Listeners, we apologize that Joanna’s audio is not as good as normal. She was traveling and had to record this episode on her phone.

Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 3 of Season 2 of Kingdom, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Ju Ji-hoon as Crown Prince Yi Chang, Bae Doona as Seo-bi, Ryu Seung-ryong as Cho Hak ju, Kim Sang-ho as Mou Young, Kim Sung-kyu as Yeong shin, and Kim Hye-jun as the Queen Consort. We discuss:

• The timeline of the queen’s evil plan to get a baby boy. We have differing opinions about when it all began!
• We also disagree about when we think Mu Yeong started spying on the Crown Prince for Cho Beom Il.
• What happened three years ago when Cho Hak ju asked Lord Ahn to take the patients in the Sumang Village leper colony, kill them, and turn them into zombies to fight the Japanese army. 
• Lord Ahn agreed to the plan but he has regretted it ever since.
• How this show is an exploration of the lines that we cross and don’t dare cross to protect our families, communities, and nation.
• Whether or not Young shin knew the truth about what happened to his brother in Sumang Village.
• The Crown Prince’s impassioned speech to the soldiers at Mungyeong Saejae, whose loyalty he wants.
• The Crown Prince’s commitment to save the people trapped in the citadel of Sangju by delivering food to them.
• We now know that Mu Yeong is the traitor because he has taken Cho Hak ju and is rushing him to Hanyang.
• Seo bi’s suspicion that something is very wrong with the Queen and her pregnancy because the Queen had Cho Beom Pal bring her sappanwood from Japan. Sappanwood is known to stop bleeding after a miscarriage.
• The soldiers who take Cho Hak ju and kill Mu Yeong.
• The Crown Prince’s grief over losing Mu Yeong. When Young shin asks the Crown Prince why he did nothing about Mu Yeong’s betrayal, the Crown Prince said he didn’t want to lose someone else. 
• By the end of this episode, the Crown Prince has lost the three most important men in his life: his father, Lord Ahn, and Mu Yeong AND beheaded two of these men.
• How the head of the Royal Commandery Division is arrested and punished for daring to barge into the Royal Delivery area.
• Mu Yeong’s motivations in betraying the Crown Prince.
• Why Young shin continues to stay with the Crown Prince.
• The filming locations for Kingdom.

References

• Kingdom Filming Locations
• Visit Changdeokgung, the Filming Site of Netflix's Kingdom
• Netflix's Kingdom: Where Was the Korean Show Filmed?
• Changdeokgung - Wikipedia
• Changgyeonggung - Wikipedia
• Leprosy on Wikipedia