Reviews

In my opinion, this is a very pleasant drama to watch. There are no breathtaking plot twists or edge-of-your-seat suspense about what will happen next. There are no characters whose sole purpose is to raise the viewers’ blood pressure either. The whole story is carried out in a rather calm way, but well enough that I wasn’t bored for a single moment. It’s that kind of “comfort drama.”

The same goes for the main couple — Song Ha Gyeong and Baek Do Ha. Although at first Song could be irritating, and her decisions (for example, the “relationship” with Seo Su Hyeok) felt simply stupid to me, they were at the same time consistent with her character. After all, she inherited the running-away gene from her father :D. As the series progressed, she began to change for the better, and I ended up liking her a lot. I really enjoyed their relationship. After confessing their feelings and resolving their past conflict, they weren’t just lovers but also best friends, and sometimes they had this relaxed, almost buddy-like dynamic between them. They didn’t have any major conflicts, they were a huge support for each other, and they were able to communicate. The storyline involving his twin brother and their conflict felt a bit convoluted and somewhat forced to me, but at the same time it was necessary for the plot, so it didn’t really bother me. Still, I’m not over the fact that he actually died in those mountains — I would have liked to see more of the brothers’ relationship. PS. There was one absurd moment when Do Ha fainted at work from exhaustion, then returned home, and the topic was never brought up again.

As for the admirers of the main couple, there were quite a few, but none of them were excessively irritating. Her ex — Jeon Nam Jin — was rather over the top. It’s hard for me to find a rational explanation for why she ever looked at such an idiot. A slight downside was that in the end we never found out whether he faced consequences for his actions. Her “ex” — Seo Su Hyeok — I already mentioned that their entire “relationship” felt irrational to me. He suddenly desperately asked her to start dating, even though from the very beginning he could see that she had feelings for Do Ha. She agreed despite not having any feelings for him. Then after they broke up, the three of them suddenly went on a date together — the whole thing felt heavily exaggerated. I also have to admit that Seo Su Hyeok annoyed me by inserting himself between them, even though he didn’t actually do anything wrong and I would describe him as a positive character. He didn’t try to force her to change her mind when she chose Do Ha; he simply let go. The last person was his “friend” — Yun So Hui. Although some viewers might find her irritating, she didn’t bother me and I actually liked her character. She was interesting to me, although to this day I’m not sure whether she liked the male lead romantically or not. She did admit that she liked him, but later I didn’t really see it.

Finally, I’ll discuss the second couple — I Seul and O Seung Taek. Seul was one of my favorite characters in this drama. To me, she had a wonderful personality and was an incredible support for Taek. Her love, in my opinion, is an example of true love regardless of circumstances, and it melted my heart. Still, I believe their relationship storyline could have been handled better. First of all, we could have been given more flashbacks from the time of his accident and the period afterward (this is more of a wish on my part, as it could have deepened their relationship). The second and most jarring issue for me was their breakup. I understand the idea behind it — he simply felt like a burden to her — but in my opinion it could have been portrayed better and later developed more through their conversations. There’s also the storyline with her father, which was ultimately brushed aside. From the beginning of the series, he was against their relationship, and then we suddenly get a time jump where he’s happily attending their wedding. It’s a shame we didn’t get any moment that helped us understand why he changed his attitude.

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Comfortable Watch

This series is a spin off of a show I have not seen, Hospital Playlist.

This is not the usual Korean drama series.

This series follows the growth of four first year residents through day to day challenges. One of the four gets most of the attention especially early on. She was fired as a first year resident at another hospital, but we don't know why.

There's no big bad villain and no over arcing series thread with a lead up to a big climax and resolution. Instead we get gentle waves of minor sub stories as the four gradually develop their skills and along the way become friends.

The primary romance angle of the main R1 character is unusually linear moving forward step by step. I found it refreshing and unpredictable as I would check the episode number expecting the usual volatile up and down, on again off again plot development for romantic entanglements.

The characters feel comfortably real as we get to know and like them more and more with each passing episode.

