K-dramas, the weekly "wait, what happened at the end" problem, and the Lifestyle desk whenever a story involves a video game.
I've been at Startefacts since 2024. Before that I spent two years doing subtitle QA for corporate training videos, which is why I watch everything with subtitles on, even in English, and why I notice when Netflix's subtitles say something different from its dub. I started Crash Landing on You to understand what my sister was talking about at dinner, finished it in a week, and now I'm the one talking at dinner.
What I cover: K-dramas — the new ones, the ones ranked by IMDb because you asked, the Joseon ones with the hats; ending explainers for whatever Netflix and Disney+ dropped on Friday; where a show was actually filmed, and whether it's based on a novel (usually it's a webtoon); and on the Lifestyle side, video games when they leak, get delayed, or put a rapper in Fortnite.
Things I hold firm on: the Reply 1988 ending was correct, second-lead syndrome is a real condition, and sixteen episodes is the right length for almost everything. Things I don't: any ranking of mine older than the date on it.
How I work: I watch the whole series before I explain the ending — not the last episode and a wiki. IMDb scores get pulled the day I write and the date goes in the piece. For filming locations I find the actual place, not a fan blog's guess. For "based on a book" I name the book and the author. For game leaks I say which kind it is: a studio statement, a known insider, or a guy on a red carpet.
Where else to find me: X, and a MyDramaList account with 300-odd titles watched and a plan-to-watch list I'm not going to get to. Corrections welcome. Recommendations also welcome, but I've probably seen it.
This City Is Ours true story: how real is Ronnie Phelan's Liverpool firm?
This City Is Ours sells a Liverpool firm that buys its cocaine straight from a Colombian cartel. Liverpool has seen that business plan before, and the man behind it once made the Sunday Times Rich List.
Wicker end credits, explained: whether Alexander Skarsgård's wicker husband gets one last scene
Alexander Skarsgård spends Wicker as a husband woven out of basket. By the final act, his wife has set him on fire and the whole village wants a wicker spouse of its own.
Who is the New York Ripper in Dexter: Resurrection? Season 2 names him early — the whole fight is proving it
Dexter: Resurrection found the New York Ripper's name in a billionaire's files before season 1 was over. Season 2 starts with that name and a detective who already failed to catch him once.
What happened to Randy on NCIS: Origins? Older Gibbs calls it a price he's still paying, 34 years on
NCIS: Origins ended season 2 with its computer guy disappearing into a van. Season 3 got him back alive, and Mark Harmon's Gibbs says that rescue came at a price he's paying in 2026.
Victorian Psycho novel ending explained: only one person walks out of Ensor House unpunished
Victorian Psycho ends with a house full of corpses, a governess on the gallows and the daughter of the house in black lace in the witness box. Only one of them killed a Pounds and walked free.
All the deaths in Victorian Psycho: the full list — and the one kill that isn't Winifred's
Winifred Notty takes credit for almost every body at Ensor House. The one she didn't commit belongs to the family's daughter, and it's the kill that decides who survives the book.
Who are the Russells based on? The Gilded Age merged two robber barons and one ballroom war
Julian Fellowes says George Russell is "in a way" Jay Gould. The rest of the family comes from the Vanderbilts, and Bertha's big ball comes from a story even the museum that tells it calls apocryphal.
Avatar: Seven Havens main villain explained: the Faceless are the least of the Havens' problems
Avatar: Seven Havens spent its first stretch setting up masked desert raiders as the threat. Nine episodes in, the raiders look like the most reasonable people in Ellora.
Who is Chimera on Mistletoe Murders? Emily coined the name herself
Hallmark's coziest Christmas mystery has a terror cell in its heroine's past. The most uncomfortable detail is that the cell's name was hers to begin with.
