[Drama 2019] The Joseon Romantic Comedy: Tale of Nok-Du, 조선로코: 녹두전

[Kkdrama]

 

 

 

[Ameera Ali]

 

Just what episode without these two love moment 

 

 

 

 

 

[Asohib]

Finally. Lady Kim "disguised" as a man

[herina_90]

mannn this episode really turned the story dark! how far off has the drama veered from the webtoon? I confess, I'm still loving it though! I keep replaying the last 3 minutes of today's ep - love that DongJu was still putting up a fight with her bow and arrows, that NokDu got to save her (I hope he heard her calling his name!), and that new OST! I can't picture how the comedy will return but to be honest we are only on ep 7 and already the widow village has burned down? many key characters know NokDu is male? we're bringing the story to the palace next week? the plot movement feels rapid.

[vangsweetie637]

I am waiting for the subs to be fully sub to watch but man, clips of that epic ending got my heart fluttering! 
 

@lightbringer06 lol i am here! I was catching up on the thread that’s why my posts are slower but now i am more than caught up! I am glad KBS are showing us more BTS than i expected! Plus, i saw those posts from the webtoon you posted too. I am hoping our couple will “cross the line” when the time comes. I really dont want to be deprived like our last drama!  

@herina_90 yay! Chingu! You are here too! *hugs*

 

 

 

[angrytomato]

Thank you for the recaps and pics!

 

If the ratings go down again with this astounding episode, I'm gonna buy me a whole table factory and flip it!

[nitttss]

Just catch up till tonight episode, and wow i didn't expect they would turn YM character like this! I was having second lead syndrome (yes, YM catch my eyes more than ND lol), but now .......

One thing i still don't understand : why did the king killed DJ family? DJ was betrothed to YM (the prince), is that why YM planning to kill the king?

 

[chuscho]

Are the 3 guardians of the widow village die? I'm so sad if yes :"(

[lightbringer06]

Ratings ?~... I have yet to finish ep 13-14 

 

 

@vangsweetie637.. HAHA... true, we were left dry from that previous drama. So I hope we get some here..lol....I don't mind them deviating from the webtoon, but let them keep those parts 

[faye406]

Ratings

 

Ep 13 : 6.2%

Ep 14 : 6.0%

 

source

 

Note: they started 40 minute late due to the baseball game and ended at 11:40 pm KST. I think it was slightly dropped because today's is working day.

 

So, anyone know if we gonna have another game next week? 

[lightbringer06]

@faye406 Glad to know that Knetz tuned in even though it was late and you can see the same percentage on the two parts which is 6%.. usually the first part only range at 5% something 

[Ameera Ali]

 

This boys used to be my favorite cleaning fairies 

 

 

 

but these women are my new fastest cleaning squad for 2019  

 

 

 

 

[dramaninja]

 

[Asohib]

 

Did i misheard?. Nope. We have 2 Dan Oh. Here and EY drama. Wah

[petunia]

If tale of nokdu doesn't sweep the kbs drama awards I'm going to sue. Everything from writing to acting to directing is brilliant. 

[Breeze]

Hye Jin Yang sent a coffe truck to support actors and staffs

 

 

I am happy that Nokdu save Dongju. ( Yes ı know Yul Mu is a psychopath  but the shouting to stop the man who tried to kill Dongju was very impressive.He is very selfish , only think himself and Dongju) 

Ost of the end of ep 7 is soo good. 

 

 

 

[valNK]

One photo explains the whole reason why Lord Yulmu fail to get Dong joo's heart

 

Yulmu came first, but Nokdu came fast.

It's all abt speed.

I was wondering how ND got DJ, but... Just look at the red collar behind, guys 

[gilaswan]

@mujisanoI don't think Dongjoo ever read the IOU in detail. If I remember right, he took her hand and stamped the IOU without her having a chance to look at it closely. Last time no photocopier, so only one copy of it and Nokdu holds it. 

 

This week's episodes were intense! Talk about reaching the climax of the story arc! They're certainly not holding back as they heap on the complexities! I'm trying to sort it out in my head actually...

 

Cha Yulmu, Prince Neungyang

So, Yulmu is Prince Neungyang, King Gwanghae's nephew, born to King Seonjo's legitimate son. Unlike King Gwanghae who was born of a concubine, Yulmu's royal lineage is therefore less questionable. In history, it would appear he had no political support until all the other potential contenders to the throne were killed, leaving him the only possible other that could replace Gwanghae. While King Seonjo had named Gwanghae his successor, Seonjo was never actually around to see to the proper installment of Gwanghae and therefore there were many aristocrats (probably obsessed with blood purity) who wanted to depose Gwanghae despite him being a good and talented king. 

 

Yulmu seems to have been living outside the palace for a long while, as is expected of any royalty that had claim to the royal throne but was not the crown prince. His father therefore likely raised him outside the palace. As for his betrothal to Dongjoo - that's inferred? I don't remember anything explicitly being said that she was betrothed to a future king. Might've missed out on it. 

