my fave is the best hit followed by lookout and fight my way~

My favorite show right now is still Forest of Secrets. ??
I also really enjoy The Best Hit, Circle and Duel.
I'm ready to see the finale of Circle and finally find out what happened to Woo jin.
The Best Hit has so many different ships in the moment that I am starting to get confused about who I actually want to see together at the end. Also, I understand the frustration of Ji Hoon's foster father but he really needs to stop blaming Hyun Jae this much cause that poor guy literally fell down the stairs into the future.....it's not easy for him either.
Duel made an interesting revelation, I just want to get the relationships there sorted out as well cause that potential father daughter pair is making me a bit conflicted. ^^
Suspicious Partner and Lookout are still nice I guess but my excitement for those two has waned a bit.
Not sure if I should continue with the third episode of Woman of Dignity...the show hasn't really grabbed me.

I feel like watching some movies this weekend, any good ones to recommend? I feel like most movies are heavy & dark and I would prefer something light and fun right now so I have difficulties finding something that fits my appetite. ^^
Any help is appreciated. :)

Lately completed D-day and it is awesome!! Completed two web dramas of Kim Young Kwang and currently still chasing Circle and Lookout !! The rest of the ongoing dramas are mostly just meh to me.

I started Circle this week, and I'm not caught up yet but ahhhhhh I love it so much, it's definitely my favorite of the dramas currently airing. Although I did just start Seven Day Queen, and I want to start Forest of Secrets too, so who knows whether that will last. But I'm always a huge sucker for siblings looking out for each other, and Woo-jin and Bum-gyun finally finding each other for me is the emotional core of the show. Even without all of the cool sci-fi stuff (although I'm super into the cool sci-fi stuff) that'd be enough to keep me coming back.

Thanks for your hard work! Could you please recap Bad Thief Good Thief series???

This week I finished Chicago Typewriter and I can honestly say that it is on my list of Favorites for 2017. I love it to bits. It made me laugh, cry, it broke my heart and gave me a bittersweet ending, and although it took some time to get to the center of the story it was truly a gem. I am definitely having withdrawal syndrome and I even thinking of making some time in my schedule to watch it again, I will try to convince my drama buddy to watch it with me. Because of this marathon I am somewhat behind on the other dramas but I am getting there :)

Fight my Way- Currently in ep 5 and I love it. I love that it is very realistic and the chemistry between the actors is off the charts. The way they care for each other and their interactions is too cute for words. I can't wait for them to officially become something more than friends.

7DQ- I am in the middle of episode 8 and I am just relieved that the story continues to be good after transitioning to the adult part of the story. Also I am glad we didn't spend the whole drama with her trying to figure out that it was him.

Duel- I continue to love this show with its twists and I want some answers, which we are starting to get which is good. I continue to love the budding romance between DC and SJ, although it seems that in recent episodes the relationship between these two will get complicated :(. Also Yang Se-Jong is a plus ;).

Circle- This one I am truly behind on I stopped watching it for a week and I feel that because of that I lost the momentum I had with this show. It kills me that I read so many good reviews on it but every time I start to watch it I get distracted. I will try to catch up this week.

The other drama that I started was Forest of Secrets I am still on episode 1 but I like it so far and will also try to catch up to it this week.

I swear this is the most dramas I have watched at once. I hope this continues until the end of the year :).

I've had a busy week but I just managed to keep up with Circle, Seven Day Queen, Suspicious Partner and the Best Hit and watch several episodes of Answer Me 1998. I'm hoping the good guys can prevail in Circle as we go to the last two episodes. Like several other people, I'm unexpectedly finding the politics interesting in Seven Day Queen. I was pleased that Chief Bang survived in Suspicious Partner. I now want Hyun-soo to survive his road accident so we can unpick the back story. The Best Hit is so good. Don't make him change his hairstyle.

