K Drama Chat Weekly

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 11 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jyung-hun as King Cheoljong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan. Ernabel Demillo guests on this episode! We discuss: The songs we feature during the recap: Like the first snow by Kim Jung-hyun and Rebellion by Kim Deuk-su. We finally know what is in the ledger, but we wonder why the queen’s father recorded all of his corrupt transactions. How Jo Hwa-jin gives the ledger to the Dowager Queen. The problem with revenge is that you never know who you will actually take down. How the queen is struggling with Jang Bong-hwan’s spirit and Kim So-yong’s memories. How the note exchanges between the king and queen are hilarious and we know this is not going to end well. How everyone has something planned for the Suritnal festival: Kim Jwa-geun is going to reveal the king’s incompetence, Jo Hwa-jin plans to take down the que...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 10 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jyung-hun as King Cheoljong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan.  We discuss: The songs we featured during the recap: Palace and Secrets of the Well, both by Howl How everyone in this episode seems to end up at the well How the tiny queen rescued the king from the well by carrying him on her back The king’s unsuccessful attempt to retrieve the ledger, but now we realize that Jo Hwa-jin has it! Jo Hwa-jin tries to give the ledger to the king, but the Dowager Queen thwarts her by delaying her message to the king We have another great cooking scene where the queen cooks a simple but amazing meal for the Grand Dowager Queen How this episode cleverly brought the concept of K Beauty to the show through the face mask that the queen made for the Grand Dowager Queen Even though it was Kim Jwa-geun who had Oh-wol tortu...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 9 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jyung-hun as King  Cheoljong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan.  We discuss: The songs we featured during the recap: Onestar by Im Han-byul and The Secret of the Well by Howl How the king is looking at the queen differently because the queen defended the king when they were eating at the restaurant outside the palace, and because the queen has not reported the incident when the king tried to kill the queen. How the queen is looking at the king with pity because his family was brutally murdered, and because the king is such a badass when he goes up against the thugs in the alley. How Kim So-yong and Jang Bong-hwan are at war in the queen’s body. We think Kim So-yong was more dominant when the king was kissing her and the queen kissed him back. But later, Jang Bong-hwan realizes what happened and he’s try...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 8 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jyung-hun as King Cheoljong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan.  We discuss: The song we feature during the recap: Here I Am by Jo Hyun-Ah. It seems both the king and the queen are looking to the other to see them as they really are. How the queen’s memories are back and this is really messing with Jang Bong-hwan’s mind. How we learn more about the connection between the king, the queen and Jo Hwa-jin from when they were kids. The queen accuses Jo Hwa-jin of being the fake Kim So-yong. What does this mean? The king now clearly knows that Kim Byeong-in has inappropriate feelings for the queen. Kim Byeong-in has basically declared war against the king, in his quest to protect the queen. The king is showing more of his true self to Kim Byeong-in when he protects the queen against what he thought was an attacker....

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 7 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jyung-hun 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: The songs we discuss in this episode: Other world by Howl and To my one and only you by Xiumin. Why the episode is titled “The Mask” - lots of people in the palace are wearing masks and those masks are starting to come off. How we see the state that Jang Bong-hwan is in, in modern day Seoul. He’s in a vegetative state and Chief of Staff Han tried to kill him. We learn that Jang Bong-hwan is either in modern day Seoul or Joseon, so where is the Queen? The queen is in a corpse state and the royal physician uses acupuncture to treat her. How the king’s feelings toward the queen are changing. He has gone from wanting to kill her, to wanting her to live and wanting to understand her. In the confrontation between the king and Kim Bye...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 6 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: The songs we featured during the recap: No Touch by Howl and Venus by Moon Jong-up. How this episode was aptly named Between Understanding and Misunderstanding; there are so many misunderstandings between nearly everyone in the palace, but especially between the King and the Queen. That things are very complicated for Jang Bong-hwan since jumping into the lake clearly won’t bring him back to modern day Korea. When the King saved the Queen from the lake, something changed. The King now wants the Queen to live and he wants to try to understand her. The King and Queen agree to do No Touch but they have very different understandings of what No Touch means. The Jo family tries to depose the Queen but the King shows a different side of his ...

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 5 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: The song we feature during the recap: Puzzle by SoYou and Park Woo-jin The Queen or Jang Bong-hwan’s motive in admitting that she tried to commit suicide How the queen’s actions continually surprise and confuse the King The amazing dancing in the rain scene More of the Queen’s back story, which is quite sad because she was in love with the King, but he didn’t love her back. We also learn that she saw the Grand Dowager Queen and Kim Byeong-in the night she tried to commit suicide. More great cooking by the Queen. All the palace intrigue, including Lord Kim Jwa-geun’s meeting with the scarred eunuch, the Pungyang Jo family’s plot to depose the Queen, the King’s secret activities, and the Kim family’s plot against the Jo family. How Prin...