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Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 5 Recap – Two’s Company

February 11 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

We’ve reached that stage in Doctor Slump where the leads are grappling with their feelings. Neither Jeong-woo nor Ha-neul quite know what to make of...

A Killer Paradox Season 1 Review – A brutal vigilante thriller with a questionable gimmick

February 10 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

A Killer Paradox is a vigilante thriller, but that doesn’t do it much justice. Sure, Season 1 starts that way, but across eight episodes this...

Captivating the King Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – The Games Are Afoot

February 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 6 of Captivating the King continues to develop the theme of loneliness and mistrust, particularly around Lee In. As it turns out, power gets...

Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – Does Ha-neul get a new job?

February 4 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

This relationship is quite lovely, isn’t it? And I don’t say that lightly. All on-screen romances are designed to be lovely; they’re beautiful people working...

Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – Karaoke Therapy

February 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Doctor Slump debuted to immediate adoration, and it’s easy to see why. It paddles in the comfortingly warm waters of romantic comedy, with two immediately...

Captivating the King Season 1 Episode 5 Recap – The King’s Competition

February 3 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

After a wild Episode 4 that upended Season 1 of Captivating the King, Episode 5 introduces us to a new status quo. Lee In is...

Like Flowers in Sand Season 1 Ending Explained – A happy but depth-averse conclusion

February 2 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

On paper, the ending of Like Flowers in Sand is a solid one. Episode 12 wraps up all the loose ends and builds to a...

Captivating the King Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – A highly dramatic outing changes everything

January 29 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 4 turns the drama of Captivating the King up by quite a considerable notch. It begins with major a event – the king is...

Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – The grass isn’t always greener

January 28 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Doctor Slump is still holding off on its romantic elements for now, which we can all agree is probably for the best. Episode 2 finds...

Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 1 Recap – Lives are ruined and fates intertwine in an intriguing premiere

January 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Medical Korean dramas are endlessly popular, and Doctor Slump is the latest of them to be streaming on Netflix. Episode 1 of Season 1 is...

Captivating the King Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – Politics takes the forefront

January 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

This might just be me, but Captivating the King seems like a much better political and sibling rivalry drama than a romance. Perhaps that’s just...

Like Flowers in Sand Season 1 Episode 11 Recap – Mi-ran becomes bait

January 27 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

In a somewhat ironic twist of fate, after weeks of slow-paced build-up, Episode 11, the penultimate installment of Like Flowers in Sand Season 1, finally...

Captivating the King Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Recap – An intriguing start

January 21 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Confusing everyone, Netflix elected to release the first two episodes of the new period drama Captivating the King at once – and on a Sunday,...

Welcome to Samdal-ri Season 1 Ending Explained – Do Yong-pil and Sam-dal end up together?

January 21 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I’ll be the first to admit that Welcome to Samdal-ri hasn’t exactly wowed me throughout its Season 1 run, but the ending is a sweet,...

My Demon Season 1 Ending Explained – Do Gu-won and Do-hee end up together?

January 20 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The ending of My Demon has a touch of inevitability about it, but at this point, after a very consistent Season 1, I’d say it...

My Demon Season 1 Episode 15 Recap – Is Gu-won really gone?

January 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

If Episode 14 of My Demon Season 1 was the dreaded and inevitable break-up episode, Episode 15 is the “ruminating over the breakup” episode. It’s...

The Bequeathed Season 1 Ending Explained – Who inherits the burial grounds?

January 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

I didn’t necessarily expect The Bequeathed Season 1 to have a happy ending, but the six-part series manages to have something close to one. Since the penultimate...

Here’s everything that happened in The Bequeathed Season 1

January 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

The Bequeathed is a six-part horror-thriller from Yeon Sang-ho of Train to Busan and Hellbound fame. Our full recap of Season 1 covers all six...

The Bequeathed Season 1 Review – Richly atmosphere, but not quite horrifying enough

January 19 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix is kicking off its K-Drama slate in 2024 with an attention-grabbing horror-thriller from Yeon Sang-ho, late of such light-hearted fare as Train to Busan...

Like Flowers in Sand Season 1 Episode 10 Recap – Some needed direction

January 18 2024, by Jonathon Wilson

Finally – something! There’s probably a limit to how good Like Flowers in Sand can realistically get at this point, but Episode 10 does something...