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 the amount of 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 reviews, click here and if you want to see a list of my Favorite Asian OTPs and Ships, click here!

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Dinner Mate (12/32): This drama is about a young woman going through a rough breakup with a longtime boyfriend she’s still in love with, and a man who has had a painful first love. They both meet unexpectedly in Jeju and continue their acquaintance in Seoul as well. Life has its way of bringing them together as they find themselves meeting at unexpected situations. Both have a common love for food and will cherish eating together and trying new cuisines.

As it turns out everyone is much more related than I thought they were! I mean we already knew that Hae Kyung and Geon Woo are friends and Do Hee and Geon Woo are colleagues and that Jae Hyuk and No Eul are colleagues as well but now we learned that Jae Hyuk and Geon Woo are actually cousins and that Hae Kyung was actually Geon Woo's first love and I'm just sitting here like how do none of these people know about each other?? The thing is though the show seems to really tell us things more than it shows us! I would have never guessed that Geon Woo actually liked Hae Kyung at one point in the past cause he's honestly a terrible friend in the present day! He knows how much No Eul destroyed Hae Kyung and yet he keeps calling about her and setting them up? Why is he on No Eul's side more? At least Ah Young knows that Jae Hyuk is kinda an asshole and really only set them together to help Do Hee move on! Having said all that I'm still loving the chemistry between Do Hee and Hae Kyung and whenever they're on screen together, I'm so much more interested in everything that's going on! I kinda love how they tried to pretend like they're only friends when they were clearly both super interested in being more and that she was clear with him once she caught feelings cause it feels so mature instead of pretending like nothing's happening! I seriously can't wait until these two and their exes are finally on the screen together but I'm also low key waiting for the truth to come out about who they really are and whether they'll be able to act the same when they realize that they hated each other over the internet or if that anger will spill over.

Good Casting (14/16): Baek Chan Mi is a legendary agent for the National Intelligence Service. However, due to an excessive operation, one of her subordinates passes away. After this incident, she takes back all hope of returning to the field when she gets an order to go undercover. She begins working as a secretary for Ilkwang Hitech under the name, Baek Jang Mi. She is joined by a single mother, Im Ye Eun, who has the beauty of a girl group member, and Hwang Mi Soon, a housewife of 18 years whose family believes her to be an insurance salesperson. These three women begin to work together. Meanwhile, Ilkwang Hitech’s CEO, Yoon Seok Ho, knew Chan Mi as his tutor and had a crush on her. He can’t help but think that his new secretary, who looks exactly like his first love but has a different name and age, is a bit suspicious.

I feel like we've been circling the same drain for weeks and weeks now cause it's not like our heroes have learned anything until now! I know this drama is meant to be a comedy so I'm trying not to focus on how light the mystery aspect is but even then this show is seriously just not for me and if I wasn't so close to the end I would have given up by now! Part of me is curious to know how this will all end so I'm still here. I really don't understand the point of Seok Ho and I don't care for how he was trying to control Chan Mi's life by telling her team leader to not talk to her like yo asshole you're not in charge of her life and you really don't know anything about what she's been through so you have no idea how much she cares about her cases. Part of this might be unfair cause you all know that I shipped her with Gwan Soo but the rest of me still doesn't see what Seok Ho's purpose is cause other than the fact that Director Myung works at Ilkwang Hitech, he's not related to anything else that's happening. On another note I was right in guessing that Ok Cheol is Michael but I don't know why he's still trying to help Myung after everything that he found out about how Myung was ready to throw him away. I would have thought he would join hands with Seo at the least cause you know that the NIS is off limits. I'm also not a fan of the romance between Ye Eun and Woo Won cause I hate how much power he has over her. Like commanding someone to come visit you because you can get them fired or you threaten to blackmail them is not how you flirt!

Mystic Pop Up Bar (8/12): “Mystic Pop-Up Bar” is based on a popular webtoon of the same name and tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by a prickly woman and an innocent part-timer who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their problems.

Next week is the penultimate episode of this show and it feels like the right time cause I keep waiting to figure out who the Prince from back in the day was! I'm almost completely sure that it's Gwi cause I can't imagine the show would have Kang Bae be the reincarnation when he looks at Weol Joo and Gwi as his parental figures and not in a romantic sense while Gwi really seems to always be watching Weol Joo and trying to protect her. He also seemed to hold his breath when he asked her whether she resented the man she loved and whether he was someone she lived for in the past and just seems nostalgic in general whenever she talks about her past as if he completely relates. The problem though is that if he is the Prince's spirit and has his memories, then he really should have told her a while ago cause it's kinda an ass move to be there and listen to everything she says without her knowing who she's talking to! Having said that Kang Bae is an angel and my heart broke with him when Yeo Rin rejected him even though in actuality she likes him back so I'm not exactly sure why she's been fighting it so hard. One of my favorite things about this show is how it depicts the Afterlife so I was super down for everything we saw with the reincarnation panel and the doorway to Hell and everything! I also really loved the second case we dealt with and how heartbreaking it was.

My Unfamiliar Family (4/16): Is blood thicker than water? Kim Eun Hee, is about to find out. She is the middle child in a family that is slowly starting to drift apart. Her older sister is a former patent attorney, and her younger brother is a sensitive soul. And although her father is hard-working, he is often distant – an attitude that has her mother poised to begin a new chapter in her life. While she pines for intimacy, Kim Eun Hee keeps her feelings hidden from her family. Instead, she prefers to confide in her close male college friend Park Chan Hyuk – a man who has become more like a brother to her than any of her real siblings. And it is to him that she turns for love advice as she looks to return to the dating scene after a long absence. But what happens when events take a turn? Could the family pull together in time to weather the storm? And when the going gets tough, will it be Kim Eun Hee’s family or her friends who step up to the plate?

This show should really be called Secrets Upon Secrets! Last week I thought I had a pretty clear picture of what was going on in this world only for all of it to be completely flipped this week! So first of all, I'm seriously disappointed in Eun Hee cause of how she's so chill being the mistress. You would think that after everything she went through back-in-the-day that she would be so much more pissed at Geon Joo for making her into the other woman but honestly after he came clean with everything and what his expectations for them were, I'm no longer pissed at him but at Eun Hee cause seriously girl this is totally chill for you? I'm also seriously disappointed with the reveal that Chan Hyuk actually loves Eun Joo and not Eun Hee cause I totally shipped them though I guess with everything that's probs going to happen with Eun Joo from now on that Chan Hyuk might be her knight in shining armor after all. Speaking of, I knew something was going on with Tae Hyung but the reveal that he was gay and not just cheating on Eun Joo totally blew me away! Does that mean that Hyo Seok is also gay? He mentioned that his "girlfriend" recognized Tae Hyung from somewhere but he put a weird inflection on girlfriend making me think that he actually meant boyfriend and just didn't want to out Tae Hyung. I'm also totally fascinated by the parents and their broken marriage cause I have to admit that I (like Eun Joo) blamed the mom for the problems but now we find out that the dad actually cheated on her pretty early on in their relationship and that he might have a second family in his hometown which is totally insane but that he also was attempting to commit suicide when he got lost in the woods.

