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A Model Family Season 1 Ending Explained
Oh, poor Dong-ha. He’s naive, isn’t he? After everything he’s seen and done, for him to stand there incredulous that Kang-jun has been strangled in...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 9 Recap – A Shallow Grave
Well, it certainly feels like we’re approaching the end, doesn’t it? In A Model Family Season 1, Episode 9, the word of the day is...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 8 Recap – Sins of the Father
You have to sympathize with Dong-ha a little in A Model Family Season 1, Episode 8. I mean, he’s an idiot, that pretty much goes...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 7 Recap – Digging Up Dirt
There’s no honor among thieves, as the saying goes, and this seems to hold true with Young-soo and Kwang-chul, who despite their long history of...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – Crime Doesn’t Pay
Organized crime is pretty simple. For all its supposed intricacies, all the rings and gangs and conflicting loyalties and such, what it really boils down...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Financial Freedom
Well, it’s all getting a bit complicated at the halfway point, isn’t it? Dong-ha is running product for Kwang-chul who’s in hot water with Yong-soo...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – Down The Rabbit Hole
You’ll recall in previous episodes it was revealed that one of the dead men Dong-ha stumbled across and buried in his garden was an undercover...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – A Shallow Grave
It’s ingrained in most parents to do the best for their kids. An instinctive, natural thing, like breathing. Dong-ha’s determination to provide for his family...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – Too Much of a Good Thing
Continuing from the pretty surprising twist at the end of Episode 1, Dong-ha attempts to reckon with the fact that his missus has been calling...
A Model Family Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – The Premiere Explained
A lot of great films and TV has been about desperate people making terrible decisions for the right reasons. Breaking Bad is probably the most obvious...
A Model Family Season 1 Review – South Korea’s Answer to Breaking Bad is a Thrill Ride
Those of us who were watching South Korean television long before Squid Game became an international phenomenon weren’t exactly surprised by that show’s record-breaking success. It...
Extraordinary Attorney Woo Season 1, Episode 14 Recap – “The Blue Night of Jeju II”
There’s disappointing news to kick off Episode 14 of Extraordinary Attorney Woo – Myeong-seok has Stage 3 stomach cancer. Still, at least it kicks off...
Extraordinary Attorney Woo Season 1, Episode 13 Recap – “The Blue Night of Jeju I”
I’ve always suspected that having legal expertise would bring all kinds of people out of the woodwork. In Extraordinary Attorney Woo Season 1, Episode 13,...
Cafe Minamdang Season 1, Episode 14 Recap – A Thrilling Ending
To open up Cafe Minamdang Season 1, Episode 14, a shaken Han-joon conducts a shamanistic ritual that exposes his guilt over what happened to Eun-hye,...
Cafe Minamdang Season 1, Episode 13 Recap – A Breezy Instalment Adds a New Dimension
Cafe Minamdang Season 1, Episode 13 jumps right into the thick of it. We watch as Han-joon leaves Tae-su to rescue Jae-hui from the burning...
Alchemy of Souls Season 1, Episode 16 Recap – An Exciting, Packed Episode
Alchemy of Souls Season 1, Episode 16 picks up where we left off, with Jang Uk finding himself upset by Mu-deok’s unloving glare, clarifying that...
Alchemy of Souls Season 1, Episode 15 Recap – Methodical Plot Building
Alchemy of Souls Season 1, Episode 15 begins with a trip to the past, where Heo Yeom is talking to his master, whom he wishes...
Carter (2022) Ending Explained – Accessing Memories
In the midst of a pandemic, Carter wakes up in a room with no clue as to who he is or how he got there....
Carter (2022) Review – Odd Creative Choices Make This Feel Like a Video Game Walkthrough
Carter just isn’t very good. Some truly bizarre creative choices give the film an overall odd feeling. It has its moments where it’s okay, but...
Extraordinary Attorney Woo Season 1, Episode 12 Recap – “Yangtze River Dolphin”
You’ve probably heard the words “gender equality” and “patriarchy” more in the last couple of years than in the rest of your life combined, so...