"The Heirs" Now Rules In First Place; Things Are Not Looking Pretty For "Pretty Man"

Now that it has landed on top of its drama ratings slot, "The Heirs" seems poised to remain there. Ratings dipped slightly in the first episode this week, earning only 19.8 percent after a previous episode rating of 22.1 percent. But then the drama quickly shot back up, achieving 21.6 percent in the ratings by the second episode.

The romance is heating up between Kim Tan and Cha Eun Sang, with him warning her that being so cute is endangering his will power to resist her. And while some students reject her for being poor, she has made a few friends.

Another important part of the story is also shaping up. That part is how the entitled Jejuk High students choose to live up to or defy the expectations of their parents.

Choi Do Young must live up to his father's values, which include the importance of winning at all cost. Kim Tan  must fulfill his mother's most important goal: being the legitimate and respected heir of his father's fortune. Rachel's mom wants her daughter to marry a man who will inherit money and power. Hyo Shin's parents want him to be a lawyer. The children and their parents share very few of these goals so the conflicts are escalating.

As Choi Do Young said, "It's the chapter of the book that ends with tears."

Having plenty of money does not keep these families from going through such coming of age conflicts.

Meanwhile the outlook for the drama "Medical Top Team" is not a healthy one. The show's ratings reached a low point, this week at 5.1 percent. Some netizens have complained about the storyline being dull and the characters being so poorly developed that even the great cast could not breathe life into them.

And Jang Geun Suk's pretty face could not save "Pretty Man," which only earned 4.3 percent. Despite his devoted fan base his previous dramas, "Love Rain" and "Mary Stayed Out All Night" also had poor ratings. Netizens have commented that Jang Geun Suk is a fine actor who makes some unfortunate choices in drama roles.

But however good either of those dramas was competing with "The Heirs' was not likely to end with success.

A new cable drama "Let's Eat" also adds some interest to the ratings mix. It's about a 20-something single woman Lee Soo Kyung, who gets involved in a murder. The only thing that is out of control in her life is her love of gourmet food.

Her co-star Yoon Doo Joon has a way with words, which serves him well when he's describing food. But it also makes it easier for him to glibly lie.