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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...

It's time for episodes 9-12 of 'Mr. Sunshine'! This week we celebrate the begrudging birth of a beautiful bromance, lament the abandonment of adult decisions, and worry about every character's well-being because now we're attached and we want to keep them all forever. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com ) o...

This week we are back to review episodes 5-8 of 'Mr. Sunshine'! It's early in the drama, but we're feeling pretty confident that this is one of the best K dramas we've ever watched. Join us here as we discuss poetry that isn't poetry, the origin of the word "wierdo", and the development of every single person because there is no such thing as a one-off character. Leave a comment or sign up for our...

We've started a new drama! This week we watched episodes 1-4 of 'Mr. Sunshine', where an American military officer returns to his homeland of Korea in the early 1900's and becomes entangled with a young noble woman who is fighting to free Korea from the powers attempting to colonize the nation. Join us this week as we review our first ever historical drama, fail to accurately learn any of the real...

It's time for our bonus review of 'Tale of the Nine-Tailed'! This week we give our overview of the show, talk about actors talking about acting, Emily shares some surprisingly intense folk lore, and we send some fashion to the thrift store. 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 I...

We've watched the final four episodes of 'Tale of the Nine-Tailed' and we're back to talk about Lee Rang...and other finale stuff too, if it happens to come up! Join us here as we talk about letting the world die for one person, Deep Cut Granny, and our favorite fox brother. Leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail....

It's our third week of reviewing 'Tale of the Nine-Tailed'! We've got a lot to talk about, so catch us here as we lament watching characters make the same mistakes twice, rewrite the whole drama as a one-woman-show, and delight in continuity errors. 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 (@play...

We're back for our second week of 'Tale of the Nine-Tailed' and actually we really go off in this one. For real, this episode contains one planned rant and three or so additional and completely unplanned rants. Prepare yourself accordingly and then listen here as we discuss unfortunate age gaps, reincarnation frustration, and our big hopes for a couple of brothers to work out their problems and be...

This week we start a new K drama! We watched episodes 1-4 of 'Tale of the Nine-Tailed' and we're here to review them. Go start this drama and then listen here as we talk about fantasy genre tropes, solve a several-hundred-year-old mystery, and analyze effective spook tactics. Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website (playonk.com), give us a h...

We've finished our holiday celebrations, we're back for one last bonus review of 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' and we have so many nice things to say! Join us here as we provide a list of life lessons, discuss how many Subways are too many Subways, and talk about what we would do with $900/month. Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playon...

We've finished 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' and we are here to review the final four episodes! Listen here as we talk about a new kind of parent trap, the different types of sadness K dramas use to hurt us, and fashion (because we avoided talking about it for far too long and it's time). Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ),...

This week we are reviewing episodes 9-12 of 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'! Listen here as we talk about characters that are really turning it around (but we're still grudging against their flaws), the intersection of K dramas and Telenovelas, and who we would fire if we were in charge of who gets to work in this very fictional psychiatric hospital. Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a comment...

We're back to review (and deeply love) episodes 5-8 of 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'! This week we talk about the realest friends coming in with the hardest truths, the Pain Olympics, and the viability of seeking help with security issues. Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a comment or sign up for our newsletter on our website ( playonk.com ), give us a hey by email ( playonkpodcast@gmail.com...

It's time for a new K Drama! This week we watched episodes 1-4 of 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay' and we finally understand the hype in a big way. This show is so good it's unreal. Go start this good good drama and then listen here as we talk about how to be petty about pettiness, mental health stuff we're unqualified to discuss, and stunning media switches the creators have pulled off. Join our fan ch...

We're back for one last week with 'Flower of Evil' for our bonus episode! This week is even more of a bonus because we have Kaitlin and Jill from the Oh K Drama podcast on our show! Listen here as the four of us talk about near death experiences, the high stakes of marriage, and children who are cute enough to be in K dramas and have modeling careers. Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a co...

We finished the final four episodes of 'Flower of Evil' and we are here to review them! This week we kick off the episode with a big exciting announcement! Join us here for that good good news, and then listen to us repeatedly edit out an entire episode of the show for our mental comfort, call out problematic K-Drama-Land behavior, and discuss the big conclusion (sans the episode we're ignoring)....

So it turns out 'Flower of Evil' is just extremely intense, but honestly we are loving it. This week we review episodes 9-12 where we describe basics on how to not get murdered by people you suspect of murder, deals that seem mutually beneficial but might be mutual hostage situations, and how to be a more involved parent and spouse. Join our fan chat forum on Discord, leave a comment or sign up fo...