Selbee

Wow what a show! Over the top, ridiculous, cartoon evil couple, miserable lead and yet you just can't stop watching! It is so bad that it s excellent! A great ride! The kings of cliffhanger!

There is nothing new under the sun and this drama is full of usual tropes: rich guy, poor girl, cold ex girlfriend, and if it had been only that it would have been ok because the leads have great chemistry.

What an annoying kid: so rude,misbehaving and definitely not cute.... such a spoiled brat!For a great kid see Two weeks...

Halfway through, weird how the only victims killed are women?!? Otherwise this drama is really good except for the annoying kid and the awful FL's hairstyle(a wig maybe?)... The female characters are all the same: good or bad they are in general hysterical women who cannot control their feelings, they react and then they think.What a macho drama!

She is like a 2 year old throwing temper tantrums.Unbearable. Moreove the actress playing her is just awful: so much bad acting almost ruined this drama. Thank God for LJG!

What a bad actress... what a shame! She ruines drama with her overacting....

Jung Mal Ran is his father's wife. His mother, murdered on JMR's order, was his father's mistress and the love of his life. Kang Pil Joo also had an affair with JMR in order to accomplish his revenge.

Korean version of "The Fugitive"

Not as sad as all the comments have you believe: their love story couldn't have ended any other way! It just needs 10min more in the 21st. century to wrap it up in a happy ending but they hint at it with the king's last line. History is bloody, fighting over a throne is always tragic, many people die: it is the gist of this drama! Beside all that: WOW!!! Lee Joon Gi: can this guy act or what!? He tells more with a look in his eyes than most actors with grand gestures and passionate talks. Anything he's in is well worth the watch. This had so many flaws but LJG made it good! IU is so sweet as well, has great chemistry with LJG ; but could she maybe next time choose a drama with a happy ending?

This is so me! So much so it's scarry! Thank you lockdown! Before it was all US shows but I couldn't stand them anymore so I tried something different and fell down the Kdrama rabbithole; I haven't watched anything in english (or any other language for that matter beside korean) since April. And I haven't overdosed yet! The kdramas are a perfect escape from reality! Learning more about korean culture, rich history and language was an added bonus! Plus I have been listening kdrama ost songs on repeate mode.... Is this serious, doctor?

Thank you for this funny review: I have only seen two episodes so far but I saw everything you write about and I agree wholeheartedly! IU is ok and has decent chemistry with LJK who is this drama's saving grace. Should I continue watching just because of him? The rest is so messy....

YES, YES, YES! Thank you! Someone else gets this drama: real life is messy!

Interesting but aesthetically ugly: production and cinematography are so cold lack beauty.

Thank you I so agree with you: what a wasted opportunity to make a great drama. I had trouble suspending my belief in certain scenes (I mean that hunting scene doesn't make any sense!).

FL looks miserable all the time. So annoying! I hope she gets better soon because I want to drop this again.... I picked it up after watching Joo Ji Hoon in Hyena(so good!!!). This drama is such a wasted opportunity!

Oh no!!!Too late for the bedtime warning! I fell into this particular rabbithole 6 months ago (thank you stay at home order in Europe!) How do I get out ? Do I want to get out?! Kdramas are a perfect 16h (usually!) escape from harsh reality (and I was so fed up with endless US series!) On the other hand it took me only three dramas to figure out the formula and see the majority of tropes that show up in most shows: love triangles, wrist grabbing, white truck of doom, piggy back rides and so on.... I am a sucker for a happy ending and since those are the stages a usual kdrama has to go through, so be it!!!! Thank you for this article: very informative and succint!

Sweet, cute filled with usual kdrama tropes (triangles, childhood friends). Story known, seen so many times before. The only advantage of this one is that it is short and therefore very very sweet. Beware of the sugar overdose! Definitely worth the watch !

Macchiavellian! I hate it! First three episodes felt so weird I almost dropped it. Don't do it. This drama is amazing: the chemistry, the dialogues, the story....

It takes some getting used to: you don't see such ruthless female characters, it is disturbing, it is hard to like her but on the other hand the society forces women to be tough to survive in the world run by men! Still this drama is definitely something else! Production is amazing, direction(original camera angles), acting top notch, colours(or the absence thereof).

No you are not the only one: the first time I saw her I thought she was someone who abused esthetic surgery, she looks so artificial. The only role I actually likes her in was Jennifer. And that's all: all the other roles I saw her in was older woman with younger man, excentric, yoga loving, comic....I think she is much more talented her roles let on!