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Episode 8 of The King: Eternal Monarch Drops to Another Rating Low of 6.1% and 8.1% and Reveals a Clown Car of People Traveling Between Parallel Worlds

Veteran screenwriter Kim Eun Sook has the longest K-drama hit streak among her peers so it’s likely she’s getting her projects scooped up on concept and casting alone. It’s too bad she’s too big for oversight because someone could have read her early few episode scripts for The King: Eternal Monarch and told her this ambitious plan was too big for her britches because she’s not good at world building with momentum and reveals and that this drama would work better with zero romance and just a cool fantasy sci-fi detective yarn coupled with palace intrigue. Instead 8-episodes in this is undeniably SBS‘s biggest flop drama in recent years in terms of ratings compared to budget, big name cast, and hype. Congrats Vagabond, you’re not wearing that crown anymore lol!

Vagabond still holds the stupidity meter as The King is starting to make more sense but goodness it’s a slog to get there. The big reveal is that baddie uncle Lee Rim is moving dopplegangers around from Republic to Kingdom and vice-versa depending on whatever is his grand plan and it involves our woobie Shin Jae too who finally figures out the reason for all his angst. Knowing that to travel the parallel worlds needs to walk that pink backdrop bad CGI knockoff of the Rainbow Bridge makes me die laughing at all those characters who have moved between worlds ambling along with Lee Rim. See, this shit don’t make any sense and honestly a lot of what Kim Eun Sook wrote prior didn’t make a lot of sense too (but more than this one) but with good chemistry, good acting, and good directing those dramas were hits.

For a big budget fantasy drama the PPL is really extra awful here. The boba shop The Alley is just so awkwardly shoehorned in, I cannot ever image a King and his detective girlfriend drinking giant bobas on their evening date out. And the awkward cutaways to everything that is a PPL even an Aston Martin is just cheap, please do better production team.

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  • The term ‘good acting’ is nowhere to be found in this drama. Yes, I am pointing at you, LMH.

    • Just becasue it's doing mediocre numbers on SBS dosen't mean it has flopped. Don't get ahead of yourself. We are also half way in

      • It's not mediocre. It's abysmal. Big name-scriptwriter, an actress w/ a blockbuster drama (Goblin) and acclaimed movies (A Muse, Coin Locker Girl), an actor with several hits and making a comeback after military service, airing on free TV and w/ a big budget on top of it all. Lots at stake here.

        The ratings are bad, thus, they add another PD into the mix to try and salvage what they can during the remaining episodes.

        I'm seeing LMH fans (in particular) pointing out that it's a hit on Netflix and that people now are watching online more. Well, CLOY and IC has similar airtime method as TKEM, and they still got good ratings on TV (cable channels, at that) and on Netflix.

        And if those fans want to go to the specifics, Netflix only cover a minor percentage of viewers; they say it's a hit on Netflix PH, Indonesia? Netflix Indonesia only have 900 thousand plus subscribers, and I bet not all of them are watching TKEM.

        Same goes to Netflix PH, based on this 2019 data, https://www.comparitech.com/tv-streaming/netflix-subscribers/ it only has around 130,000 subscribers.

        Fact of the matter is, the storytelling is bad, acting is bad, directing is bad, CGI is bad, even the product placement and OST are mediocre for a KES drama. And Koala is correct in saying that all of KES dramas have been cheesy and over the top but she was saved by stellar casting, directors, writing team and production team.

        This is not the case for TKEM. And no, we, the international audience are not their main target, never has been, never will. The South Korean movie/music/drama industry will continue to seek approval of their main target, the South Korean audience, whether you like it or not.

        And for those of you that don't care about ratings, good for you, but obviously the production team cares, the network cares, the sponsors care, and the cast care.

        Don't compare to low-ratings of dramas that don't carry the same A-listers and budget as KES dramas. It's like comparing oranges to apples.

        People expect DOTS/Goblin/Mr.Sunshine/Secret Garden-level of quality (be it story, acting, directing, OST, etc), and they are right to expect that. It's just a pity that KES has failed to bring all those aspects in this drama.

      • @Mel

        Netflix is no minority at all. It is the biggest deal these days. You forget to account that for each subscription there may be multiple people using the same. Like in my circle, there are 5 people who access Netflix using our friend's account. So, a 100,000 subscription does not necessarily mean 100,000 people. It can mean 1,000,000 because of the scheme i said.

