i am just loving the ride in this drama! the actors are killing their roles and the story is cracktastic! just wish we got a bit more of choi jin hyuk!

I'm finding almost every scene without Shin Hye-sun boring except that This violates the moral law of family relationships scene lol. Hwa-jin can honestly just scram, Byeong-in can stay to keep Cheol-jeong jealous though I'm still mad when he nearly kissed passed out queen in ep7 (I was internally screaming for him to stop because it was creepy, props to Na In-woo for that).

We're still not sure what happened to So-yong's and Bong-hwan's souls, but it's a relief that this current Queen is better equipped to navigate palace machinations with So-yong's memories and Bong-hwan's wit. Go get 'em!

Maybe I'm just overthinking, I'm not sure if they are aiming for just bromance between Dir. Hong and Kim Hwan *wink wink* The love triangle with Hong Yeon is hilarious with all the slow motion dramatic stares and background music.

P.S. Writer-nim please don't turn Byeong-in into full on obsessed mode after ep8 because I don't want Kim Won-young 2.0 😭

Bong Hwan’s attempted exorcism of So Yong’s soul was soooo hilarious! 🤣 😆 🤣
Can’t wait to see next week’s episodes.

I started loving this show but somehow by ep 5 or 6, I'm getting tired with all the side characters. I watch it for the main leads and the queen's maids. Other that that, the others are annoying and I don't care about them. And some of the humor in this show are too OTT and doesn't make sense. Eg. The scenes with Hwan...from his prison scene to where he came flying into the queen's home for her maid, Hong Yeon were really unnecessary. Can we get rid of these fillers and let the main plot move faster? And they're not even funny. I'm also so sick of Hwa Jin's constipated face. She looks pretty-sick.

This show just keeps getting better and better! I absolutely love the ride. The transition of comedy and seriousness is absolutely crack tastic. I was wondering how they were going to fit the romance if the Queen’s body was occupied by a straight man but this is an interesting and plausible narrative by the writer to have their souls merge as one as to make more sense as to how their romance blooms. Also I need to talk about how swoony Kim Jung hyun was in that last scene. That waist grab and stare was everything *swoons* now I need to see a mutual romantic scene and I’m all set. I’m so excited to see Mr queen falling for the king and vice verse because I haven’t seen an interesting dynamic in a while and this just serves on both romance and comedy so *mwa*

So happy Cheoljong is stepping his game up, yay for more King & Queen hijinks! Can't count how many times I cracked up in this week's episode. Beside the self-exorcism, the best part was the face-off between masked intruder vs Cheoljong, and of course, vs the chamber pot. Gotta hand it to the scarred man actor, how can he suddenly look so meek with a mask on?

Sad that the Hwa-jin is going down the path of evil, manipulative second lead. Whatever fear she feels, I think it's a mirror of what she thought she'd do had she been in the Queen's shoes, so it's a well-deserved fear. Guess little So-yong was the one crying saying it was her fault, when the one who actually told was little Hwa-jin? Because kdrama law will surely dictate little So-yong as Cheoljong's first love... And apparently, amnesia is all the trend in Joseon, although most possibly Cheoljong's is a manufactured one.

Totally missing Choi Jin-hyuk's deep timbre and hoping for more explanation of Bong-hwan + So-yong coexistence. Also hoping Byung-in will not be a sad, clingy second lead too...

I love this week's episode. There were fun and hilarious scenes as the plot moved along. The secret between HwaJin and Soyong looks juicy. I can't wait to be clued in.
Honestly, I like Cheoljong better than ByeongIn. I know even if he had attempted to kill her I don't think he would've gone through with it. But ByeongIn's obsession with SoYong is creepy. I like the scene when Kim Hwan was ennumerating all the ways it was for a Kim cousin to like the Queen. It was basically a slap in the face for ByeongIn but he is not letting up.
I like BongHwan but I want to see more of SoYong now. Not sure how the show will resolve the bodyswap thing. If he is in a vegetative state in the present, he has no incentive to go back. Plus what is keeping SoYong from regaining her body back.
Is the King inlove with SoYong or BongHwan as SY? Too many questions which the show hopefully address in future episodes.
Kim Jung Hyun is spectacular in this week's episode. Even if we know SHS is the main focus, he still holds his own.

