[Current Drama 2024] Queen Woo, 우씨 왕후- Jeon Jong Seo & Kim Mu Yeol- Part 2 coming in September

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September 3 2024

Main trailer and poster for Pt. 2 of TVING drama “Queen Woo”

Main trailer and poster added for Part 2 of TVING drama series “Queen Woo” starring Jun Jong-Seo, Kim Moo-Yul, and Ji Chang-Wook. The first four episodes were released August 29, 2024 and the last 4 episodes will be released September 12, 2024. The main trailer has Jung Jong-Seo as Queen Woo Hee stating (0:37) “I will no longer live like a chess piece,” and (0:48) “The fight is not for the owner of the throne. I just didn’t do it, because I wasn’t allowed. But, now I will show what I can do.”

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Woo Hee (Jun Jong-Seo) is the empress of Goguryeo. A crisis ensues when her husband, the king of Goguryeo, dies suddenly. Woo Hee becomes the target of princes and the 5 tribes who all want to gain more power. To protect her family and her tribe, she uses levirate marriage. She struggles to marry one of her late husband’s younger brothers and set them upon the throne. Woo Hee has to accomplish everything within 24 hours.

 

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The Queen Woo part 2 poster OUT: Jeon Jong Seo takes charge as fierce warrior in battle for throne after Ji Chang Wook’s sudden death

The Queen Woo, starring Jeon Jong Seo, Ji Chang Wook, Lee Soo Hyuk, and more released a poster for part 2. Check out the new poster here.

By Tanya Saxena

Updated on Sep 03, 2024

 

 

The Queen Woo, starring Jeon Jong Seo as the empress and Ji Chang Wook as her king, premiered part 1 in August and now part 2 is all set to be released soon. The Queen Woo part 2 has revealed its poster with Jeon Jong Seo taking charge as a fierce warrior, who boldly faces Lee Soo Hyuk and others in the battle for the throne after Ji Chang Wook’s sudden death. 

On September 3, 2024, TVING revealed the poster for The Queen Woo part 2 that will continue the breathtaking journey of Queen Woo or Woo Hee as she tries to reclaim the throne. 

The Queen Woo part 2 poster displays Jeon Jong Seo at the head as she transforms into a bold and fierce warrior as she is getting ready to shoot an arrow. Her expression displays indestructible resolve as she is ready to face all her adversaries in the battle for the throne. 

While Ji Chang Wook can be seen as King Nam Mu also known as King Gogukcheon of Goguryeo whose sudden death has left Woo Hee and the throne unprotected. Lee Soo Hyuk as evil Go Bal Gi looks dangerous as he waits to hunt Queen Woo and usurp the throne. 

Kim Mu Yeol also takes center stage as the queen’s only confidant, Eul Pa So as he looks worried about what lies ahead. 

 

The Queen Woo part 2 poster undoubtedly raises anticipation for the upcoming episodes after ending part 1 on a cliffhanger with major dangers lying in hiding waiting to jump on Woo Hee and stop her from reclaiming the throne. But, Jeon Jong Seo’s bold resolute assures she will boldly face all her enemies and reclaim her throne.

The Queen Woo is set to premiere part 2 on September 12 while its part 1 with 4 episodes premiered previously on August 29, 2024. Jeon Jong Seo is next set to lead the noir thriller K-drama Project Y alongside Han So Hee following the story of two friends who plan a grand heist. 

 

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We so need a season 2 with that ending.

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Queen Woo: Episodes 5-8 (Final)

by solstices

 

In a race against time, our titular queen rallies both knowledge and wit to recruit allies and counter her enemies. Queen Woo attempts to cobble together its disparate plot threads in its latter half, but its scattered narrative leaves viewers with barely more than a lackluster journey and an unsatisfying conclusion.

 
EPISODES 5-8

 

Leveraging on an anecdote Go Nam-mu once told her, Woo Hee directs her entourage towards the youngest prince Go Gye-soo’s territory — Ba’euitu, named for the bank of rocks that a wise general built and lured his enemies under. Upon Woo Hee’s order, Mu Gol cuts the ropes as they pass, and the rocks crumble down on the White Tiger hunters. Only Nwe-eum and a few others survive, while Nwe-eum’s son (Ahn Ji-ho) crumples under the rocks after Woo Hee shoots his horse. Hellbent on revenge, a grief-stricken Nwe-eum snarls that he’s no longer capturing the queen alive; he’ll kill her on sight.

Now that they’ve successfully distanced themselves from their pursuers, our party swerves away from the fifth prince. It turns out Woo Hee had only intended to use Ba’euitu as a means of dispatching their enemies — her true destination is the fourth prince Go Yeon-woo. He’s a vain manchild who covets the queen, and Woo Hee uses his vapid cotton-filled brain to her advantage. Deliberately playing into his lust by coyly tempting him, Woo Hee easily has the flustered fourth prince agreeing to a levirate marriage.

