Justice might be a strong current running through dramaland, but there's a corner that lies untouched: the land of the second male lead. If there's a part of dramaland justice...
Korean dramas have a way of affecting us long after their stories have been told. Sometimes it's because they made us re-examine a corner of our lives, or because they...
Is there such a thing as too much drama watching? Because I swear that last year around this time, I vowed to myself, with javabeans as witness, that I would...
Every December, I'm hit with a simultaneous feeling of anticipation and dread at dusting off our Year in Review series and taking a look back at the year as a...
Well, it's over. After all that furor, we're finally at the end of Cheese in the Trap, and it's a decidedly muted affair. Is it a terrible finale? I don't...
Man, I go away for one week and Cheese implodes. I don't know if it's due to recent controversy over Park Hae-jin's airtime, but at least the focus is back...
It took a while, but we do meander back to our main relationship today after taking a few side trips to explore some supporting characters. I've generally enjoyed the characterizations...
Ah, progress. Much of today takes place in the past (as in, we're in flashback central), but it has the effect of moving us quite a bit forward—and moreover,...
And we're back! Phew, that was a long two weeks, but I white-knuckled through it. I don't know if it was because the romance was in a cooling period that...
Dramaland justice: What about the second lead?
by missvictrix
Justice might be a strong current running through dramaland, but there's a corner that lies untouched: the land of the second male lead. If there's a part of dramaland justice...
Tags: Answer Me 1988, Cheese in the Trap, Her Private Life, Kill Me Heal Me, Love Alarm, Sassy Go Go, Temperature of Love
What watching K-dramas might do to your wardrobe
by missvictrix
Korean dramas have a way of affecting us long after their stories have been told. Sometimes it's because they made us re-examine a corner of our lives, or because they...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, City Hunter, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, High School King of Savvy, Misty, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, You From Another Star
2016 Year in Review, Part 3: A drama for every day of the year
by girlfriday
Is there such a thing as too much drama watching? Because I swear that last year around this time, I vowed to myself, with javabeans as witness, that I would...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Age of Youth, Bring It On Ghost, Cheese in the Trap, Dear My Friends, Descended From the Sun, Doctors, Drinking Solo, Entertainer, Fantastic, featured, Goodbye Mr. Black, Jealousy Incarnate, Legend of the Blue Sea, Lucky Romance, Marriage Contract, Mirror of the Witch, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, Oh Hae-young Again, On the Way to the Airport, Police Unit 38, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Shopping King Louis, Signal, The Good Wife, The Man Living in Our House, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, W–Two Worlds, year in review, year in review 2016
2016 Year in Review, Part 2: The doctor is in
by javabeans
Every December, I'm hit with a simultaneous feeling of anticipation and dread at dusting off our Year in Review series and taking a look back at the year as a...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Age of Youth, Beautiful Gong Shim, Cheese in the Trap, Cinderella and the Four Knights, Come Back, Ajusshi, Dear My Friends, Descended From the Sun, Doctors, Drinking Solo, Entourage, Fantastic, featured, Goodbye Mr. Black, Legend of the Blue Sea, Lucky Romance, Mirror of the Witch, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, Neighborhood Hero, Oh Hae-young Again, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Shopping King Louis, Signal, The K2, This Week My Wife Will Have an Affair, Uncontrollably Fond, Wanted, Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, W–Two Worlds, year in review, year in review 2016
Cheese in the Trap: Episode 16 (Final)
by javabeans
Well, it's over. After all that furor, we're finally at the end of Cheese in the Trap, and it's a decidedly muted affair. Is it a terrible finale? I don't...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, featured, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, Seo Kang-joon
Cheese in the Trap: Episode 15
by girlfriday
Man, I go away for one week and Cheese implodes. I don't know if it's due to recent controversy over Park Hae-jin's airtime, but at least the focus is back...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, featured, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, Seo Kang-joon
Cheese in the Trap: Episode 14
by javabeans
It took a while, but we do meander back to our main relationship today after taking a few side trips to explore some supporting characters. I've generally enjoyed the characterizations...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, featured, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, Seo Kang-joon
Cheese in the Trap: Episode 13
by javabeans
Oof, In-ho, you break my heart. He's been breaking my heart all along, but the more I see of him, the more he gets me right in the gut. I...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, featured, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, Seo Kang-joon
Cheese in the Trap: Episode 12
by javabeans
Ah, progress. Much of today takes place in the past (as in, we're in flashback central), but it has the effect of moving us quite a bit forward—and moreover,...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, featured, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, Seo Kang-joon
Cheese in the Trap: Episode 11
by girlfriday
And we're back! Phew, that was a long two weeks, but I white-knuckled through it. I don't know if it was because the romance was in a cooling period that...
Tags: Cheese in the Trap, featured, Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-jin, Seo Kang-joon