Check In Hanyang Episodes 1-4 Recap | Yeongcheonru Explained

Yongcheonru - the palace built across from the royal palace. Joseon's premier inn, built on a site blessed by a dragon. At Yeongcheonru, the guest is the king. Guests can be anyone they wanted to be in here as long as they have money. Being one of Yongcheonru's employees became the dream jobs of youth in Hangyan, social classes do not matter and talent was all that was needed to succeed. All Yongcheonru's employees were led by the innkeeper. 10 chests of gold were offered every month to the king by Yongcheonru's Cheon. The power of gold was what feeds the people and so the King just let Yongcheonru operate. 

Lee Eun/ Lee Eun Ho, the crown prince of Joseon asked the King to let him enter Yongcheonru with an excuse to master the craft of business. But Cheon reminded him that social status ain't a thing there and so the crown prince will be treated equally as the other new apprentices that will enter Yongcheonru. When the King and the crown prince was left alone, the King brought up about a 'shadow ledger'. He mentioned that it was the only weakness he has that made him a puppet of those who knew about its existence. These people think that the throne/the King was powerless because of it and Cheon was one of them. It's why Yongcheonru became untouchable as well. Cheon and the Ministry of War were the ones who put the King to the throne to become their puppet and they have the power to put their own candidate again to ascend it. 

The crown prince offered to find the shadow ledger and so the King revealed about the 'brass key' that's the only key to the safe where the shadow ledger's located. The brass key was composed of 2 pieces, one was already in the hands of Yeongcheonru's Cheon and the other one is nowhere to be found yet.

It turned out that half of the key was in possession of Hong Deok Su whose real name was Hong Jae On. The key was passed down to her by her father, Hong Min Sik, during her childhood. Their residence was once attacked and her father asked her to pretend to be a boy to save her life. While she was escaping, she saw a very familiar person close to her and her father's hearts holding a sword covered in blood. It turned out to be the innkeeper of Yeongcheonru, Mae Hwa. It became Jae On's driving force to successfully get inside Yeongcheonru, to seek answers from the innkeeper.

Jae On managed to escape and after 12 years, she became Hong Deok Su. A woman disguising as a man. Up until this period of time, a poster was still put up everywhere in Hanyang looking for Hong Min Sik's only daughter. In the end, they're after the brass key. 

Both the crown prince and Hong Deok Su meet each other as an apprentice with individual secret goals. There. they were grouped with other apprentices who later became their close friends as they take on the tasks given to them by Yeongcheonru's masters. 

So far, I'm really loving this drama. It's a fun period drama and has less serious theme/topic involved than The Tale of Lady Ok. It doesn't make it any less though because it still remain very entertaining, all thanks to the 4 main characters involved. 

My Sweet Mobster is an Unexpectedly Good Drama! Needs more recognition

So I have started watching the drama My Sweet Mobster yesterday and boy, I'm already addicted to it. Tbh, the first time it was released on June 12, I had a glimpse of its first episode but dropped it for the reason that I was already watching Highschool Return of a Gangster which is obviously about gangsters too. I thought that it would be redundant to watch the same theme of a drama at the same period of time. I don't really read synopsis of dramas before watching them that's why my reasoning of dropping a drama is quite too narrow. lol It was only yesterday that I found out that the two dramas are different from one another. Yes, the characters revolves around gangsters but the plot differs greatly. I really enjoyed Highshool Return of a Gangster, it's about a gangster in his forties who loves learning/studying and after saving a highschool student jumping off a footbridge that he was given a chance to return to study again but within a different body. With his soul trapped in a body that isn't his, he continued living and change the lives of everyone around him as well as the life of the owner of the body he's using. 

My Sweet Mobster is a different kind of story than Highschool Return of a Gangster. My Sweet Mobster is about Seo Ji Hwan, a former gangster who now takes on a different path of living as a company CEO. He encourages other gang members to join his company and hire them to live a better life. Instead of making money out of illegal things, Seo Ji Hwan and his guys make a living through selling different meat products. However, despite choosing to live a better life, the prejudice of the people around them sometimes are making it hard for them to move forward. Then Ji Hwan's monotonous life became colorful after meeting an online influencer named Go Eun Ha aka Minni Unni. 

