whats the ost at end of episode 4 and 7?? i looked for it alot and even used music identifier apps but not luck.…
They will probably officially release it so it's available on platforms like Spotify at the end or closer to the drama finishing with airing. I really liked it, too. Can't wait to add it. :)
this show was almost exactly how i thought it would be - lots of action, characters that i can both love and hate,…
I would recommend avoiding Part 2. I know how it ends, and I think they betray all the elements you come to like most about Part 1 by the end of Part 2. I'll leave it at that. 😉
honestly hospital playlist is wayy better no hate to this drama.hospital playlist is a classic (zero boring moments)
Yes, this is definitely slice of life. Never seen one in the setting of a lawyer firm/with lawyers; so far, that looks like lots of eating together and talking over eating, and showing characters working through various hurts, challenges, cases, insecurities or difficult seasons in life.It doesn't really seem to have somewhere specific it's heading, apart from the thread about the ML and FL. Everyone's stories are woven well into each episode and threads are never left untouched. I find the intricacies of the cases and more realistic portrayals of taking on cases really interesting.
If I could compare it against Resident Playbook, which I have seen, and which I hear has a similar feel to Hospital Playlist (though most who've seen both prefer HP), I think this drama feels more mature; more thoughtful? And less lighthearted? Hard to pinpoint. It's not that this show is heavy or depressing, but it doesn't sugarcoat or gloss over situations the lawyers find themselves in due to work that just kind of suck. It's trying to capture people at different places and stages in life based on their experiences and portraying what that might look and feel like.
For instance, the ML has been a lawyer for 9 years and, over the course of the first few episodes, it show that he's gotten more world-weary than when he started (but then you also find subtle clues he does still care a great deal about his work) and the WAY they show all of these things happening at once I thought was VERY well done. They tried to hold in tension more things than I normally see a drama try to hold in tension, and as a person working an emotionally demanding job with human beings for almost 10 years, 😅 I resonated hardcore with his character's "time in life."
I've heard Hospital Playlist (I assume maybe like Reply 1988) has a decent amout of humor, but this one doesn't as much (though it does have lots of banter, and I think the food group's chrmistry is quite good). I think it's a less ambitious drama than HP, and feels pretty chill and understated. Almost all the actors are doing way more subtle versions of other characters they've played before.
Also, I'd like to venture that in reality, prafticimg law probably IS more boring than working in a hospital. 🤷♀️ I've also heard HP and RP aren't super accurate portrayals of what people do in hospitals; have yet to find out if this is an accurate portrayal of lawyers in a law firm.
P.S. Bonus: their portrayal of commuting to work on the subway is the most accurate and detailed that I've seen in a Kdrama. 😉
This drama sounds cute, but almost every drama with ghosts I can't like very much, and characters getting possessed/taken over/enchanted by something or someone is like my least favorite trope to watch in ANY film media, let alone in Kdramas, and I'm just pretty sure it will bother the heck out of me. 😅
this is such a wholesome drama like every bit is placed at the right place idk how to explain that..... and yeah…
Except for the end of Episode 4. 😅 I'm not sure "wholesome" is the correct word for the subtext in that scene. "Suggestive" is what comes to my mind... 😅😉😋
What a rollercoaster, with some definite highs and some definite lows. The last 1/3 was harder to finish. Overall, I enjoyed it, as there was enough good to outweigh the stuff I wasn't keen on.
First off, the sweet Li and Ling found family dynamics were the absolute sweetest, and the bond between them all was so heartwarming and lovely. And I can't gush enough about Li Haichao. What a guy! He would be a great character in any drama, but in contrast to 99% of the adults in this drama, he seemed like an actual saint. Li JianJian and He Ziqiu were lucky to have him.
