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5.4 - Review of Episode 4 of Mr. Queen

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 4 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jung-hyun as King Cheojong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan.

We discuss:

  • Then songs we played during the recap: Conspiracyby Kim Deuk-su  and Lost Memory by Howl. 

  • Last week’s episode was so funny, while this episode is really dark and there are bad guys everywhere. 

  • The Queen has figured out that it was the King who tried to kill her in the alleyway. 

  • The King is still desperately trying to figure out what the Queen knows. 

  • The many plots to frame someone for the Queen falling into the lake. 

  • The Queen accuses the King of going after her because she’s weak; this makes him wonder if the Queen is plotting against him or if she really is someone different. 

  • Jo Hwa-jin goes to Grand Dowager Queen to confess they she pushed the Queen into the lake

  • When the King tries to defend Jo Hwa-jin, Queen Kim So-yong comes forward to confess that she tried to commit suicide. In this instance, it’s really Jang Bong-hwan who refuses to let the King be the coolest person around. 

  • The triangle forming between Hong Yeon, Captain Hong and Kim Hwan.

  • The square forming where the second leads are in love with the first leads. 

  • A new K Drama element: protecting a love one at potentially huge personal cost. In this episode, the King injured his hand while pushing the sword away from Jo Hwa-jin. 

  • Joanna’s favorite hanbok in this episode: the pastel green and pink hanbok that the Queen wore at the end of the episode. 

  • Knee pressing was a real form of torture during the Joseon dynasty. 

  • The background and career of the amazing and beautiful Shin Hye-sun. 

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K Drama Chat is a weekly podcast where we take one Korean (K) Drama each season and and recap and analyze each episode. K Drama Chat is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.
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