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King Flower Episode 20 Recap — 56 Comments

  1. OMG. Thank goodness the writers are finally listening to the viewers. Well think of it this way Koala. One more episode to see more Terry, Terry, Terry! Thank you for the post. Have been stalking your site this afternoon.

    • I think the writers may have intended a Terry-DH ending when the viewer preference went 99-1% by around episode 14, but just couldn’t figure out a way to do it that could pay “homage” to GJ since he’s the main lead so they just effed up big time in the process.

  2. 🙁 I knew it, I am about to scream and throw my plushy somewhere in the woods Du Hua why why
    Terry if you need someone I am here single, future doctor

  3. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I’ve been anxiously waiting for today and found out this morning that DramaFever won’t be subbing it until Tuesday.

    I loved your insightful analysis on this episode and completely agree with everything: It was way too soon and DH had some serious shit to figure out. I would absolutely HATE it if she and Terry got married only for her to be indecisive and not give Terry the happiness he deserves. Better get it together now.

    I read a comment today that I know you’ll enjoy on KF’s Facebook page:

    “Who are the fucking writers? Need to pick them off.”

    • I loved that comment. There are so many awesome KF viewer comments in various forums it made for following this drama so much more fun. A good part of TW-viewers is that when a drama starts sucking, they call it like it is. They still love and watch, but no one makes excuses for the drama and gets pissy about “criticism”.

  4. Y’know what I realized recently? That King Flower feels like the idiot cousin of the K-drama Which Star Are You From? If anybody has mentioned this already, I’m sorry if I’m repeating! But that drama focused the audience on the angst of “Do I really love her, or is it just because she looks like the love of my life?” instead of “I love my childhood friend who may or may not love me, so who cares about this other guy loving me!” And WSAYF feels like it was written from the “Terry” character’s perspective, which this drama should have done. So many aspects feel the same – we have the country bumpkin who is transformed into a beautiful lady who died and her rich fiance falls in love with her. Which leads me to wonder if that drama was one source of inspiration for the scriptwriters who wanted to change up the premise and make it different by adding the whole impersonation aspect and Lin Guan Jun and making the whole perspective from Da Hua instead of Terry. Because honestly? If Terry was the main character, it would be a whole lot more interesting. But instead, all of the most important issues were skirted and we spend episodes banging our heads into computer screens screaming for Da Hua to grow a brain. How much more heartfelt we could have gotten if Terry had the chance to evaluate his own love for Da Hua and for people to suffer some repercussions? I’m sure I’m not the only one…

  5. Thanks for the recap! I kinda feel bad for Nikki to get stuck on this character Dahua who is poorly developed and frustrating to watch. Please writers.. redeem Dahua and let her be the one who is going to chase after Terry in the finale. The preview seems to hint on a Dahua Terry ending though… or it could be just the writers trolling on us again.

    • Nikki will be just fine. She’s doing an awesome job, everytime she does Da Hua’s gold fish expression I wanna laugh because as Liang Yen she was everything exciting and sophisticated.

  6. I think my boredom with the writing finally sunk in and stayed with this episode. But your recaps bring the fun back. This drama could have been so much more.

    Despite a series of fortunate events (i.e., casting and viewer participation) kudos to Chris’ acting…it seems that he wrangled a first lead role, and that kind of dedication, hard work and talent deserves a standing ovation.

    • He carried this drama on his capable shoulders. Everyone knows it and accepts it within the production and audience response. SETTV already gave him a Friday10 lead last year, there is a good chance he is probably getting the male lead in the Sunday10 after Love Around finishes at the end of this year. Or the male lead in the next Daily8 after Two Fathers. He’s pretty much smoking hot right now.

  7. ARRRHGHHH!! Thanks so much for putting this up, been waiting for it all day. I tried to watch the whole episode but after Xiao Fei opened her mouth I couldn’t go on. The first half with all the Terry and Da Hua scenes were LOVE, the wedding pictures and the scenes right before the wedding…it just makes the latter half all the more bitter. The comment about Da Hua being completely different with Terry is so true…she seems less like a naive girl and more like a mature woman (The Terry Effect – it’s like his superpower) whenever they are together, especially now that the interaction between them is natural without the burden of worrying about Guan Jun. Terry (along with 99.9% of viewers) just keeps getting shafted left and right by the writers so they better write an EPIC ending with an EPIC kiss but before that Da Hua better offer her BLEEDING HEART on a platter to Terry. I’m sure if Qin Mo had witness your runaway bride routine you wouldn’t have walked away if one piece.