Which leads me to my next point. I think the strengths and weaknesses of this drama are actually due to the same thing: how human the characters feel. It's a drama, yes, so of course there are elements to it that are unrealistic, etc. but overall it does do a good job portraying the messiness (and at times, joys) of human life. I also found this refreshing since I hadn't yet encountered a modern drama that didn't make "real life" in China look plasticky, picture perfect, and rosy (except Reset; my roster of modern Cdramas is quite small because I've run into the same gripes almost every time, and it's slowed my enthusiasm to watch more).
That said, there were a lot of REALLY dysfunctional (borderline abusive) family dynamics in this drama, and while I appreciated the authenticity of trying to depict real people with struggles and extremely difficult challenges (e.g. Ling Xiao's mom had a crummy life, but her poor choices made something already quite bad infinitely worse, etc.), then trying to show them wrestling with how to face them, I found it really difficult to watch at points. I'm not sure what we're supposed to think about all the family dynamics by the end, but I was still deeply disturbed by many of them. Some of the "improvement" felt a bit rushed and slightly tacked on and kind of got inexplicably better, and in the last 1/3 I found myself dreading any scenes with parents besides our found family. I think I just have some major issues with filial piety and the way it's used to manipulate and control children EVEN INTO ADULTHOOD in the name of duty, love and selflessness. I could go on, but I will leave it at that. There's so much pressure, emotional manipulation, conditional relationships, etc. I know it was mostly portrayed as such, and it was critiquing these abuses of family closeness, but I think there was still too much problematic stuff normalized even despite all the obvious social criticism of filial piety.
Also, the romance. Ling Xiao had been through a lot so I get he was not in a good place, but he got borderline creepy in the way he talked about what Jian Jian was to him for a bit, and the way he used his relationship with her to cope emotionally with his mom... all of it was giving major 🚩🚩🚩.
So, I preferred the first 2/3s (the part before the boys left, honestly, though I did like how they dealt with them returning and all the awkwardness and hurt that had to get cleared up), but I really lost steam at the romance. I needed the final 15 minutes of Episode 40 to last for at least two to three episodes to bring back the happy family vibe and adorable antics of our three friends.
Lastly, I'll just say, with the exception of maybe JianJian and Haichao, everyone in this drama needed therapy, and that would have been a great message to gently hint at for people who have actual families like this. 😉
If I could try to capture the vibe of this drama, I'd say it has a mix of elements from WIFTY (when the three leads are still in school, and the close friends dynamics), Reply 1988 (for the sibling/found family/neighbor/slice of life dynamic, and the FLs are quite similar in personality (but sorry, I think Reply is the better drama 🫣)), Prison Playbook (for the slice of life vibe that tries to sit with the reality of difficult scenarios yet shows them being offset by close bonds with people), and My Mister (for the more depressing, world-weary "life just sucks sometimes" elements of this drama).
It's not an easy drama to get into. A lot happens in the first episodes, but then it slows down into more a a…
True! And costume dramas already take so many liberties with history that I don't mind their "modern" relationship dynamic at all. In fact, I appreciated it!
This is soooo good! It gives Hospital Playlist vibes but w Law at the centre. How is the rating so low, wth :(
I don't know! So far, the writing has been VERY good in my opinion. Did this many people dislike Hospital Playlist when it was airing bexause they didn't realize it was slice of life? That seems to be the problem here, at least. People complaining it's too slow and boring, but that's literally the genre, no? 🤔
Also, people complaining about all the food-eating scenes, but that made it into the synopsis, which means eating scenes are going NOWHERE. They're part and parcel with the plot and development of our characters (I don't know how they afford it, though! 😅).
I think I would like this better without the romantic focus in it. I like the whole friendship camaraderie that…
I think it WAS a bit dramatic, but I also think it fit with Sang Gi's character. He's very private, and it seems his poverty was felt very deeply. He's not used to being vulnerable, and struggled to let people in (even people he considers close friends, like Chang Won).
I think he was also so flustered and disturbed by all the hate comments, texts, and calls that he wasn't thinking straight.
