About The King 2 Hearts… I shall be honest and say I didn’t enjoy ep 1 and do not plan to watch anymore. *TP readership instantly plummets to just two hits a day*

It’s got nothing to do with Seung-gi; I have a really soft spot for him (I’m putty in his hands when he smiles). It’s Ha Ji-won who’s the reason.

I normally like HJW, but her character and acting in K2H grate on my nerves so much. Especially when she’s acting coquettish, it just makes my hair stand on end. I also found many parts of ep 1 pretty boring (all that war games talk) and didn’t like the blatant stereotyping of the North Koreans. But I am fascinated by the Eun Shi-kyung character and wish ep 1 had dealt longer on the youth scenes so that there’s a stronger sense of backstory. I really liked the tension in the classroom scene where the young Eun Shi-kyung drew the words on the windowpane. That’s why I used it as my opening screencap for this post.

But as always, I am open. I don’t like judging (especially dissing) a drama simply based on one episode. There have been many dramas that I grew to love ardently despite being ambivalent about the first couple of episodes (Fermentation Family is a recent example). So convince me, K2H fans! Without giving away spoilers (I know I’m in the minority here, but spoilers really, really mar my enjoyment of a drama), tell me all the reasons why I should keep watching K2H!

All must be well or certainly better. I am so happy to see your thoughts again. I will look out for this drama. I was wondering what Song IlGuk was going to choose for his next role.

Do you have any plans to watch TK2H?! I hope you do, it is spectacular and Seung-gi LITERALLY blew me away with his remarkable performance. The ensemble cast is awesome but to play a layered & complex titular character and to nail it is nothing short of stupendous.

Here’re some fan made MVs. The second one contains some MAJOR spoilers.

i would not watch the second clip unless you want to be spoiled XD

2-10 = wonderful, hilarious comedy, i dare you not to laugh for every second of episode 2.

12-16 still great kinda focuses on the romance more
17-18; drama loses its mind (thank you live shoot system)
19-20; perfect sob inducing epic romance

`the thing is the lead couple and their entourage are so loveable it pulls you through the drama

FF grandma and villains (except the villains unintentionally become comedy fodder if you actually pay attention because they are so lame (well one of them, the other one makes you understand why impalement was invented))

“““`i think the writer is great at the romance aspect but totally fails when it comes to executing the thriller/mystery aspect of it (except the last two episodes which were just <3)
to be fair the production team were under a lot of pressure

apparently unlike K2H there weren't that many episodes written in advance and the main writer did most of the writing under liveshoot system, plus they lost a few days to accommodate the casts schedules, unexpected events like Yoochuns dad dying etc.
Oh, and the editor needs to be shot.

`judging by how great the finale was the writer DID have great ideas just did not have enough time to execute them to perfection

Yoochun and Han Ji Mins chemistry is off the charts though and their relationship is SO CUTE
and their acting is great. Yoochuns best performance to date
Cant really compare with Han Ji Mins since i only saw her in Yi San and that was a sageuk (liked her in both)

and the F3 Joseon rangers are the most adorable puppies ever created T_T

I would say rooftop prince is a great romance/comedy drama and a shitty mystery one.

I would say watch it because the laughs, the Joseon rangers and "Panda and his Peppermint" are worth it.

History of the Salaryman rocks; I’m enjoying it so much. As I was writing the mashcap, I thought how fun it would be if I could recap just Salaryman. So glad I stayed away from all spoilers including teasers and trailers. It’s such a delightful surprise and makes me squeal so hard.