The Flash Season 5 Episode 17 Review

Ugh talk about a tease. I really thought tonight's episode would be all about Nora coming out to the family about working with Eobard like the promo hinted at but instead that didn't happen until like the very end! Instead much of the episode was focused on Grace!Cicada which makes sense cause she just appeared and is already causing chaos.

Remember when Barry was talking to Cicada about his legacy and the legacy that he would leave behind for Grace and Cicada was like who gives a shit? Well spoilers you probably should have you asshole. Literally everyone knows that coma patients have a high likelihood of hearing what's around them (that's why it's supposed to be important for family and loved ones to talk to them all the time) so why he thought that sitting around an impressionable child and discussing his murder plots would be a good idea is anyone's guess. It led to Grace thinking that Cicada had it right and when she grew up and woke up that she should follow in Cicada's footsteps. I wondered how she had gotten back in time and it ended up being a stolen piece of Flash tech rather than Eobard like I thought perhaps it would be.

I was seriously shocked when Grace!Cicada ended up murdering Cicada though a part of me thought that this Grace was just too dark to allow literally anything to stop her from getting what she wanted even the only family that was left to her. It was funny though watching Cicada try to reason with her by being like your parents died cause of an accident and it wasn't that meta's fault when literally two weeks ago that wouldn't have mattered in the slightest to him. I was wondering last week and at the top of this episode whether Cicada would be a better person now cause I had a thought that maybe it was the dark matter that was triggering his anger and darker emotions and I still wonder that cause we never did get an answer especially since Cicada is dead now. He did seem softer but that might have been because of Grace herself and not the circumstances.

Cisco and Ralph's storyline was a little strange tonight cause Ralph wanted Cisco to introduce Camilla to the group and Cisco just wanted to keep his two worlds separate. In a way it did parallel the meta we had to save this week cause it's always better to not keep secrets from loved ones and I agree with the idea that keeping loved ones ignorant will do them more harm cause then they won't know what to look out for. There are rumors going around that Carlos is leaving the show and I could see this as a way for that to happen cause it was clear that he listened to Ralph when he said that separating the normal Cisco from Vibe wouldn't work so maybe instead of doing like Ralph thought and bringing Camilla into Star Labs, Cisco might just leave permanently after taking the cure. Of course this would suck cause Cisco is one of my favorites and Vibe's powers are so different and unique than the others!

Sherloque spent the episode trying to figure out who Nora's partner was and it was fun watching him do his thing and how he got there in a logical progression. It was a little asshole-y of him to out Nora in front of everyone but I could see that talking to Nora alone might not do the trick especially after she tried to get him off her trail so many times. I think Barry's reaction to lock her up had to do with the fact that Nora wasn't the one to tell the truth than the fact that Nora's working with Eobard. I really really hope that next week we get to explore this like I thought we would this week.

Yessss it looks like next week will be Nora's backstory! Thank you! I can't wait to find out what happened though I'm curious as to why the title of the episode is Godspeed cause that's a Flash villain. Will Nora end up being the villain for next season? Plot twist anyone!

xoxo Allie

Arrow Season 7 Episode 16 Review

This was not an episode of Arrow I was looking forward to because from previews it looked like it was going to be set in the future and I've been pretty vocal about how I've hated the flash forwards all season. The part of me that hates the idea that this is what the world becomes after Oliver and Team Arrow spent so many years of their lives protecting it still hated everything here but the rest of me thought that we got a pretty solid episode of television.

I do honestly think this episode was needed in terms of storytelling cause we've spent 15 episodes barely learning ANYTHING about what happened in the future and though some parts are still vague, the rest was colored in. I still don't know what caused Star City to hate vigilantes with every piece of themselves but apparently whatever it was led to Oliver and Felicity leaving and secretly having Mia. At the very least he was around for Mia's birth but I think Oliver must have died soon after. I was living when I realized that Nyssa was around to train Mia her whole life cause sister wives to the rescue amirite? While this was happening, Felicity kept working secretly to protect Star City.

I was so curious about why Mia seemed to despise Felicity so much and why she was so angry and I spent most of the episode irritated as hell with her despite thinking she was a badass and loving how competent she was at fighting. She had this massive chip on her shoulder and that led her to constantly be an asshole to everyone around her and it wasn't until the final talk with Felicity that I actually started to like her despite my need to want to like her cause she's Oliver and Felicity's kid! I think part of it is that we know that Mia's wrong in thinking that heroes and vigilantes are criminals but from her POV, it made sense cause of all the propaganda the Glades were spewing and it made sense that she hated Felicity so much because she thought Felicity had been lying to her for her whole life when actually Felicity told the truth and it was other stuff that led her the wrong way.

It does make me feel a little better about this future cause Mia clearly loves Felicity and they had a good relationship growing up and the only lies Felicity told were about how she wasn't a vigilante anymore. I really really really hope that angry Mia will be done with moving forward. I want to see her and Felicity and William bonding and more of her relationship with Connor please! I love the idea of Diggle's kid and Oliver and Felicity's kid being together.

I also loved the reunion between William and Felicity short as it was cause we've had more time to watch them together so their reunion was more meaningful. I loved that William was so happy to see her and that unlike Mia he had no real anger towards her now that he knows some of the truth and I hope at some point Felicity will explain how they never really abandoned him and that only once Oliver died that she thought she was protecting him by not reaching out. It was sweet though that his company only took off because Felicity secretly invested in it cause it was her own way of looking out for him.

I still want to know where Diggle and Lyla and JJ and Laurel are in this world cause we haven't seen head or tail of them and after we learned that Connor was adopted last week I thought maybe that would be because Connor took up the Green Arrow mantle while maybe JJ took over ARGUS but it seems that Connor took over ARGUS instead which makes me want to know why the show is ignoring JJ? Clearly Diggle is still alive but it's still weird that he would never have gone to visit Felicity and Mia especially if Oliver died and the same goes for Laurel who's friends with Felicity though I could see her dying before the current timeline.

The villain of these flash forwards is still kinda hard to understand but it seems like he stole Felicity's ARCHER program (which is anyone surprised at this reveal cause duh) and wants to use it to take over the world apparently but first needs to prove himself by killing everyone in Star City? I also don't entirely understand why Rene thought this was a good idea evacuating people or not. It's such a Malcolm Merlyn and the Undertaking move that I kept waiting for someone to call it out (especially from Roy) but no one did. I did love the whole scene at the party from when they infiltrated it to when Mia took down a crew of henchmen to when they destroyed the bomb trigger.

Thankfully we're going back to present day next week and back to what's interesting. Next week is focused on Emiko and what kind of person she is. I was a bit surprised cause I thought we might drag this secret on for longer but I think that we're coming to the end of the season and it's probably better not to drag it out. I hope we get her backstory next week and Oliver learns about her working with Dante!

