Viewers should pay more attention to the titles in this drama series. Here’s the backstory of the parrotbill (or “baepsae” in Korean) in this episode. The much-awaited doctor from Season 1, Dr. Kang, had just concluded a disastrous operation. His first patient upon his return to Doldam Hospital died on the operating table. His second […]
Protected: Dr. Romantic 3: Ep 12 On “The Courage to be Ordinary”
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One Day Off: Ep 5 My Very Short Take
@BethB said, Also—speaking of meta: the episode with the children’s author was very meta in that the scenes mostly went backwards, like the book idea she described to the FL. Yes, in a way it’s meta. I think each episode has a distinctive approach to the story. It’s not only the destination and the featured […]
Liar Game 2: Ep 5 Rewatch on Sat, June 10
The thread is open. 6:30am PST 9:30am EST 2.30pm in London 3.30pm in Paris 4.30pm in Athens 9.30pm in Singapore/Malaysia/Hong Kong/Perth The schedule of the upcoming rewatches: Ep 5 (46 Minutes) – June 10 Ep 6 (46 Minutes) – June 17 Ep 7 (46 Minutes) – June 24 Ep 8 (46 Minutes) – July 1 […]
One Day Off: Ep 3 On Meta-Romance
Though I explained already the concept of “meta” in kdramas a couple of times on this blog, every time I tackle it, I find myself learning something new. Now, let’s compare it to a matryoshka doll. You’ve seen this doll before, right? A meta in kdrama is like a matryoshka doll. We’re watching an action […]
Silent: Open Thread
The thread is open, @GB and @Kate. It has 11 episodes on Viki. All released and subbed. Here’s the dorama’s (long) recap from Viki. As high school students, Tsumugi Aoba (Haruna Kawaguchi) and So Sakura (Ren Meguro) shared a keen interest in music. With their interests so similarly aligned, it was only natural for a […]
Liar Game 2: Ep 4 Rewatch on Sat, June 3
The thread is open. It’s not never too late to join @GB, @WEnchateur and @Feifei. They’re doing Ep 4 tomorrow. 6:30am PST 9:30am EST 2.30pm in London 3.30pm in Paris 4.30pm in Athens 9.30pm in Singapore/Malaysia/Hong Kong/Perth The schedule of the upcoming rewatches: Ep 4 (46 Minutes) – June 3 Ep 5 (46 Minutes) – […]
One Day Off: Ep 8 Quick Takes
Just to be contrarian, I’ll begin my reviews on the last episode. Episode 8 began with a camera shot of a mound of spinach being blanched, no, boiled!! (horrors!) in a pot of water. It was drained, rinsed, squeezed, and seasoned before being rolled up with other veggies, omelet, and rice into several rolls of […]
One Day Off: Open Thread
The thread is open. I had my eye on this last April. I heard it was a travelogue/healing drama. Here’s the synopsis from mydramalist: Set in the 1990’s, Park Ha Kyung teaches Korean literature at a high school. To escape her ordinary days, Park Ha Kyung decides to take one day trips on Saturdays. During […]
Dr. Romantic 3: Ep 7 On “Inciting Hope”
The episode began with a hopeless man bewailing that he had an unfair life. Ex-Soldier: In this world, you can’t make it even if you try. No matter how hard you try, there’s a line that you can never cross. Still they say you should do your best. That if you work as hard as […]
Bitch Talk: Glitches on the Blog
Heads-up! The blog has been acting up for the past 8 hours. It goes off-line for 20 minutes to an hour, then online for 10 minutes then off-line again. Don’t know why. But it drives me nuts. There are WordPress/Jetpack software engineers paid to manage this platform and fix these glitches. They only have one […]
Dr. Romantic 3: Ep 8 On the “Underdog Effect”
As always, this is my interpretation of the title. Feel free to interpret the drama your way. There are two effects of being the underdog: he either rises to the challenge and proves his critics and detractors wrong, or he quits. The ex-soldier elected to do the second option. Because the world was so unjust, […]
My Perfect Stranger: Eps 9 & 10 Quick Takes
Nothing to see here. Or to be precise, there was nothing to see here that wasn’t predicted in the blog. 1. The political upheaval in 1987 wasn’t just a convenient backdrop to the story. It provided the plot point which altered and shaped the characters in the drama. Fortunately (or should I say presciently, lol), […]
Bitch Talk: What Are We Watching in June 2023?
Hey! Where did May go? I’ll be traveling in June and part of July so my posts will be sporadic. Have a great summer, y’all! Here’s what on my travel list. 1. King The Land Starring Lee JunHo (we all know who he is) and YoonAh (“Big Mouth” and “The King in Love”) Dear Lee […]