I'm down to 1 drama this week, which feels like a drama slump time. Fortunately School 2017 is still going strong, delivering on the cute, fun, and heart-warming.

I guess it's time to check those variety shows in my to-watch list.

Nobody watching Woman of Dignity?

Manhole : I like some scenes but not completely sold on it.

Rescue Me : I'm so invested in the cult, the family, the four friends and especially Woo Do Hwan.

Falsify : It's so goood !

Criminal Mind : Dropped. I might pick it up latter.

The King Loves : I want Rin and his sister to be happy at this point.

Reunited Worlds : Hae Sung and his friends are adorable !

Strongest Deliveryman : I'm still not fully on board. This week episodes might get me more invested.

School 2017 : I'm proud of Dae Hwi ! He's a good kid after all.

Bride of the Water God : Hu Ye's story is so compelling. I want him to have a happy ending.

Posting it before reading the "what we're watching" :
- School 2017 : my crush, my love , my stolen heart (side note : there are many things left to settle but the plot goes on little by little, things I'm more curious about : the police officer and the female teacher 's past )
- Falsify like it and it's entertaining , I really appreciate the humor and it not being an all dark corruption show
- FiS : getting too makjang , maybe breast cancer is coming , waiting for happy pills Cheol Soo and RaYoung to make up :)
- Reunited Worlds & Criminal Minds : I've still have one-hour ep to watch for each (delay due to Oppa war lol) but I'm disappointed with both , reasons to keep watching RW : Ho Bang & Jin Joo + Jin Gu's smiles , reasons to keep watching CM : try not to drop another LJK drama since Two Weeks :/ + hoping it'll get better

As for variety shows :
- 1n2d : loved this week ep : scaredy cat Cha Tae Hyun and Jung Joon Young for the win
- 3meals a day : loved the S4 1st ep, then re-start watching the season 3 (so far 1st ep : Na PD evil genius they don't have a fridge x) )
- HyoRi's homestay : this show is gold <3
- NJTTW the end is near T_T , won't have KyuHyun for 2 years after that T_T

Manhole: one of the dramas I love in the beginning and drop them halfway. Hope I am mistaking.

Save Me: DON'T HURT SOO-AE...and Dong-Chul....I don't hate Taek's character but I feel like I'll remember his name by episode 12

Reunited Worlds: dropped it, I know everyone loves Hae-Sung but I don't want him to romance Joo-Won, he might disappear any second and it will break poor Joo Won (she sacrificed 12 years of her life grieving him, I don't believe she wouldn't do the same if they start dating)

The King Loves: Rin is love, I would hate Won if he chooses girl over his bro

I'm trying Strongest Deliveryman at the moment and enjoying it. Leaving Falsify a bit.

Tried the recommendation of Missing Noir M. I thought the stories were pretty good although the exposition writing was a wee bit annoying as if they didn't think much of the audience. I was more annoyed not knowing the series left off in such an unsatisfactory place though - I'd have skipped it if I'd known.

Signal next.

School 2017: Tae Swoon, Taecoupon. I got all the love story I need in this drama. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The King Loves: Song Ji-na writer-nim is doing her best job at making all the characters so complex that viewers have to think deeply on the each characters' motivation and reasonings. The love triangle is so good in this drama and the angst I feel is just amazing.

Reunited Worlds: It has its own charm and makes my heart warm everytime I watch this drama. Hae Sung's moements with Jung Won, his siblings and his friends are always the best. ❤️

Manhole: Episode 1 is a lil bit mess and I can't seem to support Bong Pil to pursue his love toward Soo Ji as he had 20 years to confess, and he did nothing. But episode 2 is getting interesting and I'm gonna give it a try until episode 6.

Rescue Me: After watching episode 2, I'm completely sold. This drama is so dark and I'm very curious on what more that this drama would show viewers. How far is the writer is going for this drama?

Strongest Deliveryman: I'm still warming up to all the characters in this drama. It's a fun drama to watch, but I just feel like something is missing in this drama and I can't figure out what's missing.

Bride of the Water God: I'm a bit behind with this drama as I stopped watching this 3 weeks ago. I'm right now at episode 9 and all I could say is, "leave this poor demi-god Hu Ye alone."

I haven't catch up with this week's Criminal Minds episodes. I was thinking of dropping this drama but I read some comments that this drama is getting better, so I'm gonna give it another chance til episode 6.

Anyway, I'm happy that most of DB staffs are watching Rescue Me and love it! ?