      • @myrrana

        So, that means for you all 1 million are watching TKEM?

        There are algorithms/parameters implemented by each company to consider which shows are popular. Say, popular on Netflix PH (130 thousand something subscribers, 1 million viewers according to you) does not automatically translate to 1 million or 500,000 people on Netflix PH are watching the drama.

        Stranger Things for instance, Netflix reported 40.8 million watched on Netflix (globally). Netflix has 182.8 million global subscribers (and if each account has up to 5 viewers, than more than 200 million subscribers). 40.8 million out of 182.8 million means not even half of the subscribers are watching the show.

        And Stranger Things is Netflix's biggest show.

        So, the argument that "It doesn't matter that it hits low ratings on free for all Korean TV as long as it's big on Netflix" is a bit illogical IMO.

        Of course it matters, the network paid a huge sum of money for this big-budget, A-lister drama to be aired on their channel. The cast, crew all work in the South Korean movie/drama industry, of course it matters to them.

        And feel free to compare the trend and social impact of dramas such as DOTS, Goblin, Secret Garden, CLOY, IC against TKEM to the South Korean AND international viewers. The latter has no impact at all, In fact I've only seen a few memes, have yet seen song covers or memorable dialogues about/from about TKEM circulating on the net when compared to the dramas that I've mentioned.

        That says a lot.

      • @mel

        Lol at "That says a lot"! Hahaha.

        Girl, you better have your comprehension skills check. I didn't say that TKEM has 1,000,000 viewers in PH in account for 130k subscription. What I am trying to say is there is a possibility that there are 1 million viewers in Netflix's PH because of the scheme I discussed above.

        Further, as ST's viewership figure, please note that Netflix counts only the subscribers who viewes a particular release. Hence, the 48 million views account only for subscribers who watched the series. The other 4 users who used the subscribed account to watch are not taken into consideration. So, the maximum numbers for Stranger Things is 240 million (48m x 5).

      • @myrrana

        You argued that Netflix audience is not only 100,000 subscribers (the only number near to the 100,000 number you pointed out in my first post was the PH one), thus I concur, and take into account 1 subscription per 5 viewers. Still not enough to say that it's better than TV broadcast (especially in terms of ads).

        The Netflix argument made by LMH fans (in particular) for me is weak as when compared to audience for a TV broadcast, there's just no comparison.

        TV still wins, especially free TV.

        I pointed this out because I've been seeing a lot of the TKEM (LMH) fans trying to make it as if the Netflix deal is better than the TV deal. To the production house, maybe, as they got the $$ deal. What about the impact on the reputation of the cast? the network? KES?

        It is still in low ratings in its home country, majority of the viewers are leaving the series. Every article and think pieces about the drama always highlighted its weaknesses.

      • @mel

        You still don't get it. What I said is 100k subscribers do not translate to 100k maximum viewers because of the scheme that multiple users (5) may use a single subscription to watch a series/movie in Netflix. Hence, a 100k subscription may mean 1 million viewership in maximum.

        Further, please stop downplaying the role of Netflix in today's age of social media. You need to know that the buying audience (a.k.a. 20/49 group) is more into online viewing than TV nowadays.

      • @Mel its true that the pd team may make so much money with ppl and Netflix but one thing will remain Eternal (pun intended ?)..i.e its ratings being plastered on Wikipedia page. After few years,leave it even after few months no one will remember for how many days it was trending in Netflix and in which countries. In the end only the ratings count.
        Even when I want to watch a drama , I would check the ratings to get the gist of its popularity .Usually if a drama has high ratings,it draws my attention quickly and I read the synopsis and if that appeals to me I watch it.However I have been deceived by high rated dramas many a times.
        Most of the time I get to watch an underrated drama if it is recommended by a friend or I happen to read about their rave reviews online. Whereas this drama neither has high ratings to pull audience and nor good reviews. It will be long forgotten among the gems being produced these days but at the same time people will still remember it for its grand failure.
        PS: Found on twitter that CLOY was no. 1 and IC was no. 3 in Japan a few days ago,that too so many months after they finished airing. I couldn't find TKEM in that list or maybe it was not in top 5 as I checked the top 5-6 series only.I think Japan has taken their defeat against Kim Tan of Corea seriously.?
        However these trends can change on a day to day basis and TKEM may be trending there on some other day for exa Fri-Sat.

