City Hall 시티홀 (2009) – Reshaping Politics!

As ordinary as a coffee girl, as desirable as a Mayor, Kim Sun Ah played these two roles in City Hall as she transformed from a coffee girl to a beauty pageant and eventually the Mayor.

I adored her in My Name is Kim Sam-Soon, she sure became a bit serious in this show for her Mayor role however still carried her usual sense of humour. This show is definitely not short of laughs.

An other pleasant surprise was Cha Seung Won whom I have never heard or seen before City Hall. Yet he turned out to be the perfect fit for this role. Cha played a high achiever in politics who seemed to have it all. Later he fell in love and helped Kim to become the Mayor. Cha mastered his emotions well, and has successfully portrayed a very charismatic politician.

Do I need to say more? Or you have already made up your mind to give this show a try.

Prosecutor Princess 검사 프린세스 (2010) - We are satisfied!

INTENSE and SATISFIED, this is how I would describe Prosecutor Princess. The emotion was intense and the flow of the story was intense, you would go away feeling intense after watching the show. Yet you definitely feel satisfied with the story! It is like they take away your sweets but give back a big piece of chocolate with caramel filling....maybe some marshmallow too!

Prosecutor Princess maybe based on the concept of Legally Blond, it was definitely not lack of any Korean flavours! Kim So Yeon played the main character Ma Hye Ri, who was more interested in a pair of shoes than being serious about her work - Prosecutor. Park Shi Hoo played this mysterious lawyer Seo In Woo who fell in love with Ma. The story evolved along a mystery which kept your interest level high, yet it was the romance between Kim and Park that made you so intense. We have to give them a big round of applause for portraying the love yet not able to love kind of struggle so well. As the story developed, we saw Ma growing up to be a good prosecutor, Seo revealing his mystery and eventually the ultimate romance!

This show was an other under performer while competing with two other giants - Personal Taste and Cinderella's Sister during the same time slot, yet it gained great popularity overseas. So, who cares about the rating anyway?