Oh My Baby (10/16): Aged 39, Jang Ha Ri is the ultimate workaholic. She hasn’t even had a boyfriend in the past decade, long ago decided to forget about looking for love, and instead has thrown her energy into her career. However, as she works as a senior reporter for a parenting magazine named “The Baby,” she is constantly reminded of the one thing she wants most in life – to have a baby of her own. She decides to cut to the chase and try for a baby but wants to skip one key stage – and resolves not to marry. But as she turns her mind to single parenthood, she suddenly realizes that she is surrounded by admirers: freelance photographer Han Yi Sang, super-smart pediatrician Yoon Jae Young, and the office newbie, the doting Choi Kang Eu Ddeum. Could any of these three love candidates help Jang Ha Ri in her quest to become a mother? And could her quest inadvertently send her on the path to true love?

Well this week was definitely the calm before the storm and honestly I spent most of it either cringing about how cheesy Yi Sang was or waiting for the shoe to drop with Yi Sang telling Ha Ri the truth about him. Having said that I did really enjoy everything with Ha Ri becoming editor and Yi Sang and Ha Ri's mom becoming besties! I do wish that we had a better first kiss cause honestly it felt like two high schoolers kissing for the first time rather than two 40 year olds but I can let that slide cause I can imagine the two haven't dated in a long time so it's awkward but then I need the next one to be magical!! I'm not really worried about Ha Ri's reaction to the news cause I believe in her and I totally believe that she will need a minute to be angry and upset but in the end I think she'll understand that it was hard for Yi Sang to admit that about himself and that she loves him and that he might be all she needs to be happy. Kids are not an automatic happy meter. I mean look at Jae Young who's miserable even though he has a kid! Speaking of, I was super irritated with Jae Young this week cause he's turned into the second male lead that I despise who just interrupts dates and acts like an older brother but in actuality they just can't stand the idea of the woman they like liking someone else. He has no business judging Yi Sang or Ha Ri or their relationship and I was so worried that he would use Ha Ri's mom to force a relationship on Ha Ri this week. Eu Ddeum on the other hand broke my heart when he found out about Ha Ri and Yi Sang cause the poor thing was just too naive.

Soul Mechanic/Fix You (24/32): How do you deal with anger? Where does happiness actually come from? These questions are at the heart of Fix You, a touching drama about a quirky psychiatrist on a mission to help people heal, and a rising star whose emotional wounds run deep. Lee Si Joon is an eccentric but passionate psychiatrist working in a hospital. He cares deeply for his patients, whom he tries to help through valiant, yet often unorthodox efforts. Han Woo Joo is an up and coming musical actress. Honest and principled, her efforts on the stage seem to be paying off, but she struggles with anger issues and recurring mental breakdowns that threaten to derail her career. With compassion as his tool, can Lee Si Joon help mend her soul and let the healing begin?

I keep waffling back and forth about whether I think Si Joon and Woo Joo's relationship is a good thing cause in episodes that don't focus on her mental health, I start thinking that the two are cute together and I like the way she heals him a little by just being herself but then when the show focuses on her mental health, I return to thinking that it's probs not a great idea for her to be dating when she should be focused on getting better. It also doesn't help that the show keeps highlighting the fact that Si Joon could be fired for dating a patient and it's getting to the point where I wonder if this coming out would blacklist him from other hospitals or from opening his own clinic cause after constantly fighting the Director and the Vice Director, I would be like let's go somewhere that I can date whoever I want and focus on work and not hospital politics. I still don't know why the Vice Director has his panties in a bunch over Si Joon anyway cause it's not like he's ambitious or fighting against him for power or prestige. The case this week with the nurse that committed suicide cause she was being bullied by other nurses was horrible to watch but even more horrible when you see that the nurses that bullied her had their own problems and that it all led back to the fact that the hospital isn't staffing enough nurses. Si Joon and Park were totally right in claiming that they should use this as a signal that things need to change but of course the Director and Vice Director were like nope let's just blame this whole thing on one person never mind the fact that doing so could totally cause another suicide.

Sweet Munchies (6/12): Park Jin Sung runs an odd little late-night restaurant where customers only choose which drinks they want and their appetizers are chosen by Park, who customizes the dishes to match their drinks. His goal is to provide diners with warmth and comfort through delicious food and excellent customer service. Seeing customers enjoy their food also gives him a great measure of happiness. At the urging of one of his regular customers, Park becomes the host of a new variety show called Midnight Snack Couple, which shoots him to popularity and fame. Regular customer Kim Ah Jin is a passionate PD. She usually has a smile on her face and always looks on the bright side. Her optimism is only matched by her love of food and drinking. After working hard as a crew member in production teams for many years, she finally gets her break as a PD when she convinces Park Jin Sung to become the host of her TV show. Kang Tae Wan is a successful fashion designer. He hosts his own fashion TV program and comes to know Park Jin Sung and Kim Ah Jin when he’s brought onto the Midnight Snack Couple variety show as a stylist for Park. As the three work together, they eventually become involved in an atypical love triangle.

With the fact that this show is actually only 12 episodes, we're halfway through the show already and I'm a little glad about that cause though I do enjoy the characters and the world, I am just waiting for it to come out that Jin Sung isn't gay cause shit will hit the fan. I don't know if the public will care all that much cause it's not exactly like they're that big of a presence in this show but Jin Sung's brother will definitely be pissed, Tae Wan's heart will be broken, and Ah Jin might be furious but also Ah Jin might low key be fired cause she's the PD for Sweet Munchies and everything that goes wrong is her fault. Having said all that I do hope it all comes out next week cause I'm just super uncomfortable about the lying even if I like this show in general. I do think it's kinda funny that Tae Wan likes Jin Sung who likes Ah Jin but that Jin Sung thinks that Ah Jin and Tae Wan like each other cause to me it feels super clear about who likes who cause no one is hiding it well but I guess if you're more personally involved in the whole thing then it's harder to actually figure out what's going on. I also low key keep waiting for someone or something to put PD Nam in his place cause he's actually the worst. Like Cha has her own problems and she's actually much meaner than I would have expected a character like her to be but at least she has some sort of line while Nam just does whatever he wants and no one likes him.

Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation (6/12): “Further Investigation” is a crime action investigation drama about police investigator Jin Kang Ho from the serious crime squad who never gives up on a case until he gets to the end of it. He will solve unsolved cases with a team consisting of a passionate producing director (PD) of an investigative show with low viewership ratings, a detective who used to be a profiler, a bar CEO who puts his violent past behind, and a funeral director who used to be a well-esteemed autopsy doctor at the National Forensic Service (NIS).

It feels so weird to say that we're about halfway through this show now cause it feels like we just jumped into this world and we're already here but the fact that there's 12 instead of 16 episodes helps that. I want to start by saying just how shocked I was this week about how badass and mature the Chief of Police ended up being! When Kang Ho found the real Butterfly Killer and inadvertently embarrassed the police for their terrible police work 7 years ago, the Chief stepped up and was like if we caught the wrong guy then we have to apologize and arrest the right one cause that's what it means to be a cop and I was like damn boy cause I really expected more corruption and politics so it was really nice that the Chief was a good guy. The new case we got seems interesting too and I can't stop shouting about how I love that this show doesn't have an overarching villain to fight like every other korean cop drama. We're now looking at street gangs but more specially one that you have to kill to get into and it helps that not only is the daughter of one of our mains involved but a friend of one of the cops too cause I have no doubt that the two cases are related. Whoever the school bully was back in the day is probs the Oni Hyung that is running the street gang now cause it makes sense that he wouldn't register his fingerprints if he's on the streets doing crime.