      • Listen, I know LMH has a lot of fangirls and he keeps getting projects that are high profile in theory but he is not necessarily respected as an actor in his home turf. So, this poor performance of his first work post military with a writer who has given hits after hits before this and with lackluster reception of his acting won't really help his case. I will give you an example. Kang Haneul was barely there 2nd lead in Heirs, he has a Baksaeng nomination with a very successful return to Dramaland post active duty and solid reputation as an actor with range. There there's LMH. So, his contemporaries are zooming past him in both critical acclaim and as a bankable actor, people who did not rise to Hallayu fame overnight. So, he has some major work to do if he doesn't want to be that pretty popular boy with handsome face who can act kinda well, not worth a second glance forever.

      • @Gem i m kind of worried now that KGE will be blamed by SOME of his fans for the drama's failure as their weak chemistry is already on radar. This has happened before as well when actresses were bashed for the failure of a project. Plus people were already wary of her pairing with LMH even before the drama aired saying LMH deserves better.
        I personally think she is doing a decent job here atleast better than Goblin. LMH may come out unscathed due to his star power and has enough time to bounce back if he chooses challenging roles next time. But KGE already gets so much hate ,I just don't want her to suffer more when she clearly is not to be solely blamed cause the writer, director and co-actors are at fault as well.

      • @myrrana

        No, you're the one that don't get it. I didn't downplay Netflix influence, my post was always about providing the logic to TKEM fans on why ratings in South Korea are more important than if it is considered only "trending" on Netflix.

        CLOY and IC are hits and became trending in South Korea and at the same time, internationally -> fact. (Same goes for KES' past dramas, DOTS, Goblin, Secret Garden)

        It ruled the TV landscape, online and Netflix -> fact. (Same goes for KES' past dramas, dunno about Netflix though as the three dramas I've mentioned were available on stream platforms way after they were aired)

        Everything about those dramas went viral (wardrobe, hairstyle, gimmicks, dialogue, OST) -> fact. (Same goes for KES' past dramas)

        Now, apply those same parameters for TKEM, can those fans still think that TKEM is successful because "It trends on Netflix"?

        Like the drama by all means, but don't defend the drama w/ the pathetic excuse of "It trends on Netflix".

        It's a KES drama and a big budget/grand production at that, where are the viral moments? Where's the social/talk-of-the-town impact?

      • @mayy

        I agree with you. the ratings are low and it's not even a gem of an under-rated drama.

        You know what bugs me about the fans? They keep saying "Ah, the majority don't get this because it makes them think". Excuse me? It's not Sherlock or House or even Signal type of show. It's a KES drama, for god's sake! And LMH can't act. He really can't emote.

      • @may
        I wouldn't worry about KGE...she has solid filmography...Memories of the Sword, Coin Locker Girl...a good film script and she will bounce right back. LMH support group may try to pin it on her but I know for a fact that even if KGE is not perfect, she has her way of getting her groove back. If not in drama then in films. Same with Woo Do Hwan, he is fresh of success of My Country, he will bounce back provided he gets a good script. Lee Min Ho needs to decide if he plans on playing it safe with same roles over and over again or means business in terms of acting reputation. Okay, lets for sake of argument, let us pin it all on the writer, bad writing can still be salvaged by good acting or chemistry. Case in point, DOTS so we will see.

      • @Mel yeah it is ridiculous when people say that we don't have the ability to think deeply.I guarantee even they didn't get it in one go . I mean there are many complex shows which viewers have appreciated. It is just that the storytelling is soo bad here that it can't garner enough interest. Signal was also a great show maybe not complicated as this .Even W having a parallel world concept was quite intriguing in the initial episodes although I accept it faltered a bit towards the end. We were able to connect with the lead who had a tragic past in W but not in this case.
        Regarding Netflix, Japan has the highest no. Of subscribers in Asia based on your article. And I just checked that CLOY and IC are top 2 and it has been same for quite some days. TKEM was at 9 position yesterday. I don't know about today's list. But one thing is sure TKEM is losing its audience especially in Japan cause I remember it premiered at top 3 but its numbers are going down each week. So it has failed to make an impact unlike other KES dramas.

      • ....sorry, but SBS did not fork over the money for a Kim Eun Sook drama to get ratings like these.

        I get that fans are defensive but don't fool yourselves, if Arthdal Chronicles (which was on cable) is a commercial failure then so is this.

