It probably helps that I went in with zero expectations.
I had already had misgivings because I honestly never liked Seo Kang Joon, but I loved both female leads.Add to that the beanies trying to dissuade me from watching it. Yeah well that wasn’t successful, because 1. I love time travel, and 2. I usually end up not having the same reaction as the majority here.
And after everything else, I only just heard that this is by the same writer as Life and FoS.
What I have actually liked in her shows has always been the microscopic attention to details in her characterizations, interactions, and social commentary. So I decided to look at the show from a social point of view, and completely ignore the sci-fi preconception.
So I decided to look at the show from a social point of view, and completely ignore the sci-fi preconception.
Exactly the way I decided to approach the show since I actually have zero interest in the sci-fi genre itself. Apparently it worked for the best since the writer seemed to use the sci-fi element more as a tool for her social commentary than anything else.
I can’t imagine watching this show one episode a week! It was so exciting it sometimes kept me awake at night and sometimes made me jump up and go take a walk to breathe. But I loved it. And I’m happy to report that SKJ redeemed himself for me.
I actally believe that the writer didn’t even mean it as sci-fi, only some fantasy elements in her story ala Don’t Look Up. But maybe the production company or thd network decided to bank on the sci-fi aspect.
One, as I also saw mentioned in the recaps, the drama suffered from too much showing and not enough telling. If there was a little bit more telling from the Ghost we could be much more invested in her cause.
Two, the last episode was rather haphazard so it fell flat. I had braced myself for a disappointing ending so I didn’t hate it, but I would have if I had gone in blind.
Three, the brother. He was completely useless. I think he was only there to give Sae Byuk a sense of family, as he mentioned their mother too.
There were a lot of confusion and anger in the recap comments, I’m not going to argue anything. Most of them were understandable. Just giving my version of answer to a few common questions.
Why did Sae Ha have to die. Why did the Ghost come back in 2021. Why was her DNA broken and why did it change. If everybody has a time machine in the future won’t it cause chaos?
So here is what I think. Definitely not everybody has the time machine. I think the technology of the grid was invented in the future (the Ghost’s original timeline), and the desparation of a dying species led them to invent the time machine to set up the grid before the disaster hits. The Ghost is a scientist and she goes to 1997 and sets it up successfully, and goes back to her own timeline.
Then something happened that caused a change in her ancestry. Like Man Ok becoming a criminal, or Sae Byuk becoming a cop, and him killing her, or harming her in anyway. It might have been because of the change the Ghost made, or maybe her adversary made another change that caused it, maybe to prevent her from making the grid. So she had to come back to rectify it. Maybe she hadn’t even killed the janitor, or SH’s father, in her first TT. But remember she said I have done this so many times, and this is the only way for me, and the mankind, to live. So after many many tries she concludes the only way for this to happen is for MO deciding to kill SH, not SB. That is why as soon as SH went to the past her DNA became normal.
I know this in no way explains all the confusing aspects of the show, but to me this felt like a very easy and logical explanation which didn’t need overt assumptions and mind gymnastics on my part. And yes, this clearly proves that they set up the adversary storyline and why he wanted the mankind destroyed for a second season.
Here is the thing. I cannot watch shows that are based on lies. I simply can\’t. But I DO want to watch Start Up… How long will the lies last? I am at the beginning of episode 4, and it looks like the lies are staying…
Hello beanies, it has been so long but a quick look around the site tells me some of my old beanies all still around here. I\’m glad.
My fan wall tells me I haven\’t watched a drama in 14 month, and another 8 months before that. Wow that is so long! How could I do it!
It felt so great to get back to drama watching and having nearly 2 years worth of dramas to choose from. I dived in, and I\’m proud (or ashamed, depends how you look at it) to announce that in the past few weeks I have binged A LOT of dramas.
First I watched season 2 of Forest of Secrets. It was good but not great. It obviously had no Yoo Jae Myung who was the highlight of the first season for me. But it still had my baby Lee Jun Hyuk.
I then watched Designated Survivor, which surprise! Also had LJH in it :)) I hadn’t looked at the actors list and I was taken aback. I was excited, and that, as viewers know, didn’t end well. This show was great in the first half, but not so much in the latter.
