KDrama to Maybe Watch: Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (2019)

Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (2019)

Grade: B-

16 Episodes, approx 1 Hr each

Viewing Platform: Netflix

Low-born Gae-ttong has one goal in life: to earn enough money to find her long-lost brother and have a decent place to live. Her friend, the local blacksmith's son, promises to help her and proposes, after the locally famous matchmakers, the Flower Crew, agree to help. On the day of the wedding, however, Kim Su never shows up, and Gae-ttong is devastated. Ma Hun does not want this blemish on his record though, so he commits to helping Gae-ttong find her missing fiance and allows her to stay with them and help with their business in the meantime. What happens when the crew discovers the reason Su never arrived is because the royal court kidnapped Su and revealed his true lineage, as Joseon's new king? Will Su be able to gain enough power to elevate Gae-ttong and make her his queen? Or will the other crew members' pasts catch up with them and the evil machinations of Hun's father destroy everything?

*I'm still not a huge fan of period dramas, but I like to give one a try every now & again. Honestly, this would have been SO much better if the writers had focused on the marriage crew's job, writing the episodes to detail various funny matchmaking story lines. Instead, it focused on politics and the tragedy each main character had gone through. I'm also not sure I like who Gae-ttong ends up with – SPOILER ALERT – it really isn't Su's fault that he became king, so why should he also lose his love? I guess it's good Gae-ttong wasn't also forced into an aristocrat's life, but it seems a little disloyal of her to choose the other guy; plus I didn't get much chemistry between Gae-ttong and Hun. I probably won't watch it again, but it might be enjoyable to those who like the period kdrama pieces.*