End of the Year TV Report (2014): Part 1

I realize I’m very late to the End of the Year review game.  Playing review catch up while keeping current with shows has overwhelmed me.  I still have two more reviews to get done before the week is out but I have enough under the belt to get down to business.  This year in K-Drama has been quite a rollercoaster with a series of terrible dramas to mediocre dramas to really great dramas.  When it was bad, it was really bad but when it was great it was really great.  Here are the dramas which completed its run in 2014.

The rating system goes:

Must Watch – And I would watch it all over again
Watch – Liked it
Just OK – Watchable but could have been better
If you’re bored – Just killing time watching my laundry’s rinse cycle
Pass – Don’t waste my time

[Review] The Nightwatchman’s Journal – 야경꾼 일지

WHO YA NOT GONNA CALL?

A fantasy drama set against the backdrop of the Joseon Dynasty, the nightwatchmen patrol the streets after curfew to hunt evil supernatural beings. Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo) is a crown prince, who, like his father before him, has the ability to see ghosts.  However, he refuses to acknowledge the ghosts when his father succumbs to an evil entity which takes his life.  Instead, he relinquishes the throne to his half-brother Ki San and lives a playboy life outside the palace.

Coming from a tribe with supernatural powers living in the Baekdu mountains, Do Ha (Go Sung Hee) has the ability to communicate with nature.  Do Ha’s sister also succumbed to the same evil entity that once inflicted the king, so she comes to the city with the aim of finding her sister.  Together with other nightwatchmen, they attempt to rid the world of evil spirits.

Early Fall TV Report (2014)

WHEN YOUR DRAMA LIST DOESN’T SEEM TO GET ANY SHORTER

…you end up with permanent dark circles and never get around to posting about what you watched. I’m well overdue for a TV Report update but felt that I really needed to at least go over the Summer American programs before we get too much into this Fall Season. That post will probably happen later, hopefully not at the end of this year.