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
Currently covering: Forecasting Love and Weather, Crazy Love
Twenty Five Twenty One: I’d be lying if I said I was caught up on this drama. It’s not because I don’t like it, but because I like it so much I can’t watch it. If that logic makes sense to anyone.
Business Proposal: Thought #1: Sung-hoon whipping off his glasses in an epic Clark Kent moment. Thought #2: The more I watch Ahn Hyo-seop in this the more I’m convinced he’s an awkward ball of cuteness. He can pull off Ultra Boyfriend Mode and his acting style, I think, fits with the cheese of this drama, but when it comes to the close and ~romantic~ scenes, boy do I feel his awkwardness. I’m ever-reminded of him needing a glass of wine to carry out his kiss scene with Lee Sung-kyung in Doctor Romantic 2 — and rather than make me critical, this just makes me love him (and the drama) all the more. Thought #3: Se-jung looks sooo good with her wig long hair (I miss it). Thought #4: I’m glad this drama is only 12 episodes, but at the same time it’s killing me.
DaebakGrits
Currently covering: Business Proposal
Twenty Five Twenty One: PPL hitting me in the nostalgia again. I had one of those pencil cases in the 90s, and seeing Yi-jin whip one out during his team meeting had me cackling! On the more serious front, Seung-wan and her mom were absolutely epic this week. I’d been waiting to see how the corporal punishment story arc would culminate, and I was not disappointed. But, man, I was not expecting her mother to march into that school and rip that teacher a new one. I cheered! Take that, jerk-face teacher! I was hoping that maybe the case would make the news and he’d get fired, but I guess that was still unlikely given the time period. Now I’m really curious to see what Seung-wan is up to in the present.
While You Were Sleeping: Annnnnnnd we’re done! Overall this was a fun rewatch because this series has so many cute and hilarious moments, and I really enjoyed each new case as the characters figured out how to alter the future both in and out of the courtroom. That said, this rewatch changed my opinion of Yoo-bum. He’s still a massive scumbag, but he’s a massive scumbag who should have gotten at least a partial redemption arc. Given how a major motif of this drama was altering the future and saving people who are misguided or misunderstood, it seemed incongruous for Yoo-bum to go full bad guy at the end and run someone over with his car. Should he have gone to jail for falsifying evidence? Absolutely, but that should have been the end of his crimes.
solstices
Currently covering: Grid
Business Proposal: *fans self* Is it hot in here or what? That kiss between Sung-hoon and Young-seo is going down in K-drama history for sure. Smitten puppy Sung-hoon (with his hangover soup!) is so adorable, and I love that he fell for her as early as she did too. Despite their whirlwind romance and initial conflicts, I think they could grow to balance each other out well. How cute was it that Tae-mu got sulky not because Sung-hoon’s dating Young-seo, but because he didn’t tell him! Also, I love that the girls keep taking initiative; Young-seo was so cute while planting little kisses on Sung-hoon, and it was so satisfying to watch Hari firmly putting Min-woo in his place. Now that both our lead couples are finally together, I’m looking forward to even more cute and fluffy moments next week!