Theres a lot of good shows that I plan to catch up later on: Forest of Secrets and The Best Hit. For now these are my shows:

Fight My Way: I love how the story played out this week. What surprised me is that DongMan has been aware all this time. That line "doesnt want to lose her again" bit... swoon! Also I am happy as AeRa and DongMan step closer to their dreams, we also see progress towards their love lives. ?

Circle: This show has kept me on my toes and just stopped speculating on what is next. I just want to know what happened to WooJin. And if the twins will ever be reunited.

Seven Day Queen: As much as I adore LDG and his portrayal of Yeonsangun, I am more on Yeok's side. I sympathize with Yeonsangun knowing how the previous King and his ministers have treated him. But his weakness in character turns me off. Yeok is not perfect and his methods are also questionable. He still has a lot to prove that he would be a better King than his brother. Thus, i am looking forward to the next episodes to see how Yeok maneuvers the court and if he will be better at it than his brother.

My Only Love Song: I am mainly in this to see the cuteness that is GSY and LJH. They are so adorable and there's a lot of skinship and banter which I adore. I haven't seen their episodes in WGM so I didnt dive in this drama as a fan. But I am now a fan after seeing their great chemistry. I also want to see how the story resolves the time travel element.

Watching Circle, Lookout & Duel. Might start Forest of Secrets or Seven Day Queen.
I'm officially drama-slumping. In the past I've sometimes watched as many as 7 k-shows at a time.
Most of the shows I've started recently just didn't seem worth following. Especially disappointed with Ruler, because Kim So-hyun has been so good in other shows. Suffered thru 3/6 episodes, but the water monopoly plot was just too lame.
Also, I'm having trouble with most of the kdrama sites I used to go to. I much prefer downloading to streaming (for several reasons) and I prefer 1080p. Recently, between the sites where the download doesn't work any more and the sites that try to infect me with malicious ads and the sites that no longer have 1080p, I mostly settle for 720p downloads - or, faced with that choice, I might just pick up a book (remember them?) or fire up an old computer game.

YES! Thank you HeadsNo2 for alerting people to this amazing drama FOREST OF SECRETS. So incredible - the acting, the script, the direction, the whole shebag is top notch.

Looks like Team Dramabeans all dropped Ruler-Master of the Mask? ? or just sick of complaining about it. Cant blame them, im on the verge of dropping it too.

Currently watching Fight my way (love it), Suspicious Partner (oh wooki!!!), Seven day queen (not completely fallen for it).
Not sure if I should start Circle...

Currently watching:

Circle:
Despite all my complaints I have kept up with this one till now, and I'm not going to stop before the last two eps! The idea of WJ being the motor of Human B is extremely interesting. Will they have destroyed his health and kept him chained to machines to have him comply? Or did they wipe his memories and lie to him to make him their accomplice, and now he remembered??
Tbh, although I'm strongly against memory manipulation, I do think that if you should lose your memories accidentally and be accidentally cured of PTSD, NO ONE has the right to make you remember. MY made me so, SO angry when she talked to WJ like she had a right to do that. Who cares if BG remembers her? Or anybody? What WJ cares about is whether BG is happy, she was only talking about her own happiness using BG as an excuse! Unforgivable.

Mask:
Seems like everyone dropped this one. It didn't change though from the beginning to the end. The actors are the same, still pretty, still good, the story is the same, still immature, still stereotypical. I wasn't expecting anything grand here, so there was no dissapointment. Waiting for the plot to play out.

Suspicious Partner:
It shocked me a bit that they suddenly went from not going out together to making passionate love (which was not really shown but you know, the taking off your clothes before you got into a room and can't take my mouth off yours scene). I guess they will have problems prosecuting HS now, but they will succeed, they will also bring the guy who tried to drive SH over to justice, everyone will be alive and the leads are going to marry. Hurray I can guess the main plot till the end. (?)

