309. Queen of Mystery 2 추리의 여왕 2 (2018) Korean

Kwon Sang Woo, Choi Gang Hee, Lee Da Hee, Park Byung Eun

Drama Rating: 6/10     Neck Score: B

This "season" left me liking it about as much as the first season did. I liked it while I was watching it, but got annoyed at all the lose ends it left. Because it keeps assuming that it's going to get another season, while I keep assuming that it won't. Also it annoys me how it spends so much time on other things instead of focusing on the main plot like it should. What does it think it is, an American TV show? But other than the ending and the lack of real progression, it was it's good old charming self. I love that we got to delve deeper into relationships and develop new ones. I missed some of the old characters and liked some of the new ones. It was one of the more decent second seasons.

315. The Legend of Fuyao 扶摇 (2018) Chinese

Yang Mi, Ethan Ruan, Gao Vengo, Liu Yi Jun, Zhang Ya Qin, Huang You Ming

Drama Rating: 7/10     Neck Score: A+

As soon as I heard about this one, I had to watch it. With both Yang Mi and Ethan Ruan, I just had to. Plus it sounded good with a good, strong female lead. It was a plus that many of the Peach Blossom's actors were also in it. It's a good example of a good epic drama. Prophecies, political intrigue, evil sorcerers and sages, princes in disguise. Plus lots of good fighting with on the better side wire work and less digital blood (cough cough, Oh My General, cough cough). The best part is that there weren't very many hateful people in it, mostly just "I love to hate them" type villains. And if there was a hateful villain, they didn't last very long. There were a couple of bad news bitcas who were the wooooooooorst! but they literally didn't last very long, which is probably why they had to have multiple ones.

316. Sweet Dreams 一千零一夜 (2018) Chinese

Dilrumat Dilraba, Deng Lun, Chen Yi Long, Zhu Xu Dan, Wang Rui Zi, Liu Qiu Shi

Drama Rating: 4/10     Neck Score: A

The premise of this one had so much promise. But it sadly strayed way too far from the premise. I loved the dreams part, where she invaded his dreams and had control over them, saving him from the dragon as well as trying to get revenge on him for treating her like crap in the real world, but in the end it just became a overly dramatic corporate drama, which I tend to struggle with more when it comes to the Chinese dramas. They are just more horrible? I don't know, they're all bad. But the whole dreaming part ended way too quickly for the 48 episodes.

Korean Movie Night: Midnight Runners 청년경찰 (2017) Korean

Park Seo Joon, Kang Ha Neul, Park Ha Sun, Sung Dong Il

Movie rating: 8/10     Neck score: A

So amidst all the stress of moving and changing jobs, we found time to finally watch a movie we had wanted to see since it was first announced. Especially Lizabreff. These two might be some of her top boys. In fact, we were so close to seeing it in the theater when we went out for K-Con last year, but it wasn't out yet. It was the coming soon title. We even have pictures of us wishing it were out as well as the other two we went to see. So we had to have one last (easy) Korean Movie Night and watch this one. It was a good way to relieve my stress.

It was actually a lot different and better than we thought it would be. You know how they always grab all of the clever scenes to be in the trailer. Lizabreff especially was thinking it was going to be goofier and much more crass. I think they literally grabbed every swear and every middle finger for the trailer, because it wasn't nearly as crude or ridiculous as it was made to seem. It was actually more serious and had more heart. But I feel like that is the way most trailers vs movies go.

314. Oh My General 将军在上 (2017) Chinese

Ma Sichun, Sheng Yilun, Ding Chuan, Wang Churan

Drama Rating: 6/10     Neck Score: A+

Starting this one was another case of Curdy and I trying to find a drama to watch while Lizabreff was busy. Just like The Love Knot, we took three tries before we actually found the C-Drama we wanted to watch. It was also a random choice that we hadn't really ever considered, since it was older and looked silly if just scrolling passed. Now that I have seen the show though, I seriously love this poster. But after not being able to handle the first two,  at the though of a strong female general winning herself a trophy husband and then having to get them to fall in love, yeah. It sounded perfect. And it was.

313. What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? 김비서가 왜 그럴까 (2018) Korean

Park Seo Joon, Park Min Young, Lee Tae Hwan, Kim Byung Ok, Kim Hye Ok, Kang Ki Young

Drama Rating: 8/10     Neck Score: A+++

The biggest thing wrong with this show is that even when Park Seo Joon is playing a narcissistic chaebol, he's still a muffin. A confirmed muffin. As soon as he starts the eye smile, all narcissism is over, he's just a muffin. But he did a good job of it inspite of that. This was a really fun show. I loved the dynamic between Park Min Young and Park Seo Joon. She was amazing, and her clothes were super amazing too. They inspired Lizabreff to buy a bunch of cute blouses, which sadly turned out to be cheap pieces of crap that were not what was expected. Haha, everyone's gotta have a story like that, right?

312. The Undateables 훈남정음 (2018) Korean

Namgoong Min, Hwang Jung Eum, Choi Tae Joon, Oh Yoon Ah, Jo Dal Hwan, Jung Moon Sung

Drama Rating: 8/10     Neck Score: A+++

And another one where I wasn't sure how I felt about it and it exceeded my expectations. But maybe in reverse? I was excited about it, but then I kept hearing other people not being into it, but my love for both Namgoong Min and Hwang Jung Eum made me start it anyway, and it was just what I needed. Curdy and I watched it together and loved pretty much every minute of it. There were a couple of spots where we were worried, but it was never bad and had lots of great moments, and lots of couples to love.

311. Miss Hammurabi 미스 함무라비 (2018) Korean

Go Ara, L, Sung Dong Il, Ryu Deok Hwan, Lee Elijah

Drama Rating: 7/10     Neck Score: A-

This was much better than I thought it would be. As much as I love L and Go Ara, they aren't strong actors. However, my love for Sung Dong Il is enough to surpass anything. Plus I had heard good things from people who had started it. So I caught up... super fast. It was one of the better legal dramas I have seen in a while. Those usually tend to be too much for me, too much court room sensation, drama, the works.