No, I didn’t. December gets pretty hectic for me and so I’m not organized enough (or remember enough about what I watched) to craft a good post. (Or I’m just lazy. That too.)
Plus 2015 just wasn’t a great year for me, drama wise. I had to go digging for the list of dramas I completed last year and it made me go “oh, yeah, I watched that!” because I forgot about so many of them. I’ll make a quick run-down, starting from my favorite to least favorite of the shows that I watched through until completion (there were a bunch I never got past the first few episodes):
Valid Love – my top drama of 2015. I’ve written about it a lot.
Last – I went into this show with no expectations or knowledge about what it would be like, and it’s vying for my favorite of the year.
My Beautiful Bride – such a good.
Midnight Diner – apparently I’m one of the rare persons who adored this little show, but it was the pleasant pick-me-up I needed in my drama drought.
Ex-Girlfriend Club – this is the only true rom-com I enjoyed last year.
Bubblegum – yes, it got a little (okay a lotta) sad in the middle, but it was still a beautiful drama with an excellent cast and a perfect use of music.
Seonam Girls High School Investigators – not a perfect drama, but I really liked that it used actual teenage girls as the leads and it felt realistic to the genre. Plus it tackled issues that other shows geared to adults would probably never touch.
The Lovers – this little sitcom was hilarious and tackled relationship issues that are more true-to-life than you might see on other dramas.
Ho-gu’s Love – for some reason I literally forget this drama exists until things pop up to remind me about it, but it was a good little drama for what it was. A little off-beat, but in the best way, and I just enjoyed the way it tackled various issues. I’ll forever have a soft spot for it – when I remember it, that is.
Girl Who Sees Smells – it was cute and enjoyable but I really don’t remember much about it except for the smell-o-vision FX.
Persevere, Gu Hae Ra – I loved our little underdog team, and the music was great, too. The plot was a little “eh” – I wasn’t a fan of that whole “long-lost twin” thing or the love triangle.
Oh My Ghost – I really wanted to love this show as much as everyone else, but I just didn’t connect with it as much as I should have, despite it having all the hallmarks of everything I’d love (especially the cast!).
Hidden Identity – this show had a lot of flaws, but it was a nice popcorn action-drama to watch over the summer.
I Order You – all I really remember was that it was cute and fun in the moment, and that Yunho did a better job than I was expecting.
Let’s Eat 2 – I will forever be bitter about the complete erasure of Soo Kyung noona. If the show hadn’t made the misstep in the romance department, and also somehow made the food as appealing as it was in the first season, I would have enjoyed it so much more, since it was cute enough in it’s “we’re clearly being sponsored by the Korean cultural/tourism department” way.
Producer – I liked the first few episodes and was excited about getting a behind-the-scenes peek about the craziness of running a variety show. Instead I got a boring love quadrilateral that wasted the talents of my beloved Cha Tae Hyun.
D-Day – there was so much potential here and yet it made me want to tear my hair out because no one cares about the evil hospital director. NO ONE CARES!
Masked Prosecutor – I demand recompense for the hours I spent watching this and a promise that my favorite actors who starred in it will not be cursed by a show this terrible again.
Also I just pulled up a list of dramas aired in 2015 to make sure I didn’t miss anything, and I realized that I didn’t put down Spy on my original list. That goes to show how memorable that drama… wasn’t. But now I’m sad because I could have had an extra bean! *pout*
The Obsessive Dilettante 