I'll see you all tomorrow for my Flash review!

xoxo Allie

What Dramas Am I Watching This Week?

So here's what I'm watching this week! Of course the list is split by country and episodes I've seen so far are written below! There will be spoilers from now on so if you aren't caught to the episode number on list, you might want to go watch that episode and then come back! If you're interested in previous lists, click here and if you want to see a list of my favorite asian OTPs and ships, click here!

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Big Issue (8/32): Set within the frenzy world of the paparazzi media. Due to a photograph, Han Seok Joo loses everything, including his job as a photographer for a top newspaper and his family. Ji Soo Hyun is the notorious chief editor of a paparazzi group. She hires the man to become a paparazzi photographer.

Wow what a messed up show. The story is a little too unbelievable and all the characters are terrible people but I'm fascinated anyway. I should have honestly known what I was jumping into with this show when the description literally told me that we're following paparazzi who by the way are the worst humans on the planet. I guess I just assumed that since this was a drama that we'd be seeing somehow more moral paparazzi but I think based on what I've seen so far the heroes are only the heroes cause the villains/targets are only so so much worse. In a way they are portrayed as not as bad as normal paparazzi cause they're not looking for romantic scandals but like illegal things. Despite this, the heroes themselves aren't good people. Seok Joo gave zero shits about that poor actress who was being raped and only cared about taking photos while Soo Hyun gave zero shits about blackmailing that poor actress into giving her an interview and whether or not Seok Joo lived or died after the train incident and the hospital. She is the direct reason for Seok Joo's life being ruined and I'm curious if he'll blame her or if he'll care cause he feels like in a place in his life where none of that matters anymore. Even more terrible is how little Soo Hyun cares and how even still she's using his weaknesses to help herself like using his sick daughter to get him to work for her and kidnapping him after he said no to her offer. The drama is filmed really well though and I'm fascinated with the world cause these characters are acting like their jobs are life and death with the blackmail and the thugs and the buying people off. I honestly don't care that much if we never see either character becoming good or getting karma to bite them in the ass cause after a few minutes of being shocked, I adjusted my lens to this world and I'm all in.

He Is Psychometric (2/16): A boy who is able to read the secrets of those whose skin comes into contact with him, and a girl who does everything she can to hide her pain. In the drama, the boy and girl will meet and try to fix, heal, grow, and love from the small and big occurrences that happen in their lives.

Sometimes it's really nice to go into a show with no idea what you're jumping into cause then you have no expectations that need to be met and that's what I found here. The synopsis was so short that I mostly just assumed that this would be a rom com set in a school with maybe a slightly dark tone but I was surprised to find that it feels more like an investigation drama with humor thrown in to smooth over the dark edges. Ahn is the adorable (I say that and he's like my age) being all energetic and upbeat and funny though a lot of this is a cover so people won't see his pain underneath it all. My heart broke watching him as a child and then when he was worried about people seeing him as a monster. Jae In is interesting cause at first she seemed like the kind of lead I'm mostly meh about, jumping to conclusions without any proof, but I did like that she has no problem with speaking her mind and as two episodes went on, suddenly I found myself loving her! I can already see the romance is going to be adorable and I love that the whole psychometry secret is out already cause it drives me mad when a major plot point like this is hidden from the other main lead (it's why I couldn't love Healer like I should have.) I also really love the little family Ahn made with Sung Mo being his big brother and Ji Soo being his big sister and I really hope that Sung Mo turns out to be a good guy like he seems cause there are hints of him acting a little dark. For a second I wondered if maybe he set the fire and all this is to hide that fact but then I remembered that we saw an older dude doing it so the darkness is probably just Sung Mo wanting to find the real criminal in that fire. As I expected in this sort of drama, all the main characters are connected to each other with Ahn's parents dying in the fire and Ji Soo's dad being the head detective who probably framed Jae In's dad while Sung Mo saved Ahn. I'm curious to find out what happened to Sung Mo's family and whether they died in the fire cause it looked like baby Sung Mo was at the orphanage with baby Ahn.   

Romance Is A Bonus Book (14/16): Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He has a calm demeanor and remains reasonable at work. He then becomes involved in the life of his childhood friend, Kang Dan Yi who was once a popular copywriter. She is now divorced, a single mother, unemployed and struggling in life though still attempts to find a job, but even with her once good career, she cannot. However, in a desperate attempt to find a job, she lies about her background and begins to work as a temporary worker in the same building under none other than Cha Eun Ho. As they become involved in each other’s life more than often, a love story begins to unfold.

I was a little surprised when Dan Yi called Eun Ho her boyfriend this week but then I remembered they held hands and went on a date last week and in dramas, they're basically married now lol. The romance is totally working for me now on a basic level cause though I still don't think the main couple has chemistry, I do think a lot of their interactions are super cute and it's sweet how much they love and want to protect one another. Now onto the main story this week which I feel like is something that I don't understand probably cause it's a cultural difference. It seems insane to me that people wouldn't hire Dan Yi just cause she took a break from working for a while cause it's like she graduated from a really good school and she clearly did well at her job by winning awards and stuff but okay let's say I'll go with this idea cause it makes the most sense of my problems with this story. The bigger problem is that everyone's like super uncomfortable with her staying as a contract worker now that they know she's overqualified but like why cause it's not like Dan Yi is running around thumbing her nose at everyone/everything or constantly bragging about her old jobs and if it's really such a problem, why not just transfer her to the marketing team? The whole company knows that Dan Yi is a hard worker and really smart and still good at advertising so the idea that she won't be able to keep up with current marketing trends as a reason not to hire someone who took a break from work doesn't make sense here! It's also a little ridiculous that the CEO keeps being like Eun Ho this is a company, we can't bend rules when there's no board to talk to. All decisions are made by like five people and if they want to bend the rules for someone, why the hell not? I feel like a lot of this might just be contrived drama for the show but I'm sure Dan Yi will return to the company by the end even if I kind of want her to join somewhere else or start her own company with Eun Ho just to show everyone.

Touch Your Heart (12/16): Oh Yoon Seo is a popular actress. She is famous for her beautiful appearance, but her acting is bad. She gets involved in a scandal with the son from a chaebol family. Her acting career declines precipitously. Oh Yoon Seo hears that a famous screenwriter wants her to play the lead female role for a drama series. The character works as a secretary for a lawyer. To gain experience for the role, Oh Yoon Seo is required to work as a lawyer's secretary for a few months. Meanwhile, Kwon Jung Rok is an attorney for a law firm. He is arrogant and cold-hearted. One day, his boss asks Kwon Jung Rok to let actress Oh Yoon Seo work as his secretary for 6 months. He is not happy about the situation, but he has to accept.

