K Drama Chat Weekly

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 3 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. We discuss: The songs we feature during the recap: Yong ae and Villagers by Nam Hye Seung and Park Sang Hee Photo of my Mind by Song Ga in How Captain Ri is lying through his teeth about Se-ri and this is so unlike him! He’s actually doing so many things that are out of character! How Captain Ri and Se-ri are looking at each other in a new light because of certain incidents, including the beggar boy to whom Se-ri gave food, and Se-ri’s gifts to Captain Ri and his men. Stairway to Heaven, the K Dramas that Kim Ju Meok was watching.  How memories that are lost, that come back, or that are revealed over time are more common than we thought and are a new K Drama element! How Captain Ri became a K Drama cliche when he kisses Yoon Se-ri in the boat hold, to maybe throw off the...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 2 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. We discuss: The song we feature during the recap: But It’s Destiny by 10cm and how 10cm got its name. Our gratitude to our listeners who commented on the blog, and gave us a review on Apple podcasts.  Thank you! The Korean tradition of doljanchi where babies are asked to pick an object from a table in front of them; the object they pick will influence their future. How Se-ri is is someone who has learned to trust and obey her instincts, but when she turned left instead of right at the fork, after leaving Captain Ri, she made the wrong decision. Or did she? How Captain Ri now thinks that Se-ri is a South Korean spy who managed to evade the land mines and electric fence; how did she do that? How Se-ri uses all of her skills as a woman and business person to get Captain Ri ...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 1 of Crash Landing On You, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Hyun Bin as Ri Jyeong hyeok, Son Ye-jin as Yoon Se-ri, Seo Ji-hye as Seo Dan and Kim Jung-hyun as Gu Seung joon. We discuss: The song we feature during the recap: Give You My Heart by IU. The title of this K Drama in Korean is 사랑의 불시착, which translate to Love’s Emergency Landing, or Love’s Crash Landing. How this show was inspired by a real event involving South Korean actress Jung Yang, whose leisure boat drifted into the maritime boundary between North and South Korea and had to be rescued. Some familiar elements that we saw in Queen of Tears. We introduce our characters: Captain Ri Jyeong hyeok Yoon Se-ri Captain Ri’s men, including Sergeant Pyo Chi Su, Soldier Kim Ju Meok, and Private Geum Eun Dong Se-ri’s father, the Chairman of the Queens Group, and her mother Se-ri’s competitive brothers and their conniving wives Gu Seung joon Why there is a North Korea and a South Korea. A bit ...

Today, we’ll be doing our final review 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. Ernabel Demillo is back to help us analyze this amazing show! We recap the entire show and then we discuss: The song we featured during the recap: Way Home, sung by Kim Soo Hyun. How we rewatched the first few episodes and realized a few things, e.g., When Hae-in was an intern, Hyun-woo would roll up his sleeves whenever he helped her out at the copier; this is probably when she realized he had sexy forearms. In episode 1, after going out drinking with Kim Yang-ki, Hyun-woo walks home, while pulling leaves of a branch The character arcs of each of our characters: Soo-cheol Cheon Da-hye Hae-in’s parents Hyun-woo’s parents Hyun-woo’s sister and brother Grace David Yoon or Yoon Eun-seung Moh Sul hee Hae-in Hyun-woo How the death of Su-w...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episodes 15 and 16 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.  Ernabel Demillo is back to help us analyze episodes 15 and 16! We discuss: The songs we feature during the recap: More Than Enough by Kim Tae Rae Heart Flutter by dori How crazy it was that David Yoon got to claim that he was Hae-in’s fiancé by donating a lot of money to the medical center. How Hae-in’s notebook was found by David Yoon, tossed into a fire, salvaged, and eventually made it back to Hae-in so she could read her own words about herself and Hyun-woo. How we despised Grace but she did manage to redeem herself by encouraging Moh Sul hee to track down Hae-in, returning the pink MP3 player, and making sure that the notebook made it to Hae-in. How David Yoon’s lies were so evil but because they had elements of ...