I've liked Jeremy Jones in most of his other dramas so I'm giving this a chance even though I'm not keen on all the face smoothing and the outfits. It seems the only investigating he's doing is when he's unconscious. He better get his old ticker under control or he won't last long.
Where does this rating come from? Not the individual episodes rating as they are all high. This is a great drama, with excellent cases of murder and mayhem to solve. The action is fast the investigations are intelligent. Zhou Yiwei is great to watch and his costumes are divine. I like the look of his lady love as well. I hear there are going to be more seasons to come after this one, so let's up these rating people.
Only two episodes to go. Anybody ready to tell us how this might end. I'm hoping he can punish all the evildoers especially his uncle. I don't know what he can possibly do to his mother to have her pay for her plotting. Then I hope he abdicates and appoints the crown prince as King with a wise and honest regent to help him. This conflicted but lovable King deserves to ride off into the sunset or the drizzle with his Mong Woo.
The people surrounding the King are too slow on the threats posed and he is giving his enemies too much time and leeway to survive. Sixth Royal Secretary is a deceptive swine. Senior Court Lady Dong is between a rock and a hard place but her lips are a poisoned chalice he should not drink from.
I am a sucker for conspiracy, mind bugging, detective, smart minded casts and series but this one was hard for…
This drama was one of the first Cdramas I watched and have been hooked ever since. Have seen it three times over the years. You might want to try some more recent ones like Mysterious Lotus Casebook or Judge Dee's Mysteries, some people also liked Ripe Town.
Finished it. I would have given it a 10 if only the Lady Cho and Officer Su Ho had managed at kiss at the end. We deserved that after such a long time of teasing romance between them. All in all a satisfying tale of revenge on an evildoer. Pretty brave of this production to have such huge age gaps between the main leads and the second couple. It doesn't always work but was not annoying in this drama.
Really enjoying this drama. It looks great and Zhou Yiwei is a riveting actor and doesn't look bad half naked, draped in a flag keeping warm by an open flame, sitting across from his flame.
Let's all hope dreams can come true. There's a husband in the mix now so what will our budding lovers do? We still have a lot to resolve in the next two episodes and many people who need a spanking/punishment.
Not my cup of tea. For me this drama did not live up the usual quality of a Wu Lei enterprise. The location was colorless, the sport did not hold any interest for me, the incessant texting between the main characters diminished the CP they might have had if this was kept to a minimum.
The whole episode 8 is built on the homoeroticism of the situation that the King is totally absorbed with his baduk player. The palace gossip is on high alert and his political retinue is pulling out all the stops to get this pesky little thorn in their side removed from taking up the King's time. Now the Queen Dowager has set a date for him to bed Court Lady Dong (I can still picture her licking the diseased finger of the late king, barf). Thankfully, Coitus interuptus with Lady Dong when Mong-woo disappears in a drunken stupor. He finds her, but that's not the end of the surprise. It's written all over his face that her final wish before death is also his dream come true. What bliss!
In episode 7 it's clear that even though she is plotting revenge and enlisting others to join her, she seems to waver in her focus. Her support for the little prince in his endeavor to have a relationship with the king is lovely to watch. The King keeps pulling out all the stops to support, rescue and keep her by his side. Could it be that the couple that drizzles together, sizzles together?
I'm enjoying the drama after a few episodes in and like the lead's forceful personality and cunning. They should have spent a little time binding her bountiful assests because it is hard to buy into the cross-gender thing.
The story is getting laid bare between the main protagonists. Father-in-law is getting outed and responds by trying to 'kill off' his son again insisting his window to do a three-year stint at his 'grave'. Lady Oh is choking on her pride insisting she does not have a lowly brother. The lowly brother is stealing rice out of the mouth's of the poor. I hope the FL can end up with both her brother and Su Ho as she's earned it from all her good deeds.
This drama had a frenzied start with the judge showing off his incredible memory and powers of observation. It foreshadowed the fact that justice will not always be served when it comes to the letter of the law. He's going to see the disconnect between revealing the truth and justice served. The second episode gave us more insight into the nature of his mind. His circle of support that has helped him to survive became more evident. And then there is a plunge into the nature of a great power struggle inside and an even larger mystery. As Dee comes closer to the greater truth more of his own personal history becomes evident. You feel the deeper emotional bond between that circle of his supporters. The tension is that the rational mind can deduce the facts but metaphysical explanations are more comforting or more soothing to the general populace.
Maybe de-skinning him slowly with a rusted nail would suffice. Any ideas?
Looks like we have to wait to see if there is a second season now that Jin Man is back. I would like to see everyone of the good 'guys' to have a hand in it. Since he's only got one eye left maybe he could also loose an arm and a leg and his balls. Then we get to watch him hop around for a while before losing his head.
This episode kind of fizzled out for me during the fight scenes. I hated that long soliloqu ygiven to the bad guy because villains always take up too much space. Glad some 'good' guys survived so I guess there will be another season because there is still Bale and Babylon in the mix.
Bloody Hell. The violence in this backstory never stops and brings us to the present. Just what kind of death for Bale would satisfy my need for revenge. I'm going to watch episode 8 now. Wish me good luck.
Pretty brave of this production to have such huge age gaps between the main leads and the second couple. It doesn't always work but was not annoying in this drama.