We finally met Yoon Seo's stalker this week and I was disappointed that the whole thing with him was resolved so quickly. This includes the connection he had with the rich guy Se Won was going after cause I expected it to be a bigger mystery but instead everything is resolved offscreen and we're just told it all worked out. I guess I should have known cause this is a lighthearted rom com more than anything else and every time we get a new case that feels like it could go on for a while, it's finished in an episode or two. To my pleasure Jung Rok didn't get upset that Yoon Seo was at the law firm only to gain acting experience but unfortunately this was followed almost immediately by the noble sacrifice trope which was ridiculous but at the very least the reasoning behind it was better than Korean celebs can't date. I liked that it had more to do with the public view on her and how if they knew that she was dating while working at this law firm then the story would go from what a dedicated actress to she just did this to see the guy she liked. I really expected Jung Rok and Yoon Seo to have a talk by the end where he laid his cards on the table cause up to now these two have been pretty clear about their thoughts and I don't know why they can't still be together but just not in public. Like secret date like every other celebrity at least until the drama is filmed and after that people won't care that you might be dating the guy you used to work for. On another note I was living for how the Always Firm people were gossiping about whether or not those two were dating but the best part was when Lawyer Choi suddenly started crushing on Lawyer Dan too and that was everything even if the reason he ended up liking her was because she reminded him of his mother. I had that thought as a joke when the girls were talking about his ideal woman and then it came out to be true and I was mildly freaked out. I also loved how Lawyer Dan was like lets date and Lawyer Choi was so thrown. I can't wait to see more of their antics.

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FINISHED An Oriental Odyssey (50/50): Based off Miao Juan's novel. In Tang Dynasty, the chivalrous eldest daughter of the Assistant Minister of Revenue, Ye Yuan An, saves Mu Le, an amnesiac young man of mysterious identity. Yuan An takes Mu Le in as a family servant, and the latter swears his loyalty to her. Along with Zhao Lan Zhi, a constable, the trio solve cases after cases together. But what is Mu Le's true identity?

If you remember back, I started this drama back when it was airing in the fall but I ended up stopping around midway through the drama cause I was really not liking where the plot was going and I kept thinking I'd come back (which is why I didn't write up a dropped review) but recently I saw a YouTube video of Yuan'an and Mu Le and it was so adorable that it reminded me how much I adored them as a couple so I jumped back in. Unfortunately this second time around didn't help with the terrible writing of this show but I stuck around cause I loved Mu Le as a character and the costumes in Suoluo were so beautiful and I loved the back and forth banter between Mu Le and Yuan'an. Unlike most people, the time travel didn't bother me because I actually loved the idea of Yuan'an seeing Mu Le's past so she could stop blaming him for something he did that wasn't all that bad and because I loved seeing Mu Le/Prince Ying fall in love with Yuan'an over and over. It was once Yuan'an became a blue bat monster and the Empress of Suoluo started to make strange decisions that it lost me. Like you lock up one son after he tried to murder half the court, your second son and the Emperor but the second son falls in love and he's gotta be tortured almost to the brink of death and exiled? Like what in the actual hell and because of this it was so satisfying watching the Empress die. The sad ending didn't do any favors for me cause though I don't always mind sad endings, the fact that Yuan'an didn't actually realize she loved Mu Le and admit it until like episode 45 was completely ridiculous. I also hated that though Yuan'an and Mu Le got married like twice, neither really used it like in W where the main leads called each other husband/wife despite not even being really married cause why else marry so early in a show if we can't get such simple cuteness??? Overall I'd give this show a 8.5 / 10. It renewed my love for Zheng Ye Cheng as an actor and showed me how pretty Janice Wu is so it wasn't a total loss!

FINISHED Rookie Agent Rouge (45/45): Lan Yan Zhi is a privileged banker's daughter. She is a genius and has excellent observation and analytical skills along with a very sharp memory. She is not an average person and possesses qualities to become an excellent spy. She mistakenly comes into possession of a letter from the Japanese Army in 1937 and this is how her journey as a spy begins.

As you all know I adore Zanilia Zhao so of course I was up for checking out another one of her new dramas and I excitedly picked this one cause I love spying and cons and heroes outsmarting villains (it's what attracts me to heist and con-artist shows/movies too) and I was not let down. The pacing was a bit strange because it was exciting at the start but then slowed down a bit only to pick up again around halfway through the drama and the communism vibes was a bit too strong for my taste but I could let it pass cause obviously this was made in China and they believe in this message so I can't really complain. I loved the idea of following three major groups and seeing how differently each were portrayed in their ideals. I also really loved that unlike most shows, our leads were able to outsmart the villains almost every step of the way which was so refreshing cause most dramas usually make us sit through countless episodes of watching our heroes fail only to triumph at the very end. I adored our main lead Yanzhi cause I loved how super smart she was but what really grabbed me was Yuhao who was the perfect mix of sexiness and sweetness. I struggled for a while to decide whether I liked him or Song Mian better and though I think Mian was better looking, Yuhao was so much more competent which adds to his appeal cause he was a man who could protect you no matter what and Mian seemed to see people as tools rather than people. I do wish the romance between Yanzhi and Yuhao was a bit more overt but I could get past that since their love was evident in every move they made. Separately they were a force to be reckoned with but together they were unbeatable. The real problem was that I wish Yanzhi and Yuhao had learned about each other earlier cause it wasn't until like halfway through the show that they officially became a team and that's when the show picked up for me. My favorite scene in this entire show was the one where they were in that hotel restaurant with the whole Secret Service waiting for Yuhao's Communist doctor and they outwitted the entire room without saying one word of their plan out loud. I'm glad they got their happy ending but I'm not usually a fan of the time skip main character returns trope and it sucked that everyone we followed for 45 episodes died except for our main leads and Yanzhi's mom. Manna was a fun villain and I was actually okay with her redemption at the end cause though she did a lot of irredeemable things, there was a part of me that felt so much pity for her. I also kind of hated when Aoki and was replaced by Feng cause Aoki was a much more interesting villain though Feng was clearly smarter. Despite any of these minor complaints, I loved this show and I'd give it a 9 / 10!

xoxo Allie

The Flash Season 5 Episode 16 Review

I really enjoyed this week's episode of the Flash though the ending was funny cause I feel like it was supposed to be a big surprise when in fact it was pretty obvious from the start what was happening!

Let's start with Joe and Cecile who were struggling to work together which though it was great to have Joe back (the show doesn't feel the same without him), this storyline feels like a retread. Haven't we already seen this storyline with these two over and over? Maybe not with powers but I feel like we've definitely dealt with Joe not knowing how to work with Cecile before. Either way it was very smart of Joe to decide to look at the doctor cause I've been wondering why they haven't before since she's so sketch. I still think she's a hypocrite for trying to be a doctor but also assisting in the murder of dozens but it did suck when she was killed in the end which I was actually shocked about.