Fight for my way:
Still liking this one, although I really don't see how they are realistically getting anywhere with the wealthy and powerful against them. Still betting on the landlady being their saviour, still thinking that it kind of defies the purpose since it will only be one powerful person against others and the little ppl will have had no real influence on their fate, no matter how kind and hard working and optimistic they were and how much they deserved it. Kind of depressing if you think about it.

The best hit:
Also kind of depressing = = I don't see where this story is going either, so it's intriguing. I like the execution and the style very much and am hoping for an unexpected development with a happy ending.

As if I'm not live-watching more shows than ever (LOOKOUT, MY SASSY GIRL, CIRCLE, SEVEN DAY QUEEN, RULER, THE BEST HIT, DUEL, and MY ONLY LOVE SONG), I've had the urge to watch MY LOVE, EUN-DONG, and just finished marathoning it yesterday.

If ever there were a cautionary tale about the dire consequences of unrequited love, and the fine line between lifelong laser-focused devotion and bull-headed stalking, this is it.

I'm not usually into melodrama, but I really enjoyed this show. All three iterations of Park Hyun-soo / Ji Eun-ho were well played by Jin Young (teens), Baek Sung-hyun (20s), and Joo Jin-mo (30s).

Lee Ja-In is terrific as 13-year-old Eun-dong, and I appreciated Kim Sa-Rang's turn as her amnesiac adult self who finally remembers the events of her past life. I was not as taken with Yoon So-Hee's portrayal of Eun-dong the college student, for some reason. She seemed to sneer. A lot.

It came as a surprise to see Kim Tae-Hoon (straight-arrow Prosecutor Kim in LOOKOUT) playing the not-quite-totally-evil husband. His interactions with his son are very touching.

I'll admit that I was ready to tear my hair out every time Evil Hotel Heiress Jo Seo-Ryeong was on screen. The same goes for Eun-dong's hateful mother-in-law and her adoptive father, who are both certified pieces of work. That said, there are many lovely warm interludes that pretty much balance out the obnoxiousness and the makjang twist late in the show. A case in point is Hyun-soo's bantering relationships with his manager, Ko Dong-gyu (Kim Min-Ho) and the president of his firm, Lee Hyun-bal (Kim Yong-Hee). For all the busting of chops, these guys really do care about each other.

The use of background music in certain episodes is reminiscent of SOUL MATE and COFFEE PRINCE in how they underscore the action or mood. The OST has some lovely instrumentals.

I enjoyed the show. As always, just my $0.02. Your mileage may vary. ;-)

THE BEST HIT continues to wow me with its music. OST Part 3, "Sky," sounds to me like it could have been recorded back in the day by Take That or the Backstreet Boys. It must be the fingersnaps. ;-)

I don't know beans about Kpop, but I really love Yoon Mi-rae's vocals on this one. What a beautiful voice.

My heartfelt thanks to aliensooo for posting English lyrics. Dang, the feels.

Yoon Mi-rae (윤미래) - 젊은 날의 Sky (최고의 한방 OST Part 3) (Han|Rom|Eng Lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoJ-AmBrhso

Must Watch as Soon as Subs are Out:
Circle - Fight my Way

Watching by Weekend:
Suspicious Partners - The Best Hit - Father is Strange

Dropped:
Monarch - Owner of the Mask
(Sorry & See you on your next drama YSHo & KSH)

Binge Watching when Completed:
Lookout - My Sassy Girl

I had a short staycation this past week - perfect for drama-watching!

Father is Strange: Hye-young is so boss! Her door solution had me in stitches. Loved how the family gathered for Joong Hee's drama premiere and then teamed up togeher to leave glowing reviews. Or in the mom's case - fight with a netizen who left a bad review! I'm so ready for the fauxcest angst to end. MY and JH won me with their interactions. Him avoiding her makes the relationship less interesting.

