It's a great series and my mom, sisters and I enjoyed it very much. Quite entertaining. Though based in real history, the series weaves a heavy fancy yarn which makes it pretty hard to believe. My teeth still ache due to the final syrupy. The life of a saint is uninspiring. And that’s what they wanted to make out of a virtuous girl to the point of sanctity. The unrealistic end doesn't help the general theme. Dong Yi's angelical personality makes her acting bland and colorless. A better-defined character and richer acting in our opinion, in spite of being the villain and her rival in the movie, is the one of the condemned Jang Hee- bin (Lee So Yeon.