    On a side note I guess Kevin didn’t receive his wedding invitation…where were Terry’s bros when he needed them?

    • After Xiao Fei opened her mouth I actually visibly cringed. I’ve rarely done that watching a drama. A genuine visceral reaction. Terry makes everyone better. I actually think seeing him love Da Hua and how he does it, actually is the impetus for Guan Jun to grow up as well.

      I don’t need another wedding between DH-Terry, though if it did happen, I would LOVE a beach wedding elopement, with her in a short white dress, him in a casual suit with his shirt open a notch. Both of them barefoot. Sigh…..they are really the happiest when they are alone and there is no one else to intrude on their every smile for each other.

      • I totally screamed at Xiao Fei to STFU then had to walk away before I threw my precious laptop against the wall. I agree with your observations about Da Hua in general but GAWDARNIT she needs to suffer and taste a bit of Terry’s pain! Ok I I swear I will probably calm down and stop calling for her blood by Thursday.

        I’m a bit sick of the wedding stuff (too traumatic and I’m sure Terry would agree), the ending I need is where Da Hua finally realizes that she loves Terry wholeheartedly and lets him know it. I agree that an elopement would be best and I adore the idea that it would just be the 2 of them. The chapels where the proposal and the wedding took place were so beautiful…what a waste.

        Just wanted give a shout out to you and tell you that you’re up there with Chris Wu for making this drama my crack for the past 2 months…I’ve really enjoyed your recaps, commentary and updates on the show.

    • i’m glad she did. da hua wasn’t fully ready for the wedding yet, and needed to address this issue before she can move on. that was some terrible timing there young lady.

      it’s always been terry giving and da hua on the receiving end. i think she needs to appreciate what she could lose here and how she is affected by this.

  8. GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Ok now that I got that off of my chest let’s continue shall we? Finally, finally Da Hua is waking up and coming to her senses, it is about time that she realizes that she actually loves Terry. I need her to do some chasing now and as you put it I really don’t need an ending with a wedding I just need a Terry/Da Hua ending where she finally truly and sincerely loves Terry. Also just to throw this out there, Koala you are fabulous with your recaps I mean you are always dead on and they are always amusing to read. I love when you are passionate about a drama and that passion totally transcends into your writing which in turn makes for a great read. I am so happy that I discovered your blog I love the playground, thank you for your hard work and amazing recaps:)

    • You’re so welcome. I love it when I love a drama. One has to care for the writing to come from the heart. I don’t pick or choose which dramas I love, it either calls to me or it doesn’t regardless of initial predilection for one over another.

  9. Thanks for the recap…..

    As I started following the recaps later….I want to ask a question:

    What is the relation between Da hua and Guan jun?? Are they cousins???

    • Guan Jun was an orphan at the market place. Da Hua’s mom saw him all alone and took him home and raised him. He’s an adopted son though it was never officially registered so his last name remains Lin.

      • Thanks ockoala 🙂

        Not only I love your writing….but I also love the fact that you reply to the comments even when you are so busy..
        So sweet of you 🙂

  10. I knew it. There is just no way that settv would go against popular sentiment and not have terry end up with da hua. Even so, the writers really messed up this drama. Even if I like terry and the end of them together, the writing is a huge mess. I mean really? They could not have written a better guan Juan character? It’s pathetic. I am not talking about the actors but just the character.

    Capt k – I absolutely agree with you – even Ethan or bolin wouldn’t be able to get the audience to side with them. Guan Juan is seriously that crappy of character. He really is so useless in this drama. They could have focused more on CM and his role and just cut out GJ. Anyhow – I have many more things to fling at them. GJ, dh, the writers… Sheesh.

    • Coulda woulda shoulda so many things to make this drama awesome. In the end we just got one in Terry. That’s enough for me, because he’s one in a million even as a fictional character.

