KDrama to Miss: 100 Days My Prince (2018)

 

100 Days My Prince (2018)

Grade: C+

16 Episodes, 60 minutes each

Viewing Platform: Netflix

Lee Yul is the crown prince, but not by his own choosing. His father plotted a coup and overthrew the king when Yul was a child, ripping Yul away from his childhood love, Yoon Yi-seo. However, the king cannot rest easy: his right-hand man, the vice-premier Kim Cha-eon, has his own designs for power in the kingdom. Meanwhile, Yi-seo has assumed the life of a commoner after her noble-born father was slaughtered in the coup and her older brother went missing. What happens in the palace when Yul is attacked while on a diplomatic mission and declared dead? How will the crown prince's decree that every bachelor and old maid in the kingdom get married to help end the drought impact Yi-seo's plans to find her brother? And what happens when the crown prince loses his memories?

*Way too tragic for my taste. The costumes are done well, and the music & camerawork are good quality, but I just don't like the dramas where so many of the characters are miserable and or die! The second male lead was a bit confusing as a character as well; he joked when I expected seriousness, and because he kept his motives so close to the vest, he never really felt like a “good guy.” I know now that TV shows are often written on the fly, compared to planned movie scripts, but it was glaringly evident in this show, which makes it harder for the viewer to achieve that “suspension of disbelief” and really get into the story. Not a terrible drama, but definitely not one that I'd watch again.*