Shiver!! Not a big time period. But Ha Sun stabs him in the belly, declaring that the price for killing Minister Lee is his death. The entire thing? The Clown cannot be King if there is no pre-existing King for him to pretend to be. Yeo Jin-gu was also just so much better and fresher as Yi Heon in every way. Eunuch Jo asks to come with him, but Ha Sun says he cant because hes recommended him for a promotion, and the new king needs him as much as he did when he first arrived in the palace. The Perron family is greeted by evil just as they arrive at the farmhouse. Why was killing off all the bad guys done so poorly and quickly? You're most welcome, Chingu! I just discovered in Merriam-Webster that the oft used kdrama translated word punk is a synonym for beginner!) He was the king without the crown, the mastermind. We see a couple discussing what went wrong in . Voc sabe quem mandou matar o Ha Seon no final da srie? Please click the link in that email to complete the email change process. But i liked the way things happened in this drama as well. Unmoved by her tirade, Ha Sun says calmly that hell endure the results of his own sins, and she should do the same. Mohamed Al-Fayed's expectations for his son Dodi are the cliff upon which Season 5 leaves its audience hanging. xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page It felt like I was really grinding my gears when I started watching HAECHI. And he shouldve been. It was cleverly placed so he wouldnt appear foolish but experienced in many avenues of sports which pleased me very much. And I almost didnt even watch the reunion scene at the end because I knew exactly how it would play out. How did he recover from 3 arrows??? Firstly, shouldnt the King have been escorted out to safety in the event that people who were waiting to attack him would have? If you want to tell a story about a Clown being King, do NOT make that ENTIRE premise hinge on a single character and then treat him as a plot device! 3.2/4 The Clown : Yeo Jin Gu really acted him very well, showing the subtil evolution from a simple puppet to a real King. if (d.getElementById(id)) return; all had loyal supporters! I am mad, salty, disappointed, call it what you will, at the mistreatment of the King as a written and constructed character. So I dropped it. Minister Lee was doing it to create a better world, and he never denied that what he was doing was wrong he accepted that he would be punished, but he was willing to sacrifice himself for his country. MLDBC too was a fairly nice, pleasant and most importantly, CONSISTENT drama. ;-). My mind has a mind of its own, and it's like herding cats. Even more than the king/clown swap, I loved the smaller stories about Ha Suns relationships, both with his existing family and the new one he cultivated in the palace. Thank you @lollypip for the recap! And after all that complaining, that was where it truly felt like an ending, except for what happened during those two years. Ha Sun doesnt want to disrespect his loyal friend that way, and Minister Lee says it makes him feel joyful to hear Ha Sun call him that. Eunuch Jo brings Ha Sun a scroll, and he reads the hanja himself as he announces that for the queen dowagers crimes of harming the queen, ordering Lord Yoos assassination, and leading the rebel forces, she is officially deposed and ordered to drink poison. I doubt the ministers were this stupid not to reveal something that they know to be true. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 1) The Last Of Us Episode 5 Recap & Review, 2) The Interest Of Love Episode 16 Recap, Review & Ending Explained, 6) Crash Course in Romance Episode 9 Recap & Review, 8) Magic Mikes Last Dance Ending Explained, 10) You Season 4 Episode 1 Recap & Review. 1/4 js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; Would have been nice if Officer Jang could have had a chance at a normal life. (Translation: It takes more energy and attention than I can muster at the time.) They want to show his loyalty via his death ? Though the family seems fine, their pet dog, Sadie, refuses to enter the home and continues barking frantically. Did he wish on one of his hazelnuts?! But because he did such a good job, I almost wished he would stay (however in the movie I wanted him to stay more than anything). On his way to meet up with So-woon, Ha Sun senses someone behind him and whirls but whew, its only Moo-young. Ha Sun was a good king, and he could have been a great king, but he wasnt a happy king. The problem is that the rebels have almost ten times the number of soldiers as Ha Sun, so Moo-young suggests that he smuggle Ha Sun and So-woon out of the palace. 