u/East-Shift6353

I just finished The Mentalist, and will now start this one here for the first time. Well, not really. I remember my mom and grandma watching this show on the TV when I was a kid, so I hope this will take me back down a good ... almost 20 years?? (wtf)

Expectations are high and mighty because everyone loves this show, plus the edits are way too cool. I'm ready to be emotionally invested, and I am especially ready to lurk on this sub. So, hello :')

let's fucking go!

I am a puddle of tears, all I do is cry cry cry. I love the show, I love Jisbon, and I love how it ended. Season 7 was honestly really good; I enjoyed the whole FBI arc since S6 a lot: the cases were intriguing and thrilling, they felt like high stakes. I also enjoyed how some cases went on for more than one episode!

>!Vega's loss broke my heart, this whole episode was so sad :(. It was extra sad because she was a rookie, Cho felt responsible as she was under his wing, and Wylie had just made his first moves on her. Also, her standing up to Cho to be a proper part of the team showed her resilience and dedication to the job and that she would stand up for herself. She had some real potential :(. !<On that note, Vega and Wylie kind of reminded me of Rigspelt lmao. Abbott was the real MVP and President of the Jisbon fanclub, what a cool guy, honestly. Loved how the trust and loyalty between him and our CBI guys was built from S6 until the end.

I'm so going to miss the gang, their dynamic and their crime solving, but I'll definitely buy the DVDs to permanently have them with me. One, because the show is great; two, because physical media is amazing; three, because I like owning the things I love lol. I like building my little DVD collection.

Next, I'll get invested in Prison Break - I'm excited to see another mastermind at work🤭🙏🏻 But I'll always lurk here anyway.

I just finished the season 2 minutes ago, and I know that there's posts about this already, but I must air out my grievances. Susan Darcy, sleep with one eye open, because you are on my hitlist, you *list of profanities because I'm not sure we can cuss here*.

It was already presumptuous and RUDE AF to accuse Jane in that one episode of working with Red John. Like, yeah sure, Jane whose wife and daughter were KILLED, and who was institutionalized for a while, is working with the guy who's responsible for all that. Because THAT makes PERFECT sense, Susan! And because that accusation isn't enough, she doens't even have the fucking decency of providing EVIDENCE. She's just throwing it in his face for shits and giggles. AND she didn't solve the fuckass crime she brought Jane in for! She would have gladly arrested that poor guy?! She just left after Jane didn't give her what she wanted, and then Wainwright THANKS her for closing the case when it was JISBON who actually caught the killers!??? Lisbon, who was working on a different case anyway, like what the hell.

And now of course the season finale. Not only must she SNOOP around like a bulldog, no she ruins the fucking sting. Maybe if she had just minded her business like Jane wanted her to, then we wouldn't be in this predicament. Maybe Wainwright wouldn't have died! My heart literally stopped when she opnened the door and he sat there, tied up and dead. She didn't even have the decency (once again) to look affected. She just stood there like a TWAT.

Not even Kristina Frye pissed me off like this. But Miss DaRcY sure did. Wish she would lose her job, but she'll probably walk away just fine despite RUINING EVERYTHING.

K, I'm good now! (edit: typo)

Sold Out on You is almost done airing, tomorrow we'll get episode 12! I started the show when the first 4 episodes were already out, and have been watching every episode as a post-class reward since 💯. While it does not reinvent any new rom-com tropes, and there are some (many) plots and processes that do not make a lot of sense (i.e., the creme testing, production, sale is done in what feels like 5 seconds...??), I have been thoroughly entertained to be honest.

I enjoy the acting for the most part, though I find Ahn Hyo Seop a little stiff sometimes (very random, but most notably when he's running; he just seems very aware of the camera), he nails the emotional scenes (and what a crier he is🥹💔). Likewise, I find Chae Won Been very charming on screen, and I enjoy their chemistry as a couple a lot. It's very tender and natural - it works for me!

Today's episode also went exactly as I predicted: Mechoori gets "cancelled" by the village/random people who came to the village to villainize him; he (and Ye Jin) find out the truth about his weirdo friend who is actually responsible for the Good Morning Creme's scandal (thanks to Eric telling him). Honestly, the "friend's" motives are ... unclear. Is it just because Mechoori was such a "genius" and gifted student? If it's "just" that, this fiasco is laughable and petty in the worst way. Anyway, I give the writers until halfway through episode 12 to resolve this bs because I want at least 30 minutes of our couples being happy and disgustingly sweet together! At the end of the day, this is a ROM-COM, not a crime show, thank yew!😀🙏🏻

