Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 4 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jung-hyun as King Cheojong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan.

We discuss:

• Then songs we played during the recap: Conspiracyby Kim Deuk-su  and Lost Memory by Howl.
• Last week’s episode was so funny, while this episode is really dark and there are bad guys everywhere.
• The Queen has figured out that it was the King who tried to kill her in the alleyway.
• The King is still desperately trying to figure out what the Queen knows.
• The many plots to frame someone for the Queen falling into the lake.
• The Queen accuses the King of going after her because she’s weak; this makes him wonder if the Queen is plotting against him or if she really is someone different.
• Jo Hwa-jin goes to Grand Dowager Queen to confess they she pushed the Queen into the lake
• When the King tries to defend Jo Hwa-jin, Queen Kim So-yong comes forward to confess that she tried to commit suicide. In this instance, it’s really Jang Bong-hwan who refuses to let the King be the coolest person around.
• The triangle forming between Hong Yeon, Captain Hong and Kim Hwan.
• The square forming where the second leads are in love with the first leads.
• A new K Drama element: protecting a love one at potentially huge personal cost. In this episode, the King injured his hand while pushing the sword away from Jo Hwa-jin.
• Joanna’s favorite hanbok in this episode: the pastel green and pink hanbok that the Queen wore at the end of the episode.
• Knee pressing was a real form of torture during the Joseon dynasty.
• The background and career of the amazing and beautiful Shin Hye-sun.

References

• Knee pressing during the Joseon dynasty
• Peine forte et dure
• Shin Hye-sun on Wikipedia
• Sung Hee on Goodpods
• Joanna on Goodpods