      • @mel

        You'd gone over the board. My comments were about Netflix not TKEM. It is you who has a problem answering an objection straightforward. Further, stop lying that you didn't downplay Netflix. Lol! You just said that the numbers of Netflix is just minority - a crystal clear evidence that you downplay Netflix's numbers.

      • @myrrana Multiple people using one Netflix account to watch a show is actually detrimental to the success of the said show. Why? Because Netflix's first and foremost intention in investing in new shows is to gain more subscribers. 100k accounts is still 100k accounts, total views mean little. If fans want to help their favourite shows, they should go buy more Netflix subscriptions, and not share keys which is against Netflix TOS anyway. Netflix can ban your IP whenever they like.

      • @mayy

        Yeah, not a surprise. Especially when compared to KES past big budget hits. A bit skeptical that the ratings will pick up, but will be pleasantly surprise if it does.

        KES should learn from this. Get good screenwriting team, competent writing room. And did she changed casting director or what? the past three dramas have been good casting selections, especially for the main male leads.

      • I strongly agree with you. Let's further episodes play out before bring overly judgemental

      • @Mel - thanks for the detailed breakdown on Netflix etc, shame that people are getting all defensive and refusing to listen to logic.

        Netflix has various tiers of membership that allow you to either have a single screen only (cheapest tier) or to have Netflix on multiple devices. The latter is perfectly legal but it's delusional to pretend every 'household' that watched a show must be yielding 5 viewers. Also, the Stranger Things example was on point, it is their biggest show like you said and a legitimate hit by every possible Netflix metric (trending, has pop culture influence and impact, viewership figures are known). That was a Netflix hit. Tiger King was a Netflix hit. CLOY was a Netflix hit and literally the 3rd most watched show globally. TKEM might trend, but I agree that pretending Netflix is some bigger deal than SK ratings because of ~global success~ for a failing drama that was absolutely EXPECTED to get those ratings, is ridiculous.

      • @Abigail - "just started" lol, the drama is half over already and with declining numbers every week, getting its butt kicked by a dark-horse jtbc drama with exactly zero Hallyu stars and no megastar writer.

      • Agree. I've watched plenty of high review dramas and wondered how it was possible and vice versa.

    • He indeed fumbled in his role here and so did most of the cast members but the majority of the fault lies with the writer and the director.

      • @laura agree
        there isnt much cast could do to save this project. they are limited to script of course.
        yet I think suitable pairing can save a drama from bad story and keep audience. LMHxKGE dont have that kind of chemistry to do so.

      • @artemis

        Hmmmm, yes! No could save the script, good chemistry can temporary make it a little more attractive but it can only go so far. A bad script is a bad script overall.

      • It also depends on genre.

        If a drama was completely romantic comedy, great chemistry could save a bad project. Just like my princess.

        Eternal is a mixture of many genres, so almost impossible lol

      • I honestly don't think it's a case of bad casting. All of the actors in this show are giving pretty decent performances, if we're just going to stick to analyzing the performances. KKN for one. No idea who he is prior to this show and I truly think the dude can act. Hope he gets more projects after this. But I fall asleep every time the focus is on him because the scenes are so disjointed and are jumping from one angle of the story to another it is so difficult to emotionally invest in any of characters. It's a shame because I really like the concept of the show. Concept wise, it is more interesting than Goblin. I never bothered with DOTS and Goblin. I saw few episodes of both and both shows ran in circles. I remember watching I think it was episode 6 or 7 of Goblin and thought nothings happening. But it clicked to a lot of viewers because the universe of Goblin isn't that complicated and can be carried out pretty easily by the actors. TKEM is too complex of a show and relies heavily on the skills of the writer and the director. KES is out of her depth here. It's a shame because the actors aren't really talentless. It's just that, they can only do so much to salvage a technically deficient show.

      • Maybe it's not to ypur liking but saying that Lee minho is a bad actor is just too much and you guys are comparing the king eternal monarch to goblin just because if the female lead and the director which is not fair to anyone and the storyline is bulding up you'll just have to wait and see the drama isn't a terrible drama as up I guys are saying these comment are just hate comments and hate while the actors/actresses are working there butts off trying to please you guys but guess what they can't please everyone so...... you'll just have to wait and see if the ratings go up at the end of the drama

    • Hahaha... but you were still watching to know what time of acting he gave and you better just get over it too.

    • @myrrana minority because their main goal has always been the South Korean viewers. The Netflix deal was for the production house to get a quick and easy $$.

