry…damn…
🧛♂️ 💔💔 but 👧💔💔💔💔
June 20, 2023 at 4:46 AM
its bad for sure….
both 19th n KTL arent going good with majority of audience i guess…
i was same with KTL1 but kind of liked 19th both epis as my mind dint wander a lot (but yes just a lil may be) and i loved how past lives make appearance here and there in BJEs references..
may be you can give another 2 episode a try and see if you feel better while watching?
Blue (@mayhemf)
June 20, 2023 at 4:46 AM
Any other drama, this childhood previous life love would have me eye rolling. I am just going to accept it and enjoy the ride since I do like them as adults. And I like their quirky interactions for now.
May be next episodes will make us forget the destined love and enjoy the present time for what it is.
emsel
June 20, 2023 at 5:58 AM
But, if that child actors are billed as minor supporting characters, then definitely they will keep using scenes from childhood.
Blue (@mayhemf)
June 20, 2023 at 6:18 AM
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mmmmm
June 20, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Have you watched Romantic Doctor? There is no dull moment!
RenOIshi
June 20, 2023 at 5:51 PM
I thought it would be on Netflix since the first two are there. I read mixed reviews on this instalments but I did enjoy the first two I remember
RenOIshi
June 18, 2023 at 6:04 AM
You know what I absolutely detest in dramas? Toilet humour! It is the absolute worst! So King the land just got a minus bean from me just for that…and also ‘King The Land’ feels like such a weird thing to say. I’ll call it Kings Landing from now on 😂 It seems like a quirky romance still so will watch ep 2.
As for SYIM19thL, I’d watch anything with SHJ. I liked it. I bit iffy about the childhood noona romance and also the ‘age gap’ in the current timeline. I also haven’t seen any glimpse of chemistry on screen. But that being said their shared screen time was minimal! Waiting for ep 2!
Mani-chan
June 18, 2023 at 6:27 AM
I detest toilet humour too. Its just simply not funny and it doesn’t do anything
bbstl 🧹
June 18, 2023 at 9:35 AM
I don’t hate toilet humor but this just wasn’t funny.
The pacing of King feels off, it’s too slow and dragged out. I hope they get some actual comedy and movement going.
Mani-chan
June 18, 2023 at 10:09 AM
I agree about the pacing. Also, maybe it was just me because i watched it in installments but the scenes felt disjointed which i think is because of the pacing
dramadillo
June 18, 2023 at 6:37 AM
I’m going to keep watching both shows, as I liked the first episodes enough to want to continue, but I wasn’t sold on the childhood connection in 19th Life. It seemed more like a noona-dongsaeng relationship, with a heaping dose of trauma, so the romance angle felt a bit shoe-horned in, but I have always struggled with romances involving old souls in young bodies being with ‘normal’s.🤷🏻♀️
Blue (@mayhemf)
June 18, 2023 at 6:47 AM
I think it worked for me because for her she made a connection with someone who made her feel normal. His childlike innocence was what she needed to see and live that moment.
I did not expect her to ask him to date her. Which totally came out of the blue. I was expecting her to be protective of him and help him and in the process they fall in love. So yeah I need to see how this is handled in ep 2.
dramadillo
June 18, 2023 at 7:05 AM
I like your version much better – I would have loved to watch that process of them falling in love!😊
I’m probably a hard sell because I am not charmed by precocious children.🤣 I love the sass and spark of the younger version of her character (especially in this 19th life), but I would have just found Seo Ha annoying. This is why I did the world a favour by not becoming a s school teacher.😁
Blue (@mayhemf)
June 18, 2023 at 6:44 AM
Add me to that list. I don’t don’t find it funny. And I ff-Ed to the end of the drama when I saw she had to ‘go’ urgently.
I am sure there were better ways to make them interact.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
June 18, 2023 at 7:06 AM
Maybe you’re confused about the chemistry? It’s between the viewers and Junho. 😆
RenOIshi
June 18, 2023 at 2:37 PM
You read it wrong. I wasn’t complaining about Junho and Yoona. I was talking about 19th Life. I didn’t see any chemistry between the two adult leads.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
June 19, 2023 at 2:24 AM
Yes I did.
RenOIshi
June 14, 2023 at 2:43 AM
Wait! Did I miss something? When the 1st murder happened, wasn’t the ‘suspect’ overseas?
#MyPerfectStranger
emsel
June 14, 2023 at 4:57 AM
People in MDL, long the reveal speculated that HE lied about his whereabouts.
I, on the other hand still refuse to believe HE is the suspect.
🧛♂️ 💔💔 but 👧💔💔💔💔
June 14, 2023 at 5:14 AM
i am feeling same he must hav lied abt him coming back sooner.. also his overly chirpy personality was suspicious to me from the start.
But him being the ONE and its out already is not going well with me. I still feel we will have another twist in future episodes… may be HE is the puppet and someone else is the master mind ?
RenOIshi
June 14, 2023 at 5:33 AM
I mean if he was trying to kill HJ he wouldn’t have stopped the car when HJ tried to stop him. He would have driven straight through. And also it seems suss that his American living Professor Dad will kill him in future. Nope. I refuse this theory
alasecond
June 15, 2023 at 10:17 AM
i think eventually it will go to FL’s daddy’s brother
And, i think he hated anyone who was involved in protests – this side or that.. i mean murders started once the brothers moved to the town.. bro was half the time in seoul so we would not know if he was killing there too!!
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SHOOT!!.. I just realized.. it should be the brother right!!
He or protestors wanted to create this big serial murder case in a village that has been crime free to take away the limelight and power from protest curbing police … i am SO SO SO SURE.. this is linked to protests and not general serial killing
RenOIshi
June 16, 2023 at 8:53 PM
That’s what I initially thought so too and so did everyone. So does that mean the ‘brother’ is HJ’s father? That will make the FL and ML cousins 😱
alasecond
June 17, 2023 at 11:12 AM
i know nothing anymore.. at this rate FL might be the killer herself 😛
No theories. Only 4 people are excluded from suspicion list – ML, FL, FL’s grandmom and grandpa 😛