Pretty bland actually compared to a certain other show this weekend. No opinion on the lead's chemistry here, but they lack alchemy.

The back-half of Ep. 8 took such a sharp turn I was left speechless. Here I was still cackling about Kim Young-dae being labelled a eunuch in yet another show and then bam - murder, poison, separation 😭.

Please don't stop being funny show and do get our SML out of his funk soon. I refuse to believe he'll go dark side so don't waste time on it - just gives us hilarity and kisses!

I really thought they killed Shin Won, I said that is savage and dark show. Then they did all that other stuff and all I could think is why didn't they kill him. Just terrible, lol. At least we still have So Rang because she is the saving grace for this show.

This! “My girl is going to be the queen . . . “! @unit, yaas! High five. ✋🏼
I loved all the campiness surrounding Heon’s glowing face. I also loved the flowers and fireworks and the battle plan chart to romance was fun. But I knew it wouldn’t last.
Chun-seok’s death scene was heartbreaking. When he told Shin-won he was his family. I was glad I was home alone and could ugly cry. Then when Heon found Shin-won more tears. While I’m glad the show let Shin-won live, did they have to strip the poor guy of everything? That’s called existing, not living.
I don’t know where the show will go from here, but please, find a miracle cure for Shin-won’s paralysis and let’s get back to the fun!

Ugh, if people would just say the important stuff as they’re dying 🤦🏼‍♀️
Like, Chun Sook, you tell Shin Won that the bad guys are Minister Jo and Lady Seo.
Shin Won, you tell Heon who So Rang really is! Oh, and also who the bad guys are.
Sheeeeesh.

Hum...

I'm not fan of the couple. We really could see the King falling in love with So-Rang but not her falling with the King. She lied so many times that honestly now it doesn't work for me. So-Rang is fun to watch when she uses her antics but in love mode, she's kinda bland.

Poor Shin-Won! I was happy he was leaving the Palace, he deserves to be happy too! But not like this...

There was a cameo by No Min-woo and his brother, I'll (No Jeong-hun), singer in the band Hoppipolla!

I loved the village sequence with the stunning cameo of No Min-woo who I have really missed since My girlfriend is a gumiho. That was the most effective way for Heon to see for himself how the seven-year marriage ban has affected the people who only wished to live happily with their beloved ones. In the eyes of the law, they might be criminals but they actually did nothing wrong whatsoever and that is why Heon told the guards to leave them alone. There are no lawbreakers here. Before he left though, Heon promised to lift the marriage ban within the year which I really hope he could achieve sooner than later by marrying So-rang and making her the queen.
My heart aches for Shin-won though. He could have been So-rang's husband for seven years now. They could even have a baby by now but evil people's greed stole that happiness. Be it, minister Jo who probably killed the crown princess, or lady Seo who attempted to kill So-rang, they are the ones responsible for this draggy marriage ban.
I also strongly agree with you @unit I don't understand why minister Jo and lady Seo exist in the drama. As if having a villain is mandatory for Kdramas. Lady Seo, the so-called woman stuck at home, is now playing the dowager in her hands and could easily make her evil daughter a queen if Heon was a pushover! Minister Jo is really rude and has committed several crimes so how can he remain unscathed? The evil duo's arrogance is over the top as if they were the king and the queen of the country. Instead of being interesting characters serving as a real threat, they are caricature figures who exist to infuriate us and just win for the sake of winning.

I was fast forwarding through so much of episode 7 because of Minister annoying and Lady why are you here, that I decided to pause and will catch up with a binge watch on my return from my holiday in a couple of weeks. I am so over fun shows being ruined by unnecessary darkness. Who was the perverse man cutting off the women’s hair before he did away with them why do we need a character like him?
Glad to hear the main couple are finally together looking forward to seeing how this progresses when I am able to binge it.

