Netflix
Bon Appetit, Your Majesty
12 episodes
tags: comedy, fantasy, gourmet cooking, historical/sageuk, romance, time slip
Yeon Ji-Young is a French chef with a cheerful and determined personality. One day, she wins a French cooking competition, but she somehow finds herself transported to the Joseon era.
My Youth
tags: melodrama, romance.
Amazon Prime
Confidence Queen
tags: action, comedy, conmen
Yun Yi-Rang is a con woman with a genius level IQ of 165. She has a unique way of thinking and cool charisma. She leads the con group Confidence Man
Disney+ and HULU
Tempest
tags: action, drama, politics
Seo Mun-Ju (Gianna Jun) is a diplomat and a former ambassador to the United States. She has built great trust in the international community through her insightful judgment and actions. She learns that there were political maneuvering behind an assassination case involving South and North Korea. Meanwhile, Paik San-Ho (Gang Dong-Won) is an elite mercenary. He is a mysterious figure whose nationality and past are both shrouded in secrecy. Seo Mun-Ju and Paik San-Ho together pursue the truth behind the major incident.
I started watching this intense drama just a few days ago and I was shocked at the assassination of the female lead's husband which reminds me of Charlie Kirk. It was jarring and I debated with myself if I will continue watching. The negative comments from people in the Midle East made me watch. They were complaining of too much Catholic church scenes. Typical. South Korea is a Christian as well as Buddhist country. They can stay away from the drama if they don't like seeing churches, lots and lots of crucifixes, and people praying in churches.
The writer and producers probably are noticing that their country is slowly being influenced to become a communist country and they made this drama to show the new president who is blatantly communist socialist he and his Chinese buddy can't stop them making Christian themed movies. Good for Korea.
The series is short with only 9 episodes. I like it so far although it looks like the USA is the bad guy wanting to start a war with North Korea. Our current President is all about ending the never ending wars so they missed the narrative there. It is a work of fiction so I'll take it even if they are wrong. The action and explosive scenes look like an extended movie. Great production and worth sitting down for an hour and a few minutes per episode. Currently, there are 5 episodes shown and the rest will be streamed in the next 2 weeks.
