DramaAjumma

Thanks. I guess you're telling me not to stop now.

The show is really an entirely different beast without Xiang Liu. Now that I'm in Haolin and he's hardly in it, I feel rather apathetic to almost everything. Although I'm keen to see how Cang Xuan goes about taking power. I can't help but think that the writer poured a whole lot of love into Xiang Liu. He's not just a fleshed out tragic figure torn between loves but the way he services the narrative as a whole. He complicates matters for Xiao Yao and the story. He's an antagonist and an occasional ally. He is well written and of course brilliantly brought to life by the super talented Tan Jianci. Make no mistake, I think Yang Zi is great here too. The best I've seen of her. But her interactions with him are just magic compared to everyone else. It's Pride and Prejudice with the blood sucking. They have that classic bickering couple relationship you feel should go somewhere but I suspect is a bit of a lost cause.

I'm indifferent to her dynamic with Puppy Boy. He's cute and I don't mind petting him on the head but I don't want him following me around.

Yeah, I know. I'm just making a comparison.

Xiang Liu. I see the attraction. Absolutely.
I'm really digging the antihero bad boy sexy vampire vibe.
Terrific show.

I've only watched up to Episode 8. Enjoying the banter between Xiao Yao and Sexy Vampire Bad Boy Tsundere.

I didn't realise this was such a humorous show. It's hilarious.

I don't know how she managed with Jing Boran and Li Xian either.

Oh my goodness... all that eye candy. How can Yang Zi do any kind of work?

The kid that plays young Cangxuan is just gorgeous. Both kids can really cry.

The plotting is everything here. Head hops a fair bit but it wasn't difficult to follow. Unfolds more or less like a novel and overall a very decent finale. The ending is pretty much what I thought it would be. The leads did well as did the entire cast. I loved how the relationship between Dong-ju and Kang-san developed. Bae Hyun-sung surprised me. He's certainly come a long way.

The best K dramas these days are crime shows. At least one gets the feeling that a modicum of thought and effort are put into these scripts.

If you say so. ;) I used to teach large cohorts of SK students and occasionally I'd notice one that was as good looking as Park Sung-hoon.

Thanks for the Flower award.
I also think that the show could have been better.

There's nothing average looking about Park Sung-hoon. :D

You mean Into the Ring? He was lovely there too.

Yes and yes.

The writing has certainly taken a nosedive this season. The character death is a symptom of the problem not the cause.

The slow burn between the leads is just absolutely precious. Two people learning to work together, caring for each other and quietly appreciating each other through rubbing shoulders in everyday common cause. My favourite kind of romance.

I loved Namcheon Team 2's teamwork -- a well-oiled machine these days.

I've never seen a bunch of cops so thrilled to see footage of their colleague get beaten up by a woman. LOL.

It's a novel approach (pun intended) to a well-worn K story and I like it a lot. The storytelling is excellent. But I'm not a fan of the female detective or at least not a fan of how she's written.