The series is brought to a satisfactory end, or more accurately, endings, as each character and surrounding subplots and threads find satisfactory resting points in their lives and for us as viewers. Near the end a new nurse appears in the ward and it turns out she was one of three people present when the incident occurred that got our main R1 fired from her previous hospital and that news rewards the viewer with a nice satisfying cap to that early question.

This could easily have additional seasons as the residents have three more years of challenges to face. The writer left plenty of openings for continuation but unfortunately this is labeled as a limited series and the prospects for more are slim. That's too bad because I really liked these four characters and several of the supporting characters and would appreciate a continuation to this peek into their lives.

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Loved it, but… It was a bit heavy (mina sue and go eun made it a hard watch sometimes)

I loved this season sooo much.

My beloved couples:
I loved hee sun and mingee from the beginning, and i absolutely loved their final decisions. Even tho subeen doubted between hee sun and mina sue, I loved the fact that he stood up for himself and told Mina sue the things that bothered him the most. It was actually refreshing. And then, hee sun was the sweetest, and also so intelligent, she deserves everything she wants, so I’m happy that she got it.

Mingee also was the best. Loved her expressions and that she had everything clear.

On the other hand, Mina sue had me complaining EVERY SINGLE EPISODE. She wasn’t just confused, she was using every guy based on how much interest they showed. Also, she was demanding them to be focused on her, meanwhile she had like 5 guys on the radar. And then, when everyone started ignoring her because of her little games, she started being interested in the only guy that truly cared (whom was friendzoned till the end). It made me so mad, I still think sunghun deserved better.

Other couples:
Go eun was kind and sweet but then she started acting like Mina Sue, she was demanding love expressions, but she gatekeeped her feelings till the end. I don’t think she had a good relationship with any of the guys; I geon said several times that he was a bit controlling (bad), Seungmin was chasing her (I hate that so much, he was just asking her “your feelings had changed?” Ugh, like, if you ask every hour, what are you expecting!!!! Let her breathe!!! And then, hyun woo, I loved him, but he was too much, like stop with the compliments 😞✋.

Jooyoung was sincere, and I liked that. Even if Hyunjae was my favourite, I think jae Jin and her, made a cute couple. Happy for them 💗

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FL was no brainer while ML has no mouth to tell the truth

I watched this because the premise was interesting.

The beginning was quite frustrating; FL was constantly being abused and weak. Despite having the ability to eavesdrop on others' thoughts, she never bothered to use her brain to find out the truth. There were also constant misunderstandings between FL and the ML.FL mother was also completely blind to reality. The plot is dragged in the middle of drama. FLgets revenge in stupid and frustrating way.

ML is kind of tsundere CEO that looks scary but he craved for FL attention even FL recheck if she hear the thought right. I like Shi Jia acting in here.. ML didn't said anything to FL he was the actual savior which is make the drama make frustrating.

The most frustrating part was SML. He burn his parents' house, causing their deaths, and already made the FL mother take the blame. He didn't get deserved retribution after all he did.

Still decent watch.

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All in all, pretty good for a C-Drama. It is the typical script of the contract marriage, so no surprises there, but I enjoyed it alot more than others that I have seen since I didn't see any outright cruelty like I have in the past. There was romance between the two - a definite connection however it seemed to take forever for them to show it to each other. The side couple Male actor was cute and I could see him in a lead role in the future - maybe in a comedy. Don't laugh - my Golden Retriever loved to watch this show with me - he sat in front of the TV intently watching it. Don't know what that says about it but he has never done that before. It was so cute had to take a photo of him from behind.

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It was an experience

I started watching this because it said that the MFL was getting revenge against the man who murked her family in front of her. Initially thats how it started but it turned into a battle between the dad and the son for MFL. If they didnt market it as a revenge story, I would have rated this so much higher. Not spoiling it but theres not THAT much revenge. The music was really loud in some parts and I will say theres a trigger warning for the son being very forceful on the female lead. So if that will throw you off then i say stay back from this one. Otherwise it was an okayish watch.

