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‘Cafe Minamdang’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – A Decent Follow-Up Chapter

June 28 2022, by Nathan Sartain

After finding himself stunned by a shoe when pursuing Jae-hui, Han-joon swears he will catch the person he knows as “Looney.” Meanwhile, the detectives get...

‘Cafe Minamdang’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – The Premiere Explained

June 28 2022, by Nathan Sartain

We begin with a flashy entrance into the MK Noble Hotel from the suave shaman, Nam Han-joon, who seems plenty in demand. He’s a sharp...

‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – The Story Remains Engaging

June 27 2022, by Nathan Sartain

Beginning with a flashback that centres around Jang Uk’s birth, as well as the idea that the child must have the energy of the King’s...

‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – Excellent Character-Building

June 26 2022, by Nathan Sartain

After a look back at Park Jin’s initial shock over the potential lack of legitimacy, Jang Uk has a child, which ends up so extreme...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – Dropping Many Bombs of the Story

June 24 2022, by Daniel Hart

As usual, Money Heist leaves us at a crossroads full of twists and anticipation. This is the ending of part 1, but there’s much more...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Assassination Attempt

June 24 2022, by Daniel Hart

The story is intensifying. The penultimate chapter produces a knife-edge as the heist team gets desperate while the police work with conflicting plans. Money Heist...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap – The Trojan Horse

June 24 2022, by Daniel Hart

There’s something romantic behind the story of Money Heist. There’s a determination to tell a story between characters with different intentions and motives. And I...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Episode 3 Recap – The Attempted Coup

June 24 2022, by Daniel Hart

If you are familiar with this story, it’s well-known that The Professor (Yoo Ji-tae) is a perfectionist. He devises a perfect plan on paper, but...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – The Escape Plan

June 24 2022, by Daniel Hart

So far, it appears that this Money Heist remake is following similar plot lines as the original. Character backgrounds are different, and the way The...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – The Premiere Explained

June 24 2022, by Daniel Hart

If you watched the Spanish version of Money Heist, labeled the original, then none of this story will feel unfamiliar. However, K-Drama has a knack...

‘Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area’ Season 1, Part 1 Review – A Satisfying Korean Remake

June 23 2022, by Daniel Hart

There’s something romantic about the story of Money Heist. It understands storytelling at a human level, heightening the importance of character development and entwined with...

‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 1, Episode 2 Recap – The Role of the Protagonists

June 20 2022, by Nathan Sartain

We begin 20 years ago with a crowd of people weeping over the dead body of Do-hwa, which allows for the capture of her child....

‘Alchemy of Souls’ Season 1, Episode 1 Recap – The Premiere Explained

June 19 2022, by Nathan Sartain

Episode 1 starts with a woman walking through a village, trying her hardest to avoid eye contact with anyone she passes by. While doing so,...

‘Our Blues’ Season 1 Ending Explained

June 12 2022, by Nathan Sartain

The finale starts by watching Seon-a working and planning her trip to Jeju, while Dong-seok continues to drive Ok-dong around in search of the reservoir....

‘Our Blues’ Season 1, Episode 19 Recap – “Ok-dong and Dong-seok 2”

June 11 2022, by Nathan Sartain

Episode 19 picks up where we left off, with Ok-dong and Chun-hee following Dong-seok so they can eat their requested breakfast. When he tries to...

‘Our Blues’ Season 1, Episode 18 Recap – “Ok-dong and Dong-seok 1”

June 5 2022, by Nathan Sartain

After watching Dong-seok go about his usual busy routine, we see him excitedly text Seon-a about how a surprise visit to Seoul may make her...

‘Our Blues’ Season 1, Episode 17 Recap – “Chun-hui and Eun-gi 2”

June 5 2022, by Nathan Sartain

After a day of work, Dong-seok is asked to take his mother to Mokpo, something he angrily refuses to do until it’s insisted upon. Elsewhere,...

‘Our Blues’ Season 1, Episode 16 Recap – “Chun-hui and Eun-gi 1”

May 30 2022, by Nathan Sartain

We start with Ok-dong gathering old belongings to burn, completely unbothered by Eun-hui’s attempts to stop her. But the doting market salesman does notice something:...

‘My Liberation Notes’ Season 1 Ending Explained

May 29 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

It doesn’t really come as much of a surprise at this point, but of course, one of the low-key best K-dramas of the year rounds...

‘My Liberation Notes’ Season 1, Episode 15 Recap – The More Things Change…

May 28 2022, by Jonathon Wilson

It’s all about change, really, isn’t it? Everyone and everything changes, inevitably, but as it has progressed, My Liberation Notes has become about the speed...