Something Happened in Bali (2004)

Something Happened in Bali
발리에서 생긴 일 / Memories of Bali
(Jan – Mar 2004)

who’s in it
Ha JiWon (Secret, Damo)
Jo InSung (Shoot for the Star, Classic - film)
So JiSub (Cain and Abel, Glass Slippers)
Park YeJin (Queen SeonDuk, Family Outing S1 – member)

what’s it about
Ha JiWon is working as a perky tour guide in Bali when she first meets Jo InSung (rich imbecile playboy), So JiSub (honorable but penniless) and Park YeJin (socialite who’s engaged to the first but loves the latter). That’s part one. Part two starts when Ha JiWon’s boss runs off with her savings and she’s forced to return to Korea to start over. That’s when things get really messy.

commitment 
20 episodes

network
SBS

wildcard factor
Do you like dark and twisted? This was a kdrama and a half, baby. It’s heavy and you can hear everyone’s hearts make a bloody splat as they are torn out of chests and thrown to the floor. I’d say it’s a nod back to your parents’ kdramas where things were just a lot weepy and corkscrew and the people were so wretched, you wonder why they even bothered to get out of bed.

after the first episode
Oh dear, oh dear…this is not going to end well…I must watch!!!

Full House (2004)

 

Full House

풀하우스

(Jul – Sept 2004)

who’s in it

Song Hye Gyo (World Within, All In)

Rain (A Love To Kill, Ninja Assassin - film)
Han EunJung (Gumiho’s Revenge)
Kim SungSoo (More Charming By The Day)

what’s it about

Rain is a clean freak top actor in love with his childhood best friend, although unable to confess those feelings to her. Unfortunately, that first love, Han EunJung, happens to be smitten with his best guy pal Kim SungSoo. Due to his impulsive and childish temper, Rain finds himself married instead to Song HyeGyo, a poor but cute aspiring screenwriter who has two of the crappiest friends to ever ruin a kdrama heroine’s life in order to get a plot moving. Throughout the course of their contract marriage, this height-challenged couple attempt to meet halfway.

committment

16 episodes

network

KBS

wildcard factor

How much do you love (or dislike) Rain?

after the first episode

Immediate attraction, both Song and Rain had an abundance of natural cute and it sizzled in a way that brought their characters to life. The two leads had chemistry enough to light up all of South Korea with their snappy banter and saucy glances.