 

Had the Head Gisaeng, Mdm Cheon, always known that Yulmu was royalty? Very possibly, since the Gisaeng house probably kept many "royal secrets" of the time, considering the men would go there to socialise and "talk shop". Afterall, when she killed the person (who was he again?) who was supposed to have kept Prince Yeongchang in his village and Yulmu turned up, she did not look like she was surprised to find out who he was. Question though - was that a chance encounter on Yulmu's part to find out the King's plan to have Prince Yeongchang killed, that fuelled his political ambition? Or had he always been biding his time, planting himself so close to the nerve centre of the political activity between the gisaeng house and the Widow Village.

 

While it is an intriguing idea that Yulmu had political ambitions for Dongjoo's sake, I highly doubt that that was the case. I think it more likely that he probably had it fed to him that he had more rights to the throne than Gwanghae did. Dongjoo is a side distraction that likely further justifies his ambition since he sees that his taking on the throne would "right the wrongs" of Gwanghae's rule. 

 

Dong Dongjoo

It's clear she is of aristocratic lineage. Her grandfather had possession of the secret will that would place Yeongchang on the throne and Minister Heo was the one who ordered the massacre of the family because of it. Before her grandfather died, he had said to Minister Heo that he would regret ever having taken this will. Why is that? Afterall, wasn't Minister Heo of the faction that exactly wanted to install Yeongchang as King? 

 

Dongjoo has a vendetta against Gwanghae because it would seem from her perspective that it was Gwanghae who ordered her family's massacre. But her grandfather held onto the will for so long and did nothing with it. Could it be that there never was any intention on her grandfather's end to see to Gwanghae's dethronement afterall? Could grandpa have been pro-Gwanghae actually and therefore in the same camp as Jung Yoonjeo, Nokdu's adoptive father? How will her story be resolved with Nokdu then? If she believes the death of Gwanghae to be the revenge that she needs and Nokdu is Gwanghae's son, then this is the lousy "Romeo and Juliet, Capulet vs Montague" trope. Oh, please. NooooooOOOOoOoOoo..

 

Jeon Nokdu 

Could life not get anymore interesting yet frustrating for this young man. In this last episode, he learns his dad is not his dad, his brother is not his brother, the chef is planning to commit treason and the person the chef intends to commit treason against is his actual birth father. Wait till he finds out that his birth father tried to smother him to death at his birth, reasons for which we still do not know. No wonder we're all asking, "What kind of a rom-com has such a storyline?!?!"

 

Geez.

 

A bit much to take in, but with so many distractions coming at him, no wonder he wants to have Dongjoo assume him dead and gone. It'll be safer for her now that he knows that his life is in danger and the one who's the cause of all this sudden tragedy is actually Yulmu, the one and only person who can keep her safe. Better to disassociate. Besides, no time for romance now. And this new discovery exactly puts him head on in battle with Yulmu, not just because of Dongjoo. This ain't no ordinary love triangle we're talking about here. 

 

We're really at the turning point of the story now where Nokdu's facade as Lady Kim is done and over with. I reckon by the time the fire fizzles out at the village (and you bet the gibang will also be gone with this tyrannical destruction), Nokdu has no more need to be living a double life. The Righteous Women's Corp will probably find out who he is (I reckon he's gonna have a few more swash buckling moves in the next episode before them, revealing who he actually is and saving them) and for him saving their lives, they will probably reappear as the 3 musketeers who will help him in his cause. Surely they can't get rid of those 3 ladies! There've got to be survivors who will tell the tale! The question is, what of Nokdu with this revelation then? Does he move into the palace? Naw. Too simple and straightforward. Does his adoptive father rejoin forces with Minister Heo to now prevent Yulmu from taking over the throne? But in history, he *does* ascend the throne. There's only this much fictional history you can write up without totally creating your own alternate universe. How will this end?!?!

 

I have no answers, chingu-deul. I just found the scene where Yulmu was at the centre of the destruction he had ordered, looking frantic and worried as he sighted Dongjoo being strangled, a dramatic yet accurate depiction of the true character of Prince Neungyang -- in his selfish ambition, he will exactly fail to protect the one person he so arrogantly vowed to. In ordering the destruction of the Widow Village and gibang to show off his might and command the fear of those around him for the sake of success, he had failed to even ensure that the one person he professes to love was safe. This man cannot be trusted. 

[Breeze]

BTS video

 

 

 

This   part 

 

 

[Latte_Anyday]

This entire time, I thought Yool Moo was just a harmless nobleman who cooked & was gentle - how wrong I was! 

It's like he was Wolf in Sheep's Clothing... didn't expect him to be as cold blooded & heartless in setting his sights for the throne. I'm not sure I like the direction the drama has taken..