Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching (June 6, 2025) » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps
COMPLETED
Nine Puzzles – Don’t know how to feel about this one. For a show where I loved the writing in the beginning, it really didn’t measure up in the last couple of episodes. Lots of plot contrivances and no explanation on how the murders were committed. If they wanted me to feel bad for our serial killer, more time spent on the sins of the past and how it impacted her might have been better.
ONGOING
The Haunted Palace – Gets significant points for an actual proper resolution to the ‘one body, two souls’ problem. Additional points for the shock value of the attack on the Queen.
Second Shot at Love – The pacing is quite off with the romance going from 0-100 too quickly, which means we’ll have lots of unnecessary drama to fill the next 2 weeks. Not impressed with the nurse reveal. Preview for next week looks pretty grim too.
Tastefully Yours – What a turn this show took. What wasn’t ridiculous (Jeon Min’s entire arc), was boring (everything about the rich family drama).
Our Unwritten Seoul – Another week of me judging a k-drama FL’s mom. What a contrast to Ho-su’s mom – Kim Sun-young is just lovely here. Wish Mi-ji just told Ho-su the truth though – it’ll be so messy when he finds out.
STARTED
Oh My Ghost Clients – A lot of the humour didn’t land for me and the death was quite gruesome (deliberately so?) but I’m committed to this if only to keep seeing Jung Kyung-ho in his element.
Good Boy – The first episode felt realllyy long until the last 15 minutes when it all came together fabulously. The humour is also more my thing – Heo Sung-tae is a hoot.
C-DRAMAS
Completed Zang Hai Zhuan. Solid revenge drama with some truly thrilling moments and a fascinating interplay between our hero and the 1st villain. If the final villain and the last few episodes had been more compelling, I’d rate it even higher.
Also completed Be Passionately in Love. Rather bare-bones in terms of plot and more birth secrets than one show can handle but when it was cute, it was quite cute.
Started Lament of the River Immortal and tonally this is very different from the trailer. Xianxia is usually not for me so this might be a drop unless it improves drastically.