      I thought you understand the meaning of my "minor percentage" of viewers. Netflix has never provided exact numbers of viewers, only subscribers, even then, if multiply by 5 viewers per account, it still doesn't add up that ALL of that accounts are watching TKEM.

      That's why majority of the industry still aims for the masses, i.e TV, movie theaters.

      Netflix helps with hyping a show. The real deal is in the network. They paid big for this drama. Way more than only getting these abysmal ratings.

    • That’s because they are trying to turn him into a beautiful dummy, just showcasing his looks and nothing else. He needs a better vehicle to show what he’s really made of as in BOF for example,where he was outstanding. It doesn’t help that there is zilch chemistry between him and the female lead. It is cringeworthy...

  • Directing is a mess, some scenes focused more on the product placements than the actors. The writing may be slow but starting to make sense, but it still fail to catch any excitement in my part. Just watching it bc of Kim Kyung Nam who steal the show.

    This drama added to the list of failed high-budgeted dramas like Arthadal Chronicles and Vagabond...at least AC's reason aires cable channel while VB may be flop but still abled to got double digits in most of their episodes despite having the 3 parts per episode.

    • I thought my first comment wasn't posted =_= I even retype it again to comment...now it got doubled LMAO

      • @bam my sympathy
        it has happened for me before and it was so long I just decided not to retype it lol

  • Directing is mess, the some scenes focused on the product placements than the actors. The plot is starting to make sense but still failed to catch any excitement. Just continuing to watch this bc of Kim Kyung Nam who steal the show.

    Honestly, TKEM added to the list of failed high budgeted dramas like Arthadal Chronicles and Vagabond. At least, AC only aired in cable channel while VB still got double digits in most of their episodes despite having 3 parts per episode.

    • I understand there are a sizeable fraction of people who didn’t like AC but it wasn’t a bomb because if it was there wouldn’t be a second season haha

      I agree people expected higher ratings for AC but it did well enough and satisfied investors.

      • If it dosen't turn into a big hit on Netflix TKEM will also become a flop like AC and Vegabond. I will be the first person to call them out. There is no shame in getting a flop once a while. It happens but I don't know why I just have this weird feeling that things will turn surprising good for TKEM despite doing bad numbers on SBS which is just one location Tv channel. If it trendscends all that then that would be it's saving grace but will it happen is another question. Its sort of 50/50 now and if it fails to climb high on Netflix than it will most certainly flop. Both LMH and KES will have to take their first FLOP with good grace but they are still not out

      • AC was a bomb im pretty sure it never even passed the 10% mark and yes the ratings would be considered average (or even a hit) for a normal medium budget drama but for the amount of money invested into that production, not to mention the A list cast, the results were a complete flop. The first 2 seasons were completely pre-produced so they really had no choice but to air the second season but the fact that they aren't going to be making another season and left s2 on a cliffhanger and instead gave it that animated full ending when they initially marketed it intending for it to be this epic story spanning multiple seasons goes to show that it was a disappointing project.

      • @ Jonas @cheese

        Why is AC a bomb?

        AC was not shown on a public channel but on tvn, so the ratings it got was pretty decent.

        They announced they were planning to film AC second season this fall.

    • Well, I am enjoying this drama! But you also need to appreciate all the dramas being made now are during a global pandemic- that surely affects many production aspects.

      • Actually, I expect most ratings to go up due to the lockdown measures. People stay home more (in Korea & internationally) and are no longer working long hours. So I would expect that most would tune in to watch shows. So if the ratings are this low, then it's not good. I've been been stuck at home and watching A LOT of dramas and shows - even re-watching some of my old favourites - especially one about another Korean king. *wink*

  • I’m kind - I liked ep 8 the best although it took me
    3 days to finish ep 7, I had it on and off while cooking, watching tv and everything else ...it was such a snoozefest so I can understand why the audience have left and some just didn’t come back.
    They should have played on the doppelgänger earlier
    And perhaps they should have let LMH stop being so regal - I’m beginning to feel he’s the boring one.
    The drama is such a train wreck I feel bad for the team. This means one thing - KES dramas need to be preproduced and that means someone needs to watch ep 1-4 at least first and give honest critical comments- like do a test audience screen. All the problems with the earlier episodes were like red flags - the “world building” is bad , it was not exciting for a concept like this and it was just plain messy and lazy. I can’t believe no one saw that unless it was never reviewed properly!