The Best Hit: I think my favorite aspect of this drama is seeing our roomies interact and we got plenty of that at the rooftop drinking session. I'm glad that Hyun-jae is taking an interest in Ji-Hoon. As a viewer, I find HJ pretty lovable and fun to watch, but I've got to admit he is a jerk. I'm hoping while the kids help him become less of a jerk, he'll help them achieve their dreams.

Lookout: Loved this week's episodes! I was not feeling SJ's move to trap DH, but I'm glad it brought the team together. That car chase scene was sick! I replaying it like 10 times. I'm curious to see how SJ and DH will get out of their latest pickle. And if DH will be able to regain YSR's trust or maybe EJ will remove the stick up his butt and join our team!

Suspicious Partner: Chief Bang is alive!!! I'm torn between feeling horribly for Hyun-Soo (and wanting him to get his revenge), and feeling like he has crossed too far over the line to really deserve any sympathy. I really want to know HS's story though I can guess at the tragedy. I'm not too interested about the dads. And can't stand seeing DA Jang on my screen. He may be worse than corrupt prosecutor in Lookout.

Fight My Way: I wish JM and SH's story was less frustrating since the development of AR and DM's romance is firing on all cylinders and so full of win. I hope AR and DM finds out JM and SH's situation and either help bring them back on the same page or help them decide to break up. I still don't know why they had to keep their relationship a secret!

Seven Day Queen: Only caught episodes 5 and 6. I can totally see why this series has such love. The romance and tragedy are perfectly pitched and sweeping with a shot of humor in there. Given what happens at the beginning of episode 1 and the history of this queen, I may wait for the series to be over (and for the writer to hopefully give our OTP a happy ending somehow).

Fox's Romance: I'm not too into mainland china dramas (excessive length and fillers and dubbing!) I really like this one (with my finger ready on the FF button) since 1. the OTP aren't dubbed 2.the hero looks a little like Park Hyung Shik and 3. the heroine, who also doesn't follow the cdrama beauty standard, is just way too awesome. She can be cute and girlish at home, but at work, she is a professional. And in confrontations with people who want to put her down, she is able to...

I...am watching everything mentioned LOL. OMG I realized haven't watched an English show since the last season of OITNB and that was because I was working with 2/3 the main cast on different projects ??

Loving Forest and watched Woman of Dignity with this face ???

Fight My Way: Yesssss!! So happy our main couple is finally together!! Really love their solid friendship and their realization that they cared about each other more than just friends. I'm rooting for AR to land the job that would shut HR up. Also can't wait to see DM put the rich, cowardly loser in his place in the ring. JM, please be a better bf to SH or just call it quits.

My Sassy Girl: Love how GW is being so kind, sweet, caring, and helping to HM. I really wanna see them working together to locate the deposed queen and to bring down the evil queen and Minister Jung. I hope HM will show the villains that she's not one to be messed with. Waiting for more details to be revealed about CP.

Ruler - Master of the Mask: At least some development for this week's eps and the dreaded truth about the crown prince's identity is finally learned by GE. I don't like how LS is changing and how he's siding with Daemok and easily believing his people now.

The Best Hit and Suspicious Partners make my happy week. :)

The Best Hit is the type of drama I've been longing for! A glimpse of everyday life of silly characters with flaws, but a good heart.?

No murders, please.?

I want to see The Best Hit!!!!! I wasn't planning to but after reading the positive feedback from the Dramabeans writers got me curious, and I read every single recap up to date. I was hooting and hollering and dying of laughter, and that's only by reading! Can't wait to watch...it'll bring my drama count over my normal 2 a week, but I'm not complaining!

Seven Day Queen: The hurt is so good ❤️

Father is Strange: Is it bad that I want Min Young to entertain the idea of dating that actor just so her loveline gets a kick in the pants?
Joong Hee's ex's appearance makes me feel like I should brace for cattiness and I just want him to be jealous and petty.