I totally agree, either have no villains or make them just as camp and fun as the the leads. I don’t mind Lady Seo tho, at least she is pretty to look at (yes, I’m shallow)

I haven’t finished watching episode 8 yet, but I’m not feeling King Heon’s and So-rang’s chemistry. Don’t mind if Shin-won turns evil tho, at least we’ll have an interesting villain for once. But from what I’m reading it seems he is paralysed and yeah the disabled/ disfigured villain trope needs to die

When I saw the previews last week I thought "Is that No Min-woo?!" and I was right. I never get tired of seeing him. And then he had his brother, singer I'll, with him (at least I think that was his brother). How cool is that? But to the Queen Dowager I say "Piss Off!" and can a crocodile come and eat Minister Jo and Lady Seo already?! And eat her daughter too. So we can get back to the FUN!!! And find a cure for Shin-won's arm, that's very important.

this drama is far from being good LOL but I'm weirdly addicted to these characters?! the acting is not that good, story is all over the place, but I'm having fun watching every bit of it.

Poor Shin-won :*(

My initial enjoyment is being chipped away, episode by episode. I'm really grateful for the recap to help me remember what I've watched, and I may have to finish out this drama by reading the recaps.

The drama excels with a cheerful, energetic, yet lush romantic vibe, but with each episode, I can see why the king would like Sorang, but I just don't get Sorang's feelings for the king. Sure he's cute. Why not get a dog instead? I really like Kim Young-dae, so I'm bummed that his character here is so uninteresting.

And it was quite a jump to make being out for the night during your average day at the palace=vacating the throne.
And did they kill off Chun-Seok just because they couldn't decide which guy to set Haeyoung up with?

I'm glad you noted that Ban Ran-tan (Valentine?) was a cameo by No Min-woo. When the episode aired, I couldn't find any info on who Ban Ran-tan was. I was wondering why he caught my attention. Him being No Min-woo explains it.

How can you say that the evil minister and the evil step-mother are not necessary to the show?
It was the evil minister who had the princess killed (thus starting the problems for the king, the marriage ban etc.)
and it was the evil stepmother who tried to kill our heroine, starting her off on a journey of wanderings that led her to meet the king. And also causing Sin Won's marriage to be stopped. The marriage ban also stopped it, which was because of the evil minister killing the princess.
I mean, the whole story wouldn't exist without the actions of those two people. And you say they're useless?

Much as I liked this show's first few episodes, I find myself fast forwarding a lot of scenes now except the funny ones, esp So-rang's antics and the shining effects on the king's face and the reaction of chief secretary and chief eunuch. Which means that I might as well drop this show now as my remote may not be able to handle it. Great premise, unsustained.

A bit late to the party, but I just got caught up! There's a lot about this I really love - the old-school fusion sageuk vibes, with a modern (and surprisingly raunchy!) twist - it's been a really fun watch, and a long time since I've laughed out loud this much during a drama. The female lead's a riot, and the male lead wants to believe he's cool and badass (and granted, he has his moments) but mostly he's a giant dork, and I love them both.

Personally, any SLS I had for Shin Won died around episode 3 - way too much wrist-grabbing and dragging the FL around - which I physically cringe at this point when I see it. But I still wanted a happy ending for him, so this last episode was pretty depressing. Poor guy can't catch a break.

As for the romance, I like them together and am rooting for them, but while I get where the FL is in wanting to be sure he's sincere... it rings hollow since she deceived him in the beginning, and even paid others to lie to him, about the very thing he struggled through in order to be able to love her. Until that's out in the open and dealt with, I can't get on board 100% - plus, I'm worried about how much melodrama the show's going to milk out of it once it's revealed.

So having finished all of episode eight of The Forbidden Marriage, I can definitively say…
yeah that sucked bro…

I mean props to TFM for least managing to kill off a character (unlike a certain recent drama…)

But I still standby with my initial verdict Heon & So-rang have no chemistry. Oh yeah for sure I get Heon’s attraction to So-rang (I’m also attracted to her mate), but So-rang’s attraction to Heon makes no sense to me.

Part of it is that Heon still doesn’t know that So-rang conned him and that Heon’s always saying the most unromantic shit like a lady’s maid is a King’s woman which is just a gross way to display his affection? He is basically telling her she has no choice in the matter? Not cool bro

Anyway let’s get to my favourite sad boy Shin-won, this episode really screwed him over. He loses his subordinate, his arm and So-rang 😭

I need a montage of his healing asap, nope I take it back I don’t want him to be the villain but I would like a voice over of his journey of finding himself again. Feeling lost and miserable to eat praying love back to himself again. I would definitely read his memoir 😉

Four more episode to go! Let’s see how this all ends…