This drama does comedy so well! Totally agree, @missvictrix, the fight-turned-tango and the shots battle were hilarious. They are getting the timing of these things so right - *when* we come to understand the joke, *how long* they allow it to run for, and how it's resolved. Although there are bits of the episodes that leave me wanting the plot to speed up a bit, the comedy just allows me to let it go and revel in the silliness. It, oddly, reminds me of the humour in the Princess Bride...

I’m loving this drama! The merging of BH and SY souls is interesting and I’m loving it so far. Miss BH voice as the inner voice.

I was all set to get behind a romance between the King and the Queen BUT I’m not sure about CJ’s intentions. He is still mostly using SY to further his goals and his actions including the kiss seems to be motivated by his need to one-up BI than real feelings for SY. BI is a bit obsessive but he came across as more interested in SY’s well-being. I hadn’t found BI swoony before but his sad eyes got me every time CJ hurt him by reminding him that SY was not married to him. It actually made me not like CJ as much as I did the past episodes. CJ is still making moon eyes at HJ and doesnt really care of SY so why act possessive with SY and kiss her just because he knew BI was coming in. I hope SY/BH calls CJ out on it soon and that their romance doesn’t progress without CJ being clear about his intentions and motivations both to himself and to SY.

The self-exorcism scenes were hilarious and I have to say that CJ disrobing was quiet sexy! 😍🤣

This show really suffers without Shin Hye-sun I think. Episode 7 was almost completely a washout for me - excluding the BY - King confrontation. I also find virtually all characters other than the King, Queen and BY tiresome - why did we need to watch that extended prison sequence with Kim Hwan?
Episode 8 on the other hand sparkled. So many hilarious scenes big and small:
- The camera panning out to BH playing the gayageum
- The neolttwigi
- BH calling the Grand Queen Dowager "Sunwon Unni"
- BH taking offense at the King's honest "I picked them up on the way" as a trite flirtatious 'ment'
- The drink-off
- The tango!
I think the last one really underlines the point of the show - what you see is not what you get and what you think you see is often deceptive. Now if somebody could tell JHJ this we might even save her from turning into an evil second lead.

I want Cheoljong, Byung-in and the Queen to work together to fight against the villains.

I like Byung-In, he really wants the Queen's hapiness and saw how the King was bad with her. I mean the scene when he took the concubine and let the Queen on the ground was pretty sad (even if she was faking :p). I prefer Byung-In for now, I find him more charismatic. I don't like how the King is talking, even when he's angry, it makes him boring.

I'm curious about the past. Clearly, Hwa-Jin "stole" the Queen's actions in the past to make Cheoljong fall in love with her.

At first I didn't quite get his intentions, but it seems like the King, with his "team", is trying to uncover all the corruption in the court, and possibly exposing the people who killed most of his family (right??)..He thought the queen was part of it all too, that's why he was ready to even kill her..but there's more to it obviously, and I can't wait to find out!
I wonder what were his feelings about the Queen before, because he is starting to genuinely like her now, but it couldn't have been just hate before??

Also, we have gotten so many different kissing scenes already, but will we ever get a sincere one, where both people are on the same page with their feelings?! xD
I'm looking forward to that!!

How can this drama keep getting better and better? Because it does! Thank you Mr Queen for making my Saturday’s fun.

I am firmly team Cheoljong but I like the cousin too. Although the King acts like an imbecile, he is definitely not one. I think Cheoljong will wonder why the well is on the Kim property and ask So Young about it at some point because it would make sense that she was somehow involved since she lived there. So young actually gave Eun Bin good advice when she told her to come clean and be honest with the King but Eun Bin ignored her advice. It’s only a matter of time before that’s revealed. I think So Youngbthinks she was involved in the last Kings death by not keeping a secret and I’m guessing it was actually Eun Bin who probably told the secret but anywho, we shall see.