That was the beauty of Ju Hyeong bringing up his embarrassing mess of a case, and then all the others following suit. Sang Gi got yanked out of his own head, and was able to he'd made this thing out to be this monster of a problem when in reality, it wasn't a big deal after all (especially to those close to him).
It's not really considered an "office" drama - no office politics, no grand scheming. It's more "slice…
Agreed! I don't tend to like office dramas, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this one so far (just to back up your observation, this is not an office drama). ☺️
can anyone recommend me their fav kdramas, a top 5 preferably:))
-While You Were Sleeping -Crash Landing On You -I Hear Your Voice -Dr. Romantic 2 -Under The Queen's Umbrella (and just because it's one of the must-see classics) -Boys Over Flowers (I now prefer the Thai version, though)
Aw, I loved the lunch confession time, spearheaded by Ju Hyeong (who's demonstrating he's more emotionally intelligent than he appears. 😉 He's like the big bro of all the attorneys.).
Also, it's so cute that the Advisor follows Sang Gi's food blog. 😅
They even featured my favorite piece to play on the piano. Good old Brahms!
I was also wondering how much scouting they had to do to find cool restaurants in Seoul for them to eat at (they had to find a lot, and so many spaces to fully rent out!). I bet a fun thing for Koreans watching this would be to identify the restaurants they visit ("Ive been there!"). 😅 I wonder if they bothered to blind ones near the neighborhood the lawyers are supposed to work in? Probably not, though; that seems too committed to be realistic.
If I could compare it against Resident Playbook, which I have seen, and which I hear has a similar feel to Hospital Playlist (though most who've seen both prefer HP), I think this drama feels more mature; more thoughtful? And less lighthearted? Hard to pinpoint. It's not that this show is heavy or depressing, but it doesn't sugarcoat or gloss over situations the lawyers find themselves in due to work that just kind of suck. It's trying to capture people at different places and stages in life based on their experiences and portraying what that might look and feel like.
For instance, the ML has been a lawyer for 9 years and, over the course of the first few episodes, it show that he's gotten more world-weary than when he started (but then you also find subtle clues he does still care a great deal about his work) and the WAY they show all of these things happening at once I thought was VERY well done. They tried to hold in tension more things than I normally see a drama try to hold in tension, and as a person working an emotionally demanding job with human beings for almost 10 years, 😅 I resonated hardcore with his character's "time in life."
I've heard Hospital Playlist (I assume maybe like Reply 1988) has a decent amout of humor, but this one doesn't as much (though it does have lots of banter, and I think the food group's chrmistry is quite good). I think it's a less ambitious drama than HP, and feels pretty chill and understated. Almost all the actors are doing way more subtle versions of other characters they've played before.
Also, I'd like to venture that in reality, prafticimg law probably IS more boring than working in a hospital. 🤷♀️ I've also heard HP and RP aren't super accurate portrayals of what people do in hospitals; have yet to find out if this is an accurate portrayal of lawyers in a law firm.
P.S. Bonus: their portrayal of commuting to work on the subway is the most accurate and detailed that I've seen in a Kdrama. 😉
This drama sounds cute, but almost every drama with ghosts I can't like very much, and characters getting possessed/taken over/enchanted by something or someone is like my least favorite trope to watch in ANY film media, let alone in Kdramas, and I'm just pretty sure it will bother the heck out of me. 😅
What a rollercoaster, with some definite highs and some definite lows. The last 1/3 was harder to finish. Overall, I enjoyed it, as there was enough good to outweigh the stuff I wasn't keen on.
First off, the sweet Li and Ling found family dynamics were the absolute sweetest, and the bond between them all was so heartwarming and lovely. And I can't gush enough about Li Haichao. What a guy! He would be a great character in any drama, but in contrast to 99% of the adults in this drama, he seemed like an actual saint. Li JianJian and He Ziqiu were lucky to have him.
