This is the only Kdrama that I had few tears shed because of sadness HAHAHAHAHA. I would never forget how Mr. Queen had me laughing like an idiot. I knew that this will have a happy ending, though there’s not much closure with the Mr. and the Queen’s character, I think it should be understood hahahaha. Another, I thought I might be needing a second season, I’m wrong when I found out, there were secret episodes and those secret episodes made me realized this series will be my most favorite from now on. I watched this in the first place because of my liking to Kim Jung-Yun in CLOY but ended up falling in love again in the second lead I’m crestfallen at how his character ended. Like he’s crazily in love with the queen that he didn’t realize she changed Btw, how can I not mention the squad that made me insane and lunatic. Court Lady Choi who unveiled the palace’s secrets and her kaleidoscope, Hong Yeon who has a lot of suitors, The Royal Chef Man Bok HAHAHAHHAHA and the sidekicks❤ All the characters made this series alive even it faced a bit of challenged because of its history inclined story
Jang Bong-Hwan was a cocky and arrogant ladies man. Top chef in The Blue House (Korean equivalent to The White House), one day he was framed for screwing up and intentionally injuring a Chinese ambassador. Disgraced and now unhireable, it seems like Bong-Hwan’s life can’t get any worse…
And then the police come for him. In trying to escape the cops, Bong-Hwan accidentally falls off his balcony and into the apartment pool many, many stories below.
Which is where he sees the figure of a woman in the endless black water before him.
The next thing Jang Bong-Hwan knows, he’s waking up in Joseon Korea, which is the easy part for him to process. The hard part… well… he woke up in the body of that woman he saw in the pool. Queen Cheorin.
Everyone in the palace believes Queen Cheorin attempted to kill herself, so the lake has been drained, with orders to not refill it. Bong-Hwan will have to learn to acclamate to the Joseon period, survive the intrigue of the palace, and seduce the king enough to get the lake refilled but not enough to make him want sex. Ideally Bong-Hwan can get through this without that at least. Though if any of the king’s concubines- or any of the cute court ladies- want a taste of the Queen, he’s more than happy to oblige!
Shouldn’t be too hard. After all, history records the King, Cheoljong, as a weak little puppet for his ministers. One of many Joseon regal failures that will weaken the defenses of the country and usher in the Japanese invasion.
Except, Bong-Hwan discovers, that isn’t the case at all. King Cheoljong knows he’s a puppet, and he plays his role well in order to flush out the Japanese spies within his empire and hopefully strengthen the Joseon dynasty.
As Bong-Hwan adapts to the role of Queen of Joseon, he will fight to keep the king alive long enough to save his country, fall in love with the King despite himself (or be “infected by the feelings of the host body”, as he puts it), teach the palace ladies how to twerk, and invent the Big Mac & french fries a century early.
But Bong-Hwan’s strength depends on his connection to his body back in 2021. A body laying in a coma.
And the men who framed Bong-Hwan and destroyed his life in this timeline have decided it’s best if the chef never wakes up again.
I finished watching Mr. Queen yesterday. It was what I needed, like bubblegum (although I’m not one to chew bubblegum, I’d rather have a candy) distracting my thoughts of doom and gloom in the world (LOL).
I was absent for a bit here, well… longer than I thought! I know, I know, it’s been ages but my head had this notion that If I temporarily distanced myself from social media (including tumblr) that I will get things that needed doing, done. How foolish and naive that thought was! Life just has this neverendingness to it. Just as you think, great, nearly done, or one down, along comes other things that need attention. Life have a lot of things planned, great ones, and devastating ones. Life gives you pure happiness but also heartbreaking and unfair situations. Lifes like that, and life goes on.
Anyway, back to this romcom. I more than liked this, it was lighthearted, I loved the story line and best of all it made me laugh. The plot was great, the chemistry was fantastic! The reason I only liked this although I do like this very much, but not love this is… the kissing. You’re judging me, Feck Off! A lot of the kiss(es) was just bump to the lips or both are just still or very conservative on their lips movement. The kissing just did not show the passion that was being implied prior to the kiss. I know that some Asian actors/actress are concious and shy about intimate moments like this…. but… you are acting anyway… so just kiss each other like you mean it!
Despite this being a romcom, if you really pay attention, it has a lot of things going on. There’s friendships, family, loyalty, blind loyalty, unrequited love, falling in love, falling out of love, loss, traditions, breaking traditions, bullying, intrigue, political machinations, assasination plots, corruption, etc., etc.
the mr queen writers took me to an expensive restaurant and bought me a 5 course meal with dessert, brought out a surprise birthday cake and had the entire restaurant sing to me, later that evening they reached for my hand and guided me to the dance floor and then, in the middle of our song, whispered gently into my ear that everything was laced with laxatives.
Jang Bong-Hwan was a cocky and arrogant ladies man. Top chef in The Blue House (Korean equivalent to The White House), one day he was framed for screwing up and intentionally injuring a Chinese ambassador. Disgraced and now unhireable, it seems like Bong-Hwan’s life can’t get any worse…
And then the police come for him. In trying to escape the cops, Bong-Hwan accidentally falls off his balcony and into the apartment pool many, many stories below.
Which is where he sees the figure of a woman in the endless black water before him.
The next thing Jang Bong-Hwan knows, he’s waking up in Joseon Korea, which is the easy part for him to process. The hard part… well… he woke up in the body of that woman he saw in the pool. Queen Cheorin.
Everyone in the palace believes Queen Cheorin attempted to kill herself, so the lake has been drained, with orders to not refill it. Bong-Hwan will have to learn to acclamate to the Joseon period, survive the intrigue of the palace, and seduce the king enough to get the lake refilled but not enough to make him want sex. Ideally Bong-Hwan can get through this without that at least. Though if any of the king’s concubines- or any of the cute court ladies- want a taste of the Queen, he’s more than happy to oblige!
Shouldn’t be too hard. After all, history records the King, Cheoljong, as a weak little puppet for his ministers. One of many Joseon regal failures that will weaken the defenses of the country and usher in the Japanese invasion.
Except, Bong-Hwan discovers, that isn’t the case at all. King Cheoljong knows he’s a puppet, and he plays his role well in order to flush out the Japanese spies within his empire and hopefully strengthen the Joseon dynasty.
As Bong-Hwan adapts to the role of Queen of Joseon, he will fight to keep the king alive long enough to save his country, fall in love with the King despite himself (or be “infected by the feelings of the host body”, as he puts it), teach the palace ladies how to twerk, and invent the Big Mac & french fries a century early.
But Bong-Hwan’s strength depends on his connection to his body back in 2021. A body laying in a coma.
And the men who framed Bong-Hwan and destroyed his life in this timeline have decided it’s best if the chef never wakes up again.
i’m not the biggest saeguk dramas fan, i tend to get bored or not interested at all about the plot nor characters, but this drama tho!!!!! i had so much fun from beginning ‘till the end, the ost is a masterpiece (i love norazo, and when i first listened to bong hwan i couldn’t believe that they sang the main theme!!), the acting was so on point! (i mean, queen shin hye sun will obviously deliver any kind of character, what was i expecting??). i’m just happy that this drama exists lmao. problem is: saeguk dramas will have to work extra hard because this drama has definitely set the bar waaay high up. Thank you for an amazing experience that i wasn’t expecting at all, Mr. Queen!
