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I simply LOVED the 1st episode of Prison Playbook, but I’m in a moment of my life in which I can’t spend circa 1 hour and 42 minutes watching one drama episode :( I’m so sad because I was also surprised that I could like something with so few women on it + I really like the story. Main lead gives all the possible Sseureki vibes and I can even say he is good looking in his own way? I guess it’s because he seems to be a really good man, I don’t know, maybe I’m just blabbering right now!

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…are you my secret twin, Anon? Because I, too, balk at the long episode lengths (it literally takes me two days to watch one episode), and also can’t believe I’ve fallen in love with a show that has so few women. I love the story, though, especially the natural Shin PD way of interweaving the expectations we have of the characters based on our first introductions to them with the stories of their pasts and what they’re really like.

Just like Je Hyuk, I keep forgetting that everyone in the prison is there for a reason, and just because I’m delighted by their quirky personalities, doesn’t mean that they haven’t done something truly horrible to end up there. But I love that each character continues to defy expectations (like Warden Paeng – omg if you haven’t seen ep 4 yet, then I’m sorry, but he’s now one of my favorites).

I also really love Joon Ho and the way he protects his clueless friend without trying to make it look like that’s what he’s doing. It makes me wonder if he ever regrets his choice to not go through rehab after the car accident, since he was the better ball player and had the best chance of making a full recovery. (Also I’d forgotten how much I like Jung Kyung Ho as an actor because it’s been so long since I’ve watched him in anything.)

But then it makes Je Hyuk’s issue all the more heartbreaking, because he’s obviously the type who will stubbornly and patiently work through any obstacle, even returning to baseball despite the odds against his surgery being successful. But now, thanks to prison, his hope is gone. The one thing he’s worked so hard for all his life is taken from him. He has nothing to return to after he gets out of prison, which breaks my heart and is why I teared up (and also wanted to cheer, if that makes sense) when he was like “no, I’ll go to the church service” because he wanted to scream. Unnhhhhh, my heart.

Those first four episodes were super long and told us so much, but I feel like we’re only just getting started on his story.

(Hey, look, I can babble, too!)

(ALSO NO ONE SPOIL ME ON ANYTHING PAST EPISODE 4 YET OR I WILL SHANK YOU!)

Ok, I will be really honest in here because I follow this blog for awhile. In OCN’s Voice, are women the only victims? Because I watched episode one when it aired but the idea of having only women being killer put me off. It seems to be an interesting drama, so I would like to know. I’m tired of the serial killer of women subplot, and to me it has ruined Strong Woman Do Bong Soon to the point I couldn’t pass through episode 3 (plus the weird mix of comedy, romance and brutal mystery).

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Short answer: no, women are not the only victims.

Longer answer that attempts not to spoil too much: while the main killer definitely leaves quite a few bodies in his wake, there are just as many named women characters (that is, they have names and interact with the leads) as named male characters that are killed. While there are certainly aspects of the show that could be considered problematic (there’s a subplot that involves a baddie-of-the-week profiteering off of rape, although that’s not shown on-screen), the main killer simply kills those who are hindrances to him, no matter their gender. But there are definitely many brutal murders on this show, which I can understand being an issue for someone. Not all the deaths are due to the main killer, but all seem evenly divided along gender lines nonetheless.

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  • Joseon mermaid gets to have legs too!
  • I’m all in for the Joseon story though like I’d take an entire drama just around those characters
  • like let there be a mystery first about someone stealing clothes and leaving pearls, then gradually revealing the backstory as LMH’s character gets flashes of memories until he finally remembers the mermaid from growing up and then sets out to find her with the lanterns, not realizing she’s been in the town the whole time using her legs
  • think Arang and the Magistrate but instead Mermaid and the Town Leader (c’mon that’d be awesome)
  • this writer’s romance bores me but omg I love her villains, they are over-the-top and eeeeevil, I am excite for all the Sung Dong Il
  • awwww, cutie Lee Ji Hoon! I still like him even if I haven’t really watched his dramas since School 2013 (where he was my fave)
  • dayum stepmom getting into it, too (like I said, fun villains!)
  • the music still needs to chill tho like geez drama much
  • ngl I love all his conman accoutrement and how he’s seemingly prepared for everything like you go and be the best conman evar dude
  • he’s like “why are you in this picture” and she’s like “OMG HOW AM I IN THERE BUT ALSO OUT HERE???” pfffft I love her
  • OMG CHA TAE HYUN CAMEO OMG OMG OMG My Sassy Girl shout-out
  • I can’t stop giggling CTH why can’t you find a decent role worthy of your comedy, something light and fun (yes writer-nim I’m snidely referring to your previous work)
  • HAHAHA she tackles him to protect him from the “gun” have I mentioned I love her?
  • “because I can remember it” sure dude as she smiles knowingly because SHE WIPED YOUR MEMORY
  • I like his mother (and is it ironic she’s a housekeeper for some awful rich people?)
  • I swear I know the actor for the younger version of his father but I’m drawing a blank and even the Korean wiki is no help
  • I’m amused that every time he thinks he’s doing her a favor by rescuing her she’s actually somehow saving him
  • CRASH!!!! haha j/k but dude he stared at her a long time while he was driving
  • I’ve been wondering about that vase too, like, yeah, are there going to be time-travel shenanigans because I don’t understand how something we’ve seen happen in Spain ended up on a Joseon vase and tbh it’s been driving me a little crazy
  • hahaha nvm I think I can piece the vase thing together now – whenever I’m like ‘wait how does that work’ I apparently just need to ask my question and then wait a few minutes (the mermaid totally drew it on a vase she found with the zillion of other antique vases in her seahouse amirite although I’m okay being proved wrong I’m just happy to make up some kind of rational explanation)
  • if JJH had a meokbang I would totally watch it
  • I can’t wait for the makeover scene only because I want to see how they manage make JJH even more beautiful although tbh I’m kinda digging her beggar woman look I mean her hair is just *heart eyes emoji*
  • don’t worry mermaid that’s totally the best way to eat cake
  • okay that secret loft is the COOLEST no lie
  • precious mermaid learning the cruel tricks of drama cliffhangers
  • I do love that she’s totally into dramas though like it’s not even fake it’s real for her
  • HAHAHA the mothers have Joseon counterparts too and apparently the reincarnation is legit y’all