      • Maybe GJ will finally get his act together, go and work abroad, and DH is giving him the farewells at the airport… and then gets married to Terry, after finally having sorted out her heart and realized that love comes in all forms and shapes – that it’s okay to love Terry, and that it will not be a problem to love GJ at the same time, albeit as a brother.
        Yeah, one can hope. 😉

  11. Is it bad that I’m still hoping that Da Hua will wake up from a (very long) dream to the day before Liang Yen fell off the mountain? Then Da Hua can stop Liang Yen and Terry from going camping and Liang Yen will be safe and able to live a nice long life with Terry. Hey maybe they’ll even invite Da Hua to the wedding and then Guan Jun will fall hopelessly in love with her when he sees her all dressed up (even if she’s still all bad teeth and giant mole). That way everybody is happy!

  12. Thanks for the awesome recap as usual Koala. To the writers of KF, you have just successfully made several thousand viewers hate you for your asinine writing. You better redeem yourself in the upcoming episode though you could have focused on Dua Hua’s tumult early on instead of concentrating on GJ heroic idiocy.

    • I could never figure out why the writing went that way, perhaps it was the only way to give LGJ something to do in this drama other than be a waste of air.

  13. lols, what an episode!!!! do i need to say the obvious… i want to kick and turn Da Hua senseless. when Terry baby closed his eyes and took off his jacket i could feel how he feels except that i wanted to murder Da Hua. ugh!

      • lols… yup our Terry Baby… till now, i am still amazed at how one horrible drama was able to be carried on by one actor alone and then i contemplate again and just bask at the awesomeness that is our Terry Baby! 🙂 i must thank you again koala sis for being my Terry enabler, mwuahugz!

  14. When you watched the preview for episode 21, what hint you that she will end up with Terry instead of GJ? Was it the part where she asked if she can be his bride again? Because I assumed that it must be Terry since she was never a bride with GJ. Am I close?

  15. If comments can kill, Da Hua is dead by now. stupid girl! Stupid writing. If she doesn’t chase perfect Terry, Da Hua should be forsaken, be left alone and live in loneliness forever!

    • LOL, another nuggets of viewer commentary after today’s episode “Da Hua should get her ass to Australia, and when she’s there she can marry a koala!”

  16. Koala, your recaps are FANTASTIC!!!! Not only are they detailed but your commentary just makes them pure gold!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

  17. “possessed by the spirit of a spineless gormless doormat”

    bwahahahahah! That just cracks me up…

    I’ve only been reading recaps, but even from the recaps my first thought was, why did they basically do a wedding overnight? After all that mess before, you’d think they’d spend some time working on their relationship rather than jumping right ahead. No surprise it didn’t go through.

    Still think Terry deserves better though. Too bad they had to write Da Hua into such a pathetic character. She should get married to Terry and never talk to Guan Jun again, then she can regrow all those lost braincells and start functioning like a normal adult….

  18. the bubble gun scene was just so freaking cute. My favorite scene of this episode.

    While watching the wedding scene, I was wondering where was Liang’s father?

  19. After following you on twitter, Captain Koala, and seeing your rage during the live streaming, I was hesitant about even reading the recaps. But the hook of more Terry pictures (and Terry in a tux no less) lured me in. He is even awesome just sitting next to a tux (hmm. Terry sitting next to a tux being better than most in a tux? That is saying something). Anyway, you know a drama is bad when you think the Clarisonic is smarter and has a better role than the female lead. Just sayin’.

    Thanks for the shout out to Cheng Hong. Other than Terry, he is the character I like the most.

    • wait, she has a twitter?

      WAIT, YOU HAVE A TWITTER, koala? I thought I was the only one venting in Twitter. I have a feeling my followers are pretty tired of me venting about my love for Terry and this drama XD

      • her twitter is ockoala. I get your pain. I don’t even bother ranting about this stuff on twitter because the only people who folow me really don’t know anything about my dramas. Anyway, she was so angry that I purpoisely did not come here last night because I figured I needed a good night sleep first.

        Really, Clarsonic is looking like a rocket scientist next to DH.

