The Tale of Nokdu episodes 5 to 7 (full episodes) Discussion Post

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PLOT: Jeon Nok-Du (Jang Dong-Yoon) lives on an island with his father and older brother. He is smart and a good swordsman. Since he was little, his father did not let him study or go to the mainland. One day, his father and older brother are attacked by a group of female assassins. Jeon Nok-Du chases after one of the assassins to the capital. During that time, Jeon Nok-Du meets Dong Dong-Ju (Kim So-Hyun). She wants to shoot the King with her arrow, but Jeon Nok-Du saves her from trouble. Meanwhile, the assassin that Jeon Nok-Du chases goes into a widow village. To find out who and why his family was attacked, Jeon Nok-Du disguises himself as a woman and enters the widow village. There, he meets Dong Dong-Ju again. She is an apprentice to become a gisaeng.

CAST: Jang Dong Yoon (as Jeon Nok Du), Kim So Hyun (as Dong Dong Joo), Kang Tae Oh (as Cha Yool Mu), Jung Joon Ho, Kim Tae Woo, Yoon Yoo Sun, Lee Seung Jun, Lee Moon Shik, Song Geon Hee, Jo Soo Hyang, Park Min Jung, Go Geon Han, Lee Joo Bin, Yang So Min, Song Chae Yoon, Han Ga Rim, Oh Ha Nee, Yoon Sa Bong, Hwang Mi Young, Yoon Geum Seon Ah, Kwon Hyuk, Lee Eun Hyung, Hwang In Yeob,

Director: Kim Dong-Whee
Writer: Hye Jin Yang (webcomic), Im Ye-Jin, Baek So-Yeon
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 16 (Full Episodes)
Release Date: September 30 - November 19, 2019
Runtime: Monday and Tuesday 10:00PM

SOURCE: Image and drama information from Asianwiki

You can watch on VIU | Dramanice

Only one episode aired last week. This drama is moving on a nice speed storytelling-wise and a lot were revealed in the last 2 episodes. And I'm still enjoying Nokdu and Dong Joo's bickering!
NOTE: I'm going to be using full episode count instead of the half episodes. This post is for last week and this weeks episodes.

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[juhli.livejournal.com]

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When that Yool Mu twist happened, omg i was screaming. I did NOT expect that at all, especially since he is a character that didn't appear in the webtoon. So I thought he was just your normal nice second lead, but this omg.

That last ep was so good. I'm always getting antsy when they don't give KSH anything to do (i got burned hard with Ruler)!

I've been watching the last couple of eps unsubbed because I was too impatient to wait, so I'm probably missing a lot, but I wonder how much Dong Ju knows about the real Yool Mu? I guess she knows that he's the King's nephew since they were engaged (which also throws up the question who Dong Ju's family was that their daughter was engaged to a prince), but did she know of his real character and ambitions? She didn't seem that shocked about him wanting to kill Nokdu and his evil!eyes later...

Also, the tonal shift of the drama between the light-hearted bickering and comedic scenes to men killing the whole widow's village is a bit much for me, I'm kinda shocked they showed it at such a length and brutality tbh.... i thought this was a romcom!! (ok, i remember the director talked about melo too, but still, i didn't expect this level of death!)

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Big wtf moment for me as well when they showed that scene with the ministers and Yool Mu.

I've always wondered why Dong Joo is always turning down Yool Mu when he's being kind. Is it because he's related to the king she hates so much or something more than that?

Is Nokdu really the king's offspring? I have soooo many questions!

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

i am also very curious to see more of yoolmu and dongju's backstory - in the last episode he was so open about his true, evil intentions that i can't believe that she wouldn't have known his character.

also, thanks to your tips on where to watch dramas i'm able to watch this one, so thanks again!!

[juhli.livejournal.com]

Awww, you're welcome ♡♡

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit confused or did I just confused myself? Lol this is regarding Nokdu's identity. I need to rewatch the episode where the mother he grew up with was on her deathbed and check again what she said to Nokdu and if she thought he was his brother that time.

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Echoing everyone else's comments tthat the political plot has me confused. It doens't help that I can't tell all 500 old bearded ministers apart either. Yol Mu's character being a dickhead didn't surprise me but jesus, seeing the village burn broke my hear

[dafairyness.livejournal.com]

Congrats to Yoolmu for being a more interesting character than I thought I guess. But wooooow that 180.

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

sooo many twists to this story! i didn't expect yool mu to go all crazy eyes suddenly, the sudden sort of betrayal of hwang tae... and this is all making me not too sure about nokdu's identity. but it definitely keeps it interesting, because there's no clear good and evil.

i also struggle with the sudden change in tone, especially the raid of the widow's village :( hoping the virtuous women's brigade or whatever cute name they had for themselves survives because i loved them in the story

jang dongyoon in this show though... constant heart eyes.

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

I really think that Hwang Tae is the king's son. Have to rewatch that episode with the flashback where mom is talking to Nokdu before she passed away. What we saw in the last episode was from Hwang Tae's pov where he did not hear the full conversation.

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

yeah my instinct says the same! for some reason i can't imagine this drama ending with nokdu's ascension of the throne, it also doesn't fit his character imo. but i'm hoping we'll get to see more of hwangtae's character then, to get more of an idea of what kind of king or prince he would be

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

I am also very interested on what they plan to do with the storyline of the king's son because looking at history, Yool Mu becomes the king (King Injo). How will they insert the fiction into history?

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

right! when that was mentioned in the drama's subtitles i immediately googled him - it's so fun to see how this show really keeps the viewer on their toes! usually i kind of have an idea what will happen in dramas but now i'm really clueless lol

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

Same! I had to check King Injo =) I am soooo curious I've been looking around if there's anybody who's read the webtoon and ask what will happen hahaha

[broadcities.livejournal.com]

nooo don't spoil yourself!! lol