What Are We Watching in May 2026?

No clowns allowed.  I treat kdramas, cdramas and doramas like visitors I temporarily invite into my head space. If they’re a drain on my patience and mental energy, I give them a boot to the backside. You see, as I grow older and my time become more finite, I must be selective in the company […]

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A Splendid Match: First Impressions

I started this cdrama because it played into my Chinese stereotypes. Spoilers. 1. The disastrous “One-Child Policy” of China truly did a number on family kinship. The family structure of the male lead Chen Yan Yun (YY) looks complicated because there are so many branches that a character relationship chart can come in handy. For […]

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Perfect Crown: Ep 8 My Notes

The thread is open. . @GB, Go ahead and post your notes on this episode. I’m about halfway through the show. Will edit this thread, and upload my own musings later. Thanks. pm3 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Without wasting time, here are my notes. 1. Re. who poisoned HuiJu? In my previous write-up, I wrote this: The possible […]

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Perfect Crown: Ep 7 Quick Questions

I’m not in the mood to ponder about love so I’m skipping Ep 5 for now. May circle back later. ********* Inquiring minds want to know a number of things that happened in this episode. I’ll start with the most salacious one. Question 1. What transpired between Yi Ahn and HuiJu on the yacht? Well, […]

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Perfect Crown: Ep 5 On Villains and Antagonists

I’ll catch up soon. This show’s Friday-Saturday schedule is throwing me off.  *********** I wrote about the differences between villains and antagonists when I watched the cdrama, “Legend of the Female General.”  It would be good to revisit them because I think a lot of viewers have discounted Prime Minister Min.  A villain is the […]

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