When last I d checked in on "The King s Affection" Scholar Jeong had been brought before the Royal Court on charges of being involved with all the goofiness of his medical assistants being imprisoned for helping him run a medical clinic. Luckily, Crown Prince Lee arrives to take the blame. Inspector Jeong also confirms his willingness to continue threatening Scholar Jeong s medical assistants. So back to the status quo, which involves more long, romantic walks where Crown Prince Lee and Scholar Jeong look and act like they re on a date, The King s Affection, Bae Yoon-kyung, Choi Byung-chan, Han Hee-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hyun-suk, Nam Yoon-su, Park Eun-bin, Park Ki-woong, Rowoon, Song Hyeon-wook
It s been long enough since I checked in on "The King s Affection" that I was caught a bit off-guard by the opening here where Doctor Jeong and his various assistants are being beaten by legal authorities for reasons not clearly explained. Then Inspector Jeong pops up to helpfully explain that no, neither Doctor Jeong nor his assistants are actually criminals. Apparently this is all just a convoluted threat designed to force Doctor Jeong to become Scholar Jeong, Crown Prince Lee s tutor, The King s Affection, Bae Yoon-kyung, Choi Byung-chan, Han Hee-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hyun-suk, Nam Yoon-su, Park Eun-bin, Rowoon, Song Hyeon-wook
It s been awhile since I ve checked in on "The King s Affection" and I m not the only one. The historical drama had its ratings high point in the second episode with 6.7%. In the most recent sixth episode, it trickled down to 5.5%- almost half of the 10.4% ratings "Lovers of the Red Sky" had in its finale. The lack of competition might help "The King s Affection" out, but a glance at the third episode gives some hints as to why viewers may be losing interest, Lovers of the Red Sky, The King s Affection, Bae Yoon-kyung, Cha Sung-je, Choi Byung-chan, Han Hee-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hyun-suk, Nam Yoon-su, Park Eun-bin, Rowoon, Song Hyeon-wook
So in "The King s Affection" murder appears to be legal. Inspector Jeong (played by Bae Soo-bin) just runs around killing people in broad daylight and no one even bothers to ask why. At first I thought, OK, maybe Inspector Jeong just has a license to kill. But nope, post-timeskip a lady of means threatens to murder a doctor for not getting medicine fast enough. Then a member of the royal court tries to kill a now adult Crown Prince Lee (played by a gorgeous Park Eun-bin), The King s Affection, Bae Soo-bin, Bae Yoon-kyung, Choi Byung-chan, Han Chae-ah, Han Hee-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hyun-suk, Nam Yoon-su, Park Eun-bin, Rowoon, Song Hyeon-wook
In the historical drama "Queen Seon-deok" an important part of the premise is that twins in traditional Korean culture are considered a bad omen. A weak Silla monarchy thus hides the existence of twins to forestall a possible coup. I bring this up because "The King s Affection" has an identical plot point, except poorly explained and rationalized. So when courtly godfather Gi-jae (played by Yoon Je-moon) responds to the news of twins by murdering staff at the Joseon gyencology bureau, this seems like an overreaction. He s also rather easily talked into just leaving, Queen Seon-deok, The King s Affection, Bae Yoon-kyung, Choi Byung-chan, Han Hee-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Lee Hyun-suk, Lee Pil-mo, Nam Yoon-su, Park Eun-bin, Rowoon, Song Hyeon-wook, Yoon Je-moon