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No, Netflix wants big Hallyu stars, and a generic plotline starring 'koreans' in it. They don't want this for sure (a saeguk with non a-listers).... The national/ international ratings are a proof they should fire their Korean-content selector.

I hope that's true :P She'd be done for, when he finds out how she manipulated the truth and 'pretended' to be his savior and stole So-Young's credit :D

Absolutely, like I see know way they can alter history right? CJ died at 32, Cheorin died 9 years after that T_T Unless they have it planned to fake their deaths and spend rest of their lives running a noodles restaurant, somewhere in the countryside. They can only be together in the present time-line, which means a CJ in 2021 should be existing :P (unless ofcourse, they have planned for a 'sad' ending) T_T

Yep.. also somebody who entered his body at an age where we aren't really aware of our 'genders' (hence, less 'gender-conflict')..... Coincidentally, that is also around the time/age he fell into the well and got trapped. Like what if the 'Lake' is a portal for Cheorin... while the 'well' is a portal for Cheoljong? :O

Any bets, Hwa-Jin muttered out loud 'I should have never taken the ledger, and hidden it from you, and never should have given it to the Dowager Queen'...? while the King was pretending to be asleep/ deaf from the explosion?
**No wonder he is ambivalent towards her....

What if the reason why Cheoljong has a 'memory issue' from the past, is because he ALSO is a spirit from the future (but somebody who entered CJ's body at a younger age?) o.O

I LOVED this little quirk of his... and he didn't outgrow it, after all those years of snapping at Halmeoni at her old Corn-Dog shop... He is always driven into a corner, then he verbally snaps. And immediately regrets it, apologizes/ and or does something to rectify the situation. Goes onto show *how* pure he is at heart (no fake pretense of being okay with the situation and smiling sweetly.... and then apologizing after getting it out of his system)... T_T
The world doesn't deserve HJP. And this has nothing to do with which team/ ship we belong to. The only thing cuter than this is the scrubbies made by NDS.

NOHHHHH! I was planning to watch this one because of the director T_T

hmm, tvn shows usually win at other cross-platform award shows... like Hyun Bin got the Daesang at Apan Awards this year... so there is still some hope!... Awards within a channel platform is less competitive afterall, hence, i think a little less prestigious! :D

you know... in hindsight, CJH looks legit in love with Cheoljong... he's tearing up a bit.. poor Chef T_T

They (the King's friends) put him on a horse that went crazy, and he fell off of that...

Everytime I see SHS on screen, Choi Jin Hyuk's face pops up in my head like a CGI.
This show is driving me insane, and I am living for it! xD

Well, tbh, it has a 'feel-good' poster and a 'feel-good' OST... so whoever picked this show either didn't watch till the finale, or relies on superficial stuff!

Last 2 weeks especially were nail-biting, and hence the rating-surge. From ep 6/7 onwards, it's consistently got more amazing. They shaved off around 15 mins per episode beyond that, so the episodes feel tight at just a little over 1 hour. PLUS, every episode ends in a cliffhanger (so easy for binge-watching).
Each cliffhanger is also different starting around the 5/6 ep week (i.e. not every episode ends on: whether Mr. Queen will make it back to his world or not).... and that keeps things interesting and refreshing.
And just like @ponnu said, it's a perfect blend of comedy and politics. The politics is simple enough to know who is on which team and who has what motive, but not dumb enough to make you think 'how the hell are these morons even alive in this dog-eat-dog world?'

thoroughly agreed! ^^

They literally had the FL say 'Why, why is it you who's here????'... at their secret-meeting place.... and they trolled the Bird-house scene too. I CAN'T! xD

Hallyu stars is definitely a big deciding factor, I agree.... There is no other reason why TKEM would get picked up xD

So... there is a confusion regarding the identity of the writer of some letters in Mr. Queen... and at this point, I can be SURE the writers of Mr. Queen are trolling Start-Up and PHR... xD
There simply can't be any other reason :P

Dang, if that's the case, he must be having some serious 'skillz' :3

I really did not think there was any deeper reason behind those 'fan', 'anti-fans' and 'stalker-fans' references... thought it was just a harmless addition to the Queen's dictionary... but nope. The analogy, and the parallel in their situation versus, all of these annoying people... makes me think the writing is indeed brilliant. Holy Cow, did not expect such profoundness!

(afterall, the King and the Queen are the closest to Joseon-era celebrity, and everybody else is their managers, the public, the fans, anti-fans... and ofcourse, saesangs!) <3