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The King's Face Episode 1
King Seon Jo, who as a youth was told by a face reader that he will be an unfit king, faces plague and starvation in his kingdom. As a show of the people desperation, thieves break into the palace library searching for the Secret Book of the King's Face which will prove Seon Jo does not have a 'King's Face'.
- Aired: November 19, 2014
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All of that aside, however, and The King's Face's first episode did a pretty decent job of identifying the main "goodies" and main "baddies"--the face of the drama, if it pleases you. We see King Seonjo basically going off of words from a book to decide which wife, son, etc. is worthy of his investment and him being pretty basic to some common folk who are genuinely suffering. (I think we're not supposed to like him much). Next, we meet Gwanghae, who's cheeky but actually has a decent head on his shoulders, and who at least is cognizant of the rotten state of his father's affairs (at least somewhat).
Then we meet a scholarly-looking person in a bookstore who looks slightly feminine and is reading a book and if you think you've seen this in another show, please tell me. (kekeke) She (he) just happens to know the reference to an important plot point and well, there ya go.
As snarky or as sarcastic as I sound, it actually was a decent first episode. I wasn't bored by it; the tension between father and son was stated blatantly, the king's two-faced nature examined quite firmly, and Gwanghae's thirst for understanding why his face shape is so important explored matter-of-factly.
The only thing the first episode didn't have was Shin Sung Rok, and I can't wait to meet him!
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