Haha I love the love for Manhole here!

And while I know exactly what JB is saying, I'm loving Jae Joong's insanity and energy too much!

*SPOILER*

And can I just say, I cannot wait to see him as a Gangster next week!! Especially when he mentally isn't really one. I think I'm gonna die laughing! ???

Wonder what will be next?? ???

OK it's official. I think I'm going to watch Strongest Deliveryman for Jin-gyu (Kim Sun-ho). He just lights up whatever scene he's in and somehow has chemistry with everyone (I'm still contemplating whether to ship him with Dan-ah, Ji-yoon, or Kang-soo). It's refreshing because he's a second lead but written in the trajectory of a first lead (what with genuinely falling for the first lead girl but having to maintain a contract relationship with the second lead girl).

I'm still watching School 2017 and I really don't know why, when the editing seriously drives me nuts. Scenes seemed to be put together without any continuity or respect for plot. I'm often confused how we get from one scene to the next. I don't care for the teachers' loveline, I mean how come the two awesome teachers were suddenly vying for the policewoman's attention? She hasn't exactly been helpful (read: the most useless character ever) and the love triangle just came out of nowhere. Kyung-woo came across as the observant, wise one but Seo Ji-hoon was so underutilised that I'm still mad. At least his scene with Sarang was kind of cute. I guess the answer is I'm only watching to see Dae-hwi and Tae-woon make up, but still the bromance wasn't as heartfelt as Kim Woo-bin and Lee Jong-seok in School 2013.

Criminal Minds episodes were a taaaadd bit better this week but there was nothing that stood out and worth mentioning.

After Seven Day Queen ended I feel kind of lost. Fortunately I have School 2017 to make me grin like stupid (ah, the earbuds girlfriday! LOL). To survive until Monday I decided to start Moorim High School (I'm clearly on a high school drama spree). Nobody tell me it goes downhill please, because four episodes in it's pretty cool!

I tried the first two episodes of Strongest Deliveryman and Manhole but they haven't gripped me. Bong Pil is hilarious in his flailing and his energy is out of this world, but I wasn't remotely interested until the ending of episode 2, when I went 'wow, that's a whole lot of time-travel mess happening so soon! Sadly UEE is doing nothing for me. I like Jung Hye Sung's character more. Probably won't continue.

Rewatched: Flower Boy Next Door. Yoon Shi Yoon really is like a sunshine fairy. He makes me smile all day.
Rewatching: School 2013. Because I need to survive until I see Mori again on Monday! And because it's just worth rewatching again and again.

I recently rewatched You're Beautiful and Sungkyunkwan Scandal as part of the August Theme of the Month challenge, and there's something insanely comforting about rewatching old favourites. It's like going home after a long day.

Reunited Worlds - I'm really liking this more than I thought I would. I don't even care that the ending might be bittersweet, because Haesung and Jungwon clearly adore each other, and watching them relive their friendship is beyond cute. I just feel like HS really needs to tell her soon that his stay isn't forever, and that his death wasn't her fault - because JW clearly seems to be so happy because the fact that he's back takes away some of her guilt from "causing" his death.

Bride of the Water God - Despite the slow pace, there's something very wistful about the way this show is set up, and everything looks so pretty to me. I'm not bored by any means, but I do wish we got more answers.

Meanwhile, I'm still struggling to finish Seven Day Queen and Suspicious Partner - the former because I can't seem to steel myself for heartbreak and the latter because the show somehow lost steam for me somewhere E30.

School 2017 ??????
Rescue Me ???????
Criminal Minds ???

I am finally on the mend :P
On Mon-Tue - Falsify. Can't find any character more naive that SoRa. Probably won't. And I can't be the only one noticing the air is changing. A kiss is coming :P

Wed-Thu. Man who dies to live. OMG. This week's episodes were great and soo funny. And at the same time they were heartbreaking :( However the Count made me cheer him when he wanted to kill the son-in-law ;)
Manhole - Soo amazing having a drama where I can shut down my mind, however I'm thinking the drama would be better if he ends up falling in love with second female lead. I just can't feel Uee in here at all :(

Sat-Sun. Save Me - The creepy. The creepy...
Just do it OCN. I'm with you all the way. Finally someone is showing the real side of humanity without hiding behind killers and corruption.

Still waiting for Age Of Youth 2. They'd better not make any changes just because Onew was drunk and mistook a woman for a wall.

