... you plan to fail.

And this pretty much encompasses my feelings about this drama. While I love Rowoon and Eun Bin, and while they acted the crap out of what they were given to work with, the overall lack of character development for the leads, the lack of planning and foresight on the part of the leads, and the passive way they continually dealt with their challenges all made this an incredibly frustrating drama for me. Also.... The Angst. Don't get me wrong, I love me some angst. But when your angst continues to drag on and becomes the entirety of the plot for multiple episodes + you're not making plans and trying to figure out workable solutions.....y'all. Y'all. I cannot.

That said I did really enjoy some of the side characters; Lee Hyun & Kim Ga On in particular were my favorites. And Go Gyu Pil always makes me smile whenever he pops up in a drama, and lately he's just been popping up everywhere.

Overall though, The King's Affection had great concept, but for me it ended up being a lot of wasted potential in execution.