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Fake Princess (10/27): So what if she loves money, don't all mountain bandits love money? For a chest full of gold, the mountain bandit offers herself up to the black-bellied prince thus marking the start to a beautiful romance. Chang Le was once a free and untamable female bandit. However, she becomes a fake bride in marriage to crown prince Li Che. Stepping into the confines of the palace, Chang Le finds it difficult to adjust after being repeatedly humiliated. Despite her situation, she learns to adapt like a feral cat showing her true stripes. Li Che who has traced every step vigilantly finds himself gradually attracted by Chang Le's liveliness. Each wearing a mask to hide their own motives, the two people find comfort in each other.

I actually really didn't understand what was happening this week with Li Che's suspicions abut Chang Le and that's honestly probs cause I haven't been paying attention to any of the politics in this show. From what I can gather though, Chang Le found out that Li Che's grandfather told him to seduce Yu Yao so she decided to get revenge by stealing some things around the town and the others (who were already silently questioning her since she was a Liu) found it suspicious that she wasn't around when these robberies were happening so they attempted to assassinate her which, if you ask me, really felt like a step too far. Zhu claimed that it would be better to accidentally kill an innocent than let a spy slip by but not only is this a horrible policy, in what world was Prime Minister Liu going to believe her death was an accident let alone the Empress who no matter how little she liked Chang Le in private would support her in public cause of family ties. Chang Le's brother Qin then showed up at the last minute and saved her but disappeared making everyone suspect Chang Le as a spy even more and honestly the whole thing just feels like Sun Mo just connected apples and oranges and we're supposed to go with it cause in actuality he was right even though nothing in the show points that way. I do wonder if we're supposed to think that Chang Le is actually the last daughter of the Duan clan that Li Che's father destroyed though I'm not sure if it would matter all that much cause it's not like Chang Le reacted in any way when she heard the name Duan in her fake interrogation.

FINISHED Love Is All (26/26): Tang Ling Yin is the quirky daughter of a wealthy family whose life becomes entangled with county magistrate Tang Tian Yuan. He is sought after by many for being handsome, well-mannered and having an impressive family background. The two start off on the wrong foot yet eventually join hands to solve a case.

So the finale for this show aired this week and I have to say that the ending was a bit of a mess and I would like to chalk that up to the fact that we spent so much time dawdling at the start that the final confrontation felt crazy. Ling Yin was captured three times by the same villain to threaten Tian Yuan in one episode and I was like girl can you not do anything to avoid that? I also didn't love that we had another time skip at the end cause Tian Yuan was away for 7 months where I'm assuming he updated the Emperor on everything that went down, dealt with his fiance and her family, and broke his engagement. It's possible he also got permission to marry Ling Yin while her brother met up with the Empress again and got to know her. The thing that drives me crazy is the complete lack of contact which is slightly more understandable in this world where there are no phones but it's like send a bird! The show ended with everyone getting their happily ever afters which was nice but I feel like the first half of this show worked so much better for me than the back half where suddenly characters randomly did things to serve the plot. Overall I'd give this show a 7 / 10.

The Romance Of Tiger And Rose (22/24): Since birth, a screenwriter finds herself becoming a character in the script of her own creation. However, she is not meant to live past three episodes! Chen Xiaoqian is a writer who poured blood, sweat and tears into creating a big female-centric drama. What could have started filming smoothly quickly turned south because of actor Han Mingxing's reservations about the script. Feeling wronged, Chen Xiaoqian vows to prove herself yet she accidentally gets stuck in a parallel world where her story has come to life. Now known as the 3rd princess Chen Qianqian, she is an insignificant side character with a horrid reputation that is not meant to live long in the story. In order to live, she starts on a road to reverse her fate. She also gets caught in between the arrogant and black-bellied prince Han Shao and the practically perfect Pei Heng.

I'm honestly so sad that this show didn't release all of the remaining episodes at once cause now we'll have to wait until next week to get the rest! I do have to admit that I had no idea what we would do to end this drama cause Qianqian's written story came to a close when she stopped Han Shao from taking over Huayuan and faked her death though I suppose the fact that Chuchu didn't take the throne is probs the one thing stopping the end of the story. Speaking of, I was seriously pissed that Chuchu after everything she did ended up with everything she wanted (minus Han Shao but you know can't win them all) cause if anyone doesn't deserve being City Owner, it's her! She's arrogant and entitled and clearly hates men and even after Qianqian died wanted to destroy her body only to want to kill her again once she found out that she wasn't actually dead. Like she's straight up the villain and I'm just sitting here like why not give the Crown Princess title to Yuanyuan?? I do love the idea of Qianqian running Xuanhua though cause Han Shao is definitely her little murder kitty but low key Han Shao's dad is scared of his wife and I'm living for that too. I want the two wives to take over cause women know what's up and make a city that's somewhere between Xuanhua and Huayuan in terms of equality! 

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

Fruits Basket Season 2 Episode 9

Why would this show think that's it's okay to play with my heart like this? I'm sobbing like a baby and it hurts so good! I have a feeling that we hit the nail on the head this week with the emotional impact we were going to see at the beach the way others have been gushing about because I can't imagine anything hitting harder unless Akito actually meets up with Tohru! Poor naive Tohru was so thrilled when she found out that Kyo was being summoned cause she thought it meant that he was finally being given a spot in the family and I low key almost teared up when she prayed for her to be happy. Akito the asshole brought Kyo in cause he was furious that his plan to separate the zodiacs from Tohru wasn't working cause Kyo was still wit her so by reminding him about what a monster he was, Akito hoped that Tohru would be miserable. In the end his plan half worked out cause while what he did allowed Kyo to realize that he's in love with Tohru, it also worked in convincing Kyo that he was bad luck to everyone around him and that he would no longer hope to be happy with Tohru. Now he just wants to love her and be with her while he can cause as we found out the reason that Kyo is out-and-about in the world unlike the previous cat spirit was cause he made a deal with Akito saying that if he could beat Yuki in a fight, Kyo could live the way he wanted but if he lost, then he would be confined. It breaks my heart and makes me wonder why Yuki couldn't be a smidge kinder and allow Kyo to beat him just the once to prevent this! We also learned that Kyo's mom died cause she killed herself and that everyone blamed it on Kyo cause he's the zodiac cat but we also learned that Tohru's mom was also close with Kyo. This worries me cause last season Kyo apologized to Tohru about her mom and I'm thinking that Tohru's mom's accident might have had something to do with Kyo like what if Akito got pissed at Kyo and killed the mom? I mean I wouldn't blame Kyo for it but he might cause of how much everyone else blamed everything on him!

Stargirl Season 1 Episode 3

The thing that really stands out about this show compared to other superhero shows out there is just how much focus is given to the Injustice Society members. We've learned about their backstories, what they want and even their relationships to their families and it's fascinating cause I find myself not wanting to hate all of them! Whereas Brainwave was clearly abusive to his son which led to his son being a bully at school, Wizard and his son had a great relationship and Joey was such a sweet kid which makes it all the more heartbreaking that he's gone. I really expected Icicle's big plan to have been to frame Joey's death on Stargirl so it would get William all ramped up but William in a surprising twist ended up being much too smart for that. He realized that Icicle had something to do with his son's death cause why else would there be this random patch of ice on a bridge but the bigger surprise was how Icicle just killed William without any fuss and that his parents helped clean it up! It brings me back to wondering what in the world this whole American Dream thing is and why he thinks that it'll save the country! So far it sounds just like he's been rebuilding towns but there's gotta be an evil aspect to all of it otherwise why would the JSA be against it? Speaking of, I'm also hoping that Joey's death is what leads to Courtney slowing down a little and realizing that rushing into things isn't how you be a hero cause there are actual consequences to all this since her own life being in danger hasn't been enough. I really loved that scene when Courtney and Pat went to the old JSA headquarters and I can't wait to find out who takes up the mantles of the new JSA! It seems we'll be getting a new Hourman, Dr Midnite, Green Lantern, Wildcat, and Thunderbolt though no Flash or Dr Fate yet. I also want to shout out the fact that Henry Jr seemed to have moved a mug in his father's hospital room so maybe he'll take up Brainwave's mantle now that Brainwave is out for the count and I can't help but feel like Wizard's wife will have a bigger role now that her whole family is dead. Icicle's son Cameron also received a lot of screen-time and I couldn't help but wonder if he'll be a love interest for Courtney cause the two definitely had chemistry.

