My K-Drama List (2025) - Part 3

10. Karma 악연 - Ahhh, satisfying as all downtrodden and abused get their 'revenge' through the forces of nature. What I like about K-drama production is that the minor characters in other K-dramas are given the opportunities to have bigger roles in future dramas. I noticed that the character who underwent brain surgery in 'Hospital Playlist 1' 'got' his dream to be a police officer in Karma. Well-done South Korea! You nurture the young who get enough experience (working alongside veterans) to then be the next generation of veteran actors.

11. The Winning Try 트라이: 우리는 기적이 된다 (ongoing) - So so good. I've been watching reruns of past episodes. This series remind me of 'The Mighty Ducks' about an American ice hockey kids team. This K-drama about a once hopeless high school rugby team is heartwarming, funny, with endearing characters, relatable problems (underdogs punished by mean-spirited school officials, kids' ambitions vs parental pressure etc.) and issues of doping in sports. I am rooting for Hanyang High 럭비보 to win the Nationals, Coach Ga-Ram to be vindicated in the 'doping' scandal, and for Tae-Pung (if I have a teenage son, Tae-Pung will be him) to go back to Hanyang High. 

12. Beyond the Bar / Esquire 에스콰이어: 변호사를 꿈꾸는 변호사들 (ongoing) - Cos the cool leader of the litigation team at Yullim Law Firm acted as Player 246 (the father with a sick daughter). I thought that I am done with law and law school but this drama with a socially awkward new lawyer and the interesting cases draws me in.