Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 8 of Mr. Queen, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Shin Hye-sun as Kim So-yong, Kim Jyung-hun as King Cheoljong, Seol In-ah as Jo Hwa-jin, Na In-woo as Kim Byeong-in, and Choi Jin-hyuk as Jang Bong-hwan. 

We discuss:

• The song we feature during the recap: Here I Am by Jo Hyun-Ah. It seems both the king and the queen are looking to the other to see them as they really are.
• How the queen’s memories are back and this is really messing with Jang Bong-hwan’s mind.
• How we learn more about the connection between the king, the queen and Jo Hwa-jin from when they were kids.
• The queen accuses Jo Hwa-jin of being the fake Kim So-yong. What does this mean?
• The king now clearly knows that Kim Byeong-in has inappropriate feelings for the queen.
• Kim Byeong-in has basically declared war against the king, in his quest to protect the queen.
• The king is showing more of his true self to Kim Byeong-in when he protects the queen against what he thought was an attacker.
• The Dowager Queen is playing dangerous politics when she gives Jo Hwa-jin a jade phoenix hairpin.
• The ending of the episode when the king fights with the scarred eunuch. The queen, in trying to protect the king, hits him with a ceramic pot. When Kim Byeon-in rushes in, he sees the king and queen kissing, because “there will be no No Touch tonight.”
• Neolttwigi, of the Korean jumping game that girls played to jump on a seesaw and see outside their family compounds.
• The amazing filming locations for Mr. Queen

References

• Korean Board Jumping Game
• Mr. Queen Filming Locations
• Emergency Escape No. 1
• Phoenix Throne