Which leads me to my next point. I think the strengths and weaknesses of this drama are actually due to the same thing: how human the characters feel. It's a drama, yes, so of course there are elements to it that are unrealistic, etc. but overall it does do a good job portraying the messiness (and at times, joys) of human life. I also found this refreshing since I hadn't yet encountered a modern drama that didn't make "real life" in China look plasticky, picture perfect, and rosy (except Reset; my roster of modern Cdramas is quite small because I've run into the same gripes almost every time, and it's slowed my enthusiasm to watch more).
That said, there were a lot of REALLY dysfunctional (borderline abusive) family dynamics in this drama, and while I appreciated the authenticity of trying to depict real people with struggles and extremely difficult challenges (e.g. Ling Xiao's mom had a crummy life, but her poor choices made something already quite bad infinitely worse, etc.), then trying to show them wrestling with how to face them, I found it really difficult to watch at points. I'm not sure what we're supposed to think about all the family dynamics by the end, but I was still deeply disturbed by many of them. Some of the "improvement" felt a bit rushed and slightly tacked on and kind of got inexplicably better, and in the last 1/3 I found myself dreading any scenes with parents besides our found family. I think I just have some major issues with filial piety and the way it's used to manipulate and control children EVEN INTO ADULTHOOD in the name of duty, love and selflessness. I could go on, but I will leave it at that. There's so much pressure, emotional manipulation, conditional relationships, etc. I know it was mostly portrayed as such, and it was critiquing these abuses of family closeness, but I think there was still too much problematic stuff normalized even despite all the obvious social criticism of filial piety.
Also, the romance. Ling Xiao had been through a lot so I get he was not in a good place, but he got borderline creepy in the way he talked about what Jian Jian was to him for a bit, and the way he used his relationship with her to cope emotionally with his mom... all of it was giving major 🚩🚩🚩.
So, I preferred the first 2/3s (the part before the boys left, honestly, though I did like how they dealt with them returning and all the awkwardness and hurt that had to get cleared up), but I really lost steam at the romance. I needed the final 15 minutes of Episode 40 to last for at least two to three episodes to bring back the happy family vibe and adorable antics of our three friends.
Lastly, I'll just say, with the exception of maybe JianJian and Haichao, everyone in this drama needed therapy, and that would have been a great message to gently hint at for people who have actual families like this. 😉
If I could try to capture the vibe of this drama, I'd say it has a mix of elements from WIFTY (when the three leads are still in school, and the close friends dynamics), Reply 1988 (for the sibling/found family/neighbor/slice of life dynamic, and the FLs are quite similar in personality (but sorry, I think Reply is the better drama 🫣)), Prison Playbook (for the slice of life vibe that tries to sit with the reality of difficult scenarios yet shows them being offset by close bonds with people), and My Mister (for the more depressing, world-weary "life just sucks sometimes" elements of this drama).
Agree! 😅 I thought his "love at first sight" encounter was one of the lamest I'd ever seen.
(To clarify, I'm thinking of modern Cdramas, which have worse couple dynamics than the "historical" dramas, in my limited experience. 🤔)
Also, people complaining about all the food-eating scenes, but that made it into the synopsis, which means eating scenes are going NOWHERE. They're part and parcel with the plot and development of our characters (I don't know how they afford it, though! 😅).
I think he was also so flustered and disturbed by all the hate comments, texts, and calls that he wasn't thinking straight.
That was the beauty of Ju Hyeong bringing up his embarrassing mess of a case, and then all the others following suit. Sang Gi got yanked out of his own head, and was able to he'd made this thing out to be this monster of a problem when in reality, it wasn't a big deal after all (especially to those close to him).
-Crash Landing On You
-I Hear Your Voice
-Dr. Romantic 2
-Under The Queen's Umbrella
(and just because it's one of the must-see classics)
-Boys Over Flowers (I now prefer the Thai version, though)
Sorry, that was 6. Top 5 is really hard. 😅
Also, it's so cute that the Advisor follows Sang Gi's food blog. 😅
They even featured my favorite piece to play on the piano. Good old Brahms!
Episodes 6 was very good. Favorite episode yet!