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The way my jaw dropped as Hu-yeong kissed Hong-ju without a warning! I hope we see a full version of this kiss in the upcoming episode but to think that we have to wait for 6 whole days before that is so unfair. On the other hand, using the story about Jun-ho’s panic attacks and financial struggle is the makers’ copout to get viewers to empathise with him.It would have been much easier for Jun-ho to communicate with Hong-ju instead of the whole facade of abandoning her at the airport without her knowing what she had done to hurt Jun-ho. I understand Hong-ju’s way of pushing people away before they can hurt. She is suffering from severe abandonment issues and it makes her so much more relatable.I wish this show was longer so the makers could delve deeper into these issues that Hong-ju suffers from. Addressing all her issues well will not be possible in an 8-episode drama. Since we only have 4 more episodes left in this one, I wonder what happens next now that Hu-yeong’s mother has returned to South Korea to take him back home.
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Oh wow! This episode was so romantic it made me squeal with joy. Serendipity’s Embrace feels like a perfect rom-com drama at a time when there is a dearth in the genre. It is a shame that the show only has 8 episodes in total and I wish the makers stuck to the 16-episode format because the chemistry between the main leads is extremely palpable.The episode ended with Hu-yeong telling Hong-ju that the frozen food was thawing but everyone watching the show understood what he meant. Hu-yeong is telling Hong-ju that his feelings of love for her have started thawing already and he is falling for her all over again. Chae Jeong-yeop is a treat to the eye and his smile is making my heart flutter. Our ‘Potato Boy’ from Nevertheless has come a long way! Kim So-hyun is perfect as Hong-ju and I am looking forward to the romance between her and Jeong-yeop’s character – Hu-yeong in the episodes to come. Hye-ji does have feelings for Hu-yeong but the bond she shares with Sang-pil is giving enemies to lovers energy and I am seated for them to turn into a side couple as the show progresses. From the first episode itself, this show has me hooked and I cannot wait for the next episode!
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Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 8 leaves us with more questions than answers. Chief Ji’s mystery feels childish in front of the Bamseom neohumans. Her husband turned and Hyun-su killed him to save Eun-yu. As for the tunnel thing, her son probably turned too and she feeds him symptomatic people like Seung-wan. She also probably wanted to feed Mrs. Oh to her hungry son. But why did she need Ye-seul to cut the lights?And is there something to Seon-hwa’s pretence and Peter’s shadiness? Chan-young and Ha-ni may show up at the stadium though, to take down Ji’s son and Tak if he loses control. We also get the answer as to why someone as deranged as Ui-myeong doesn’t hurt Yi-kyung when she goes into labour. But this plot twist was possibly not thought of in season 1 which is why he treats her like a stranger at Green Home.It also gives us a small explanation of why their kid is so powerful, she was possibly conceived when Ui-myeong had already started turning. It also seems that Ui-myeong convinced monster Hyun-su who had blue eyes in the mall in episode 1. This is why Hyun-su changed his mind when he came back to his human self after the car crash.But there is one slow buildup we don’t mind – the cocoon monsters. Like Mrs. Im and the Bamseom monsters, they can control their monsterization. This means Eun-hyuk is more or less himself but powerful. They really blindsided us by not adding Eun-hyuk’s actor, Lee Do-hyun to the cast. Does this mean we will also get monster Ji-su in season 3? We don’t see her die either. The Crow Platoon has grown on us too and hope they are not all dead.
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Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 7 is possibly the best episode yet. All the characters are moving forward, in some kind of dilemma or situation. Ho-sang’s motives are finally revealed while also reinforcing Hyun-su’s faith in humanity when Eun-yu defends him. Though this may throw a wrench in the Ye-seul, Chan-young, Eun-yu, Hyun-su love square.Lim slightly disappoints us as the main antagonist but Tak more than makes up for that as we see him spiralling and giving into his monster self. Doubt he will be a special infectee but we are still rooting for him. And while we thought Seok-chan and Kim were bound to die, it seems to be the other way around.The plot twists and suspense is confusing but not so much that it irks us like in episode 4. It simply sets the stage for the finale which is bound to be complex as it goes about solving all the problems, or at least most of them. Hopefully they don’t leave us hanging till season 3 airs a year later.