I then went to rewatch a show that I had LOVED but hadn’t rewatched. Hyena was as fun and as fabulous as I remembered. I loved it even more this time.
After Hyena, and by checking Ju Ji Hoon’s filmography, I watched Jirisan. The show was GORGEOUS. I watched every second of it for the scenery. The story was weird but not bad. Ju Ji Hoon and Oh Jung Se were great. The ghost storyline was strange and confusing. And there is no running away from it, I just dislike Jun Ji Hyun’s acting. But I didn’t dislike the show.
After Jirisan I really needed some excitement so I chose Bad & Crazy, and boy, did it deliver! It was a mess, but a very entertaining one. And well, Lee Dong Wook is my first ever drama crush and he was delightful. Wi Ha Joon was as charming as ever too.
In the 15 years of my drama watching I have always had a habit of rewatching a favorite show after a new show that I have loved. Kind of like giving myself time to get over it while watching a trusted older one. And not ruining my mood with a possibly bad new show. So I rewatched 365 Days, becauae I missed seeing my baby in a hero role, and I LOVED the show as much as I had before. It is such a liberating feeling watching a great show you know you love.
For my 7th show I chose Class of Lies. I don’t know why. It had never been on my radar. I didn’t know most of the actors, I dislike school politics, and although I LOVE Yoon Kyun Sang, I had dropped all his recent shows. But the show was primarily listed as legal, and after Hyena I was open to try another legal show. So I test watched the first episode, was hooked, and can now declare Class of Lies one of the best dramas I have ever watched. It was a masterpiece. There is no praise too much for it. It feels all the better because of how little I expected it. Don’t you love when that happens?
I was on such an adrenaline rush after CoL that I couldn’t do a rewatch this time and went straight to another new show. I wanted a non-thriller with an actor I adore, so I decided on The Red Sleeve Cuff. I hadn’t watched a sageuk since Nokdu’s Flower and I liked the historical theme of this show and that it reminded me strongly of Dae Jang Geum. I didn’t love the show like most beanies seem to, but it was one of the most beautiful shows ever made! Everything, from the scenery, to the lighting, to the symmetry and balance in every single shot, was simply perfect. What kept me till the end, apart from the cinematography, was Jun ho’s acting, Lee Deok Hwa aka the king’s acting, court lady Seo, the royal guard, and the grand Queen.
And now I’m off to a few rewatches. I look forward to my rewatches as much as I do to new shows. Chief Kim, here I come. Wok of Love, Hot Stove League, Jealousy Incarnate, oh I have so many lined up!
I have watched my first drama in 8 months, 18 Again. A most cliche, frustrating, what-could-have-been show, but with WHAT a performance! OMG Lee Do Hyun had me transfixed the whole way through. He was fantastic. He was incredible. He was legendary. I loved every single second of his acting, and I feel so happy, content, and fulfilled that I don’t care one bit about any other part of the show. Thank you Lee Do Hyun.
I’m really not a music person so take this with a grain of salt. I didn’t like it. It felt very 2010 and uninteresting.
The drama has so many flaws that I might get really angry if I start to rant! But my, Lee Do Hyun! The show’s only saving grace is that he is in most scenes. If you do decide to watch it skip any scenes related to the broadcasting station. The rest is at least a mediocre drama. With Lee Do Hyun. Did I say Lee Do Hyun enough times already??
I haven’t seen 30 But 17. I have only seen him in Hotel del Luna and I liked him there, but he wasn’t much memorable for me. I see that he was in Prison Playbook too, but I don’t remember him at all.
What’s Up is love – and a springboard of so many talents: Jo Jung-suk, Kim Ji-won, Lee Soo-Hyuk to name a few.
What I don’t understand, though, is how come Lim Ju-Hwan not offered any lead role anymore? And why we are not seeing much of Lim Ju-eun who is so memorably badass in What’s Up. The last I saw her was in Heirs as Choi Jin-hyuk’s girlfriend.
Ah this show! It is not perfect, but it is so lovely. There are many conflicts among many families, and nearly all of them are handled with such a sensitive and knowing hand. (Except one which I can thankfully overlook in every rewatch)
Choi Ban Do is one of my most favorite male leads ever.