Now, as for our Mr Queen, my theories are the following, Bongwan is gone (sadly) he is still vegetative But I think he is the Queen reincarnated and when their souls mixed he did go back But I think the Queen woke up now remembers both her past and future life so she thinks she still Bongwan but it isn’t him. Or it could be Bongwan remembering his past life. I wondered this because the memories are coming back so easily now. It will be interesting how the spin this. I more interested in how Bongwan is connected to the Queen than the secrets that will come out. Plus in Go Princess Go, the King and Queen made love when drunk 😵 and she got pregnant so I am wondering if it will happen in this drama too

I didn't think I would like So Yong and Bong Hwan's merging as much as I do. I believe they are the same soul and with this merging they both added something the other needed. For So Yong to stand up for herself and for Bong Hwan to deeply care about someone other than himself.

I totally forgot to mention this last week but did you see that when So Yong falls into the lake she actually comes to the surface when Hwa Jin leaves? I would guess they didn't leave a mistake like this in the final cut so maybe So Yong's night didn't end then. I wonder if she got out and then someone tried to kill her.

I agree that the side characters' story is boring. I think it is just added in there for the laughs but Bong Hwan's shenanigans are funny enough. From the very 1st episode I feel like the writer wastes screentime. This drama is its best when the main characters are on screen.

That little tease of the possibility that Cheoljong and Byeong In might become frenemies wahh.. Byeong In seems rightous and incredibly loyal especially when it comes to So Yong. If he sees she is happy with Cheoljong he might give up his feelings to help the King and save her life.

UGHHH I HAVE SO MUCH TO DISCUSS!!!
When I said I don't know where this drama is bringing us, i sincerely meant it and was so worried that it would let me down because I couldn't think of any scenario where it would work. But they said nope, we're surprising you.

The decision to make Soyong gradually went back to her own body first starting with emotions and feelings instead of conciousness is so so brilliant. That way, we can see more of Soyong but at the same time not being given the same dead-end she was experiencing that she decided to drown herself. Bonghwan is there to help but also Soyong is there to continue our story now that Bonghwan starts to adapt. I was so worried that they would let Bonghwan be in charge of Soyong's body for too long (because I wanted to know more about Soyong!) but also was not ready to say good bye to Bonghwan and his hijinks.

The second thing that blew my mind is that change in voice over!!!! I have always known they'll use this as a technical sign of something (now we know, Bonghwan weirdly becoming one with Soyong's emotions) but I did not realize when it happened! They have made Bonghwan talked to him(her?)self so much that I had to rewind when exactly did Shin Hyesun began narrating for herself.

And about Shin Hyesun..... I think I have praised her so much for her entire role in this drama but turns out I have not. I don't know how she did that but she somehow plays Bonghwan and Soyong interchangeably but ALSO very distinctive in other moments. Which is mind blowing and so amazing. It is like she's playing 3 characters, Bonghwan, Soyong, and Soyong induced Bonghwan lol.

I will not talk about the kiss, Hwajin's lie, and everything in between because surprisingly.... That's the least interesting part of this brilliant and funny drama!

Ps. Also probably i just couldn't care less about Hwajin any longer, or Prince yangpyeong or smth 🤷 AND DID YOU SEE BONGHWAN'S ABRUBT CHANGE OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS HWAJIN BECAUSE HWAJIN WRONGED 'THIS WOMAN'

Cheoljong’s growly moment of fierceness reminded me of Lee Min Ho for a sec, but thank God KJH fared better than him 😬

So other than all the Queen-King scenes, one of my favorite is definitely when Hwan thought he was in love with the Queen and berated himself in front of Byung In. Oh the daggers that he unintentionally drove into BI’s heart!

When she said Oooh Tango, I was done. I laughed and laughed again. I couldn't tell if she was drunk or sleepy. The merging of the souls is interesting. Hmmmm

The lilac robe was certainly amazing!
And that tango fight!
This drama has the absolute perfect recipe to make a serious scene a comedy but not sacrificing anything !
I can't wait for next week to see where the story is going to go.

