I love the Jang Hyuk love. Er, ish. I just love that there's a whole lot of Jang Hyuk love. He's just so ridiculously awesome!!!

YES YES YES about "Savvy". I wanted it to be more than a romance, so boo, writer. When the romance kicked itself up, I stopped watching and only followed recaps, urgh. It just lost its magic. Yunno, I totally feel validated with your guys' thoughts about it. Ha.

I feel the same as girlfriday about "Trot" vs. "Savvy". I mean, I do NOT like the "Savvy" couple, but the "Trot" couple is so meh for me, I couldn't follow it.

Maybe Seo In-gook and Jung Eun-ji should just do another drama together and we could all like it the same. Ha.

Feel the same about that falling in love with both Clark Kent and Superman dealio! That's what I wanted in "Gaksital". Ha. But ick... just thought about Jin Se-yeon. Anyways, love Lee Jun-ki in "Gunman". He totally rocks the action scenes. So great that he's a legitimate black belt so he CAN film those scenes. Hmm, which reminds me of that awful stunt double job of Shin Hyun-joo in "Gaksital". Worst Editing Ever. Choices, production...

What you guys said about the setup of "Fated" was why I did NOT like the Taiwanese drama. Eck. Nor this one. Meh.

I actually thought the setup of "Marriage Not Dating" was really contrived with the whole "she's so in love with and setting up a hotel room for her douchey boyfriend who wants to dump her then the friend of said douchey boyfriend barges in and soon falls in love with her", but as I kept watching, it got better and better. I enjoy it for the most part. I like Yeon Woo-jin, but Han Groo is okay. She isn't really wowing me, but she's good.

Ugh. BOO about "High School's" airing. One a week SUCKS. I'm actually enjoying it, but seriously? My GOSH. Who's gonna stick around? And yes, it would've been nice had they written the story and casted for older high schoolers. Siiigh. Please don't give up on your story, writer.

Gotta give props to the dramas currently airing. I haven't given this much time to dramas since ever. Too impatient and quick to eyeroll. Ha. Not a bad batch at all. And thanks for the podcast!!

*wow, end novel*

Marriage Not Dating is the first tvN romcom I've enjoyed in quite a while. I feel like it's more like the older tvN romcoms that I used to love the channel so much for :D

I love Marriage Not Dating! If only I wasn't so confused about the other characters, it would've been much better. Yeo Reum totally creeps me out though with him smiling every 3 seconds. Plus, I don't trust him. The main leads keep me watching. Holy sheesh! Han Groo is a 92er? I thought she's the same age as Yeon Woo Jin at most. Whoa. Just whoa.

Hi!School Love On was quite good but yeah, the format just sucks. It was also pre-empted for ep 3 last Friday and I'm starting to forget about it.

I have high hopes for Joseon Gunman. Too bad not a lot of people watch it. Nam Sang Mi is playing Soo In really well with what little role she's given. Honestly, I'm more interested on Choi Won Shin and Hye Won right now to care about her. Except that, I don't have any complains. Lee Junki is amazing as always and the shots are soooooo beautiful!

Fated to Love You is my crack right now though. Jang Hyuk totally owns it! And I love even the other characters. I say Hamo Hamo~ so many times a day. Argh.

Thanks for the podcast! I was listening to it while making dinner with my mom and she's like what the hell are you listening to? HAHAHA.

So shocked and sad GF and JB don't love HS King of Saavy! I'm usually on the same page as them :(

Btw, did you notice you laughed a LOT MORE during the Fated to Love you convo? Loooool.
The power of Jang Hyuk!!!!

podcast! It's been a while since ive listened to one. I havent done so yet but i'm excited to hear your opinion on HSKOS. I'm loving the show, thanks to Ingukkie but you know how biases work, they can make you turn a blind eye. I admit the noona romance can be a bit silly but i'm enjoying the show. Which makes me sad reading this as Eun Ji's Trot Lovers may not be as good as In Guk's Savvy (please dont judge me as I havent seen Trot yet). I loved them together (shoutout to AM 1997's fans) but I hate them (being) apart.

I'll definitely listen tomorrow but for now, I'd say thank you very kamsa ladies!

Your podcasts are always a treat. :)

@girlfriday I totally thought about you when I read about Son Heung Min today.

FTLY hasen't really clicked for me. I don't await anxiously for it like i do MND's episodes the next week. I actually like the Taiwanese version better. It just seems they are rushing this one along since it is half the episodes from it counter part...but I will more than likely finish it since I can't find anything else to watch those days...
As far as Han Groo and Yeon Woo Yin...I love them!! now that is one drama I can't wait to see its next episode each week.

Sigh, I have FTLYIB OST on infinite repeat while I wait for the next week's episodes...