I love watching the now grown-up child actors, a dominating teacher, and the normalcy in this show. Having no smouldering over-sized kids and timid under-sized teachers helped a lot too!
I hope @purplesheesh has seen this one. Her avatar and Yoo Seung Ho both caught my attention in this one. Plus it has Bae Doo Na and Lee Hyun Woo so you really can’t go wrong if you like an underdog school drama.
This one is tough. I was going to write Hospital Playlist, which has been the only hospital show I have loved, but it has been mentioned by a few other beanies.
Life and Doctor John were both very well-made shows which I liked a lot, though I didn’t fall in love with them.
There is Deserving of the Name that I absolutely love but I put it in for the time-travel category.
That leaves me with only two shows that are kind of medical and worth mentioning.
Faith, which is a combination of some of the best characterizations and plotlines, AND some of the worst characterizations and plotlines at the same time! It is simultaneously perfect and ridiculous.
Dae Jang Geum. A 52 hour historical sageuk which spans over many years of the great Jang Geum’s life going from a palace maid, to a palace chef, and then a palace doctor. There was a time I knew this show by heart, every single sound, every intonation, without knowing any Korean.
OMG how could I forget about this when making my post. *ashamed* Everything is done so well – the cast is perfect, the writing hurts in all the best ways, and the cinematography is beautiful~
Not only the video has gone, but the page zooming out issue, and the lagging and unable to load issue have also been resolved! Thanks a lot @db-staff !
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:28 AM
So, let’s rip this bandaid as quickly as possible first: I loved Grid!
Is it time I changed my username to dramabeansfreak yet??
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:30 AM
It probably helps that I went in with zero expectations.
I had already had misgivings because I honestly never liked Seo Kang Joon, but I loved both female leads.Add to that the beanies trying to dissuade me from watching it. Yeah well that wasn’t successful, because 1. I love time travel, and 2. I usually end up not having the same reaction as the majority here.
And after everything else, I only just heard that this is by the same writer as Life and FoS.
What I have actually liked in her shows has always been the microscopic attention to details in her characterizations, interactions, and social commentary. So I decided to look at the show from a social point of view, and completely ignore the sci-fi preconception.
gadis is camping in the cells village (again)
June 10, 2022 at 5:42 AM
Exactly the way I decided to approach the show since I actually have zero interest in the sci-fi genre itself. Apparently it worked for the best since the writer seemed to use the sci-fi element more as a tool for her social commentary than anything else.
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:48 PM
Exactly!
psycho
June 10, 2022 at 12:21 PM
The same writer as FoS?!!! I definitely need to check it out even though time travel is not my favorite genre.
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:55 PM
Think of it as a crime/office thriller. Forget the time travel.
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:31 AM
I can’t imagine watching this show one episode a week! It was so exciting it sometimes kept me awake at night and sometimes made me jump up and go take a walk to breathe. But I loved it. And I’m happy to report that SKJ redeemed himself for me.
I actally believe that the writer didn’t even mean it as sci-fi, only some fantasy elements in her story ala Don’t Look Up. But maybe the production company or thd network decided to bank on the sci-fi aspect.
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:32 AM
There were a few points I didn’t like.
One, as I also saw mentioned in the recaps, the drama suffered from too much showing and not enough telling. If there was a little bit more telling from the Ghost we could be much more invested in her cause.
Two, the last episode was rather haphazard so it fell flat. I had braced myself for a disappointing ending so I didn’t hate it, but I would have if I had gone in blind.
Three, the brother. He was completely useless. I think he was only there to give Sae Byuk a sense of family, as he mentioned their mother too.
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 12:33 AM
There were a lot of confusion and anger in the recap comments, I’m not going to argue anything. Most of them were understandable. Just giving my version of answer to a few common questions.
Why did Sae Ha have to die. Why did the Ghost come back in 2021. Why was her DNA broken and why did it change. If everybody has a time machine in the future won’t it cause chaos?
