Beanie level: Loan shark with a heart of gold

Masaka Suda and DON’T CALL IT MYSTERY (2022) fans. The story continues with an episode released on Sept. 9, 2023. It is now in Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list. Early Christmas present.



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US fans of Yoo Seung-ho. Wavve’s THE DEAL (8 episodes) will be available on Viki US tomorrow. Viki is listing 4 episodes. I am hoping that episodes have been combined and we won’t be missing any.

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    Someone mentioned the other 4 episodes will drop “later”, but I don’t know if that makes next week, next month or next year.

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      Thanks for the warning. I guess I will take whatever I can get.

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Along the lines of platonic drama friendship, how about these two (favorites of mine): Yoon Hyun-min and Jung Kyung-po from the great HEARTLESS CITY (2013) (Viki US).



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    Still THE role from Jung Kyung Ho that is seared into my brain

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    Balsa and Soo forever!

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      Baksa, you stupid auto complete!

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        Yes, yes.
        I swear there were a couple of scenes of physicality in LIFE ON MARS (2018) where Jung Kyung-ho went into Baska mode. It was almost like an homage to his previous iconic character.

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In 2017 MBC’s HOSPITAL SHIP with Ha Ji-won and Kang Min-hyuk et al aired. 20/40 episodes. I recall it being a plod but the scenery was beautiful. Here is the trailer. It is available on Kocowa.

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    I did not watch this. I did watch a J drama where the doctors visited islands. Umi no Ue no Shinryoujo (2013) /Clinic on the Sea.
    The male lead “fell in love” every episode , a girl in every port. The FL was no nonsense, enemies to friends ?

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Good friends Jung Hae-in and Siwan travel through Scotland checking out whiskey in JTBC’s upcoming reality show ACTORS ON A JOURNEY (8 eps). Airs Aug. 23. Please be available on a legal US stream.

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I am getting the impression that a lot of HEARTBEAT viewers (which I am one) here did not experience KBS’s DO DO SOL SOL LA LA SOL (2020) (aka DO DO)’s spectacular crash landing ending (which I did).

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    Oh, I did… and I wasn’t on Dramabeans at the time, so I had no way of venting. Lol that’s the drama that made me stop live-watching for THREE YEARS until this spring. *sigh*

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      Oh dear. I hope HB’s ending doesn’t bring on a relapse. Fighting!

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      I’ve seen both too. And like you, I wasn’t active on DB earlier. Both are terrible fails, but one was merely unsatisfactory, the other tragic. I know which one is worse for me.

      (At this point, I’ve given up non-spoiling. The fanwall is rife with clues. I can delete if this is too much, but it’s hard without being specific.)

      And I’ll also say, don’t give up. This spectacular a failure doesn’t come around all that often.

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        I agree – with all its faults, I still prefer Do Do’s ending, because he was alive and really there lol. So you think I should stick around to live- watch Destined With You with you all? Because that’s the next one I was looking forward to, but now was having misgivings about…

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          Well, if you do, you’ll have the community of Beanies there with you now!!!

          I’d like to say it can’t get worse than this, but I bet it can, unfortunately.

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          Exactly. None of this “sweet” memory/hallucination/ghost as a consolation prize rubbish.

          Since I so confidently predicted HEA right until the last 15 minutes for Heartbeat, who am I to say anything. You should listen to hacja apparently. But, I remain hopeful. Truly tragic endings are still rare unless they are signaled early (eg My Dearest). Of course, the Open Endings are just as annoying.

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            That was me, too! I was so SURE of a HEA that I kept predicting it up until the very last ep! Some, like you said, signal it early and signal it well (that’s why I’m not watching My Dearest). The open endings are sometimes worse, because they don’t provide defined closure.

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    I have not watched Heartbeat yet but I did watch Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. I think it was my fifth k-drama and I had no words to express my frustration after the ending.
    It seems so long ago now… But it was february or march 2022 😅.

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      Look at it this way. If you survived DO DO’s ending you shouldn’t be surprised how often kdrama endings are disappointing. Every now and then a writer nails a kdrama ending perfectly and we can savor it. As an example I am thinking of MBC’s ON THE VERGE OF INSANITY (2021) (Viki US).

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    oh Do do sol sol.. wasnt this interesting from the start.. that bad landing was clearly foreseeable from mid way and hence that crash landing wasnt this hurting…
    but here this ending couldnt be imagined in wildest dreams… reason i was feeling dramagod cant be this cruel to a Vampire who had waited.to experience love n happy ending

    but i was wrong.. dramagods cruelty was just too much to handle

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    As a famous phrase goes “I’m afraid you got Do Do-ed.”

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This terrific docu style trailer for MY LOVELY BOXER (using Korean professional boxers) may have sealed the deal for me. I am a boxing and Lee Sang-yeob fan but never followed women’s boxing.

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HEARTBEAT’s 2ML is performed by musical theater actor Park Kang Hyun in his first drama series. For those who have never heard him sing (like me) I want to share this video. Thanks @solstices.

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    Thanks for sharing. This is why I love musicals.

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    This song is so beautiful!!!
    And I didn’t know Park Kang Hyun but I’ll have to watch more of him.

    Thanks for sharing.

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      You are welcome. I had never heard of PKH and when I clicked on the above video (which Sicarius had imbedded in her episode one recap) I was like, wow! What a tenor! I have been bopping around on Youtube listening to him. Tony in “West Side Story” anyone? I would love to hear him tackle some great Puccini arias. Maybe down the line in his singing career.

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    Wow! I think I just fell a little bit in love. That was so lovely. Thank you so much for posting this.

