The lead in QIHM is truly one of my favorites, because he doesn’t just blunder into things. He’s a scholar and his immediate instinct is to blend in, so he quietly studies everything and then acts based on what he’s observed. I love him.

...I forgot “Queen In Hyun’s Man”!

J-dramas are their own kind of crazy, like the woman who lets a street kid stay with her as long as he’s her pet.

Try “I Remember You”. Or “Chief Kim”! That one’s goofy as hell but in a seriously enjoyable way.

They’re getting so much better! Park Shin Hye is sort of my ground zero for completely terrible kissers though, so I may be more forgiving than most. But I do think they’re improving.

Why would you even try? It’s a terrible show, awfully written, absurdly acted, and you will never ever get that fucking “Alllmost PAAA-RA-DISE!” song out of your damn head.

Shopping King Louis, definitely, despite the silly name. And Nam Ji Hyun’s also in Suspicious Partner with Ji Chang Wook, which is kind of a so-so drama but does not have the goldfish-kiss problem AT ALL.

For some reason Secret Forest didn’t really hook me as well as Signal did. Everyone was so subdued. I’m saving Smart Prison Living for a binge weekend after a really shitty week.

I’m watching “Temptation” right now, all the stupid hair and clothes but knowingly stupid so it’s okay and besides, I’m up for a K-drama version of Liaisons Dangereuses.

Then she’s probably sageuk-oriented. LOTS to mine in that category, though not a ton of them that are mythological. Try “Tree With Deep Roots” for history, “Empress K” is enormously long but interesting... “Sungkyunkwan Scandal” is more k-drama-y in that it’s pure fiction.

“On the Way to the Aiport” is my ace in the pocket - you think Kdramas are for children? Bam, Airport! So good.

Have you seen Healer? Sungkyunkwan Scandal might be one for you too - same female lead as City Hunter in both.

Try Arang and the Magistrate. Mythology, gorgeous costumes, good acting. Negligible supernatural age gap.

Try Reply 1997, maybe. Also Rescue Me, Signal, Healer for pure sugar rush, Arang and the Magistrate... This is my First Life was really good too, and recent. And Chief Kim! Oh, and Just Between Lovers! And Weightlifting Faiy Kim Bok Joo!

What sort of monster exposes you to “Boys Over Flowers” and “Heirs” as a first Korean drama?! (Other than an incurable Lee Min Ho fan.)

Following Tennant is merely a correction of what was formerly a tragic oversight on the part of most of the population. He was onstage most of the time before Who, and basically if you saw him onstage he lodged so firmly in your mind you kept an eye out for him forever after. He’s terrifyingly talented.

Smith can hardly help that he’s Claymation come to life, but yes point taken.

Oh fucking bullshit. Olivia Coleman is more well-known and reputable than Matt Smith at this point, so really all they’re doing is saying “we’re paying the biggest star the most, it’s good luck she’s the lead”. I love Coleman in an indecent way, but using her to somehow say that Foy’s slighting has been balanced is…

When I confessed my sexual harassment story to a guy I used to work with, his response was “I always felt something was off about that guy and I could never figure out what it was. I figured I was being crazy, turned out he was sexually harassing a bunch of women in the office.” Sometimes you get a vibe and you don’t…

I’m guessing the leniency being urged by the birth parents is for exactly that reason: they’re doing what they think is best for their child.