Another smaller storyline dealt with Iris who was feeling sad now that we were so close to catching Cicada cause she was worried that once he was dealt with, Nora would go back to her own time and she would miss out on so much. I'm not entirely sure why Iris is so worried about this cause it's not like Nora has to leave right away. After they catch Cicada, Nora could stick around for a little longer and go through that list with Barry and Iris and all's well that ends well. At the very least though it led to a really great emotional scene between Nora and Iris in the break room. I still don't entirely understand why Nora picked this time period to come back to cause you would think that she would want to stop Barry from disappearing in 2024 in the crisis but I still like the idea that her appearance has sped up the timeline making the crisis move up to fall of 2019 so if she sticks around until then that'd make sense.

At the start of the season I wondered why Nora hated Iris so much and now it pretty much just seems like Nora's an asshole who saw her mom as a monster just cause she stuck around and it's very similar to Mia and William over on Arrow who see their parents as terrible people for trying to protect them and I wonder if there's some sort of connection between the two cause though there's no time travel over on Arrow, it seems interesting that both shows are playing with the future even if William and Mia are from 2040 and Nora's from 2049 or so we're supposed to think. I still don't know what Eobard's plan is and why he cares about Cicada at all but I'm assuming that by him talking about the future changing that it's a result of the crisis being moved up like 5 years.

I thought it was funny that Barry and co were confused about how to reach out to Cicada while I was sitting here like dudes his daughter/niece! He loves her! Use that! And eventually they did but first Barry had to fail cause I assume the episode would have ended too fast. Sidebar but I laughed at loud at how Barry revealed his identity to Cicada cause the boy has no problem with letting everyone know who he is which is hilarious cause why even hide it at this point? Do like Oliver and reveal yourself to the world. It seems now that Cicada is human again but he was kidnapped by Grace from the future as well I think. I do wonder if she traveled back with Nora or on her own or if this is some sort of manifestation of Grace's meta powers like maybe her powers have to do with creating things from her mind cause we saw this Grace!Cicada in Grace's mind. It was a little funny cause it was clearly a woman under that hood and I was living for how no one else noticed. I am curious to know how Cicada will react to Grace and whether now that he's human again if he'll be calmer or still filled with rage.

Sidebar I'm still waiting for the reveal that Nora is working with Eobard to come out but now I wonder if Grace!Cicada will be the villain for the rest of the season. Do you think Grace!Cicada kidnapped her younger self too or left her in the hospital cause the next step seems to be to cure Grace as Team Flash promised Cicada and if they do that, the problem will be solved again.

Oh hell yes! The promo for next week seems to imply that Nora will tell Barry everything about working with Eobard and I can't wait! I wonder if this means that Grace!Cicada is in fact from the future and that Nora accidentally led her here.

I'll see you all Friday for my weekly drama reviews!

xoxo Allie

Arrow Season 7 Episode 15 Review

This was a really fun episode of Arrow and one that probably should have come earlier since it was all about Team Arrow clashing with the SCPD but I guess since it was just Oliver until now it was better to wait until all of Team Arrow was on board to do this type of episode.

Before we start, we should talk about the elephant in the room which is the fact that season 8 will be the final season of Arrow and that it will be 10 episodes long. I'm of two minds on this cause I really don't want Arrow to end as it is my favorite of the Arrowverse shows but on the other hand, I'm glad we get a planned conclusion so that we can get a well written end to this amazing show. Those ten episodes better bring back everyone that's alive or that we can like the 100th and 150th episode did!

As I said the main focus of this episode was the clash between the way SCPD does things and the way Team Arrow did. I was actually really surprised to find out that the mayor wanted the vigilantes to actually work as police officers cause I expected them to be more of a task force or like detectives so this episode was an eye opener. Also Oliver was allowed to wear his costume before but now the mayor banned it? I can't get a read on her cause she wavers between doing really obnoxious things and being a good person and I debated for a while if the show wanted her to be kind of minor antagonist but I think she's mostly just a bitch who apparently was best friends with a guy who was selling chemical weapons. I did love that Dinah was able to blackmail her into giving Team Arrow everything they wanted which was great and pretty much brings us back to status quo only now everything our crew is doing is legal and the villains will be arrested at the end. On the other hand, it kind of negated the whole point of this episode cause if we ended up doing exactly what Oliver and co wanted, why spend an episode debating how to follow the SCPD?

Also sidebar but this really didn't do any favors as to why the citizens of Star City should trust the police. Their policy in the field was terrible (even I could see that and I have no experience) and their computer system was so god awful. I was wondering if it would have been funny or not if Felicity ended up buying much better tech for that department and then that made me wonder once again how much money Oliver and Felicity had. I mean Oliver probs still has his trust fund after being ousted as CEO in season 2 and I assume Felicity got some sort of severance package from Palmer Tech after they ousted her in season 4 so a nice little nest egg?

As I expected Dinah can no longer Canary Cry which super sucks cause she was the only one on the team with powers and now she doesn't have them anymore which makes her and Rene basically the same in terms of character. Technically Diggle too but he's special so he doesn't exactly count. I did love the idea of the villains having chemical weapons and I kind of wished this was a Dante story arch rather than a weekly villain one cause how much more of a threat would he become if he started using this kind of weapon? I also don't really think we should be having episodes without any Dante since we're so close to the end and we still barely know anything about Dante and his plan and Emiko.

Speaking of Emiko, it turns out she's the one who killed Diaz in prison which was actually a surprise to me cause for some reason I didn't think of her last week when I was trying to decide who did it. I definitely knew it was someone working for Diaz but I thought it might be a Longbow Hunter. With this murder I think we're supposed to assume that Emiko really is a bad person. I was thinking she might be similar to season 3 Thea who was sort of manipulated into believing that Malcolm was a good guy and had her best wishes at heart but I don't think Thea ever killed someone on Malcolm's order. We also can't handwave this death away cause the show was making SUCH a big deal of Felicity wanting to kill him so we have to assume that season 1 murder logic doesn't count here anymore. I would say it's interesting that she knew who Laurel was but I think it's probs really obvious how she knows who Laurel is cause girl worked with Diaz who worked with Dante who's somehow related to Emiko so I'm sure he gave her all the details about everyone surrounding Oliver.I did like the confrontation though even if after Emiko was like who would believe you over me Black Siren my brain was like dude Felicity and Laurel are best friends so of course she'd believe you. Also Oliver and Brick are kind of bros so.

It was nice seeing Brick again though I still wish he had been part of the Ghost Initiative or whatever they were called especially if the reason he wasn't on it was because the actor was busy or they couldn't afford it since the Ghost Initiative was only in like 3 episodes. He did more during Oliver's prison arc.

