lime_pickle

It's not as bad as Unforgotten Night . . . but that's the best I can say about it.

Except that she was an empress in modern-day China (albeit the Yuan, when China was ruled by the mogols), rather than Korea.

Did you mean to say "Gay men never cross dress"? Most (if not all) drag queens are gay men. In fact cis-gendered straight men, women and trans people have had to fight to be accepted by the drag community.

Does anyone know what illness the Crown Prince is meant to have?

There were a number of incidences in Korean royal history where primogeniture did not obtain and/or where concubines and/or their offspring became more powerful than the 'legitimate' line. Gwanghae is the obvious example of the latter and Seonjo of the former. Plus Munjong's first two wives were 'deposed' by his dad (one for practising witchcraft, one for being a lesbian). Who knows if they were fitted up and he just didn't like them?

Single expression acting isn't really acting, is it? Even if you're stoic or traumatised (because someone you once dated for 5 minutes 10 years ago left you) then the audience needs to see the turmoil underneath. A good actor can pull this off through fleeting microexpressions. But 'I'm in a middle of having a stroke' face isn't it.

Is this a remake of King 2 Hearts?

It's that she notices that the gaslights are dimming (when he's up in the attic looking for the jewels, turning on the lights there) that he tells her is all in her imagination - that and hearing his footsteps etc.

The French one is very witty - hopefully, (though I'm not) that translates to this version.

Actually, it makes me laugh - it makes him sound like an incel. And the dodgy photo (above) doesn't help.

Let's hope she feels able to show some actual emotion in this, rather than her normal ' blank-faced staring and drooling, slightly' schtick.

He needs to lose the plum lipstick - he's quite pretty enough without it and it doesn't suit him.

Those shrimps looked expensive - I would have scooped them up, rinsed them off and cooked with them anyway.

There are no dramas, trust me, where 'age gap' is used to convey that parents are older than their children or teachers are older than their pupils (because that's always the case, so why tag it?) . It always conveys a 'romantic/sexual relationship. Feel free to prove me wrong.

Ooh, yes it is - Yi Hyang/Munjong was a scientist, he invented stuff and was married to (a) someone who practiced witchcraft and (b) a woman who was gay. I hope they stick to history at least a little.

An excellent drama made better by its decision to eschew a thick-as-mince, cheesy 'romance'.

MDL itself is one such site. It regularly 'reports' gossip as fact (often ripped from other third party sites) and never verified.

Hey, as long as you'd be equally OK with a male boss slapping and abusing a female member of staff because of his 'hot tempered character' then you stick to your fetish.

Remember ladies, it's perfectly OK to sexually assault a male member of staff while he's drunk (the 'can't give consent' thing only applies if the genders are reversed) and then physically assault him for having the temerity to respond. It's cute and fluffy!

This is one of that old skool kdramas (like Goblin) with a lot of fans, who get screechily defensive if you dare criticise a pile of hot garbage, but, seriously, what was up with the FL? Was she really 'directed' to do the boggle-eyed staring thing (like she just heard someone say 'fuck' in church) in 80% of her scenes? I know she can act (My Mister) so what was this drivel? Trust me on this - play a drinking game where you take a sip whenever she does this - you'll be smashed in no time. Frightened Hae Soo, surprised Hae Soo, passionate Hae soo, annoyed Hae Soo, bored Hae Soo - who can tell? It's the same mad stare.