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I'm sure they do! It would be a total fail—embarrassing & inexcusable missed marketing opportunity—if they didn't.

Innocent, you say? In the real world, any dude who doesn't move to the couch but instead spends the night laying right next to IU without instinctually spooning & grinding her or without being tortured by his tumescence is totally gay!

That scene when she assessed her husband (the king) as weak when he wanted to abdicate—and she saw the same weakness in her son's face—was contrasted with her positive appraisal of the ML for possessing the regal qualities she admires. She is still young & fertile and so some commenters have speculated thusly.

But probably not using walnut & acorn shells!

Maybe the divorce is fake, and the 2nd marriage is private, and for love!

Of course you are correct.

But I wonder how do two vibrant & attractive young adults merely sleep alongside each other without becoming palpably aware of each other all night long and especially reminded of how long it's been (if ever) since they last released their pent-up tensions (so to speak)? A row of pillows is a meager barrier to natural human impulses such as these. How did the prince manage to sleep in so deeply in such a situation? Is he gay, was he drugged, or did they do the deed? I can't imagine any other options. It would have been more believable had they not slept a wink due to sexual frustration.

I'm very happy that her ep 1 love-bombing has resolved into something more natural, as you describe.

I would imagine they both woke up somewhat frustrated. But then again, we don't know what actually might have transpired after their blanket fight!

Yeah. I got my logos mixed up. Thank you.
Mercedes!

"Heavy is the head which wears the crown."
—Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

Illegal? Did the production break some unwritten law? Or were they committing a crime in the epilogue? (Kidnapping? Reckless driving?)

Well we know how who started the first fire, and how (but not why the king died). The 2nd fire remains a mystery, but we can be certain that neither the FL or ML started it. The Queen Mother remains a likely culprit as arsonist and also behind the car chase.

But I can't help but wonder whether the former King might have faked his death?

Someone (Hannaehh) pointed out that it's the odd-numbered episodes which include epilogues.

FL mentioned divorce being part of the contract at least twice. Perhaps they might marry for their pragmatic reasons, divorce, then finally marrying again for love?

Haha. "Jin Mu" does carry that stigma into every role. Despite not always being the villain, he looks like one (especially with that silver hair & dark goatee.) I had the same thought, but we got to see his loyalty to the former king so I'm inclined to wait and see…

I always wanted to wear Crocs but never did so because I worry someone might mistake me for a doctor! But bedazzled Crocs would solve that problem. 😂🤣

We've also had a couple product-placement close-ups of a Mercedes (not BMW) hood emblem while Seong Hui Ju drives. Maybe we'll get another tomorrow during the (rumored) car crash in ep 4? (As in, Mercedes cars are safe enough to protect the Crown Prince.)

May the casting rumors commence!
I nominate Lee Re as young Seong Hui Ju.

https://mydramalist.com/people/6093-lee-re

Kopiko got run over by the white truck of doom. OMG! Subway is the WTOD!!

And also Eggdrop. We never even saw anyone actually take a bite of an Eggdrop—they only pretended to do so while hiding their mouths behind the sandwich. (Maybe they nibbled on a bit of crust and mumbled, "Yummy!")