Updated 26th July.
Reborn Rookie Slow to start but it delivered in the end. Lee Jun-young plays a 70 year old to perfection and gives a great performance throughout.
Can this be love translated is still best series this year but the competition is hotting up, with some of the contenders in their early stages of broadcast.
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So many are available every month and the best ones are excellent entertainment to rival any Hollywood release or series, however a bad one can put you off for life.
- Can this love be translated? English Dubbing Available. (CDR) A man and woman, both damaged in their own way find love, then break up, find love, then break up and …… Quirky and original. Almost perfect series. See feature
- Filing For Love – (RomCom)Unexpected entry. Funny, romantic and really good episode stories. Available on VIKI Now available to binge watch – or re-watch in full.
- My Royal Nemesis – (RomCom) Exceptional chemistry between leads.
- Postively yours. (Romance) One night stand produces a pregnancy that brings two opposites together. Engaging. Recommended. Under-rated.
- To My Beloved Thief.- plenty of interesting characters, great leads and a wow plot. It was truly watchable and would have been great for binge-watching but with weekly release episodes this was not possible. Not memorable enough to make top 3 but maybe with a rewatch.
- Teach You a Lesson – Some episodes are re-watchable and others are off mark
- Agent Kim-Reactivated – (Excellent first half before the threat becomes meaningless)
- Spring Fever (Comedy) English dubbing available. Unlikely romance between a school-teacher and a man who has had to care for his nephew since his school days. See Feature
- Reborn Rookie – (Comedy/fantasy/body swap/thriller)
- Perfect Crown – Unbeatable casting and original story. The politics took over a bit too much where a more humorous and entertaining story angle would have elevated it. Disappointing, though not down to the cast. Storyline was way off base. Still worth watching for the beauty. LOVELY RUNNER has been released on Netflix with really good English dubbing.
- Phantom Lawyer – (Comedy/fantasy/mystery)
- Made in Korea (Thriller) Action/thriller. Season 2 on the way.
- The East Palace – Horror action.
- Idoli (Drama romance) Last episode was unneeded and only detracted.
- Sold out on You – Likeable cast and very entertaining.However, not enough standout scenes to make it memorable.
- Bloodhounds 2 – (Action drama) Not as good as the first series in some respects but has many things to recommend it.
- The Wonderfools – (comedy actin)casting gold. Takes a couple of epsiodes to get going but then takes off.
- Undercover Miss Hong (Comedy) Older woman has to pretend to be 20 and go back to work for a case she is investigating.
- Legend of the Kitchen Soldier – Highly original premise but despite excellent cast could not find the heart of it.
- Our Universe (CDR) Cute baby
- The Judge Returns (Thriller/drama) A judge is murdered and returns to his life 10 years previously giving him the chance to put things right. Takes off in episode 3.
- Doctor on the Edge – Uneven pacing and plot holes mar an otherwise entertaining watch.
- Pro Bono (Comedy) Disgraced judge takes on cases with pro bono group and uses his bizarre methods to win cases and restore himself.
- The Practical Guide to Love (Romantic Comedy) High hopes for this but sadly wastes its cast
- The Art of Sarah (Dramatic thriller) English dubbing available Review
- No tail to tell. (Comedy/romance) 9 tailed creature does not want to become human but after a wish goes wrong finds herself relying on those she has always despised, humans.
- We are all trying here – difficult to get into but may be worth persevering. Early in its run.
The Art of Sarah – Lee Jun-hyuk
The Wonderfools – Cha Eun-woo
Currently watching – added to best of year on completed series.
- The Husband. (Just edged ahead of Agent Kim)
- Spooky in love
- The Apartment Job
- Dream to you
- A shop for killers 2
- Love on the menu.
- GoldLand (Just about to start!)
Currently rewatching:
The Haunted Palace (under-rated – with the success of The East Palace this one deserves to get a bigger audience)
Alchemy of Souls (Still a perfect series)
Good Day to be a dog. (Uneven but likable)
Also released this year in UK: Honour, Bloody flower, Pearl in Red, Yumi’s cells S3,The Scarecrow, Climax, If wishes could kill.