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4 episodes in and the ML and FL are already giving me power couple + married couple vibes (with a ready-made child). The chemistry is great. Also I so love the red color theme!

This is such an underrated gem! I've rewatched this one several times because I love it that much, and every time I still get so mad at the injustices the ML faced, so much so I'm yelling at the characters on the screen. The ML's acting was so great in this. I'm always wishing for more K-drama mystery thrillers that keep my attention like this one did!

From what I understand Yanzhi is a hostage to the empire (but acts as a spy for his original country Talhan and his uncle Suhe, which is why he sends letters to them). From what we've seen so far it appears Yanzhi teamed up with Crown Prince and Suhe to help them usurp the throne. We haven't been told explicitly why, but we can assume it was in part to protect Qi as we are told that Yanzhi had hoped that Crown Prince would spare him and Qi. But as we saw in Ep. 1, the Crown Prince and Suhe betrayed Yanzhi and killed both him and Qi in the end. If I got anything wrong or am missing anything, others please add! I also want to better understand the political dynamics and maneuvering!

Rewatched this recently and still love it. Also I want to mention I watch a lot of medical dramas and I'd never seen intervention radiology portrayed in one before. I learned a lot from this about an area of medicine I had no idea about.

Same, I came here to spoil myself and after reading the two comments to your posting, I'm even more upset. I can't believe the mother wasn't actually punished and the FL had to take "the higher road." Just weak. I will not be continuing to watch this at all.

Oh this is so sad. Yeah now I need to reevaluate everything I avoided watching based on MDL ratings. If they are giving this series a 7.5, and I solidly enjoyed it, then that means all the 7.5 shows I've avoided may actually be good.

What is with the low score? I just devoured these episodes. The cinematography, the acting, the costumes, the overly dramatic stares and music score, I love all of it. I was so nervous going in b/c of the score. Also, I have never been able to get through Princess Agents, I tried again to watch it in lead up to this sequel, and I quit -- I didn't like the male lead the actors, the characters, or the slow pace. The only thing I enjoyed was the FL and her character. But like...this sequel corrects all of the things I didn't like? I love both of the actors for the male leads. Commanding on screen and complicated. The female lead actress is young, but she is outstanding in this role. And I usually hate love triangles, but I'm enjoying the craziness of this one. Is it b/c I didn't like Princess Agents, that I am pleasantly surprised by this sequel? Because it seems like people who liked or have nostalgia for Princess Agents, are not enjoying this one? And people who are coming to this sequel fresh are enjoying it more. Also, I adore the opening credits.

I was so into this, binged it all in one day. The ratings should really be higher. It felt so different and it was a refreshing watch. I loved seeing not your traditional righteous lawyer/cop story. But to actually see an anti-hero/ morally grey figure working for the "bad guys." The performances! Yuya was amazing as Kujo, and I actually really enjoyed the bromance between the leads. It felt natural. I was also really intrigued by Keita's character Mibu and would love to have more backstory on the relationship b/w Mibu and Kujo. Again it was so great to have a story that showed the murkiness of the system, that nothing is black or white, that humans are complex creatures. 10 episodes felt way too short, I was craving many more. The ending! I hope for a Season 2.

Fewer episodes? I thought exactly the opposite, I needed more episodes. So much unexplored. 10 was way too short.

Yes, they are both so good in it. Their chemistry is off the charts!

I really enjoyed this series and the actor's chemistry was fire, officially now one of my fav couples of K-dramaland. Biggest complaint is that it could have been shorter, there were way too many flashbacks and filler episodes toward the end. And the end episodes: something felt off about the ending and the twists, and then I read about the J-drama original, it all clicked for me. Had this K-drama adaptation not been so conservative in its approach and stuck closer to the J-drama original script so much more would have made sense!!! I'm actually mad about it! So much was nonsensical in the actions of the characters because they changed the script.

I just watched this for the first time. seriously the wildest ride I've been on in k-dramaland.

My only complaint is that it was 2 hours and I wanted 12 episodes of UST, yearning, and sexy dancing.

Absolutely loved the original French version, La Mante, so I hope this lives up to it.

The two leads have so much chemistry, imagine if we'd gotten one of those 50-episode old-school Wuxia epics to see this all play out. I know there's no way we're getting a HEA, but I hope we can see them happy again before the end of the series and not just as enemies.

This was amazing, I want to watch it over and over again. 9.5/10 for me.

that face touch in Ep. 22. whew.

is there info on how this is related to the lost tomb franchise?

Absolutely amazing. haven't loved a historical melodrama this much since My Country: The New Age. 9/10 for me.

the straight couple ruined it tbh, and they had more romantic scenes and progression than the main lead gay couple. it would have been okay if we had 4 more episodes of Heesu and Seungwon dating but we didn't even get that. It felt very straight-washed for a mainstream audience and that's a shame since the two leads had so much chemistry and I enjoyed their story and wanted more of it. It was almost like a BL from 10 years ago, where you can barely even get handholding. It felt retrogressive...like going backward.