SBS Wed-Thurs Drama An Empress’s Dignity Wraps with More Makjang and Mid-teens Ratings

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• Hahahaha. Wut?

  Have nothing to say but man this has made me laugh. What made the production company so crazy?

• The Last Empress was the same big mess than Return! I hope that Shin Sung Rok will take a more normal role the next time and not a parody...

• So what happened to both male leads?

• The writer changes for the last few episodes makes no logical sense and no justification on yu ra and na wang sik. What a let down writer. Puke.

• Big Mess. Steered off original synopsis. Bad aftertaste. Total waste of CJH. Totally striking this writer off my watch list from now onwards.

• This sounds like fun! I love the stills and probably will watch the drama when it becomes available to me.

  I like Jang Nara.

• this drama is an adolescent with an identity crisis. It initially started out as a ridiculous makjang but then decided it wanted to be a comedy. Probably one of the the most ridiculous shows I’ve ever seen. A total hot mess.

• This drama is cheating. I feel bad for Choi Jin Hyuk aka Na Wang Sik. He's suffering till the end. This drama was started from Sunny and his journey to get revenge and open up the cruel of palace but suddenly unimportant twisted like cute emperor made audience forgot he's a killer and several times attempt murder. What makes me more shock those fans are happy to ship this coward with the female lead. Yikess... No proper closer for leads and anti climax for some mysteries. I thought we could watch how powerless people could win against bad dynasty but seems the writer too afraid to make realization of this idea. Who knows someone warned her to change the story due to issue on korean empire.
  But bravo for the actors. They all did great job especially Shin Eun Kyung.
  I also enjoy watching their BTS. I think Jang Nara and Choi Jin Hyuk has something going on. They always spotted together laughing and flirting.

• It is Makjang done right....any viewer expecting logic out of it should have stopped watching after the first 4 episodes. The stragety with the show from the beginning was to make it so ridiculous that you can't stop watching. It worked. The actors carried the show so well done to them. Wish Choi Jin Hyuk was part of it in the last episodes.

  • I enjoyed watching the last four episodes. I wanted to see what the writer(s) would do. I was pleasantly surprised! I agree with you, Gem, Makjang done right! I really enjoyed the acting too! Thanks for the great comment.

    I would just add one additional comment. I sure would like to see Cha Seung Won and Shin Sun Rok in a Makjang drama together... That would be a real treat.

  • Honestly, despite being completely over the top, the narrative worked. Sadly, CJH couldn't be in the last two episodes which meant his story never got proper closure, but I like how the final episode redeemed Lee Hyuk. His was a dark, dark character, and the transition was a little sudden, but it was touching and I could see how Sunny was moved by Hyuk's sacrifice and death. The abolition of the imperial family was IMO, the goal of the writer right from the get go so I don't get the complaints about veering off the storyline. There was unfortunately zero romantic chemistry between Na Wang Shik and the Empress, so I think it was right to edit out that love line.

• This drama is meant to be comedic and over the top. Still it manages to bring tears to my eyes with the final scenes between Hyuk/Sunny and Ari/birth mom.