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Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 6 finally gives a glimpse of Hyun-su though we doubt it will be a tearful or sweet reunion. Sorry, Hyun-su but Eun-yu is too busy searching for her brother. It is just unfortunate that Mystery Girl caused her to take a detour. As for poor Mystery Girl, why is Yi-kyung giving her a hard time? If you cannot handle your monster of a daughter, just let her go ma’am!There is a whole lot of conflict among the other secondary characters as well and as we reach the last stretch of the season, we doubt all of them will be solved. What is up with Ji and her secret room? And will Shady Peter’s storyline culminate into anything? Then there’s the military with each of them having different problems. Hope the writers don’t bite off more than what they can chew.
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The conflict between Ji and Eun-yu is finally revealed in Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 5. But it is still not fully clear as to what’s the problem if Ji knows the truth. Why would she blame Eun-yu then? Also, Peter is extremely shady. He keeps sowing seeds of doubt here and there, though he does help Mrs. Oh by talking to her. He possibly has something going on with Ji-na as well but she doesn’t have much going on for her, so the writers better give her more of a personality. About time we got to see Yi-kyung. Wonder what happened to her and how she has the same ribbon as Eun-yu. And if the Mystery Girl is her kid, how did she grow up so quickly? Also despite being the main protagonist and antagonist, Hyun-su and Ui-myeong are missing for an awfully long time.The human survivors are definitely entertaining with their drama and pettiness, but more and more season 1 favourites are disappearing. Hopefully, we see more of Ji-su and Eun-hyuk as well in the future. It is very likely that the monster that killed Ji’s husband is Eun-hyuk.
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Hyun-su’s tragic flaw of being super righteous is now getting annoying. If he’d played it smartly, he wouldn’t have turned into stone now, would he? Though we doubt that’s the last we see of him. Who knows, maybe he has another secret power we don’t know about.Ah, does Ji-su die in Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 3? Is that why she doesn’t have a poster and is not in any of the promo content? But the actress, Park Gyu-young is said to be in season 3 as well, so what’s up with Ji-su’s storyline? She’s probably turned like Hyun-su for all we know.There are a lot of questions from Lim’s endgame to the hitchhiker’s status but there is no real overarching conflict yet. But that may be corrected in the next episode when the stadium survivors clash with the Bamseom survivors.
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Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 2 finally gives the Green Home residents more screen time and a proper storyline. But is anyone else unable to see Eun-hyuk and Eun-yu as brother and sister after seeing them as a couple in Youth of May? Is he alive though? We see another cocoon like the one Ms. Im was stuck in so that could be him. However, about time Jae-hwan got what was coming to him.By the way, it looks like Sergeant Kim is going to be a problem while Sergeant Tak might just be the one who may side with Green Home and Hyun-su. Similarly, while the trailer showed Lim as this deranged scientist, there is more than what meets the eye. And while Season 1 doesn’t really show the full extent of what the MHs can do, maybe this season we will. That was pretty cool the way Hyun-su could bring back the monster’s consciousness.
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Sweet Home Season 2 Episode 1 answers all the questions that the finale left us. But is Sang-wook dead for sure or his memories were a way of him trying to take back his body? Poor Hyun-su must be so confused with the car crash. But why did he change his mind? Sure, Ui-myeong killed a couple of residents in cold blood, but his warning of Bamseom is legit. The premiere also sets the foundation for the humans vs neohumans conflict as the soldiers are more monstrous than the monsters. Also, why is Yi-kyung infiltrating Bamseom, does she think her fiance is there? Glad to see at least the remaining Green Home residents, hope they are not separated.
