As audience, we tend to focus on the actors but I just wanna give a shoutout to the crew. They're doing an amazing job with the sets, props, costumes, lighting, music, cinematography. We're already 5 episodes in and every frame continues to be screenshot-worthy. The quality hasn't dropped at all 👍🏻
He was neglected and abused by his father, and now we find out his grandfather has beaten on him since he was a kid too? It's so awful and heartbreaking I don't know how he functions.
In the previous episodes I thought of the king as a mostly harmless crazy old man. But this episode I saw that he could be the kind of father to starve his son to death in a rice chest
He's getting huge amounts of praise by knetz for this episode, more than I've seen for anyone else this year on MBC. And doing sageuk is notoriously more difficult than modern dramas
"Why did I pretend to be the tutor? At first, it was annoying to correct your misunderstanding. As time went by, I didn't want to tell the truth. Because the time I spent with you in the library was special. I thought you were being swayed by me while I was with you in the library. But I don't know now. Did you really? Were you swayed by me? Or have I been swayed by you?"
Sorry. Don’t care for the FL. She seems very silly and annoying . The power dynamic of a slave and master relationship…
The whole point of this drama is how they negotiate that power dynamic. He's the Crown Prince, nearly everyone is below him. I'm not sure what you were expecting?
Enjoyed this even though I'm not really into youth dramas. It's fun and the pace is brisk. The side characters are cute. The romantic relationship is healthy and non-toxic and Lee Sungkyung's character was refreshingly tomboyish.
This might be an unpopular or popular opinion but I really like the FL
The actress or the character? I think Lee Seyoung is doing a pretty great job. I appreciate that she actually uses her face. If I wanted to watch a mannequin, I'd switch over to SBS lol
Quite pretentious. All style, no substance. Even at that it's not successful since it tries to be sophisticated but the plot is just your regular ol tropey fare. French was cringey. Fashion world unconvincing. Camera lingers for far too long on a pair of blank expressions. Next!
In the previous episodes I thought of the king as a mostly harmless crazy old man. But this episode I saw that he could be the kind of father to starve his son to death in a rice chest
"Why did I pretend to be the tutor? At first, it was annoying to correct your misunderstanding. As time went by, I didn't want to tell the truth. Because the time I spent with you in the library was special. I thought you were being swayed by me while I was with you in the library. But I don't know now. Did you really? Were you swayed by me? Or have I been swayed by you?"
Anyway, Gong Yoo in a spacesuit!