I am watching pretty much every show thats airing right now (sleep is overrated!)
Circle has been the biggest surprise for me considering i have always hated anything sci fi. Its amazing what happens when you get a good team together- the writers directing and acting is totally top notch.
The big hit is another fav-- i am so in love with dabong and his phone obsession.
For those who are looking to watch something heartwarming and funny i suggest Super Family 2017. I gem that i assure you will leave you feeling happy.
Also any sugesstions to hide the massive dark circles i now have-- i am sure all kdrama fans must have a few tips for this-- why are there so many good shows on all at once????

YES!! New journey to the west !
Again let me profess my love for Na Young Seok (Na PD) and this raggtag team. I laughed so hard at the ping pong game and the gatherings. I wondered why Mino had that horrible mullet hair, now we know :) Also YG's response when they called for permission"aah uri mino looks cutest with his head shaven" Eun Ji Won : "they say i have to shave my head too if he loses" YG : "No, that can never happen" (as in, not cute and ugly head) i laughed so hard at that part.

I am watching FMW, suspicious partner and the best hit, or hit the top... They all have something that keep me in with much or less passion.
I watched recently 20 again for the first time and I liked it... and I wish i didn´t have the time to watch more, so that i start quitting a little bit, but I haven´t found a job yet, and I always tune in!!!
Honestly, I cannot get cured from this crazy attachment to Korean dramas, because... let´s be honest again: it is viciously addictive. But then: how can I break up the link when LJS will come back with While you were sleeping, NJH with The water bride and now LBY with this???????
It is soooooo unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!
(i already made this comment before, but it goes better here)

I'm just dying for New Journey to The West English subtitles?

Suspicious Partner really lost me somewhere along the way. I feel like every time the plot doesn't fully focus on the murder plot, the writer scrambles to find something for the gang to do, case-of-the-week style. It doesn't feel organic. Also the artifical will-they-won't-they dragged on for way too long and I just... don't care anymore. SAD.
Fight My Way is still great as ever, despite me falling for the oldest trick in the drama book. I hope they keep surprising me cause I'm having a 'W' situation where my predictions for the entire main plot are over and we're barely even halfway there.
The Best Hit didn't manage to capture my interest but I'm on episode 6 so...

I'm in love with Forest of Secrets...i rewatch every episodes just in case if i missed out any details or clue. Have drop duel n hanging on for SP. Still like Lookout since i'm really rooting for them to get their revenge. Starting Best Hit but on holding FIS coz my exam is next week, will marathon it aft my exam

LOL at the first picture! :)

I was nodding my head as I was reading tineybeanie's assessment of FMY. JM is poop. He needs to come clean to his GF and they need to decide whether their future is to be together or go their separate ways. Seolhee deserves better after supporting this jerk for years. Love the chemistry between the lead couple. So cute!

Currently watching Fight for my way, Lookout, Suspicious Partner, The Best Hit, and waiting for Circle to end for me to start binge watching it....the drama is too suspenseful for me to wait a week to know what happens next...ahhh....can't wait for the weekend so I can finally start!

Currently watching: Fight My Way and Suspicious Partner. These two are so good they make my Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays (the day when the sub is out). Hee!

Park Seo-joon and Kim Ji-won are such great young actors. They are so natural delivering the role of Dong-man and Ae-ra. I couldn't imagined DM and AR is portrayed by other actors.

Wookie and Hyunii are also daebak. I not only love them together but also when they are with the team discussing particular case. I think Ji Chang-wook is good playing rom-com because his eyes gleams in close ups. Or is it just me?

Well, anyway. I just finished marathon-ing Chief Kim (thanks to @chingu for the recommendation) and I don't feel left out now. It was such a good show portraying how corrupt a huge corporation can be. But, there will still good people who brought justice although the process was not easy. I love how Dong Ha as Myung Seok. Although he scares me to death in SP.

So, now I'm open to any drama recommendation. I prefer the one that's finished so I don't have to face the torture every weekend waiting for it. Anyone?