…in Lee Tennant's kitchen
This week’s episodes start with an intensely layered flashback to 2017 when the crazier of our protagonists was in the Regional Investigation Unit. Seeing how the events of 2017 unfolded gives us significant insight into Dong-shik’s character and how he has responded to the death of Min-jung.
For the first time I grabbed a notebook and took notes while watching Beyond Evil. And when episode 6 started I had to throw them all out because that was when the whole thing flipped over.
As the community tries to comes to terms with the airing of dirty laundry it had long wanted to keep hidden, we start to see that under every village and every person there is a thing that lies hidden and is rarely bared – their teeth.
I’ve picked up the new psychological crime thriller Beyond Evil, with industry veterans Shin Ha-kyun and Yeo Jin-goo. As I breezed through the first two gripping but almost unsettling two episodes, I looked for somewhere to discuss the show and found little. And so here we are – my first open thread!
Am I justified in maintaining my love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer despite the ongoing revelations about Joss Whedon?
Despite being conceived, written and filmed pre-Covid, season 5 of The Expanse has still managed to perfectly capture 2020 and its impact on the human psyche.
We all have dramas where the act of watching becomes larger than the drama itself. These are dramas that are like comfortable old friends; being with them becomes about more than just watching them. What do you press play on? What gives you comfort when you need it?
Set in an alt-Korea where there is widespread prevalence of a neurological form of Monochromacy, Colour Rush is a BL about finding someone who makes your world brighter.
It’s finally here. The list of the Favourite dramas – as voted by you!
The new Pratchett adaptation got it very wrong. And I could sit here and outline all the ways in which it got it wrong. But instead this post is going to focus on the character of Cheery and why the production’s approach to our female dwarf forensic scientist embodies the broader problems of the show.