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A legislative and emotional masterpiece

Beyond the Bar has a deep and intriguing plot, mixing many different emotions and struggles with daily life and the legislative system. The relationships that developed between the lead characters and also between the second leads were so cute and lovely even though they ended up differently. One of my favorite things with Beyond the Bar is the very creatively but still pretty realistically written cases.

Shout-out to episode four, it was one of the best k-drama episodes I’ve ever watched and I loved every single detail.

The second leads were amazing and my favorite characters after Kang Hyo Min. I love how they after chasing each other (well mostly Jin Woo chasing Min Jeong lol) came to their senses and married each other.

I really appreciated all the small details, for example how episode 9 ended with Yoon Seuk Hoon looking at Kang Hyo Min and episode 10 ending the opposite! It really brought the storyline to a new level.

I love how they ended with Yoon Seuk Hoon saying “Love is…” and then they showed the pictures summarizing the episode, which all showed different types of love.

Could have been better: Some parts of the storyline were messy and made sense later on, but it was still a bit irritating to have to wait for the next episode to maybe understand.

The first episodes I really enjoyed the absence of romance, but the second half of the show could have needed some romance between the ML and FL. At least I hoped to get some romance between them in the last episode, but I guess that was a message left to interpret by the viewers. In my delusional dream world Kang Hyo Min and Yoon Seuk Hoon would marry each other and then adopt Choi Ho Yeon’s younger sisters since the twins really seemed to like the ML and FL, Yoon Seuk Hoon in particular (and of course Hash too)!

Strongly recommend this k-drama to everybody, especially those seeking dramas focusing on law and normal life with less romance.

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insane chemistry between the second couple

i must say that i enjoyed this series a lot. even tho there were some things that pissed me off the overall was really good. i definitely must praise michaeltopten for their acting as individuals and couple both cuz wow it was amazing. from the start you could feel the chemistry and tension going on between the exes that i even forgot the fact that they’re supposed to be exes. it didn’t take that long for them to solve their issues and i liked that they improved at communication as it was their main issue. toptens portray of emotions was incredible and he really showed what an amazing actor he is. with michael i always knew he was amazing from his old series but i was a little sad that sey didn’t get more scenes that he could show it in but he did a great job with what was given to him and i couldn’t expect it to be done any better. wish that we got more of them in the last episode after what they went through together but it was expected as a side couple. really hope to see michaeltopten as a main couple soon cuz they showed that they could definitely pull it off and really deserve it. i liked thupsingha as well but they already got their reviews so i wanted to focus more on the second couple who also deserve a big praise :)

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Alchemy of souls

This kdrama is truly the best kdrama I have seen. I love the vibe of it and the fact that its like fantasy and historic but also like romantic which I adore. I love the acting especially mudeok’s I love her sm, truly the best actress. I can’t express my love for this kdrama. My love for this kdrama is endless and I will forever love it. Another thing that I liked was season 1 ending like dont get me wrong it was sas asf but I lowk love it when endings have a little gap to think about it and I really adored season 2 even though alot of people dont like it but I loved and love it. Alchemy of souls you did wonders.

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Very good when taking off

I have watched the full drama and enjoyed it very much. But first I had dropped it around the third episode because it looked too childish, and I thought the production had failed to precise it was addressed to a 4 to 12 years old audience. Then I had a second thought that such a great cast could reserve some good surprise later on, and so it happened. The drama really starts to take off after episode 10, becoming more mature and consistent,
and it keeps improving till the end.
In the beginning, it was too much in the context of a school of little hybrid animals and plant characters,
mistakenly called 'demons' when actually some are very nice and others really bad. Let's say they rather are 'nature spirits'.
Then the plot thickens and an excellent production finally emerges that I found good on every level. The leading actress Seven Tan is so fresh and funny, Neo Hou a real magic gentleman, and all around just beautiful, images, sound, and the story gets more and more interesting. Finally very recommended !

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