‘Legend of Anle’: Episode 1 Run-down — Ooh, She’s a Pirate (kinda)
EPISODE 1 RECAP A young girl’s home is raided and her entire family is executed due to a crime her father may or may not have committed. The girl would have been killed too if it weren’t for the crown prince pleading for her on the ground that they areContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 16 Recap — Hanxiang is Hard to Convince
EPISODE 16 The group sneaks Meng Dan into the palace as one of the performers for a banquet. Erkang orchestrates the whole thing, which means he’s also responsible for this creepy dance we see here. I know it’s a piece of culture, Erkang, and it has great meaning; it’s alsoContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 15 Recap — Hanxiang, Are You Sure About This Guy?
Hanxiang’s medicine ends up saving Ziwei, after all. We don’t know what’s in them, but it’s sure better than whatever the imperial doctors have been using. And as always, Erkang makes his feelings known vividly. Afterwards, Qing’er goes back and talks to the dowager, she is quite serious this time:Continue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 14 Recap — Ziwei Needs Room to Breathe!
EPISODE 14 Basically, Qing’er says that the fabric used to make the voodoo doll is the expensive kind that only noble Ladies in the palace got, so all they have to do now is to find out which Lady has this fabric and investigate from there. The emperor and YongqiContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 13 Recap — Off to Prison We Go (again)
EPISODE 13 Ziwei works out the voodoo doll scheme as soon as she and the girls are put in prison. Unfortunately, that’s not going to help anyone because very few people are actually interested in the truth at this point. At a meeting afterward, Erkang tells the emperor and dowagerContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 12 Recap — Creepy Dolls and Stuff
EPISODE 12 Hanxiang lets the gang know that they don’t have to worry about her and her boyfriend anymore because she doesn’t plan on reuniting with him. She wants to be a good princess to her people and she doesn’t want to betray the emperor’s trust now that he hasContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 11 Recap — Butterflies vs. Bees
EPISODE 11 Erkang means business when he says he is going to talk to the Emperor about his marriage arrangement. This time, he leaves no doubt about it: I don’t care if other nobles have multiple concubines, I am willing to be different from Ziwei. Plus, I don’t want toContinue Reading
‘My Journey to You’: Episode 1 Run-down — a Spy Drama That Needs More Spying
EPISODE 1 RECAP My Journey to You starts out with two spies successfully infiltrating a manor. One of them is the female lead of the drama Yun Weishan (Esther Yu), and the other one seems to be her mentor. Not like “Shifu” mentor, but like an older brother figure whoContinue Reading
‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 10 Recap — Ziwei Can Totally Get Drunk Too
EPISODE 10 The gang goes out to visit Meng Dan at their friends’ restaurant. Meng Dan has lost his braids and is now wearing Manchurian clothing. He’s deeply depressed and keeps drinking to pass the time, though. To be honest, until now, I’m still not on this Meng Dan /Continue Reading
‘The Legend of Zhuohua’: Episode 1 Run-down
This drama has many of the Dream of Splendor’s cast, and it kind of starts out like Dream of Splendor too: a female lead who is determined to be financially independent; a guy who is all secretive goes on a mission with an arrogant attitude, and the next thing heContinue Reading