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He is based on the worst king of Korea, so no surprise there.

Spamming viki to sub it. I don't trust Netflix.

I haven't watched as many J-drama as I would like, but I do remember Matsuyuki Yasuko from "Mother." Lee Bo-young played the same character in the Korean version of "Mother" but I can not forget Yasuko's performance and little Ashida Mana.

They might end up in a 3some (marriage) and that would be just normal in Joseon. 😅

Nice!!

LOL

Mad king Ha Jeok-jin was pretty good.

I haven't seen her since The Duo (2010). Her last sageuk.

All those people that were killed during the purge opposed him. He spared Eun-jo's dad because he was his teacher.

Why would he want to kill Yeol's mother for anyway? That's like killing his own mother.

I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.😊

No, she would be his concubine like Dong Yi, the mother of Joseon's 21st king.

The current king's biological mother was deposed and kicked out of the palace. Yeol's mother replaced her as queen and adopted the current king as her son. The king refers to the Queen Dowager as his stepmother. Killing one's parents is the ultimate violation of filial piety. The result is an automatic loss of his right to rule and his life. That's why he couldn't touch Yeol's mother. Concubines were sadly not spared from his wrath.
He seems to be mentally unstable, plus he is being drugged.

That's the motive: revenge, and to stop this king from causing more damage than he already has.

He needs to know all the evil that his brother has done and still doing and how the people suffer through his reign.

If he does, they are not showing them. From what we see, Yeol is most likely the next heir to the throne.

He'd be a big loss for Eun-jo and her mother. He is the only family they have left.

This script was written before 2020. Body-swapping sageuks are not common, but we get 2 back-to-back that make it seems repetitive. The inspiration for the female Hong Gil-dong is drawn from classic literature featuring supernatural elements.

2026 looks to be an improvement over last year in cinema and drama series.

Yeol is a member of the royal family. Their marriage were arranged for political alliance. He dodged 2 of them so far, but eventually he will have to settle with a noble lady as his main wife.