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Why I stopped blogging...

Hi all, KJT (aka kjtamuser) resurfacing to explain why I stopped blogging and watching kdramas. If you wondered what happened and felt concern about my well being, I apologize for going this long without an explanation. First of all, I am well. No medical issues. Why did I stop this blog? In a word…work. The intensity ratcheted up during the pandemic and didn’t let up. New responsibilities…

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Writer Review - Jung Hyun Jung - Love her or Leave her?

Writer Review – Jung Hyun Jung – Love her or Leave her?

As I watch more and more dramas I’m seeing I have two primary drivers for selecting to watch a drama or not – the acting leads or the writer. I’m becoming more and more aware of the writer, and their skills in crafting stories that are to my liking. Writers have certain traits they utilize in every series they write. For my first writer review, I’ll examine Jung Hyun Jung’s writing style and…

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Six Flying Dragons Episode 1 - My Thoughts

Six Flying Dragons Episode 1 – My Thoughts

Six Flying Dragons Episode 1 – My Thoughts * Having started and stopped this series years ago, I was inspired to begin this series again after watching My Country: The New Age. In My Country the linchpin character, Bang Won, is portrayed by Jang Hyuk (the best actor of all IMO). Six Flying Dragons (6FD) cast the stellar actor, Yoo Ah In, to portray Bang Won (and I understand will own this role).…

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What's on my "to watch" list?

What’s on my “to watch” list?

What’s on dramas are on my “to watch” list? Historical * Six Flying Dragons * Tree with Deep Roots * Queen Seondeok Contemporary * Chief Kim * Bad Guys * Graceful Family * Temperature of Love * Thirty, but Seventeen * Memories of the Alhambra * Just Between Lovers * Duel * High end crush *When the Camellia blooms * Signal * Search: WWW *Life on Mars *Stranger *The light in your eyes *Romantic…

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Ghost Doctor Review

Synopsis. A brilliant surgeon with limited people skills, ends up in a coma. The hospital relies on his mastery and can’t function as well without him. An first year resident who has the ability to see ghosts can see the surgeon’s ghost. The surgeon and resident are amazed when the surgeon can enter and control the resident’s body. They forge a relationship that includes conducting tricky…

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Ghost Doctor Episode 5

Ghost Doctor Episode 5

Flashback…A young Seung Tak sees a ghost person outside the hospital crying of the shoe of a loved one. He picks up the shoe and hands it to her. She can’t believe he can see her. Present day…Go Seung Tak (Kim Beom) tells ghost Cha Young Min (Rain) they can bicker later, now they must save the patient. Seung Tak’s cousin, Deputy Director Han Seung Won is thrilled to see Seung Tak freeze. Intern…

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Snowdrop Episode 9

1987…Spring… Doctor Kang Chung Ya (Yoo In Na) (Tae Il’s mistress and secret North spy) learns there is a secret passage to the basement from Comrade Joo. She tells him to follow her. Lim Soo Ho (Jung Hae In) says they’ll return to the North in nine days. Soo Ho doesn’t want to hurt anyone. He wants to release her, but can’t. Eun Young Ro (Kim Ji Soo) gives him a back hug. He tries to step away.…

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Snowdrop Episode 8

1987…Spring… Enroute to a briefing, an agent receives a call about Director Eun Chang Soo’s son and Young Ro’s brother, Eun Yeong U. The agent yells that a clerk shouldn’t have been in that kind of situation. The car changes course.  Also, enroute to the briefing, but in another car, Secretary General, Nam Tae Il sees Chang Soo’s car turn around. Hong Ae Ra (Chang Soo’s wife) and Cho Seong Sim…

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Ghost Doctor Episode 4

Ghost Doctor Episode 4

After being bumped by a woman Young Min is expelled. As Seung Tak stares at the woman, Young Min starts to disappear. Go Seung Tak (Kim Beom) asks the entity near him to help save the woman. Seung Tak reaches out to find the entity. Young Min reaches out to Seung Tak. They connect and join. With Young Min inside him, Seung Tak knows exactly how to treat the woman and does so. When the ambulance…

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Ghost Doctor Episode 3

Ghost Doctor Episode 3

After going up the stairs to reach the ICU, Go Seung Tak (Kim Beom) stops to catch his breath. Ghost doctor Cha Young Min (Rain) jumps out of his body, urges Seung Tak to keep going and jumps back in. Intern Ahn Tae Hyun recalls Intern Kim Jae Won telling him the 5000 dose was a mistake. His phone flashes an alert from the ICU. Intern Ahn heads that way. When Young Min inside Seung Tak, Intern…

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Snowdrop Episode 7

1987…Spring… Eun Young Ro (Kim Ji Soo) is willing to stay if everyone else is released. Lim Soo Ho (Jung Hae In) aims his gun at Young Ro. She screams at him to get out of their dorm. Soo Ho puts his gun to her head. She begs him to let the others go. She pushes his gun down. She identifies herself as Chang Soo’s daughter.  Soo Ho smiles. He refuses to let everyone go, instead he maintains 9…

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Ghost Doctor Episode 2

Ghost Doctor Episode 2

After a successful surgery on the aging Chairman Jung, Cha Young Min (Rain) and Intern Ahn Tae Hyun watch the patient sleep. Intern Ahn suggests Young Min take a break. Young Min declares he won’t leave until the patient wakes. Then he gets a text from an unknown person to meet him. Young Min tell Intern Ahn to watch the patient and exits the ICU. Intern Ahn looks at the patient who he’s now…

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Ghost Doctor Episode 1

Ghost Doctor Episode 1

A daughter rides with her father in the ambulance to the hospital. The doctor in charge declares no surgeons are available and they must leave. A voice intones “you may wish for a ghost to change the course”. Intern Cha Young Min (Rain) steps forward and declares they must try and save the patient who may die in transport to the next hospital. The doctor scoffs and asks Intern Cha if he has the…

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Ghost Doctor Episode 1

Ghost Doctor Episode 1

A daughter rides with her father in the ambulance to the hospital. The doctor in charge declares no surgeons are available and they must leave. A voice intones “you may wish for a ghost to change the course”. Intern Cha Young Min (Rain) steps forward and declares they must try and save the patient who may die in transport to the next hospital. The doctor scoffs and asks Intern Cha if he has the…

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Snowdrop Episode 6

1987…Spring… Secretary General, Nam Tae Il and Director Eun Chang Soo argue about whether to kill or save the trio of North agents they’ve promised to help. As the ranking official Tae Il yells, they must die. In the woods, the South agents lie in wait for the North trio. When the North trio – Soo Ho, Comrade Joo, and Comrade Lee – exit the secret passage from the dorm into the woods, all is…

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Snowdrop Episode 5

1987…Spring… Lim Soo Ho (Jung Hae In) rushes into the dorm lobby. Everyone screams when they see his guns. Agents enter the front doors. Soo Ho spins. Eun Young Ro (Kim Ji Soo) is there. They stare into each other’s eyes. The agents surround Soo Ho. He takes Young Ro hostage. He orders them to drop their guns and threatens to kill Young Ro. He puts the gun to her head. Agent Lee Kang Moo (Jang…

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Snowdrop Episode 4

1987…Spring… Lim Soo Ho (Jung Hae In) rides back to Eun Young Ro (Kim Ji Soo). He gives her the necklace he made for his sister and she gave to him to keep him safe on his mission. Young Ro protests it keeps him safe. Soo Ho wants her to wear it so he’ll know she’s safe. Yoon Seol Hee (Young Ro’s roommate) watches Oh Gwang Tae (Soo Ho’s former friend) return to the booth and look out the window.…

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