I wish it focused more on the food. No need for any exes showing up where a career-ending mistake or freak accident in the flashbacks would have been enough.
I loved Woo shik in Train to Busan, Parasite, and Our Beloved Summer. But I can't really take him seriously after seeing him on Youn's Stay and Jinny's Kitchen like I'm always waiting for him to do or say something funny
So many plot holes but I still enjoyed it. The real villain is the spineless doctor. I enjoyed every moment of Suzuki Kyoka's performance as Makiko and would love to see her in more villain roles.
I love that she's moving away from the infidelity dramas and doing more political thrillers. I think she would do really well in a historical drama similar to Under the Queen's Umbrella, Mr. Queen, or Empress Ki .
This looks promising. Maybe Jang Hyuk, Jung Kyung-ho, Jo Jin-woong, Han Suk-kyu, Namkoong Min, Park Hae-joon. I'd love to see her in more mature dramas like what Signal did for Kim Hye-soo or Inspector Koo for Lee Young-ae..
Kim Hye-soo has been so amazing at picking dramas that show off her range. Her characters in Under the Queen's Umbrella, Juvenile Justice, Hyena, and Signal are all so different you could sort them in different Hogwarts houses.
he's the go-to actor to play the 'rich bad guy pays a hitman to kill/hurt the lead' you can predict that in any drama that he is in for longer than three episodes.
Not stellar but not dropping because I have my hopes up for the leads. It's not everyday you'd see a near middle-aged couple, one of whom a politician, the other a small business owner, portrayed as genuinely good-natured people who just got entangled with the wrong people and difficult issues. The main actors have good chemistry and I like how their relationship is depicted. I'm not sure if the problem is the pacing per se, but it does have a lot of long pauses that only lead up to some lukewarm intrigue by the end of each episode. After hearing about 5 named characters trying to or successfully taking their lives in a span of 7 eps, it gets a little old and predictable. Acting wise, it's a bit uneven, though Kim Mu-yeol stands out. It's refreshing to see him in a role so different from the naive judge in Juvenile Justice. His character here is morally grey and he plays his role really well. I wish I could say the same for the antagonists. Their performances (and dialogue) are skippable after the first two or three outbursts. Assemblyman Kang (lol his scenes with Assemblywoman Woo always end the same), his rich sister-in-law, and Seung-hee could have been cast a bit better. Again, sticking around because the protagonists are not the typically cutthroat characters one would find in this genre.
The Queen literally moves in every direction. I'm glad I'm not the only one enjoying this drama. Kim Hye Soo is just killing it!!! I agree the king is a bit weak but I like that he seems to really care about the Queen and their sons even though his hands are tied. Court Lady Shin has been amazing I was so worried they would torture her more, though the Queen wouldn't let that happen to her medicine buddy.