will someone else recap this then, since you "sort of hate her writing?" i honestly don't want to hear putdown after putdown in the recaps like last time...i've enjoyed all your recaps until the one unmentionable episode in secret garden.

Is she the one who wrote "Lovers" and "City Hall"? if she is her, I loved Secret Garden and City Hall, but Lovers, I fast-forwarded half of it.

If she isnt the same person, I still love Secret Garden, but the "romantic melo" thing about this drama is not appealing to me now, Im in the mood for something funnier.

And I have to disagree. Please, Javabeans, If you are planning to recap this one, i hope you can do the recaps.

lol

Romance melo... sounds good, and this writer created my favorite drama on air. Yes, i love her fast dialogues,and could stand, explain and understand the hollows or randomness her writing sometimes has. My princess was good too... XD (acceptable good)

The only one I have seen is Secret Garden, which I liked all right but it wasn't brilliant. I remember thinking that some of the dialogue (particularly between the two main leads) absolutely didn't make sense at all.

The basic idea for Secret Garden was fine, and it did use the body-switching in a different way than most films/dramas I had previously seen... but some of the dialogue did-not-make-sense-at-all.

Javabeans, do not be put off by people who are rude. If the flavour of the coffee is not to your liking, don't drink it. I love your snarky recaps,and your intelligent analysis and entertaining comments. I agree with you on this one about the writing. I enjoyed Secret Garden because of the awesome acting but I was disappointed with the story. As for Lee Na young, I was not impressed in Runway Plan B, but perhaps she will surprise me in this new drama.

I HAAAATEEE Kim Eunsook drama. She paints her leading men as arrogant assholes and her heroine just goes puny at whatever shit the hero puts her through.

I hope Lee Nayoung would steer clear from this.

all you complainers, look at the bottom of the page and see the number of series getting recapped here...that's 9....7 dramas and 2 variety shows out of which 5 are being recapped by JB and GF....If y'all can do even half of that as wonderfully as they do, I will give your comments much more weight...Rock on JB and GF!!!!!!!

I have to agree with JB, I don't really like Secret Garden, I don't know why, the only thing that I like about this drama is the OST and Hyun Bin.. Thats it!!!

I may not like all her dramas, but I love her for creating the sparkly tracksuit and making Won Bin wear it.

Which reminds me, I went shopping and saw one just like it at an older woman's clothing store. I even took a pic to celebrate...

I find Kim Eun-sook's dramas forgettable. JB and GF were just talking about "drama stickiness" in the podcast and for me, Kim's penned dramas don't stick to me like the Hong sisters' or Noh Hee-kyung's dramas (and the one who wrote Will it snow and I'm sorry I love you. too lazy to Google. sorry).

For sure, Lovers in Paris, City Hall and Secret Garden were good, but after watching them, they don't really stick to my mind like, a month after watching them. I don't even think I can bear rewatching them again. Hyun Bin was outstanding in SG, but after watching it, that's it for me, his character didn't stick to my mind like the one in World they live in (Noh Hee-kyung drama). It's the same with Cha Seung-won. He was more endearing as Dokko Jin than Go Juk. Granted, those were two different genres. But their character's resonance were different.

So yeah, not really looking forward to whatever Kim Eun-sook will write in the future. It's great that her dramas are popular, but that's just it.

I kind of want her to take this. I need something to erase my memory of Fugitive Plan B which was pure crap.

Secret Garden is god awful. Once a plot takes a dive, even the superbness of the actors can't save it from the burning flames.

I agree w/ JB - the writing for "Secret Garden" was filled w/ rapid-fire dialogue, but it was mostly empty and not what I would really categorize as banter (banter has a connotation of FUN to it).

There was a lot of (fun) banter in "My Princess", "The Greatest Love", "MGIAG", etc. - but "SG"? Not so much (more annoying than anything else).

Plus, the general storyline was stupid, full of cliches and the characters were basically one-dimensional and not very interesting.

And worst of all, the relationship btwn the 2 leads (and how it developed over time, or rather didn't) did not make any sense.

I know "SG" was a big hit and won numerous awards (including for writing - lol), but I'd almost rather watch "Lie to Me" (almost).

Anyway, I do really like Lee Na-young.

i think from "bing"'s point of view. he or she was just upset that her favourite drama got pwned by jb. no one really likes it when they love something but hear other people say it was garbage. i, for one, certainly don't like it and i hated that "unmentionable episode" recap but hey, not your website. and jb is right. if you're not writing it, there is a high probability there will be things you won't want to hear. so i guess just stick with skimming through the recap and bypass the comments if you don't want to hear negative things about your fav drama. or don't read it then.

i liked On Air but didn't like secret garden. These are the only 2 dramas I've seen from this writer.

Anyway, Lee Na Young is a very unique actress. She has a very different acting style from other actresses and most of the time, she downplays her beauty on movies/dramas but she always looks gorgeous in CFs. People who don't know much about her should watch her past dramas like 'Ruler of Your Own World' or movies like 'Maundy Thursday' and 'Someone Special'. Her acting is awesome.

I fell in love with Secret Garden..every line, every rapid fire dialogue has been emebedded in my heart. Ha Jiwon and Hyun Bin were awesome and I found the script awesomee too..I get the point why Ra-im did not want to completely fall for Joo-won.. I also get the point why they had to go back and forth.. I also love City Hall. Needless to say, I'm excited for this new drama.

I hope someone else will get the part, because I don't see any charm in her.

I agree jb. That's why I never read ur recaps or if i did, I skip ur criticisms. Nways, kip sharing. lol