I’ll say right off the bat, historical dramas can either go 2 ways, they can be amazingly good like “The Crowned Clown” or they can be sub par like this one and be quite annoying at times. With this kind of show, it was the kind to where I had to finish it in 2 sittings for me to be satisfied because some shows just eat me up if I don’t know what happens and want a conclusion so I can be done thinking about shows. This was my first time seeing the actors for the leads and I’ll say they didn’t leave a negative impression on me but I would love to see what more they have done to properly evaluate them.

First of the story was quite simple to be honest but one thing that annoyed me is that in the first 7 episode the two main leads had like 2 interactions and neither of them with good ones at that. So these episodes were just torture to get through but once they started interacting I’ll admit it got better as we saw their relationship develop. I was quite satisfied with the ending as it was a good one which made sense to me, it was a nice touch for them to have a child which I predicted when they spent the night together that one episode. I can’t just help that I have a hole in my chest about this show and I can’t quite pinpoint why but I guess watching another drama will fill that.

With the main male lead Lee Kyung as the king, I can neither say I liked nor hated his character because there were times in which he saved scenes but there were others in which I wished he would get a backbone and step up. Something that can’t be explained is the dreams he kept having, it made no sense to why they would add that plot line in the story but I do know why it made sense in terms of the story, the promise the King and Eun Bo made was to help each other so the dreams was technically his way of protecting the Eun Bo.

Eun Bo’s character was quite predictable because I have seen characters like her before to where they want revenge and they infiltrate where the main male lead is and over time they see what they are really like and see that she was lied to about the king and end up falling in love with him like she did when she met him when he was the crown prince. I’ll admit I liked how she wasn’t always a damsel in distress and had a spark to her which made her seem reliable and she can look after herself.

The princes character in my opinion pissed me off a lot at the start of the drama acting so nonchalant and oblivious. The way he hides his true intention didn’t sit right with me. Technically as the main antagonist since there are normally multiple in historical dramas he fulfilled his role I guess. The way he just gave up and killed himself what quite cowardly to me and doesn’t fit his character but it’s done now and I’m glad his character died.

The OST was actually quite good as most historical dramas hit the mark with OST’s, especially the instrumental OST’s so it added to the feelings and made me pay attention.

Overall if your looking for a historical drama, I would most definitely say to look elsewhere and get a good impression of historical dramas as this one does not live up the expectations I would normally give historical dramas. However if your like me and would give anything a try, then be my guest and watch this drama and make your own remark. Luckily I watched “The Crowed Clown” as my first historical drama and it gave me an amazing first impression so if this is going to be your first historical, don’t watch this one but watch “The Crowned Clown” instead.