We catch up with Present Eun-soo (All other Eun-soos, go sit in a corner!) as she tells Young that they have to go back. Don’t run away like me, Eun-soo-ya, even if it becomes your last day.” If I could just see that person again, if I could see his laughing eyes. She continues, “If I could just go back to that day. It’s interesting that she calls them “our” king and queen by then, because present Eun-soo has pretty much called him “your” king when she talks to Young. In voiceover she says, “I imagined it hundreds of times – what would have happened if we had turned back to the palace that day? Would our queen have lived? Would our king not have crumbled? And so, would I not have had to sit by and watch as that person carried all this, as his heart was dying?” She journeys to the spot she remembers and puts the letter underneath a rock, not knowing if she believes in the kind of miracle that it would take for her (past?) self to read it a hundred years later. We open on Future Eun-soo, who’s traveled a hundred years back in time. With his queen’s life in danger and his trusted general gone, the king starts to unravel at the seams, making for a powerful arc for what is still the best character of this series. It’s the king’s turn to shine, or rather Ryu Deok-hwan’s turn to shine as the king. 231 OctoJanuFaith: Episode 20 by girlfriday
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