Post by TheBo on Aug 13, 2011 14:04:11 GMT -5
NOTE: I crunched this description down quite ruthlessly, and I hope to be able to do that in future. Should be easier to follow.
Ep.23:
Lord Kim brings San's two young brothers to visit the queen, but lies to San when they meet, saying it's a casual meeting. The queen gives some land to the two boys, making the elder uncomfortable. After they leave, the Queen scolds Lord Kim for showing her hand to the court, but they agree that the youngest prince is their best bet if they want to take over the monarchy, because he has no powerful maternal relatives to protect him from their manipulation.
San believes Insp Hong gave the order to beat the people, and Insp Hong lets him believe that. Hong resigns. Later, Hong insults Lord Kim and is severely beaten by the man. When Dae-su then wants to reveal the truth to San, Hong reveals that if San knows the truth, he’ll defend Hong, and that will cause more problems plus give everyone a weapon against San.
Jeong and Princess can't figure out what the queen is up to, but they know it's a bid to cut them off from power. So they take action to spy out the situation.
Yeong-jo and San discuss what went wrong with San's tenure as ruler. His main failure was in not protecting his people, all his people, including those who may seem undeserving (the merchant clans).
Song’s sponsor Lee is desperate, his wife is beating him and his art dealer is arrested. Mr. Lee goes to Uncle, and they discuss how Lee can make some money.
At Dowahseo, Mr. Tak accepts praise for work Song actually did. He becomes doubtful that she is such a bad person or is doing a bad job, even though Jeong's artist Kang wants desperately to get rid of her. Song takes the finished screen to Hyeoui, where she is offered tea and learns that San refuses to leave his offices. As Song leaves, she is again accosted by Lady Kim, who insults her but then gives her directions to the guard training grounds. Lady Kim has immodest thoughts about why Song wants to see the guards, and becomes a bit overheated.
Song meets Dae-su, they talk and she gives him something for San. This turns out to be paintings by the damos she is teaching. Dae-su scolds San for being in despair, and San takes heart from the paintings and the struggles of those he inspired.
Princess and Jeong figure out the queen is going to enthrone a young prince and grab all the power. Jeong sends someone to search Lord Kim's quarters.
At the queen’s chambers, Sir Choi says first they have to get rid of San. Lord Kim suggests another assassination attempt on San, by someone (Kim) who won’t screw it up this time (like Choi did).
It turns out Insp Hong is a shate-gatherer.
San and Dae-su plus Two go out to the capital on an anonymous stroll. He witnesses merchants attacking the peddlers’ market. San holds Dae-su back from fighting. Later at a tavern, some merchants come in and start talking about San’s downfall. San joins in, saying the prince was a stupid fellow who should be driven out. When one of the merchants says San is just like his crazy father, an old man scolds them, saying it wasn’t San’s fault, it was the greedy merchants and the Norons. He says Confucius (who said a man would be good if he were not hungry) was a fool, as the more men have, the more they want. Dae-su keeps the merchant from attacking the old man, and then the old man leaves, ranting all the while. San sends Dae-su to find out who he is.
That night, Sir Choi gets a visit from Lord Kim, who takes Choi to a secret location where men are preparing fireworks for the big palace event in a few days. One of the firework boxes contains heavy explosives, to kill San. Choi looks thrown off balance by this.
Dae-su tells San the old man is a fortune teller (“FT”) from a butcher village. They go to FT’s house, where Dae-su looks at all the book leaves the guy has tacked on the walls and concludes he’s a nut case. But San says the book is one he (San) has never seen. FT arrives and says, of course not, I just wrote it. San apologizes for intruding, but wants their fortunes told. FT recognizes San from the inn and denies he’s an FT. San asks if he’s an insurgent then, and pulls some papers from the wall criticizing the king and the government. Who are you, asks San. FT says, I don’t know who you are, but you’ve lived next to death your entire life (actually, he says “Death has always been your close friend (chingu)"). You don’t have time to waste here, but I will tell you one thing: your old friend might just take you away to the netherworld this time. Be careful.