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Memory Lane. Seems some beanies have discovered ARE YOU HUMAN TOO? (2018) (Viki US). Here is a pic of the 3 Nam Shins: I (Oh Han-kyul). II (Lee Joo-chan) and III (Seo Kang-joon)

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    I’m one of the beanies who has watched it now (after being for a long time in my “plan to watch list”). I finished it two days ago 🙂

    It has many flaws but I loved Nam Shin III and Seo Kang Joon’s acting.

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      AYHT was my first SKJ drama and I loved his multiple role performance. I followed him to the excellent THE THIRD CHARM (2018) (Viki US) and his sweet performance in I’LL GO TO YOU WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE (2020) (Viki US). I did not take in his last pre-enlistment drama GRID (2022) since is was not available in the US. His military discharge was in May so hopefully we will be getting news on an upcoming project.
      For folks who discovered the sweet SKJ in WEATHER I am interested in their reaction when they discover in AYHT for example that SKJ is very capable of being ‘nasty’.
      For the record of the SKJ dramas I have seen OCN’s WATCHER (2019) is my favorite.

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        This has been my first SKJ drama too. I want to watch “When the weather is fine” because it has been on my list for ages. SKJ and Lee Jae Wook are good reasons to give it a try, apart from the countryside setting.

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Nov. 16, 2022, Yoon Shi-yoon’s film A BIRTH premiered at the Vatican. According to a “The Korea Times” article “Pope Francis told Yoon that he has the face of a saint”. Article link below.

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Going down HEALER (2014/15) (Viki US) memory lane. Kim Mi-kyung posted this pic with Ji Chang-wook in her Instagram account in April of 2023.



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Finally. This is the Woo Do-hwan post military drama I have been waiting for. The upcoming BLOODHOUNDS on Netflix.

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Congratulations Kim Nam-gil for being named Best Actor in the 2022 Year in Review Editors’ Picks for your performance as Song Ha-young in THROUGH THE DARNESS. The setting is late 1980s/early 90s.

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2022 RoundUp: Day 6: Best OST/BGM: Cdrama: ORDINARY GREATNESS. Terrific slice-of-like uniformed police drama. (Pictured: ML Zhang Ruo Yun, FL Bai Lu) (Vocals: Track 1: Lu Hu, 2: Jason Zhang).

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    This post reminded me that I have to start this drama soon. (Maybe as soon as I finally finished Sword Snow Stride.)

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      I watched and enjoyed SSS this year and then followed ZRY to ORDINARY GREATNESS. I had to subscribe to iQIYI to be able to watch OG. ZRY is out from under all those robes lol and giving a great performance as a rookie 22 year old cop. His real age is 34 but he is pulling it off as this young impulsive guy and a natural at police work.
      Strangely I have been comparing him with Jung Kyung-ho (who is 39) maybe because they are both thin and share a similar body type.

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        I can certainly see the similarities between the two.
        I’ve been following ZRY because of his appearance as regular guests in variety show “Who’s the Murderer” and managed to watch (or skip-watch when the drama’s plot is too annoying) almost everything he was in. I can’t wait to finally start Ordinary Greatness. It’s been a long time since he acted in modern drama.

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Does Netflix know what I check out on YouTube? I recently revisited Gaho’s wonderful OST “Start Over” from ITAEWON CLASS and when I called up Netflix on Roku ITAEWON CLASS was waiting for me. Mmm!

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    Invisible connections 📶↔️

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    🍪 are everywhere !

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    ya! .. they just need to use netflix youtube or general youtube data to get your profile.. just as they get financial data from credit bureaus

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@elinor. Your bts pic from ALCHEMY OF SOULS brought to mind this bts pic from HWARANG.
Of the three claimants to the throne in the 2 pics holding swords, who is holding his correctly?

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    Good job, Park Hyung-sik! At least he isn’t imminently going to hurt himself or someone else.

    I know they’re prop swords, it just cracks me up for no good reason. As does PSJ’s expression.

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      Of course with PHS being naturally ‘royal’ he would know how to safely handle a sword. With the other two guys is would be bye bye fingers.

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    Maybe PSJ is lamenting his bad hair..and PHS is just glad his isn’t as bad..

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So Lee Yoo-young will be helping Kang Ha-neul take down corrupt prosecutor Heo Sung-tae in JTBC’s INSIDER. She and Yoon Shi-yoon already did that in YOUR HONOR. From eps. 24 (my favorite scene):

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    I loved your honor and I love lee yoo-young, should I consider watching Insider? have you watched it?

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      Hi @unniunni. I am indeed watching INSIDER and loving it. It is becoming one of my favorites of the year. Episodes 7 and 8 aired last week so we are half way through. You can catch up.

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It is so nice to see Yoo Seung-ho again in hanbok. I loved episode one of MOONSHINE.

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    Dang, is that out already???

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      Yes and MOONSHINE makes the fourth saeguk I am live watching. The others of course are SRI&J. TRS, and LEE BANG WON. It will be a rough few weeks until the first two wrap things up.

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        I thought I would see it, but GONG YOO comes into my bedroom in 2 days, so I should keep my schedule open. 😂

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SQUAD 38 memory. Seo In-guk hold his own in a fist fight with Ma Dong-seok.
Enjoy. Yes, let’s get those two back together @redfox.

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Thinking about Junho’s RED SLEEVE CUFF ratings promise got be reminiscing of GRAND PRINCES’s 3 leads fulfillment of a ratings promise of free hugs. Go down pre-pandemic memory lane. May 9, 2018.

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