I think I will give this show some 7/10 stars on MDL or 3/5 regular stars (unless the last episode is complete bs....). It's cute, funny if you like that kind of comedy every now and then, and has some drama. The second male lead character is unfortunately very wasted and stays one-dimensional, which is a bummer. The evil sister is cartoonish, and the main conflict behind the cream scandal seems ... well. Also, the frequent use and advertisement of AI is very off-putting, I don't like that at all💔😪. If you think logically about anything in this show, it falls apart, but it's clear that it's not meant to be taken too seriously (but yeah, don't follow in the FL footsteps and take packets of medication like her, please). On a pettier note, Eric and Michelle speaking French is ... well. Unfortunately not good, you barely understand what they're saying. I wish that wasn't included😀. But that won't break the camel's neck, so we're good.

What do you think of the show, have you continued or dropped it?🌟

I am literally watching the very last episode, but have no one to talk to about the show.

Van Pelt and her loooovely (😒) fiancé are in the mountains to relieve Lisbon from her duties with protecting Hightower. Now, van Pelt already told Craig he was a suspect, which was dumb. But okay… I guess. What baffles me now is that Jane figured out who actually sent the assassin (Craig, it seems). Lovely Craig is walking up to that manor with Grace, when he realizes he “forgot” his phone (in reality, he’s off killing those poor cops keeping watch in front of the gate).

Grace literally hears the gunshots (despite the silencer? Idk anything about guns), but she’s immediately swept up by Craig (who OF COURSE declines Rigsby’s phone call to Grace😒 talk about professionalism) and they start kissing.

Did the writers hate Grace? Was one interesting, cool, sensible female lead (Lisbon) too much for them? Why is Grace that under-utilized (I know in terms of seniority she is below Cho and Rigsby but cmonnnnn) ditzy dumb cop every. time.???? I love my girl, but the writers must have had an agenda against her because she always does something incredibly stupid … YOU’RE A COP!! That thing in your head??? USE IT???!!!

I’m off finishing the S3 finale now🍓🍦

Right now, there are two dramas airing that probably don't reinvent the (small town) romcom genre at all and yet the hype machine is going differently.

1. Perfect Crown
2. Sold Out on You

I am only watching (1), but have been feeling like starting (2) as well; however, already upon the release of SOOY I have seen some people saying that the female lead is either not likable, or that the show is your regular romcom without giving anything new or interesting (= hence, it's boring or not worth the watch). Meanwhile, PC is getting all the (positive and negative) hype (and has arguably better ratings, but I don't care about that. High ratings don't mean the show is actually good) and I really don't get it.

PC is not reinventing anything either. It's not as good as people make it out to be. The devil is in the detail because in my opinion the female lead's styling is not that great (WHAT on earth are those ... crocs?-house slippers she wears...? among many things); her press-on nails are glaringly bad and obvious, which is out of character because she prides herself so much in being rich and stylish. And let's not get anyone's panties in a twist -- the styling is obviously not the actor's fault, and yet I don't like it. PC is also lacking colors. The show is visually so BLAND?! I came across some tweets of Goong/Princess Hours, and my god! The colors! Bright! Intense! Beautiful! PC literally fades in comparison. Not only does it fade, the lack of color makes me miss the whimsy that this show should give me. Hello? Business woman female lead X Grand Prince male lead should give me magic and whimsy, and I get none of that. I don't have anything against Byeon Woo Seok, I liked him in 20th Century Girl, and have yet to watch him in Lovely Runner, but I am not feeling him or his character in PC. His advances are tacky and make me uncomfortable for some reason. >!Such as the time when I-An put his fan under Hui Ju's chin to lift it, or when he brushed her hair behind her ear.!< That did ... nothing for me. IU was fantastic in When Life Gives You Tangerines; her character and its performance were amazing, but the material in PC is ... not giving anything at all. There is no depth, her character is borderline unlikable and quite frankly inconsistent. Do we like the guy or are we faking it? Where is the development? And let's not get me started on >!the ending of episode 4. Where is the urgency; this is not the time to serve face! !<It was so hysterical and dumb.

So, like, I get it. Sometimes we want a no-brainer show, and PC is arguably the perfect show for that because I'm still watching it and having a more or less good time with it (if we ignore the tacky styling, weird plots and lack of color, which might actually be the biggest offense.). But I really don't like the hypocrisy of K-Drama watchers sometimes, nor do I understand it. It's not like the leads from (2) are nobodies or that (1) has that much more quality to it, so where does this hype bias come from?

Anyway, i felt like ranting and typing this down in minor search for conversation. I'll still be off watching ep5 of PC and maybe I'll start SOOY 'cause it looks like fun despite potentially being that typical romcom🤷🏻‍♀️🤭