FINISHED Legends Of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 15

So the finale for season 5 aired tonight and though it wasn't as fun as a lot of previous Legends episodes, overall I did have a fun time and many of my season long questions got answered so there's that! Once The Legends regained their memories, they realized that they needed to destroy the Loom and find the Waverider in order to win the day which they managed to do after splitting up. One of the Fates was killed because Sara realized that part of that Fate's power was inside her and was the reason that she was seeing the future. Once she killed that Fate, her eyesight came back and she lost her powers. Unfortunately this didn't stop the other Fate from trying to rule the world but this time since the Loom was destroyed, she used a stolen Gideon in order to pretend to be the Loom and make decisions for people only to be stopped and everything returned to normal though I'm not entirely sure if we're supposed to think that everything went back to our original timeline before the Fates appeared or if everyone living in present day just has like a few months worth of different memories. In terms of character stuff, I'm fairly certain that Charlie just left the show cause she decided to find her roots, Zari 1.0 had to go back into the Loom cause her presence was killing Behrad, and Astra decided against reviving her mother but might be joining the Legends. Also to note is that we've officially brought the whole Nate and Zari thing to an end with Zari 2.0 and Constantine being a thing now (and without any of the what are we drama that I really expected the show to do) and the season ended with Sara being beamed up into space so that's probs what next season will be about! I do feel like in terms of season finales, this is one of the most low stakes one but maybe that's just cause I'm thinking of how impactful last season was with Zari 1.0 being replaced with Behrad.

Tower Of God Episode 10

Truly the most confused by all that's happening in this show. At first I thought this was a much more chill episode after the craziness of last week but then the ending hit and suddenly I'm back to wondering what in the world will happen! I can't help but feel like every time there's a side test in which the group is told that if you pass then you can climb the Tower straight up without any more administrator tests I start questioning things cause there's just no way that the cast can climb the Tower this quickly. I know the webtoon has chapters and chapters and chapters of story so unless the majority of the story follows our crew after they become Rankers, every side test like the Crown Game and this Administrator Test leave me thinking that okay so we can't win right? The problem is that this test seems to say that if Bam fails, then everyone fails so I can't see that happening either. It also sucks cause it doesn't feel like this Tower is politics-free and I wish I knew who was in charge. Is it Yu or is there a guardian of the Tower? Cause Yu is definitely not happy with Bam and Rachel being here and as we learn this week, it was him that gave Hoh the note about using them to win and he also is like oh Yuga you're a spy for the King of Jahad cool let me help you kill Anaak and win back the swords you need! If it's the guardian spirit we met when Bam needed to make a deal to use magic, then I have a feeling that the Tower might be more objective. It was also low key crazy that Serena just up and left though I had a feeling after last week this place was not for her.

Agents Of SHIELD Season 7 Episode 2

The one thing that sucks about time travel is always the moment when our cast of characters tend to question whether or not they should change things to make them better no matter how much they're told that the consequences would be catastrophic. We find out that the stuff that Freddy needs to get to Hells Harbor is the final ingredient of the super soldier serum and basically that if we don't let Freddy do his job, then all of Captain America: The First Avenger won't go down the way it was supposed to which was a nice nod to more than just the idea that HYDRA needs to form so SHIELD can combat it. Daisy decides that this doesn't matter and that they should kill Freddy and stop him from delivering what he needs to and I'm sitting here like dude that's exactly what the Chronicoms want so why would you give it to them not to mention the fact that the world will be a hell of a lot worse if Cap isn't in it! In the end though I'm glad Deke stayed true to who he was and refused the order so we were able to keep Freddy alive long enough to force both the Chronicoms and the Zephyr into the next Tide. That answers my question last week about whether we'd be hopping from time to time and why the Chronicoms wouldn't just wait for SHIELD to leave before doing what they wanted. The sucky thing is that Enoch got left behind but since he's a Chronicom it's possible he'll just hang out until SHIELD lands again and rejoin them there or maybe Fitz will grab him cause they are best friends you know. Speaking of, still no sign of Fitz but we did see May who was physically fine but seems to have undergone some emotional blocks so she's all mission focused and no emotions which sucks and I really hope that we get our May back cause it's the last season and I need my cast to be my cast! 

The promo for next week looks super exciting cause Sousa is going to be appearing and I can't wait for that! I didn't catch what year we were landing in but I'm thinking somewhere around the 50s or so.

Harley Quinn Season 2 Episode 10

You know I had no idea that the reason the Justice League was still missing was cause no one knew where the Queen Of Fables hid her book except for Joker who lost his memories until this week but in hindsight it makes all the sense in the world. Harley went out to get really drunk and hook up with a rando cause she was heartbroken over the fact that Ivy told her that she couldn't trust Harley with her heart and in a strange turn of events, she ended up in Wayne's bar where the Joker was working. One thing led to another and as it turned out Psycho teamed up with Riddler to take over Gotham and Harley's original plan to work with Darkseid. He ended up brainwashing King Shark and Clayface and Syd killed himself helping Harley and Gordon escape but in the end they realized that the only person that could stop Psycho was the Justice League themselves thus needing the Queen Of Fables' book. I love the idea that Harley had to bring back the Joker in order to save the day but like what's to say that Joker would even help?

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 the amount of 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 reviews, click here and if you want to see a list of my Favorite Asian OTPs and Ships, click here!

KDRAMA

Dinner Mate (8/32): This drama is about a young woman going through a rough breakup with a longtime boyfriend she’s still in love with, and a man who has had a painful first love. They both meet unexpectedly in Jeju and continue their acquaintance in Seoul as well. Life has its way of bringing them together as they find themselves meeting at unexpected situations. Both have a common love for food and will cherish eating together and trying new cuisines.

So remember last week when I said that it was interesting that we didn't spend any time with the second leads? Well here they are coming out in full form this week and it's fascinating cause as much as I loved the main leads and their easy chemistry and found them relatable, the second leads are the pull your hair out annoying types. Jae Hyuk and Noh Eul are the first loves of Do Hee and Hae Kyung respectively and as it turned out Jae Hyuk just vanished after 6 years and Noh Eul dumped Hae Kyung by claiming that he was boring but now they're both back and wanting to get back together which is the most annoying cause they're seriously forcing themselves onto Do Hee and Hae Kyung when they don't want it. I was glad that by the end of the episodes this week, both held strong and refused to fall back onto old patterns and it was extra sweet that the two found this strength by thinking of each other. Do Hee and Hae Kyung have the same easy and sweet chemistry that Ha Jin and Jung Hoon had in Find Me In Your Memory and that's what I love about this show. I do wish that instead of Hae Kyung saying that Do Hee is the type of woman that makes him comfortable enough to ramble on with that the show would actually show it cause it feels like Do Hee talks the most about herself whenever they meet up. I had wondered if maybe the show would put them together through a fake dating scenario where they used each other to keep their exes away but I kind of prefer them just falling quietly instead though it's crazy that the two still don't know who each other are. It's especially interesting cause we seem to have given up on Do Hee wanting to cast Hae Kyung in her show.

