deidra

I am on ep 4, I feel so bored! blablabla! like the man cheated and yet you are there negotiating? and the CEO talking non sens and nobody listen, and that's ok? everybody is arguing for no reason all the time, I can't take it anymore.
is it going to be better?

lol.... that's an interesting point of view.
I am not sure he would have date anyone if she had rejected him.

I didn't like it because I certainly would not play that game if available. really, there was so much other possibilities, and they just chose the worst case scenario every time. the worse region of china, the worse magistrate, the worse remote place (near a flood place and full of refugees), the worse family, the worse characters.... really, you want to play?

at least if we were watching a king's life, I'd understand why there was so much intrigues surrounding the ML. but, they are poor and live in the poorest place ever, and still, every one wants to kill every one. really?

I agree with you. although we don't know what actually happened to him during that time. all we know is that his elder brother took a lot of loans and lost everything to gambling and so on, his parents had a lot of problems which he solved and began to earn a lot of money. their relationship (samdal and him) was awkward in the beginning and everybody was clear in thinking she didn't want to see them anymore.... I can understand there was too much to handle for him. at least he now has enough money to be a partner for her. at least he actually made that happen. I don't know if I would have prefered him to be a headless chicken running blindly behind his lover....

there was no proper explanation but it was easy to understand that both of them were too busy to take care of their personal life. samdal was too busy being a photograph star, and he was too busy running his family's restaurant. and I think after a while, all the friends just supposed that samdal was going to avoid all of them forever, so no one dared to go to her in seoul.

I was bored and decided to watch king the land ep 4 for no reason. then stumbled on the policeman's scene.... oh dear! I am laughing so much! it was one of my fav!

there is no reason to be ashamed of this. as it's said in the drama, you cannot change your feelings, it's not like he could do something about them. or like he purposely loved her. and also, this happens a lot in real life too. so I loved the way they handled this. it was gentle and very understanding.

ep8, so far fairly good...
I am happy to watch shin hye sun, I loved her in "mister queen".

suck it... you will love it in the end! hahaha!

I preferred perfect marriage revenge too.... but, the evil one is soooo (X10.000) much better in this drama!

you asked an interesting question. I don't know the answer as didn't pay as much attention as you did but:
what I felt every time these cherry blossoms appeared is:
you know this moments when you were disconnected from the reality and suddenly realize that "the world is watching you": the sky is blue, the sun is shining, everything is beautiful outside, and yet, "here I am ruining my own day with some bullshit"....
that's what I felt every time. as if the character was reconsidering his/her choices because he/she felt like he/she screwed up...
that's my guess.
I felt like that in the beginning when ji-won was in hospital and caught a petal.

in a different way, the cherry blossoms appear too in the museum at the end of the drama. for me it was like these moments when you feel happy, or in love, and then realize it's spring and there are flowers every where, as if the whole world was blessing you.

I'll be curious if someone has an explanation.

I agree. she is waaay above the others' acting performances.

song ha yoon made an amazing performance in soomin's character. she really was stunning. she helped me understand some specific aspects of a narcissist's psychology. the cognitive dissonance was really well staged. bravo! it's the first time I applause the performance of a villain.

it's very well explained on episode 13.
you get to understand very deeply that soomin isn't going to let go jiwon, no matter what.
and as long as she doesn't understand that too, and why soomin is so eager to do her harm, she will not be able to take proper measures.
so, as I thought, you really need to go to the roots of a problem if you want to solve it.

of course she contributed! narcissists always choose carefully their victims. they choose people who wants to be loved and accepted so much that they are willing to agree to anything. I would have been so pleased if the writer went down this road to the very end... maybe next drama.

this drama is really about how to deal with narcissists. from the very start I understood why minhwan became a narcissist; he is the golden boy of his mother, she spoiled him to the core.

but I don't understand where it comes from for soomin. you don't become such a scumbag for no reason. I am curious about her family history.

is there some clue after episode 10? just tell me that, no spoilers, I am on episode 10 right now.

same here! this actress has tennis balls as ovaries. I so love the way she stages the mfl. and I usually don't like this much FL.

of course she will change otherwise no story is possible. I can foresee as much.
but this beginning doesn't suits me.

I agree, it's a little bit too light in the end. they should have made it less complicated I think it would have been better. nevertheless, I liked it.

ep17
he must be so insecure for him to demand no other man around her. I am sure there is a story behind this, but he should address his issues...