Episode 6 of Dr. Stranger was all over the place in dialing up the conspiracy greater than expected and conflicting feelings shooting every which way. It’s easier to just watch rather than try and guess ahead, especially when it comes to whether Jae Hee is still alive and how come everyone seems to be in on whatever is brewing around … Continue reading →
Yay for more Dr. Stranger energy to kick start my Monday with another dose of crazy fun. It also doesn’t hurt to see gorgeous couple Jae Joon and Soo Hyun steam up the screen with some face-to-face closeness. Episode 5 continues the trend of Park Hoon operating in someone’s chest cavity in each episode, still offering good service to the … Continue reading →
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z392/Jomo143/sla16/HWalne_zps804b54a0.png If we listen to Sun Jae, he has us convinced he understands Hye Won better than she does herself. He sees that her loneliness doesn’t have to be a permanent part of her life, but he hasn’t seen her turn away from all the trappings she feels she earned over the years. Yes, she doesn’t want to lose him, … Continue reading →
After six-months and twenty-six exquisite drama hours, In a Good Way ended this Friday with neither a bang nor a whimper, saying goodbye instead with an indelible touch. I’ll discuss the ending in the post recap thoughts and will instead devote the opening remarks to saying a fond farewell. This drama snuck up on me having initially viewed it as filler for … Continue reading →
A drama can be frustrating to watch in good ways, challenging our perceptions and crowding our comfort zones. Episode 3 of You’re All Surrounded was exactly the opposite, frustrating in ways that pushed the boundaries of sense for the sake of hammering home a point. The P4 are inexperienced and incompetent, yes, but to have a snowball of bad judgment, … Continue reading →
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z392/Jomo143/sla15/think_zpscbf856f3.png We have a hard time reading Hye Won since she communicates so little of her schemes and thoughts. Her words are as spare as her sleek wardrobe lines. Nothing is wasted. If Hye Won were a poem, she’d be a haiku. Listening to the few honest words she does speak, I think we can decipher what is in her … Continue reading →
You’re All Surrounded burst out of the gate last week with two rollicking episodes that set up a serious backstory while keeping the present action breezy and slapstick. The ratings were quite promising for premiere week with the teasers or the well-liked cast getting viewers to check it out. Which is all the more worrying that the ratings took a noticeable … Continue reading →
Paging doctor doctor, come save me because I’ve got a bad case of loving you. The more absurd Dr. Stranger gets, the more it works as Park Hoon anchors the five-ring circus in the warm embrace of his kind and caring arms. This drama can also be renamed parents-in-peril as we see a parental figure die or almost die in … Continue reading →
I’m so loving Dr. Stranger its beyond bizarre. Considering the only two leads I liked were second leads Park Hae Jin and Kang Sora and I was ready to merely endure Lee Jong Seok and Jin Se Yeon, three episodes in and I’m fine if the entire drama is about Park Hoon performing random surgeries and being goofy the rest … Continue reading →
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z392/Jomo143/sla14/agony_zpsda96a2b6.png The most puzzling relationship portrayed in this series is between wife Hye Won and her husband Joon Hyung. Why him, Hye Won? Surrounded by many musical and creative people back then, was he the only option? How detached could she have been to enter into this sham of convenience? Maybe the answers don’t matter because nobody ends up in … Continue reading →
For all the fans of In a Good Way who thought this drama was going to coast to a happy ending with the same low-key mood and plot that has come to define it, it’s time to meet episode 25 and experience a resounding thwack to the head. I felt my head spinning from midway through the episode and the pressure … Continue reading →
http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z392/Jomo143/sla13/game_zps08853f04.png If Seohan had been an ancient kingdom and Hye Won a man, King Seo would have been wise to employ her skills to lead his troops. Her comfort with and talent in waging battle on several fronts simultaneously impress me. I can imagine marshalling thousands of troops would not daunt her any more than dealing with all the intricacies … Continue reading →
It’s reassuring that You’re All Surrounded solidified its footing and pace by the second episode now that the action remains in the present timeline completely and the set-up is done. This drama did a swell job with its opening salvo, splicing the teenage past sequence in the middle of the first episode with just enough information to set the stage but without dragging anything out. The … Continue reading →