The Smile Has Left Your Eyes: Finding Beauty in the Pain of Facing Trauma

Is there such a thing as fate? Can a person truly change? Is a son destined to repeat the sins of his father? The tvN mystery drama The Smile Has …

Player, Ep 8-14: A Series of Cliches

This review contains spoilers from the drama. There are the dramas that leave you aching for more, and then there are the dramas that leave you…

Player, Ep. 1-7: Falling Short of Expectations

This review contains spoilers from the drama. If you’re looking for a fun, action-packed drama, then Player is the drama for you. This light-hearted c…

30 but 17, Ep 17-32: A Depressing Let Down

In the first part of 30 but 17, there were many mysterious occurrences and elements that intrigued the audience and kept the show from being just any o…

Your House Helper, Ep. 5-32: Commendable but Lacklustre

Composed of an oddly episodic presentation and an incidental sense of having no clear genre, Your House Helper traces the story of an uncommon guy: the…

Mr. Sunshine Ep 1-12: Are Kim Eun-sook’s Heriones Evolving?

The famous K-drama writer, Kim Eun-sook's female characters have always been a point of contention in her dramas. Particularly now with her new drama, …

30 but 17, Ep. 1-16: A Rom-Com Shrouded in Mystery

In the K-drama world, rom-coms are a dime a dozen, and while we all eat them up, they have the tendency of becoming repetitive. That's not to say that …

Life, Ep. 1-4: A True-to-Life Drama

Medical dramas are inherently ugly yet exciting and uplifting at the same time. The grotesqueness of illness and injury puts viewers on edge. The uncer…

What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim Ep. 13-16: A Shaky Return to Its Strengths

As What's Wrong with Secretary Kim rounds up its story, the final quarter makes a much-needed recourse to some of the show's greatest strengths: its fr…

The Undateables, Ep. 15-32: Opposites Attract and Family Ties

The Undateables (Handsome Guy and Jung-eum) is a comedic and lighthearted K-drama about finding love with someone who is different from you but provide…