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They do a lloooot of setup, I remember feeling so impatient for them to just get going with the actual main story. SOMETIMES that can mean the drama will develop really nicely cause it has a solid foundation, and the second ep was def more entertaining, so here's hoping

Looking forward to his role in this drama! He made an impact on me in to my beloved and would love to see him continue to make impactful performances

ISTG it's that he is either really bad or really good. Like he will pick an amazing script or a trash script, there is no in between for him. He is due for an amazing one let's cross our fingers.

I'd love for him to focus on non-romance crime dramas or something similar for a while, since those tend to have better writing and he can show more range. I'd love to see him in one of those. Early in his career I was sure he was the one to watch of his generation but yeah he just hasn't gotten enough good roles to really cement himself even after all these years.

Man, I bet In A is actually helping him, I assume the pharmacy case he was working on was WAY bigger and deeper than he realized, and he would have gotten buried by it or would have tipped off too many people by looking into it. She def came back to take down some super high level corruption that goes deep into the leadership of the company. And I believe she actually really values Ki Jun's skill as an auditor, but his entitled reaction to being put on a lower team has made her want to humble him a bit so that they can eventually work together better.

I liked the eps, they were fun and both actors are doing a great job, but they both are more caricatures rather than actual characters. So far we don't know much about In A, and Ki Jun seems to just be floating through life blandly, so I'd like to understand a bit more about what he really wants or cares about other than being the best at work. Or have him develop to actually have true passion about something with a little more depth. I feel like they will reveal this in the coming eps, tho, so I'm excited to keep watching and hopefully find out.

I almost feel like she was trying to help him not dig himself any deeper rather than out of anger.

Yeah him telling his ex "I'm not the kind of person" in the hallway is what made her trust him. I think she def put him there because he is actually valuable to her for some reason , and his reaction has made her feel like she needs to cut him down a few pegs, again cause she is going to need him to help her take down the company and so he needs to get rid of the ego.

I also thought maybe she's his sister?

I find it really telling that he works exceptionally hard when going after big wins that will reflect well on him, but completely slacked off on his first assignment under the 3rd group that he didn't think was worthy of him-- like the man rented a drone for past investigations but for this one he didn't even bother talking to the people involved. How can you argue he is the best worker when he's more worried about not having to do a task he thinks he's too smart for than doing the task assigned to him well.

Even your example shows a sense of entitlement. Teachers are extremely important positions in society, there are countless stories of great teachers changing the lives of their students. So why is that below a rocket scientist? If a rocket scientist was able to teach HS kids a love of science he could do just as much good, even if it's not as prestigious to those on the outside.

The FL is an astute judge of character, and she is exposing his hypocrisy and ego. A manager doesn't have to justify why they are moving someone to a different team, and she is correct thathat there are no "small" issues. The affair cases he's looked into so far have exposed two high level employees who were acting inappropriately. How is beneath him? The fact that he has made himself into this huge victim in all this is very telling.

Yeah his ex saying "you've never had anyone hate you, right?" was a huge tell of his main flaw. He grew up the baby of the family to doting sisters/mom, has always been talented and excelled at school/work, and is able to use his good looks to charm the rest. He cannot handle that someone doesn't like him, and it really shows his ego. He has this dogmatic belief of "if I excel and do the right things according to my own standard, I deserve to be appreciated" that does smack of entitlement and just does not reflect reality.

Yeah if you think about it, she made two competing promises -- one to the PM never to lie to him, and one to the prince to keep everything between them secret. Sooooo she gonna have to break one of those.

It's so refreshing to see two adults acting like adults in a k drama T.T

Aww shame, sucks when there is a drama everyone is loving but it's not clicking with you. Maybe you can come back when it's over and see if you can get back into it.

I was so happy because I had the thought after the dinner scene with the queen and them driving home together "damn these two are 100% in love and don't realize it." So the kiss felt like such a natural next step.

I legit thought we were gonna get another fake out BUT HE REALLY WENT FOR IT

The prince is the only person who could threaten her son's place, so she needs to have a tight control on him to feel like she and her son's position is safe. Part of that was deciding who he would marry so she could continue to control him through his in-laws family. So it just unsettled her that he was suddenly being rebellious, marrying a rich commoner who she has no way to control. Her conversation with her father this week was really telling, she was able to accept the engagement after figuring out that she could use HJ to control the prince. It's all about control for her.

Same! I love that he refused to use his position as PM to break up their engagement, even though personally that is what he most wanted. That shows his integrity. And I think he genuinely thinks HJ being a royal will hurt her overall. I just hope he is able to gracefully step back when he finds out they truly have feelings for each other.

I know!!! I kept thinking so many times this week that they make a great couple. They have great chemistry together

I love them because they are not the cliche scheming couple--they def have their flaws and they aren't always good sibling to HJ, but I do think they care about her and want her to be happy, just not at the expense of their own happiness haha. And I love that they are actually a very stable and healthy couple, like they're genuinely in love and support each other . Honestly the actors playing them are SO good, esp the guy playing the brother. They are always my fav scenes besides the leads

I agree that I would love to see the prince and little king to be able to grow closer, but the Queen Mother is wholly to blame, she is his actual parent and she is the one responsible for his ultimate well-being, she is the one who has made it challenging for the king to get close to his uncle and tries to keep them distant, and she is the one who makes the young king feel so alone and so pressured. The prince can only do so much, and it would actually be inappropriate for him to overstep against the king's actual legal parent.

Queen Mother's blue dress was sooo gorgeous.