It's a particularly good episode for Jung-hwan, which is a treat since he was already smart and sexy to start with—upping the intensity on both makes me a happy...
Chess pieces move around, power shifts, and Team Hero makes significant strides as well as suffering pretty big blows. It's a great day for our sidekicks as well, who step...
Who could resist that face?
...and I just realized that that applies to either one in this case. But Rang's unexpected bond with Jung-hwan is turning into one of those...
A strong episode for our good guys, who finally get a leg up in this whole murder-conspiracy-intrigue business after letting the baddies run around them in circles for a while...
As I said, I love the lighter moments in this show, and with Won on the run, we get more breathing room, which is great because it's refreshing to expand...
I like that the characters in Mandate of Heaven are smart—they see clues, put them together, and are more or less shrewd about how to interpret motive and intent....
The Baeksang Arts Awards really snuck up on me this year. This awards ceremony is the lone wolf being held in the springtime rather than toward the end of the...
This is a particularly gorgeous episode. Perhaps that's because it contained scenes to be used as the drama's opening sequence, or perhaps the change of scenery offers up a whole...
Better and better. The story moves quickly, the characters are developing nicely, and puzzle pieces are dropped and pieced together in a nicely suspenseful way.
We're still maneuvering the plot...
Okay, we did a little reshuffling and negotiated a deal with the fourth dimension to put Mandate of Heaven on our regular recapping schedule. I can't promise there were no...
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 10
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It's a particularly good episode for Jung-hwan, which is a treat since he was already smart and sexy to start with—upping the intensity on both makes me a happy...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 9
by javabeans
Chess pieces move around, power shifts, and Team Hero makes significant strides as well as suffering pretty big blows. It's a great day for our sidekicks as well, who step...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 8
by javabeans
Who could resist that face? ...and I just realized that that applies to either one in this case. But Rang's unexpected bond with Jung-hwan is turning into one of those...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 7
by javabeans
A strong episode for our good guys, who finally get a leg up in this whole murder-conspiracy-intrigue business after letting the baddies run around them in circles for a while...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 6
by javabeans
As I said, I love the lighter moments in this show, and with Won on the run, we get more breathing room, which is great because it's refreshing to expand...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 5
by javabeans
I like that the characters in Mandate of Heaven are smart—they see clues, put them together, and are more or less shrewd about how to interpret motive and intent....
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
49th Baeksang Arts Awards
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The Baeksang Arts Awards really snuck up on me this year. This awards ceremony is the lone wolf being held in the springtime rather than toward the end of the...
Tags: Ahn Sung-ki, awards, Chae Jung-ahn, Han Hyo-joo, Hong Su-ah, Im Seul-ong, Jo Eun-ji, Joo-won, Jung Eun-ji, Kim Ah-joong, Kim Bum, Kim Dong-wan, Kim Go-eun, Kim Hee-ae, Kim Min-hee, Kim Woo-bin, Lee Sang-yoon, Nam Bora, Park Eun-ji, Park Ha-sun, Park Se-young, Park Shin-hye, Ryu Seung-ryong, Shin So-yool, Sohn Hyun-joo, Song Joong-ki, Suzy, UEE, Uhm Jung-hwa, Yoo Jae-suk, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 4
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This is a particularly gorgeous episode. Perhaps that's because it contained scenes to be used as the drama's opening sequence, or perhaps the change of scenery offers up a whole...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 3
by javabeans
Better and better. The story moves quickly, the characters are developing nicely, and puzzle pieces are dropped and pieced together in a nicely suspenseful way. We're still maneuvering the plot...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho, Yoon Jin-yi
Mandate of Heaven: Episode 2
by javabeans
Okay, we did a little reshuffling and negotiated a deal with the fourth dimension to put Mandate of Heaven on our regular recapping schedule. I can't promise there were no...
Tags: featured, Im Seul-ong, Lee Dong-wook, Mandate of Heaven, Song Ji-hyo, Song Jong-ho