The Wed-Thurs time slot for the next month officially belongs to tvN drama Knowing Wife (Familiar Wife). The cable drama hit 7.259% ratings in episode 6, higher than the averaged half episode ratings of the prime time competitors Your Honor (Dear Judge) on SBS, the melodrama Time on MBC, and the family drama Your House Helper on KBS, with those three having ratings in the same ranking as I listed them. I love Knowing Wife solely for Ji Sung bringing every ounce of energy and sincerity he has, making me care that he has a do-over life but knowing that it can’t be as perfect as it looks and deep down he misses the marriage/wife that he found so stifling that he would choose a magical do-over. Han Ji Min is fantastic in this role, none of that annoying try-hard performance I found so cloying in Hyde, Jekyll, Me, here she’s just so personable it’ll be hard not to have Ji Sung fall for her all over again. Continue reading →