Good Casting (12/16): Baek Chan Mi is a legendary agent for the National Intelligence Service. However, due to an excessive operation, one of her subordinates passes away. After this incident, she takes back all hope of returning to the field when she gets an order to go undercover. She begins working as a secretary for Ilkwang Hitech under the name, Baek Jang Mi. She is joined by a single mother, Im Ye Eun, who has the beauty of a girl group member, and Hwang Mi Soon, a housewife of 18 years whose family believes her to be an insurance salesperson. These three women begin to work together. Meanwhile, Ilkwang Hitech’s CEO, Yoon Seok Ho, knew Chan Mi as his tutor and had a crush on her. He can’t help but think that his new secretary, who looks exactly like his first love but has a different name and age, is a bit suspicious.

What was fascinating this week is that things are finally moving along and plot points that I've been waiting 10 episodes to see are happening! As it turned out Ye Eun was playing her blackmailers and had told the team the truth so they were able to follow the mole all the way back to Director Seo and were able to arrest him. Hwa Ran dumped him and turned to Director Myung but the weirdest part of all this is that we still don't know what Hwa Ran wants or what Myung wants and though that should bug me, it's not exactly the mystery that's keeping me around so I don't particularly care. Ye Eun also found out that Chan Mi was the team leader when her husband died but I was glad to see that she didn't jump to conclusions immediately and assume that Chan Mi was a traitor especially after finding out it was Director Seo himself who led her charge and that threw up red flags. Unfortunately it's one step forward two steps back with our crew so of course the minute Chan Mi got the video from Tak of Michael killing Chul Woong she lost it by being shot and Seo was murdered. I think we're supposed to assume that Ok Cheol is Michael but part of me is still like well maybe it's Min Seok after all. In other news Seok Ho found out that Chan Mi was his first love and that she's part of the NIS and I'm fairly certain both have basically accepted that they love each other and my poor heart is like but Gwan Soo! I did like the reveal though that Chan Mi actually was sent to this team to root out the NIS mole by the higher ups so from now on we will be fighting Michael, Myung, Hwa Ran and Ok Cheol with the entire might of the NIS who are officially on the good side!

Mystic Pop Up Bar (6/12): “Mystic Pop-Up Bar” is based on a popular webtoon of the same name and tells the story of a mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking establishment) run by a prickly woman and an innocent part-timer who visit customers in their dreams to help resolve their problems.

We're about halfway through this drama now and I'm still waiting to find out more about the past which really is the only part of this drama that I find interesting! I said last week that Gwi might be the reincarnation of the Prince that Weol Joo was in love with and after this week I'm almost completely certain of that being the truth. We met a new character this week who went by the name Won Hyung and he was the Prince's best friend in the past but he clearly wasn't happy that the two were in love so either he was in love with Weol Joo and pissed that she loved the Prince or was pissed that a commoner would fall for the Prince but either way he definitely led to her death. In the present day it seems like he escaped from the Afterlife and is after Weol Joo again cause he was watching the trio in anger and said something about how it's been too long and he addressed it to the Prince which means that either Gwi or Kang Bae are the reincarnation but once again the relationship Weol Joo has both of these men is completely different so if I had to pick between the two it'd be Gwi. This is especially true cause it was obvious this week that Gwi is in love with Weol Joo and it's becoming clear that she's starting to feel the same way. I mean it's totally possible that we'll go the Hotel De Luna route with the whole thing and force Weol Joo to chose between her old love or her new one but just the fact that Gwi has amnesia makes me think otherwise. Kang Bae and Yeo Rin had a lot of cute moments too and she's into him though she's totally pretending she's not!

My Unfamiliar Family (2/16): Is blood thicker than water? Kim Eun Hee, is about to find out. She is the middle child in a family that is slowly starting to drift apart. Her older sister is a former patent attorney, and her younger brother is a sensitive soul. And although her father is hard-working, he is often distant – an attitude that has her mother poised to begin a new chapter in her life. While she pines for intimacy, Kim Eun Hee keeps her feelings hidden from her family. Instead, she prefers to confide in her close male college friend Park Chan Hyuk – a man who has become more like a brother to her than any of her real siblings. And it is to him that she turns for love advice as she looks to return to the dating scene after a long absence. But what happens when events take a turn? Could the family pull together in time to weather the storm? And when the going gets tough, will it be Kim Eun Hee’s family or her friends who step up to the plate?

This show seriously feels like a family drama only it's 16 episodes instead of the normal 50 or so which I think will definitely be a good thing cause that means that we'll skip all the filler and focus on all the important stuff. The Kim family is interesting cause I don't think any of them are bad people and they feel like a real family with real problems. Eun Joo is a bit of a bitch and kind of cold in general but her life is sad enough so it's understandable. She's married to a man who's family forced her to leave work and focus on taking care of him and have a baby but it's been years with no luck so the two are mostly living apart. I wondered if she was having an affair with the cafe worker at first but if there is something there it's more emotional than physical cause it's not like her husband is there for her. Eun Hee is sweet but kind of a flake and I'm already so into her future romance with Chan Hyuk who is an angel but at the same time it's like dude you've known this girl for 14 years so at some point you should have confessed! The new VP is real sketch and I'm surprised that she's thinking that there's no red flags with a VP who just met her for the first time and slept with her in the same breath! Ji Woo is the baby of the family and works with Chan Hyuk but I'm not sure if he'll get his own storyline or if he'll just end up being the comedy part of the show. The parents seem nice enough but their marriage has seriously devolved to the degree where the two basically hate each other and it's a fascinating set of circumstances in which he's regressed back to the moment that they loved each other the most and she's left in the same place hating him. I'm definitely on board with this show!

Oh My Baby (8/16): Aged 39, Jang Ha Ri is the ultimate workaholic. She hasn’t even had a boyfriend in the past decade, long ago decided to forget about looking for love, and instead has thrown her energy into her career. However, as she works as a senior reporter for a parenting magazine named “The Baby,” she is constantly reminded of the one thing she wants most in life – to have a baby of her own. She decides to cut to the chase and try for a baby but wants to skip one key stage – and resolves not to marry. But as she turns her mind to single parenthood, she suddenly realizes that she is surrounded by admirers: freelance photographer Han Yi Sang, super-smart pediatrician Yoon Jae Young, and the office newbie, the doting Choi Kang Eu Ddeum. Could any of these three love candidates help Jang Ha Ri in her quest to become a mother? And could her quest inadvertently send her on the path to true love?

As we're hitting the halfway mark in this drama, I'm honestly the most surprised about how this might be my favorite kdrama currently airing cause when it first started, I was mostly meh about this show so the fact that it shot up to the top of my list by continuously getting better is amazing!! Most of this week was spent with poor Yi Sang trying his absolute hardest to stay away from Ha Ri and not go to her like he wanted cause he knew that the thing she wanted the most was a baby and with his inability to have one, he felt like she deserved better than him. I am a little nervous about the fact that Yi Sang still hasn't told Ha Ri about his problems and that they're going to start dating without her knowing when he knows full and clear what she wants. Of course no matter how many times he told her that he doesn't want kids, she still kept coming back but maybe to her there's a big difference between I don't want and I can't have. Part of me still thinks that this show might end with the two of them in love and happily married without kids but the rest of me is looking at the episode count and being like well there's 8 hours to go and I can't imagine that it's all happily ever after. In other news I really wish the show would dial back the amount of screen time Jae Young gets cause he's just the most irritating man-baby and he would absolutely be the worst husband and it's like can you not see that Ha Ri is zero interested in you? At least little Eu Tteum is in his 20s and young so his immaturity makes sense but I also low key don't want him to get with Hyo Joo either cause she's the worst too.

