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You bet. Female centered show, where the characters are strong, smart and extremely capable. Even the bad guys are interesting and fun.

Very under rated drama. Engaging story (but not ground breaking), never drags. The male characters are not the stars of this drama, and a few of them are villains; the ones who aren't, though, are completely charming. I liked everything about this show. [Bonus: if you like a cheating bastard of an ex-husband who is insanely jealous about his first wife, this is your show, by golly!]

9/10 Would re-watch.

Gosh. Between the corruption of the entertainment agencies and executives and the viciousness of the K-Nets, it's a wonder that anyone survives in the industry.

Very sad loss.

I'm liking this, and watching it every so slowly, waiting for available subs. (In a drama watching hobby, is there anything more aggravating than getting half way through a drama because those episodes are subbed, but the last half of the drama or last third or even last two episodes are never subbed?)

Of course not. If she's not in the show for a romantic story line, then she's there to sell KAHI wrinkle balm.

I know they get together (it's the basis for the entire show) but 20:00 into episode 5 and my stomach is in such a knot. So, so many selfish bastards in this drama already.

I got half way and then I realized I didn't care about how it ended. I like him. I like her. I like them together, but the story is just so . . . blah? (It's pretty good, though, if you look at it as an extended commercial for a national paramilitary force.)

You know, the good thing about these pocket size dramas is that you can wait a bit, and then watch the whole thing again with hardly any time commitment, unlike re-watching a show with 24 regular length episodes.

A brilliant question.

Well, it wouldn't be a Kdrama weekender without an evil female character. And aren't we lucky? This drama has two--a grandmother so insufferably selfish and controlling, every time she clutches her chest, you hope it's because she's dying. And also, a lying, grasping 2FL, whom we're supposed to have sympathy for because she has a spendy mom. Unfortunately, we know she won't be exiting the show until the bitter end, when she'll get the typical character transplant and become a decent human being--but that's at least 40 episodes away.

Of course, not to be over looked is the FL's own family, consisting of a brother so hypocritical, you'd like to slap him a few times with a mackerel, an incompetent uncle who ran off with her father's insurance money, but returns to the family so the FL can support him, and a mother whose principal interest in her daughter is bragging rights. We're meant to understand her family as "flawed", and not "awful", but awful is winning.

So, naturally, the only thing to be done is to watch every episode that comes next.

It's a Kdrama weekender, so yeah, there's going to be some drama, probably one or more birth secrets, a super annoying 2FL or 2ML or both, family dysfunction and two or three couples. That's what Kdrama weekenders are about, and why they draw huge ratings. Notable past weekend dramas are "Father is Strange" and "Once Again". These are great examples of weekend dramas that are done very well.

I think the trick to successfully watching and enjoying shows like this is not to binge watch them. This is the type of drama you enjoy more if you watch it as it airs.

Only two episodes in, and I love it already. Definitely sticking around to see what develops.

Well it's much too good a word for us not to use it, so try to think of something!

I'm not doubting you, but the heck is "showned"?

I have a lot of complaints about Lakorns (I watch 'em anyway :-), but the biggest complaints I have is that the Thai police are frequently represented as dunces or Keystone Kops and evil doers escape justice. Characters can do shockingly bad things that would frequently get them serious jail time in RL, such as commissioning murder or serious injury to other characters.

How did you skip a lot in a drama that's only 75 minutes, total? By the time you click on the FF button, the episode is already over. :-)

I was just going to ask that question. There isn't even a hint of funny in the trailer.

One of my favorite actors, and I'm terribly sorry that his troubles have taken an ax to his career. I hope he is rescued and goes on to do brilliant work.

That would still be odd, though--you train, practice or drill exactly as you would in a real life situation. It's not an effective simulation if instructors, bystanders and students aren't wearing protective gear.

Good idea.
I wait until 12 episodes pass and they're all subbed. If it's a Jdrama, it needs to finish airing and be completely subbed.