2023 TheReviewGeek. To me this drama was about Haksan and his quest to get the Dadong tax law passed. Ugh! Yes me too. At times he made me forget that it was fiction. Irrelevant time frame. Or give me a modern hospital with IV's and other life support for people who spend two years in a coma. It can be a pretty bad thing. He manages to throw his sword and take out the assassin about to finish off Ha Sun, then slips around Ha Sun to take the sword meant for him. Instead of the time jump etc. Though I really feel bad for our queen. Who wouldn't, if they were up against Hae Mo-su and his badass grandson?! What do you think is better? The uncanny, period-inappropriate costumes, hairstyles, makeup and actors turned me off right at the VERY beginning of the drama. This shows single and greatest flaw, therefore, is ignoring the consequences of the King as a pre-existing character as determined by the premise of the show itself. I dont feel that it did as good of a job as it could have in explaining why Minister Lee killed Prince Yul for Yi Heon, or framing his poisoning of Yi Heon as something he was doing for the country, even though it personally hurt him to do it. But none of that had any real stakes. Like you, I'm only live-watching one drama at present, having dropped both TRAP and ITEM. ;-). Gimme a break! Where did he get money to travel around? I read the rest afterwards but i still have to say the same. I especially liked that the twists were simple and not that many. Sorry if I might be nitpicking, but along with Jang's death, I even felt betrayed by So Woon's initial reaction to Ha Sun. They knew from the beginning that Ha Sun will have to step down. It was like he was never her childhood friend or first love, it was like her past husband never existed once the Clown declared his love for her. She presses a finger to the stress lines between his eyes, looking worried for him. Because I can't do history as well as kiara nor Sageuk reviewing like HeadsNo2, I'll comment upon my forte. Ser que foi o rei que ele indicou? The story was presented more in depth and the characters were complex and interesting. This feels like irony in my perspective, since between episode 6 to 8, she says that it does not matter if Ha Sun is late or not, he will always be there. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; Kudos to the entire production team. The guard somehow managed to rule for few more years but was assassinated later. It was a beautiful journey, and when the last episode ended I felt a little sad to say goodbye to them all. No one would let a lowborn guy like him to rule if he was not able to fool everyone to think he is the king. This on the hand was all over the place. I especially enjoyed his sound effects of Yi Heon on a bender. I have not seen the movie. 2. To me they always make for a cliched and boring ending. Sicarius' point is that the doppelgnger plot became irrelevant once they killed off one of the doppelgngers and so the central source of conflict - the fact that the Clown was an imposter- was removed. Moo-young declares that hes going with Ha Sun, and none too soon because only seconds later, he whips out his sword and goes after the assassins that have been following Ha Sun. When Kab-soo and Dal-rae's clown troupe arrived where Ha Sun had intended to rendezvous with the former Queen, I wondered how the guardian managed to leave his job working for the navy in Ha Sun's hometown. At first, for a while, I thought that when he finally learned the truth about Yi Heon dying, he would be the one to kill Haksan. I just wish I could have commented more on CROWNED CLOWN, but the mental fatigue was real. This went on for 3 or 4 times, the guard took advantage of it and oneday ordered to kill the disrespectful guard who is laughing at him (but actually the real king dressed in guard clothing ). It's songs were crappy, but the instrumentals hold their ground against even Dae Jang-geum and Arang and the Magistrate instrumentals. In the drama the writers won't be able to keep the clown on the throne in the end or they'll have to deal with some angry Korean viewers. Another example would be the queen: after her suicide cliff attempt, she acted like shed been married to Ha Seon all along instead of Yi Heon. My take on the ending is that they reunited in death. Perhaps because of unavoidable comparison, CROWNED CLOWN has come up a bit short. tvN's hit drama " The Crowned Clown " has ended with a bang! Speaking of Haksan- Haksan killed the king. In the summer of 1997, Diana did take her. :) Re: Ha Seon (YJG) in fighting blue. Because whoever Yi Heon was, according to the makers of this show, no longer matters. And i also think the doppelganger part is seemingly only the possible way to a mere clown to become a king. And with the way Hasun suddenly reappeared and the Queen didn't even ask him where he was, only asked what took him so long?? That's a leap as big as Everest, but okay, fine. They just wanted to show the Clown as King. I dont understand where he was for 2 years, This outstanding! The transition is close. One that is like a wolf trying to be a sheep and telling everyone that it is a sheep, when its actually still a wolf. 3.1/4 The queen dowager snarls that he promised to confess, realizing that this is a trap. I'm interested to see what's up his sleeve in his forthcoming drama. In the courtyard, she never loses her hostile pride as she drinks the poison and succumbs to its effects. Did he actually think that he could just walk out of there unprotected and NONE of the people he wronged as the real King or as himself would have come after him?? And do not had any problem wit it. He reminds us that to be a man is to make mistakes, to laugh and fool around. The King comes back later, as a cameo and as an excuse for conflict but we will kill him off because he's really not important to the Clown's story now; he's in the way. 9 is following him into the sageuk? Like everyone else I feel the end was rushed and not thought out. No kiss for the finale? 