So here is what I think. Definitely not everybody has the time machine. I think the technology of the grid was invented in the future (the Ghost’s original timeline), and the desparation of a dying species led them to invent the time machine to set up the grid before the disaster hits. The Ghost is a scientist and she goes to 1997 and sets it up successfully, and goes back to her own timeline.
Then something happened that caused a change in her ancestry. Like Man Ok becoming a criminal, or Sae Byuk becoming a cop, and him killing her, or harming her in anyway. It might have been because of the change the Ghost made, or maybe her adversary made another change that caused it, maybe to prevent her from making the grid. So she had to come back to rectify it. Maybe she hadn’t even killed the janitor, or SH’s father, in her first TT. But remember she said I have done this so many times, and this is the only way for me, and the mankind, to live. So after many many tries she concludes the only way for this to happen is for MO deciding to kill SH, not SB. That is why as soon as SH went to the past her DNA became normal.
I know this in no way explains all the confusing aspects of the show, but to me this felt like a very easy and logical explanation which didn’t need overt assumptions and mind gymnastics on my part. And yes, this clearly proves that they set up the adversary storyline and why he wanted the mankind destroyed for a second season.
gadis is camping in the cells village (again)
June 10, 2022 at 5:34 AM
For what it worth, I freaking love it too!
Midnight
June 10, 2022 at 5:35 AM
Yay! I’m so so glad I did watch it!
Midnight
May 25, 2022 at 10:16 AM
Kingmaker
Just… Wow! Amazing writing, directing, and acting.
PYC
May 26, 2022 at 6:59 AM
Where did u watch it? Korean movies are just not that accessible outside Asia, sigh! Now. I am wondering when I can see Decision To Leave.
Midnight
June 2, 2022 at 1:53 PM
I’m sorry, I hadn’t seen your comment.
I watched it at a friend’s, I don’t know what site they were using. Sorry.
I watch movies so rarely that I didn’t know they are not that accessible.
Midnight
May 12, 2022 at 11:04 AM
Help me, beanies, I need a tactful spoiler!
Here is the thing. I cannot watch shows that are based on lies. I simply can\’t. But I DO want to watch Start Up… How long will the lies last? I am at the beginning of episode 4, and it looks like the lies are staying…
mmmmm
May 12, 2022 at 12:18 PM
The lie will continue for quite some time, but I think the revelation part was very well done and the result, satisfying.
Midnight
May 12, 2022 at 9:48 PM
Thanks. Ugh now I have to decided.
Kurama
May 12, 2022 at 1:02 PM
You want the number of the episode?
The lie lasted a long time. And the revelation scene was great but the aftermate pretty disapointing.
Midnight
May 12, 2022 at 9:52 PM
Thanks.
I guess I can look at the show page on db and find the episode recap starting with the cat is out of the bag 😄
Midnight
May 12, 2022 at 9:53 PM
I did it. Episodes 9_10!!?? Oh my god! I don’t think I can last that long 😟
Kurama
May 12, 2022 at 11:45 PM
Honestly, it didn’t play a big role at the end.
Midnight
May 13, 2022 at 2:40 AM
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Midnight
May 13, 2022 at 2:40 AM
I just can’t get invested when so much of the story is based on lies.
But I like the actors and the writer and the director!
I guess I will see how episode 4 goes. It might help to know beforehand the episode number of the reveal.
Kurama
May 13, 2022 at 2:54 AM
I understand, I don’t like it neither.
It’s just in this case the lie doesn’t change anything in the story or the characters.
Midnight
March 16, 2022 at 11:15 AM
Hello beanies, it has been so long but a quick look around the site tells me some of my old beanies all still around here. I\’m glad.
My fan wall tells me I haven\’t watched a drama in 14 month, and another 8 months before that. Wow that is so long! How could I do it!
It felt so great to get back to drama watching and having nearly 2 years worth of dramas to choose from. I dived in, and I\’m proud (or ashamed, depends how you look at it) to announce that in the past few weeks I have binged A LOT of dramas.
Midnight
March 16, 2022 at 11:16 AM
First I watched season 2 of Forest of Secrets. It was good but not great. It obviously had no Yoo Jae Myung who was the highlight of the first season for me. But it still had my baby Lee Jun Hyuk.