I'm obsessed with Fated to love you! The Jangs!!!! I guess I'm so into it that I'm even "understanding" the characters behavior, as dated as the premise might be. I do think their marriage was a choice, under pressure, if that makes any sense? but ultimately a choice, and I think the series does make that point or maybe, will make that point. Geun's reasons for marrying Mi Young were many but one important one, is that he doesn't want to follow in his father's footsteps, who was some sort of womanizer who had a mistress and an illegitimate son (I'm not 100% the circumstances, but it is suggested in the series). He has a heightened, if maybe old fashioned, sense of duty. Add to this the fact that he has budding feelings for Mi Young, a disappointment in Se Ra that he did not confront, all of this at a subconscious level (my theory) but I have the feeling the series will address those themes at some point. It has been doing a good job at being more in depth than what it suggests on the surface. Mi Young's doubts about Geon's feelings at the end of ep 8 after his grand romantic or generous gesture says the series is smarter than it seems.

Aw, well I love High School King of Savvy. I really love that show LOL

Thanks for the podcast! Fun as always.

Interesting thoughts JB and GF on LG's "choice" to get married.

From a guy's perspective - let's say that it happened to me (not that I have any thoughts or pretensions or fantasies), with the same scenarios and circumstances - then what choices would I have made and what would have happened?

1. It is telling and important that LG's parents are deceased (I think both?). If it were my parents who were there, then they would have just beat the crap out of me (even though it was NOT my fault) and then paid off KMY to go away - if KMY refused the money, then they would have put the money in a trust for the baby. I think Korean parents (at least with the Korean parents that I am familiar with), the effort would have been there to protect their child (LG) and their child's future. They would have felt that their child's future should be weighed down with KMY, KMY's family or the child. LG's grandmother (it seems) has her sights set on having the next-gen magically appear, and cares not for LG and LG's desires/future.

2. Faced with the decision of whether to marry - I don't think I would know what to do. For me, I would feel burdened and feel it unfair to create a child for whom two parents exist but are not together. Do I not have responsibility for a life that I helped create? In that sense, how perilous is it to start relationships if there are no thoughts to continue! So I think, regardless of how unfair it is for me, I would have no choice but to own up my new responsibility and get married.

What LG did with the divorce contract is a compromise, I think, but I wonder whether being neither hot nor cold is the worst choice of all.

Kind of sad that I'm not into Joseon Gunman like I wanted to. I agree with most of your assessment of the show in it's current state. I still watch it for Lee Jun-ki whenever I have time but there is just not enough fire to keep me clued to it like his last 2 projects. Maybe the writers are saving all the goodies for the last half of the show.
GF said everything I wanted to see in the heroine. What the hell happen with her involvement with the scholars and all that?

Out of the 4 main leads Han Joo Wan's character is the only one that is not fictional. I feel like that they could've given him more based on history instead of being So-in's puppy for most of the time. Maybe they'll get there but I'm a bit impatient right now.

I've been watching FTLY and MND and enjoy both shows, FTLY more so because, well, romaaaaance....:D. But I think it's interesting how both these dramas take the basic premise of a fake-contract marriage/relationship and present it in entirely different ways, and how differently I react to both.

1) What JB and GF said about the 'dated-ness' of FTLY's basic premise has been something I've thought about- how the show chooses to make the lead-pair virtually blameless by going to great lengths to make them both victims here, rather than being more upfront about the whole one-night stand thing. While this would certainly have made the show more...realistic, I guess, I do think it would have taken away from the emotional affect of the characters and the essential conflicts they are facing in the story, especially Gun. I mean, his immensely loyal love for Se-Ra IS the major cause of conflict in the show, and I for one would have found it much more difficult to sympathise with him had he CHOSEN to sleep with Mi-young. And since he's a victim here as well, his choice to take responsibility for the baby does add a few gold points to his character.

2) On the other hand, I feel that this very same 'choice' to be in a fake relationship in MND is the weak point in the show. There are limits to which I can empathise with a guy who wants to left alone in a house and will go to any lengths to do it. And Jang-Mi, as adorable as she is, I am still somewhat at a loss as to why she's enduring so much at all. What had started as a mutually beneficial partnership has become too one-sided now, and I am beginning to feel the disconnect. I like this show, and I hope they will restore the balance in the coming episodes, because otherwise the initially spunky heroine just ends up becoming yet another self-sacrificial goat, and I've had quite enough of THAT, thank you very much.

For HKoS, what's the age of consent/adulthood in Korea?

Nobody mentioned Temptation in the comments. No one is watching it?

I find it an immensely interesting show, and Not just becos of CJW and KSW. It's like a Rorschach test with some women for and as many against the wife. Should make for heated discussion.

WHY IS THERE NO RECAP FOR HIGH SCHOOL LOVE ON ㅠㅠ HELP MEEEEE hehehe but I do appreciate everyone's time and effort in recapping everything (: