Episode 74: Kim Hye Soo

**Lynn** (0:10)
This is Unnis on Oppas A Fan Podcast, where we talk about Korean dramas, and the actresses and actors that make up Korean dramas, most especially the leading men of Kdramas, also known as our Kdrama boyfriends, also known as Oppas.

**Susie** (0:24)
And we are your metaphorical big sisters, aka Unnis. I am Susie.

**Lynn** (0:29)
And I am Lynn. And before we start the episode proper, we like to take a moment to reflect and give thanks to someone or something that has allowed us to be here today. So, Susie, in this episode, to whom would you like to say Jal Meogisseubnida?

**Susie** (0:45)
I would just a running thank you, as always, to Modern Medicine. As it is the main thing that is allowing me to today record this episode. Because we were supposed to record this episode last week, but I was so sick that we could not do it. So, thank you, decongestions, for your service.
But I also like that, you know, a thing that I always like to think after I'm sick. And hopefully, I won't sound too congested today. But also would like to think just drama viewing friends. I had always fun when you're like sort of, I'm not exactly buddy watching, but me and a friend are watching a drama at the same time, not at the same pace. So, we are, you know, just exchanging text while we're watching and talking about the show. And that's been like very fun. So, always delightful to be sort of in discussion with other KDrama fans or drama fans in general about what we're watching. So, thank you for those who participate in those discussions with me.

**Lynn** (2:14)
Specifically, Susie's KDrama fans. The rest of you are on your own.
Well, mine is very familiar and yet at the same time new. So, over the going on four years that we've been doing this podcast, you know, at various occasions, we've thanked all the different streaming platforms that have really exploded. I mean, I feel like even when we started, it was mostly like, you know, Cocoa and Vicky and Netflix were like the main things. And then Hulu has gotten into it and Disney has gotten into it. And like now they're all over, including the Roku channel. Yes, because when I was working on, which we've mentioned, oh, but I did want to, when we talked about it before, neither of us had actually watched anything on the Roku channel. So we couldn't say whether you had to own a Roku or whether they have a free streaming app. And I had said I thought that it was the latter, but I wasn't sure. Now I can confirm it is the latter. So you do not need a Roku device to watch things on the Roku channel. Streaming app, which I will talk about in a short while how I came about. But while I was doing the research for today's episode, regular listeners know that I like to bring up the titles of dramas I have not watched that are particularly intriguing titles. I'll just tell you right now that the drama that I watched a little bit of was not Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit. That one is still not anywhere. But anytime that I see some formerly elusive drama has now appeared on one of these, you know, 2B or Roku or Pluto or one of these streaming services, I always look up Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit just to see if somebody has finally made it available, but not yet. Anyway, so yeah, so it's been two weeks since we recorded our last episode. Suze, what have you been watching in those two weeks?

**Susie** (4:34)
Well, I finished Wandauler Lawyer and really enjoyed it. I thought it was a really competent show. I recommend it. Absolutely. Please check it out. Nam Goong Min, always a delight. And as I said before, this is sort of his sweet spot for me where he's like a little cheeky.

**Lynn** (4:58)
Yeah.

**Susie** (4:59)
You know, has that like sort of cheeky energy, but also like behind that, there's like a very serious personality. And this show has, you know, it's entertaining. It's very funny. It has like sort of a little bit of a case of the week situation. But like overall, it's like a story about bringing bad people to justice, which is a real favorite of ours theme in the show. It's very satisfying. I really enjoyed it. I gave it an eight and a half out of ten, which is my like standard. This is very good, but not great.
You know, like I really, really liked it, but it did not like blow my mind or anything. So I do highly recommend because it's a competent Kdrama. It's good from like start to finish. It's everything. So, so good. You know, there's some people like the actor that plays his office manager. You know, he's generally usually some kind of like goofy, shady person in other dramas kind of thing. And here he is just like a goofy, nice guy, which I really enjoyed. He was very, very funny and really does a lot to like bring some comedy to the show and I really enjoyed that. I love his relationship with his wife, which is very cute at their dry cleaning business. I mean, what a, what a cute wife she is. I just really love her. And I like our female lead there. You know, I first saw her in Love Next Door, which she is really excellent in it too. So if you like her, you know, watch Love Next Door for her, at least, you know, I know a lot of people sort of didn't care for that show. I did. I like it very much.