 

Our queen’s mind is sharper than any, and she quickly connects the dots of her sister’s betrayal. Not only had Woo Sun ratted them out to Go Bal-ki, but she’d also sunk even lower. Earlier, Woo Sun had torn a scrap of fabric off her skirt and left it behind for the hunters to follow — and when that hadn’t panned out, she’d deliberately stayed behind to strike a deal with Nwe-eum by offering to lead them to Woo Hee.

A flashback contextualizes Woo Sun’s obsession with the king, and wryly mirrors the way she’d been tricked by Sabi. Frustrated with the lack of a royal heir, the calculative and conniving family head Woo Do had sent Woo Sun to Go Nam-mu’s military camp. Through a drug-addled haze inflicted by Sabi, Go Nam-mu sees Woo Sun as his beloved Woo Hee, and she takes full advantage of that fact. The next morning, the king is simmering with a quiet fury as he dismisses Woo Sun, sparing her only on her sister’s account.

In the present, our queen leads her selfish sister into a trap, then confronts her about her betrayal. When Woo Sun whines that everything Woo Hee possesses now should have been hers, Woo Hee cuts right to the heart of the matter: Woo Sun always turns her nose up at things, then covets them once they become Woo Hee’s. Cornered, Woo Sun draws her bow against her own sister, and Woo Hee draws hers in turn. Both fire — and while Woo Sun’s arrow misses, Woo Hee’s finds its mark.

 

There’s no time to waste on mourning, though. (What a wasted opportunity to explore Woo Hee’s pragmatism and guilt! But I digress.) Woo Hee’s retinue must return to the palace before sunrise, despite the White Tiger hunters lying in wait. Banking on Eul Pa-so being on the same wavelength, Woo Hee trusts that he will understand her strategy — and indeed, he does. Just as they ride up to the ferry docks, a wave of arrows commanded by Eul Pa-so comes raining down on the hunters. Safe at last, our party sets sail for the palace.

Back in the royal court, Woo Hee informs the ministers of the king’s death, then claims that his dying wish had been for Go Yeon-woo to ascend the throne through levirate marriage. Not quite the truth, of course — but Go Nam-mu’s last words to Woo Hee had been for her to protect herself, so perhaps the sentiment does ring true. Ever the spoilsport, Go Bal-ki saunters in to voice his opposition (and hilariously, the timid Go Yeon-woo hides behind Woo Hee when Go Bal-ki draws his sword).

 

The court manages to turn the violent third prince away, but only temporarily. Go Bal-ki seeks the exiled crown prince Go Pae-eui out in Liaodong, inviting him to exact vengeance upon the late king by seizing the throne. Donning an ornate mask to conceal his disfigured nose, Go Pae-eui mobilizes his troops alongside Go Bal-ki’s mounted warriors. He will declare war on the palace.

 

While Woo Hee was on her quest for a marriageable prince, Eul Pa-so has been furthering his investigation of the king’s poisoning. All traces seem to lead to Sabi, but when he attempts to take her into custody, they’re accosted by a horde of blade-wielding eunuchs. Amidst the chaos, one manages to stab Sabi. Alas, Sabi doesn’t manage to eke out anything useful before succumbing to her wound.

Eul Pa-so narrows down his suspicions to the head secretary Song Woo, who oversees the eunuchs, and a clever tactic of swapping two carrier pigeons indeed yields a confirmation. Song Woo’s secret letter ends up delivered to Eul Pa-so’s windowsill, serving irrefutable proof that Song Woo is the mole who’s been leaking information. But nothing quite points to the poisoning culprit just yet.

 

In the meantime, there’s much more to our prime minister than first meets the eye. Rewinding to the time a young Eul Pa-so accidentally stumbled upon his grandfather’s decayed corpse sitting in the archives, we learn that the Eul clan had once been the royal family of Juna. But King Taejo of Goguryeo — fearful of their brilliant minds — destroyed Juna, then crippled Eul Pa-so’s grandfather and left him to rot.

 

That was the impetus that catalyzed Eul Pa-so’s diligent studying, honing his razor-sharp intellect to avenge his clan. Since Jolbon blood runs in his veins too, he’d approached Yeon Bi on the pretext of reclaiming the stolen Jolbon land for her, asking for her military might in exchange. Eul Pa-so’s covert scheme is to incite a rebellion through Go Bal-ki — and if Go Nam-mu dies early, then a levirate marriage will spur the princes into a bloody fight for the throne. Which is exactly what things have come to.

For now, Eul Pa-so bides his time, observing from the sidelines. But Woo Hee is already several steps ahead, in more ways than one. To continue their interrupted chess game, she’d written no less than five subsequent moves beforehand, predicting all of Eul Pa-so’s moves right up to a checkmate in her favor. It’s an echo of their childhood chess match, asserting that Woo Hee is more than just a pawn on a board.

 

 

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