I am guessing that there is a childhood trauma thing that involves our Joseon Royal trio.
My prediction: Hwa-Jin won the king over under false pretenses. So Young tried to do good but was shunned due to something/some misunderstanding.
BongHwan is So Young's re-incarnation? and falls for the king too ?
Or is that too far fetched!
Eitherway, I am pumped for his reaction to the kiss because we know that it's gonna be epic!

I agree. I wish Byung-In is the male lead or the guy who ends up with So Yong. I can't feel anything for Cheoljong. His past devotion to Hwa-jin is a turn-off and there isn't a moment where Cheoljong feels truly heroic or smart. Even in his quest for revenge/justice, he feels naive. I have to agree that when Byung-in was going to kiss So Yong I was begging for him to stop and was so relieved that he stopped.

I'm not watching this drama but I'm here to wave my Mori Fanclub Card. ❤️
cc: @turtuallysarcastic.

Just some random thoughts:
1. Oh look, the childhood connection. Let's never have a romance drama without that one.
2. Don't kill me now but: Yes, Byung In is dropdead handsome, BUT I find that the feather-beaded hat does not suit his head-shape well. He has a kind of elongated face, and that hat just kind of awkwardly sits on the tip of his skull, It just makes me appreciate more those heads that go well with those sexy hats.
3. That being said: "You should've been mine.." was sooo swoony.
4. Although the actors are killing it, I just can't get behind the main love story - that's beacuse of the whole body swap thing, it's just too weird, I can't.
5. Someone already said this and I see it becoming more and more plausible now: that the cook is the reincarnation of the queen...?

Hello Beanies. This is my first time commenting here.

I think I have to speak up for the lack of credit KJH is getting.
I don't understand those that are empathetic towards the the queen and not the King. I mean I obviously love Bongwan/Queen,but we have to give most of the empathy to the king. This man's whole family was killed by the said Queen's clan, he's been constantly living in agony because of the experience. I'm sure most of us wouldn't be as understanding of the queen if we were in his shoes. Those castigating him for not showing the queen love or attention should really check themselves (No offense). Let's not even talk about my hatred for the Queen's Cousin.

SHS is obviously doing a great job here but personally,I'm really amazed by KJH's range. All the actors are rocking their roles. Hwaiting!!!

I don't like the fact that some of y'all think SHS is amazing. Personally I wouldn't watch this if not for KJH.

I too keep leaning towards Byung In. He loved So Yong genuinely for the longest time....but now he sees Queen, her unhappiness and is fully realizing his folly in letting her go. He also is aware that his adoptive dad is willing to sacrifice So Yong at any moment if need be. So, he is fighting all of Jo, Kim Clan and the King's plans. There's something very swoony about that. Na In Woo is also really killing it selling the tortured from inside, hopelessly in love hot second lead. Although him intensely trying to kiss So Yong possessively while she slept did set off alarms but I am glad he had enough sense to back off. Consent matters. In their first kiss So Yong was aware of him, she kissed him back. This isn't that situation. As for Choljeong, he definitely stepped up this week. I am glad that he is unwittingly falling for So Yong. But I am still not sold because he loves Hwa Jin and So Yong in a weird way now at the same time, both of them. There's something off putting there for me. But otherwise this week was solid. Hwa Jin is making one disastrous mistake after another. She should not have joined forces with Dowager Queen, she has no loyalty to Choljeong just like Grand Dowager Queen has no loyalty towards So Yong. So, that was just stupid on her part. As for So Bong, I still think its So Yong, that botched exorcism somehow gave her false memories and she thinks she is Bong Hwan like some form of identity crisis. That is why all her memories, skills are back. I am loving Shin Hye Sun though. She has this very, soft, filled with love look on the flash backs with Choljeong that is starkly different to her current persona. She really is nailing it. I laughed when So Bong started to plot advanced revenge on secretary Han. Her face changing from confused, contemplating to evil was pure work of art. All in all, solid 8 episodes. Cant wait to see how they go forth from here.

