THE EPISODE WHICH PROVED WHY YOO JAE SUK IS MY ULTIMATE BIAS.I loved his speed, his wit, his courage, his persistence and just how humane he is (such a scaredy cat in front of Sparta-Kook but i still love him for it hahaha). What an ace!!! YJS will always be the reason i started watching Running Man and I'll always thank him for it. ❤❤❤
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watching this i must have let out as many sigh as Kim Jong Kook did when shooting this episode. Shin Bong Sun was the worst fckin guest ever!!! she forced skinship with KJK, had super cringey and corny lines and was so plain obsessive it was unfathomable. she literally hit Jae Suk and Suk Jin with the broom so many times, that was so fckin rude. and the forehead kiss, wow when Kim So Roo turned away from them i totally feel that. i wish i could have watched this episode with her face completely edited out to someone else's because b*tch was irritating as fckk.
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Shin Young (comedian), Son Dam Bi and Se7en were great guests. loved the tea time segment LOL, but the game of chances to determine the final winner is a bit unfair i thought.
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kinda weird seeing how timid Kwang Soo back then LOL. how rain suddenly poured down when they shoot, that was such a unique opening LMAO. loved the race and Gary-Hyori moments when taking pictures for the game were hilarious!
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OMG so many important things happened in this episode. *spoiler ahead don't read unless you've watched the show* 1. the scene when they ended ep. 18 where Jung Hwan realised he was still a moment late than Taek to reach Duk Seon, and then here they showed how Taek finally mustered up the courage to tell/ask for Jung Hwan's approval for him to pursue Duk Seon for himself. also the scene at the hotel when Duk Seon got locked out of her hotel room in China, and then Taek said she can sleep in his hotel suite, then when he was about to take his sleeping pills, Duk Seon had a slip-of-the-tongue and said that "why, will you kiss me like before?". I was literally SHOOKT. LOL that means this show has been clowning us and it wasn't a dream after all holy sh*t. and the way he just kissed her right away because there's nothing to hold back from anymore, wow Bogum is a great kisser! also the kiss scenes between Sun Woo and Bora LOL, these two literally can't get their lips off each other lmao their kiss scenes are sizzling hot!also the ending scene when Ra Mi Ran had menopausal despair and Jung Hwan arranged for a renewal of wedding vow ceremony for his parents, and the scene when Dong Il's kids gifted him with a plaque to thank him for his decades long of work service, that was incredibly moving. ahh this drama is really something else!
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i know some people are a little unsatisfied about the ending being an open one, without showing how him returning to the past and changing it affects the future.well they could've taken this drama forward in different directions according to what the writers imagined them since the midway of the second half, and i believe the path they took has been a really impressive ride after considering multiple factors to keep the viewers engaged and immersed into the characters.there was not one single moment that i found this to be a drag, contrary to what some people thought.in fact i was a crying mess at the 'final' scene. i probably felt as empty as the actors when they completed filming for this drama.definitely top of my faves list. will come back for a rewatch after more time has passed, LOL.
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Park Kwang Ho's emotional scenes in this are plenty, almost linear and well spread-out, but Kim Sun Jae's although sparse, but his are the most intense emotional outbursts i have seen anywhere in a k-drama, probably ever. the most memorable scene about him in the entire drama was the intense physical fighting between him and Jung Ho Young in the woods in ep. 10 when he almost killed Shin Jae Yi. but i forgot there's actually another one when Jung Ho Young confessed to killing Sun Jae's mother 30 years ago to mock him, when he actually did not. and Sun Jae almost killed this bastard again, LOL. well, he just briefly choked him, but his anger was definitely intense.it's what almost well-known of about his personality type. the quiet, repressed people are a lot scarier when they get angry or lose their sh*t, phewww.i find this duo's tandem really amusing to watch. when one of them loses his temper, the other one is usually pretty calm, LOL.i also had another scene that i really liked in the whole duration of the drama that happened exactly in this episode. that is after Shin Jae Yi woke up after almost being killed by Jung Ho Young, she made a witness statement and then her body recalls the traumatic experience so she was almost hallucinating and shivering. the girl who kept on saying she's okay previously even when she's not, finally broke down and confessed that she's not okay, and that she was hurt/in pain until Sun Jae hugged her.also Park Kwang Ho was just by the door listening to their conversation, while he couldn't help but cry after realising how much his daughter was hurt, and how close he was to losing her.also, it's truly phenomenal how much of an impact it is to the story when a great actor who also looks creepy plays the role of a serial killer, the likes of Jung Ho Young. all the confrontation/interrogation scenes between him and the duo are utterly phenomenal.gahhh, this drama can seriously sweep clean all the acting awards, g'damnit!