    • Definitely they should had done audience test screening esp for a drama with such a huge budget.

  • I don't think this drama is gonna flop despite having average numbers on TV in one location. I feel like it will become big hit on a much scale. We are only in 8th episode and reponse has been somewhat good

    • The problem is the decreasing number of audience and media/Knets spreading bad reviews about this...however, The World of Married will ending soon and TKEM already hired new PD so maybe there will be an increase in ratings after that.

      • neither flop nor the expected hit.
        well they cant go back and fix previous episodes but maybe they be able to take this as a opportunity and fix the other half.

  • Episode 2-7 was horrendous but in my opinion episode 8 was unbelievably amazing, yes there were still many flaws but narratively it was great and the cast shined for the most part.

    I think if we go do something else whenever Lee Gon and ET have their ‘cute moments’ you would enjoy episode 8 immensely. Shin Jae once again was blessed with an interesting arc. Luna has an interesting arc as well but her character in my opinion is weirdly and awkwardly executed. I thought it was interesting how the prime minister came from a humble background, the slums just like Luna. Eun Seop is so hilarious!

    There were so much fun scenes and the editing wasn’t as bad and loads of fun action scenes. And that cliffhanger!

    The product placements did miffed me off, not only are their presence so showy but also the characters talk about the products as well. It seemed like certain scenes were ads for the product. Tbh it probably was the case, you could omit those scenes because it doesn’t add to the story.

    Also the dating scenes were awful and that confession drop so random, like finding a deer in your bathtub. Likely seriously writer, what’s wrong with you? LOL

    I feel this drama has the potential to deliver a great story in the second half. Believe me, I will never rewatch Monarch because there’s no point if most of the first half is dull as pebbles but i already invested so much time, I think the other viewers and I deserve a magnificent second half to reward us for our patience,

    I’m am excited for next week episodes! Episode 8 gave me oceans of hope!

      • Laura said although there are certainly shortcomings in the show there are other aspects that are incredible to them, that's why they kept watching. What does it have to do with you whether Laura decides to continue watching or not? Are you weird or what?

      • @ weird

        Thank you @ Hye mi ^^

        —you adequately explain the point I was about to address. @ weird there are elements in the drama that still allures me to continue watching :)

    • Objectively speaking, the show is failing in all fronts. However, like you, I keep on watching and might actually finish the whole thing. I don't know if it's because of the uneasiness of the time because this is my first foray into KDrama in 8 years. Also, I'm not a fan of KES at all. But I think it is the intrigue and the interesting concept that are luring me in, something that DOTS or Goblin didn't have. I don't know. Or simply it's LMHs Adam's apple. Hahaha. Because it's a sight to behold.

  • I’ve said it somewhere else but I think that unfortunately this drama might lose even more ratings next week as that’s the finale week for Married and people will want to tune in to JTBC to watch that. Hopefully after Married the viewers will return and the ratings will rise.

    • @nippon
      I wouldn’t necessarily blame world of the married show since they’re not exactly airing at the same time. It’s best to lay most of the blame to the writer and the director for not appealing to the audience. They rushed and gave us an inferior product despite have so many rich resources including talented cast and huge budget

    • Stop blaming another drama which does not share the same airing time, when the drama's actors and production crews cannot do anything to save it. If only, the acting, production and writing lived up to the hype, then the poor rating would not happened.

    • @Solla

      Im not a fan of lee min ho and The King eternal monarch, but i think it would be a huge disrepect to the actors' fans to end the drama prematurely/ or earlier than scheduled.
      I have been seen tweets, comments of the actors' fans expressing their satisfaction with the drama. if there are people who are not happy with TKEM, there people who will support this drama until the end.

      • I also support this drama and been eagerly waiting for the next episodes. I believe that this drama entertains a lot of audiences. My mom also loves it! I will watch this drama till the end, not because I love the actors and actresses but I am a fan of intrinsic and complicated plots. It has to speak to me. This drama absolutely delivers that curiosity.

    • You’re right..im a gugel dan of LMH but i only watched TKEM up to episode 3 on Netflix n lost interest..now im checking the ratings to decide on whether to continue watching or not..meantime am enjoying world of married couple

  • It's hilarious right?...This drama is a joke!!
    Directing is a crap.,Writing is awful and backward..Acting is even more hilarious..if the ratings convert to a cable drama rating...Thats mean this drama get less than 1% in ratings..Monster flop!

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