Beanie level: Wrongly accused fugitive

Twinkling Watermelon first impressions: Confusing editing between timelines and a weird juxtaposition between Se Kyung and her daughter. I get the feeling the melody was from Eun Gyeol himself?

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The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract: I will be tuning in for this, if only to hope that Bae In Hyuk washes away the duds from 2022. But come on, I laughed out loud seeing That Bridge.

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Castaway Diva: It’s hard not to get hyped, but Park Eun Bin! Chae Jong Hyeop! Ok, it comes from the team behind Start-Up, but whatever I’ll watch anything for them both.

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    On the other hand, I’m sold because it’s from the team behind Start-up.

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      The cast is great, but also the team behind Start-up is something definitely positive imo.

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    I’m sold at the cast and crew but script …?

    Well have have seen what great leads can do to a butt touching psychic show.

    For now I’m on board.

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#223 – My Lovely Liar (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, Seo Ji Hoon deserves better
Objective: 1/5, Seo Ji Hoon deserves better

#224 – Moving (Disney+)
Subjective: 1/5, Vehemently disagree with storytelling decisions
Objective: 2/5, Backstories were moving in isolation

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #216 -> 2023 Shows (till Jul)
#217 -> King the Land
#218 – #219 -> Heartbeat / Miraculous Brothers
#220 -> Not Others
#221 -> The Uncanny Counter 2
#222 -> A Time Called You

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Did you know that Seo Ji Hoon and Yoo In Soo are from the same agency? Well, if the stunning mismanagement of their acting careers in 2023 isn’t a big hint, here’s a 1 vs 1 soccer match.

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    This average video is almost funnier than My Lovely Liar.

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#222 – A Time Called You (Netflix)
Subjective: 2/5, It’s fine but nothing spectacular
Objective: 2/5, An interesting time travel story

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #216 -> 2023 Shows (till Jul)
#217 -> King the Land
#218 – #219 -> Heartbeat / Miraculous Brothers
#220 -> Not Others
#221 -> The Uncanny Counter 2

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#221 – The Uncanny Counter 2 (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, It ain’t even fun anymore
Objective: 1/5, The writing was absolute garbage

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #216 -> 2023 Shows (till Jul)
#217 -> King the Land
#218 – #219 -> Heartbeat / Miraculous Brothers
#220 -> Not Others

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#220 – Not Others (ENA)
Subjective: 2/5, Park Sung Hoon deserved better
Objective: 2/5, Went downhill after dad reveal

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #216 -> 2023 Shows (till Jul)
#217 -> King the Land
#218 – #219 -> Heartbeat / Miraculous Brothers

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A Good Day to Be a Dog: MBC is also jumping on the one-episode-a-week experiment, sigh. And Lee Hyun Woo playing second fiddle to Cha Eun Woo is hilarious to say the least.

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    At least, they didn’t completely give up on the Wednesday!

    Yeah…. I’m already suffering with Seo Ji-Hoon 😥

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    I think I have only watched Lee Hyun Woo in “Queen Seon Deok” (he was a teenager then). I will never forget he played the young Kim Yoo Shin, while the young Deok Man was Nam Ji Hyun (I’d love to see them together again).

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#218 – Heartbeat (KBS)
Subjective: 1/5, Wasn’t the romcom it wanted
Objective: 1/5, Wasn’t the fantasy it wanted

#219 – Miraculous Brothers (JTBC)
Subjective: 1/5, I struggled to finish this
Objective: 1/5, Murder coverup revenge murder snoozefest

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #216 -> 2023 Shows (till Jul)
#217 -> King the Land

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Twinkling/Sparkling Watermelon: Choi Hyun Wook and Ryeoun in one drama? Say no more, I’m in! The synopsis does seem to be intentionally vague for the mystery but fingers crossed!

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#217 – King the Land (JTBC)
Subjective: 2/5, Junho Junho Junho Junho Junho
Objective: 1/5, Was there even a plot

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #216 -> 2023 Shows (till Jul)

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Uncanny Counter 2 first impressions: It\’s only the 1st episode and we\’re using Cringy Chinese intros and Power Creep tropes? What is this, a lame supervillain? Oh right, that\’s what it is. LAME

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#216 – D.P. 2 (Netflix)
Subjective: 3/5, Emotionally riveting at certain points
Objective: 2/5, Could’ve done without corruption cliche