Little Mermaid is a hint here I guess. You know about the Mermaid lost her voice for her feet and So Young lost her voice for her smell.
But in the real story, the mermaid saving the prince but the prince end up with other princess and the mermaid died as a bubble in the sea.
So I think we got hint in this episode. Long time ago, Cheoljong trap in the well and So Young saved him but seems like Hwa-jin pretend to be the one who saved him, so Cheoljong likes Hwa-Jin without knowing that the one who saved him is actually So Young.
I think that moment is their first encounter, when they actually fallen in love but Cheoljong mistake the person.

Cause I saw that So Young is really excited for becoming a queen and Cheoljong wife but she shocked that Cheoljong look at her with that disdain looks just because she's coming from Kim clan.

I think Kim clan asking So Young to do something that will cause something bad with Cheoljong, so she don't know what to do, the one that she loves hates him, the family asking her to hurt him, so she chose to step down as a queen by pretending to be a bitch but the Grand Queen Dowager knew that and can't accept that. So the other way for her to gone is died. Just like Litle Mermaid.

If my theory correct that will makes me feeling bad for So young. She deserved a happy ending

Funny how everyone has such varied tastes, because I am ALL for our Cheol-jong. I find him particularly dashing (Yes, the lilac did play a part). To me, whether a handsome figure in maroon or not, Byeong-in is but a mere (incestuous) fly to swat away in my mission to see Cheol-jong and So-young fall deep in love.

My favourite comedic parts are definitely when Bong-hwan tried to exorcise So-yong's soul from the body with flowers and water, and Cheol-jong's befuddled, mildly concerned reaction. Haha.

I loved these two episodes so much! I am also obsessed with Byeong In more so than the Cheoljong's character. Even though sometimes he does too much, he's just so cute and protective of our queen without an ulterior motive and thats what I appreciate. I can't wait until the true face of Hwa Jin is revealed because I am frankly tired of her act. This show is so amazing so far I hope it continues during the second half of the story!

Mr Queen has to be one of my most favourite dramas this cycle. Equal parts hilarity and seriousness combine in to absolute magic. This drama does multiple perspectives so well. The fight/tango was my favorite. The acting is so well done by our leading lady that i didn't even realise that the inner voice changed until it was pointed out! it was just so natural. We can really see the struggle between the growing feelings for the king (from so yong's memories and feelings) and and bong hwang's resistance to it. I am also intrigued by the well. I have an inkling that Hwajin had something to do with the king being in the well. or that the one to go down and try to help was so yong but somehow he confused it with hwa jin. I am eagerly waiting next weeks episodes.

Thanks for the weecap.

Reached the  "Get lost, woman! moment", remembered and laughed out loud..😂🤪😂

I just knew that some people will feel a huge turn off with Byeong In's one sided almost kiss after that mushy declaration of "You should have been mine, and i should have been yours" but to be honest, im glad that he found it iffy himself and backed off, that was a plus point in my book on top of those gut wrenching and melancholy gazes he landed upon Kim So Yong every damn time he could. I think a tender and soft kiss on the forehead would make people root him even more as it symbolizes his longing, but that almost kiss symbolizes his intent to possess. It seems the show will take his route to obsessive-ish love, shame since he has good intentions and good foundation and reasons for his strong need to protect So Yong.

But i love angst, Cheoljong angsty point of view towards the Queen the entire time he found out he was mistaken about her was soooo delicious to take. The angst where all i could see was Byeong In's longing and pain to see So Yong is... marvelous. These two potential lead really servin me some melancholy gazes, it reflected greatly in both of their eyea and IIIII LOVEEE THEM BOTHHH FOR THAT.

Anyway, i couldn't care less about the potential romance for Hwajin and Cheoljong's brother. Im not interested.

If anything, these two eps just have me screaming "GET ON WITH REVEALING THE TRUTH OF THE PAST ALREADY!"

I'm not normally in such a rush for past history reveals, but for some reason the way they're handling the "hints" is driving me nuts. I guess it's because it doesn't feel so much as the usual trail of breadcrumbs as it does a carrot on a stick repeatedly being jerked away just when we might start understanding something more fully. Does that make sense?

I mean, if the writer did this purposefully to try to show the frustration of Bong-Hwan not knowing enough of the Queen's past to help his current day dealing with everything...then KUDOS. I am frustrated!