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Early Access: Lie After Lie E2

E2. I realize that you do need to keep a slightly blurry lens on, with this show. It's a little rough around the edges, and sometimes logic gets stretched. But, if you're able to do that, there's a...

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Early Access: The Uncanny Counter E2

E2. I know it's technically still very early days - this only being episode 2 and all - but I seriously, seriously really like this show.

This is still set-up, so we're still getting to know ...

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Early Access: Lie After Lie E1

E1. I must be in the mood for some intense, makjang-laced melo, because I am sucked in, and right away too.

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Early Access: The Uncanny Counter E1

E1. Oh my. From what I can tell from just one episode, this show feels like OCN and JTBC got together and made a mystical X-Man baby - and I mean that in the best way.

There's action, danger,...

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Early Access: Start-Up E2

E2. Just like how we followed that flower petal's long journey to Do San's head at the end of our last episode, I feel like we're doing a slow pan of our drama world this episode, to shift our focu...

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Early Access: Start-Up E1

E1. If I had to summarize my feelings about episode 1 in a single sentence, it would be: I like it, but I wish it were shorter. I don't know why, exactly, but even though I've quite easily powered ...

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Early Access: More Than Friends E2

E2. Two episodes in, I am having mixed feelings about this show.

On the upside, it's prettily filmed, and episode 2 is mostly on Jeju Island, so it's extra pretty. It feels laidback and uncom...

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Early Access: More Than Friends E1

E1. What is this feeling? I think I'm reluctantly sucked in..?

We spend most of episode 1 in a flashback detailing how Woo Yeon and Lee Soo became friends, and I'm having mixed feelings.

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Early Access: 18 Again E2

E2. This is the drama that I didn't know I wanted, for Lee Do Hyun. Boy is SO GOOD in this. I mean, I'd been impressed with him in Hotel Del Luna, but I'd kept in mind that he only debuted in 2017,...

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Early Access: 18 Again E1

E1. Okay, I like this one, a lot, and right away too. Dare I hope for Show to continue being this engaging, all the way through to the end?

The set-up is efficiently done, and pretty relatabl...

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Early Access: Do You Like Brahms? E2

E2. Well, I needn't have worried; it looks like I like this one, and very well, too. Woot! I don't love it to pieces yet, but it's still early days, so it's still a possibility?

As others bef...

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Early Access: Do You Like Brahms? E1

E1. There's an underdog quality to this story that appeals to me.

Song Ah is a latecomer to violin compared to her schoolmates, and that already puts the odds against her, before we even get ...

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Early Access: Record Of Youth E2

E2. My second date with Show feels like a success. Huzzah!

I don't know if it's because stuff is actually working better overall, or if I've just gotten used to it. I find that I enjoyed epis...

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Early Access: Record Of Youth E1

E1. Not gonna lie; I was almost afraid to start this one, in case I hated it. Now that I've finished the first episode, I'd say that this wasn't love at first sight. In fact, it kinda felt like an ...

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Early Access: Flower Of Evil E2

E2. Lee Jun Ki is absolutely showing us a different side to himself that I don't think he's shown us before. Hee Seong can look absolutely soulless at times, and it's quite disconcerting. The fact ...

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Early Access: Flower Of Evil E1

E1. Well, color me intrigued. I have no idea what the truth is, but this show feels interesting and complicated, like there are many layers of truths and half-truths that are waiting to be revealed...

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Early Access: Into The Ring E2

E2. I can see why people have been calling this show a breath of fresh air. There isn't a predictable bone in this show, so far. From the fisheye lens which makes me feel like this story world is j...

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Early Access: Into The Ring E1

E1. Ha. I like this more than I thought I would. Let me count the reasons why.

First, this is turning out to be an underdog story, and I do enjoy a good underdog story. Nobody expects Se Ra t...

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Early Access: The King: Eternal Monarch E2

E2. In broad strokes, this kinda-sorta reminds me of Crash Landing On You, but with the genders switched. Instead of a rich girl landing in an unfamiliar place, and who quickly gloms onto the first...

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Early Access: The King: Eternal Monarch E1

E1. I find myself surprisingly entertained by episode 1; way more than I’d expected to be. This is quite possibly due to the extremely low expectations I had, going into this show.

Show is ...

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A small personal update

Hello my dear friends,

I just wanted to let you know why the Patreon posts have slowed a little bit, in the last week. 

I had a bit of a freak mishap with a broken glass on Sunday,...

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Early Access: My Unfamiliar Family E2

E2. This drama feels familiar and yet fresh at the same time, and that is a pretty exciting feeling. I like this a lot, so far.

At first glance, this feels approachable because there are elem...

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Early Access: It's Okay To Not Be Okay E2

E2. I hadn't thought of this in episode 1, but.. besides the opening animation looking like a goth fairytale, is this story supposed to be a goth fairytale?

I'm undecided at the mome...

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Early Access: My Unfamiliar Family E1

E1. So far, I find this very promising. It feels like a lot of the things I like in family dramas, condensed into a more efficient 16 episodes rather than a sprawling 54 episodes, presented with mo...

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Early Access: It's Okay To Not Be Okay E1

E1. I was wondering where I'd land, with the apparent controversy surrounding the extreme mean behavior of our female lead, and as it turns out, context really is everything, after all.

I can...

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Early Access: Hi Bye, Mama! E2

E2. Usually with most dramas, you can kinda figure out the general trajectory of the story, ie, will it be a happy ending, will the couple end up together, etc, but with this one, I have to confess...

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Early Access: Hi, Bye Mama! E1

E1. Woah. Show's got my heart, and right away, too.

I felt my heart get sucked in within Show's first 5 minutes, with the flashbacks to Yu Ri's budding romance with Kang Hwa, to the highs, lo...

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Early Access: Mystic Pop-Up Bar E2

E2. This episode, Show feels more like Hotel Del Luna than in E1, in the sense that the person helped this episode is dead. And, I gotta say, I think Mystic does it better. The CGI and overall visu...

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Early Access: Oh My Baby E1

E1. This was quite an efficient first episode, I'd say. In just this first hour, I feel like I understand our female lead Ha Ri's biggest desire, what it means to her, and just how impossible it se...

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Early Access: Mystic Pop-Up Bar E1

E1. I'm pleasantly surprised by how engaged I feel, after just one episode. Usually, it takes me a couple of episodes at least, to feel drawn in by a show, but I feel quite optimistic about this on...

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