InspectorMegre

now we know why prof. kang is cheating... his wife is a poisonous overcontrolling snake... and ceo cha looks like a purring kitten in comparison.
of course our prof. kang has NO IDEA who ceo cha really is :)

FYI - cdramas just do not have the lightness, the humor, the compassion that kdramas have. I tried watching many and cdrama is just too heavy, survival oriented, and rather crude. I tried watching many and I can sign on the dotted line, they dont have it. Harsh life in China makes cdramas just ... harsh. This is my honest opinion after trying to watch many.

Chinese actors CAN do amazing stuff if you put them in the right creative environment. I am thinking Stephen Chow Hong Kong movie Mermaid. The main lead is from China. I tried to watch his Chinese dramas and they are ... blah. But in Mermaid - he got totally unleashed and had an amazing amazing role, soooo memorable. Watch that movie if you can, it is quite something.

I think kdramas are that more of that kind of environment, where you can be more creative and free. The signature of kdramas is this humor and lightness about even heavy subjects, but the kind of humor that is COMPASSIONATE and understanding, and leads to change. Kdramas are like jesters.... .Very unique Korean feature.

Hahahaha quite on the contrary. Cdramas do not have it at all. I think you are missing something LOL
Cdramas are a lot more crude, have no humor, lightness and compassion, and are more survival and hype oriented.
I watched so many and it is impossible to find a good one. Only rarely rarely a good one comes along and it is super extra special, like move Xuang Zhang in 2016. Koreans never made anything that deep.

Kdramas are a lot more sophisticated, finer, lighter, they have humor based on compassion. Cdramas just do not have any of that. This is my sincere assessment after trying to watch many cdramas. Harsh life in China just did something, stripped them of creativity and freedom.

There is c-k drama Making Family that is quite nice. I like Bond drama or its acting but it is so heavy and so ... heavy LOL Cdramas are just HEAVY

Exactly what I am saying. You are learning about love. When you love something/someone, missing is a part of it. Also, getting ready to meet again, preparing yourself to be a better person and make the next meeting even more memorable and better, and then savoring the meeting.
Enjoy the process.

that's the problem... her only path is to become his concubine... which means.. being jailed in the palace. So it is not fun at all...
So now - do you want a good king for the country, or a happy marriage for two? If they make it happen bc life there is unstable anyways...
The first question is - SHOULD Yeol become the king, would he be truly the best person for the job? To be honest, I am not quite sure he has what it takes.. He seems the ONLY candidate I am aware of right now.. and would not be terrible. But is he the one?

Comments after ep 9 and into 10:
Ah BeastBoy is changing into a Bad Boy and then even a NiceMan - it is so much better, the actor is really good looking and when he has real feelings and esp nice genuine feelings on his face, he looks even more handsome. When he starts smiling, he will be wow handsome.

I do hope his fans will remember that nice makes him more attractive :)

Also - when he acts nice genuine feelings, Min Ki is actually a better actor than MSM :) MSM was faking the scenes in looking for Eun Ho and arrow etc, basically most of ep 10... He just cannot act melodrama too well. Bc ... it is just too soapy LOL It is not real.. He is great for real life stuff and comedy. With some melodrama, but not this heavy and ***pompous*** It is just overdone fake :)

FL actress was acting so well in ep 9 and most of 10. She too has trouble with too heavy soap.

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As for the Stupid Controlling Dad of Eun Ho - well he got what he was looking for. He hasnt learned yet not to meddle? He has been causing constant trouble with his meddling. HE IS AN IDIOT :) Telling the truth to the king, getting a heart attack, telling Prince to quit... Wow moron father and person.... Seems like his last was also meddling into affairs of a drug addict psycho king... Someone needs to kill that king :) Same for the VanityQueen - so she rather send her own son far away then marry him to a commoner? What a stupid woman and idiotic "mother". It is all about HER prestige and vanity, nothing about him. Usually ppl like that get into power positions... So I hope she gets poisoned soon LOL just kidding. Sorta :)

I am not sure what kind of karma got the Prince wounded - but it must lead for something better. In real life, he would be dead for sure, as in Joseon, they just keep killing each other.

The concubine and the Bearded Monster trying to poison the King is sooo cheesy - how come nobody ever noticed that incense makes you feel funny.... ?

Moon Sang Min's face is ... irrelevant :) What matters is what is inside him :) and that he is a very good actor who can show on his face and body what he is feeling and thinking. And, he can do that only if he knows those thoughts and feelings.
In other words, I am saying - dont judge the book by its cover.

Also, MSM will grow on ya, you will eventually see that he is cute because he is such a good actor and pulls you into the character, it seems real

Exactly. Bad Boy wants EunHo but is too stupid to know how to get it, so he tortures her to get her attention

why not Yeol? He would be a sage king, good for the country

I was thinking about that.... yeah.. first, she can only become a concubine... second, then she is jailed in palace... so what is the practical way for them two to live together? He would be a good king and would benefit the country

Ah let the longing simmer in your heart and make the love deeper :) Waiting one week gives you time to reflect and digest what you saw

if you want to watch kissing scenes, go watch some hollywood or some porn LOL

this is a piece of art so the CONTENT is what matters the most

this drama has amazing dialogues

EXACTLY
One way is to rate individual episodes.

