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PRIME-TIME DRAMAS THIS WEEK
Monday-Tuesday (January 30-31)
Monday-Tuesday (January 30-31)
- Brain Works 7-8 (KBS)
- Trolley 11-12 (SBS)
- Missing: The Other Side 2 13-14 (tvN)
- Strangers Again 5-6 (ENA)
- The Interest of Love 13-14 (JTBC)
- Poong the Joseon Psychiatrist 2 7-8 (tvN) Weekend (February 3-5)
- Agency 9-10 (JTBC)
- Three Brave Siblings 38-39 (KBS)
- Kokdu: Season of Deity 3-4 (MBC)
- Payback 9-10 (SBS)
- Red Balloon 13-14 (TV Chosun)
- Crash Course in Romance 7-8 (tvN)
- Bait (Coupang Play)
STREAMING DRAMAS THIS WEEK
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You can only pick one: Office romance
by DB Staff
Welcome to our new feature! You can only pick one, and boy the pressure is on. The DB team will answer a new prompt in each post, and you're invited...
Tags: Business Proposal, Drama recommendations, featured2, Reach of Sincerity, Romance Is a Bonus Book, Sunbae Don't Put on That Lipstick, The Secret Life of My Secretary, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim, You can only pick one
Five drama recommendations… with memorable scene-stealers
by DB Staff
While our drama heroes and heroines generally take the limelight - as they should — every so often a drama features a side character that just steals the scene away from...
Tags: Drama recommendations, Healer, Liar Game, Smart Prison Living, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Thirty But Seventeen
Five drama recommendations… with chaebol bosses
by DB Staff
A certain currently airing drama put us in the mood to talk about the chaebol boss archetype and the rom-coms this character type often stars in. The chaebol boss is...
Tags: Business Proposal, Drama recommendations, featured2, Master's Sun, Strong Woman Do Bong-soon, The Secret Life of My Secretary, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Drama crimes
by missvictrix
It doesn't matter how long you've been in dramaland. Pretty soon, with even just a few dramas under your belt, you'll begin to think about drama crimes. Not the hit...
Tags: Flower Boy Next Door, Forest, Gu Family Book, I'll Find You on a Beautiful Day, Oh My Venus, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2, The K2, The Secret Life of My Secretary, W–Two Worlds
The glamorization of overwork
by missvictrix
When I’m not lost in the world of dramas, I’m usually reading, and lately it’s been some interesting research around the culture of rest versus the culture...
Tags: Crash Landing on You, Flower Boy Next Door, Itaewon Class, Legend of the Blue Sea, Love Alarm, Misaeng, The Secret Life of My Secretary, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
So, what are we all watching this week? What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote...
Tags: Crash Landing on You, Forest, Itaewon Class, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Touch, What We're Watching
Dramaland justice: The vigilante edition
by missvictrix
The concept of justice is one of the backbones of K-drama storytelling. We've looked at some ways dramas deploy justice — through compensating their heroes/heroines with a gift, and delivering...
Tags: City Hunter, Healer, Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul-ho, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Time
Animals of dramaland: From props to metaphors
by missvictrix
The animal kingdom has always had an interesting presence in dramaland. Animals, and pets in particular, can act as a catalyst that's responsible for an important reveal or moment, can...
Tags: Because This Life Is Our First, Go Back Spouses, Kill It, Kill Me Heal Me, Romance Is a Bonus Book, Shopping King Louis, That Psychometric Guy, The Best Hit, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Your House Helper
The Secret Life of My Secretary: Episodes 17-32 (Series review)
by missvictrix
The Secret Life of My Secretary has just finished its run, and it's time to sit back and talk about lies and forgiveness, metaphors, make believe — and of course, floating...
Tags: Gu Ja-sung, Jin Ki-joo, Kim Jae-kyung, Kim Young-kwang, The Secret Life of My Secretary
[PPL Round-up] Drink me, charge me
by missvictrix
It's finally time for the next PPL round-up! In this installment we take a look at the PPL from the last three months (or so) of drama-watching, and chat about...
Tags: Her Private Life, Kill It, That Psychometric Guy, The Secret Life of My Secretary