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TV shows November and December 2023
Thursday, 11 January 2024 13:48Here are the TV shows I've watched in the last couple of months:
Destined With You (2023)
A lonely civil servant tries to make friends at a new department at work, but in the course of her work stumbles across a box that may hold the key to a solitary lawyer's terminal disease, nightmares, and family curse. There's a love triangle, a stalker, and more. The leads are both good - I've seen Jo Bo-ah and Rowoon in other series. I enjoyed this, though my memory is a little fuzzy on the plot.
Behind Your Touch (2023)
This was really amusing! A vet who returns to her rural hometown gets the ability during a meteor shower to see the past of creatures and people by touching the their butt. She's played by Han Ji-min, who I loved in Hyde, Jekyll, Me, and Rooftop Prince. She has to deal with a cranky Seoul cop who thinks she's a pervert, and they work together to solve a series of murders. There are so many good moments in this show, especially with the vet's rough friend from school, the shaman, and the other cops.
Castaway Diva (2023)
I actually watched this week by week as it came out. Mok-ha, played by the amazing Park Eun-bin, is helped by childhood friend Ki-ho to escape an abusive father so that they can flee to Seoul and she can meet her idol, singing diva Ran-joo. Unfortunately there's an accident, and she's stranded on a deserted island for 15 years, finally being rescued by two brothers who take her in. She of course wants to sing, wants to support Ran-joo, who is now a washed-up star, and wants to find Ki-ho, who has disappeared off the face of the earth. It's such a good series, lots of singing (by the star herself!), escape from domestic violence, and a mystery.
Dali & Cocky Prince (2021)
Another fun series. Kim Dali, an art expert, meets Moo-hak, un uncultured restauranteur in the Netherlands. They run into each other again in Korea when she's there to sort out the struggling art museum owned by her late father, and he turns out to be a major creditor. He decides to rather help the museum rather than just get his money back. The cast were an excellent choice, and it's a really good series.
Suspicious Partner (2017)
Bong-hee is working as a trainee attorney in the office of prosecutor Ji-wook when she's arrested for murdering her ex in her apartment. Ji-wook ends up freeing her, but loses his job because of it. She ends up working for his new law firm as they discover that there's a serial killer on the loose. The supporting cast are also excellent; a very entertaining show.
Marriage Contract (2016)
The premise of this show is interesting. Wealthy Ji-hoon's mother needs a liver transplant to save her life. Hye-soo is a single mother trying to pay off her late husband's massive debts. In Korea, one can't donate organs for money...unless it's for a family member. So the two enter into a marriage contract so that she can donate part of her live, and in return get enough money to pay off the debt and support her daughter till adulthood...because it turns out she has a brain tumour. There were interesting bits, but to be honest the series was really depressing and angsty. Ji-hoon is odd-looking and rather uncharismatic, and Hye-soo just utterly miserable and washed out.
I'm Not a Robot (2017)
This was absolutely so much fun! Min-kyu is super wealthy and runs a mergers and acquisitions company, but lives in isolation because he has a potentially fatal allergy to human contact. He discovered that one of the companies they'd bought had a small, secret division called Santa Maria, which has developed an AI-powered humanoid robot. The robot, Aji 3, is demonstrated to him, and he's very impressed, but he wants a longer-term trial with the robot. Unfortunately the robot is damaged, so the designer, Baek-gyun, hires his ex-girlfriend Ji-ah to pretend to be the robot for a couple of weeks. Min-kyu is very impressed with the robot's realism, especially in the casual "Friend Mode", but he starts falling in love with Aji 3. I loved this, best series I've watched in ages.
Destined With You (2023)
A lonely civil servant tries to make friends at a new department at work, but in the course of her work stumbles across a box that may hold the key to a solitary lawyer's terminal disease, nightmares, and family curse. There's a love triangle, a stalker, and more. The leads are both good - I've seen Jo Bo-ah and Rowoon in other series. I enjoyed this, though my memory is a little fuzzy on the plot.
Behind Your Touch (2023)
This was really amusing! A vet who returns to her rural hometown gets the ability during a meteor shower to see the past of creatures and people by touching the their butt. She's played by Han Ji-min, who I loved in Hyde, Jekyll, Me, and Rooftop Prince. She has to deal with a cranky Seoul cop who thinks she's a pervert, and they work together to solve a series of murders. There are so many good moments in this show, especially with the vet's rough friend from school, the shaman, and the other cops.
Castaway Diva (2023)
I actually watched this week by week as it came out. Mok-ha, played by the amazing Park Eun-bin, is helped by childhood friend Ki-ho to escape an abusive father so that they can flee to Seoul and she can meet her idol, singing diva Ran-joo. Unfortunately there's an accident, and she's stranded on a deserted island for 15 years, finally being rescued by two brothers who take her in. She of course wants to sing, wants to support Ran-joo, who is now a washed-up star, and wants to find Ki-ho, who has disappeared off the face of the earth. It's such a good series, lots of singing (by the star herself!), escape from domestic violence, and a mystery.
Dali & Cocky Prince (2021)
Another fun series. Kim Dali, an art expert, meets Moo-hak, un uncultured restauranteur in the Netherlands. They run into each other again in Korea when she's there to sort out the struggling art museum owned by her late father, and he turns out to be a major creditor. He decides to rather help the museum rather than just get his money back. The cast were an excellent choice, and it's a really good series.
Suspicious Partner (2017)
Bong-hee is working as a trainee attorney in the office of prosecutor Ji-wook when she's arrested for murdering her ex in her apartment. Ji-wook ends up freeing her, but loses his job because of it. She ends up working for his new law firm as they discover that there's a serial killer on the loose. The supporting cast are also excellent; a very entertaining show.
Marriage Contract (2016)
The premise of this show is interesting. Wealthy Ji-hoon's mother needs a liver transplant to save her life. Hye-soo is a single mother trying to pay off her late husband's massive debts. In Korea, one can't donate organs for money...unless it's for a family member. So the two enter into a marriage contract so that she can donate part of her live, and in return get enough money to pay off the debt and support her daughter till adulthood...because it turns out she has a brain tumour. There were interesting bits, but to be honest the series was really depressing and angsty. Ji-hoon is odd-looking and rather uncharismatic, and Hye-soo just utterly miserable and washed out.
I'm Not a Robot (2017)
This was absolutely so much fun! Min-kyu is super wealthy and runs a mergers and acquisitions company, but lives in isolation because he has a potentially fatal allergy to human contact. He discovered that one of the companies they'd bought had a small, secret division called Santa Maria, which has developed an AI-powered humanoid robot. The robot, Aji 3, is demonstrated to him, and he's very impressed, but he wants a longer-term trial with the robot. Unfortunately the robot is damaged, so the designer, Baek-gyun, hires his ex-girlfriend Ji-ah to pretend to be the robot for a couple of weeks. Min-kyu is very impressed with the robot's realism, especially in the casual "Friend Mode", but he starts falling in love with Aji 3. I loved this, best series I've watched in ages.