I then watched Designated Survivor, which surprise! Also had LJH in it :)) I hadn’t looked at the actors list and I was taken aback. I was excited, and that, as viewers know, didn’t end well. This show was great in the first half, but not so much in the latter.
I then went to rewatch a show that I had LOVED but hadn’t rewatched. Hyena was as fun and as fabulous as I remembered. I loved it even more this time.
Midnight
March 16, 2022 at 11:17 AM
After Hyena, and by checking Ju Ji Hoon’s filmography, I watched Jirisan. The show was GORGEOUS. I watched every second of it for the scenery. The story was weird but not bad. Ju Ji Hoon and Oh Jung Se were great. The ghost storyline was strange and confusing. And there is no running away from it, I just dislike Jun Ji Hyun’s acting. But I didn’t dislike the show.
After Jirisan I really needed some excitement so I chose Bad & Crazy, and boy, did it deliver! It was a mess, but a very entertaining one. And well, Lee Dong Wook is my first ever drama crush and he was delightful. Wi Ha Joon was as charming as ever too.
In the 15 years of my drama watching I have always had a habit of rewatching a favorite show after a new show that I have loved. Kind of like giving myself time to get over it while watching a trusted older one. And not ruining my mood with a possibly bad new show. So I rewatched 365 Days, becauae I missed seeing my baby in a hero role, and I LOVED the show as much as I had before. It is such a liberating feeling watching a great show you know you love.
Midnight
March 16, 2022 at 11:19 AM
For my 7th show I chose Class of Lies. I don’t know why. It had never been on my radar. I didn’t know most of the actors, I dislike school politics, and although I LOVE Yoon Kyun Sang, I had dropped all his recent shows. But the show was primarily listed as legal, and after Hyena I was open to try another legal show. So I test watched the first episode, was hooked, and can now declare Class of Lies one of the best dramas I have ever watched. It was a masterpiece. There is no praise too much for it. It feels all the better because of how little I expected it. Don’t you love when that happens?
Midnight
March 16, 2022 at 11:22 AM
I was on such an adrenaline rush after CoL that I couldn’t do a rewatch this time and went straight to another new show. I wanted a non-thriller with an actor I adore, so I decided on The Red Sleeve Cuff. I hadn’t watched a sageuk since Nokdu’s Flower and I liked the historical theme of this show and that it reminded me strongly of Dae Jang Geum. I didn’t love the show like most beanies seem to, but it was one of the most beautiful shows ever made! Everything, from the scenery, to the lighting, to the symmetry and balance in every single shot, was simply perfect. What kept me till the end, apart from the cinematography, was Jun ho’s acting, Lee Deok Hwa aka the king’s acting, court lady Seo, the royal guard, and the grand Queen.
Ally
March 16, 2022 at 7:53 PM
You chose a good sageuk, probably the best of the year (and I think I saw all but one).
Midnight
March 18, 2022 at 10:33 AM
I really wish I loved it more but still I’m not unhappy.
Midnight
March 16, 2022 at 11:25 AM
And now I’m off to a few rewatches. I look forward to my rewatches as much as I do to new shows. Chief Kim, here I come. Wok of Love, Hot Stove League, Jealousy Incarnate, oh I have so many lined up!
Ally
March 16, 2022 at 7:52 PM
Welcome back!
Midnight
March 18, 2022 at 10:31 AM
Thank you! I missed it here!
korfan
March 18, 2022 at 1:34 AM
Totally liking your drama choices! Welcome back!
Midnight
March 18, 2022 at 10:34 AM
Thank you!
purplesheesh
March 21, 2022 at 11:34 PM
Hello! welcome back!
Midnight
March 22, 2022 at 2:38 AM
Hello and thank you!
Midnight
December 22, 2020 at 6:36 AM
I have watched my first drama in 8 months, 18 Again. A most cliche, frustrating, what-could-have-been show, but with WHAT a performance! OMG Lee Do Hyun had me transfixed the whole way through. He was fantastic. He was incredible. He was legendary. I loved every single second of his acting, and I feel so happy, content, and fulfilled that I don’t care one bit about any other part of the show. Thank you Lee Do Hyun.