Still in a drama slump so watching a lot of variety shows!

2D1N: watched the episode last night and laughed so much, especially when they brought the ghost and made her wait for Cha Tae-hyun, when his legs gave in and he just dropped himself on PD Lee Il-young, I died laughing!

I am so happy for Running man, the last few episodes were so so funny and the ratings are good again, so YAY!

Watching Win: who is next, was supposed to finish it 2 days ago but got caught up in the Oppa War (LOL) so will be finishing it tonight! Though I already know the winners but I still get excited and just root for everyone, they're so talented!

Infinity Challenge: The Curry brothers' special was fun, the props were crazy and their baffled reactions to that were gold!

NJTTW: sad that Kyu has to go to the army but also excited that Lee Seung-gi is going to be back soon, I want him back with the crazy gang and want to see all the interactions!

I am with javabeans and girlfriday on manhole. Though, I watched only one episode. Before watching the drama, I thought it would be like UEE wouldn't know jaejoong likes her because he never told her. But, then it was shown that everybody in the neighborhood knows how he felt about her along with soo jin herself. But, if she still chose to marry another man, that means she probably doesn't like pil that way? Or maybe she got tired of waiting for him to confess his feelings? I do feel a little sorry for him, though, If only he would confess, he would know whether she likes him or not and move on. Will watch the second episode and decide whether to keep watching or not.

I liked the second episode of strongest deliveryman better. I think I ll keep watching this one. I do want to start school 2017 because of all the good reviews but these days it feels like, I need to make more effort than usual to start a drama, so going to wait till that feeling goes. Also, looking forward to age of youth season 2!

And LollyPip, enjoy seven day queen! Just don't forget to keep a box of tissues and water bottles nearby.

In the end, I’m just grateful to this cast and crew for giving us such a beautiful, heartrending romance that proves noble sacrifice can be devoid of idiocy, and that love really can grow stronger in the face of adversity. So. Much. Adversity.

Aww, tipsymocha, ❤.

FiS - really drama going the extra angst with only a few more episodes

School 2017 - ?????

Strongest Deliveryman - still interested but not yet invested

CM - dropped; 1st and hopefully last time I'll drop Oppa's drama ?

Currently watching and loving school 2017 and game of thrones.
Finished rewatching school 2013-it's still so good.
Dropped- bride if the water God and reunited worlds
May try rescue me and strongest delivery man
Had a hard time getting into manhole. I found Pil SUPER annoying. I'm getting annoyed just thinking about it lol. But I'm glad y'all enjoy it.
I think I may go back and try Chicago typewriter. I dropped it after the first episode but I remember a lot of you loved it so I may give it another try

I also share javabeans' and girlfriday's opinion regarding Manhole. ...... I watched the first episode with the best of intentions. I'm afraid I wasn't all that impressed.

Nevertheless, I decided to watch episode 2. ...... I tried and tried to get through the episode but I only got halfway through it before I had to stop watching.

It's unfortunate really, because the one positive thing I can say about it is that Jung Hye-sung is the one who shines in comedy. However, she's not the protagonist of this show.

Manhole seems to be a hit or miss show. I personally can't stand Bong Pil. Such a baby. However, since I like Jaejoong I watched the first two episodes to give it a chance. I'll watch 3 and 4, but if I still don't like Bong Pil I'm saying bye until the show gets done. I'll read everyone's opinion then to determine if I'm willing to finish it. Sorry that you guys will have to be the guinea pigs.

We are enjoying King in Love.

School 2017: Not bad while I'm watching it but not that memorable. I love Taewoon though. He reminds me of the actor who played the grown up version of Yeo Jin Goo's brother in Circle.

Save me: Very interesting. I love the creepy feel of the show. The way it's been shot it feels like I'm watching a movie.

Strongest deliveryman: I like this show so far. It's light and breezy. I might be biased since I like the leads.

Criminal minds, bride of habaek, king in love: Dropped.

Manhole: I love jaejoong. He's so beautiful. Just wish his character would calm down a bit.

Reunited world: I want to try this. Just need to have some time.

My mr.mermaid: I don't know why I'm still watching this. It's quite boring for me since I have no interest in swimming and the drama is filled with it. I guess the leads are cute.

Fox fall in love: finally the subs are finished so need to watch the last few episodes. S1 was better though.

Memory Lost: I'm so behind. But glad I can marathon it someday since waiting for 1 episode felt like torture.

Eternal love: I like it. It's a cute show.