Soul Mechanic/Fix You (20/32): How do you deal with anger? Where does happiness actually come from? These questions are at the heart of Fix You, a touching drama about a quirky psychiatrist on a mission to help people heal, and a rising star whose emotional wounds run deep. Lee Si Joon is an eccentric but passionate psychiatrist working in a hospital. He cares deeply for his patients, whom he tries to help through valiant, yet often unorthodox efforts. Han Woo Joo is an up and coming musical actress. Honest and principled, her efforts on the stage seem to be paying off, but she struggles with anger issues and recurring mental breakdowns that threaten to derail her career. With compassion as his tool, can Lee Si Joon help mend her soul and let the healing begin?

This week was the definition of why doctors and their patients shouldn't date! I mean forget all the ethical arguments and look at it more closely! A patient should not be afraid to tell their doctor literally anything but if you're dating the doctor then you'll hold things back in order not to look bad in front of them. Woo Joo's BPD prevents her from fully trusting a person and especially a boyfriend so the fact that she took one harsh comment from Si Joon and then a few pointed comments from others and decided that Si Joon was clearly over her is like red flags all over the place! When she should have been able to trust her doctor, she couldn't cause her doctor is her boyfriend. It also doesn't help that the one other doctor that could have helped her is low key jealous of the fact that the two like each other and isn't playing fair either. I was kinda glad that Woo Joo broke up with Si Joon at the end cause she definitely is not in the right mind frame to be dating! She needs to deal with herself and her extreme sense of abandonment before she can be a girlfriend but I can't imagine that she or Si Joon can be objective. Maybe she should try being In's patient cause he is the only doctor left that's impartial about this whole thing! Speaking of In, he keeps going back and forth about whether he trusts Si Joon or hates him cause it's like he clearly doesn't want to be in on the games that the Deputy Director is playing but he also has a pretty big inferiority complex about the whole thing too.

Sweet Munchies (4/12): Park Jin Sung runs an odd little late-night restaurant where customers only choose which drinks they want and their appetizers are chosen by Park, who customizes the dishes to match their drinks. His goal is to provide diners with warmth and comfort through delicious food and excellent customer service. Seeing customers enjoy their food also gives him a great measure of happiness. At the urging of one of his regular customers, Park becomes the host of a new variety show called Midnight Snack Couple, which shoots him to popularity and fame. Regular customer Kim Ah Jin is a passionate PD. She usually has a smile on her face and always looks on the bright side. Her optimism is only matched by her love of food and drinking. After working hard as a crew member in production teams for many years, she finally gets her break as a PD when she convinces Park Jin Sung to become the host of her TV show. Kang Tae Wan is a successful fashion designer. He hosts his own fashion TV program and comes to know Park Jin Sung and Kim Ah Jin when he’s brought onto the Midnight Snack Couple variety show as a stylist for Park. As the three work together, they eventually become involved in an atypical love triangle.

Jin Sung is really just digging a bigger and bigger hole every week isn't he?? I really want to enjoy this show cause I really do like the concept of a show where a chef helps people with their problems but more realistically than Mystic Pop Up Bar but I can't help thinking about all the horrible things that will happen in the future! The cute romance between Jin Sung and Ah Jin isn't enough to tide me over and man oh man is it cute but it also makes me feel guilty for shipping the straight couple on a show like this. I mean I really expected Jin Sung to tell his dad and his brother about what he's doing before the show aired but as it turns out his plan is really just to pretend like nothing's happening?? I mean what kind of weak ass plan is that? So he stops his brother from watching Sweet Munchies now but it's not like he can stop him forever! It's going to be so so so much worse when his poor brother finds out what's happening and that it didn't come from Jin Sung's mouth! I also can't help but keep thinking of what will happen when the world thinks that he is gay because of this highly rated show only to backfire when he is revealed to be straight. It's not even like he's bi or pan or anything! It'll definitely destroy all the relationships in his life but it'll also cause CK Productions to be under fire and let's be honest, Ah Jin is one straw away from being fired almost constantly. I do have to admit that it is a little strange how little screen time Tae Wan gets but maybe that'll grow as the show goes on? It was totally irritating that Nam stole Ah Jin's spotlight and became the head PD of a show he hates (cause we all say his low key homophobia at that dinner) and like part of me wants Ah Jin to succeed all the more cause of that but the rest of me keeps returning to Jin Sung needing to back away from all this cause it's wrong what he's doing!

Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation (4/12): “Further Investigation” is a crime action investigation drama about police investigator Jin Kang Ho from the serious crime squad who never gives up on a case until he gets to the end of it. He will solve unsolved cases with a team consisting of a passionate producing director (PD) of an investigative show with low viewership ratings, a detective who used to be a profiler, a bar CEO who puts his violent past behind, and a funeral director who used to be a well-esteemed autopsy doctor at the National Forensic Service (NIS).

The worst thing about kdrama cops is how much pressure they get from the higher ups and the public to catch a killer cause then they always end up choosing an easy target as a scapegoat after which years later they realize that they were wrong but refuse to believe so cause it'll shame the whole police institution. If everyone would only listen when evidence comes out that things aren't right, so many lives could be saved. I mean of course I don't believe that Tak is dead cause he is a main character but the fact that the cops shot two innocent men will really screw them over later. The best thing about this show is how good the investigations are cause I'm seriously so impressed by both Kang Ho and Moo Young! I love that neither is smarter than the other and that they manage to hit the mark in terms of a mystery every time. The case this week was a little hard to follow but from what I can gather, Dr Jang who died 7 years ago was the real butterfly killer which is why the killings stopped back then but the recent killing has to do with Dr Jang's brother and his current girlfriend who killed that doctor probs cause of personal reasons. Meanwhile Kang Soo was murdered by a gang and framed to look like it was the butterfly killer so that the gang who works with the Mayor can be free. Of course there's other shenanigans going on but that's the main point. I really feel for poor Min Ji who practically threw himself at a gun cause he realized that he had lost his mother years back and now he lost Tak even though we know he'll be fine!

CDRAMA

Fake Princess (6/27): So what if she loves money, don't all mountain bandits love money? For a chest full of gold, the mountain bandit offers herself up to the black-bellied prince thus marking the start to a beautiful romance. Chang Le was once a free and untamable female bandit. However, she becomes a fake bride in marriage to crown prince Li Che. Stepping into the confines of the palace, Chang Le finds it difficult to adjust after being repeatedly humiliated. Despite her situation, she learns to adapt like a feral cat showing her true stripes. Li Che who has traced every step vigilantly finds himself gradually attracted by Chang Le's liveliness. Each wearing a mask to hide their own motives, the two people find comfort in each other.