WishfulToki
December 22, 2020 at 9:52 AM
You’ve succeeded in making me interested but not wanting to watch it at the same time 😂
Is the OST good? Priorities…
Midnight
December 22, 2020 at 10:09 AM
I’m really not a music person so take this with a grain of salt. I didn’t like it. It felt very 2010 and uninteresting.
The drama has so many flaws that I might get really angry if I start to rant! But my, Lee Do Hyun! The show’s only saving grace is that he is in most scenes. If you do decide to watch it skip any scenes related to the broadcasting station. The rest is at least a mediocre drama. With Lee Do Hyun. Did I say Lee Do Hyun enough times already??
WishfulToki
December 22, 2020 at 11:10 AM
Err… I tend to like 2010 dramas hehe
Thank you for your review. I remember Lee Do Hyun from THIRTY BUT SEVENTEEN and thought it was a shame he only had a few lines (maybe only one?).
Midnight
December 22, 2020 at 11:21 AM
I haven’t seen 30 But 17. I have only seen him in Hotel del Luna and I liked him there, but he wasn’t much memorable for me. I see that he was in Prison Playbook too, but I don’t remember him at all.
WishfulToki
December 22, 2020 at 11:12 AM
Oh, if you meant the OST felt very 2010 then I know exactly what you mean…
Midnight
December 22, 2020 at 11:14 AM
Yes, I meant the OST 😅
Midnight
September 17, 2020 at 10:21 PM
The new video is much smoother but it should have a title. Who is going to watch an unknown video?
Zora
September 17, 2020 at 10:41 PM
I hope they can give us schedule of shows they will play 😁
dee23
September 18, 2020 at 12:59 AM
😁
purplesheesh
September 18, 2020 at 3:33 AM
I watched Running Man from yesterday’s videos. 😀
bebeswtz❣️
September 18, 2020 at 5:34 AM
@db-staff
Midnight
August 15, 2020 at 5:24 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 13 – Sports/Arts/Musicals
What’s Up
I don’t have any words to describe this show. It is simply a must-watch.
PYC
August 15, 2020 at 8:06 AM
What’s Up is love – and a springboard of so many talents: Jo Jung-suk, Kim Ji-won, Lee Soo-Hyuk to name a few.
What I don’t understand, though, is how come Lim Ju-Hwan not offered any lead role anymore? And why we are not seeing much of Lim Ju-eun who is so memorably badass in What’s Up. The last I saw her was in Heirs as Choi Jin-hyuk’s girlfriend.
Midnight
August 15, 2020 at 8:24 AM
Ugh I don’t KNOW! How can writers and directors not see these two talents!
Midnight
August 14, 2020 at 4:52 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 12 – Family
Go Back Couple
Ah this show! It is not perfect, but it is so lovely. There are many conflicts among many families, and nearly all of them are handled with such a sensitive and knowing hand. (Except one which I can thankfully overlook in every rewatch)
Choi Ban Do is one of my most favorite male leads ever.
Midnight
August 13, 2020 at 8:19 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 11 – Comedy
Chief Kim
I don’t think I have ever enjoyed a comedy as much as I have enjoyed this show. It can also win in many other categories too!
mugyuljoie is preciousss
August 13, 2020 at 12:51 PM
I think I liked Special Labor Inspector Mr. Jo and Fiery Priest about the same as this one. They all made me laugh.
Midnight
August 13, 2020 at 1:08 PM
I love love SLIMJ, but to me it was a very different genre. The mixture of comedy and drama felt more like Jealousy Incarnate than Chief Kim.
I sadly didn’t like Fiery Priest.
Midnight
August 11, 2020 at 11:51 PM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 10 – Slice of life
Hot Stove League
I didn’t expect to love this show as much as I did. It felt so real in an understated way.
purplesheesh
August 12, 2020 at 2:38 AM
Yaaaaaay!!!
