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We're back with our second week reviewing 'Another Miss Oh' where we cover episodes 5-8. This week we discuss toxicity so rampant it became the word of the day, being honest with one's support system, and the Anti-Bus Stop Girl. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com ) or on Twitter (@playonk) or Instagram (@p...

Emily and Raquel have started a new drama! We watched the first four episodes of 'Another Miss Oh' (or 'Another Oh Hae Young') and now we're here this week to talk about appropriate workplace behavior, whether or not any finance laws have actually been broken, and who we ship versus who deserves to be in jail. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a...

It's time to discuss a whole bunch of bonus stuff for '18 Again'! In this episode we for some reason disagree with the casts' opinions of their own characters, remember what we were like as 18 year olds, and really go off the rails while playing "Who's That Face". Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com ) or on...

We watched the final four episodes of '18 Again' and we are ready to review them! To be completely honest, we went a little off the rails this episode and spent some time rewriting parts that probably didn't need to be rewritten, but boy howdy did we have a good time doing it. Listen along as we try to establish an emotional-journey-timeline, get caught off guard by the top of the finale, and talk...

Here in our third episode reviewing '18 Again' we cover episodes 9-12. Join us as we drag the incorrect ways to handle your relationships when you've been de-aged, briefly lament getting Scooby-Doo when what you were hoping for was Veronica Mars, and how to develop a relationship that empowers everyone involved. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us...

This week we are reviewing episodes 5-8 of '18 Again' and having just a bunch of fun watching this drama! Listen here as we chat about how teaching is the wrong career if you're just in it for the cash, the life changing practice of believing people the first time they say no, and the importance of returning a hug promptly. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com...

Emily and Raquel Started a new drama! We watched the first four episodes of '18 Again'! If that sounds like it might be in someway related to, perhaps inspired by, the Hollywood movie '17 Again' then you are absolutely correct. Listen here as we talk about young parenthood, staying on the correct side of potentially creepy romances, and dealing with the garbage society throws at someone for living...

This week we're chatting about all our bonus info and feelings about 'My Mister'! Listen here as we talk about choosing to change personalities, subverting age expectations in k dramas, and refusing to award the awards we invented based on very made up criteria. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com ) or on T...

We've finished 'My Mister' and we're talking all the finale stuff in this episode! This week we discuss characters doing the right thing even when it's hard, how to be properly proud of loved one's accomplishments, and how good it feels to get an unexpectedly satisfying character arc. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodc...

It's time for our review of 'My Mister' episodes 9-12! This week we fixate on brainstorming ways to fix a seemingly doomed relationship, discuss the terrifying consequences of getting on the bad side of a capable lawyer, and the benefits of making friends with one's neighbors. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmai...

We're back for our second episode reviewing 'My Mister' and this drama has now fully hooked us and our emotions in. This week we dive into how to maybe not mansplain feelings to people dealing with trauma, how close we are to forsaking our worldly possessions for monk-hood, and how we would approach fighting against a distractingly beautiful loan shark who's out for blood. Leave a comment or sign...

We have started a new drama! This week we watched the first four episodes of 'My Mister' and we are ready to start chatting about this very beautiful and very melancholy drama. Join us as we discuss potentially redeemable but currently toxic characters, irredeemable and forever toxic characters, and the small emotional bribes that will keep us coming back to this drama no matter how much it is alr...

We're ready to do some bonus talk about 'Mystic Pop-up Bar'! Listen here as we bonus episode the heck out of this wonderful show, play our classic game of "Who's That Face," begin to feel like we have any amount of expertise in the K drama community (even though we really don't), and enthuse at length about characters with zero toxic traits to be found. Leave a comment or sign up for our newslette...

This shorter series made for a finale that crept up on us really fast, but here we are to discuss the final four episodes of 'Mystic Pop-up Bar'! Listen along as we discuss our confusing need to be hurt more by K dramas, analyze villain motives, and find a way out of life threatening situations we will likely never actually encounter. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website (...

Here we are again with our second episode reviewing 'Mystic Pop-up Bar' and it's some of the best fun we've ever had watching a K drama! This week we avoided talking about the episode that hurt so good for as long as we could, made too many predictions to keep track of, and considered what it takes to truly own a glittery dance outfit.  Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our web...

It's time to start a new drama! This week we watched the first four episodes of 'Mystic Pop-up Bar' and it has already thoroughly warmed our hearts. In this episode we chat about appropriate after-life rewards for being a good person, taking down the bourgeoisie, and traditional fashion. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkp...

We've had some time to process the beautiful and horrific entirety of 'The Guest' and we're ready to present our bonus review! Listen here as we recognize actors from other dramas very late in the game, share our not so secret fear of dark water, and talk at length about Detective Kang who we love very much Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey...

We watched the final four episodes of 'The Guest' and we're ready to review the finale! Join us this week as we give tips on how to confront a dangerous and maybe haunted person, reminisce on the most upsetting horror scenes, and wonder what it was about some Saturday that made an okay dude go so bad.   Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a he...

We're back for our third episode covering 'The Guest'! This week we watched episodes 9-12, and we're here to review them. Listen as we relish a satisfying origin story, discuss the fascinating but possibly problematic union of Shamanism and Catholicism, and ask unanswerable questions. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodc...

This week we watched episodes 5-8 of 'The Guest' and we're here to review them! Join us here as we clear up self made confusions in the storyline for each other, discuss potential red herrings and plot twists, and talk about what Ghost Busters would look like if it was much much darker. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpo...

It's time to start a new drama! We watched 'The Guest' episodes 1-4 and we're reviewing it here. This one is a horror drama, and we definitely recommend you heed the reasons for the rating, but we can also assure you that we are enjoying it immensely. Listen here as we talk about unique plot devices, big time spookiness, and much needed comic relief!  Leave a comment or sign up for our newsle...

We have one last bonus episode for 'Mr. Sunshine' here because what our hearts really want is to keep talking about this show forever! Join us here with our special guest who is known for many things including being Emily's husband, my other best friend, and a big big history nerd. That's right, it's Jason! He helps us talk about history that he knows, history none of us know, and favorite moments...

We have finished 'Mr. Sunshine' and we're as ready as we can be to talk about the final four episodes of this heartbreakingly beautiful drama! Listen here as we talk about things we expected that didn't happen, things we didn't expect that did happen, satisfying endings for even the most tertiary of characters, and crying one million tears over this portrayal of historical events. Leave a comment...

We must be the luckiest K drama fans because 'Mr. Sunshine' just keeps going and we love it so much! This week we review episodes 17-20 and talk about iconic sass we used to take for granted, bad hair cuts, and the beginning of emotional goodbyes. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com ) or on Twitter (@playon...

It's time to review episodes 13-16 of 'Mr. Sunshine'! This week we're talking about a new and unexpected way that flashbacks in K dramas can effectively make us feel sad, a mountain that is definitely haunted, and the best morally gray character we've ever seen. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com ) or on T...