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*** Monthly Magazine Home ***
(2021 - Viki 16 1:00 eps)

[!!CW!! Synopsis & non-spoilery review.]

A sr. editor at a monthly housing magazine runs into trouble when the new CEO turns out to be her new landlord. The potential of a story about what it means to have & make a home is unfortunately squandered. The storyline meanders & never finds a good, solid direction.

The cast is marvelous (great guest roles too) & carries the show - a cliched, tropeful story with a self-made, rich, cold boss & a poor, struggling jr. involved in a love triangle, & the worst noble idiocy & time-break/leap I've seen so far.

If you like architecture & seeing a variety of homes (some from other dramas), & appreciate the actors, it's a fun, often silly, kind of sweet watch through eps 15. Just stop there, & it'll be good. The writer went off the rails in the last episode & there's just no redemption possible.

https://mydramalist.com/59909-monthly-house

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Extraordinary You
(2019 - Viki, 32 35min eps)

Light (sun-, spot-, star-, filtered through fingers & leaves) & trumpet flowers (symbolizing waiting) result in beautiful scenes. Cast is *filled* with amazing young actors in their 1st or early lead roles. Great OST.

Messages about not succumbing to others' expectations, creating your destiny, not letting the past define you, & making yourself the star of your life. Perfect for a high school romcom.

The ending is messy: plot holes, repeated plot devices, uneven char. dev., kDrama illogic, strong FLs dissolving. The writers didn’t seem to know how to wrap things up.

The beginning is captivating & I would probably rewatch it again with some fast-forwarding in the later episodes.

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