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…
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Paper Moon: I wish it were easier to access this drama with adequate subs because I was totally hooked after Episode 1 (more on that coming up later today). There’s a scene in Episode 2 where Kim Seo-hyung talks about switching from eating with her left hand to her right, since she got tired of people noticing that she was left-handed. But then she wonders if she really can call herself left-handed now, if she no longer uses it as her dominant hand. Something about Kim Seo-hyung’s delivery, and the narrative of a woman who’s losing her own identity — or shaking up her life desperately to recover it — was really moving.
Lookout: I think I answered my own question about how to get out of a drama slump this time around. The answer was… Lookout! I have been meaning to watch this drama for literal years, but it always got back burnered. So, it was super fun to turn it on and get such a blast from the past. Yes, dramas are a’changing. Even this guy from 2017 feels like a relic from the past when action sequences were set to K-pop rappers, the heroine antics were higher than high, and the dramas pulled your heartstrings in the most obvious of ways. In short, I’m enjoying this one, though it’ll be the slowest binge in history at the rate I’m going.
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Currently covering: Oasis, Doctor Cha
Lookout: Yes, more Kim Young-kwang this week. I just can’t get enough after Call It Love. He’s great in this, with big smiles and big hair. I haven’t gotten far enough into it to really know how I feel about the story, but so far, I’m loving the kick-butt women characters and definitely hooked enough to keep watching.
Confession: This is the one and only Junho project I had not seen and I wanted to finally tick it off my list before his next drama is released. I never watch crime/thriller type stuff — so it’s really surprising I’m watching two right now — but that’s what a pretty face will do to ya. This one, though, has me totally captivated and curious about the mystery at the center of everything — even if it’s a little gruesome at times.