The king's woman: the wait is almost over! My girl dilraba is coming back!!!

Father is Strange: I marathoned 30 episodes in 2 days. Waiting for it to finish so I can marathon the second half.

Since I'm in a slump too only one I'm currently watching is Manhole. I can't wait to see the growth of Bong Pil, he's too loud and such a kid, but he's not hopeless, there are many moments in the drama that make you anticipate more from him. Side characters are all awesome, Seoktae is a weirdo and I'm curious about him, Baro said on vlive that he has a cold heart, Jung Hyesung's character's so lovely too. Although first ep was a mess there are many moments that moved my heart, made me smile. Second episode was better, there are no actor holes and I trust the writer so I expect more from this drama. I hope it'll have better ratings!

The king loves : I feel like the show is on the opposite spectrum of Seven Day Queen.
In seven day queen, every ep is loud, impactful and everyone is a fighter and in this drama, it's so quiet, impactful and everyone is sacrificing themselves.
We know why it happens but it fascinating to see when people start out with what seems to be good relationship while holding a secret, everyone is holding a secret.
This is drama is satisfying for me because it's beautiful, use a very good camera work and the way the director hints a little thing [I thought it just me who feels like they literally make us see those glances] and even if it's not as intense as Seven Day Queen, it's satisfying to see people explore their love in their own way.

Criminal Minds : ep is a little bit better but I haven't watch ep 6, I do remember the filming case in the OG. It is a good ep in the OG but I still have a low bar for CM KR.

Criminal Mind : dropped. I wonder what is the point to take a show about a team and to make from this a drama about one cop running around. They had to call it Criminal Runner.

Manhole - funny but I'm not liking the guy with the main girl.

Forest of Secrets - I know I'm late but Bae Doona is <3

Bad Thief, Good Thief - This dram reminds me of those early kdramas aired in local tv where the protagonist is suffering for 10 or more episodes to get revenge on the later episodes or so...

Might watch Strongest Deliveryman because its highly recommended here

Reunited Worlds: I eagerly await this drama every week but also dread it because who knows what fresh pain it is going to bring this time? Every time Yeo Jin Goo or Lee Yeon Hee cry, I want to cry myself. I'm also on tenterhooks about the ending lovelines and as a result, I want the drama to end fast so that I can know and RELAX but at the same time I don't want it end and miss out on all the friends and family shenanigans.

Bad Guys: I finally finished watching! Don't judge me pls. I'm a slow watcher. Anyhow, wow, I did not expect that twist in the final few episodes. This gave us a lot of hints, but a lot of hints were open to so much interpretation. Normally, that would have made me mad, but as it is, I really enjoyed the drama. I loved how they ended on a cliffhanger, and we are getting another season but the line up is not the same!! :'( What I wouldn't give for the original Team Crazy Dogs to return!

Why isn't anyone watching The King Loves? I think it's doing well so far, aside from the visual party of both actors and cinematography, the multi-perspective story-telling, and directing are both well executed. Give it a try!

@javabeans

Am I a grinch for thinking responsible, reliable leads are sexy? Am I too old for this kind of hero?

No you're not. Maybe.

@girlfriday
I love your description of Rescue Me. The show is one of the few Asian Dramas that reminds me of a well set Western Drama of the same genre. Also loving School 2017.

School 2017: In love with all the non-bully characters! Tae-woon is just so freaking adorable and hot at the same time. Poor Teacher Shim. The trouble is always coming from his class. I really hope someone helps Bora. She seems to be teetering on the edge.

Bride of the Water God: I'm really watching this more for So-Ah and Hu-Ye and answers! Glad we got to see how the whole Nak-bin thing went down, but still so many questions. And they keep sticking these throwaway references to how things were or worked in the god world!

Criminal Minds: Only watched episode 5 this week. The drama does feel sort of cobbled togeher, so the natural progression of thoughts, decisions, and dialogue is messy. I like procedurals; I like the characters; I like LJK and MCW; so sticking with it for now.

Busy week so I skipped out on the Father is Strange episodes last weekend. I wanted to savor them. I'm so sad that our time with the Byun family and Ahn Joong Hee is about to end. I totally agree with @javabeans thoughts about Papa Byun and Kim Young Chul (whom I also get to see in Criminal Minds)

@tipsymocha, I read your first line as "since I've been timetraveling. . ." and I thought, "lucky girl!" before I realized A.) that's not what you wrote and B.) it isn't possible. (Or is it?)