Felicity and Oliver were precious this week cause I was living for pregnant Felicity and her constant cravings and I kind of hope this is an ongoing joke throughout the rest of the season. I also love how much Oliver lights up every time they talk about the baby or being pregnant. It was also super sweet when they told Diggle about the pregnancy and how happy he was for them too and how he brought Felicity ginger snaps like Lyla ate (lol way to not keep the secret to yourself Diggle though I'm sure Oliver and Felicity knew Lyla would know too given the whole married thing.) It also makes sense so far for Oliver and Felicity not to say anything about the pregnancy cause if Felicity isn't showing yet that means she's less than three months pregnant and most pregnant people don't say anything until at least 3 months cause there's a greater chance of miscarriage before then.

It's also interesting cause if we say that the show is running concurrently with our time now then the baby would be born sometime in September or October which is about the time that Arrow will be returning with its final season. It's also possible that Arrow will slow down their time so that the baby won't be born until right around the crossover in November or December cause the only way that I can imagine that Oliver and Felicity don't tell Dinah, Roy/Thea and Rene about their baby is if Oliver dies in the crossover and then Felicity leaves Star City to go to Vegas where her mom is or something.

And with that let's jump to the flash forwards which were boring again this week and we didn't really learn anything new. Mia and William spent the episode trying to find a cassette player and it was very similar to the Flash scene where Ralph and Barry went to the underground black market. I will never understand why characters like William or Barry won't just sit still when they're told to. Clearly Mia knows what she's doing in a place like this and what makes you think you're smarter when you've never been here or in Star City for that matter? I still hope that these flash forwards are some sort of red herring or will be changed after the crossover. I would love if this was the future after Oliver was killed by the Monitor in the original timeline but he survives somehow and the future changes cause damn it all but of all the shows, Arrow deserves a happy ending for it's cast cause they're the parent show of this universe and deserve to go out in glory.

Well throw all my predictions out the window cause the promo for next week was all about Felicity giving birth to Mia. The synopsis makes it sound like this will all happen as a flashback for Mia in the future which makes sense cause why would Arrow suddenly jump 7 or 8 months forward in time. At the same time showing Mia's birth through flashbacks in the flash forwards is the weirdest way to take this pregnancy storyline and once again leads me back to the idea that this future will not happen. I really hate these flash forwards honestly cause they're sucking all the fun out of the current day story! Also if we're supposed to fix Nora's future in the Flash, Mia and William deserve to have a better future too!

I'll see you all tomorrow for my Flash review!

xoxo Allie

What Dramas Am I Watching This Week?

So here's what I'm watching this week! Of course the list is split by country and episodes I've seen so far are written below! There will be spoilers from now on so if you aren't caught to the episode number on list, you might want to go watch that episode and then come back! If you're interested in previous lists, click here and if you want to see a list of my favorite asian OTPs and ships, click here!

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Romance Is A Bonus Book (12/16): Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He has a calm demeanor and remains reasonable at work. He then becomes involved in the life of his childhood friend, Kang Dan Yi who was once a popular copywriter. She is now divorced, a single mother, unemployed and struggling in life though still attempts to find a job, but even with her once good career, she cannot. However, in a desperate attempt to find a job, she lies about her background and begins to work as a temporary worker in the same building under none other than Cha Eun Ho. As they become involved in each other’s life more than often, a love story begins to unfold.

It took a while but I'm finally finally warming up to Eun Ho and Dan Yi as a couple though I still don't know if I actually enjoy them or if their first date interactions were just barely cute enough for to like them or if I just want to spite the second leads cause I do have a thing for rubbing in cute relationships in the second leads' faces just a smidge. I do like that that much of Eun Ho and Dan Yi's interactions haven't truly changed cause a part of what I thought was cute at the start of this show was that the two acted like a couple before they even were one and in a cute way that feels like they've been together forever and other than a few things here and there, they're not nervous or weird around each other. I found the date super cute especially when they were writing confessions on each other's hands and even when Eun Ho asked Dan Yi out all subtly and they both freaked out in their rooms before taking forever to choose what to wear. I also kind of super forgot that Dan Yi had lied on her resume to be hired but I'm glad that it finally came out though I'm not sure why but I expected Ms Go to have a better response than she did because I thought Dan Yi vaguely explained her reasonings during their drunk gab session. I assume that she might be fired next week but she'll probably return as a marketing person by the end or maybe Eun Ho's call to that headhunter might find her a new job which might make Eun Ho and Dan Yi more relaxed about being in a relationship.

Touch Your Heart (10/16): Oh Yoon Seo is a popular actress. She is famous for her beautiful appearance, but her acting is bad. She gets involved in a scandal with the son from a chaebol family. Her acting career declines precipitously. Oh Yoon Seo hears that a famous screenwriter wants her to play the lead female role for a drama series. The character works as a secretary for a lawyer. To gain experience for the role, Oh Yoon Seo is required to work as a lawyer's secretary for a few months. Meanwhile, Kwon Jung Rok is an attorney for a law firm. He is arrogant and cold-hearted. One day, his boss asks Kwon Jung Rok to let actress Oh Yoon Seo work as his secretary for 6 months. He is not happy about the situation, but he has to accept.

After this week I think I've decided what it is about the romance between Yoon Seo and Jung Rok that I adore. I love that both Yoon Seo and Jung Rok are so open about their feelings and don't lie to each other and that they realize that sometimes secrets aren't about them. It's so sexy when a guy will tell you how he feels directly and not dance around it and Jung Rok is adorable cause he doesn't even know how sweet the way he is acting is and I love how much he takes all of Yoon Seo's suggestions into account no matter how nonsensical or silly they are. I adored when he basically told her that it was okay if she had a secret that she couldn't tell him cause it makes me hopeful that he won't be annoyed that she lied cause it drives me crazy in dramas when a main lead will get angry about something that has nothing to do with them. I'm also really glad Yoon Seo's stalker is back cause as much fun as I was having just watching Yoon Seo and Jung Rok be cute and live their every day life, the stalker is bringing some new energy to the show and I can't wait to see what he does. I also still love all the side characters and I'm hardcore rooting for their romances as well. I was hoping a bit that Lawyer Dan wouldn't be the first to fall for Lawyer Choi cause girl deserves to have someone chase her for a change and I kind of hope that this doesn't end as a joke like all her other romances!

xoxo Allie

The Flash Season 5 Episode 15 Review

I really wonder sometimes if the writers of the Flash ever really like Barry as a character or not cause it seems like they get a kick out of making Barry an asshole and it's only when he's in a crossover that he becomes a character I enjoy. The only reason I stick around and I've set this multiple times across multiple reviews is that I enjoy the supporting cast.

Despite what it sounded like, I actually did enjoy tonight's episode and that was mostly because of King Shark, a character that before today I would have laughed if you told me that I would suddenly be super invested in. I also don't know when we were supposed to know that King Shark was from Earth 2 but apparently that was a thing. I really liked the idea that his wife from another Earth was the reason that he was regaining much of his humanity and it was such a sad story! I was heartbroken when he chose saving Central City and returning to being a shark forever because it really did make him a hero and it was sad cause no one would know just how much he sacrificed to do it. I really did expect him to be fine in the end cause these shows sometimes amp up the stakes more than they end up being but I guess since he wasn't a main that his stakes stuck. I also really liked that when he was human he accepted his mistakes as King Shark and was like I deserve to be punished for them too unlike most villains who claim otherwise. I do hope we see him again cause I'm super down now.