This show feels like it was tailor-made for me! You know how much I adore cdramas that start with an arranged marriage and turn into true love and that's exactly what we got here! I mean yeah there's a whole bunch of politics involved but honestly it's simple enough that I'm not struggling to follow them! It's also hilarious how quickly Li Che fell in love with Chang Le cause it's like boy did you even try to hate her? He was seduced from the moment he saw her half-dressed in his bed! I actually really love that because Chang Le is herself and not Liu Yu Yao like she's supposed to be that we won't really have to deal with her torn loyalties between the man she loves and her family though of course the Lius have her real family in bondage to blackmail her. I have a feeling that once Li Che finds out the truth, he'll actually be happier than expected and once he saves her real family, they can be happy. I don't imagine that regardless of what happens that the Lius would ever reveal that Chang Le is not their daughter in public cause that's definitely cause for the Emperor to kill them. It's also a lot of fun seeing Chang Le outwit everyone around her cause she's not the naive female lead that most of these types of dramas have so whenever someone tries to make her look bad, she's always a few steps ahead. I also love that even though Li Che was commanded to seduce Yu Yao by his grandfather that his closest friends are not convinced for a second cause the man is head over heels. The only thing that I don't particularly care about is the other romances in this show between Sun Mo and Nongying or the 5th Prince and Yan'er cause although practically every couple is set up to be the same Romeo/Juliet scenario, I can't find myself caring that much about them.

Love Is All (23/26): Tang Ling Yin is the quirky daughter of a wealthy family whose life becomes entangled with county magistrate Tang Tian Yuan. He is sought after by many for being handsome, well-mannered and having an impressive family background. The two start off on the wrong foot yet eventually join hands to solve a case.

Why does every cdrama follow the same pattern? Is there some sort of unwritten notice that they all need to have their couple go through a period of time in which one lies to the other about not loving them in order to protect them? It's exasperating cause it's like after every life/death situation they've been through, all it takes is a few short words in order to completely convince them that actually no everything was fake. It also doesn't help that I was already irritated enough with Tian Yuan's fiancé showing up and the show trying to tell me that he's struggling to set her aside. It sucks that it seems that in this world, a betrothal is all but marriage anyway and there's no way to break it up. Tian Yuan was almost charged with adultery and it's like no one's married damn! Luckily it was all solved five seconds later and our characters found out that the fiancé was a bad guy too and like I called it, Ling Yin's brother is actually the Queen's brother who accidentally overheard some evil plots which is why they've been searching for him forever. I do have to say that this whole gold hunt has been going on for way too long and like we're still nowhere closer to finding any evidence despite knowing exactly who did what.

The Romance Of Tiger And Rose (18/24): Since birth, a screenwriter finds herself becoming a character in the script of her own creation. However, she is not meant to live past three episodes! Chen Xiaoqian is a writer who poured blood, sweat and tears into creating a big female-centric drama. What could have started filming smoothly quickly turned south because of actor Han Mingxing's reservations about the script. Feeling wronged, Chen Xiaoqian vows to prove herself yet she accidentally gets stuck in a parallel world where her story has come to life. Now known as the 3rd princess Chen Qianqian, she is an insignificant side character with a horrid reputation that is not meant to live long in the story. In order to live, she starts on a road to reverse her fate. She also gets caught in between the arrogant and black-bellied prince Han Shao and the practically perfect Pei Heng.

Wow what a crazy twist of events that have led us to where we are now! Since we're coming to the end of this drama soon it's only natural that we decided to focus on advancing the plot rather than the cutesy character stuff we had earlier in this drama. It is a little sad that we spent so long with Qianqian fighting her feelings for Han Shao so when she finally accepted that she loved him and wanted him and realized that Chuchu wasn't the woman she thought she was, we didn't even get to play around in that fluff cause the plot had to move along! Even though Han Shao gave up his plans to take over the city, Chuchu basically took his place in the story though her motivations for what happened were different and Qianqian worried cause in her original story Han Shao and Chuchu die fighting each other so she thought that if the story was moving along the way it did in her writing then eventually Han Shao's death would happen too. She tried saving Chuchu's best friend and when at first glance it didn't seem like it worked, she divorced Han Shao and pretended like she never loved him in order to get him to safety but unfortunately she forgot that Han Shao was only safe cause he was acting like a kitten in love around her and once she let him go, his anger would rise. I'm not too worried in terms of plot cause I'm sure that Han Shao will figure out that she was lying to protect him and it's possible they die together like in the original writing to bring Qianqian back to the real world but part of me is hoping that this is all a fakeout in order to catch Chuchu red-handed cause we literally just had a conversation between the two before this all happened about how Qianqian and Han Shao shouldn't lie to each other and make decisions together.

xoxo Allie

Summer 2020 TV Schedule

Hey everyone!! It's finally June which means that the Summer 2020 TV Schedule is about to start!! As per usual I'm going to be posting what shows I will be watching along with their air dates! These all air from June to the end of August! 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 Dramas Am I Watching This Week list so that's where you can find all my thoughts on the asian dramas I'm watching but if you're interested in my reviews for the American shows and Japanese anime I watch, check out my What Shows Am I Watching This Week list. Those in pink are the ones I will be reviewing weekly.

SUNDAY

Gleipnir - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 28)
The Alienist - 9 PM on TNT (July 19) (Season Finale August 16)

MONDAY

Fruits Basket - Anime (Currently Airing)
Stargirl - DC Universe (Currently Airing) (Season Finale August 10)
The God Of High School - Anime (July 6)

TUESDAY

Legends of Tomorrow - 9 PM on CW (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 2)

WEDNESDAY

Kami no Tou: Tower of God - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 24)
Plunderer - Anime (Currently Airing) (Series Finale June 24)
Mr Love: Queen's Choice - Anime (July 15)
The 100 - 8 PM on CW (Currently Airing)
Agents Of SHIELD - 10 PM on ABC (Currently Airing) (Series Finale August 12)

THURSDAY

Doom Patrol - DC Universe (June 25) (Season Finale August 6)

FRIDAY

Appare Ranman! - Anime (July 24)
Harley Quinn - DC Universe (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 26)
Rent A Girlfriend - Anime (July 10)

SATURDAY

My Next Life As A Villainess - Anime (Currently Airing) (Season Finale June 20)
Sing "Yesterday" for Me - Anime (Currently Airing) (Series Finale June 20)
The Misfit Of Demon King Academy - Anime (July 4)

STREAMING

Hamilton - Disney+ (July 3)
The Baby-Sitters Club - Netflix (July 3)
The Kissing Booth 2 - Netflix (July 24)
The Umbrella Academy Season 2 - Netflix (July 31)
The Great Pretender - Netflix (August 20)
Lucifer Season 5A - Netflix (August 21)

xoxo Allie

What Shows Am I Watching This Week?

Hello everyone and welcome back! Let's dive right in shall we?

Fruits Basket Season 2 Episode 8

Last week I had mentioned that I was wondering what evil Akito could get up to with this beach arc since it seemed like Akito's big gambit with Yuki ended up giving Yuki strength rather than breaking him down like Akito wanted but now I'm starting to feel like Akito's target is going to be Kyo and I don't think I'll be able to handle that cause Kyo's my baby! These last few episodes have had this ominous feel to them so that even when something happy or cute is happening, in the back of my mind I'm anxious about the future. Akito's big plan as it seemed was just to isolate Tohru from the other zodiacs by forcing them to spend time in the annex with him cause he was jealous that Tohru was "stealing" the zodiacs from him but what he completely forgot until Kureno mentioned it was that Kyo was still with Tohru. This is interesting cause in Akito's mind Kyo is nothing more than a monster who killed his own mother so he's not even worth considering as a person let alone a zodiac but once he saw how happy the two were together as they built sandcastles and flirted on the beach, he got pissed enough to want to invite Kyo over to the annex with the others and this is what I'm worried about. I'm afraid something Akito says next week will break Kyo cause he doesn't have the experience ignoring Akito's words like Yuki does cause he barely spends any time with Akito. It's also important to note how confident Yuki was acting this week and how he seems to no longer be hiding his emotions but also that Rin randomly showed up at the beach but how she doesn't want anyone else to know she's here. Apparently she's been staying with Kagura and her mom after the hospital and seeing Kagura again made me realize that I totally forgot about her existence and it made wonder why she didn't go with the others. On the plus side Kagura's mom seems like another one of the good ones so there's that.

