cpisnotacouple

Right?!!!!!! I used to be a sparring partner for my brothers, who were Golden Glove boxing champions. My response is quick and deadly!!!!! His candy azz would have left on a stretcher!

Exactly! I would have been fired for causing the CEO to need facial reconstruction surgery!!!!!!

I hope they got caught in the idea recording. AND, where's the guy that set the gallery on fire?!!!!!!!

The way in which the LSC executes his actions, I'm hard pressed to believe that he and his masked poison expert delayed rescuing the queen, unless someone within his command purposely caused the delay.

My left brain understands that her trauma and memory loss is possibly taking her to a "peaceful time with her infant child" but my right brain doesn't believe that's the true path/answer of this plot device. The baby is just too unsettling and incongruent for me. Of course, typically in kdrama when someone loses it, they often use a baby or doll as a prop. Idk...

So you're saying the baby is symbolic, representing a new life for her?

The Dowager Queen is such a wild card too and it will be interesting to find out her motives in all of this. She's just as messy as LSC. Was she the dead king's mother or did he have a different mother? She has to know he was murdered, or did she participate in his death, making HER son heir to the throne.

Whew!

I would have to disguise myself as a man or be a hired assassin to cope.

I totally agree that the Lady in White and our villain were a forbidden couple prior to her wedding the king. From his clothes in the wound dressing scene, it looks like he worked for his lover's family. So, what if she's mad because he didn't take a stand for their love and let her marry the king?

Another conundrum for me is the hidden pistol in the bonsai. I think his daughter will kill her dad with that pistol. Or, in another failed attempt, his masked minion caught feelings and will do a sacrificial murder to keep him from being charged with treason.

Since he knows about the set-up by Queen Dowager, I would think she would kill him!

One thing for sure, we're crazy in love with this drama!!!!!!

We're being dragged down the rabbit hole and enjoying popcorn the whole way!!!

Exactly! We're almost to the end, but we're down the rabbit hole on some parts of the story!

What had he done for the queen for her to so intimately dress his wound?!!!! AND, why was she not in royal attire at the time?!!! Was that before she became queen and that's why he's so wrecked about his daughter and the prince?!!!

The baby piece is just not mathing for me.

Of course, another plot twist might be the side effect of the fake poison was that she would lose her mind. His minion, the pharmacist, knew the danger and didn't express that to him. Or, the minion is harboring "unrequited love" for him.

Whew! I'm exhausted!

One part that doesn't go "full circle" for me...she is holding a baby. Did the brain malfunction and take her back in time? And/Or, was she pregnant with LSC's baby and the Queen Dowager was correct in the "rumor" the queen was adulterous.

Exactly! His wide net of revenge and the intimacy of that revenge is unforgivable. He kinda went off like a broken lawn sprinkler.

I'm wondering if left buttcheek's daughter will end him with the pistol she hid in the bonsai. BTW I love the nickname!!!!! Or, will the love of his life, in a moment of clear lucidity, kill him for offing her husband.

Seeing him on his knees in front of the love of his life filled me with compassion. Both the director and villain are doing an incredible job here. I agree, we can pity but that does not excuse the fact that he chose to become a monster as a result of his frustration and trauma. Of course the former king bowing to his mother's vicious attack, resulting in the "death" of the former queen, is monstrous and unforgivable. I see why our villain chose to end the former king and make the present king HIS puppet.

FL being the Queen Dowager's gossip columnist was crazy good too!

That "lunch lady" hairnet beard is cracking me up!!!!!!

Attended the Shin Se Kyung school of acting. :)

Performative, in the sense that they are acting as a married couple to an audience (boss and coworkers). To me, childhood friend appears to have multiple hidden agendas and is performing to mom to garner approval of a marital relationship with her daughter. His audience is the other moms/ladies in the hospital room. With that being said, we can agree to disagree about implied and demonstrated behaviors by our 2ML character. However, FL continues to put him in the friend zone and has demonstrated, with appropriate verbiage to both he and mom, that he is just a friend.

The ML character is showing that he fell into a deep love and adoration of the FL and is trying to pull back, but hormones can rule sometimes. It complicates things further by FL confessing to being swayed by him. Most definitely red flag behavior, since those feelings are causing him to misstep. Notice how those same deep, hidden feelings are also causing our 2ML to misstep. Yes, FL has confessed to being swayed by ML.

Exactly! Showing up with all his fire fighting equipment and there wasn't a fire!

I see your point. Not wanting to have money interfere with friendship and being loving to her family are good. However, I see problem solving by ML instead of critical thinking jointly. I want more from her character.

Exactly!!!!!! As a mom, I don't see him as husband material. He's barely getting by with his son -- how's he gonna provide for a partner in this economy! I see his jealousy and demonstrative behaviors as abusive. AND, he doesn't respect DaRim's choices.

Of course, I love the emotional ride this drama is taking me on! :)