7-8 of HAECHI before today, but no such luck. Unnecessary death of the officer. For those who are interested and have watched the whole drama, I wrote an essay on why I interpreted it as a tragedy: file:///Users/zozosparklesicloud.com/Downloads/The%20Crowned%20Clown%20(1).pdf. Hmmm. If it was a challenge to my Sageuk Sages @kiara and @pakalanapikake then this sageuk punk is in good company. Whether you were satisfied with the finale or not, there's no doubt about it, The Crowned Clown delivered one heck of a rollercoaster ride for its finale. The Queen- The Clown saved the Queen, thus the Queen forgave him, and then also abandoned the King as a pre existing character. ;-). C) Most of what could have been a semi-satisfactory end to a once potentially good show ended up being So Woon wandering around in tears because she thought her husband was dead, which surprise! And Haksan dying- so what. If MLDBC is consistent, I could try it. The Crown Season 5: Ending Explained | Full Spoiler Review & The Real Life True Story That Could Inspire Season 6. There almost were- with the Queen almost committing suicide out of guilt, Shin almost exposing the Clown as a fake, and Ha Seon finding out Haksan killed the king. The people's hero Woo Do-hwan is MBC's Joseon Lawyer, First look at Kim Seo-hyung in ENA's Paper Moon, Drama viewership ratings for the week of Feb. 20-26, 2023. I loved the show but we need to know How he survived. So, I'm genuinely happy you got CROWNED CLOWN as your 1st Sageuk. This is a critique of the show alone. Prolly will make the beeeest drama with 0 plotholes and AMAZING storyline. Yeahthere should be a flash back. The one degree of separation to MASQUERADE. Because I think writing can be objectively bad, and no matter how many times I try and prove this, back it up with philosophical and canon evidence, you, and half this comment section, are always going to think something being bad is relative and subjective; only opinion and perspective. He had no backstory. I'm probably in the minority for this opinion, but I thought it was a bold move for the show to have Lee Kyu kill the king in secret and become the "king" from the shadows. Then the death of Officer Jang and the unnecessary pain the Queen had to go through while grieving for Hasun. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; The acting was superb, the scenery was beautiful and the story was different from its source material. I don't hate it, just think that the ending could have been better executed. I am relatively new to historical dramas but I am enjoying them. I dont understand why the Queen couldnt have children?!?! Yeah, I was all set to accept this final episode as whatever, its over and forget about it. Why stop there? He begs Ha Sun to let him send Minister Lee to his people, but Moo-young warns Ha Sun that opening the gates right now is too dangerous with the rebels right outside. The ending was really beautiful. It makes me soooo maaadddd!!! Untuk menghindari pembunuhan, seorang badut bernama Ha Sun yang juga diperankan oleh Yeo Jin-Goo dibawa ke istana untuk menggantikan Raja Lee Hun. Nothing was making sense anymore. Because a writer can write a 'bad' end, but if properly done no one can challenge it or be confused. To show how good and righteous the Clown was? fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); Poof. @kurama, FB.init({ Sorry for the late reply! And nobody likes him anyway, right? What was the point? And his relationship with So-woon was already really nuanced and had great potential for a very unique romance in which So-woon would be the only person who had power over him. Ae-young tells So-woon that the clowns are in town, and she gets a look of desperate hope in her eyes. That scenario would have created a lot of edge, suspense and sadness without killing a character for clout. Thank you, fellow Beanies, for your thoughtful and thought-provoking comments. Unanswered questions. His weaknesses. Meanwhile Ha Sun is torn after receiving an urgent letter regarding troops on the Frontier. And it's this point that made the drama very interesting. What if she had killed herself in that field and seeing him was an illusion? I didnt watch more than the first episode, but to kill off such a central character and then not resolve the conflict that the murder would have caused would have been an utterly frustrating watch for me as well. I'm glad to be live-watching along with everyone now. We the fans who stuck with MLSHR to the end instead of MLDBC, did it simply because of the lost potential that shone through the mess time to time, not because it was a better drama than MLDBC. Once he did what he wanted to do, and then some, it was wise of him to make the decision to pass it along to someone else who would use the weight of the throne for the good of the nation. or He says that she hasnt been officially deposed yet, so shes still of higher status than the king, and can order him to dethrone the traitor clown. Better late than never is the best I can do these days. If you want to tell a story about a Clown being King, do NOT make that ENTIRE premise hinge on a single character and then treat him as a plot device! I enjoyed the it. Por que eu achei que todos os inimigos estavam mortos. Why would I want to watch something when there are no stakes for a plot that should have all the stakes? Stretching it A LOT, but okay. And that there was a happy ending, of course! Maybe even shown the Queen's Lady having a hint of interest in him. I was expecting more repercussions and a deeper analysis into these morally grey characters, but their