EtoileNoire

Wow! This is so much better than I expected.

It's still in my "Continue Watching" list on Amazon/Kocowa. It's not a terrible show; it's just taking too long to get where it's going. In the meantime, I watched Judge Dee's Mystery instead. It was much more compelling. In Blossom is a currently airing historical C-Drama that is really enjoyable.

Same. Kisses in Korean dramas are always inept looking so I'm not mad that the main characters did not kiss.

Episode 8 just about finished me.

Too many plotholes & too much lazy writing to give this more than 7/10. The cast and production values were excellent.

I haven't got that far, Rahul, so can't answer any of your questions.

I'm the opposite: hoping the show will pick up the pace a bit. Watching actors - no matter how good - wallow in grief isn't that interesting to me. We could at least have seen the husband's grief at losing his wife & son plus the guilt of how he was (or may have been) the indirect cause of it all.

Don't get me wrong though. I am enjoying the drama so far - just hoping it's not so drawn out that I end up dropping it.

The first few episodes of historical dramas always have "comical" characters that are never funny plus they are too stupid to live. I hope this trope is banished forevermore as it makes you not want to watch the show.

Man, I miss this show. There's a Knight Flower shaped hole in my heart.

That's how I feel about Goblin, like what's the hype. It's Ok not to care for something and add it to your "did not finish" list.

Go Granny!

But Kang is going to be a butcher for the rest of his life! /s
That one was so lame to me. He slaughtered Su Ho's entire family & Yeo Hwa's brother, nearly killed his sister, & extorted city merchants mafia-style.

LJW looks better in the Joseon hats though. LOL WDH's face looks really long when he wears them.

I wondered the same thing too, then reasoned that the King & Yoon Hak were probably too young & inexperienced to take on the LSC. The letter turned up at the right time for them to deal with it.

A case of the week and a season-long arc (kind of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer did) would have been good too. I enjoyed the first few episodes with the gambling father, the kidnapped children, and the art "heist".

What was everybody's favorite scene or moment in the series?

I kind of sort of half expected Yeo Hwa's brother to be alive because once he was dead it made no sense for Seok Ji Sung to keep her alive. I wonder what his rationale was for not sending her off a mountain in a widow's "suicide" 14 years ago?

It seems to end well for the Councillor after all. LOL

Two seconds in (no subtitles) and I want to muzzle the Councillor and throw him in the dungeon. I am not understanding the King at all.

In a more fair & just world, Yeo Hwa would have been Left State Councillor or another top Minister instead of languishing for 15 years mourning an un-dead husband. That sexism & misogyny cause such a waste of human potential is a travesty.

In a modern era, the equivalent of the Capital Defense and the King's men would have investigated Jeong's disappearance & return. Law enforcement should find his amnesia story extremely suspicious. Plus the son of the top minister in the country posed as a merchant who didn't reveal himself to his family straight away. Instead, the King and Yoon Hak are pretty much working blind.

If the son did drink the tea and die, that would have put Councillor Seok in a position of strength politically as a father mourning because of a cruel & unjust king. Giving the tea to Seok himself would have worked better: either exposing him or killing him, but seemingly even the King and Lady Oh didn't realize the depths of Seok's depravity.

Fortunately, the tea party semi-flopped. I'm hoping the King doesn't get discouraged. He & Yoon Hak must continue to make decisive moves, putting pressure on Seok.

Overall, the writers are doing a pretty good job with the political intrigue and I find it quite riveting. I'm actually hoping for more seasons.

ETA: I wonder what Park Su Ho learned from Kang that he tried to interrupt the tea party to tell the King?