Stargirl Season 1 Episode 2

I didn't love this episode as much as the pilot but mostly just cause it was a struggle to watch Courtney act like the teenager she is and refuse to listen to Pat when he was trying to help. Sure it's not entirely fair of me cause of course as a teen these powers are super cool and of course she's not going to be worried about dying but like at the same time she should know that after getting hurt and knowing that these people killed Starman and the JSA that it's not all a walk in the park! I also can't help but wonder if the villains in this show will really end up being the Injustice Society or if it'll end up being the kids of the Injustice Society cause part of me just finds it so weird that these fully grown adults are going to be fighting and attempting to kill a 15 year old. In cartoons or in comics it's not a big deal but making something like that live action is just slightly skeevy. I did like that we saw that the Injustice Society do have some sort of evil plan cause last week I was like so what did they do in the ten years after killing the JSA but we still don't entirely know what it is other than the fact that they're testing it here in Blue Valley and that the members pretty much run every aspect of the city. It was also interesting how Courtney ended up defeating the member of the Injustice Society that's probs the scariest cause a mind reader could figure out who Stargirl is and by defeating him and putting him in a coma, her secret identity is safe again. Having said all that I was glad though that this episode not only gave us the full costume but also the mission for the season (hunting down every Injustice Society member) and dialed back the school shenanigans cause that was definitely the least interesting part of the pilot.

Legends Of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 14

This was the penultimate episode of Legends and I'm not entirely sure how I felt about it. It was fun to see our Legends in random tv shows having to act like the characters on them but at the same time I spent so much of the episode wishing our characters were the ones we loved. Apparently what happened after the Fates got the Loom last week was that suddenly they made the world into another one of those post-apocalyptic hell dimensions where everyone has to follow specific rules and life is terrible and I was really honestly confused by this whole thing. I think I was just thinking of the Fates from the Greek sense where they don't want to rule the world or control humans but I suppose this version of the Fates do. In order to save the Legends, Charlie put them all in tv shows and wiped their memories. Zari, Nate and Behrad were on a Friends-like show while Astra, and Constantine were on a Downton Abbey type show and Sara, Ava, and Mick were on a Star Trek parody. The most interesting part of all this was the reappearance of Zari 1.0 from our old timeline who took over the body of Zari 2.0 from our current timeline but in the end was given a whole separate body by Charlie as an attempt to convince the Legends to stay safe where they were. It was nice to see her again and part of me remembered why I shipped Zari 1.0 and Nate but the rest of me was ironically missing Zari 2.0 (alongside Behrad and Constantine) which was not something I expected when this season started! I really just want to shout out Tala Ashe for making the two Zari's into completely and noticeably different people! I'm going to be really curious to know if Zari 1.0 will stick around or disappear at the end of this season. 

Next week is the finale and it looks like we'll be battling the Fates and though I'm sure that we'll win, I wonder if everyone will get what they want in the end. Behrad is already back and everyone has their old timeline memories but is Astra giving up on Natalie?

Tower Of God Episode 9

This week was a bit of a struggle to watch cause it highlighted how Bam is my least favorite kind of male lead. He's too naive to exist in this world where people are backstabbing left and right in order to get where they want to go and yet he's the one being like Endorsi no we can't be traitors when it's everyone else who betrayed their comrades. Poor Hatz was beaten senseless cause his teammates decided to run rather than fight by his side, and Rachel was close to death cause Hoh was a web of insecurity. At least in the end Bam stepped up and helped Endorsi win the game but I have a feeling he really didn't learn much from all of this. It also low key sucks that Team B is the one that ended up passing over Team A cause Team B was full of people who were looking out for themselves while Team A seemed to actually like each other but I guess in terms of plot development, it's better to have more backstabbers than friends in a show like this. It's also strange that Serena wasn't more upset with Hoh's betrayal cause he literally tried to kill someone which I feel like everyone is overlooking but she ended up focusing more on her own insecurity after seeing how much stronger Bam and Endorsi was than her and Hoh. The other thing to note is that we still don't know who wrote Hoh that note though if I had to guess I'd say it was either Khun or Endorsi. Khun cause he was the one to tell the Ranker that Hoh would be trying to kill Rachel in front of Bam and Endorsi cause of a comment she made about knowing something like this was going to happen.

Agents Of SHIELD Season 7 Episode 1

This new season of Agents Of SHIELD should really be called Legends Of SHIELD or Agents Of Tomorrow! No but seriously all jokes aside, I can't tell you how excited I am about this season cause I love time travel! I do have to admit that it was a bit of a struggle to remember what had happened in season 6 which came out a year ago but as the season premiere went on, all the important bits came back to me slowly. The Chronicoms are trying to take over Earth to make it into their new planet after losing Chronica-2 to the Shrike but to do so they need to get rid of SHIELD which is the only thing standing in their way and so they decided the most effective way of doing so rather than killing everyone in the present is to go back in time and stop SHIELD from ever forming. We landed in the 1930s and in a fabulous twist instead of killing FDR who would form the SSR, the Chronicoms are targeting Freddy Malick who is the father of Gideon Malick aka one of the founders of HYDRA. It's a super fun twist that our SHIELD agents will have to protect HYDRA in order to protect SHIELD after everything they've been through! In other news Enoch is alive as is May though whether all her memories are intact is the question and YoYo gets more realistic robotic arms but we still haven't seen Fitz yet! Deke is a lot more focused this season which is totally throwing me off and I'm going to be really curious to see what other characters we'll end up meeting as this season goes on. We already know that Sousa will be appearing this season but like what about Howard or Peggy? This season is supposed to be taking place in the Pre-Endgame timeline so if we see her, it'll be an Agent Carter-verse Peggy not the Peggy that Steve comes back for. 

The promo for next week really makes me curious about whether our Agents will end up sticking here in the 30s for the whole season or whether we'll be hopping around. I mean say we kill all the Chronicoms that came here, will they just give up and move to a different target? Are they stuck following the Time Tides as Fitz called them and have to leave once the Tide shifts?

Harley Quinn Season 2 Episode 9

Yikes this show makes me low key feel like a terrible person for liking Kite Man and Ivy together! I can't decide if we're supposed to think that Ivy loves Kite Man or if she's just settling cause she doesn't trust Harley to stay. Honestly though Harley is probs the last person that you would think would want a casual relationship cause I mean look at everything she went through for Joker! She kept taking him back over and over and it makes me wonder what the real thing Ivy is scared of cause it's obviously not that Harley would flake. I bet it has more to do with the fear that if they start a relationship and it doesn't work out, Ivy would lose the one person in her life that has stuck around through it all. Everything with King Shark was hilarious too and the reveal that he's the heir to the throne was a surprise though I knew he was engaged cause he had said so in a throwaway line earlier this season or last. I died with the whole poop song that sounded suspiciously close to Under The Sea and it's high key hilarious that Kite Man and the others spent the entire bachelor trip on a boat fighting not to finish a puzzle cause they promised King Shark not to do it without him while Ivy and the girls went to the spa, partied hard, and killed a villain to save the day.

xoxo Allie