A drama that showed promise in its interesting premise and pretty visuals, but didn’t live up to its full potential, in my opinion.
I felt that Show suffered from pacing issues and a misguided management of information, which negatively affected the watch experience.
However, the secondary characters and relationships kept me engaged and Show does stick the landing reasonably well, which helps.
Not bad, but not a must-see, by any means.
Based on its synopsis alone – that this story is about a Queen who does everything she can, to protect her sons – Show could have been boring and dry, revolving around court politics.
In execution, though, Show is vibrant, engaging and absolutely compelling, and the secret to that, I think, is because our story is just so personal.
I love that this is more about a Mama Bear protecting her babies with all her heart, rather than about bearded men standing around and talking and talking about politics. THAT I can get on board with, and get on board, I did.
Our cast is solid, with some excellent stand-outs, but the one who stands out the most, for me, is Kim Hye Soo as our titular Queen. She’s commanding, yet vulnerable and full of heart, at the same time, I couldn’t help but love her, and by extension, her babies too.
Satisfying to the very last drop.