K-Drama

It’s probably fair to say that Seok-ryu has had the lion’s share of the focus in Love Next Door. And that’s fine, but after several...

Don’t worry, folks – it was a false alarm. Love Next Door really did look like it was going down a deeply traumatic path, but...

The ending of Romance in the House was always going to be predictable. Episode 12, the finale, is precisely that, but you know what? I...

When Romance in the House first started airing, I thought its 12-episode season order was on the shorter side for a K-Drama, and wondered whether...

Here’s a question that seems more relevant as of Episode 9 of Love Next Door than it has before – where, exactly, is this show...

There’s something in the air around Episode 8 of Love Next Door, and it smells a lot like pending heartache. Based on how people have...

In Episode 10, Romance in the House finally digs deeper into Moo-jin’s past while continuing to deliver solid moments in the core relationships. Just two...

I had a thought while watching Episode 9 of Romance in the House – this is more like it. In the previous episode, Mi-rae and...

We’re into the back half of Love Next Door now, and I’m starting to get worried. Not about the show, of course – Episode 7...

There are criticisms that apply to Love Next Door that are as true of Episodes 5 & 6 as they have been of the previous...

Romance in the House enters its second half with Episodes 7 and 8, thankfully focusing on the right areas – the parental relationship between Mi-rae...

Love Next Door has no right to be as affecting and compelling as it is. As far as romantic K-Dramas go, this is as tropey...

In most films and TV shows, a family reunion is a cause for some jubilation, but not quite in Romance in the House. The plot...

This is good, isn’t it? I know I’ve said it before, but Episode 4 of Love Next Door only crystallizes my point that recapping this...

In Episode 6, you can kind of feel Romance in the House gearing up towards a happy ending. That’s expected, obviously, but one wishes it...

Love Next Door is an interesting show because there’s really very little that’s noteworthy about it, and yet it somehow feels quite momentous in its...

Episode 5 brings Romance in the House very close to its midpoint, and it feels like the plot is still beginning to pick up. I’m...

Sometimes what you want from a TV show is comfort and familiarity. Love Next Door fits the bill. It’s a classic friends-to-lovers tale with all...

Romance in the House is an odd, slightly confounding show, but with every episode, it seems to be getting closer to cohering into a much...

In Episode 3, Romance in the House continues to be a bit hit and miss, with lurching shifts in tone that don’t always work and...