From the get-go, viewers are treated to a vibrant and creative show—filled with action, laughter, and visuals (the cinematography and the cast). What’s immediately clear from Episode One is that Mystic Pop-up Bar isn’t just another light-hearted Korean drama; the show will also be touching on some really heavy subjects that are common in society, such as depression.

It’s a smart, energetic series that contains what may be the most important element in a successful comedy: an alchemical ensemble of characters, each one as curious and distinct as the next.

Produced by her daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner, Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind is lovingly constructed with a child’s heart, but falters in places that could have benefited from a journalist’s eye.

The show is also smartly written, so that the season builds to a climax that is organic and, I found, moving.

What happens in Night of the Kings is a piece of traditional oration and impermanent art, significantly marked by both its temporal and improvisational qualities. It’s both a power struggle and a ritual practiced by the collective within a microcosm of society housed under the oppression of the state, and a powerful demonstration of the transporting, and liberating, power of narrative.