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ouh God, here we go.the most hated episode in the entire series by a lot of people (well, not me).halfway through the episode, Jung Ho Young called Kim Sun Jae again because he was triggered by what his mother said about him in TV interview.Shin Jae Yi overheard the phone call, and intervened. she validates Jung Ho Young who kept repeating that some of the other murders like the Haein River murder was not his. she also tried to provoke him by asking if it was hatred for his mother that made him kill women.Park Kwang Ho was fuming in anger about that, because he's afraid that her validation and provocation of him will only trigger him to commit another murders. so he warned her angrily that if there is someone else who died after that, the responsibility is on her.after that she probably was thinking deeply about what Park Kwang Ho said, and decided to offer herself as a bait by coming out in a TV interview, to avoid another woman being murdered.the biggest problem is that she lured the serial killer out without any backup plan to safeguard her safety LOL. and true enough if she wasn't lucky that the detectives were quick enough to run to her rescue, she would've died then. SHE WAS THAT STUPID!as someone who've only enjoyed this drama for what it has offered, even i had to spend some time away to think about whether that serious flaw in the writing is lethal enough for me to take this drama off my favourites list.but eventually i know i don't want to. SIMPLY BECAUSE THE DRAMATISM WORKED ON ME, LOL.of course when i say this i am not saying i am condoning the unthinkable level of stupidity that was illustrated. i am just saying that sometimes she comes across as over-confident and at the same time naive, therefore people like this are bound to make the stupidest mistakes.you know, like those people who are cheated a lot of money off financial scams, but are actually well-educated.so i am just gonna move along and take the entirety of that as not entirely illogical on her part, considering the way she's written.phewww. glad to get that off my chest. let's move on with the story, shall we.
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nothing much there is left to be said except,THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE THE PERFECT EPISODE.and that ending that gives me goosebumps, wow!
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what the fckkkkk is that mind fuckery?!holy sh*t. even i feel like tripping watching this drama LOL, can't imagine being Han Tae Joo who's relinquishing all those painful childhood memories again deep from his subconsciousness.i can relate to comments comparing this drama to Tunnel. i definitely liked Tunnel a lot more because the chase on the serial killer 30 years into the future is a very gripping theme permeating every aspect of the story. and i feel like they very successfully maintained the intensity of the chase from start to end.but here, the chase is more subdued/working in the background (yet again, very well-paced) and psychological (in a way, the story rather goes in spirals instead of moving forward smoothly) and it kinda DRIVES YOU CRAZY AND MESSES UP YOUR MIND REAL BAD the same way it did Han Tae Joo's. i was definitely not particularly fond of the retro style with the back time travel (that's why this is my third time starting this), but the very skilled screenwriting literally flipped me and won me over, LOL! it's pulling me in a very strange way, and it drives me nuts LMAO.this is a highly skilled writer (more so, of the original) who's fully in control or in-tune of the story/narrative that he's trying to tell/pursue and the last 8 episodes have been pretty mind-blowing.honestly, a story this complex can easily be messed up from the execution point of view and the director here is really doing his job amazingly.i can't wait to see what the next 8 episodes will bring!
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wow, the hostage situation.thanks to the viewers who shared that this was a real life event that shockingly was broadcast live on TV all over Korea at the time. and the facts of the scene were almost as accurate as what happened to the hostage-takers.there's also a movie based off it, which i am going to watch.now i understand why 1988 has been a feature year in two dramas that did well. one was Reply 1988, and then this. it's because Korea hosted the Olympics Games at the time, and without my knowing, they acted exactly like the government of Brazil when they hosted their own Olympics.they chased poor people out of their shabby neighborhoods. good Lord!now that i am going further into this and seeing the charm of it, i am understanding all the praises for it. compared to Reply 1988, this drama is definitely more to my taste. would be so nice if there's another drama in the future that also base itself off the year 1988 and tell the stories surrounding this huge government scandal around the hosting of the Olympics.something like Snowdrop? yet to check that one out.writers putting out scripts that include serious social/historical critique are truly commendable!
