Knavery

Slow but steady. I like it. The production values, cinematography are super high quality.

It's your typical Chinese webdrama in terms of format. I think most of the way it's a decent story but then towards the end, things go off the rails a little bit.

You have two souls in a body in ancient times. One is a demure girl from a prestigious family who belongs in her time, the other is a saleswoman, a real estate agent if I remember right.

So of course the modern girl gets in to all sorts of trouble and comedic situations because she doesn't know the etiquette. If that appeals to you - go ahead.

It's hard to know for sure with only 1 episode but it seems like a comedy-romance and a potential love triangle.

The main character, a super genius math teacher is introduced in the show helping his best friend solve crime... so I would say it will play a significant role in the show.

Now it seems like the woman has some skills such as appraising and knowledge of the art and jewelry industries so maybe she will begin to play a role as well. She gave us some flashbacks that suggest she might play a significant role in crime-solving in the future of the show.

I thought it was a pretty good first episode but since it's only episode 1 of 15, there are no guarantees.

The father and the stepbrother have to be the two dumbest businessmen and people ever. They never tell the son/brother anything and criticize him relentlessly. It's like if I prevented a student from studying, failed them and went "well this is your fault".

I understand episode 1 shows he's kind of like a trust fund kid who shirks his responsibilities but any time he tries to show growth - the father and stepbrother are actively trying to harm his attempts. It's bad. It's just not good business or good people skills.

I still think it's a stretch from speaking to acting in the language. I suppose if she works hard, memorizes the lines and only needs to focus on her expressions and tone of voice she'll be alright. I guess the big thing here is they want some appeal to China instead of getting a more unknown Asian or Chinese American/Brit/Canadian.

The obvious comparison to make here is Aladdin where the main cast and majority of all the cast is from America/UK or they were born in the Middle-East/Turkey and have lived longterm in Europe and have excellent English skills.

Probably the best one I've seen of this type of drama. The leads were amazing. I think it's a few episodes too long at 30 so the plot gets a little wonky at times but that's pretty much my only complaint. Rainie Yang was great. The male lead figured out what he wanted remarkably quickly and did everything in his power to get it. He wasn't constantly attacking her with insults while trying to figure out his emotions. Good chemistry.

I worry about the accent and acting in another language. It's tough to do but maybe she can pull it off. Good luck to her.

No worries, write about who you like. I had honestly never clicked on the "Stalker's Guide To" because I thought it would be more along the lines of "here's his Instagram!" and stuff like that. Kind of like an open love letter or a fan thread.

Kyung Soo Jin made me a fan of hers in this drama but I tend to agree with others that the way they treated multiple personality disorder and Clara Lee's character was sad. It's mindless fun. I didn't hate it but I can't say I'm a fan of the show.

So this is what a Stalker's Guide is. I never really clicked because they were all men.

A large group on here seems to prefer dramas that are very innocent and K-Dramas are usually pretty innocent. That's not a criticism of them but it needs to be said.

I agree that it doesn't bother me and it's pretty mild...

I think the way I looked at the male lead is - while he was terrifying, at least his "reason" was better than most other male leads in Thai dramas which usually boils down to: "I had my heart broken a few years ago that's why I treat you like a slave" or "I overheard something that made me think you might be a gold digger or bad person so I'm going to assume I'm right and treat you like a slave".
In this case he heard the lead woman's voice on the cellphone of her fiance who was dead/dying. While we know there's more to the story - he thinks she's escaping justice.

It's been a while but I think while he was terrifying it was mostly verbal right? And she obviously wasn't living with him.

Kleun Cheewit was actually pretty progressive all things considered. The bad guy was a rapist who drugged unsuspecting women including the hero, his own step-daughter. There was never a minute of "oh he's actually good" or "oh he's redeemable".

There was also a 'rape scene' between the two leads. But for several hours of episodes before the scene, it was made clear they both had feelings for each other, he tried to back out of blackmail scheme and she pushed him on it. Then they both struggled with the aftermath of what they had done. It wasn't pretty or glossed over. I think I remember her crying in the shower for sure. I forget what his reaction was. They both regretted going through with it.

I know for a lot of people and users here it might be too much but we're talking relative to other Thai shows...

The family always hates the girl if she's not rich/high-class

It may fall under gender bender but it's funny when the girl catches the falling guy or grabs his wrist. It makes me laugh and cheer for them to end up together.

Well it was alright. I like Park Han Byul and the lead guy is alright too.

The allergy he had only showed up when it was convenient and it was more noticeable in this season. I thought the story was much weaker in the second half and the last episode felt rushed - trying to wrap it up and put a bow on all the problems they created to stall for time.

The leads were still cute to me so I enjoyed them. I kind of wish the secretary would have had more of a role in the ending.

I see season 3 listed on here but is that true and actually happening? They seemed to wrap things up at the end of this season so I'm not too sure.

The second one sounds interesting to me.

I dropped it at 5. I just can't seem to deal with the medical and professional inaccuracies of modern medical dramas. Combine that with this weird relationship of a surgeon-turned teacher and his former highschool student... it's weird and not in a good way for me. If it was Ji Hong and In Joo then maybe I could have stomached the god-level surgeon BS but it's not. I'm sure many people enjoyed it but like I said... medical dramas are tough for me and when the story surrounding it isn't appealing to me, I'm out.

Damn this was good. I avoid this genre but I'm glad I gave this one a chance. Wow.