Shahrizat Jailan

Same goes with the Arthdal Chronicles & Kingdom. Perhaps it's Netflix's strategy to not follow the regular 1-season formula KDramas have been long known for. I guess it is their intention to string the plot along several seasons just like Stranger Things, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, etc.

Quite right up there with Lee Dongwook's "Chagiya" in Strangers From Hell!

It's the only drama that I still look forward to watching each week. I'm still loving the show even though the pacing HAS dropped somewhat a fraction, well at least it feels that way to me. It's good that they have made us emotionally invested in the characters right from the start so now we're with them for better or worse right to the end, heh heh.

My ultimate favourite sageuk, Six Flying Dragons

Dropped WWWSC near the end. They ended the mystery too soon.

For another therapeutic watch, I highly recommend Coffee Friends. Although it's not a drama, everything about it from the cast, location, mood, and the FOOD especially, was just such a good, good way to wind down after a hectic day. I've never watched a variety show with such amazing aesthetics before.

For actual dramas that fed my soul, I thoroughly enjoyed Prison Playbook with the life lessons that it offered, as well as Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, for the very achievable relationship goals it demonstrated. Search: WWW is also highly recommended for its cinematographic excellence as well as the wonderful storyline and concept.

I know right? Why is it that only Baek Gyeung's feelings is only the one that matters. Danoh prefers Haru. Haru is the knight in shining armour that Danoh has been waiting for. The development of their relationship is real and healthy. Why on earth would a normal girl gravitate towards someone with abusive tendencies? If the only reason people want her to end up with Baek Gyeong is because of sympathy, then that it is so unfair to Danoh, to expect her to build a relationship based on completely wrong reasons. It's unsustainable.

Lee Minki did quite well as a Joseon-era vampire in Detective K (the sequel) so maybe you're right about him being more suitable for dark, emo roles.

At which episode will it start picking up? I'm currently only at Episode 3 and in truth I'm needing some motivation to continue watching. I do like the cast lineup but somehow I have yet to feel the irresistable pull of a really engaging drama. Could you tell me when to expect it?

And I love how though her, the drama is throwing shades on the typical way female lead characters are often written.

I'm 42 and this drama had me shrieking in adolescent laughter

Ended well, as you can probably expect. I just won't tell you in which life that ending happens, that is.

What I want to know most is when will Eunsom and the horse Kanmoreu be reunited once again?? I've been missing that particular partnership. It was just too fleeting.

Give YSJ a chance. Did you see him in Duel? He took on 3 different characters, protagonist and antagonist alike and you could actually FEEL that they are different people when in fact it was YSJ alone. It's just too bad the editing work was a little off and jumpy, but I thought YSJ did pretty well regardless

I usually have a rather high tolerance in watching drama genres with violent, dark themes that came from years of reading Anne Rice, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Haruki Murakami, and other crime/thriller/horror novels. However, watching this series is proving to be a challenge for me for some reason. Perhaps it's the constant, underlying sense of dread in anticipation for something truly macabre to happen just around the bend of one dilapidated corner or another. Or perhaps it's in knowing that our male protagonist is falling headlong into a certain, inevitable doom. Yet the journey towards it feels painfully sustained. Certainly this series is not for the faint of heart. Looks like I will need to rinse away the acrid aftertaste of one episode with a fluffy rom-com or something, just to settle the adrenaline juices down.

They took the luxury apartment and medical treatment offered by Tak Sohoo in exchange for not appearing in court as witness.

Ah, The K2. So much potential, yet so little actually met. The chemistry between Jaeha and his lady boss was a lot more tangible than the one he had with her stepdaughter. It would have been superb if they'd played up Jaeha's sizzling chemistry with Yoojin and go for a more mature take on forbidden love instead of wasting plot development with Anna. (sorry, jaeha-anna shippers)

But I must say I can't complain about the fight and action scenes. I love me some good fight choreography. JCW was the ultimate cherry at the top of it all, of course.

PS - Kill It was awesome but could use a little more coherence in the story-telling. The editing had been a little jumpy and disjointed at times. JKY and Nana were great together. They do make a great-looking couple. I wish JKY would try taking up a sageuk next. Imagine him as a swashbuckling, cold assassin. Or a Daejang. All in sageuk costume splendor.

Yoo Ah In's character Moon Jae-shin was a sweet second lead in Sungkyunkwan Scandal. He never let the main leads catch on till the end and worked behind the scenes to keep the female lead safe from harm.

Jung Hae-in as Officer Woo Tak was also a sweet second lead who was content to love silently.

Not a very good idea, this increasing trend of splitting a drama series into 2 or 3 separate broadcasts. They risk losing the momentum and interest of the viewers. Case in reference: Chief of Staff. And people are also forgetting that Netflix's "Kingdom" with Joo Ji-hoon is awaiting broadcast of 6 more episodes. I believe many can't even recall the cliffhanger they'd left us with. Is it their intention for us to rewatch the series before the continuation?

The Great battle was excellent. One thing for certain is that any of the various battle scenes would win over The Battle of Winterfell hands down. The battles shot at night were clear and you know exactly what was going on. No need to adjust your tv brightness. And the war strategies, concept, writing, and execution had definitely put D&D's half-cooked battle sequences to shame. Ok sorry for still whingeing on GoT but the pain is still raw for me, heh heh.

Nam Joo Hyuk's presence tied the story together quite nicely. We saw a change in his perspectives that gave us as audiences a better appreciation of Jo In Sung's character's principles and contributions despite the various complaints that NJH didn't do anything much.

Great cinematography, epic music score, excellent casting all around. My only wish was that the used an actual Mandarin-speaking Emperor Taizong. Not taking anything away from Park Sung Woong's acting, it just did not feel natural, his Mandarin delivery.

Thanks for the article and the movie suggestion. I've seen the Dude Inside Me and it indeed was hilarious.

Delightful first episode. Love the chemistry between the main leads so far. They hit it off together right off the bat. The name Hotel del Luna is linguistically wrong though. It really should have been "Hotel de la Luna" as in the Spanish language, the moon Luna is assigned with female gender, hence la luna. For words assigned with male gender, the article would have been "el" instead of "la". Sorry, just sayin'...