Although I'm only at episode 4 right now in the drama, I'm already loving it for the reason that it's entertaining and hilarious but at the same time having depth in the story. I really love it when a drama tugs my heart. Watching a person trying his best to change his life for the better is so inspiring. It makes me admire that person at the same time do the same thing as him. The drama is relatable in so many ways and it has a good lesson to convey. Definitely a good drama that needs more recognition! I'm gonna start posting about it now so I could help for it to be recognized too! yay!

Kim Hee Sun's Bitter Sweet Hell Ends with a 5.5% Nationwide Viewership Ratings | Episode 12 Review

Bitter Sweet Hell finally ended with 5.5% in the viewership ratings and even though it didn't reach the double digits, this drama is worth it to watch. Episode 12, finale, Se Na chose to end her life with the fire that she herself started. With the help of No Yeong Won's family, they were able to find Do Hyun's hideout and saved him from Se Na's plan of explosion. When Se Na, pressed her control to explode the hideout of Do Hyun, Yeong Won was devastated but thankfully, Jae Jin was there to tell her that Do Hyun was already saved. Yeong Won escaped the fire with Jae Jin's help but Se Na chose to stay and get burned by fire. This ending is indeed cruel but a bit unsatisfying for me, tbh. I mean, she did so many things to harass Yeong Won and her family and that's how she'll just end? I was hoping that she'll get caught and live her whole life in prison. That would have been the best punishment for a narcissistic person like her. She's nuts!

Anyways, since we only got 12 episodes, I think that's the better ending that the writer could've think of. Still, the drama was exceptionally done as the actors were so good at conveying the message of the story. Se Na was the root of all the secrets being out in the open for No Yeong Won's family. It's true that it was still a harassment but if it weren't for her, everyone in the family would live in lies forever. Isn't it more scary to live with people who you don't know well? And still call them a family? This is much better now that everything is out in the open, only then that they will live a happy life. 

I really love the ending. The whole family were separated but still has a bond that nobody can break. Hong Sa Gang left their home and lived in the woods with her trusted companion. She's still working as a novelist and had her latest work published called 'Bitter Sweet Hell', yep, it's their story made into a book.  Do Hyun on the other hand is now living abroad with his classmate and boyfriend. Jae Jin and Yeong Won may still be married but they decided not to commit their lives to each other. Now, they are choosing the life they wished to live for a long time. Jae Jin's license to practice as a doctor got revoked while Yeong Won still worked as a doctor but to counsel people in prison. There, she wanted to help and save those who are having mental health problems like Oh Tae Hwan or also known as Moon Tae Oh. Lastly, Dr. Oh became a changed person all thanks to her confrontation with Hong Sa Gang. They got reconciled and became a family that Dr. Oh had ever wanted. Dr. Oh is still with the kind detective and that's really splendid!

Overall the drama was good! Will I recommend it? Definitely YES!

Kim Hee Sun Retaliates Yeon Woo's Plans by Revealing Her Identity to the Public in Bittersweet Hell Episode 11

Moon Tae Oh, who's real name is Oh Tae Hwan, was finally arrested in the residence of No Yeong Won. No Yeong Won purposely lured Tae Oh with Do Hyun for the police to capture him successfully. Thanks to Jae Jin, Young Min and his friend Sung Jae, they were able to stop Tae Oh from escaping the residence after losing his temper at Yeong Won for revealing the truth about his identity. 

Just like Se Na, Tae Oh holds a grudge towards Yeong Won because he blames her for his family's death. After Tae Oh's mother received counselling from Yeong Won, Tae Oh's mother wanted to eliminate her husband for being the root cause of the family's difficulty. However, her plans failed and ended up being killed by the husband instead. Tae Oh witnessed the death of his family before his eyes as his father all family member's lives except from him. He was awake the whole time and it's the reason why he was able to escape and become the sole survivor of the family. Seems like the father took his own life too. 

