The Crowned Clown is truly a masterpiece! Every episode keeps you on your toes and is so well done with all the twists and turns. The writing of this drama is utterly fantastic although its strength is slightly undermined by the lack of exploration of the psychopath king character. I see some people bothered by this, but it's not enough a flaw for me to take 0.5 points off my perfect score because the flow of the storytelling is just fantastic!

I read that this line up was a dream cast for both the screenwriter and director, and is obviously rightly so since the execution of all the actors in this is absolutely phenomenal. Yeo Jin Goo who plays the double characters hit the nail on the head with his very poignant facial expressions, Lee Se Young who plays the Queen who was cold towards her husband but later on slowly warmed up towards him did a fantastic job, as well as all the supporting casts such as the King's step-mother, the advisor, the Enoch and the villains. They are all very memorable.

The BGMs and the beats at the end of each episode are absolutely beautiful, especially ones in the sad scenes. They really add nuances to the actor's emotion.

Most people think that there's not much joy in rewatching political thriller-tagged dramas but I believe this is not the case for this drama since you can back to it and devour all the twists and turns in the drama, to remind you of a thriller/politics absolutely well done.