The King: Eternal Monarch

A modern-day Korean emperor passes through a mysterious portal and into a parallel world, where he encounters a feisty police detective. Starring Lee Min-ho, Kim Go-eun and Woo Do‑hwan the series premiered on SBS TV and Netflix for the global audience on April 17, 2020

Lee gon
Lee Min ho as Lee gon
Tae eul
Kim Go eun as Tae eul
Sin jae
Kim Kyung nam as Sin jae
Jo young
Woo Do hwan as Jo young / Jo Eun sup

Episode 1

Monarchies, treason, murder, and parallel universes, oh my!

Episode 2

Does the King propose to the Lieutenant by the second episode?!

Episode 3

The Lieutenant seems to be softening her opinion about our King.  Sin Jae (Detective Sweet Tooth) gets his back story developed, and more!

Episode 4

The Prime Minister tries to confirm that the King has left the palace.  Detective Sweet Tooth allows his own mother to be arrested for gambling.  The Lieutenant sees a familiar face in a strange new land.

Episode 5

The Lieutenant comes to the Kingdom and Jafar gains another minion!

Episode 6

The King takes a stand against Japan!  Our Lieutenant connects her murder mystery to the parallel universe.

Episode 7

Everyone now knows that Lee Lim (Jafar) is still alive.  The King brings Capt. Jo to the Republic.  The Lieutenant confirms that her murder case involves the Kingdom and the Republic.

Episode 8

Luna is a straight THUG!  The Lieutenant finds another murder mystery.  And Detective Sin Jae (Sweet Tooth) makes a big discovery about his past.

Bonus Episode

Bruce talks about the main characters as they relate to temperaments and the enneagram (9 types).  We have three 8’s in our drama.  Who are they?

Episode 9

The Lieutenant and the King piece together a murder case.  Prince Lee Lim (Jafar) and Detective Sin Jae (Sweet Tooth) are deeply connected.  A face-off is imminent!

Episode 10

The King must find Prince Lee Lim’s (Jafar) gateway.  Eun Sup (Capt. Jo) gets shot protecting the King in the showdown.  Prince Lee Lim murders the Prince to further his ploy to get the missing part of the flute.

Episode 11

Prince Lee Lim (Jafar) makes contact with Luna and Detective Sin Jae (Sweet Tooth).  The Lieutenant is kidnapped and brought over to the kingdom, where the King’s army and Jafar’s henchmen have a big showdown.

Episode 12

The integrity of the parallel universes is deteriorating rapidly.  Has Prime Minister Koo been brought into Prince Lee Lim’s plans?  A question that Lady Noh asks the Lieutenant sends shockwaves throughout the entire series regarding how early the gateways between the two universes have been used.

Episode 13

The King takes down the Prime Minister, HARD!  Luna has infiltrated and disrupted the world of the Lieutenant.  And the King and Prince Lee Lim (Jafar) have simultaneously come to the conclusion that the King is the masked gunman from the very first episode!

Episode 14

Detective Sin Jae (Sweettooth) finds his doppelganger and confronts his father about it.  The King and Prince Lee Lim (Jafar) go back in time for the battle that happens in episode one.  Our King is stuck in the past but is able to visit the Lieutenant at seemingly random moments.

Episode 15

The King finally makes it back to the future and hatches a new plan to change the past!

Episode 16

The King and Capt. Jo go back in time and make the flute whole but they change the timeline.  However, the King still finds a way to make it back to our Lieutenant!  Thank you for listening to us for this drama.  Please check us out on Instagram at Talk K Dramas and we will keep you up to date on what we will be doing next!