How Dare You!? Episode 20

Five Stars

I'm so so so late to the party and nobody is here anymore, but I'm just so floored by how this drama keeps on surprising me. I put this one because i wanted a "fun" and "light" show as a palate cleanser in between heavier ones, and I thought I did so well by choosing this. All they did was have fun in anachronisms and eat hot pot but then Ep 7/8 rolled around and shit got real, and shit keeps getting real!!I had thought for sure that the increased screentime for the astronomer would mean HE would die; I didn't expect it to be the envoy, man his whole meeting with Dan was so sad. Yong'er 1) being firmly in the protagonists' camp and 2) being so creative in communicating with them and 3) obtaining/providing the means to get access to the mausoleum was also a great surprise. Then there's also the fight between the prince and Mr. Bei. Like the cinematography didn't have to go that hard but I guess they felt like the owed it to Louis Fan to give him a good fight scene? And of course the dialogue between the prince and Dan had surprising depths. This show was so unassuming based on its premise and the initial episodes, and even the taobao-core costumes belied the depths the writing goes to. I'm so glad I put this on!

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