Time slot: Friday-Saturday
Broadcaster: MBC
Genre: Sageuk, melodrama, romance
Episode count: 10 (Part 1)
Reasons to watch: Sweeping sageuk, anyone? MBC’s upcoming My Dearest sold itself almost immediately with its teaser poster (if you ask me). Telling the tale of two lovers (Namgoong Min and Ahn Eun-jin) torn apart by a soon-approaching invasion into Joseon, everything about this screams EPIC. The team of two PDs previously worked with Namgoong Min on The Veil (so underrated!) and the screenwriter here is Hwang Jin-young of Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People. In fact, the only downside is the two-part split. But for some reason, when a network separates a drama into Part 1 and Part 2 right off the bat (much like Alchemy of Souls), I’m more inclined to give them a pass than I am when they revive an already-aired series for a second go. In turn, though, I expect an important narrative break in the storytelling that would warrant the two-part splitting — not just a random scheduling decision.
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