Se Na and Tae Oh become accomplices in taking revenge towards No Yeong Won. Tae Oh was made to gaslight Do Hyun by Se Na, it was all going smoothly but not until Do Hyun confessed his sexuality to his mom.  This means, Tae Oh no longer has something to hold against Do Hyun and he failed miserably with his mission. With that, Se Na took action and planned to make Yeong Won become the suspect in killing An Yo Sub in their rest house. However Tae Oh made a move that Se Na wasn't aware of and that leads her plans crumbling. Se Na was angered by it and the reason why he framed up Tae Oh for killing Yo Sub instead. Yep, she put all the blame at Tae Oh and make him become the real suspect. With Tae Oh arrested, the novelist Hong Sa Gang got free from the prison. 

Se Na made another plan and continues to make Yeong Won miserable. This time she gaslighted Oh Ji Eun to reveal the truth about Jae Jin's ghost doctor case. The public knew about it and Se Na made Yeong Won do press conference and read aloud the script she has prepared for her. At first, that's what Yeong Won did, she read the script aloud only to reveal that it was made by Se Na who was threatening her for a long time now. Yeong Won made it public about Se Na's evil doings and that's how she fights now with her. The whole world is now helping Yeong Won capture her and it made Se Na even more challenged in making Yeong Won's life miserable. And so, Se Na captured Yeong Won's only child Do Hyun as her hostage to hold against her. 

Sheesh! We're near the end now! Only 1 episode left!!! I'm excited for it and hopeful that we'll receive a satisfying and best ending. 

Kim Hee Seon and Lee Hye Young Face Yeon Woo in Bitter Sweet Hell Episodes 1-10 | Quick Review

Bitter Sweet Hell revolves around the life of No Yeong Won (Kim Hee Seon) who is a psychology consultant that's running a television program. The said tv program discusses about different family issues wherein Yeong Won professionally and confidently gives advice to resolve the family issues raised. Because of this, Dr. No attracted psychopaths who wanted to prove her wrong. They were challenged to make her realize that her advices do not apply to everyone and they convey this disagreement to her in a destructible way. 

Lee Se Na (Yeon Woo) is a psychopath young lady who's targeting No Yeong Won and her family. She first introduced herself at Yeong Won's clinic as a patient who's in a complicated relationship with a man older than her. When Yeong Won's father-in-law died and Se Na was crying at his funeral, Yeong Won instantly believed that Se Na was another mistress of her father-in-law. The attack to Dr. No and her family begun when she received a package from an anonymous sender. It contains a fake beheaded pigeon and a photo of Dr. No's family members with numbers indicating the order of their lies to be revealed.

Warning, spoiler ahead!!

1st was the father-in-law, Go Myeon (Kwon Hae Hyo). His dirty secret was revealed by Se Na and it was about a past incident involving No Yeong Won's father. It turned out that the father in law was the one who framed Yeong Won's father to become an offender in a sexual harassment case which leads for her dad to suicide.

2nd target of Se Na was Dr. No's husband. She first introduced herself to him as a patient to his clinic too and instantly asked for a dinner. It turns out later in the drama, Se Na gaslighted Jae Jin and make him fake a death to escape his suffocating family. His secret was that, he is a doctor that's afraid of bloods which means he has a ghost doctor to do surgeries for him. 

3rd was the mom-in-law, Hong Sa Gang (Lee Hye Young). She's a writer of books which themes are about crime. Se Na's ideas in threatening and killing people are based on her books. Sa Gang may seem like a witch that's controlling of everything but she's a woman that only wants to protect her family. Her secret was that Jae Jin wasn't her biological child. Jae Jin was a baby from the mistress of the father-in-law. Yep, he's a disgusting womanizer. ew.

4th is Dr. No's child, Do Hyun (Jae Chan). He was being gaslighted by another psychopath named Moon Tae Oh. Turns out that Tae Oh was recruited by Se Na to take revenge against Dr. No's family. His secret was that he's gay. 

5th one would be No Yeong Won. The secret is yet to be revealed in the last 2 episodes of this drama. Waaah!

Yep, there are only 2 episode left! About time it ends because I'm already stressed with the turn of events in here especially towards Se Na and Tae Oh.. They make my blood boil in anger! They needed to be stopped and get punished by law.