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Perfect Crown started off strong. I’ve watched the first 4 episodes multiple times while waiting for the next one, I was that hooked. The entire cast did amazing, they really pulled off their respective roles. The chemistry between everyone really sparked the screen and it kept me going despite some disappointment with where and how the story is going. Honestly, the set up of the first few episodes really upped my expectations. They made both the main leads’ characters as these strategic (at least to me they had that effect in the first episodes), individuals but instead of coming off as strategic and being the one leading their story, they became the firefighters fighting all of the fires their enemies would set, they looked quite naive in some scenes, not what you would expect from the characters that they are playing. But that was more of a script issue than the actors’.

The other thing that got to me is the editing, there were a lot of scenes from the past and present that they would insert, and that would have been fine if it was all neatly tied to the story. Some foreshadowings could have been a red herring to confuse the viewers, but I just view it as loose ends and weak story telling. I feel like they could have used a couple more episodes to tie every bit of foreshadowing they added.

Overall, Perfect Crown brought me back to the K-Drama land, I enjoyed watching it, I had fun reading theories from other viewers, and I would still rewatch it but I wouldn’t take it too seriously.