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season 2 gives you a more thorough coverage of the overall pic with babylon and all the branches.

regardless if jinman stole their server, babylon still want him dead since he's a ticking time bomb. babylon is all about profit and getting rid of deadweight. jinman is both that.

LOL...is it that hard to hire a decent translator?

also, they address the characters by family relations...but the captions just use their names.
non mandarin speaking folks will get confused if they don't get how culture is during that time period.

e.g. scene outside the temple between shen zhili, ah nian, zhili's mentor (right chancellor gu) and mentor's wife
in mandarin:
zhi li to ah nian: gege left the city for an assignment
captions: zhishu left the city for an assignment

is it that hard to add gege (big brother/zhi shu) so audience don't get lost in it?
...or am i only one here?

turtle's pace...

if that's the case, either only jinman and pasin is in on it and everyone is in the dark...it's just a show for babylon. the irony of the trojan horse...exactly who is it for lol

watched mercy for none, agent kim reactivated...will look into the rest...thank you!

i like bale as the ultimate villian.
season 2 didn't do any justice for the lady characters. jian is a newby and she's just about 20 year old being thrown into this chaos and being the CEO of the shop. it's a lot to handle/learn/manage. i expect minhye to be more sharp considering how she became who she is.

pasin didn't kill them, more like injured them. as for minhye, he could have killed her more directly, but for her to fall into the river like that...it's like giving her a chance to survive.

minhye can't go out like that.

any recommendations for k drama similar to this?

but it's pasin, he's like family to the jian. it would make more sense that he was in the know when they build the facility and for babylon to infiltrate vs attacking. if that's not the case, i don't know how else pasin knows where to go.

i guess i will have to watch it again if i missed out on that detail...

pasin knows where it is? he needs to get the inside specs of the place for easy infiltration? he's not a tech person, so the most useful for him is to navigate the place and send info back.

it's more like to show she's more culture than the rest of these people...very top tier arrogance.

she's what they call a politic person...she navigates enough to let other people do the dirty work and she just takes in all the glory/credit. her character is more of a slime than a monstrous adversity.

they make it seem like they missed each other in thailand and jianman is MIA. even so, the robotic pasin is a red flag to start with!

you think with all their history and 20 steps ahead planning they don't think of a code for these just in case situations.

1. beep beep means i am working against my will b/c of family 2. beep beep beep save yourself

it's not fear lol...it's guilt. he gave her this life she didn't ask for.

she'll either find out when she's about to die....well, that's pretty much it to keep it just that.

they were besties up until ep 6. i mean, even if pasin was distraught/shock with son as a hostage, he's still exhibiting waving red flags all over. jian and minhye could have spot a totally abnormal pasin since they trained with him and know how his character is.

ep 6 was poorly written.

not when it comes to princess brides. ..the candidate of choice is usually:
1. the eldest princess
2. the least favorite
3. any princess of age if there is not much to choose from (she could marry an old king if there is no prince to marry)
4. an elevated princess - one from a court official who is elevated/promoted to princess status to represent the kingdom

the princesses enjoys a privilege life of royal status and decree but only up to the day they get married. when it comes to the matter of the kingdom, they are usually used as pawns to secure negotiations. that is part of their duty they must fulfill as a princess.

the wedding between 2 kingdoms are a symbol of peace and/or alliance. it doesn't matter who the princess is. princess don't hold any sort of powers...they are just used for marriage alliances when the time comes or when there's a need for it.

so to make this princess a villian w/ great influence...doesn't make sense at all.

me too...b/c her name is unfamiliar...but after seeing who she is, i recalled some short dramas that i watched. her short dramas have more artistry and budget compare to most. however, i find her mediocre looking and her acting is nothing special. maybe that's why she's doing micro dramas and not able to hit the bigger budget dramas.