We also got Gorilla Grodd back who I also forgot was on this Earth cause last I remembered he should have been in Gorilla City on Earth 2 but I think he came to Earth 1 to take over Central City in season 3 and must have been captured then. It was nice seeing Lyla cause I always love when she's around and I suppose that the whole Diggle/ARGUS thing we dealt with last night on Arrow might be a little too close for the Flash to use. I also loved the little dig she made at Barry and Flashpoint when she brought up her daughter turning into a son cause we will all never forget poor baby Sara who was a cutie.

Joe was finally back tonight and I assume that means everything went well with his surgery and recovery and we're all thrilled to have him back cause we missed him. I also still really miss Wally and the show keeps bringing him up again and again for no reason other than to make me sad! I did like that Iris's whole story this week was about being afraid to go back to her new office after the time loop and the fact that Cicada knew where it was cause that would have scared me too! I really liked how Felicity was fighting fear over on Arrow and I like that Iris dealt with it too though a part of me really expected Joe to bring Iris to a shooting range or something and I was going to be like um no cause if Felicity can't kill, Iris shouldn't either.

We also know that the meta cure works but I'm pretty sure there was only one dose made and it was used up on King Shark so Caitlin and Cisco are going to have to casually make a new one. This was where I was annoyed with Barry about being written poorly cause he did the one thing everyone agreed not to do and that was force the cure on someone which by the by I still don't entirely understand cause if we're not supposed to force the cure then what where they planning to do to Cicada or does a villain's right to choose not count? I do like the idea of bringing it to Cicada to offer for him to choose but I have a feeling that he'll turn it down cause his mission isn't over yet. I also wonder if all it would do is make him try to kidnap Caitlin and Cisco to make more cures and use them as weapons.

Weirdly there doesn't seem to be much Cicada in the promo for next week and I kind of do hope that we wrap up Cicada and bring Reverse Flash as the villain for the rest of the season cause I really haven't been into Cicada as a villain.

I'll see you all Friday for my weekly drama reviews!

xoxo Allie

Arrow Season 7 Episode 14 Review

What an interesting episode of Arrow that may have finally put one storyline I hate to bed and also changed the board in a fun way.

Let's start with the main story which was ARGUS running an operation to take down Dante with Task Force X with the help of Oliver and Felicity. I really liked that Diggle was the one to tell Oliver and Felicity the truth cause I really thought the show would want to play with the "betrayal" they would feel after seeing Diaz in the field or seeing him after he escapes so props to Diggle for coming out with the truth first. I also loved that Oliver was kinda calm about it but Felicity immediately freaked out cause Diaz has been a nightmare for her and especially now that she's pregnant. As I expected the mole turned out to be the deputy chief who was totally sketch from the first moment I saw him but it still weirds me out that ARGUS has to report to the government cause I always thought the Director (usually Amanda Waller but Lyla here) ran it and did whatever they want which is why it's annoying that Lyla and Diggle keep seeing to get in trouble with them. In a way though it does give us a good reason as to why Diggle would leave ARGUS and rejoin Team Arrow again cause I was wondering how we would get the band back together.

It does suck that we only had Task Force X for like one episode and now they're disbanded again cause it doesn't really make sense. Why bother with so many episodes setting them up if they're going to do nothing. And it wasn't even a fun mission like the last two times we used them in the show cause they had one scene, failed and then were replaced with Team Arrow. Speaking of, I wasn't surprised that Dante ended up getting away but I guess now we officially know that he's the Big Bad of this season after all which I kind of like cause in hindsight it shows that the show was actually pretty tightly written. Diaz took out a loan with Dante last season/early this season and hired the Longbow Hunters while ARGUS was hunting him and now Oliver and Team Arrow have made him angry. I'm also curious as to the connection between Dante and Oliver cause Oliver didn't seem to know him but Dante clearly knows Oliver. He's already a much more interesting villain that Diaz was.

Speaking of, I loved the twist where Emiko turned out to be working with Dante! I was waiting for another reveal like maybe she's not actually a Queen after all but I think she is and Dante just somehow convinced her that he was the good guy. I'm sure it wasn't that hard of a fight cause she even admitted to Oliver that she thought he was just as bad as his father and I bet that she was a Longbow Hunter cause it would explain how she got the skills and equipment to be a Green Arrow though I still don't understand why she chose that mantle if she hates anything to do with the Queens. I bet the story is that she joined Dante before her mother died to get revenge on the Queens only to step away after her mother died to find that killer. I'm sure she'll switch sides by the end of the season though cause she'll realize that Oliver is a good man and nothing like her father.

Also can we take a moment to talk about the DC Easter Eggs? I loved how Qurac and Harjavti were used in this episode. I know them from Young Justice where both Qurac and Harjavti are good but according to the wiki I read, they're both not so good in the comics and it looks like that's what Arrow used too. I wonder if we'll see any more of this or if this will end up just being an Easter Egg.

I also enjoyed Felicity's arc tonight cause I'm glad we're finally put this dark!Felicity thing to bed now cause as much as I enjoyed it at the start of the season, I got over it quickly. I still love her friendship with Laurel so much and it was amazing that she was the one to find out that Felicity is pregnant first before even Oliver and that then she spent the rest of the episode trying to take care of her. My favorite scene of the episode though was the one where Oliver and Felicity talked about Diaz and that Oliver was basically like I'll support whatever decision you make whether it's killing Diaz or not cause it was such a husband thing to do! Of course Felicity not killing Diaz was great too and I loved when Felicity told Oliver about her pregnancy. I hope we see more protective Oliver from now on cause this is their baby after all!

Meanwhile over in the future we had some William and Mia bonding. I still hate these flashforwards cause not only do they show us that everything that our characters are currently doing is pointless (cause everything sucks in the future) but they keep spoiling things for us in a not fun way. It does seem that Mia never knew Oliver from the way she was talking tonight and it also seems that Felicity never told anyone but Diggle (and Laurel obviously) that she was pregnant which leads me to think that the theory about Oliver dying during the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover might be true. Maybe he exchanged his life for Barry and Kara and then because of that Felicity goes into hiding and never sees Dinah or Rene or even Roy again. It would explain why none of them knew Mia existed but it doesn't entirely explain why William thinks he was abandoned. William claimed that neither Oliver or Felicity ever contacted him again after leaving Star City but this episode we saw Oliver leave a mailbox full of voicemails which means that William's grandparents must be intercepting his messages but that doesn't explain why neither Felicity or Oliver go to him in person to be like why the hell are you ignoring us cause no matter what they are his parents.

