THE SHORT VERDICT:
Overall, I’d say that Show had a lot more promise than it ultimately delivered.
I thought Show’s first half was very, very solid; it made me feel that Show had so much potential to be an all-around excellent drama.
Unfortunately, stuff gets wobbly in Show’s second half, and I struggled especially with the characterization of our female lead, which I thought was rather, er, inadequate, to put it nicely.
Still worth a whirl, if only to see Jo Jong Seok’s outstanding performance as our titular King. 🥲