Wait_IsItNot

This drama keeps surprising me in pleasant ways.

A wonderful watch. OST whenever used was apt for the emotions being described. A 9/10 for me.

Only 1 day to go!!

The main question I need answer for would be - if Lee In already knows that Mong Woo is a woman?

He is being overly cautious.

I didn't know I'll be getting back to back 2 great dramas. First 'Tell me that you love me' and now 'Captivating the King'.

Jo Jung Suk shows how a king who is about authority should actually act. Most of the time kings in kdramas act like they don't have any power.

Episode 3 end scene. Now, that's the best acting I've seen in a Sageuk.

Might be unpopular opinion here, but after episode 7-8 I looked forward more to second leads story. Main leads story hit its highest point around episode 3-4.

Yes

Good drama, great characters. OST, not so memorable. A 9.5 for me.

Maybe not a popular opinion - I liked the Mountain-god backstory a lot.

I've watching KDramas for 3+ years. Having watched more than 150 dramas, I'm yet to find OST as good as this one.

Though I had started my KDrama journey with 'Crash landing on you' and 'Goblin' but then I randomly came across 'Never say goodbye' song from this drama, and rest is the history.

Suffice to say that probably the second most important attraction for me in KDramas is OST after story-telling.

They probably re-bought the streaming rights. They showed the message of it leaving because of non-surety of landing rights to it again.

Maybe I misunderstood something. I may need to rewatch it again to confirm.

I am quite glad with the direction writer(s) have taken for last 4 episodes.

First of all, they didn't go the original version route.
Second of all, we all knew that FL would have at least some apprehensions either initially or later about being with a differently abled person. So, now they're going into depth of that. Seeing SFL with ML was just a catalyst in already precarious behaviour from FL.

I wouldn't particularly say that ML has any major fault in his approach. His personality is quite laid-back kind. He doesn't consider some things to be as important as other people. Though when reminded is quick to amend his behaviour.

Let's all hope that the last quarter of the drama is as good as first 3 quarters.

ML finally revealed his past relationship with SFL. Something we can tick off our list of - what can go wrong in remaining episodes.

I'm almost certain they won't take the cheating route (but you never know). The family's acceptance of ML (especially the brother) and anxiety about future shortcomings of future married life are what will drive the drama angst in the second half. ML's friend's sudden discovery about the potential loss of hearing for his child maybe a foreshadowing of it.

Going by the first half, this is the 'Drama of the year 2023' for me. Let's hope they maintain the quality into the second half too.

Your requirements can only be met by a non-romance drama for obvious reasons. Let me give you list of the kind of dramas you are looking for:
1. Stranger
2. Taxi Driver
3. The Guest
4. Beyond Evil
5. Hot Stove League
6. The silent sea
7. Life
8. Grid

Hope this helps.

Not sure what you mean by "big bad"

But, yes there is a love square.

There is None.

Second ML