High School King of Savvy: Episode 9
The workplace romance hijinks are here! Our new couple’s romance pretty much spans the whole episode, making it an irresistibly adorable watch. Our leads really outdo themselves with their budding...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 10
This episode might start out cute, but it sure doesn’t stay that way. The simmering conflict between Min-seok and Jin-woo finally comes to a boil, and the lies Min-seok has been piling up begin to...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 11
The big reveal is finally here. It’s time for Soo-young to face the truth and decide what’s more important for her. Family? Love? Employment? She takes her time to deal with the betrayal and...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 12
What do you do when you’re in love with your director who’s actually a high school student whom your sister also loves? Quit your job and move house! Well, that’s the best Soo-young can come up with,...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 13
We are back in action, as Savvy returns with more of what it does best – a nice balance of comedy, zippy romance, and heart within a moving plot. Min-seok realizes that his time in the office isn’t...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 14
Oh, this drama… it hurts so good. Jin-woo’s discovery of Min-seok’s secret ends up opening a whole new can of angsty worms as he debates about what to do. Meanwhile, Min-seok and his allies work...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 15
Hey guys, I’m just filling in for an episode and dramallama and purplecow will be back to finish off the show. Luck tends to be on my side when I’m the ringer, and today’s episode is no exception—it’s...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 16
Hyung-seok finally comes to his senses this episode, though we all wish it hadn’t taken quite such a heartbreaking tragedy to make it happen. Gramps’ death casts a shadow over the show as well as...
View ArticleHigh School King of Savvy: Episode 17 (Final)
We’re here! The final installment of our zippy double-life workplace romance gives us mostly plot to get us through the last leg, but it doesn’t discount the cute or the heart. Just when we start to...
View ArticleSeo In-gook courted to headline King’s Face
I’m not surprised in the least that drama producers are chomping at the bit to get Seo In-gook locked down for his next project the second that High School King of Savvy is in his rearview mirror....
View ArticleSeo In-gook and Jo Yoon-hee confirm King’s Face
I half-expected this drama never to see the light of day, but then again, controversy doesn’t seem to stop most broadcasters from airing content and dealing with the fallout later. In the case of...
View ArticleKing’s Face: Shin Sung-rok in, Seo Joon-young out?
Here’s the thing, I don’t know whether one actor is replacing the other or if Shin Sung-rok (Trot Lovers, You From Another Star) is just joining the upcoming KBS fusion historical drama The King’s...
View ArticleSeo In-gook as incognito prince in King’s Face
I did honestly wonder if The King’s Face would ever make it to production; it was touch and go for a while there with plagiarism accusations hanging in the air and injunctions filed, but cameras are...
View ArticleSpotlighting the faces of King’s Face
This teaser for King’s Face is pretty brief, but at least it’s to the point: As we see each of the main characters’ faces highlighted, Seo In-gook narrates to us the necessity of a king possessing a...
View ArticleOh snap! A king’s face
Well, it’s not much in the way of a poster (so many sageuks have generically similar posters—well, so many dramas have generically similar posters) but I suppose they’re pretty. Or maybe it’s that Seo...
View ArticleThe stars of King’s Face at production press conference
King’s Face premieres in less than a week, and the cast of KBS’s fusion historical drama gathered for its production press conference on November 14. That included Seo In-gook as the future king...
View ArticleKing’s Face: Episode 1
What a solid and stylish premiere for King’s Face, KBS’s latest addition to the sparse Wednesday-Thursday lineup. With solid directing and an intriguing setup based on the idea that you can judge a...
View Article2014 KBS Drama Awards
Whew, the whirlwind of year-end awards finally comes to a close. Let’s wrap up with the last of the big station awards over at KBS, where premium sageuk Jung Do-jeon cranked out the big winners of the...
View ArticleWill Hello Monster finally find its profiler hero in Seo In-gook?
Why can’t a drama hang on to a leading actor these days? Between Hello Monster and Scholar Who Walks the Night (and a half-dozen other spring/summer dramas), I can hardly keep a drama cast straight...
View ArticleHello Monster confirms leads and gets a new title
I Remember You is the new title for the drama formerly known as Hello Monster, which is a change I’m not too excited about, since at least Hello Monster was distinctive. Generic is what I think of...
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