  20. I cant even re-watch this episode without wanting to strangle someone, I couldn’t enjoy the Terry-Da Hua scenes cos I KNEW I KNEW something horrible was going to happen. It was like eating a McDonald’s cheese burger; it may feel good at the moment but you know something bad will happen later.

    UGH, I just can’t with this episode. Terry, ugh, how can you you be so perfect… He went from being the happiest guy in the world and literally inches from being the happiest married man in the world, to the guy cancelling his own wedding and being rejected (though this may not exactly be the right word) in front of his family and friends. UGH, the way he held himself up at that moment… my heart was breaking.

    AND WOMAN… WHY YOU NO WRITE ABOUT THE PREVIEW?? GAHHHH, you’re leaving us hanging! What did they say in the preview that made you think that Da Hua was going to pick Terry? GAH, I can’t deal with the suspense OTL

  21. So are we certain she ends up with Terry? Because…I was so ready to accept my fate at the end of episode 20 and Da Hu’a stupidity that I’m very happily surprised and actually looking forward to the ending. But what I don’t get is the behind the scenes photo of Da Hua in a bear costume…

    But I completely agree with you, Da Hua has to say she loves Terry, not that he loves her and he’s so good to her…it has to be reciprocal. Another week with this drama! It better with them making babies!! I want to see Chris Wu’s bodyyyyyy hehe.

  22. Jeepers I would admit I was a coward and went to read the comments on sugoideas. Before I even went near the episode.

    Then I was kinda cringing thinking what your recap was going to be like. I feel like a deflated balloon. I knew it was coming, but was hoping it wouldn’t come. Then it came. And now I don’t know what I feel.

    What I do feel confident in though. You stupid girl, if Terry didn’t love your stupid shallow personality with a pea sized brain with zero mature thought processes, I would happily wish you’ll drop off and stay in your little corner of your little shop.

    It’s ONLY because Terry loves you that I wish you both end up together.

    Far out. Whatever makes Terry happy. That’s my mantra for this show at present.

  23. Die Da Hua. Seriously. You have no sense. You picked the most unattractive loser over the most eligible bachelor. How could you leave him at the altar?

  24. I haven’t been watching these last few episodes because I can’t bear to see DH.
    I hope the last episode will have DH chasing Terry madly all over the place and Terry playing hard to get for once.

  25. I wanted to see Da Hua fall for Terry. That’s the kind of stuff that I love in dramas–to observe two individuals gradually learn about one another and bridge the internal differences rather than watching character stupididty and ludicrous plot twists. Truly, we barely got to see Da Hua’s falling in love process for either of the male leads (though Terry’s falling in love process kind of made up for it but, as a result, made the drama feel SOOOOO unbalanced).

  26. Koala, I have more fun reading your recaps then watching the actual drama! You had me at “f*cking shut the f*ck up b*tch”…lol!

  27. Koala, just finish watching ep 20 & there’s no mention that ep 21 is the final stage. So, maybe there will be 22 eps? It would probably make sense since there’s still alot of loose ends here like what happened to the chick that was secretly inlove with him & also Direct Du & his request to have da hua as his goddaughter plus lets not forget the dodgy cousin whose after the GM position & also Terry’s resignation? Director Du gave him a month off & then they will discuss the matter again. I did enjoy this episode right up until that stupid cow Xiao Fei opened her mouth to object! It’s not Da Hua i hate for running off from her wedding but that stupid no brain Xiao Fei! And i hated her tantrums just before the wedding coz her outfit didn’t fit & acted like a bridezilla when she’s only the bridesmaid not the bride! Well, however more eps to go with this drama i just hope that at least one of them will clear up the other characters that just seem to have dissappear. Oh, i notice that QuiQui was at the wedding too. Whats up with that?

  28. What I’m confused about is Kai Le. She is in the beginning sequence, clinging on to Terry. We learned that she liked him. The drama also kept hinting she was up to something but in the end she wasn’t as big a character as she was made out to be. Sure, she figured it out but all she really did was make a birthday party awkward.
    Am I missing something? I guess I just expected them to do more with her.

  29. If they pull out a clarisonic one more time…?!!!!! Lol! I actually have one and love it. No subtlety here when it comes to product placement! What do these Asian actresses do to get such nice skin-drink virgin blood? Lol!

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