It was also interesting to find out that Connor Hawke is actually an adopted son of Diggle's which makes sense (cause the name change thing was weird as hell in Legends) but it still makes me wonder where Diggle and Lyla and JJ are in the future. It was also really sweet that Mia said that Felicity was the only person she cared about in the world though it was still annoying to hear both Mia and William talk shit about their parents when I can't imagine Oliver and Felicity doing anything but love them with all they had especially if Felicity never left Mia like I thought she might have last episode (to keep her safe of course.)

Next week looks like we'll finally get to see Team Arrow work with the SCPD which is funny cause Oliver's been doing it for a while now but I like the idea of having the whole team train with the police. I do hope we get more pregnant Felicity with Oliver and Laurel but I also wonder what is her purpose now that she's no longer Overwatch.

I'll see you all tomorrow for my Flash review!

xoxo Allie

Spring 2019 TV Schedule

Hey everyone!! It's finally March which means that the spring 2019 tv schedule is about to start!! As per usual I'm going to be posting what shows I will be watching!! I'll be posting the air dates for all the shows I will be watching. These all air from March to the end of May! Asian dramas are not included on this schedule cause not only is it harder to list which dramas I'm going to watch ahead of time, I will still be trying to keep up my What Am I Watching This Week list so that's where you can find that.

SUNDAY

Supergirl - 8 PM on CW
Game of Thrones - 8 PM on HBO (April 14)

MONDAY

Legends of Tomorrow - 8 PM on CW (April 1)
Arrow - 9 PM on CW
Shadowhunters - 8 PM on Freeform
Black Lightning - 9 PM on CW

TUESDAY

The Flash - 8 PM on CW
The Bold Type - 8 PM on Freeform (April 9)
The 100 - 9 PM on CW (April 30)

WEDNESDAY

Riverdale - 8 PM on CW
Jane The Virgin - 9 PM on CW (March 27)
The Magicians - 9 PM on SyFy

THURSDAY

Gotham - 8 PM on FOX
iZombie - 8 PM on CW (May 2)
The Orville - 9 PM on FOX
Brooklyn Nine Nine - 9 PM on NBC
Star Trek Discovery - 9:30 PM on CBS All Access
For The People - 10 PM on ABC (March 7)

FRIDAY

Doom Patrol - DC Universe App
Dynasty - 8 PM on CW

NETFLIX

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 2 - April 5th

xoxo Allie

What Dramas Am I Watching This Week?

So here's what I'm watching this week! Of course the list is split by country and episodes I've seen so far are written below! There will be spoilers from now on so if you aren't caught to the episode number on list, you might want to go watch that episode and then come back! If you're interested in previous lists, click here and if you want to see a list of my favorite asian OTPs and ships, click here!

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FINISHED Bring It On, Ghost (16/16): A cohabitation comedy about a ghost of a high school girl who has been dead for 5 years and an exorcist college boy with the ability to see and hear ghosts. What he’s discovered over the years is that he can touch them and fight them off, so when he’s in need of a part-time job and can’t find one that pays well enough, he starts putting ads online as an exorcist for hire. His ad: “Will face off with your ghosts. Chances of winning: virgin ghosts 80%, bachelor ghosts 40%, child ghosts 97%, the rest 50%.” One night he goes out on the job and faces off with a schoolgirl ghost, and during the fight, they accidentally kiss and sparks fly.

What a strange show guys! I started this one hoping to find something like The Ghost Detective and though it had some similarities, this was mostly a comedy which ironically I should have known if I read the synopsis. I thought it was fun overall but because it was so silly there was nothing for me to really sink my teeth into and I enjoyed myself but for some reason it was at a distance. I did find the main couple to be super adorable and I loved them at every stage of their relationship from their bickering to their awkwardness to the sweetness. I loved that they fought ghosts together and it gave each episode a fun arc and I like the twist that Hyun Ji was actually alive the whole time but it was a little annoying that she forgot everything when she woke up. The mom's dislike of Bong Pal was also super weird cause it's not like he did anything creepy when she was around and he was just as friendly as Professor Joo was and she was like all over Hyun Ji spending time with him. Speaking of, Joo was such a creep from start to finish but I liked him as a villain and I'm glad that he survived at the end despite having the evil spirit exorcised cause I was worried that Bong Pal or Hyun Ji would be framed for his murder. Overall I'd give this show a 8.5 / 10.

FINISHED Healer (20/20): Seo Jung Hoo is a special kind of night courier, known only as "Healer". For the right price and with the help of a genius hacker, he gets his clients whatever they want, as long as it doesn't involve murder. His latest job leads him to a second-rate tabloid writer, Chae Young Shin and the successful reporter, Kim Moon Ho. He begins to uncover the mystery of a shared past with the two reporters, putting them all in danger.

After watching The K2 earlier in the week, I kept hearing over and over that though The K2 was fun, Healer was much much better and that I had to watch this one but after checking this one out, I'm disappointed to say that once again the hype was too much. I did enjoy myself overall but I felt like this show had an extremely slow and boring start, there weren't nearly enough scenes of Ji Chang Wook being broody and badass, the villains weren't as cunning or well-rounded as I would have liked and the romance did nothing for me until like episode 14. It drove me mad that no one told Young Shin the truth until like almost the end of the show and there was no logical reason to do so other than men are morons. Despite this I did enjoy Young Shin's character cause she was so tenacious and able to put clues together on her own and level-headed for the most part but it sucked that she wasn't clued in earlier. It was because of this that I couldn't enjoy the romance either. I really don't like hidden identity romances and I would have preferred if she found out Jung Hoo's identity as Healer much earlier and it wasn't until she found out the truth about him and then her that I really started to enjoy their romance. I also kind of wish there was more Team Healer moments where the whole crew worked together and that Moon Hoo had more moments with Jung Hoo and Young Shin as a found family situation. The villains as I mentioned were super boring and I really didn't care for them or understand them that much but my favorite part of the show was obviously the scheming our team did and the plans they went through to take down the bad guys even if they were pretty one-note. Overall I'd give this show a 7 / 10.

FINISHED Oh My Venus (16/16): Kim Yeong Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. He reluctantly comes back to Korea to face his family after a scandal with an actress. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with living a healthy lifestyle. Kang Joo Eun is a 33-year-old lawyer who was once the beauty of her school, nicknamed "Daegu's Venus". Over the years she has become overweight and unhealthy. She gets dumped by her boyfriend of 15 years. Kang Joo Eun meets Kim Yeong Ho, who agrees to be her personal trainer to help her get healthier. As they work on her physical transformation, they both discover they have feelings for each other. As they grow closer, they heal each other's emotional wounds and fall in love.

