Premiere Watch: Once Upon a Small Town, The Law Cafe, Narco-Saints
by missvictrix
Get ready for some cuteness! We have a friends-to-lovers drama and a fish-out-of-water drama headed our way this week, and though one is a big name big network big budget production — and the other the opposite — I’d say they each have an equal chance of being lovely. Oh, and Netflix has a new crime-thriller dropping.
Time slot: Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday
Broadcaster: KakaoTV/Netflix
Genre: Drama, romance, comedy
Episode count: 12
Reasons to watch: Oh, how I love a small drama with a young cast of rookies. I suppose Joy doesn’t exactly fit into that category, but I think she’s a perfect fit in the cute world of hijinks that Once Upon a Small Town promises. Choo Young-woo and Baek Sung-chul are both riding their careers full steam ahead, and if the drama’s promos are worth their salt, this drama will be a village sandwich of cuteness. I don’t think I care how predictable it will be, or how cookie cutter the characters will be — as long as it’s feel-good and cute, I will be a happy customer.
TL;DR: Cute small Kakao show; adorable cast; village setting; short episodes and 12-episode count
Time slot: Monday-Tuesday
Broadcaster: KBS
Genre: Drama, romance, comedy
Episode count: 16
Reasons to watch: I like my rom-coms with enough humor and wackiness to keep things interesting, and The Law Cafe looks like it will be doing all those things. The promos alone have been colorful and funny — from our hot-headed heroine to our hero’s tracksuits to what looks like the endless squabbling of their new tenant/landlord relationship. If the script is strong, I think this drama will have everything it takes to add its name to the dramaland annals of fantastic character-driven rom-coms.
TL;DR: Lee Seung-gi/Lee Se-young pairing, colorful rom-com vibes, who doesn’t love a friends-to-lovers story, Kim Seul-gi ♥
Time slot: Friday (single drop)
Broadcaster: Netflix
Genre: Crime, thriller
Episode count: 6
Reasons to watch: *Crickets* All jokes aside, Netflix’s latest crime thriller Narco-Saints looks like it will do all of the things well that other Netflix productions have done before it: top talent, pitch-perfect production, great writing, and absolutely nothing in the warm and fuzzy department. But, if you want to see a based-on-a-true-story thriller about undercover drug operations — with top actors likely at their best — this is your game.
TL;DR: Another Netflix crime thriller starring some of the best ajusshi actors around
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