actions, especially the murder of Yi Heon, were brushed over in simple strokes, diminishing the weight and impact of these moments. I hate sounding petty, but, uh, what? All seems well and as Officer Jang vows to stand by Ha Suns side no matter what, assassins appear to avenge Queen Dowager resulting in both Officer Jang and Ha Sun suffering a terrible fate. Its time for our clown to sink or swim on his own, and one wrong move could mean his death and the death of everyone he cares about. He says hes been planning this since the rebellion, because the throne doesnt belong to him hes only been borrowing it. Absolutely no repercussions, to the King even existing, let alone the Clown taking the throne and the King dying. and so on. Woon-shim finally packs up the things that Minister Lee left at the gibang, and she cries for him one last time. The story made a lot of promises, and then didnt deliver. I could have accepted that, though, because Ha Seon only wanted the power to protect the people he loved, and his sister and the ahjae were safe, so he succeeded and then felt it would be better to hand over the throne to someone more suitable. After all the drama and pain of the last 15 and a half episodes, after firmly declaring he wants to take Yi Heon's throne and use his power for good, he justdecides to walk away. It's Moon lovers; Scarlet heart, Ryeo. Lets break this down. While there were memorable scenes and dialogue, I feel like the overall message the show was trying to convey got muddled along the way. She says that Ha Sun stole the throne from Prince Yul, and that she may drink poison and die, but shes not the loser, because Ha Sun will be remembered as the king who killed his mother. Im glad that some other comments mentioned it here. He reminds her that he made her promise never to harm herself, and says that hes returning the knife only so she can protect herself, but she says that she intends to keep her word. Ultimately, the show may have raised interesting questions, intentionally or not, but it gives a simplistic answer that's wholly unsatisfying in this regard. Also, I completely agree that the acting, cinematography, and soundtrack were superb. Jang Gwang. @sicarius Our royal guard MooYoung is laughing in heaven at these horrible freshmen of hell. Its not even just that, its poorly constructed as a concept, let alone a written piece. She showed no remorse for him being gone after that point. It's simply epic! I got my happy ending and a toe-to-head pan-up view of YJG in that awesome blue outfit (right after he killed Shin) looking like a bada** so I'm happy. From shock and tension through to sadness and bittersweet goodbyes, this 75 minute episode encapsulated everything I've loved about this show since I begun covering it 2 months ago. Ha Sun argues that the people in the palace are his people too, so he cant just abandon them to save himself. But then I wonder: "Why two years? Fictional or not, no sageuk has ever dare to change the royal line of Joseon. appId : '127538621120543', So what happens, when you kill him, and, moral implications aside, there are no consequences to this, is that your plot doesnt frakking make sense. knew it would happen before the end of this drama: line 7, strike TTC and insert TCC. (function(d, s, id) { I wanted to see some little clowns running around. I was relieved that he survived the rebellion, and presumably will serve the new king for years to come. Nor can I believe that Prince Jin-pyung would have been caught so flat-footed at the outdoor assembly. What a lovely ending. Working myself into a lather wasn't good for me. A character as significant and prominent as the King, doesnt even have to be on screen for anything that happens to him to be very important to how your plot plays out if you want your plot to make sense. Anyway since i have heard of this king and his door keeper story since childhood the concept wasn't that new to me. Then why have him shot at and left for dead? Anyway, overall best Korean drama ever! Not really. Lucky you, for having a fairly good Sageuk as your 1st one. The story takes place in Joseon period, when power struggles surrounding the throne had reached extreme levels. It's a pity at that time I wasn't on DB, it sounds a so fun experience! The Crown Season 5 ending explained The episode begins with the Royal Family agreeing to the decommissioning of the royal yacht, Brittania. We learn that the soldiers who arrived just in time were General Kims, Lord Yoos old friend. So it was @sicarius who broke it. There was a king and one of the his guards at the door looked very much like him, an uncanny resemblance. Like, we see the Queen leaving her Lady behind to go for a walk. To show how good and righteous the Clown was? Its based on Ha Suns name, which means summer fairy, and Eunuch Jo says it perfectly suits him because hes like the summer sun that shines equally over everyone. That's how much attention to details that was being paid to the king and his daily routine. I expected that Haksan would perish, and am not surprised he took Prince Jin-pyung with him. sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna. My favourite scene was the goodbyes between Eunuch Jo and the Clown, I really loved their relationship. N.B. Not fond of separation endings. Then, both Jang and the King could have remained somewhere and tended to their wounds.
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