So, what are we all watching this week?
What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote through the screen? Time to weigh in…
missvictrix
Curtain Call: This drama is finally doing the things I wanted and expected it to do, but it’s jamming them into the final four episodes in a way that doesn’t make sense. What a sad misuse of dramatic tension. But, on the bright side, I’m really liking Jae-heon all of a sudden. Now that all the innocent and hyper energy of his Moon-sung persona is gone, I actually like our defeated and deflated hero quite a lot more. We might not have dug into his backstory too much, but they are getting across the fact that his experience with his “great play” has left him a changed man. And those are the kind of things we need to see and feel, so that the drama can land (please) its ending.
Trolley: So much tension! I really didn’t want to watch another tense and suspenseful drama after just finishing Revenge of Others, but the two take very different approaches to suspense. Except Jung Soo-bin and her attitude and excellent bangs are in both. Anyway, I am impressed by Kim Hyun-joo and Park Hee-soon here — fantastic, understated performances so far, with so much emotion and subtext present even in the slightest of expressions and the smallest of scenes. I think the underlying tension of the premeire week will only increase as we go, and I’m hoping we will see this couple stick to each other no matter what starts falling apart around them.
DaebakGrits
Currently covering: Trolley
Alchemy of Souls 2: AHHHHHHH! I’m loving Part 2! I had my reservations about the switch in the leading actress, but she’s doing such a good job! I’m eager for her to regain her memories, though, so Wook can stop feeling sad — and guilty for his budding feelings for Bu-yeon. I’m fan-girling hard for this drama, and watching it live and having to wait a week between episodes this time around is almost torture.