I’m too late to vote (but y’all know I would’ve voted for Healer (if possible for all 3 of my votes 😆) Nothing fluffy on the list. It all looks pretty dark. While some of the shows were admittedly masterpieces, they’re not anything I want to rewatch soon (especially since I rewatched Secret Love Affair last year, My Mister for the first time last year as well, and I’m currently on episode 10 of Stranger.

hell, now i am trying to vote again to correct my supposedly votes that are actually not my votes, and it does not let me. here is what i am getting: ERROR: voting is blocked…

something really weird is going on with this voting results. it shows now that i did not vote for ” my mister”, which is MY FIRST CHOISE, i even wrote it in my comments. instead it shows that i voted for “mother”, – NEVER DID.

Am I the only one who was actually excited to see Stranger in the lead? Haha. Oh well, whatever gets picked I want to try and join the discussions this time.

Here is a strange thing. Sometimes, I pop on right now, and my cookies or whatever aren’t working. Right now , on this post. It shows I voted for Stranger,My Mister, and Someday or One Day. The only show I have voted for is Secret Love Affair. Don’t know what to make of it.

hi, everybody, it does smell fishy, just saying. so i just thought of a solution, and it might even be impossible to do it, but you judge. may be we (or kfangirl) can arrange that all people that actively participate in the discussions here, can be given a chance to vote twice. it will be recorded by this person right here, and it will specify what the vote/s are. this way we would have some sort of control. after all, these are the people who are involved and should have a bigger say in what we would want to engage in next, rather than people who just casually, sometimes or may be even rarely follow our comments, without ever contributing to the discussion itself. would that be justified? what do you think? and i do not know how this voting issue is arranged on this site, so may be kfangirl can help with this? merij1, i have to thank you for this idea popping into my brain.

I guess I am hoping for a 2nd choice to be in my wheel house. Do not know if I want to see Stranger again, afraid I will fall asleep in the middle of every episode. I do hope there is one or two among The Stranger advocates, who can bring something beyond just reax to discussions. Side but pertinent to show commentary really elevates these fora.
And a bit sad to see SLA fall back. Though I thought on a first watch My Mister was even better, I do think the lead performances in SLA can stand up to more repeated watches and the show raises so many issues, some of which sure to spark differences good for discussions.
So far the two I knew would get big discussions were Chuno & NIF because there was so much to chew on in each. And I suspected because of the Hyukster entourage here Money Flower might generate good discussions as well, even though it was not my cup of tea.
I do think that discussion generation potential should be a consideration for voters. I know KFG puts her heart into these and I would like to see her followers make the watches a collaborative effort.

i will be fine will any of the suggested choices, except “someday or one day”. i watched it mainly because fangirl is a big fan of greg hsu and he is good, and cute but the whole drama was borderline ok, i found it too twisted, too convoluted and kind of unbelievable even in the “dramas unbelievables”. i would not want to rewatch it. and of course “my mister” is #1 for me, with “stranger” next on my list.

It is wrong to include My Mister in any poll, because he will always be the winner.

I truly think it is the most extraordinary work of art ever created by man and is capable of transcending any boundaries or culture.

I envy very much those who have not yet seen it. Watching My Mister is a mystical experience.

I’m rooting for either 2nd place Secret Love Affair or 3rd place Healer to emerge as a group watch choice. If either of those options are in, this would be my first time joining the group watch, ever since I started lurking on this site from the end of 2020. The last completed drama I had watched was My Mister, hence revisiting it may not be as impactful at the moment. I wanted to keep the feelings I had associated with it linger in my mind for a little while, lol

@KFG – Thanks for the Shortlist!!! Sniffle 😢 Search:WWW did not make the Shortlist nor did The Bond 😭 (shamelessly plugging those both under the guise of being upset 😬) for this round. Maybe one day? ☺️

Ok, on to the important stuff. I am soooo excited My Mister and SLA are in the lead at the moment. And I am really fine with all of them since I have seen some and would like to see the other ones. I did do a revote and switch out Healer for Mother though only because My Mister, SLA and Mother all seem to be heavy hitters, so I thought I wanted to keep Healer as my third vote.

Very much looking forward to what the group decides 🙂

From this list do you also pick the Editor’s Choice?

Good shortlist, kfangurl! I’m hoping Secret Love Affair wins because I haven’t seen it and, well, ah, I do love a love story 😍 Failing that, happy to try either of the other two I haven’t seen, Someday or One Day, or Hikaru no Go.

Btw, My Mister and Stranger are both also available on (U.S.) Netflix…

I’m also selfishly kinda rooting for SLA a bit just because I haven’t seen it yet.

I love My Mister and would totally be happy to rewatch, but I’m also seeing Secret Love Affair coming in close and haven’t seen that but have heard rave things so selfishly would love to watch that lol. Both would be great though, I’m enjoying watching Lost right now and have seen some comparisons to both My Mister and SLA, which makes me want to bring SLA up more on my to-watch list

Many good dramas on that list. Mmmm… I often wonder if I’m the only one on the planet who was not charmed by Healer.

I doubt I’ll have time to participate so I leave the polling to others. I will read everything the group watch produces though. 😄

I voted in for My mister – as the story seems intriguing and healing and I think that a group watch will add in layers to its already beautiful plot line.

Of those I have seen, I would say two stand out by a considerable margin—My Mister, a recent classic by comparison with the 2nd, Secret Love Affair. Part of my preference for SLA is that it is now a seven year old drama, and there is simply so much in show that is ripe for discussion, even a few things that might lead to interesting disagreements. And there is this: compared with most romantic K dramas, Secret Love Affair seems quite adult in its depth and complexity by contrast with much of K Drama’s infatuation oriented dramas. This is not about “liking,” but about “loving” in its whole beautiful, messy, agonizing, sublime 9 yards. Indeed almost all the most serious themes of contemporary K drama are addressed in an amazingly deep and realistic fashion. What is a life worth living? Yeah, that goes to the heart of the matter in this; there is just so much to chew on, beginning with the casual violence among women populating the cheobol to the immediate issue of vast age, class, and power differentials between the otp. And yes the acting is phenomenal, the sound track as good as anything in my experience, and drama itself riveting. Story, too, is about an artist, the production values of which and physical acting chops of ML render thoroughly convincing, the plight of FL even more so.
My Mister is what it is: I would call it The Beautiful Losers, a thoroughly great piece of work. Heart warming and heart breaking both.
Of the 2 entertainments I have seen, Healer and Stranger, the former is pretty fast paced and well plotted, and very entertaining, the latter is well acted but a bit slow paced, certainly not in the category, imo, of Healer. There is no one in Stranger so appealing for example as the hacker sh jimmy in Healer.
As for the rest, Mother looks intriguing to me cause I like serious straight up drama. I tried Someday or One Day, but it did not capture my attention, and I know nothing about Hikaru No Go.

Stranger has two seasons. Both are excellent. Healer is the best drama hands down.

What a great short list. I’ve seen three of them, but I’d sign up to see any of the three, and definitely any of the ones I haven’t seen.

Tough choice, what to do?!