Ah that drama is 1950s evil LOL FL is this intentional loser and liar and she keeps dumping ML and running away any time it gets difficult... So first he harasses her and bullies her in revenge.. then he likes so he starts chasing her like a bull in a china shop, all hormones, no brains... He is her boss, so he ... plasters her to the wall to post posters, grabs her, tries to kiss her, etc. Also, all that time he believes she is married.... and still does it..... He is hands all over too often at work and otherwise but mostly work. The series was popular bc it started with them kissing and jumping into bed and had quite a few steamy skinship scenes and a constant "sexual tension" as he kept trying to grab her. FL still kept lying and running away, she kept falling and slipping literally 5 times per episode, he kept saving her and grabbing her, etc etc etc etc At the end she again dumped him, he chased her, got into accident, etc. That drama was a toxic dream of some insecure loser woman who wanted a hot sugar daddy to tolerate all her stupidities. THE AUDIENCE LOVED IT and justified every mis-action. "She lied non-stop - but she had to." "He harassed her - but he loved her." etc

Yes if. But seems like a person is not allowed to be rich unless they belong in that evil elite club.
Of course there are exceptions in real life.
The dramaland can do a lot of good or bad by introducing ideas. Hollywood introduces only bad ideas. Kdramas so far introduced good ideas, minus sexism and alcohol :) but that is changing too with the western influence, e.g. foreigners like Netflix and Disney making "kdramas" and ppl being forced to westernize their belief system and lifestyle - that is the death of kdramas - and also short verticals $15 billion industry that will fry everyone's brains and kill any ability to focus or think

It is up to the audience to pick up the message of this drama versus some stupid trash like .... Dynamite Kiss or short verticals

This is a very healing, positive kdrama. It seems like a silly relaxing brainless drama, and yeah sure it has some cheap comedic gimmicks like this cheesy Superman and provincial accents, but it is a very very deep and very positive kdrama, so very healing because it is so humane, honest yet warm, and uplifting.
It tells the story of creating happiness and prosperity by your own efforts, honest yet kind communication, and proper team work.... in ordinary everyday life .... by ordinary everyday people. It is about you and me and our hood and community. That is really profound. I really appreciate it.
Bc of kdramas like this, I am convinced kdramas are the best storytelling entertainment globally. Nobody else has this kind of storytelling. Long live and prosper, kdramas :)

Hang Gyul was soooo lucky to overhear that phone call... He could have lived all his life in that lie.... I really hope he tells his uncle and they NEVER sell that land
The teenagers were so cute ...
and the adult Lawyer is so.... slimey .... ...
and mom is ...well... snotty snob diva .... but smart too!!! and dad is under her slipper :)
At least now we have THREE or more couples who should be happy together

This drama is so positive, things keep moving forward in a very positive way. I really appreciate it

Also, although it is a sad twist, I do appreciate ML actor switching to "usual self" instead of faking this cheesy Superman. At the end of ep 8, it was shock and grief that kicked ML out of that cheesy mode, so that is sad for the character, but we finally got to see the actor, I appreciate that. I do not like that fake cheesy Superman :) It is forced and unpleasant. I like the "normal" version better. Then the expressions of feelings and thoughts are visible. Yeah, Superman feels guilty, seems like his dad beat him up and something went wrong, and Superman saved the baby and not the dad. It is heavy but ....

Also, I am glad the Nephew script finally allows him to be more lively. It is a waste of the actor to keep that actor so gloomy and poker faced. His rare specialty in acting is to be happy, alive and lively. Actually, very few actors can pull that off :) It is actually really hard bc you have to have the experience of that feeling first hand.

I love your review

OK this is attacking the "modern" version of giseangs, a lot more sinister version.
And so it is addressing the TIP OF THE ICEBERG by showing some catchy hype.
But then there is 9/10th of that toxicity that is hidden still....

There is even deeper issue, which is societal promotion of this kind of stuff, like ppl voting high on Boys Over Flowers psychotic abusive males bc they are "hot", or recently rating high 2025 kdrama Dynamite Kiss as "hot" and labeling sexual harassment in personal life and at work as "he loves her", or liking the violent abusive To my Beloved Thief 2ML as a "hot guy"
I hear there is a drama coming up where ML is a salesman of porn toys.

It is sad but true, society promotes these beliefs and many times women are too dumb to skip the bait.
I understand why men promote this kind of behavior, they are interested in keeping their privileged status. But women ... SHOULD be smarter. But they are too often NOT.

I am using my own mother as a measuring stick. She does not have high IQ, has zero self reflection skills, and is super sexist. She is a very ordinary woman. What kind of stuff can be done to reach down to mindless gray masses like that?

So how to dissolve societal pressure to hold males on a pedestal?
And the societal sliminess, when ppl see someone being abused, they pretend they did not see it. That is the topic of all those school bullying dramas...
But really those two topics together is about ... nacism :) those two premises - here are those privileged, and those who are not, and it is ok to let the non-privileged eat sh@t.

**** I want to see a drama that addresses resolving that. ****
Yeah sure there are high level cases like these but it is all possible bc society holds certain beliefs. In fact, practically everything societal is toxic..... and engineered by some greedies in power to keep them in power. And "ordinary" ppl are just stupidly dumb and just go along with it, like sheep obeying their sheppard who is going to kill them and eat them.

That is the fundamental issue - ppl are sheep, who blindly obey the sheppard..... out of complacency or out of fear...

Right now, there is an epidemic in the USA of stealing homes from single women, elderly, disabled, any "minority" group. Especially condos and townhomes in homeowners' associations.
Women are still paid 70% of male salary for the same job, same qualifications.