Kim Mi-kyung, the KDrama Eomma

Kim Mi-kyung is in at least 11 Netflix KDramas right now in a mother role. She’s in Welcome to Samdal-ri as well as Doctor Cha, Crash Course in Romance, Agency, Forecasting Love and Weather, 18 Again, Hi Bye Mama, Her Private Life, Go Back Couple (Couple on the Backtrack), The Sound of Your Heart, The

First Look at Knight Flower

Here’s a new sageuk comedy starring Lee Ha-nee as a long-time widow who has a secret life as some sort of female ninja (I don’t know the Korean equivalent). Her deceased husband comes from a noble family and she has a strict mother-in-law (Kim Mi-kyung). She sneaks out at night to help disadvantaged villagers. She

First Look at Welcome to Samdal-ri

Welcome to Samdal-ri is a little bit of Hometown Cha Cha Cha, a little bit of The Good Bad Mother, and a little bit of Forecasting Love and Weather. A career woman who made it big in the city returns to her fishing village hometown after a scandal. Her childhood friend turned boyfriend turned ex-boyfriend

Healer Mini-Reunion

Ji Chang-wook and Kim Mi-kyung are back as “son” and “mother” in the new romcom Welcome to Samdal-ri. They were Healer and Ms. Jo in my favorite 2015 action dramedy Healer. I’m looking forward to this new series! 

Doctor Cha (Episodes 13-14)

And now everyone knows about Seo In-ho’s affair and secret child. We can’t blame Dr. Cha for keeping it from her mom. She just wants a quiet divorce so she can get on with her life. Her children are grown and she’s finally starting her own career. I don’t understand why In-ho refuses to divorce.

Switch

This is a body switch drama comedy between a popular actor and his manager. Park Kang (Kwon Sang-woo of Hitman: Agent Jun) is a popular actor who attracts scandals. His friend and manager Jo Yoon (Oh Jung-se from It’s Okay to Not Be Okay) used to be an actor, too. One Christmas Eve, on a

Agency

This is a workplace drama about an ad agency that’s as real as it gets. The viewers will witness politics and rivalry, all-nighters, difficult clients, endless revisions, rejected copy, running out of ideas, backstabbing, and changing loyalties. There’s character growth for most of the characters, the good guys win, and the bad guy eventually gets

How Are They Connected? (Part 3)

Jung Kyung-ho is Kim Mi-kyung’s son-in-law. How?  Jung Kyung-ho and Park Min-young starred together in the 2009 sageuk drama Ja Myung Go. Park Min-young is Kim Mi-kyung’s daughter in Her Private Life (2019) and in Forecasting Love and Weather (2022).  Jung Kyung-ho and Jang Na-ra starred together in the 2016 romcom One More Happy Ending.

Mid-season Review of Crash Course in Romance

The short review: This is a sweet and funny romcom about two older characters. It’s a cute romance between an ajumma and an ahjussi.  The long review and recap: This is a refreshing romcom that’s totally relatable, whether you’re a student, or a parent of a teenager, or a single mom, or a gossip mom,

Supporting Actors (Part 3)

If you’re watching multiple dramas right now, you might be seeing the same supporting actors in some of them. Here’s what I’ve noticed so far.  Kim Mi-kyung: estranged mom in Agency; assemblywoman in Trolley; cooking mom in Crash Course in Romance Seo Jung-yeon: housekeeper?/restaurant owner in Trolley; alcoholic sister in Payback Chung Su-bin: pregnant girl