Oh gosh, so many feels! I can’t believe that it’s been as long as 11 years now since one of the crackiest K-dramas to ever grace the small screen aired. I’m talking about Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance which forever gets to use both titles whenever it’s being discussed because it was just that entertaining a watch. Starring uber young Lee Seung Gi and Han Hyo Joo, it was a K-drama assembled with all the usual tropes but came out with sparkling freshness. It also had Bae Soo Bin perfecting the perfect some male lead role and Moon Chae Won doing her best sabotaging second female lead stereotype. Gosh if I had a rainy weekend this would be the perfect K-drama to rewatch, though part of me thinks it won’t hold us as well as it does in my memory. Better to just watch the upcoming variety show Hometown Flex where Han Hyo Joo guests on the episode exploring her hometown of Chungju and spends time with host Lee Seung Gi, and they also discuss memories of working together on the drama.
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