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The Apothecary Diaries S3E49 ”Locusts”
We’re back…back to the palace and back to Maomao and Jinshi. But a lot has changed since we last saw them. Jinshi has now cast off his eunuch persona and embraced his role as the… Read more
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Sold Out on You Eps 9-10 Review
‘Que Sera Sera’ At least they didn’t draw out the forced separation too long. Matthew and Ye-jin go their separate ways and spend some time moping through their daily routines before (in another fortuitous coincidence)… Read more
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Though I Am An Inept Villainess Ep 1-2: ‘Trading Places’
‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ I’ve mentioned before that I am a sucker for rear palace dramas. So the minute the recommendation for ‘Though I am an Inept Villainess’ crossed my screen, I… Read more
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Sold Out on You Eps 7-8 Review
‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back’ We’ve now reached that stage in most any romcom where that big relationship blocker, ‘miscommunication’, steps in and creates problems all around. The show pulls a bit of a… Read more
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Sold Out on You Eps 4-6 Review
‘Lean on Me‘ Matthew certainly seems to have developed a bit of a saviour complex with regards to Ye-jin. Perhaps the pathos in her nighttime sleep-talking calls to her mother sparked a protective instinct in… Read more
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Sold Out on You Eps 2-3 Review
‘If at First You Don’t Succeed…‘ I appreciate the pacing of this series so far. Only 3 episodes in and already I have answers to some of my questions, an emotional backstory with a few… Read more
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Teach You a Lesson Ep 2 – Gangs of Duun
‘The Wannabe Gangsters‘ If the previous episode dealt with a more intimate topic of extreme bullying, this one pivoted to a more macro issue of gang violence (broader in the sense of how it disrupts… Read more
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Sold Out on You Ep 1 Review
‘Irritation at First Sight?‘ What do a home shopping network host and a mushroom farmer have in common? Not much at first glance. Or even second glance as the show impresses upon us as we… Read more
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Teach You a Lesson Ep 1 – Bully for You
‘The Well-Connected Bully‘ Often when watching American high school dramas (especially the more edgy ones) I’ve questioned the extent to which the shows reflect what’s happening in real life and the extent to which it… Read more