Ep.23:
Lord Kim brings San's two young brothers to visit the queen, but lies to San when they meet, saying it's a casual meeting. The queen gives some land to the two boys, making the elder uncomfortable. After they leave, the Queen scolds Lord Kim for showing her hand to the court, but they agree that the youngest prince is their best bet if they want to take over the monarchy, because he has no powerful maternal relatives to protect him from their manipulation.
San believes Insp Hong gave the order to beat the people, and Insp Hong lets him believe that. Hong resigns. Later, Hong insults Lord Kim and is severely beaten by the man. When Dae-su then wants to reveal the truth to San, Hong reveals that if San knows the truth, he’ll defend Hong, and that will cause more problems plus give everyone a weapon against San.
Jeong and Princess can't figure out what the queen is up to, but they know it's a bid to cut them off from power. So they take action to spy out the situation.
Yeong-jo and San discuss what went wrong with San's tenure as ruler. His main failure was in not protecting his people, all his people, including those who may seem undeserving (the merchant clans).
Song’s sponsor Lee is desperate, his wife is beating him and his art dealer is arrested. Mr. Lee goes to Uncle, and they discuss how Lee can make some money.
At Dowahseo, Mr. Tak accepts praise for work Song actually did. He becomes doubtful that she is such a bad person or is doing a bad job, even though Jeong's artist Kang wants desperately to get rid of her. Song takes the finished screen to Hyeoui, where she is offered tea and learns that San refuses to leave his offices. As Song leaves, she is again accosted by Lady Kim, who insults her but then gives her directions to the guard training grounds. Lady Kim has immodest thoughts about why Song wants to see the guards, and becomes a bit overheated.
Song meets Dae-su, they talk and she gives him something for San. This turns out to be paintings by the damos she is teaching. Dae-su scolds San for being in despair, and San takes heart from the paintings and the struggles of those he inspired.
Princess and Jeong figure out the queen is going to enthrone a young prince and grab all the power. Jeong sends someone to search Lord Kim's quarters.
At the queen’s chambers, Sir Choi says first they have to get rid of San. Lord Kim suggests another assassination attempt on San, by someone (Kim) who won’t screw it up this time (like Choi did).
It turns out Insp Hong is a shate-gatherer.
San and Dae-su plus Two go out to the capital on an anonymous stroll. He witnesses merchants attacking the peddlers’ market. San holds Dae-su back from fighting. Later at a tavern, some merchants come in and start talking about San’s downfall. San joins in, saying the prince was a stupid fellow who should be driven out. When one of the merchants says San is just like his crazy father, an old man scolds them, saying it wasn’t San’s fault, it was the greedy merchants and the Norons. He says Confucius (who said a man would be good if he were not hungry) was a fool, as the more men have, the more they want. Dae-su keeps the merchant from attacking the old man, and then the old man leaves, ranting all the while. San sends Dae-su to find out who he is.
That night, Sir Choi gets a visit from Lord Kim, who takes Choi to a secret location where men are preparing fireworks for the big palace event in a few days. One of the firework boxes contains heavy explosives, to kill San. Choi looks thrown off balance by this.
Dae-su tells San the old man is a fortune teller (“FT”) from a butcher village. They go to FT’s house, where Dae-su looks at all the book leaves the guy has tacked on the walls and concludes he’s a nut case. But San says the book is one he (San) has never seen. FT arrives and says, of course not, I just wrote it. San apologizes for intruding, but wants their fortunes told. FT recognizes San from the inn and denies he’s an FT. San asks if he’s an insurgent then, and pulls some papers from the wall criticizing the king and the government. Who are you, asks San. FT says, I don’t know who you are, but you’ve lived next to death your entire life (actually, he says “Death has always been your close friend (chingu)"). You don’t have time to waste here, but I will tell you one thing: your old friend might just take you away to the netherworld this time. Be careful.