Even though I don't really love So Ji Sub as an actor (he's too stoic for my taste), I kept hearing the chemistry between our mains was great so I jumped in. Overall I had a fun time and I was honestly pretty surprised with how I never got bored even though if I actually think back on it, there wasn't much plot for the show. I was a little surprised that the ex boyfriend and his new girlfriend weren't the villains of this show cause part of me was hoping for them to get their due but instead they made up with Joo Eun and were able to get a semblance of a happy ending. I did love the main couple and their antics and I did agree that Yeong Ho and Joo Eun had tons of chemistry but my favorite thing about them was how they actually had an adult relationship where they didn't just kiss and then freak out over any physical contact since but actually acted like they were together. It was hilarious that Yeong Ho was the one who kept stopping them from sleeping together unlike most dramas but also that it was a little more of a joke and that it was really timing that stopped them. I didn't love the whole thing at the end of the drama where he refused to let Joo Eun be with him through his accident cause part of me understood where he was coming from but most of me was pissed as hell that he literally cut off all contact for a year and didn't even call or text her while he was hurt and even more annoying was that they restarted their relationship without bringing up this conversation once. On another note my favorite thing about this drama might just be Henry Lau playing Ji Woong who was the most adorable precious human being and I was living every time he was on screen. I also really loved Joon Sung but I wasn't a huge fan of his romance. I'd give this show a 8.5 / 10!

Romance Is A Bonus Book (10/16): Cha Eun Ho is a successful and handsome writer who is also the youngest chief editor at a publishing company. He has a calm demeanor and remains reasonable at work. He then becomes involved in the life of his childhood friend, Kang Dan Yi who was once a popular copywriter. She is now divorced, a single mother, unemployed and struggling in life though still attempts to find a job, but even with her once good career, she cannot. However, in a desperate attempt to find a job, she lies about her background and begins to work as a temporary worker in the same building under none other than Cha Eun Ho. As they become involved in each other’s life more than often, a love story begins to unfold.

You know what I'll never understand about asian dramas? Why everyone are morons about seeing other people's feelings. Like Dan Yi is like in her late 30s and has existed in the world long enough that she shouldn't be a fish out of water anytime anything romantic comes up. Eun Ho all but said that he loved her and she spent all of episode 9 wandering around wondering what on God's Earth he could mean and I'm sitting here like you complete dumbass. And then in episode 10 Eun Ho's talking about how he has to hold back sometimes and she's like what are you holding back like she's never dated before in her life. This kind of naive trope only works for me when the mains are supposed to be in school and it's like their first dating experience and even then it's a stretch! Why can't we ever have a female lead who's smart enough to read a situation correctly? I still don't like the romance cause I'm still not feeling any chemistry between our leads and despite the fact that they kissed this week, I still feel like Dan Yi sees Eun Ho like a brother and seriously what is up with her? She will literally fall for any guy that tells her he likes her. She decided she liked Seo Joon after he told her and then she decided she liked Eun Ho now. It's a little ridiculous. I still don't like Seo Joon as a character and I just find everything he does to be super pretentious and he comes off creepy and I don't know why.

FINISHED The K2 (16/16): Kim Je Ha is a former soldier for hire. He is also called K2. He is hired as a bodyguard by Choi Yoo Jin. Yoo Jin is the wife of a presidential candidate and the daughter of a chaebol family. Meanwhile, Ko An Na is the secret daughter of the presidential. She is also a recluse.

I love love love when I fall in love with a new drama and that's what happened here! I went into this to watch Ji Chang Wook be all hot and broody but I was hesitant cause I kept hearing that this drama wasn't very good and that the main couple sucked and that the only good thing was the villain but I actually disagree with this! I adored the world this show built and how it was basically the story of Snow White. Jae Ha was super hot obviously and he was amazing in his fight scenes but I loved Anna too despite popular opinion. I know that she wasn't the most badass and that she got played by the villains a lot but Anna was locked up her whole life with everyone lying to her and yet I still thought she had this inner strength that helped her face all the tragedies in her life while still being kind and positive. In fact it was super obvious that she was supposed to be a young Yoo Jin only Yoo Jin chose power while Anna chose love and family and forgiveness. It's what made Jae Ha fall for her too! I adored the relationship between Jae Ha and Anna and how much they wanted to protect each other in their own ways and how while Je Ha found the one person he cared about after being adrift for so long, Anna found the one person who would put her above everything else. The villains were amazing in this show too from Yoo Jin who you couldn't help but pity at times (even though she created her own mess) to Gwan Soo who was truly mustache twirling evil to Seong Won who you couldn't read until he played his cards. I even loved the politics in this which was a first cause I expected to want to fast forward a lot of it! And let's not forget Se Joon who I could never decide if he was a shitty father or one between a rock and a hard place. He did love Anna but at the same time he loved power more cause if he really loved Anna, he would have run away with her after her mom died. The ending with pretty much everyone dying and Jae Ha and Anna releasing Kumargate before moving to Spain was so beautiful cause karma hit all those evil people in the asses while giving the only two people who deserved it a happy ending. Overall I adored this show and I'd give it a 9.5 / 10!

Touch Your Heart (8/16): Oh Yoon Seo is a popular actress. She is famous for her beautiful appearance, but her acting is bad. She gets involved in a scandal with the son from a chaebol family. Her acting career declines precipitously. Oh Yoon Seo hears that a famous screenwriter wants her to play the lead female role for a drama series. The character works as a secretary for a lawyer. To gain experience for the role, Oh Yoon Seo is required to work as a lawyer's secretary for a few months. Meanwhile, Kwon Jung Rok is an attorney for a law firm. He is arrogant and cold-hearted. One day, his boss asks Kwon Jung Rok to let actress Oh Yoon Seo work as his secretary for 6 months. He is not happy about the situation, but he has to accept.

Goodness this show is such a weird mix of adorable and cringe! I feel so much second-hand embarrassment towards the things that Yoon Seo does that I end up having to skip scenes cause I'm so uncomfortable (that's not a knock on the show but the kind of person I am) but the romance is just so precious that I'm so in love. I love how open and honest our mains are especially Jung Rok who knows that he's not good at dating and makes a lot of mistakes but admits to them readily in such an earnest way that we all including Yoon Seo just fall for him more! It was adorable watching him try to figure out why Yoon Seo was so upset with him and then how to confess to her by trying to write a love letter than turned out sounding like a memo before giving up and just saying what he meant. I do think that Yoon Seo should perhaps lower her expectations just slightly or at least say something to him when she's upset about why she's upset given how much Jung Rok is open to changing the way he acts. Their first kiss was a bit disappointing cause it was too much bug eyed omg what is happening type of kiss which was understandable for their first kiss but then Jung Rok kisses her again and it's more of the same. Hopefully if there's more kissing in the future it's better cause these kinds of kisses make me super uncomfortable cause it always makes me feel like someone's not down with the kiss.

xoxo Allie