S2 Ep5: 2022 Dramas Year in Review

Daebak! A Kdrama Podcast

There are SPOILERS for 2022 dramas in this episode. Check out the timestamps below to avoid discussions of specific shows.

Our podcast team had a mixed 2022. Some of us felt fed, some of us felt seriously let down by Korean shows this year and some of us fell in love with dramas in countries outside of Korea.
5:35 My Liberation Notes
10:53 Extraordinary Attorney Woo
22:25 Little Women
24:30 Discussion of dramas with controversial endings (are writers doing this on purpose???)

• 25:18 2521
• 30:31 Big Mouth
• 32:55 Reborn Rich

43:58: Discussion of sageuks

• 46:48: Under the Queen’s Umbrella
• 50:10: Bloody Heart

56:41: Discussion of legal dramas (there were 20+ legal dramas in 2022!)

• 57:34 The Law Cafe
• 59:23 May it Please the Court

1:04:28: Non-Korean dramas: F4 Thailand opened the floodgates and we watched dramas from China, Japan and Taiwan as well.

• 1:06:48: Bad Buddy (Thailand)
• 1:07:05: Old Fashion Cupcake (Japan)
• 1:07:12: Love Between Fairy and Devil (China)
• 1:13:24: Not Me (Thailand)

1:14:40: We each got a chance to spotlight some favorite dramas we watched in 2022 regardless of whether the drama aired in 2022
Jo’s Picks:

• 1:16:28: Sound of Magic
• 1:20:34: Alchemy of Souls (and the controversial ending)

Vickey’s Picks

• 1:25:28: Crazy Love
• 1:29:44: Link: Eat, Love, Kill

Alisa’s Picks:

• 1:34:10: Someday or One Day (Taiwan)
• 1:37:37: First Love: Hatsukoi (Japan)

Melanie’s Picks:

• 1:40:49: Shooting Stars
• 1:41:00: Yumi’s Cells S2

Katherine’s Picks:

• 1:46:11: Boar Hunt, aka Hunted
• 1:46:56: The King of Pigs
• 1:47:53: Summer Strike
• 1:49:15: Glitch

RK’s Picks

• 1:50:04: Political Fever
• 1:51:44: Bad and Crazy