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #202 -> 2023 Shows (till Apr)
#203 – #205 -> Black Knight / The Secret Romantic Guesthouse / Stealer: The Treasure Keeper
#206 – #207 -> Bora! Deborah / All That We Loved
#208 – #209 -> Doctor Cha / The Good Bad Mother
#210 – #211 -> Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 / Oh! Young-shim
#212 -> My Perfect Stranger
#213 -> Lies Hidden in My Garden
#214 – #215 -> Delightfully Deceitful / See You in My 19th Life

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#214 – Delightfully Deceitful / Beneficial Fraud (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, Feeling upset for Yoon Park
Objective: 1/5, Slow descent into plot nothingness

#215 – See You in My 19th Life (tvN)
Subjective: 1/5, Well that was really disappointing
Objective: 1/5, When adapting goes horribly wrong

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #202 -> 2023 Shows (till Apr)
#203 – #205 -> Black Knight / The Secret Romantic Guesthouse / Stealer: The Treasure Keeper
#206 – #207 -> Bora! Deborah / All That We Loved
#208 – #209 -> Doctor Cha / The Good Bad Mother
#210 – #211 -> Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 / Oh! Young-shim
#212 -> My Perfect Stranger
#213 -> Lies Hidden in My Garden

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#213 – Lies Hidden in My Garden (ENA)
Subjective: 3/5, It’s definitely an interesting drama
Objective: 3/5, Wanted more but am satisfied

See an objective rating that is 3/5 and above? Radily recommends that you watch that show!

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #202 -> 2023 Shows (till Apr)
#203 – #205 -> Black Knight / The Secret Romantic Guesthouse / Stealer: The Treasure Keeper
#206 – #207 -> Bora! Deborah / All That We Loved
#208 – #209 -> Doctor Cha / The Good Bad Mother
#210 – #211 -> Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 / Oh! Young-shim
#212 -> My Perfect Stranger

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D.P. 2: I remember liking the first season for its bromance even if I was left confused by the ending and the message that it wanted to portray. But it looks like we’re picking off right there!

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    I can’t wait to see this. I’m half agony though, because S1 was perfect.

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR) – Fifth Year statistics (Dramas #158 – #212, Mid 2022 – Mid 2023)
(Previous statistics thread found here)

Subjective ratings (average: 1.69)
5/5: 2 (ENA’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Watcha’s Recipe for Farewell)
4/5: 1 (MBC’s Wild Boar Hunting)
3/5: 4 (ENA’s Gaus Electronics, tvN’s Missing: The Other Side 2, JTBC’s The Good Bad Mother, KBS’s My Perfect Stranger)
2/5: 19
1/5: 29

Objective ratings (average: 1.25)
5/5:
4/5: 1 (Watcha’s Recipe for Farewell)
3/5: 3 (MBC’s Wild Boar Hunting, Coupang Play’s Unicorn, ENA’s Gaus Electronics)
2/5: 5
1/5: 46

Breakdown by television/OTT
Cable (tvN, JTBC, ENA): 26 (Subjective average: 1.73 / Objective average: 1.23)
Terrestrial (KBS, MBC, SBS): 15 (Subjective average: 1.53 / Objective average: 1.2)
Others: 14 (Subjective average: 1.79 / Objective average: 1.36)

General remarks
First things first, where’s the Recipe For Farewell show page? The small OTT networks have certainly delivered this year: Unicorn being another highlight from the past year, Seasons of Blossom having Seo Ji Hoon in the best way possible and Once Upon a Small Town … I guess there’s always a dud somewhere. But it’s amazing (or not, depending on your perspective) that the terrestrial networks are now each only airing one drama a week when they used to be the only ones airing dramas: things have certainly evolved dramatically (heh) as OTT becomes the new normal?

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My Perfect Stranger: This is my BGM pick! I really enjoyed the off-beat motif and how it generates tension. I’m glad to have wrapped up the the 5th year of RFWR with this show: statistics time!

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Radily’s Five Word Ratings (RFWR)
(Number refers to drama count)

#212 – My Perfect Stranger (KBS)
Subjective: 3/5, Generally enjoyed the show’s narrative
Objective: 2/5, Some really questionable narrative resolutions

In general, anything rated below 3/5 on the objective mark is NOT recommended by Radily for watching.

RFWR Directory

#1 – #189 -> 2018 – 2022 Shows
#190 – #202 -> 2023 Shows (till Apr)
#203 – #205 -> Black Knight / The Secret Romantic Guesthouse / Stealer: The Treasure Keeper
#206 – #207 -> Bora! Deborah / All That We Loved
#208 – #209 -> Doctor Cha / The Good Bad Mother
#210 – #211 -> Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 / Oh! Young-shim

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