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Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale Episode 4
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Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale Episode 4 reduces the slapstick comedy in favour of the conflict and the drama but the momentum continues as the story unfurls in a hilarious way. The leads are so unserious and unaware of each other’s feelings that it makes for a fun watch. Jun-young especially kills it as Cha-min who is a complete loser in love but tries to play it cool.The Cinderella motifs continue and are weaved in pretty cleverly. In this episode, we get the impossible task before the ball, Jae-rim showing up in her pretty dress at the ball and Cha-min falling for her. The evil aspect switches from the stepfamily who is actually nice to Jae-rim and instead, we get Dan-a and her cohort being the antagonists and ruining her dress. We do wonder why Do-hong suddenly changed his mind. Or was he only pretending to be nice to Jae-rim all this while so she’d secure him the membership?
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Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale Episode 3
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Dreaming of a Freaking Fairytale Episode 3 continues with the goofy execution of the plot and so far, it is still refreshing. It’s the little things that make it engaging such as the moments with the Hwa-jin, seeing Cha-min’s motivations and the sarcastic narration. The main leads’ romance also seems to be blooming in the classic he secretly likes her and she is oblivious trope. Which will get pretty exciting with the hot new customer entering the picture.Despite being hilarious and having viewers giggling in every other scene, the surprisingly serious moment with the one step-sister we didn’t expect is the highlight of the episode. It gives us valid viewpoints of both sisters and why they think the way they do. For Jae-rim, along with getting out of poverty, she also values love. Meanwhile, Hwa-jin is practical and prefers to rely on no one but herself.
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The Atypical Family has its ups and downs throughout. The series started off on a promising note and built up the expectations of the viewers.The show took an unexpected turn and started focusing more on Bok Gwi Joo and Do Da Hae's past instead of focusing on the present. Thankfully, in such sluggish moments, the side plot of Bok In A, her school life and her relationship with Bok Gei Joo and Do Da Hae come to the rescue. The series is entertaining and fun to watch overall. The actors take on the dull parts with confidence and make such moments bearable. Much of the story is saved by the actors' talent.The drama promises something new and fresh in the beginning but ends up following the same old K-drama tropes. Yet, The Atypical Family has heartwarming moments which are the central points. It explores themes of family, mental health and much more.
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So Hierarchy bows out with a whimper rather than a roar, with a disappointingly obvious finale and a whole lot of fluff to pad out this chapter. This absolutely did not need to be 75 minutes long and the pacing throughout this show has been really poor.The chemistry between everyone has been bad across the board if I’m honest, and it feels like the creators tried to mimic Elite while also adding in Korean values, and failing spectacularly. None of the characters are particularly likable and the only “good” guy, Kang Ha, is pretty bland on the whole and struggles to stand out.This one definitely had potential but all of that is squandered in this disappointing foray. Hopefully there won’t be a second season as Hierarchy is definitely not as glamorous and promising as its trailer made it out to be. What a shame.
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Woo-jin, Ri-an, He-ra and Jae-i aren’t exactly great characters but yet we’ve seen so many montages of their friendship and romances that it feels completely ill-fitting. I don’t know about you guys but I genuinely could not care less about these people.Why should we care about these guys when they’re all scheming and horrible to each other? The show feels like it’s stuck between being a conventional K-drama with familiar plot beats and a more sinister drama like Elite where there’s a balance of good and bad characters.The ensuing result is a bit of a mess, and the dragged out scenes between Ri-an and Jae-i are a great example of this. It’s hard to care about their “romance” when the real crux of the issue should be finding what happened to In-han.As we reach the finale, it’s clear that this experiment in Hierarchy hasn’t quite worked, which is a shame because the show does have a lot of potential but it’s been squandered.
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So it looks like the hornet’s nest has well and truly been kicked here and it looks like Ri-an and Kang Ha are about to go to war. There’s still no mention of Kang Ha’s parents, and the chemistry between the characters is definitely not working very effectively at all.The “romance” between Kang Ha and Jae-i feels stifled and lacking, while the show itself is struggling to carve its own unique slice of the teen-drama pie. There’s just not enough here to help it stand out from the mass of other dramas in the field, which is a bit disappointing.Hopefully the final two episodes can pick up and fire on all cylinders.
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