DramaAjumma

For some reason I really miss Chi-hong and I feel his absence more and more acutely as the second season progresses. Especially when I see Su-bin or Seok-min. Or both. I feel that there's an empty seat in the room in need of being occupied. I really liked his dynamic with Song-hwa too.

I don't think it's that easy to move on from anybody. Even if he said he did, I wouldn't believe him and it wouldn't be true. The other thing is if he did move on at the drop of a hat, it would seem like he wasn't that serious about her anyway.
It's a Catch-22 situation. Damn if you do and damn if you don't. This is a balancing act for the writer who has to also demonstrate his sincerity. It's the same with Jae-jin and his women issues too. It's not that easy to move on.

I don't mind the red thread of destiny because its primary purpose is really to force Woo-yeo's hand. To help him find clarity about the benefits of being human and to hurry him along his quest particularly because he's dilly dallying. He doesn't want to do this or that... and yet he's right in the middle of a zero sum game. There's plenty at stake for him and that includes his soul. The Mountain Spirit is not his enemy. He is his own enemy.

The one I feel sorry for is Seon-woo because he is just the prop for the object lesson that the Mountain Spirit is giving in the overall scheme of things. Sure he was scumbag but now he's on a journey not to be one. He may have some kind of fate with Dam but it isn't romance.

As usual Jae-jin and Hye-sun are just adorable.

She's not stupid at all. She has her own kind of smarts.

This forum isn't just for people who like a drama. We're all just fans of Asian dramas here. None of us are professional critics.
Honestly I could do without the condescending attitude of some commenters who like the drama. I'm happy that many found something to like about the drama but assuming that people who didn't like it were too thick to get it is backhanded snobbery.

It's pretty obvious from Episode 1 of Season 1 that the priesthood was never Jeong-won's calling. Pediatric surgery is. It's just that the pain of losing the little kiddies got to him and the priesthood was an escape. But he needed a wake-up call of sorts to remind him what he's good at and Jang Gyeo-ul is that wake-up call.

I'm shocked too. It went from 9.4 to this in a week???

It turns out that truth is superior to both.

Absolutely! It's great. As expected of the writer of Prison Playbook.

Kang Ha-na and her character is almost the best thing about this show for me. I'm so glad that they expanded her role and she's turning out to be a really good friend to everyone. There's nothing I don't like about this show. It's not usually the sort of drama I watch but for some reason this one hits all the right notes and it gives me the feels. I was a bit concerned about the push-pull in Episode 10 but the leads came good. It was all ridiculously half-hearted but I'm glad that they both saw the light.

The writing and directing for it is just super good.

The passionate kissing scene is what's meant.

Each iteration of Voice becomes nuttier than the last. Voice 4 looks more like Batman more than a SK police procedural. But whatever... I'll still be watching. It's Voice after all.

I think you can because they summarized what happened last season at the start. And it feels like an entirely different storyline.

The best thing is... it just gets better and better.

Well, it's not that simple sadly. :D It's one thing to be friends even best friends, it's another thing to be living together under the same roof as spouses. Song-hwa knows that too. What if they screw it up? In her mind it's better to maintain the status quo and keep the friendship going because it's precious to her. Why ruin a good thing for an unknown and unnecessary gamble?

That said, I don't know what the show is going for. I don't mind one way or another. But I can totally understand if Song-hwa stays single right to the end.

Aside from the fact that it goes against a very persistent trope, it makes sense character-wise. The show is actually quite clever about her dynamic with Ik-jun it seems to me. The part where he rips the plastic off the dash and she got mad, I can relate. I'm like Song-hwa in that regard. I keep the plastic on for a while as added protection. But it's interesting how Ik-jun immediately presumed that he's doing the sensible thing without consulting her. They're both strong-minded people who have particular ways of doing things. Romance aside they will have a tough time with new house rules and a child in the mix. My other half made the observation last week that two perfect people with opposite personalities don't bode well.

As we say in the vernacular here... "Bloody brilliant"!
Hospital Playlist is back... as good as ever.

It's very underwhelming compared to Sell Your Haunted House.

Doing a bit of rewatch and I'm more impressed than ever with the writing. It's clear that Dong-sik pegged Ju-won has a man with an agenda pretty much straight away. That scene where he tells the man who is reporting a disappearance that S. Korean law designates a missing person as a runaway was telling. He said so loudly and clearly in Ju-won's hearing and the camera deliberately zooms in on Ju-won as if he's the runaway -- running away from something.

In Episodes 2, it's hilarious that Ju-won was doing to his father what Dong-sik was doing to him. The playful irony plays out differently of course.

This is s show rich in symbolism and irony. It's absolutely my favourite thing about this show.