The first number is how much I liked it, the second number is how objectively good I think the drama is – and both are on a scale of 1 (hate) to 10 (love) – borrowing the elegant system from the Goddess herself, Javabeans.

The rated dramas only reflect the dramas I finished or watched most of it. The dramas where I didn’t make it past the first few episodes I am not qualified to give my thoughts on.

49 Days - 8/8

9 End, 2 Outs - 6/6

90 Days, Falling in Love Days - 3/5

A Man Called God – 6/5

A Star’s Lover - 7/6

Air City - 6/5

All In - 6/7

Arang and the Magistrate – 6/8

Autumn in My Heart - 8/6

Bad Family - 9.5/8

Bad Guy - 5/5

Bad Love - 4/5

Beautiful Days - 9/8

Be Strong Geum Soon! – 7.5/8

Best Love (The Greatest Love) – 7.5/8

Big – 9/5

Boys Before Flowers - 7/6

Capital Scandal - 6/7

Chuno – 7.5/9

City Hall - 10/9

Coffee Prince – 7.5/9

Conspiracy in the Court - 9/10

Damo – 10/10

Delightful Girl Choon Hyang - 5/6.5

Dream High – 8/7.5

East of Eden - 4/5

Fantasy Couple - 6/7

Fashion 70′s - 7/8

Fashion King – 3/3

Flowers for My Life - 8/9.5

Friend, Our Legend - 9/9.5

Giant - 9/9

Green Rose - 8/8

Goodbye Solo - 9/9

Goong – 9/7.5

Gourmet - 6/8

Hero - 7/7.5

Hong Gil Dong - 8/8

I Am Legend - 5/6

I Do I Do – 6/6

I Live in Cheongdamdong – 10/10

I Need Romance – 7/7

Iljimae – 6/7.5

Invincible Lee Pyung Gyeon - 7/7

Ireland – 6/7

Joseon X-Files - 10/10

Jumong – 7/9

Kim Soo Ro – 6/7

Lie to Me – 9.5/5

Love Marriage - 8/7

Lovers - 4/5

Lovers in Paris - 5/6

Mary Stayed Out All Night - 8/5

Me Too, Flower! – 8/7

My Fair Lady - 7/5

My Girl - 7/8.5

My Love Patzzi - 4/5

My Name is Kim Sam Soon - 9.5/9.5

My Princess - 7/6.5

New Heart - 8.5/9

Nice Guy (The Innocent Man) – 9/8

OB/GYN - 7/7

On Air - 8/8

One Fine Day - 5/3

Only You - 8/6

Operation Proposal – 6/6

Painter of the Wind - 7/8

Pasta – 7/6

Personal Taste - 5/5

Playful Kiss - 9/6

President – 9/9

Protect the Boss – 8/8

Queen of Housewives - 7.5/8

Resurrection/Revenge/Rebirth - 10/9.5

Robbers – 6/6

Sang Doo, Let’s Go to School - 9.5/9

Save the Last Dance for Me - 7/7

Secret Garden - 6/8

Seodongyo – 9/6.5

She is Nineteen - 8.5/7

Snow Queen - 8/8

Spring Waltz - 5/6.5

Spy Myung Wol – 4/4

Stairway to Heaven - 3/4

Summer Scent - 7/7

Super Rookie - 6/6.5

Surgeon Bong Dal Hee - 7.5/8

Swallow the Sun - 5.5/7

Tamra the Island - 9.5/8.5

Tazza – 6/7

Temptation of an Angel - 6/6

Thank You - 8/8

The Devil/Mawang - 8/9

The Duo – 9/9

The King 2 Hearts – 9/8

The Princess’s Man – 9/9

The Kingdom of the Winds - 5/7

The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry - 9/9

Time Between Dog and Wolf - 9.9/9

Triple – 4/6

War of Money - 3/4

What Happened in Bali? – 9/9

What Star are You From? – 6/6

When It’s at Night - 7/6

Who Are You? - 8/8

Winter Sonata - 7/7

Wish Upon a Star - 7/7

Witch Amusement - 4/6

You’re Beautiful - 8/8

Any drama I rated 8 or higher on the objective quality scale (second number) is a drama I would recommend for whatever genre it falls under.

MY TEN FAVORITE K-DRAMAS (in no particular order, and no testament to the quality of said drama – only that I liked them so very much):

- Time Between Dog and Wolf – Guns, amnesia, undercover operatives, beautiful first love, gorgeous overseas locale, stellar soundtrack, and, oh yeah, six different versions of Lee Jun Ki. I think that about sums it up. HK cops procedural combined perfectly with Korean melo-angst.

- What Happened in Bali - THE love triangle to end all love triangle debates – even the leading lady isn’t so sure who she loves. Outstanding acting by everyone involved. You won’t stop thinking about it for awhile after you finish watching it.

- City Hall - Mature, sexy, sizzling romance wrapped in a feel-good shell of a political fairy tale. The single best ending to a drama I have ever watched. It gives you everything you want, and then some more.

- Tamra the Island – Fun, poignant, dreamy – a fairy tale for young and old, innocent and jaded. Breathtaking cinematography, lyrical soundtrack, and the introduction of Team Park Kyu to the world.

- Damo - Naeuri-ahhhhhh! *collapses into a heap of tears and sobs*

- My Name is Kim Sam Soon - Not over-rated at all. Deserving of every accolade and recommendation. A romantic comedy where being unmarried and nearly on-the-shelf is not sugar-coated, but the possibility of romance is still heart-thumpingly good.

- Seodongyo – The drama that introduced me to K-dramas. You can call my love for it nostalgia, but its good on every re-watch. The one sageuk where the romance is given equal treatment with the historical intrigue. The OTP gets thrown every obstacle in the world, but you get all the ooey-gooey sweet moments and the forceful separations. In the end, you also get your happy ending.

- Beautiful Days - The only early Hallyu drama I adore to pieces. Watched it for the first time nearly ten years after it first aired, and everything worked perfectly to deliver the melodrama with the catharsis and the romance.

- Lie to Me - The qualitative absolute worst drama in this group, but quite possibly personally made me the happiest. The only drama to make me tangibly feel like I am experiencing falling in love all over again through two people onscreen.

- Sang Doo, Let’s Go To School – A story about first love, nurtured by the quiet strength of a man and the perseverance of a woman, a love story so pure and untainted that it reminds you that love is truly a beautiful thing to see.

THE TOP TEN K-DRAMAS I’VE WATCHED (again in no particular order, the best is my subjective standard of quality only, and I’m judging each drama within the standards of it’s respective genres – also, there are so very many K-dramas I have not yet watched):

- Mawang/The Devil

- Friends, Our Legend

- Goodbye Solo

- My Name is Kim Sam Soon

- City Hall

- Damo

- Joseon X-Files/Secret Investigation Record

- Giant

- Conspiracy in the Court

- Resurrection