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ep. 7-8goodness, wow!YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH I AM ENJOYING THIS, AS SOMEONE WHO RUNS AWAY THE FURTHEST FROM THIS GENRE.it's incredibly well-written, well-shot and well acted. just a phenomenal drama all around, wow!i finished ep. 6, an episode of which i highly praised the young woman acting as the possessed who's about to go on a killing rampage to seek revenge on her boyfriend who committed suicide due to workplace bullying.the exorcism scene was utterly phenomenal, and felt so real. that she stole the episode for me, and i became afraid that this was gonna repeat for the remainder of the show - that the trio lead characters are not gonna leave me that much of an impact as do the extras.but immediately as i finished ep. 7, hell no i was proven wrong.the trio were fighting with each other because they suspected the assemblywoman as Park Il Do, but cannot agree on whether to proceed as a group or as a duo (and that too, which pairing to boot, LOL).also, heightened tension because the surviving witness of the school girl who was missing (murdered 20 years ago) was killed because they acted late, and Hwang Pyung went amok because of it.and just like that, the writers knew to bring back the spotlight to our trio heroes as they should!//surprisingly, i became more aware of how much i love and adore Hwang Pyung as the adult character in this, a sharp contrast to the other two as we witnessed in ep. 8.he has been able to keep a bright personality despite carrying such a huge childhood trauma/wound, and he's extremely fierce/relentless about trying to make sure that others don't suffer the same fate as him.THIS CHARACTER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACTED BETTER, HE'S FLAWLESS IN IT!in this episode too, i didn't expect the story of A CHILD who's psychic (can see spirits) and ended up murdering her own father because of the evil spirits that she saw lurking around him. goodness! and now those evil spirits that were lurking around her father are now taking over her body, aigoooooo.when i thought the stellar acting performance by the guest actor in ep. 6 cannot be topped, here comes another legend in the making, phewww.again, this episode's case has incredible shock factor, suspense, stellar acting and smooth write up, wow.FUCKIN BRILLIANT! I REALLY DON'T WATCH THIS GENRE BUT YOU TOTALLY CONVERTED ME WRITER-NIM! CANNOT GET A MORE FLATTERING REVIEW THAN THIS ANYWHERE.p/s thanks also to all k-drama fanatics who keep putting this on a list of most recommended k-dramas everywhere on the internet, LOL.
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wow.that was an absolutely fckin brilliant episode! i am truly sold in this.i had a feeling from the preceding episodes, but this episode just proved my gut feeling.that the lead actors in this are overshadowed by the stellar performance by all the extras who act as the possessed.and the young woman in this particular episode was truly phenomenal. she's such an average face but her acting skill is TOP NOTCH!! i don't even think i have seen her in anything else before this but she acts the role so flawlessly like a true veteran LOL. she impressed me so much. she had so much screen time in this entire episode and she truly owned every second, wow.she's creepy, strong and uncontrollably crazy when she needs be, and sad/fragile/broken/hurt/vulnerable when she is.the lead actors really gotta up their game from this episode on LOL, if not to have their thunder stolen by all these phenomenal, super talented extras LMAO.
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absolutely brilliant!i loved the twist that the illegitimate son of Assemblyman Choi is as sick and twisted/evil as his father in the real world. he really does comes across as a creep that reminds me of Jang Jun Woo in Vincenzo, LOL.well i really wanted the wife of Assemblyman to be safe when she decided to work with the prosecution side, but we could see that she was prone to be victimised so it should not have surprised me that she was gonna end up dead trying to save her son, sighh.on other note, i so loved Rain's acting in this. i wished i had seen his earlier works so i could make a comparison but i have only seen him in Full House, and that was it. i loved how brilliantly he's pulling off the character of someone who plays a wicked lawyer, prosecutor who tries to do things right, a father/husband all at once.when some people say Rain is carrying this show on his back, they are not joking LOL. but the script has been incredibly good too! and i am pleased to know that the rating was great for this during airing.
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Let's Eat Dinner Together Episode 150
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nothing much there is to be said. perfect episode with the perfect guests. i don't really watch this show but the Arts Village looks incredible. and the two families who hosted them are really fun too, LOL. i enjoyed this! ^^
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