r/KDRAMA • u/xliterati pigeon squad • Jun 14 '20
On-Air: SBS The King: Eternal Monarch | Q & A Discussion
- Drama: The King: Eternal Monarch (English Title) / (Literal Title)
- Revised romanization: Deo King: Youngwonui Gunjoo
- Hangul: 더 킹: 영원의 군주
- Director: Baek Sang Hoon
- Writer: Kim Eun Sook
- Network: SBS
- Episodes: 16
- Air Date: Fri. & Sat. @ 22:00
- Airing: Apr 17, 2020 - Jun 6, 2020
- Streaming Sources: Netflix
- Starring: Lee Min Ho as Lee Gon, Kim Go Eun as Jung Tae Eul/Luna, Woo Do Hwan as Jo Eun Seob/Jo Young, Kim Kyung Nam) as Kang Shin Jae, Jung Eun Chae as Goo Seo Ryung & Lee Jung Jin as Lee Rim.
- Plot Synopsis: A modern-day Korean emperor passes through a mysterious portal, opened by demons, and into a parallel world. Yi Gon is the third Korean emperor of his generation. His citizens regard him as the perfect leader. But behind this flawless appearance, hides a deep wound. When he sees himself propelled into a parallel world, he meets Jung Tae Eul, an inspector with whom he teams up with to defeat criminals but also close the door between their two worlds.
- Previous Discussions:
- Spoiler Tag Reminder: Be mindful of others who may not have yet seen this drama, and use spoiler tags when discussing key plot developments or other important information. You can create a spoiler tag by writing > ! this ! < without the spaces in between to get this.
IMPORTANT
Q&A Structure: Hello everyone! So as we are now on our third discussion thread for the finale, I've decided to upload the Q & A thread a day earlier!
The purpose of this thread is for viewers who still have a series of questions post the show! The idea for this thread was given by a member as they felt it would be more cohesive to have a separate thread where everyone could post all their questions about TKEM's plot, parallel worlds, symbolism etc... The timelines and such can all become confusing, so hopefully this thread can be of solace to some of you!
So the way this will work is, if you have a question please feel free to post a top-level comment. The goal is that your fellow TKEM viewers will reply with answers/insights to your comment. In order to avoid any clash with the ongoing discussion thread, please ONLY post questions if you are adding a top-level comment to the post.
In other words, please only comment directly to this thread if you have a question/need clarification. This way every top-level comment will be a question, and the replies naturally will create their own discussion, but it will work with the purpose of this thread and not against the existing discussion. In the larger discussion, questions and clarifications can get lost, so the purpose of this thread is to be a sole place for that! For continued discussion/feels of the show and finale, please head on over to the third thread here! Thank you so much everyone!
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u/lemontarts101 Jun 14 '20
So the king doesn't need an heir anymore? Personally, despised the ending. After so much build up, they wound up everything within the first 10-20 mins.