What Should I Watch?

52. 1 Year Anniversary Special Episode - TB List (+announcements)

Thank you all for your support. Today is 1 year anniversary of What Should I Watch?, the best Korean drama podcast! Writing, recording, and editing every week is not an easy commitment but YOU gave me the strength to carry on. This week's episode covers about 30 Korean dramas and movies. It's a special list! Also, don't miss two special announcements including a giveaway event. I have truly enjoyed connecting with Korean drama fans around the world and hope to continue to do so. Hopefully the long list from this special episode will give you enough to pick out from while I'm taking a short break to improve the show. If you have any suggestion or comment, plz feel free to email me at whatshouldiwatch@gmail.com Thank you again and see you all soon!

51. Our Blues

Blues: Blues songs are lyrical rather than narrative; blues singers are expressing feelings rather than telling stories. The emotion expressed is generally one of sadness or melancholy, often due to problems of love but also oppression and hard times. (Britannica)Life likes to throw us a lot of curveballs. Some joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure. This unique drama written by a legendary Korean writer, Noh Hee-kyung, teaches us that wherever you're going through, it's not the end of the road. Just the fact that you're alive at this moment deserves applause and cheering because life can be a burden sometimes. In this omnibus style drama set in beautiful Jeju island, characters who are aged from 6 to mid 70s show us the full range of emotions. Each story makes us laugh, cry, angry, and smile. But after all 20 episodes you'll feel as if you have learned a great lesson from a wise man, and that's a school of life.

50. My Mister

When you're not strong and I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on. Please swallow your pride...for no one can fill those of your needs that you won't let show - Bill Withers There are moments in life that words can't describe because what happened is not what matters. While you are watching this Korean drama "My Mister" you will find it hard to describe your feeling or even the drama itself. There are many websites that the genre or a brief summary of My Mister but those words don't matter. Invest at least 2-3 episodes for your soul and see it, feel it for yourself. In a world that is so selfish, polarizing, and violent, My Mister teaches why we live and how we should live.[TV Shows and Movies Mentioned in This Episode] Misaeng (2014),Parasite (2019), The World of the Married (2020), My Liberation Notes (2022), Another Miss Oh (2016), The Glory (2022)

49. A Life Built on Lies

We all lie whether it’s to achieve a goal or a white lie. But some people lie more often than others and sometimes it gets out of hand. Like Tom Ripley in Patricia Highsmith’s novels, some even enjoy the thrill of it. In history, there were famous people who turned out to be pathological liars and there are many books and movies about this trait of human being. Korea also had a few public figures whose life turned out to be all lies. It’s similar to Anna Sorokin, whose story is made into a Netflix show Inventing Anna. The fictional character in this week’s Korean drama is also Anna although that is not her real name. She is despicable yet evokes sympathy. Is it because she is not a psychopath liar or because we secretly wish we could live the life we want by lying and never get caught? [Movies and TV Shows mentioned in this episode] Through the darkness(2022), Island(2022), Single Rider(2017), Squid Game (2021), Mr. Sunshine (2018), Hospital Playlist (2020), Prison playbook (2017), One Spring Night (2019), The Heirs (2013)

48. Those Who Read the Mind of Evil

Korea is generally a very safe country. Kids walk home from school on their own and it is not illegal for parents to let their kids to go hang out on their own. There is no such thing as "dangerous area" although some neighborhoods are less developed than others. The idea of "psychopath" is relatively new and the concept of "serial killing" didn't settle in until the early 2000s. What's important is that there was a policeman who predicted the unprecedented type of murder and insisted to create a criminal behavior analysis unit. He and his colleague educate themselves to become Korea's first criminal profiler in the history. And this week's drama is the story of them. Through the Darkness. It's Korean Mindhunter. [TV Shows and Movies mentioned in this episode] Fiery Priest (2019), Parasite (2019), Juvenile justice (2022), Memories of Murder (2003), Raincoat killer (2021), Old Boy (2003)