Heirs: Episodes 5-6

so. much. crying.

cha eun sang always looks like she's on the verge of tears -- it's pretty much the only reaction she has to everything. i was sure she was going to jump in when evil kim woo-bin was torturing that giant-hipster-glasses guy at his locker and at least yell, "YA!" really loud -- or like cut off some of his preciously molded hair or something remotely exciting.

but no, she cried. 

also, the clothes on this series are laughably awesome. every time LMH enters the shot, i feel like he just got done rummaging through his best friend's closet -- and his best friend is a clown. highlighter yellow pants with a sweater covered in christmas ornaments = sex. all of it.

merry christmas to all! and to all a good sweater.

also, can we give a shout out to that amazingly small woman (Park Joon Geum) who always plays the angry mother? she was in Secret Garden and pretty much played the exact same character. when she walked out to meet her husband's mistress at the art gallery in her 10-inch hot pink heels and was still 6 inches shorter than everyone else, i just wanted to pick her up and put her in my pocket. how can someone be so small -- i'm pretty sure she's part leprechaun. absolutely positive.

lucky charms! magically delicious!

ya know what else there is a lot of in this series besides tears? cheese. there is a lot of cheese in this one. and i really like cheese, but i wish there were more jokes or funny parts. every single moment you're watching Heirs, you feel like someone is about to die going off of their stone-serious facial expressions and the crazy dramatic music. and it's kind of jarring how little development the characters' feelings for one another is given considering this is a korean drama. it's supposed to be like 20 episodes of do they like each other or don't they like each other, of he likes me, he likes me not, she likes me, she likes me not. LMH's character, right off the bat, is like edward cullen-ing her ass. like "let me drive you in my armor car so you don't break" and "i'm going to run vampire-fast to say hello to you because i super like you" every second. it's a bit too much too fast and hard to believe (yes, even by kdrama standards).

andddddd, i love that song they play every single time LMH comes out from behind the corner and stares at eun sang. every episode ends with LMH and KWB giving cha run sang the love-death stare. it's so romantic and sweet and not the least bit creepy.

they zero in on her like she's a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie and they're both santa clause after a long night of chimney shimmying. i wish men stared at me like they wanted to eat me alive. it's so romantic.

see that little leaf on the right hand side? LMH is hiding behind it.

also not creepy -- how the dream catcher somehow always manages to find itself hanging right above cha eun sang no matter where she is. *high five* LMH. you're everywhere. and you're tall, so that means you're good at hanging dream catchers.

i love all of it and am already watching episode 7 while i type this.

hana, dul, set! press play.