Midnight
August 10, 2020 at 10:50 PM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 9 – School
Master of Study
I love watching the now grown-up child actors, a dominating teacher, and the normalcy in this show. Having no smouldering over-sized kids and timid under-sized teachers helped a lot too!
mugyuljoie is preciousss
August 10, 2020 at 10:54 PM
I hope @purplesheesh has seen this one. Her avatar and Yoo Seung Ho both caught my attention in this one. Plus it has Bae Doo Na and Lee Hyun Woo so you really can’t go wrong if you like an underdog school drama.
Midnight
August 10, 2020 at 11:14 PM
It is such a great drama! I’m glad you know and like it too!
purplesheesh
August 11, 2020 at 12:18 AM
Thank you for mentioning me. I have watched it. After Radiant office, I binged all Go Ah Sung dramas. I loved it, too!
Midnight
August 9, 2020 at 9:10 PM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 8 – Office/Legal
Hyena
This show was pure FUN!
Midnight
August 9, 2020 at 1:09 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 7- Medical/Hospital
This one is tough. I was going to write Hospital Playlist, which has been the only hospital show I have loved, but it has been mentioned by a few other beanies.
Life and Doctor John were both very well-made shows which I liked a lot, though I didn’t fall in love with them.
There is Deserving of the Name that I absolutely love but I put it in for the time-travel category.
That leaves me with only two shows that are kind of medical and worth mentioning.
Faith, which is a combination of some of the best characterizations and plotlines, AND some of the worst characterizations and plotlines at the same time! It is simultaneously perfect and ridiculous.
Dae Jang Geum. A 52 hour historical sageuk which spans over many years of the great Jang Geum’s life going from a palace maid, to a palace chef, and then a palace doctor. There was a time I knew this show by heart, every single sound, every intonation, without knowing any Korean.
Eazal
August 9, 2020 at 1:48 AM
Life is a show I really, really love (on my top ten) but even if it’s set in a hospital I never consider it a médica drama… does it make sense?
Midnight
August 9, 2020 at 1:54 AM
Exactly. It is a hospital drama but not a medical one.
Midnight
August 8, 2020 at 11:01 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 6- Mistery/Thriller/Crime
Nobody Knows
Watch this show without first seeking any synopsis or background.
SnarkyJellyfish
August 8, 2020 at 11:05 AM
I’m almost finished with it and it’s soooooo good. The casting is perfection.
Midnight
August 8, 2020 at 11:18 AM
Sooooo good! Perfection! Agreed!
strawberry
August 8, 2020 at 11:54 AM
OMG how could I forget about this when making my post. *ashamed* Everything is done so well – the cast is perfect, the writing hurts in all the best ways, and the cinematography is beautiful~
acacia
August 9, 2020 at 6:48 PM
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Midnight
August 8, 2020 at 2:47 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 5- Time travel
Deserving of the Name
I love the time travel trope, but sadly rhere are few shows I end up loving. This one though definitely lives up to it!
Midnight
August 7, 2020 at 2:48 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 4- Historical
Nokdu Flower
This show is simply flawless. And brutal. And powerful.
acacia
August 8, 2020 at 6:44 AM
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Midnight
August 5, 2020 at 12:21 PM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 3- Gender reversal
Accidental Couple
Rich, famous, cold_outside soft_inside woman; simple, hard-working, kind_and_polite_to_everybody man; and everything else that melts my heart.
Midnight
August 4, 2020 at 7:51 PM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 2- Action
Lookout
To this day even writing its name makes my heart rate race and my eyes tear up.
WishfulToki
August 4, 2020 at 7:56 PM
“Amen”
Carolina
August 4, 2020 at 8:40 PM
Loved this show and the soundtrack.
Junie Bug
August 4, 2020 at 8:56 PM
Suchhhh a good drama. I feel like I might need to rewatch sometime soon…
snowy
August 4, 2020 at 9:24 PM
I should really just watch this already.
Midnight
August 4, 2020 at 10:58 PM
You should!
Midnight
August 4, 2020 at 11:27 AM
A drama A day challenge @purplesheesh
Post 1- Romance (melo or romcom)
Scent of a Woman
This show has been at the top of my most favorite shows ever since it came out.
Midnight
July 9, 2020 at 10:19 AM
Not only the video has gone, but the page zooming out issue, and the lagging and unable to load issue have also been resolved! Thanks a lot @db-staff !