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It's time for season 2 of 'Kingdom'! New season, same layout, this week we review the first three episodes and in doing so chat about unique scene shake ups, rage about a static character, and respect the heck out of women (always). Since our reviews on horror Korean dramas are few and far between we just want to take a section here to remind you to heed the rating for this drama (TV-MA) and the r...

We're back with our second review of 'Kingdom' where we talk about the final three episodes of the first season! Listen here as we celebrate a very rare correct prediction, try to further understand how zombies work, and how to make a villain who is the absolute worst. Since our reviews on horror Korean dramas are few and far between we just want to take a section here to remind you to heed the ra...

October is here and with it we're starting a new Korean drama to get spooked with. Politics meets horror (which actually feels pretty realistic, to be honest) in Kingdom; a K drama set in a fictional Joseon era Korea where the Crown Prince investigates the origins of a plague outbreak that is bringing the dead back to life. Listen to us as we talk about delightfully complicated characters, the eth...

It's time for our third review of 'Move to Heaven' and our third week of Big Sad September! We once again did not count episodes before starting a drama so it's another combo episode! Join us this episode as we talk about surprise romance storylines, and character growth. Then join us for some bonus content as we play 'Who's That Face?', talk source material, and inexplicably do a poetry reading....

It's time for our second review of 'Move to Heaven' and our second week of Big Sad September! This week we review episodes 5-8 and chat about what part of these four episodes made us cry the hardest, when it's time to learn about the Korean healthcare system, and when body language can say the things that are also being said out loud. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website (...

We've started a new drama! This week we watched episodes 1-4 of 'Move to Heaven' and designated this month 'Big Sad September' because it looks like we're gonna be crying during every episode of this beautiful K drama. Cry along with us as we review effectively compelling cliff-hangers, when to break hard truths to the forgetful, and sleuthing within one's skill-set.  Leave a comment or sign...

It's time to review the 'Another Miss Oh' finale episodes! But wait! There's more! We're also ready to get in all that bonus material! Join us this week as we talk specific moments, abruptly created and concluded drama, and, for some reason even we don't understand, flex our limited knowledge about plumbing. And then as a combo treat just keep on listening as we play our least ever recognizable ga...

This week Emily and Raquel reviewing episodes 13-16 of 'Another Miss Oh'. Join us here as we chat about the justifications and ramifications of opting for single-parenthood,  well handled secondary character arcs, and some character arcs we're ready to go ahead and throw right out. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpo...

It's another review of Another Miss Oh! Join us this week for episodes 9-12 where we chat about relationship power imbalances, a life flashing before one's eyes, and a Boys' Night Out that feels like it was written by a boy. 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 (@playo...

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...