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: Like Flowers in Sand
The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract: I’m loving the growing teamwork between our leads that we’re seeing in Episode 4 — and finally a reunion between our girls! (It was a little flat, but I guess I’ll take it.) I came to this drama for the time-slipping and Bae In-hyuk (My Roommate is a Gumiho SLS program still running in the background of my brain), but actually it’s the charming and adorable Lee Se-young that’s keeping me here. I lerv her here!
mary
Welcome to Samdal-ri: Show, if you return Mom to us all safe and sound, I promise not to complain about how Sam-dal gave up her career without exposing the truth. I promise to only focus on the things I love: Jin-dal’s romance, the Power Rangers, Yong-pil’s soft-looking shirts, and his even softer gaze reserved for Sam-dal.
Gyeongseong Creature: I enjoyed the initial phase when Tae-sang was trying to flirt and Chae-ok kept shooting him down. Then the romance jumped to “I’d die for you” too soon and the OTP lost me. That aside, I do love the setting of the show and the fact that our main characters have simple goals that shouldn’t be dangerous in theory: stay rich, find mom. But bigger things like the independence movement, power play among the colonizers, and a killer super-monster make those simple wishes impossible. Hence, oodles of conflict! Speaking of monster, I enjoyed the “creature” part a lot. I was always screaming for everyone to get out of the way, even the evil soldiers. All in all, I think Part 1 did well in setting up the Gyeongseong and the Creature parts of the story. Let’s see if it can keep things up in Part 2. And maybe sell us on the romance?