K Drama Chat Weekly

Today, we’ll be discussing Episodes 13 and 14 of Queen of Tears, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring starring Kim Ji-won as Hong Hae-in, Kim Soo-hyun as Baek Hyun-woo, Park Sung-hoon as Yoon Eun-Seong, Kwak Dong-Yeon as Hong Soo-cheol, Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-Hye. We discuss: The songs we feature during the recap: Promise by Choi Yu Ree Last Chance by So Soo bin How our predictions about the secret fund didn’t pan out. The most obvious thing actually happened: David Yoon and Moh Sul hee found the money and are using it to buy Queens Group stock illegally. How we feel about Hyun-woo, Hae-in’s dad, and Hyun-woo’s dad keeping a secret from Hae-in about the possible side effects of the operation that could save her life. Hyun-woo’s burden throughout the show. He’s been taking care of Hae-in and her family, and battling David Yoon. All the attention is on Hae-in, but his burden is great. How there’s so much crying in these two episodes – by everyone! The amazingly sweet segments between...

In episode 7.7, we listed the shows that we're considering for Season 8 of K Drama Chat. The list includes:  My Mister - Sung Hee considers this one of the best K Dramas of all time! Crash Landing On You - Another amazing K Drama by screenwriter Park Ji-eun and we both loved this show. Death’s Game - Joanna loved this show, lots of great side stories, and great themes of regret, identity, love. See You in My 19th Life - Another amazing K Drama with the amazing Shin Hye-sun, plus another show where the female lead had to make an important decision at the end of the show. The Midnight Studio - We haven't watched this, but it looks intriguing. Joanna loves the fantasy shows and it looks to have great side stories. Parasyte the Grey - This was a huge hit worldwide. Killer Paradox - We haven't watched this, but it looks interesting and we haven't done a murder genre. Vincenzo - Sung Hee loves this show, it's a classic and Joanna has just started watching and loves it. Pl...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 11 and 12 of Queen of Tears, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Kim Ji-won as Hong Hae-in, Kim Soo-hyun as Baek Hyun-woo, Park Sung-hoon as Yoon Eun-Seong, Kwak Dong-Yeon as Hong Soo-cheol, and Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-Hye. We discuss: The songs we feature during the recap: Can’t get over you by Paul Kim  From bottom of my heart by Kim Na Young Some recent comments from listeners and mistakes from last week’s episode Hae-in’s mother’s regret now that she knows her daughter is sick and she reflects on how she’s been so awful to her daughter all these years How and why Hae-in continues to reject Hyun-woo, who knows she loves him and is desperate to show Hae-in that he will stay by her side Hyun-woo and Hae-in appear to be working together to take down David Yoon but they’re still keeping secrets from each other How Hyun-woo’s small apartment fills Hyun-woo and Hae-in with regret. Could their marriage have been different if they had lived in ...

T oday, we’ll be discussing Episodes 9 and 10 of Queen of Tears, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Kim Ji-won as Hong Hae-in, Kim Soo-hyun as Baek Hyun-woo, Park Sung-hoon as Yoon Eun-Seong, Kwak Dong-Yeon as Hong Soo-cheol, and Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-Hye. We are joined by Ernabel Demillo, a frequent guest on K Drama Chat and Department Chair of the Communication and Media Culture Department at Saint Peter's University and host of the Emmy-award winning " Asian American Life " show on CUNY-TV. We discuss: The song we feature during the recap: Fallin’ by Isaac Hong. Queen of Tears is now the second most popular K Drama of all time on tvN, after Crash Landing on You; both shows are written by Park Ji-eun. tvN has announced two extra episodes at the end of Queen of Tears; what will the episodes be about?  Kim Soo-hyun has been nominated for Best Actor in the Baeksang Awards; we feel that Kim Ji-won, Han So-hee, Park Seo-joon, and Kim Tae-ri were snubbed. The Hong fami...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episodes 7 and 8 of Queen of Tears, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Kim Ji-won as Hong Hae-in, Kim Soo-hyun as Baek Hyun-woo, Park Sung-hoon as Yoon Eun-Seong, Kwak Dong-Yeon as Hong Soo-cheol, Lee Joo-bin as Cheon Da-Hye. We discuss: The song we feature during the recap: Love You With All My Heart by Crush. Soo Cheol calls Hyun-Woo “maehyeong” 매형, which means older sister’s husband. How Hae-in loses her will to live when Hyun-woo admits that he wanted a divorce. How Hyun-woo decides to make Hae-in hate him so that she has a reason to live. How Hyun-woo wants to stay by Hae-in’s side even if it means being the subject of her rage, humiliation and hatred; he has powerful reasons for wanting to be by her side. Both Hae-in and Hyun-woo are left wondering if everything the other person said and promised was a lie. Through the flashback of the marriage proposal, we can piece together how our couple got engaged, broke up, got back together, and finally marr...