The ratings are out for a new drama shakeup this Wed-Thurs on prime time K-dramas and I’d call it a pyhrric victory. The arrival of legal thriller Switch (Change the World) with Jang Geun Seok and Han Ye Ri brought in 7.0%, 7.9% for the first two Wed episodes and then 6.8% and 7.6% for the Thurs episodes. Contrast that … Continue reading →
The press conference for upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama Mystery Queen 2 is so darn cute and just the goodness I needed after a crazy weekend of sexual harassment news breaking from K-ent. But then I get nervous and wonder if any of the stars of this drama is just one step from being outed and suddenly production is sent into … Continue reading →
The goodness keeps on coming for Mystery Queen 2, with the second drama poster moving the detective duo from the wintry countryside road to chilling beside a crime scene. They are so effortlessly cool, for the first time I think that of leads Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Kang Hee since watching many of their previous dramas and only wondering … Continue reading →
Classy and fun are the two adjectives that come to mind when I saw this latest Cosmopolitan Korea pictorial featuring Mystery Queen leads Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Kang Hee. She sheds her dowdy housewife detective duds for a lovely up do and stylish threads befitting a throwback movie star. He’s all gussied up to leading man sartorial standards, and … Continue reading →
The evolution of Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Kang Hee into their characters in KBS drama Mystery Queen felt like completely different routes that dovetailed perfectly. She was as quirky in real life, it seems, as her housewife detective character and playing this role seemed like wearing second skin that she should have been doing all along in her career. … Continue reading →
The cutie pies are back for Mystery Queen 2 and I can’t even this endearing description feels apt for two leads who are in their forties already. That’s because Choi Kang Hee and Kwon Sang Woo really are playing super charming characters, quirky in all the right ways especially their chemistry with each other. The latest stills from upcoming Mystery … Continue reading →
Aw heck yeah, the intrepid Mystery Queen duo is back together and this time with an even better supporting cast for the second go-around. First looks are here for 2018 K-drama Mystery Queen 2, taking viewers back to that quirky world where a housewife has the interest and developed skills to lend a fresh mind to the crime solving world … Continue reading →
Yay for some positive news around a K-drama to wash away some of the worry of Hwayugi‘s beleaguered state. KBS held the script reading for season 2 of it’s cult favorite housewife cop partner detective drama Mystery Queen (Queen of Mystery), taking over in late February 2018 from Black Knight on the Wed-Thurs time slot. The fantastic leads are back … Continue reading →
Fans of the quirky KBS drama Mystery Queen (Queen of Mystery) can rejoice now that all elements are confirmed for the sequel. Mystery Queen 2 is coming to KBS February 2018 taking over the Wed-Thurs time slot from currently airing Black Knight. The original leads are back together in action, with Choi Kang Hee as the housewife detective and Kwon … Continue reading →
There’s finally a positive in the generally dismaying results when K-dramas try to do a season 2 or even a sequel to milk a popular drama. The underrated and much loved KBS detective housewife drama from earlier this spring Mystery Queen (Queen of Mystery) has gotten the greenlight from the network to come back for a season 2 next year … Continue reading →
KBS had a hit in the last Wed-Thurs drama with Chief Kim which ended last week, but it’s less certain that this week’s new arrival Mystery Queen can replicate the success. I’m actually really interested in the offbeat Mystery Queen even with nary a main cast member that’s a fave of mine. I just like the dramatic throwback movie posters … Continue reading →
It’s classic noir for the visual home run in the recently released official posters for KBS sleuthing drama Mystery Queen. I would love to see these in black-and-white as well but the saturated tones of gold and red accents with backdrops of crime solving poses sells this drama marvelously. I’m interested now if I wasn’t already with this mystery loving housewife … Continue reading →
The transformation of quirky actress Choi Kang Hee into the titular Mystery Queen looks like a slam dunk from the first stills recently released of the upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama. Taking over for the time slot leading Chief Kim, the drama centers around a woman who loves sleuthing and mystery novels and finds her deductive reasoning ability called into use … Continue reading →
