Glory Episode 36

Mature romance, smart leads

Rating it a 10 based on my impression mid series. The fact that I binged watched 23 of 36-episode series is pretty amazing by my standards as I generally fast forward the episodes of most cdramas. They tend to be overly dragged out with lots of pacing issues and fillers, not to mention silly females who need rescuing. Not this, not so far. I liked that the leads established their affections early, and clearly. Lots of communication and vulnerability shared in private moments. Both leads kept secrets from each other even though they were in love, but trusted that there were reasons to do so. Their responsibilities to country and family did not disappear overnight just because they have declared their feelings. Even though their obligations and duty are at odds, they understood each other and often in sync with their actions. Also, yay to a feminist family of women who ran businesses and owned assets. Also yay to confidently asserting one's desires without care of societal judgments, literally in cohabitation with each other and no one in the household blinked an eye! Very rare to see in a period drama.

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